Only You

AN: Oh, I'm so excited about this one! I've been on this very odd kick for Miroku/ Sango stuff, so I thought really hard and came up with this idea. I hope there aren't any stories with a plot like this, I am pretty new at Inuyasha fics and I'm always worried that someone will think I'm being a copycat. Curse you, OCD! And the basis is a little cliche, but oh well! I found such an awesome spoiler about them on line a few weeks ago! I don't even think the anime version has been on yet, but I did find the translation of the manga and it's soooooooooo... I'm really ranting. And I don't own Inuyasha. Did you really think I did?

Chapter 1: Disappearances

Inuyasha scuffed his feet slightly as he walked down the road. Behind him, the others trodded along as well. The fight for the jewel shards and against Naraku had been quite harsh lately, and all they really wanted was to find some place to rest for a few days, preferrably with accomidations.

"Are you sure there's a village near here?" Inuyasha called back to Miroku.

"Well, I believe there is. I haven't been in this area for many years, but hopefully this is the one I'm thinking of!"

"Why's that?" Sango suddenly replied with fire in her eyes.

"Can we just get moving?" Inuyasha exclaimed. "I'd really like to be secured somewhere before nightfall."

"Come on, Inuyasha, don't be so cranky," Kagome replied. "You're usually the one who thinks we should stay outside anyway."

"Well, since we hopefully won't have to worry about Naraku for a while, I'd like to stay somewhere where food is at least a given."

"You are so weird."

"What's that supposed to mean!"

"Ah, there it is," Miroku interrupted. "My assumption was correct. You can see the village just beyond this hill."

"Why are you smiling like that?" Sango asked, looking angry.

"...Well, we found somewhere we could possibly stay. I think that's something to be happy about."

"Yeah, whatever."

"Sango's really suspicious of him," Shippo commented.

"I don't blame her," Kagome answered with a sigh.

"Stop right there demon!" a villager exclaimed as he and many of the other men suddenly surrounded Inuyasha and his friends, who had just entered the town.

Inuyasha groaned. "Not another one of these places."

"Tell us what you and your demon slaves are doing!"

"Look, whatever it is, I didn't do it!" he exclaimed, trying to get this situation over with quickly, as all he wanted to do was rest. "All we want is a place to rest because we've been traveling for a long time and fighting evil demons."

The villagers lowered their weapons slightly, though they still looked on with untrust in their eyes. "You've fought other demons, you say?"

"Yes, and we want a break from it!" he retorted. "If you think you're going to drag us into something..."

"What seems to be the problem?" Miroku interrupted.

"There've been some strange disappearances around here lately," the first villager replied. "Many men, both villagers and travelers, have vanished without a trace."

"Have there been any clues before they disappeared?" Miroku asked. "Is there anything you've noticed?"

"Nothing," the man replied. "But if you fight demons, maybe you could help us find out what's happened. We'll let you have full room and board in our best inn if you'll help us."

"Now wait just a minute here..." Inuyasha began.

"We accept," Miroku interrupted. "Now, where is this inn?"

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Inuyasha growled angrily.

"Getting us a place to stay," he answered softly. "Whatever problem they have probably won't be too hard for us to solve and we can stay as long as we want."

"There's no way I'm helping these people!"

"Suit yourself. But when I make a promise, I keep it."

"I don't know," Kagome replied. "What if it really is a serious problem? And even if it's not, I don't think you want to make Inuyasha much angrier than he is now."

"What you mean by that, huh?" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Come on," Miroku interrupted, following the villager who had spoken to where the inn was. "I doubt we'll have much difficulty. Once this is over and we've rested, I swear we'll leave this village together, okay?"

"Yeah, well we'll just see see about helping these losers," he mumbled.

Later that evening, the gang had split upand gone out into the village to see if they could get any clues about these disappearances from the citizens. A few hours later, they had reassembled back at the inn to see if anything had come up.

"I got nothing," Inuyasha immediatly said once he saw the others.

"Shippo and I couldn't find out anything, either," Kagome replied. "All these people seem to know is that they're gone."

"I faired about as well as you," Sango added. "The only reason I think they even know some of these people have vanished is because they left all of their possesions behind."

"Well how the hell are we supposed to help these people when there's nothing to solve!" Inuyasha exclaimed. "That settles it. I don't care what that monk says, we're leaving in the morning!"

"I must admit, the situation does seem a tad bit hopeless," Miroku said. "It's a shame, though. I would have liked to stay a while longer."

"We can find another less annoying town. I'll just tell these guys that there's no way we can figure out why people are disappearing," Inuyasha finished. "Let's stop worrying about this stupid place. I wanna get some sleep!"

He went into his room and the others, though not very happy with his attitude, shortly did the same.

The next morning, Inuyasha returned to the inn after talking to the village leader about why they couldn't help and was quite relieved to find Shippo, Sango, and Kagome preparing to leave.

"Well, it doesn't look like they're angry with us," he said. "Can we get out here now?"

"Well, where's Houshi-sama?" Sango asked, looking at Inuyasha inquisitivly. "Wasn't he with you?"

"No. Last I saw him was when I left earlier this morning."

"Well, he's not here now," Shippo replied. "I wonder where he could have gotten to."

"Great!" Inuyasha exclaimed. "Just what we needed! Now we have to find him!"

"I hope he's all right," Sango said as she started to look around the vincinity of where they were standing.

"I'm sure he's fine," Kagome replied. "Miroku can take care of himself."

Suddenly, Kilala began fixing her attention on one of the nearby paths. "What's wrong, Kilala?" Shippo asked, being the first to notice this.

"Hey, it's him!" Kagome exclaimed as she noticed a figure nearing them. "I knew he'd be back soon."

"Yeah, well then who's with him?" Inuyasha said as he too watch the approaching monk.

"Um..." Kagome suddenly looked very nervous.

"Looks to me like a woman," Shippo replied.

"Why'd he have to pick now to pull a stunt like this!" Inuyasha exclaimed. "He's really been pissing me off lately!"

They stood and watched him approach, as behind him the forms of two rather attractive women became clearer. As he got within several yards of the inn, he suddenly stopped.

"Come on, Miroku!" Inuyasha exclaimed. "We need to get going!"

He simply stared back at him, not even attempting to make an answer.

"What's your problem! I said let's go!"

Miroku continued to remain silent.

"Why are you just standing there?" Kagome asked.

"Move it or lose it!" Inuyasha screamed.

Miroku still remained motionless. Behind him, the two girls started giggling.

"Fine, ya lecher!" Inuyasha yelled, finally blowing his top. "If you'd much rather go after girls then just stay here! We don't need you to come with us anyways!"

Miroku blinked at them as he stared for just a moment longer. Then he turned and began heading down another path away from them.

The other four stood in a shocked silence for a moment. "He... he actually went with them," Kagome finally said.

"I didn't think he'd really do it," Inuyasha replied, sharing the same expression as Kagome.

Another akward silence followed this. "Well, I... guess we'd better go," Inuyasha finally said, beginning to head off in the direction they were planning to go.

Suddenly, Sango slumped to her knees. "Come on, Sango," Kagome said softly. "We need to get going."

"...But..." she finally sputtered out before falling silent again.

"Everything's going to be fine," Kagome replied as cheerfully as she could. "Now let's go find another town that doesn't have an unslovable mystery, huh?"

Sango still remained where she was for a moment longer. "...O... okay." She slowy got up and began to head off with the others.

A short while later, they were out of view of the town and going in another direction toward where they had heard another settlement was.

"I still can't believe Miroku just left like that," Kagome quietly said to Inuyasha.

"Yeah, well let that perv fend for himself," he replied, rather loudly. "If he's gonna..."

"Shh!" Kagome exclaimed softly, glancing back at Sango. "Don't make her more upset than she all ready is!"

"Huh?"

"Never mind, just try to keep your voice down about it."

"Why?"

Kagome preceeded to have a large bead of sweat form on her head while Sango quitely followed behind them. Frankly, she hadn't really been listening to them at all.

"What could have happened?" she thought. "There... there has to be some sort of a mistake. Why else would he just walk off like that? That's not like him. I..."

Suddenly, she stopped walking and remembered something.

"When I make a promise, I keep it."

"I swear we'll leave this village together."

"Something has to be wrong." she mumbled to herself, looking back toward the village.

"All I'm saying is it's not the best subject right now!" Kagome retorted to Inuyasha, both of them now looking very upset.

"Well, what else is there to talk about!" he replied. "Why are you acting so weird?"

"I just don't think Sango should..." she began, gesturing back at the demon slayer, but suddenly she stopped. "Hey. Where is Sango?"

"Don't tell me she went after him!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Kilala's gone, too," Shippo added.

"Man, now we have to stop her!" he said upsetly. "How much worse can this day get!"

"Wait," Kagome said. "Let's let her take care of this."

Inuyasha and Shippo looked at her in surprise. "What? Why?"

"I just think we should let her handle this," Kagome answered. "Besides, she knows where we were planning to go. As long as we stay in that village, they can meet up with us again."

"You're saying just to forget about it?" Shippo asked while Inuyasha still looked completely taken off gaurd.

"No. I just get the feeling that this is something Sango has to do herself, that's all."

"Whatever," Inuyasha replied as he began making his way down the road again.

In the meantime, Sango and Kilala were flying back toward where they had last been. "I'll get you back, Houshi-sama," she thought. "I swear it."

AN: So, there's chapter one! Looking promising to anyone at all? Please tell me! And the easiest way to do that is to review! And, if you couldn't tell I'm basing the names and stuff on the dub cause I know it can be either Kilala of Kirara, although I'm having Sango call him "Houshi- sama" because I like that. Why'd I even bother telling you that, anyhow? You guys are smart enough to figure it out! Hey, I should be doing my homework. It's kind of eight o clock on a Tuesday and I haven't even started it and I have a whole lot! Even though we got out early, I'm a lazy bum. But I just got the Two Towers extended DVD (yay!). Except I can't watch it til my homework is done, and it's too late for all three hours anyway... WHY DO I RANT SO MUCH! Just review, okay?