AN: Like I said short chapters and cliffhangers. I apologize to any Sango fans but it was imperative to the plot that she die.
Disclaimer: Inu Yasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi
When Miroku woke he was laying in a bed in Kagomes house. Upon further inspection of the room he noticed Inu Yasha sleeping on another bed with Shippo next to him. He looked around some more but didn't see anything.
"Oh, Miroku!" He heard Kagome exclaim entering the room. She ran to the bed side and threw her arms around him crying.
"K-Kagome? What's wrong?" He asked then kicked himself mentally for the stupid question.
"I'm so sorry! If I had been there maybe I could have helped, maybe Sango wouldn't have died I'm so sorry!" She exclaimed hugging him tightly. "I know you loved her, i wish i would have been there to help I'm so so sorry!"
"Kagome you couldn't have saved her and there is no need worrying about what could have been." He said sitting up and rubbing her back comfortingly. "No one could have saved Sango because," he paused sadly. "Because she died saving me." His eyes filled with tears as Kagome lifted herself away from him.
"She died saving you?" she asked wiping the tears from her brown eyes.
"Yes." the monk answered sadly before his voice was taken over by tears. "She was protecting me from Kaguras attack, but she died doing it, it's all my fault." he cried his shoulders shaking.
Kagome sat on the bed next to him and hugged him tightly. "Miroku she loved you, she gave her life for you." She said trying to calm him. "You would have done the same for her. Please don't beat yourself up about it. Its not your fault."
He cried himself back to sleep and cried some more when he woke, for some reason no matter what he did he cried. Miroku was sure he would cry himself to death. Death! That was it, that was his escape, if he died he wouldn't be able to cry anymore and, and he could be with Sango. If he killed himself...No what was he thinking he couldn't do that. He had just gotten his life back he couldn't end it now. Maybe, just maybe if he didn't feel better soon he would. Maybe he would kill himself then.
When Inu Yasha woke he felt pain coursing through his entire body. His muscles burned when he tried to move and he was sure all his bones where broken. His head was pounding and not just with pain, but his dreams, no not dreams nightmares. They where nightmares. He saw Sango dying over and over and each time the pain etched on Mirokus face became more and more clear. He saw Shippo crying again and again, and he saw Sangos pain and heard her scream as she fell to the ground covered in her own blood. Even now just thinking about it he saw it so clearly.
Kagura laughed evilly sending an attack after Miroku who was still recovering from the last attack. Sango saw the attack coming and jumped in front of Miroku, she was killed instantly as the attack hit her full force breaking her spine and cutting deeply into her flesh. Her blood pooled beneath her as she let out one last scream then fell to the ground lifeless. Miroku was thrown back hitting his head on a tree behind him and was knocked unconscious. Shippo let out a cry as tears began to flow from his eyes.
He shook the images from his mind but there was one image that wouldn't leave one image that stuck, Miroku. The pain and horror etched on Mirokus face when he saw Sango get hit by the attack. The sorrow that had been visible, he would carry that image with him forever. He lay back on the bed and fell asleep plagued with even more nightmares, but he was too weak to stay awake he was too tired and drained of energy. So he slept.