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'Thought'

"Speech"

Change in Setting

Chapter Four: Mikoru's departure

The two walked for hours saying nothing until they saw something glowing up ahead. They ran to where the light was glowing, there they found the bulb that they had seen before the vines carried them away. "So you two managed to find your way back, I'm impressed now you two will die." Walking up in front of them was the demoness they saw earlier.

Mikoru had his spear ready and Sango was ready with Hiraikostu. "You two really think you can defeat me, try as you might but I control every plant in this forest for instance the blades of grass." The demon lifted its arm as several blades of grass rose up from the ground, then they where pointed in the direction of Mikoru and Sango. With a snap of her fingers the blades of grass shot towards the two exterminators.

Mikoru blocked the blades of grass by twirling his spear vertical, Sango blocked them with Hiraikostu. Then Sango launched her boomerang towards the demon but out of no where vines entwined themselves making an elastic barrier sending the Hiraikostu right back at Sango. In the mean while Mikoru had sneaked off to attack from behind since the demon was focus on Sango at the moment.

He lunged forward to slash the demon with his spear but two tree roots snuck up behind him and grabbed him by the legs. "Damn it," he said as he slashed at the roots.

"So you managed to sneak of behind me well now that you are preoccupied I guess I'll kill you first." The demoness sent sharp pointed vines out of her fingers at Mikoru who had no time to get out of the way. He closed his eyes tight wait for the vines to spear his body but they never came. He opened his eyes to find the Hiraikostu blocking the attack.

Sango had rushed as fast as she could to help Mikoru. "Sango this isn't working direct or indirect attack aren't helping us she has the advantage," Mikoru said.

"So how are we going to beat her then," Sango said.

"We use are weakness as are advantage."

"But how are we going to do that," she asked just wait and follow me." Mikoru ran straight at the demon with Sango beside him. Behind them pointed vines where headed in their direction. 'If Mikoru knows that attacking directly won't do anything so why?' Sango asked herself. They where really close to the demon now Mikoru knew they just had to get closer.

"Sango when I say one you turn right and I turn left got," Mikoru said. Sango nodded to confirm that she knew what to do. "One," he yelled. They split in opposite directions just arms length from the demon.

"What NOOOOOOOO," the demoness screamed as the pointed vines speared right trough her body.

"Yes we did it Mikoru," Sango said running up to him. She gave him a big hug and lifted her head and kissed him on the lips passionately. He returned the gesture by deepening it. When they parted Sango was blushing realizing what she had done. 'Miroku was jumping for joy that he got kissed by Sango in his head of course. Then he notice the bulb turned to ash revealing a large shikon shard he went to get it.

"So they are lovers," the demoness said. "Well then you won't live long enough to enjoy it any longer." With her last ounce of strength she lifted a poison barbed flower aimed it and fired then she turned into dust. Mikoru just saw the barb coming he tried to push Sango out of the way but the barb hit her in the neck.

He pulled it out quickly, 'Oh no, oh no' he thought. "Sango are you ok how do you feel," Mikoru asked.

"My neck feels numb and my legs feel weird," Sango said. Then her legs started to feel numb before she fell Mikoru caught her. Unknown to them at the time the forest started to disappear.

"Oh Sango this is my entire fault," He said.

"No it's not," she said weakly.

"Yes it is if I hadn't played this stupid trick this would never had happen, listen it's me Miroku I'm just disguise as a demon exterminator." He didn't hear her reacted, he looked down, Sango was unconscious she was still breathing so that was a sign that she was still alive. Miroku finally notice that the forest had dissolved and there was nothing there, it was all an illusion meant for us to get lost into it.

Then he saw silhouettes of four figures approaching, out of the fog Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, and a large Kilala appeared. "You guys finally came," Mikoru said. "Sango, what happened Mikoru," Kagome asked worried about her friend.

"I'll explain later Sango needs attention she got hit by a poison barb."

Kagome went to her back pack to look for something to slow the poison down; when she found it she gave it to Sango. A few minutes later her breathing became more normal.

"Inuyasha head back to the village we just left, take Sango so she can get proper care the rest of us will fly with Kilala," Mikoru said. Inuyasha picked up Sango and ran as fast as he could to the village. Everyone else got onto Kilala's back and flew of towards the village. All Sango saw was darkness so she tried to open up her eyes, but it was kinda difficult, after a few more tries she was able to fully open them. She got up and looked around, the last thing she remembered was defeating the demon, kissing Mikoru and getting hit by the poison barb than everything went blank. Now she was on a futon in a hut, just then Kagome came into see if Sango had woken up yet.

"Well Sango I see that you have woken up, so how do you feel," Kagome asked.

"I feel fine, sore but fine, where's everybody," Sango asked.

"They're outside going around the village, oh yah the shikon jewel's complete now, the shard Mikoru and you found was huge it completed it." "Oh and speaking of Mikoru he left last night."

"What he left," Sango said surprised. "I thought he was going to stay with us."

"Yah I thought so to but he said that he would only stay to help us on our quest to complete the shikon jewel." "Oh yah he gave me this to give to you." Sango open the scroll and read what it said.

Dear Sango

I am sorry but I must leave you and your friends since I promised to stay to help complete the shikon jewel. I wish that I could have stayed with you but the road calls me. I will never forget you or the kiss you gave me that night. One more thing make Miroku as happy as you made me he deserves a lovely woman like you. Goodbye Sango I will miss you.

Mikoru

Sango couldn't believe what she had just read; a person who was like her who cared deeply for her left her. Oh well that's just how life goes she figured.

"So what did he say," Kagome asked.

"Ahh I don't want to talk about it Kagome," Sango said.

"O give me the scroll," Kagome said as she grabbed it from Sango.

"Hey Kagome give it back," Sango said reaching for the letter. The others had just returned to see Sango chasing Kagome around the hut. Kagome started to read the letter out loud so that everyone could hear

"I will never forget you or the kiss you gave me that night," Kagome read.

"Arrgg Kagome stoopppp," Sango yelled.

So there you have it hope you like it. The next chapter ends the story sorry people but that's how it goes so review please