Dark Sides and True Feelings
A/N: Sorry for not updating in awhile. Anyways, here is chapter 17!
Disclaimer: See chapter 7.
Chapter 17
Miroku swung his claw down, aiming at Sango's heart. Sango closed her eyes and prepared herself to die.
'This is it, I'm going to die not from Naraku, but from my beloved.'
Sango waited for a few seconds excepting to feel pain, but she did not. She reopened her eyes to see Inuyasha and Kagome holding each of his arms so he couldn't attack. Miroku was struggling against the two and he attempted to use his wings to attack them. He spread his wings and shot his blades at Inuyasha and Kagome. They dodged out of the way and stood in front of Sango. They handed Sango her sword and they all looked at Miroku warily.
Inuyasha took out Tetsusaiga and used Wound of the Wind. Miroku dodged the attack and jumped into the air. Inuyasha growled in annoyance and looked up at him. Miroku shot more blades at the group from his wings while in the air. The group dodged them with some effort while Miroku kept on shooting more at them.
'I can't dodge all day, but how can I attack Houshi-sama while he is in the air?' Sango thought as she dodged another blade. She ran over to Inuyasha who was defending Kagome with Tetsusaiga. Sango went behind him and said,
"Inuyasha, I need you to carry me on your back so I can attack Houshi- sama."
Inuyasha nodded and told Kagome to block the attacks with her bow. Kagome complied and prepared to defend herself from the oncoming attacks.
Sango nodded and jumped on Inuyasha with her sword in her hand. Inuyasha dashed to the nearest tree to Miroku and jumped on it. He leaped onto the highest branch and jumped to Miroku with Tetsusaiga in hand.
Miroku stopped attacking Kagome and turned to face Inuyasha and Sango. He brought his arms out so that the spikes were now facing Inuyasha and Sango. Miroku shot hundreds of spikes at the two while he spread his wings out. They started to glow ominously and black things started to flow around them.
Inuyasha blocked against the spikes and prepared to use Bakuryuuha on him. Sango prepared for the worst as she held onto Inuyasha tightly. Miroku then shot his blast at them with full force.
Inuyasha in turn used Bakuryuuha to counter the attack and Miroku's blast was engulfed by it. Miroku's eyes widened and nearly dodged the attack by flying downwards. Inuyasha ran down into Miroku and all of them went flying into the ground.
Kagome gasped loudly and ran to where everyone fell and looked at them worried. Miroku slowly got up and looked at the heavily breathing Inuyasha. He grabbed Inuyasha by the neck and plunged all of his spikes on one arm into his back. Inuyasha yelled in pain as Miroku tossed him harshly into Kagome.
Kagome had the wind knocked out of her as Inuyasha's wounded body was slammed into her. Tetsusaiga laid uselessly aside, back into its rusty clattered form. The force of Inuyasha's body probably broken a rib or two.
Miroku then glared at Sango as she stood up with her sword in hand. He ran to her and swung down with his claws. Sango blocked with her sword and attacked with it. Miroku dodged it and shot blades at her with his wings. Sango barely escaped the attack and charged at him with full speed. Miroku smirked and charged at her with full speed with one claw raised.
'This attack will decide everything, whether I die or not.' Sango thought as she grasped on her sword tighter. Miroku continued to charge and drew his claw back to attack. Sango copied Miroku and they struck each other. Sword met claw as both people breathed heavily from the fight.
Sango tried to apply more force and was able to knock his claw away. She used all of her will power and was able to graze Miroku on the shoulder. He yelled in pain and used both claws to attack. He started to attack in a rage and used more power to his attacks. Sango was barely able to block his strikes that were becoming more difficult to avoid.
With one attack, Miroku was able to knock her sword out of the way and into the ground that was far away. He once again pushed her into the ground and pinned her legs and arms with his legs. Now, Sango was completely at his mercy and she watched sadly as Miroku raised his claw.
'Now I know how Kohaku felt when I did this to him.... Forgive me everyone, and I am going to join you mom, dad, Kohaku. I'm sorry Houshi-sama that I couldn't save you.'
Suddenly, time stopped and a blinding light appeared in front of Sango. Sango looked around to see everything frozen in time but herself and the light. She gasped as she once again saw Midoriko but without her sword or armor. She wore a simple robe instead.
"What are you doing here, Midoriko-sama?" Sango asked while trying to get up. She found out she couldn't and compiled to watch Midoriko from the ground. Midoriko smiled at her and replied,
"Sango, are you really going to give up that easily?"
Sango looked at her in wonder and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Are you really going to give up because everything seems hopeless?"
Sango looked at Miroku who was still frozen in time with his claw still raised. She looked at him sadly and didn't reply. Midoriko looked at him and looked back at Sango.
"Sango, don't ever give up. There is always hope in every situation, never forget that. It's up to you decide what happens next. You are the only one who can decide your fate. Just don't forget what I said Sango...Goodbye."
With that, Midoriko disappeared and time resumed once again. Miroku's claw was descending down and Sango made her decision.
'I will not give up ever! I will save Houshi-sama and return him back to normal.'
Sango then used all of her strength to escape and she broke free from him. Miroku's claw swiped at the ground and he shouted,
"How did you brake free?"
Sango smirked at him and answered, "I have the will to go on and that fueled me up with strength."
With that, Sango grabbed her sword and ran to Miroku with full speed. He got into a stance and black swirls started to form around his hands.
Sango ran towards him with a look of determination. Miroku smirked at her and shot a black blast at her with his claws. She gritted her teeth and headed straight towards the attack.
There was a large explosion and when the smoked cleared, Miroku gaped at her. Sango stood perfectly fine without any wounds from the attack he just launched. She calmly walked to him and dropped her sword.
"How did you survive that attack?" Miroku asked growling.
Sango looked at him in the eye and tried her best not to cry. 'He wants to kill me now without remorse. I will not give up or everything will be lost. But this is all too painful to me.'
"I survived because, my friends saved me." She responded.
At that moment, Inuyasha, with Kagome, jumped from behind him and each of them grabbed his arms once again.
Sango looked at them gratefully because Inuyasha blocked with Tetsusaiga before Miroku's attack hit her. That was how she survived the blast.
Miroku attempted to escape from their grasp but they both held onto him tightly. Sango kept on staring at him, not doing anything. Kagome looked up at Miroku sadly and said,
"Miroku-sama...."
Miroku's eyes flared up in anger and he shouted, "Don't call me that!"
Kagome wasn't fazed by his shout and said,
"Miroku-sama, I know that you are in there somewhere and you haven't forgotten about us! I will never hurt you no matter what and I would heal you if you are wounded, even if you hurt me."
Kindness
Miroku's eyes widened and the red sphere that was inside him disappeared. Miroku's eyes went back to black with red pupils, his red stripes went to black, and his spikes grew to their normal side. His scent and aura was not bloodthirsty anymore. He could now speak, think, and act without hatred in every sentence.
Kagome sighed in happiness but held onto Miroku's arm still. Miroku still struggled against them and attempted to attack Kagome. Inuyasha held onto him tighter and he stated,
"Miroku, you might be a pain in the ass like right now. Still, we saved each other's butts quite often and I learned to trust you. You SOMETIMES give me good advice and other times, no. Now, it is my turn to help you with this crap. I want to help you because you're a friend that I don't want to loose."
Friendship
Miroku gasped as he felt some emotions come back to him and he stopped struggling against the two. He still was in his demon form but not as crazy as he was before. Sango looked at him, eyes wide, and ran to him. She hugged him tightly as if she was afraid to let go. Inuyasha and Kagome let go of him and stood up.
"Houshi-, no not Houshi, but Miroku. Miroku, you can be such a baka pervert sometimes but you were always there to help and cheer me up. You always cared for me when I see Kohaku and protect me from demons. I know I might be abusive sometimes, but I truly care for you and I never want you to die." Sango gasped with tears of love coming down her cheeks. Her tears started to wet Miroku's robe as she sobbed into his chest.
True tears that are positive makes true light
Some black swirls started to come out of him as he looked at Sango with widened eyes. Inuyasha and Kagome stared in awe as some darkness out of him escaped and disintegrated into the air.
"Miroku, I don't want you to die no matter what I say to you. I get jealous when you flirt with other girls because I...." Sango stated and hugged him tighter.
Miroku looked down at her warily and he raised one claw above his head. 'Time to end her ranting' He thought and swung down his claw slowly.
"Miroku, I get jealous when you flirt, because I...." Sango said and swallow the lump that was in her throat. Inuyasha and Kagome watched in shock in what was happening.
"Because...I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL!" Sango yelled and more tears came out from her eyes. She hugged him still and looked at Miroku in hope. Miroku instantly stopped his claw when he heard her say that and he stood still.
Love
'The only way to cure him is with true light and emotions that darkness cannot grasp.' 'True, pure tears and kindness, friendship, and love is the only way to cure him from the spell.'
Miroku yelled in pain as more black swirls started to come out of his mouth, eyes, and back. Sango continued to hold him as she looked at him worried. After a minute, all of the darkness from his body and soul left him and disintegrated in the air. His wings, claws, spikes, and the stripes on his cheek disappeared. Miroku's hair returned to its normal length but not into the tiny ponytail. His ears became normal, his nose cannot smell as much again, and his fangs turned into regular teeth again. He no longer held the rage or hatred he once had. All of his emotions came back to him. His aura and scent returned to the comforting and relaxed one. Finally, his black eyes returned to their bright and emotion filled violet eyes.
Sango looked happily at him as Inuyasha and Kagome walked to him cautiously. Miroku looked back at Sango and hugged her back with his own tears coming from his eyes.
"Sango, I'm sorry in what I did, can you ever forgive me?" Miroku asked softly as he hugged her. Sango broke out of their embrace and replied,
"Of course Miroku, I never blamed you on anything you did."
Miroku nodded happily and looked at Inuyasha and Kagome. "Do you guys forgive me in what I did to you?"
"Of course Miroku-sama!"
"Keh, of course."
Miroku smiled happily at everyone but then had a pained look on his face. "How about all of the people I killed?" 'I can't forgive myself if they are still dead.'
"Don't worry about it Miroku. We revived every innocent that you killed when you were in that demon form." Sango said softly. She knew that Miroku hated to kill anything so killing all of those innocents probably made him hate himself. Miroku nodded and thought to himself,
'I'm glad that they were okay and all of the people were revived. I wouldn't live with myself if they remained dead.'
"So, how did you guys kill Naraku and what happened to the Shikon Jewel?" Miroku asked curiosity. The entire group explained what happened and Miroku nodded.
"That's good that he is dead. I'm glad that Kikyo and the rest is finally in peace." Miroku stated.
"Miroku, I'm just glad that you are back to normal. Let's go back to Kaede's house to explain the good news." Sango said as she placed her sword back into its sheath. Inuyasha nodded and sheathed Tetsusaiga as Kagome jumped on his back. Sango retrieved Hiraikotsu and strapped it on her back.
"Hey Sango, do you want me to carry? I promise that I won't do anything funny." Miroku asked. Sango looked at him warily but complied. She jumped onto his back and Inuyasha and Miroku raced towards Kaede's place.
'I'm so glad that you are okay and back to normal, my Miroku.' Sango thought and fell asleep.
A/N: It's not the end yet, but the next chapter should be the ending. Anyways, review!
A/N: Sorry for not updating in awhile. Anyways, here is chapter 17!
Disclaimer: See chapter 7.
Chapter 17
Miroku swung his claw down, aiming at Sango's heart. Sango closed her eyes and prepared herself to die.
'This is it, I'm going to die not from Naraku, but from my beloved.'
Sango waited for a few seconds excepting to feel pain, but she did not. She reopened her eyes to see Inuyasha and Kagome holding each of his arms so he couldn't attack. Miroku was struggling against the two and he attempted to use his wings to attack them. He spread his wings and shot his blades at Inuyasha and Kagome. They dodged out of the way and stood in front of Sango. They handed Sango her sword and they all looked at Miroku warily.
Inuyasha took out Tetsusaiga and used Wound of the Wind. Miroku dodged the attack and jumped into the air. Inuyasha growled in annoyance and looked up at him. Miroku shot more blades at the group from his wings while in the air. The group dodged them with some effort while Miroku kept on shooting more at them.
'I can't dodge all day, but how can I attack Houshi-sama while he is in the air?' Sango thought as she dodged another blade. She ran over to Inuyasha who was defending Kagome with Tetsusaiga. Sango went behind him and said,
"Inuyasha, I need you to carry me on your back so I can attack Houshi- sama."
Inuyasha nodded and told Kagome to block the attacks with her bow. Kagome complied and prepared to defend herself from the oncoming attacks.
Sango nodded and jumped on Inuyasha with her sword in her hand. Inuyasha dashed to the nearest tree to Miroku and jumped on it. He leaped onto the highest branch and jumped to Miroku with Tetsusaiga in hand.
Miroku stopped attacking Kagome and turned to face Inuyasha and Sango. He brought his arms out so that the spikes were now facing Inuyasha and Sango. Miroku shot hundreds of spikes at the two while he spread his wings out. They started to glow ominously and black things started to flow around them.
Inuyasha blocked against the spikes and prepared to use Bakuryuuha on him. Sango prepared for the worst as she held onto Inuyasha tightly. Miroku then shot his blast at them with full force.
Inuyasha in turn used Bakuryuuha to counter the attack and Miroku's blast was engulfed by it. Miroku's eyes widened and nearly dodged the attack by flying downwards. Inuyasha ran down into Miroku and all of them went flying into the ground.
Kagome gasped loudly and ran to where everyone fell and looked at them worried. Miroku slowly got up and looked at the heavily breathing Inuyasha. He grabbed Inuyasha by the neck and plunged all of his spikes on one arm into his back. Inuyasha yelled in pain as Miroku tossed him harshly into Kagome.
Kagome had the wind knocked out of her as Inuyasha's wounded body was slammed into her. Tetsusaiga laid uselessly aside, back into its rusty clattered form. The force of Inuyasha's body probably broken a rib or two.
Miroku then glared at Sango as she stood up with her sword in hand. He ran to her and swung down with his claws. Sango blocked with her sword and attacked with it. Miroku dodged it and shot blades at her with his wings. Sango barely escaped the attack and charged at him with full speed. Miroku smirked and charged at her with full speed with one claw raised.
'This attack will decide everything, whether I die or not.' Sango thought as she grasped on her sword tighter. Miroku continued to charge and drew his claw back to attack. Sango copied Miroku and they struck each other. Sword met claw as both people breathed heavily from the fight.
Sango tried to apply more force and was able to knock his claw away. She used all of her will power and was able to graze Miroku on the shoulder. He yelled in pain and used both claws to attack. He started to attack in a rage and used more power to his attacks. Sango was barely able to block his strikes that were becoming more difficult to avoid.
With one attack, Miroku was able to knock her sword out of the way and into the ground that was far away. He once again pushed her into the ground and pinned her legs and arms with his legs. Now, Sango was completely at his mercy and she watched sadly as Miroku raised his claw.
'Now I know how Kohaku felt when I did this to him.... Forgive me everyone, and I am going to join you mom, dad, Kohaku. I'm sorry Houshi-sama that I couldn't save you.'
Suddenly, time stopped and a blinding light appeared in front of Sango. Sango looked around to see everything frozen in time but herself and the light. She gasped as she once again saw Midoriko but without her sword or armor. She wore a simple robe instead.
"What are you doing here, Midoriko-sama?" Sango asked while trying to get up. She found out she couldn't and compiled to watch Midoriko from the ground. Midoriko smiled at her and replied,
"Sango, are you really going to give up that easily?"
Sango looked at her in wonder and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Are you really going to give up because everything seems hopeless?"
Sango looked at Miroku who was still frozen in time with his claw still raised. She looked at him sadly and didn't reply. Midoriko looked at him and looked back at Sango.
"Sango, don't ever give up. There is always hope in every situation, never forget that. It's up to you decide what happens next. You are the only one who can decide your fate. Just don't forget what I said Sango...Goodbye."
With that, Midoriko disappeared and time resumed once again. Miroku's claw was descending down and Sango made her decision.
'I will not give up ever! I will save Houshi-sama and return him back to normal.'
Sango then used all of her strength to escape and she broke free from him. Miroku's claw swiped at the ground and he shouted,
"How did you brake free?"
Sango smirked at him and answered, "I have the will to go on and that fueled me up with strength."
With that, Sango grabbed her sword and ran to Miroku with full speed. He got into a stance and black swirls started to form around his hands.
Sango ran towards him with a look of determination. Miroku smirked at her and shot a black blast at her with his claws. She gritted her teeth and headed straight towards the attack.
There was a large explosion and when the smoked cleared, Miroku gaped at her. Sango stood perfectly fine without any wounds from the attack he just launched. She calmly walked to him and dropped her sword.
"How did you survive that attack?" Miroku asked growling.
Sango looked at him in the eye and tried her best not to cry. 'He wants to kill me now without remorse. I will not give up or everything will be lost. But this is all too painful to me.'
"I survived because, my friends saved me." She responded.
At that moment, Inuyasha, with Kagome, jumped from behind him and each of them grabbed his arms once again.
Sango looked at them gratefully because Inuyasha blocked with Tetsusaiga before Miroku's attack hit her. That was how she survived the blast.
Miroku attempted to escape from their grasp but they both held onto him tightly. Sango kept on staring at him, not doing anything. Kagome looked up at Miroku sadly and said,
"Miroku-sama...."
Miroku's eyes flared up in anger and he shouted, "Don't call me that!"
Kagome wasn't fazed by his shout and said,
"Miroku-sama, I know that you are in there somewhere and you haven't forgotten about us! I will never hurt you no matter what and I would heal you if you are wounded, even if you hurt me."
Kindness
Miroku's eyes widened and the red sphere that was inside him disappeared. Miroku's eyes went back to black with red pupils, his red stripes went to black, and his spikes grew to their normal side. His scent and aura was not bloodthirsty anymore. He could now speak, think, and act without hatred in every sentence.
Kagome sighed in happiness but held onto Miroku's arm still. Miroku still struggled against them and attempted to attack Kagome. Inuyasha held onto him tighter and he stated,
"Miroku, you might be a pain in the ass like right now. Still, we saved each other's butts quite often and I learned to trust you. You SOMETIMES give me good advice and other times, no. Now, it is my turn to help you with this crap. I want to help you because you're a friend that I don't want to loose."
Friendship
Miroku gasped as he felt some emotions come back to him and he stopped struggling against the two. He still was in his demon form but not as crazy as he was before. Sango looked at him, eyes wide, and ran to him. She hugged him tightly as if she was afraid to let go. Inuyasha and Kagome let go of him and stood up.
"Houshi-, no not Houshi, but Miroku. Miroku, you can be such a baka pervert sometimes but you were always there to help and cheer me up. You always cared for me when I see Kohaku and protect me from demons. I know I might be abusive sometimes, but I truly care for you and I never want you to die." Sango gasped with tears of love coming down her cheeks. Her tears started to wet Miroku's robe as she sobbed into his chest.
True tears that are positive makes true light
Some black swirls started to come out of him as he looked at Sango with widened eyes. Inuyasha and Kagome stared in awe as some darkness out of him escaped and disintegrated into the air.
"Miroku, I don't want you to die no matter what I say to you. I get jealous when you flirt with other girls because I...." Sango stated and hugged him tighter.
Miroku looked down at her warily and he raised one claw above his head. 'Time to end her ranting' He thought and swung down his claw slowly.
"Miroku, I get jealous when you flirt, because I...." Sango said and swallow the lump that was in her throat. Inuyasha and Kagome watched in shock in what was happening.
"Because...I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL!" Sango yelled and more tears came out from her eyes. She hugged him still and looked at Miroku in hope. Miroku instantly stopped his claw when he heard her say that and he stood still.
Love
'The only way to cure him is with true light and emotions that darkness cannot grasp.' 'True, pure tears and kindness, friendship, and love is the only way to cure him from the spell.'
Miroku yelled in pain as more black swirls started to come out of his mouth, eyes, and back. Sango continued to hold him as she looked at him worried. After a minute, all of the darkness from his body and soul left him and disintegrated in the air. His wings, claws, spikes, and the stripes on his cheek disappeared. Miroku's hair returned to its normal length but not into the tiny ponytail. His ears became normal, his nose cannot smell as much again, and his fangs turned into regular teeth again. He no longer held the rage or hatred he once had. All of his emotions came back to him. His aura and scent returned to the comforting and relaxed one. Finally, his black eyes returned to their bright and emotion filled violet eyes.
Sango looked happily at him as Inuyasha and Kagome walked to him cautiously. Miroku looked back at Sango and hugged her back with his own tears coming from his eyes.
"Sango, I'm sorry in what I did, can you ever forgive me?" Miroku asked softly as he hugged her. Sango broke out of their embrace and replied,
"Of course Miroku, I never blamed you on anything you did."
Miroku nodded happily and looked at Inuyasha and Kagome. "Do you guys forgive me in what I did to you?"
"Of course Miroku-sama!"
"Keh, of course."
Miroku smiled happily at everyone but then had a pained look on his face. "How about all of the people I killed?" 'I can't forgive myself if they are still dead.'
"Don't worry about it Miroku. We revived every innocent that you killed when you were in that demon form." Sango said softly. She knew that Miroku hated to kill anything so killing all of those innocents probably made him hate himself. Miroku nodded and thought to himself,
'I'm glad that they were okay and all of the people were revived. I wouldn't live with myself if they remained dead.'
"So, how did you guys kill Naraku and what happened to the Shikon Jewel?" Miroku asked curiosity. The entire group explained what happened and Miroku nodded.
"That's good that he is dead. I'm glad that Kikyo and the rest is finally in peace." Miroku stated.
"Miroku, I'm just glad that you are back to normal. Let's go back to Kaede's house to explain the good news." Sango said as she placed her sword back into its sheath. Inuyasha nodded and sheathed Tetsusaiga as Kagome jumped on his back. Sango retrieved Hiraikotsu and strapped it on her back.
"Hey Sango, do you want me to carry? I promise that I won't do anything funny." Miroku asked. Sango looked at him warily but complied. She jumped onto his back and Inuyasha and Miroku raced towards Kaede's place.
'I'm so glad that you are okay and back to normal, my Miroku.' Sango thought and fell asleep.
A/N: It's not the end yet, but the next chapter should be the ending. Anyways, review!