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Chapter Thirteen-The True Story Behind it All

My bruises were gone within two days, and the swelling stopped in three. I still had a difficult time eating and sitting down, but I managed to make myself softer foods, and tried to just remain on the couch instead of walking around so much. Inuyasha and Kagome often came to see how I was doing, and I enjoyed their company. It helped ease the pain.

After a week, I was completely healed, and was back alive again. When I returned to the church, everyone was asking how I was feeling, saying that they were praying for me, and that they were going to bring me some supplies to help any other problems I might be having. I was grateful, but the attention was a little too overwhelming for me, seeing as I had just come out of being practically dead.

Speaking of practically dead...

The phone rang, and I reached over from my spot on the couch and picked it up. "Hello?"

"Miroku! Sango's awake!" Inuyasha's anxious voice came through.

"What?" I asked, dropping the remote and the sandwich I had in my hands.

"Yeah! She wants to talk to you, too! Get down to the hospital, soon!"

I nodded, knowing he couldn't see it. I told him I was going, hung up and grabbed my coat. She was awake! Maybe she could finally tell me about Kyle.

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I arrived at the hospital twenty minutes later. With a quick stop to the gift shop to get some flowers for her, I was finally able to go into her room and see her. My heart pounded in my ears. Just the thought of her being awake again sent shivers up my spine. But they were the good shivers! Like the nervousness you get when you are about to open your Christmas presents, hoping for that toy you had your eye on for months!

When I opened the door, she was sitting up straight on the bed, her back against four or five pillows, and her hair looked as neat as it was the day I first saw her. Her hands were placed on her lap, and she gazed down at them, her brown eyes looking sad, and confused. I tapped on the door to get her attention, and she looked up at me, her pale face regaining some of the pink she had lost.

"Miroku!" She gasped, her voice sounding sweet to my ears. "Thank you so much for coming!"

I smiled back and put the flowers on the desk next to the bed, grabbed the chair, pulled it up to her side and sat down. "You had be scared for a long time," I told her. She blushed, and looked at her hands again. "I mean it, Sango. I was really worried about you."

She nodded, "I had a dream about you..."

"About me?" I asked, nervousness sinking into the pit of my stomach, and this time it wasn't the good kind.

She nodded again, "it was more like a vision, I think. You were battling a demon... angels stood all around you, fighting many other countless demons. All of the demons were hideous creatures, fangs that dripped blood, wings that looked scarred and torn, and their eyes were like a cat's. It was a terrible sight because... Kyle was there..."

"Kyle?"

"Yes... he was the human you were having a battle with, but your angel was battling his demon at the same time."

I nodded, not knowing what words to say.

"Anyways," she said, and she looked at me. "I have something I really wanted to tell you, but I fell asleep before I could."

I looked at her and leaned in to hear her.

"Kyle... he is not a normal human. He has powers that no one on earth has. Dangerous powers, and he uses them to do his dirty work. He threatened me that if I told you, he would kill me. When he found out I was finally going to, he tried to kill me, using his powers. But they didn't work on me, and I was put in a coma, a long terrible dream that I thought lasted an eternity.

"But, Miroku, there's more. When I first met Kyle, he seemed like a nice man, but always got involved in the wrong things. That's why I felt like I had a duty to him, to protect him from that danger. I always felt some good in him, and I always tried to pull that out of him. But, Kagome told you about his 'fit' at church. Well, I was terrified of what he did that day. His eyes were yellow and glowing, and I thought I could see black wings on his back. I was never so terrified in my life.

"But that brought me closer to him, however. Strange as it may sound, I drew closer to him, feeling an even stronger urge to bring that goodness out of him. It was my biggest goal of my life, and I followed with it, even into marriage."

"But..." I said, interrupting her. "You said you weren't really married?"

She nodded, "that's true, I did say that." She let out a soft sigh, probably getting her thoughts straight before she spoke. "After we were married, we were just about as happy a couple as any other. But... it wasn't too long afterwards that he had another explosion of his anger."

"This is when he abused you?" I asked, hoping I was dead wrong.

She nodded, "yes... and raped, and attempted to murder."

My mouth dropped, and I stared at her. "I didn't hear that!"

She gave a weak smile, "oops..."

I grabbed her hand and held it tight, her eyes turning to look back at mine. "Sango, it's no 'oops.' You can't keep this all inside of you! It'll tear you apart, from the inside out!"

She nodded and patted my hand. "I know that. That's why I'm telling you. You care about me, and I know I can just be honest with you and not worry."

I smiled, "good. Now, continue with your story."

She smiled back, then looked at her lap again. "Well, he did so many horrible things to me, it just seems so different, like it wasn't as bad as everyone says it is. I guess I just go used to it after a few weeks."

"It lasted a few weeks?" I asked, then blushed. "Sorry, continue."

She laughed a little, "well, yes, it did last a few weeks. But, the sad part is, I never told anyone but Kagome. I made her swear not to tell anyone, too. I guess it was the fact that I still wanted to bring out the good in him. I thought that this would just be a passing thing, and then we would go back to our happy lives. But, sadly, it didn't happen that way.

"Kagome warned me that it would get too far to control, but I just blew it off. I was so sure that he would return to his normal self, and that I would be able to stop those habits from returning. Well, Kagome was right, it did get too far. So, I told him, over the phone and at my lawyer's, that we needed to be away from each other for a while. I had planned on getting a divorce, but I just couldn't let myself do that to him. If he were acting out of anger this way about little things, what would he do if I divorced him? I thought he would be a murderer!

"So, I moved here, away from him and his anger. I lived here for a few years, but I tried to stay hidden. After I broke up with him, he called me back and left a threatening message on my machine. That was when I was so scared I moved. Kagome bought me the apartment, and she told me that I would be safe, because a good friend of Inuyasha's lives in the same place. I felt a lot better once I moved in. I had bought a whole new look, dyed my hair, and got color contacts. After a while, I grew a custom to the way I looked, and I thought I was born this way.

"It wasn't until a few weeks ago, the day that you had asked me to go meet you at the church, that Kyle had found me. I was terrified, and I knew I couldn't go and see you, risking your life as well as my own. If Kyle met you, and he knew I was supposed to meet with you, he would have lost control again, and probably kill us. I couldn't have that... I was so scared."

I nodded, "so that's why you didn't tell me you had a husband."

She nodded, "yes, I was afraid I would get you killed."

I squeezed her hand, "and I guess I was that friend of Inuyasha's."

She smiled, her eyes wet with tears, "yes... you were, and still are. I just felt so safe when I moved in, like a blanket of warmth was around me, and there was nothing wrong in the world. I felt so secure, and so welcome."

"You still are," I told her. "We can have Kyle arrested, he can be out of your life forever! You just got to tell other people about it!"

She shook her head, "that's back to the point that Kyle isn't a normal human. If he finds out I told someone, he would kill the ones I told, and attempt to kill me as well. He knows what goes on around me."

"Then why are you telling me?" I asked. "Wouldn't he know you are, and he'd come after me?"

Tears fell from her face, "because you are the one that can save me."

I looked at her, fear in the pit of my stomach. Why was I the one that could save her? What powers do I have to stop someone like Kyle? He was a mad man, and, from what I gathered from Jean, he was a murderer already! How could I, good old Christian Miroku, stand up against him?

(Third Person)

Tal and Guilo stood on a branch outside of the hospital, looking through the window to Miroku and Sango. Guilo let out a sigh of frustration and tiredness, and turned his head to look at his captain. Tal gave a sigh himself, knowing what his friend was thinking. Without even turning his head, Tal nodded and Guilo disappeared into the hospital to stand next to the two.

Guilo reached down, and touched Sango's shoulder. "You will have the power of many angels at your side," he whispered.

Sango smiled, "you will have the power of many angels at your side"

Miroku shook his head, "that may be true, but you said Kyle had powers. If he has powers, and I have angels, how can I win? Angels cannot be seen."

Guilo frowned, this guy is hardheaded! "He cannot use his powers in the church, because the Power of God will be stronger than his demonic powers."

Sango said the same, and Miroku nodded. She reached over and squeezed his hand. "Don't worry, I know you will win, because God is at your side, and you are a Man of God."

Guilo nodded, a smile forming on his lips. I like this girl! He pulled his hand away from her, and flew back to join his captain. Tal was smiling sheepishly at his return, and even laughed a little. "Fine work," Tal said, patting his friend on the back. "I'm sure he got the hint now."

Guilo laughed a little himself, "he had better! The Man of God has a hard head!"

They shared another laugh, and continued to watch the conversation between the two humans.