Chapter 10 –Living the Hurt-

Miroku slowly took a sip of the coffee InuYasha had set in front of him. The dog hanyou was now sitting across the small table in front of him. Staring at him intently.

"Yes?" Miroku finally sighed, getting rather irritated by it.

"You hurt her. She's mad, she left you. And you didn't even get to take her. How does it feel houshi? Have you fulfilled yourself now?" InuYasha asked quietly.

Miroku glared, opening his mouth to say something, he closed it, sighing heavily. He dropped his head against the table with a loud 'thunk.' "She heard us talking over the phone. She must have heard me say that I was going to have my way, and leave her to suffer." He whispered. "I didn't even decide before she left." The houshi growled lifting his forehead off the table. Taking another weary drink at his coffee.

Hatchi was sitting on the side of the table. Across from Emma on the other side. "She was a nice child." The old woman told Miroku, "They always are. I always hoped that someday you would realize how much you make them love you." She said sadly.

Miroku looked up at her. 'You what? This whole time you were hoping that I would get screwed like this?" he asked indignantly.

She only nodded. "Yes. Because then you would be able to prove to everyone else that you have some sort of emotion, and you're not a complete bastard."

Miroku only blinked a few times, before hitting his head on the table again. The coffee swirled around in the cup because of the jolt that hit the table.

"Miroku...every time that you do this, every time you take them home, touch them, do whatever. You don't realize how much they're falling for you. You've hurt so many people."

Miroku frowned. 'Then why is this any different? If I've hurt so many people why do I care about Sango?" he asked. "She's gone, I shouldn't have to think about here any more." He said finally. Standing up as he took another drink of his coffee.

"But it is different isn't it houshi-sama?" Hatchi croaked. "I spent a lot of time with her, I prophesied how you were such a good guy. They way she had been waiting for you that night. She wanted to tell you how much she loved you. She told me that."

Miroku turned, chocking on the coffee that he had just sipped up, spluttering it on the floor. "What?" He croaked as Emma stood up to clean the coffee.

"She told me that she loved you. She was going to tell you then as well. I suppose she went downstairs to be with you in the first place. But she got a little surprise when you were talking on the phone."

Miroku stared at the floor. Bending down with a rag that Emma handed him, cleaning up the coffee as he stood again. A lurch in his stomach, a rock there to. Every thing settled on him. How she had smiled, how she had laughed at him when the arousal can had blown up, how she had looked when he had rescued the strawberry.

He realized something to. It was now so definite in his mind. The feeling was returned.

"We've got to find her." He said, standing up as he hucked the rag across the kitchen, where it landed in the sink.

Everyone looked up at him.

"She may have said that she never wanted to see me again. Fine. InuYasha, Hatchi, you go and get her. She's either working, or somewhere else. I'll phone all her places of work. Kohaku had given me a list. We're bound to come across her."

They all grinned weakly at the houshi; a distinctive fire was burning in his eyes. "You're going to make her love you again Miroku?" InuYasha asked with a small smirk.

Miroku raised his eyebrows. "Well if you think I'm going to let feelings fly unchecked, you got another thing coming. If she doesn't want me anymore, fine, She'll just be unhappy, because she is coming back here." He growled, before turning out of the kitchen, and darting up the stairs.

They all blinked. "Someone's in love." Emma whispered quietly. They all grinned at her.

"About time to."

According to the list, she as to be at Blossoms again to work her shift. Miroku grinned, it might be easier then he thought.

Falling backwards into his bed he grinned as he punched in the number. If he couldn't take her, then nobody else would be able to. She would be his, weather she liked it or not.

It rang once, then a woman picked up, "Blossoms, how may I help you?"

Miroku almost wished it was Sango, but he knew it wasn't. "Is Sango there?" He asked, "I need to speak to her."

What he heard next made his heart drop.

"I'm sorry sir, she hasn't showed up for work today. Her brother phoned in earlier today telling me that she wasn't feeling good."

Miroku paused. "She's sick?" He finally asked.

The woman shook her head, on the other end as she sighed. "No. Who are you anyways?" she asked curiously. Miroku frowned. "I'm...I'm her, boyfriend." He finally sighed; the woman gaped into the phone. "YOU SON OF A BITCH! Kohaku specifically told me that She and her boyfriend had split up, and he had hurt her so bad she couldn't do anything but stare into space. You bastard!" she screeched. Miroku winced; obviously Sango and this woman were close. He shouldn't have said a thing.

"I didn't do anything. SHE left ME!" He growled. "I'm just trying to find her. Do you know where she is?"

The woman sighed, it was always so complicated. "I'm sorry sir, She was supposed to be with you, Her brother phoned from a pay phone out side of Burger Delight, besides that, I don't know." She said with a sigh. "Customers are waiting sir. I need to hang up now." After a split second the sickly b-flat of the phone began to ring in Miroku's ear.

Had he really hurt her that bad with his words? That she wasn't working. That she was just...staring?

He trotted down the stairs. Hatchi and InuYasha had already left to go to the nightclub where they had first met. To see if anybody there knew where she was.

"Emma!" He called. Emma shot around the corner with a speed that surprised him, for her age.

"Yes dear." She asked. Miroku looked at her for a moment, she was acting awfully strange towards him.

"Where's Burger Delight?" he asked shortly. Emma thought for a moment. "Down near Haven Street, on the corner beside that and Fifth Avenue."

Miroku gaped; the Warehouse was on Fifth Avenue. Was it possible that they had returned to it? He quickly picked up the portable again, dialing InuYasha's cell number.

"Sango, you need to eat something. Here...take this burger." Kohaku said; forcing Sango's hand open where he placed a burger he had bought at 'Burger Delight' just before he had called out to Blossoms, telling them that Sango had split up with her boyfriend, and was going through some emotional trouble.

Of course, While Kohaku did not understand it all. He understood enough to know that Miroku had upset Sango by something that he had said. And now they were mad. And he was suffering. He wanted to be back with his friend Hatchi.

They had developed a rather good friendship, and he knew that Sango and Miroku had done so. In fact, when he had been walking back, he had picked up a newspaper. On the front cover, it had a picture of the two together. He figured that this was what had happened when they were in the mall.

He hadn't shown Sango the picture, or the article. Because she knew that she would be upset. Although after reading it, he figured something out.

The Headline read: Big Time player Miroku Snags Another

For a picture, it had a photo of Miroku holding Sango up against the wall, his hand in the front of her pants, his face buried into her neck. Her eyes were closed, and she looked so relaxed. Kohaku and stared at the picture for what seemed like years.

So THAT'S what they were doing!

He only grinned, looking up, he seen his heart broken sister. She was slowly eating the burger. Staring at the pages of the newspaper that Kohaku had given her.

He took his time reading the rest of the article about his sister and his friend.

"Player Miroku seems to have taken another dive at an incredible looking young woman. Her name is still unknown, although we can all tell that the emotions between the two are currently on high.

After the quitting of his star dancer Sasha, perhaps Miroku is now seeking solace in another. Whatever the case, they two were both caught in an up town mall making love to one another in an out-of-the-way corner.

Miroku, who had become famous, as one of the lead vocals in 'The Yasha Group' has taken the hearts of fan girls, and any girl a like. With his sharp wit and smooth words, it seems that everyone's favorite pervert has snagged another.

How long will this go last?"

Kohaku glared at the words. They made Miroku out as a complete bastard, a player. Was it true?

Kohaku looked up at his sister, debating weather or not to show her the article. He decided against it. Stuffing it under his mattress.

Getting up, he sat beside his sister. She put her arm around him. As she sighed gently. "I'm sorry Kohaku. I'll make it up to you." She whispered. Kohaku closed his eyes. "I know you will." He whispered back to her.

"Your sure that she's in here?" InuYasha asked Hatchi. Hatchi looked at the chains and padlocks that were lying on the ground, ripped off the door. "Well, I'm pretty sure that the wind didn't do that." He snorted.

InuYasha rolled his eyes, before pushing at the door. It was locked. He growled, "Stay back Hatchi." He ordered as he crunched his knuckles.

Two seconds later, Sango jumped up and screamed as the door was smashed to bits. A dog-eared, silver haired hanyou as standing in the broken doorway, cell phone in hand. "Found her." He said, before hanging up.

Hatchi came tumbling in through the door pushing past the hanyou.

Kohaku jumped up. "HATCHIMON!" He shouted happily, diving towards the transformer. Hatchi grinned pulling the kid up he popped into a replica of InuYasha, popping the boy on his shoulders.

InuYasha ignored the happy duo, seeing Sango staring at Hatchi, looking behind. Almoust hopefully to see if there was any else there.

InuYasha frowned, squatting down beside her. "You feeling okay?" He asked, touching her shoulder. Sango looked at him, recognizing him from the band as well. Must be one of Miroku's friends. she thought.

She nodded. "Why are you here?" she asked, her voice hardly above a whisper.

"Miroku sent us to get you." He told her. Sango stiffened, looking away. "Why? Why would that bastard care? He said that it didn't matter how I felt, that I would suffer, so it wasn't his problem." She seethed, glaring across the room.

InuYasha opened his mouth up. "I had been talking to him on the phone that time." He said with a sigh. "He was really confused. Sango. Miroku, he...he can't really help what he is, or what he does. He's been playing women all his life. And he thought you to be no exception."

Sango only glared daggers at nothing in particular. Pretending it was Miroku's face. Crushing it with her gaze.

"But he realized that he was different." He sighed. "Right now he's really torn up. He read your note and was lying there for hours before we got to him. He needs you Sango." He whispered.

"Why would he need me? I'm just a pawn. I'm just a game to him. I'm not going to be played by him any more." She growled.

InuYasha frowned for a moment, deciding to stick with the whole chess thing he sighed. "Actually Sango, I think you're his queen." He whispered. Sango stiffened, looking away.

"Go back to him, just for a little while. Say good-bye to him at least. Then he'll be able to move on in life." He whispered. "And so will you."

Sango looked to InuYasha for a second. Before looking back at Hatchi. They were both swapping stories about what they had done weeks earlier. Kohaku was really happy with his new friend. He never had many.

Sango felt a tear roll down her cheek. But she didn't bother wiping it away. "Think about him Sango, did he ever really hurt you. He said he would, but he didn't actually. He as getting second thoughts, I don't think he would have ever hurt you." InuYasha whispered.

She closed her eyes. Remembering how he had held her after he had attempted to take her in the mall. He had been so comforting. He could have taken her in that little alley, nobody would have known. And she would have probably given into him as well. But he hadn't, he had comforted her. He had loved her. She closed her eyes, remembering the feeling. She wanted to feel it again.

Another tear ran down her cheek, as she sighed, "I...I..." She trailed off. InuYasha surprised her by picking her up, carrying her out of the warehouse, and to the S.U.V, before she could even protest.

Kohaku and Hatchi came out as well. Hatchi getting into the drivers seat, while InuYasha sat passenger. She and Kohaku sat in the back. Sango only stared at her hands.

She was going to see him again.

Miroku gazed out the window, looking at the driveway anxiously. InuYasha had phoned only moments ago, telling him that they were headed back now. His stomach jolted in anticipation. He was going to see Sango again. It had only been a day and a bit, and already he felt like he hadn't seen here in years.

Would she hate him? He would just have to wait and find out. He was going to use ever ounce of knowledge that he had to get her into his arms again. To make her keep loving him. So that he could love her as well.

His precious Sango. His queen. She was coming back to him.