Sango watched the mountins for movement, soon she saw what she was watching for. The group of ninja's were going up the mountin, but she also saw little tornado's coming towards them.

"I see them Inuyasha! But I also see the wolf clan going towards them!"

"Alright! Lets speed up!"

"Right! Kilala, fly faster!"

Kilala sped up more. Shippo was having a hard time keeping up.

"You alright back there kit!"

"I'll live!"

Inuyasha smirked as he saw him trying his best.

They made it to the mountin. Shippo and Kilala flew upward as Inuyasha hopped up. The flyers made it close to the group, and as they flew by Kira yelled.

"Hatcho!"

They boy looked up, "Kira? Kira!"

The girl let go of Shippo and fell. Shippo became worried but noticed why when the girl fell into the boys arms. Hugging him. Right then and there dirt flew as the group coughed. The dust cleared as Koga, Ayame, Hakaku, and Ginta dispearsed from it.

"Your on my land!"

The people backed away, as the trained came forward to reason with the youki.

"We are just passing through..."

"Heh! As if you could pass through here!"

"Koga!"

"Kagome?"

He looked as he saw Inuyasha with Kagome on his back land. Kagome hurried off and went infront of the group.

"I am hoping you will let these people come through..."

Koga looked serious, "This is my land Kagome. I can't just let anyone pass."

"You would let me, would you not?"

He looked at her as Ayame stepped in.

"By wolf youkai law, we must protect our land, under all circumstances..."

Koga cut in, "Since the Birds of Paradise have been destroyed, we have been more careful with who, or what, we let pass."

"Koga please, just allow them to. I don't want any trouble to start."

Koga sighed and rubbed his temples. "Fine!"

Kagome turned to them and saw them look at her seriously. One man walked forward and bowed. "Thank you."

She bowed. "You are welcome."

"Why did you help us?"

"We met a young girl, who was left behind by you..."

They all frowned and looked over to see Kira and Hatcho, Kira behind the boy.

"You mean her? She can not be with us! She will just cause more problems!" the man said.

"You mean because of this?"

The man looked at her and saw the shikon shard.

"We believed that to be the reason for all the attacks. And since the girl did not wish to leave it behind, we left her and it instead."

"It's actually good she didn't. For if it fell in the wrong hands, you would all possibly be dead."

They all gasped.

"But to leave a girl, to defend for herself, is wrong all together." said Miroku.

Inuyasha stepped up, "She survived an attack on your own village all by herself. And you say she is weak!"

They all turned to Kira, "Is this true Kira? What this demon says?"

She nodded.

They turned back to the group, "If you hate us for leaving her, why did you help?"

"Because even though you left her...She still wanted to save you all."

They all turned to her again, she was looking to the ground.

The head man walked up to her and bent down before her.

"I believe we all are sorry for what we did. We all owe you our lives. Kira, do you forgive us?"

She looked at the man then at Hatcho. Hatcho took her hand and squeezed it. She turned to the man again and nodded. He smiled and lifted the girl and put her on his shoulders. She laughed and smiled down at Inuyasha and the group. They smiled up at her.

"We will be going to our other village, down towardsLake Motosu. Do you wish to come with us?"

Kagome turned to Inuyasha. Inuyasha nodded as she turned and nodded too. They all walked to the village.

-

((The Ninja Village))

"So your a kunoichi?" Sango asked.
Kira nodded, "I've been training with Hatcho for quite some time. Our people don't have many kunoichi, and I'm one of the few. Even though i'm low-ranked."
Hatcho nodded too, "Yes, she begged me to train her."
"OI!"
He smiled, "Even though I am also a genin, we both have mastered the art of kakureminojutsu."
"Well isn't that the main reason of being a ninja?" Kira teased.
"Oi!"
"Anways, we'll be passed genin soon enough." Kira stated.
"Yes. Father has agreed to allow us to go on some missions soon." Hatcho said with a grin.
"REALLY!"
"Yep!"
Kagome smiled at the two. They were obviously nuts about eachother, and it kinda rememinded her what she just found out. She looked over to Inuyasha who was looking up in the sky. She looked up at the half moon. It's luminousity was inspiring. She got up and sat next to him. He looked over to her.

"You seem deep in thought."

"Just thinking about the past."

Kagome frowned, "Thinking about your mother."

He looked at her, then looked away as he sighed.

"Before she died, I told her I will never find anyone eles like her..."

Kagome listened hard as she straightened up.

He grinned, "She told me soon or later I would find someone. Very close, or atleast close enough for me..."

"And?" she said.

"I didn't understand her then, but now I think I do." He said looking at her.

She grinned, understanding his statement, as she layed her head on his shoulder.

"Go to sleep wench, your tired."

"I'd rather stay awake, with you..."

"Feh! Don't be dumb..."

She smiled, but stayed awake.

-

Miroku looked up from the fire and saw Kagome laying on Inuyasha's shoulder. He grinned, happy to see the two like that. He looked over to the side to see Hatcho and Kohaku challanging eachother. Kohaku lunged hiskusarikama at the pots, breaking them all in one swoop. They set more pots up and Hatcho threw stars at them, breaking each withen seconds. Kira laughed and challenged them too. She threw her daggers at the hut Hatcho stood against. Each on both sides of his head. The boy was in a state of shock as he fell unconscience. Kohaku and Kira ran over to him. Miroku laughed and looked over to see Sango. She was standing against a hut, smiling but seemed to be deep in thought. He rose from where he sat and went to her.
"Mind if I join you?"

"Not at all."

He smiled and stood next to her.

"I'm happy you have both found eachother..."

Sango sighed, "He is constantly having nightmare's though..."

They watched a Hatcho popped up and scared the two.

Miroku smiled, "They may plague him, but he is strong for his age."

"Yes. As much as they plague us both, we both have learned to accept it. It was never really his fault..."

Miroku sat down on a hay sack as she sat beside him. He knew not to do anything stupid this time around.

"Would you like to go for a walk?"

Sango looked at him suspiciously but nodded. They got up and walked away.

-

"Wonder where tose two are going..."

"Oh, let them be together..."

"Feh! I'm just hoping for Sango's sake the lecher doesn't try anything..."

"Yea me too."

"Kagome...?"

Kagome sat up whe she saw the little kitsune.

"Yes Shippo?"

"Um, I'm a little bit mad. I can't do what they're doing at all."

Kagome looked over to see Kira, Hatcho, and Kohaku practicing on the pots again.

"Oh, Shippo...Why don't you ask them if they could help you out."

He looked towards them. "I'm afraid they'll say no."

"Ofcourse they won't."

He didn't seem convienced.

"Listen kit. Go over there, because if you can't do a simple thing like ask, then you are a wimp."

"OI!"

"Inu-"

"Go. Or i'll start calling you one."

Shippo became determined. And walked over. Kira looked over to Inuyasha and smiled and then gave Shippo stars. She explained, and showed, him what to do. Shippo missed at first but kept trying and finally hit. He smiled and laughed as Hatcho picked him up onto his shoulders and they praised him. Kagome smiled then looked at Inuyasha. He seemed to be sleeping. She saw one of his ears and went to go reach for one. Inuyasha popped one eye open.

"Don't even think about it wench."

He grinned at her pout.

-

Miroku sat by the lake as Sango sat by him.

"Sango?"

"Hm?" She was looking at the stars.

"You remember the promise I made to you...correct?"

She looked at him then nodded, "How could I forget...?"

He smiled, "Good, because I won't break that."

"Good, because if you did, i'd kill you."

He winced, "I would never."

She smiled, "You know...I've been thinking about that..."

"Y-Y-You have?"

"Yes. I want to be here with you. I guess, well, I guess that's what I want now, since I finally finished the mission I set out for."

"And what mission would that be?"

"I found Kohaku...Now my next mission is to defeat Naraku, and then..."

She looked at him and smiled. He smiled back and pulled her close to him. He told her he would take her as he wife. And he wouldn't break that promise to her. He cared for her too much.

"I was afraid i'd find you two like this..."

They both gasped and turned around. There theKohaku and the three otherkids laughed and ran away.

"Oi! You come back here!" Sango got up.

"Come on Miroku!"

He smiled and ran with her.

(A/N:)

Okay I thought a little bit of MirSan would make you all happy...

Definitions:

kunoichi-Female ninja
genin-low-ranked ninja
Note:I'm not sure if these are correct but I got them from a realiable source...hehe.
kusarikama-Kohaku's weapon, kinda like an axe...thinggy...lol

Anyways thanks again reviewers!
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-Liz-