A FORGOTTEN MEMORY. MIROKU'S SISTER?

Miroku looked around at the different buildings. "For some reason I have memories of being here before, a very long time ago." Miroku turned to see Kagome was the only one interested. He sighed.

"Kagome, it's very small compared to the other ones. What are we looking for?" Shippo questioned.

Kagome smiled at him, "some aids to treat Sango." She turned to InuYasha. "Can't you be slightly more casual? You always walk with your arms folded and eyes closed, why not try giving a friendly impression to everyone?" Kagome chided.

"Bah! What for? All I can think about right now is killing that bastard Naraku!" InuYasha grunted.

"Don't we all?" Miroku agreed.

Kagome turned and pointed at a two-story hut. "This looks promising let's check inside."

They all entered the hut to hear a bell jingle as the door opened and again as the door closed. They had treatments of all sorts it was a miracle; some of the biggest villages had no treatments in at all.

"Customers!" A high pitch voice called from the room behind. It sounded like a very young girl informing the owner of the shop.

Kagome picked out all of the items she required as InuYasha went around sniffing the place. "This is great! They have everything we need!" Kagome shouted with glee.

Miroku removed some money from his robes to pay for the goods. Kagome and Shippo walked over to the counter as InuYasha peered around the edge of an isle.

Sounds of tens of footsteps coming at a fast speed were heard through the shop. "Big brother!" The girl's voice called. Miroku turned as he saw the girl leap into the air and push him to the ground. She laughed with bundles of joy hugging him really hard. Kagome, Shippo and InuYasha stared with blank faces at the girl and the monk.

"I'm terribly sorry about that, normally she just asks every priest that comes in if their name is Miroku, she never does a thing like this. Now apologise!" The shop owner ordered the girl.

"No!" The girl argued and shook her head in denial. "It's him this time it really is, I just know it, he just has to be!" The girl smiled with great hope in her eyes.

Miroku remained silent and looked at Kagome laughing innocently. Kagome gasped as she noticed a similar covering on the girl's right hand to Miroku's. "No way!" Kagome shouted as she even saw the resemblance the dark hair, the violet eyes yet Miroku never mentioned his sister in any of his life stories. "Miroku? Is she really?" Kagome was dying to know.

Miroku sighed, "yes." The girl's eyes shined with glee.

"I knew you would come back some when!" The girl hugged him tighter as shop owner looked quite startled. "Can I go with them for a bit? Please!" The girl begged.

"If they don't mind," the shopkeeper sighed with relief as they paid for the items.

"I still don't get it Miroku, why did you never mention her to any of us?" Kagome watched the cheerful girl clinging onto him so badly.

Miroku sighed, "for her own safety. When I was ten I left her here at the age of three, four years after our father had died and I was leaving to fight Naraku and rid both of us of this curse. If I ever spoke about her to one of you, Naraku would have somehow found out about her and put her in danger." Miroku tried to loosen her from his arm.

"But she was so young," Kagome pitied both of them, she would hate it if she had to do that to her brother even though he could be a real pain in the butt! "And you were so young too, you left to find Naraku at the age of ten!" Kagome exclaimed.

"Yes. I couldn't take her with me; I had also forbidden her from ever using kazaana so that she would live for longer. This is the main reason I've been fighting Naraku, not to save me, but to save my sister." Miroku put his arm around her.

Kagome sighed. It was quite sweet but she still didn't understand. "Umm, Miroku, I thought that you well, consumed your mother into your kazaana when you were born, so how could that be your sister?" Kagome watched them both.

"Our father remarried and his newly wed was also consumed by kazaana but not mine." Miroku held his beloved sister's hand. "But none of that matters now, she's still safe that's all that counts."

They stopped at their hut and the girl stood in front of them all. She bowed to them. "Thank you so much for letting me come here with you, I'm really looking forwards to getting to know you all, especially the puppy." The girl smiled as InuYasha knit his eyebrows at her. "And seeing as Miroku never told you about me, my name is Hotaru." The girl waited for the rest of them to introduce themselves.

Kagome walked over to her and crouched down. "My name is Kagome, the little fox demon is Shippo and the giant cuddly puppy is InuYasha." Kagome chuckled as InuYasha growled.

"Don't you start like that brat did!" InuYasha warned.

Kagome turned. "You're so rude! SIT!" Kagome huffed and smiled at the girl. 'Aww she's so cute' she thought to herself.

"Cool you can tell the puppy to sit!" Hotaru clapped her hands with glee. "It's great to meet all of you."

Kagome chuckled, "that's not it, there's still Kaede, Kirara and…Sango." As Kagome mentioned her name Miroku sighed, picked up the aids and walked inside the hut.

"Where's big brother going?" Hotaru peered through the doorway then looked at Kagome.

Kagome stood. "Our friend is very badly injured and your brother is very worried that this person who is very special to him might die…" Kagome took Hotaru's hand and guided her to the main room of the hut.

Kagome sat on the floor with a long sigh. How long was Sango going to be like this? Will she ever wake up? Kagome bit her nails with frustration as Hotaru nosed around the hut before entering Sango's room. InuYasha tried to look into Kagome's eyes. He crawled up to her and sniffed.

"Hmph! You worry too much!" InuYasha crawled back to his corner before he was ordered to sit.