What happened to Inuyasha and Miroku?

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Chapter 7, Safe but dying

It was dark and cold. Only a voice of dribbling water broke the silence. Miroku could hear someone walking near him and Inuyasha. His eyes were closed and he was hardly conscious. The poison had started to make him weaker.

Then Miroku heard someone kneeling next to him.

"Do you hear me?" A woman's voice asked. Miroku couldn't answer, he was too weak to speak.

The woman gave him something drink, which tasted very bad. He tried to swallow it, and then he fell unconscious again...

Sango and Kagome had decided to go after the bandits. They had to free the villagers, even if they had lost their friends. Kaede stayed in the village, healing the other aged.

"Be careful. They're smart bandits." Warned Kaede.

"We will. Don't worry." Promised Sango.

"And don't let your feelings make you blind. Use the surprise attack." Kaede interpolated, when Kirara flew up with Sango and Kagome.

"Do you think we're going to find them?" Asked Kagome after some time of flying.

"I'm sure we will. I'm going to kill them all because of Miroku and Inuyasha." Answered Sango.

"Okay then. Hey look, there's somebody!" Shouted Kagome suddenly, pointing down. Sango looked down and saw black-dressed bandits and villagers there.

"We found them. Let's go." Said Sango.

"Don't use your boomerang! You may hit the villagers." Warned Kagome. Sango nodded and drew her sword. Then they flew downwards, and Kagome shot the boss bandit with an arrow.

"Look! Somebody is going to rescue us!" Shouted one of the villagers, and some of them started to fight too. They fought a long time, until the rest of the living bandits ran away.

"We won! We really won!" The villagers shouted in happiness. Sango and Kagome smiled sadly. Inuyasha and Miroku weren't with the villagers. Suddenly they heard a voice from the bushes.

"Who's there?" Asked Sango, ready to fight. The villagers had started to move back towards the village, and Sango and Kagome were alone.

"Show yourself!" Ordered Kagome, and they saw an old woman coming from the bushes. She had short, gray hair and green eyes, and she was wearing red kimono with golden streaks.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Asked Sango.

"I don't want anything special... I was searching cure for some wounded persons and I heard voices." Answered the woman.

"Wounded persons?" Asked Kagome.

The woman nodded. "I found them few hours ago. The bandits had left them."

"Maybe we can help you to heal those persons." Suggested Sango. "At least we can save someone."

"You're good girls. My name is Lena." The woman said, and they started to walk deeper into the forest. Lena leaded them into a cave on the ground, which was quite far away from the place where they had killed the bandits. The cave was big and dark, and somewhere was a small brook. They could hear water dribbling.

"Those persons which I saved are dying. One of them have a bad wound and the other had poison in is blood." Told Lena and leaded them into a darkest place of the cave.

Kagome and Sango looked at each other. Small hope started to grow inside them.

They saw the wounded persons, and both of the girls gasped.

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