Hi! Thank you to all of you who reviewed! I didn't think this story would be off to such a good start! To let you know, if this chapter seems a tad rushed, I'd just got done wrighting it, and doing the spell check, when my puter crashed and I lost it, so this is my redo. All disclaimers are still in effect!
Kagome sat against a tree, lost in her thoughts about this, what was probably the last shard, when she heard words drifting from another nearby tree. Miroku was sitting, leaning back against the tree, and Sango was kneeling in front of him. "Houshi-sama, please eat! You haven't touched food in days!" She held out a fish she'd just fried, and waited. He gave no response. "Houshi-sama, can you hear me? Does your life mean nothing to you?" He looked up at her, a look of longing and sadness etched across his now corpsish face. Sango waited, but this was all he mustered. Sango lowered her head and stood, the fish still in hand.
InuYasha walked up from behind, and Kagome turned to him. He had a confused look upon him, and there was a strip of white cloth wrapped around his hand. He looked up and saw Kagome, and tried to hide the cloth behind himself. Kagome was about to ask him about it when a voice behind her grabbed her attention.
"Fine! You want to starve to death, Go ahead! I'm not going to sit here and watch you shrivel away to nothing! Kohaku, Shippo, say your good-byes! We're going home!" Sango turned and walked about 20 feet away from Miroku before finally stopping to wait. KoHaku looked at each member of the party and smiled sadly. He nodded his respects to each before joining his sister. Shippo looked sadly at Miroku, scurried over and hugged InuYasha's leg and finally slowly approached Kagome. He looked at her for a moment and burst into tears, and she only outlasted him a few seconds. Sango was like a sister to her, and this was it. The last time she'd see her, and Shippo was like the son she never had! How could they say goodbye this way? They held on to each other for a few minutes before Kagome finally realised this was for the best for the young Youkai. Shippo held onto her for another few seconds before running away as fast as he could, tears still streaming down his face. Kagome jumped to her feet and began waving and doing her best to smile. "Goodbye Shippo! Goodbye Sango!" Neither turned to wave back.
InuYasha looked at the few last moments of the group with shock and horror. He knew the job was almost done, but he never figured it would end like this. Shippo was shattered at the loss of another 'mother', Sango was too scared of what Miroku was doing to stay, and Miroku was slowly starving himself to death.
This wasn't the way it should have been, he thought to himself. He held his head low and walked slowly past the two. "The shard is in a tree just over the next hill." And with that, the last three in the party walked off.
Kagome was too heartbroken to help in the upcoming battle (The tree was pissed) and ended out standing at the sidelines. After only a few minutes the shard was pulled out, and as was expected, the jewel was as complete as it would become. Everyone stood and stared at each other, no one knowing how to feel or what to say. After a moment Miroku slid down the remainder of the tree, sitting back, his head facing skywards.
"InuYasha, Take Kagome home. Please, as a favor, if you ever return to this area, bury me." Miroku clenched as a violent cough took him over, which resulted in blood trickling down his lip. Kagome ran to his side, but he pushed her away. "Don't help me. There's nothing here for me now. Maybe in your time you'll find my reincarnation..." And for a brief moment the old Miroku bubbled to the surface, but was quickly replaced with a look of peace. Kagome watched him for a second, before her eyes rimmed yet again, and she ran to InuYasha, sobs erupting from her, and buried her head in his chest. InuYasha picked her up and carried her away, not letting her look back. They both knew he'd be dead in less than a day, but he'd accepted this fate.
This wasn't the way this was supposed to be!
Please review!
Kagome sat against a tree, lost in her thoughts about this, what was probably the last shard, when she heard words drifting from another nearby tree. Miroku was sitting, leaning back against the tree, and Sango was kneeling in front of him. "Houshi-sama, please eat! You haven't touched food in days!" She held out a fish she'd just fried, and waited. He gave no response. "Houshi-sama, can you hear me? Does your life mean nothing to you?" He looked up at her, a look of longing and sadness etched across his now corpsish face. Sango waited, but this was all he mustered. Sango lowered her head and stood, the fish still in hand.
InuYasha walked up from behind, and Kagome turned to him. He had a confused look upon him, and there was a strip of white cloth wrapped around his hand. He looked up and saw Kagome, and tried to hide the cloth behind himself. Kagome was about to ask him about it when a voice behind her grabbed her attention.
"Fine! You want to starve to death, Go ahead! I'm not going to sit here and watch you shrivel away to nothing! Kohaku, Shippo, say your good-byes! We're going home!" Sango turned and walked about 20 feet away from Miroku before finally stopping to wait. KoHaku looked at each member of the party and smiled sadly. He nodded his respects to each before joining his sister. Shippo looked sadly at Miroku, scurried over and hugged InuYasha's leg and finally slowly approached Kagome. He looked at her for a moment and burst into tears, and she only outlasted him a few seconds. Sango was like a sister to her, and this was it. The last time she'd see her, and Shippo was like the son she never had! How could they say goodbye this way? They held on to each other for a few minutes before Kagome finally realised this was for the best for the young Youkai. Shippo held onto her for another few seconds before running away as fast as he could, tears still streaming down his face. Kagome jumped to her feet and began waving and doing her best to smile. "Goodbye Shippo! Goodbye Sango!" Neither turned to wave back.
InuYasha looked at the few last moments of the group with shock and horror. He knew the job was almost done, but he never figured it would end like this. Shippo was shattered at the loss of another 'mother', Sango was too scared of what Miroku was doing to stay, and Miroku was slowly starving himself to death.
This wasn't the way it should have been, he thought to himself. He held his head low and walked slowly past the two. "The shard is in a tree just over the next hill." And with that, the last three in the party walked off.
Kagome was too heartbroken to help in the upcoming battle (The tree was pissed) and ended out standing at the sidelines. After only a few minutes the shard was pulled out, and as was expected, the jewel was as complete as it would become. Everyone stood and stared at each other, no one knowing how to feel or what to say. After a moment Miroku slid down the remainder of the tree, sitting back, his head facing skywards.
"InuYasha, Take Kagome home. Please, as a favor, if you ever return to this area, bury me." Miroku clenched as a violent cough took him over, which resulted in blood trickling down his lip. Kagome ran to his side, but he pushed her away. "Don't help me. There's nothing here for me now. Maybe in your time you'll find my reincarnation..." And for a brief moment the old Miroku bubbled to the surface, but was quickly replaced with a look of peace. Kagome watched him for a second, before her eyes rimmed yet again, and she ran to InuYasha, sobs erupting from her, and buried her head in his chest. InuYasha picked her up and carried her away, not letting her look back. They both knew he'd be dead in less than a day, but he'd accepted this fate.
This wasn't the way this was supposed to be!
Please review!
