Here I go again… thanks for reviewers!

Chapter 3, Worrying

The others were asleep. Sango had waked up in the evening and was okay expect a bruise in her back. Miroku was awake; his hand was like on fire.

'What should I do?' He thought, looking at his hand. The others hadn't noticed the marks.

Miroku looked at Inuyasha, who was snoring in his sleep. Then at Kagome, who slept calmly next to Shippou. And then at Sango, who smiled because of some dream. He couldn't deny his own smile while looking at her.

'When I change, I might hurt my friends. I have to leave before they notice that I've been bitten. But now…' He thought and closed his eyes. '…now I'll wait as long as I can.'

In the next morning they decided to go after that demon, which had chased the werewolves away from the mountain. Miroku was in pain because of his hand, bit didn't show it to the others.

"I think Shippou should stay here." Said Kagome.

"But I want to come with you!" Shippou yelped.

"I agree with Kagome. The monster can be dangerous and you're a child after all." Agreed Sango.

Shippou sighed, it looked like he had to stay away from the battle again. He was worried, even though he knew that his friends would win.

"Let's go then. The faster, the better." Said Inuyasha and let Kagome climb onto his back. Miroku and Sango rode on Kirara.

The mountain wasn't quite far away and they arrived there quite fast after leaving. Then they started to search some clues of the demon.

"Maybe we should break up. Miroku and Sango, Inuyasha and I." Suggested Kagome.

"Yeah, it would be good idea." Agreed Sango.

And so they broke up, but didn't seem to find anything. Miroku and Sango were walking higher on the mountains, and it started to be hard for him to hide his pains.

"Houshi-sama?" Sango asked finally. "Is everything okay?"

"Hmm? Oh, yes… I'm fine." He answered, in his own thoughts.

His answer wasn't enough for Sango. She walked to the front of him, forcing him to stop. Then she looked at his indigo eyes.

"Tell me the truth. What's wrong?" She asked again.

"Nothing, I told you. Why are you looking at me like that?" He asked back, looking at her.

She sighed and looked away. "I thought you'd trust me so much that you would tell me…"

He smiled and put his hand onto her shoulder. She looked back at him, but didn't say anything.

"It's not that I wouldn't trust you. And as I said, I'm fine." He said.

"Okay then." She said, forcing smile onto her face. Deep inside her she was afraid.

They continued searching for a while, until went back to their meeting place. Inuyasha and Kagome were waiting for them already, but none of them had found anything.

"It looks like we should continue our search tomorrow." Suggested Miroku.

"Yeah, night is falling and soon it's going to be dark." Agreed Sango.

"Let's sleep here." Decided Inuyasha, and so they made beds from leaves and small branches.

Miroku fell asleep right away, his watch was in the morning. The others sat around a fire and ate something. Sango told them about Miroku's strange behaving.

"Maybe he's just tired or something." Mumbled Inuyasha, mouth full of bread.

"I don't think so. Something's wrong with him." Said Sango and looked at Miroku.

"Don't be worried." Calmed Kagome. "Everyone has their own troubles. His trouble cannot be very serious if he doesn't tell it to us."

"Yeah… alright." Sighed Sango.

"You can go sleep already." Remarked Inuyasha.

"Right. Goodnight." Said Kagome.

She and Sango fell asleep, while Inuyasha sat in watch next to the fire. He was a bit worried about Miroku too, but didn't show it. If only they could have known what had happened…

Next chappy: Finding the demon