Disclaimers: I do NOT own Inuyasha or any of its characters.

Aaaaaand we're back! Sorry about my disappearance, as I stated earlier I was at debate camp for three weeks... So I had little time to write. But I'm back! This time with internet access! W00t!

Thegreatjedi: Thanks for pointing that out! Man I feel like an idiot....

Alawen of Mirkwood: Dragon ball Z with elements.... #imagines Goku spewing fire while readying up a Spirit Bomb# Oo

K-chan9: ...Remind me to kill you guys the next time I see you (this stuff is an inside joke people: I do NOT have an affair with a pillow) how are your fics doing btw?

Fred the Mutant Pickle: Yeah took you a while to notice :P (j/k) Of course sango enjoys being groped! She blushes for a reason!

BombermanFantastic: thanks!

Me: Oh well, go ahead, do what you want. I can't stop you... #secretly removes Me's powers# Bwa ha ha!!! And yes, the dream will have some future significance, although it will be slightly different. And uhh, sorry about leaving that power out... oops...

Tache: Updating!

Shakujou: Yes I made most of the elemental stuff up, but some of it was inspired from others. Sango's touch and die ability was from Rurouni Kenshin ( Sano's Futae no Kiwami) and etc.

Well, that's it for now... on to the fic! This one's more of a filler chapter than anything.

""= Speech ''= Thoughts ##= asterisks

Stress. That nagging little feeling inside you that royally ticks you off. A lot. And the only way to really let it out is at the expense of others.

"SIT!" #crash#

"HENTAI!" #slap#

"STUPID FOX!" #wham# "SIT!" #crash#

#grope# well...you know what happens next.

And what better way to remove stress other than a nice soak in a spring?

"Aahh...the water feels so great! Come on in Sango-chan!" "Hai!" The sore girl hopped into the (very recently created) spring, came up, and relaxed by a rock (also recently created).

"So how was your training Sango-chan?"

"Pretty good! How was yours?"

"It was alright, although I got attacked by a bunch of demons."

"Really? Daijoubu?"

"Hai, hai, it was nothing."

They were silent for a moment, listening to the quiet bubbling of the spring as they looked into the starry night sky. Sango broke the silence with, "#Sigh# even here, in a place far away from home, that baka houshi STILL can't manage his hands. Kami I hate him so much!"

Shocked by her friend's sudden outburst of anger, Kagome cautiously asked, "Do you really mean that Sango-chan?"

"Hai, I really mean it! It feels like he's been nothing but trouble ever since we got here. He STILL gropes us, and he treats us like mere objects!"

"But didn't you two have a happy reunion whe new first got here?"

"Aa, but that was then. That baka will never change. How did I ever even get to like him?"

Kagome decided to brush off her friend's ranting as something foolishly spouted off by stress (which it was), but she never noticed the shocked looking invisible monk who slowly got up and left.

-And now with Miroku-

'She hates me...' Was all he could think of, the three words pounding his brain like Sango's hand whenever he pulled off one of his "moves".

'She'll never like me again...I bet she'll go off with someone else after all this is over...' He walked in a daze towards nowhere, then finally settled down at a little grove and began thinking.

'I always used to think that Sango actually like me for who I was, not as just another fighting companion. But all those times she saved my life...was it because she couldn't afford to lose another fighter?'

His conscious nagged, 'But what about those times when she worried about you? And remember that incident at Mt. Hakurei? And at that woman's village a little later when you proposed to her?'

'Hai, but that was then. This is now.'

He looked up into the canopy and let of a small sigh, thinking 'Am I going to lose her forever? If I do, nothing's worth it anymore... not myself, not my life, not even the killing of Naraku.

'But is it up to me to decide whether of not Sango is to be with me? I would like to, but everyone around me seems to fall under mishap due to my failures and weaknesses. Yes...that's what I am. Weak. I'm nothing but a good for nothing, perverted, helpless 'monk' who constantly needs his friends to get out of a situation. All I had back then was the Void in my hand, and what good did that do? It only worsened the situation here.'

His thoughts were interrupted by someone who walked into the grove. "Ano...Houshi-sama? Dinner's ready."

"Huh? Oh, arigatou. But...how did you find me so quickly?"

"Quickly? It took me two hours to find you! And I just took a bath too...say, did you peek on me while I was bathing?"

But Miroku only asked, "Sango, tell me... do you truly hate me that much?"

Sango was stunned, to say the least, but quickly gained her composure. "So you were peeking weren't you?!" she screeched. She slapped him as hard as she could. But instead of falling to the ground in pain, he simply took it and went back to his original sitting position.

"Do you Sango?" he asked calmly.

"Of course I do!" She ignore the monk's flinch at this. "You always mess around with other women, you lie and cheat other people, and even here, you keep groping me and Kagome-chan! What's with you, you perverted freak?!" She screamed. Obviously, the spring hadn't helped her relieve stress at all. Meanwhile, Miroku only sat and listened (painfully) to Sango's rant.

"You know what? It was a mistake ever liking you Houshi-sama!"

"Do you truly think so Sango?"

"Hai, I do!" By now, Sango's rage of building to uncontrollable limits, and she had a strong urge to kick something hard. Really hard.

"Damn-you-stupid-monk!" She yelled, punctuating each word with a swift kick. "Now get up! We have to get to dinner." She began walking towards the hideout, but abruptly stopped when she heard a coughing sound.

"Umm, Houshi-sama? Daijoubu?" When he didn't answer, she stepped closer to inspect what was going on.

Miroku was sitting in front of a small puddle of...blood? "Oh Kami, what have I done? Houshi-sama! You alright?"

But Miroku simply ignored her and struggled to get up. When he finally did, he looked straight into her eyes.

'#Gasp# What beautiful eyes...I'd forgotten his purple eyes were so pretty...but they're so sad...'

"Sango," he gasped out in pain. "If you ever want me to go away, just ask... you shouldn't be with someone you truly hate after all."

He struggled his way back to the hideout.

"H-houshi-sama, matte!" He stopped near a tree and leaned on it, allowing himself to rest on its cool bark. "Please, houshi-sama, I-I didn't mean those things I said. I was just angry-" She stopped when Miroku fell to his knees clutching his stomach in pain.

"H-houshi-sama!" He only chuckled, "Damn, woman, you have some pretty strong legs." He rose up once more and said, "Let's head back. The others must be worried."

As they headed back, Sango muttered, "G-gomen nasai, houshi-sama." She looked up into his still pain-filled eyes, the silver moonbeams reflecting off of them.

"It's nothing, Sango." He turned and gave her a sad smile.

And that was the burden that broke the camel's back.

She threw herself into Miroku's surprised chest, and buried her face in it, and immediately launched off into, "I feel so terrible! I'm so sorry, I was being stupid, I never really meant those things-"

"Shh, it's alright. All is forgiven dear Sango."

"Honto?"

He smiled and nodded, and received a teary smile in return.

"Now let's head back."

-Meanwhile-

"Bah, where are those two? Has the bouzou finally gotten sango laid-"

"Inuyasha! You shouldn't say such things in front of Shippo-chan!"

"Feh, whatever."

"Kagome? What does it mean to get laid?"

"See!? Look at what you did you baka!"

"Nani?! How is it MY fault?"

#bicker bicker#

And soon...

"OSUWARI!!"

However, Inuyasha had unfortunately landed on top of Shippo (the kitsune was trying to pull a prank literally under Inuyasha's nose), causing Kagome to frantically try to pull Inuyasha off of him. However, Kagome pulled a little too hard, causing her to stumble backwards and trip over a small rock. Inuyasha somehow stumbled as well and was pulled on top of Kagome...

Leaving them both in a very awkward position. They looked into each other's eyes for a long moment, and then...

"Kagome-chan! Tadaima- NANI?!"

Kagome and Inuyasha were never going to hear the end of it...

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And that's that! R&R!!!