A/N: Whoa! I haven't updated this story at all... -sigh- I'm sorry! I guess I just got so wrapped up in my class. I didn't realize that I would be taking an extra class over the summer... I had to memorize a whole bunch of stuff.

Well, enough of my rambling! Time to answer reviews, and then I shall start this chapter! Maybe the last...

Lady Sango 7: Yay! –grins happily- I'm so glad you liked it. I hope you had/have fun on your vacation! I'm updating now... oo Kind of late, though.

Kryptonite09: Umm... lol. –smiles a little- Yeah, but I kind of didn't want Houshi-sama to die, and I didn't want Inuyasha to come into the barrier at that moment... sorry if they didn't die/get in there at the first swipe...? Lol.

Liana Ilia: Well, this is KIND of soon, but I've been feeling guilty since I don't update that much... lol. Thank you, though! –jumps up and down-

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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha... –sigh-

Thank you to all of my reviewers. I love getting reviews, and hopefully I can finish this story and then get my priorities straight... then actually finish this. –smiles- Alright, here goes! Chapter nine!

Chapter Nine: Thoughtfulness

Sango sat at the edge of the Goshinboku, slightly blushing at the thought of the kiss with the houshi earlier. She smiled a little bit, blushing and looking down at her lap. She was slightly shaking. 'Why am I so nervous? What's wrong with me?' She thought.

Her head hurt slightly, and she felt immediate embarrassment at her actions with Miroku. She closed her eyes, once again reliving the scene in her head.

Flashback

They were kissing under the futon's blankets, Sango in Miroku's arms and being hugged tightly. She finally broke the kiss, and he looked down at her, puzzled. His eyes held love and compassion, and he looked a little sleepy, but happy.

Sango blinked, fully realizing that she had been kissing him. What would he think of her now? How could she face him after this? She blinked once, twice before it registered for her to do something. She blushed brightly and then pulled away, jumping out of the covers.

"Sango!" He said, looking as confused as he probably felt and got out right after her. "Sango, what's wrong?"

She had grabbed hiraikotsu quickly, pushing through the tatami mat door of Kaede's hut. "I'm sorry, Houshi-sama!" She yelled over her shoulder, strapping the large boomerang on her back quickly.

She had disappeared into the forest, wondering whether he would come and look for her.

End of Flashback

So there she was, farther away but still there, sitting and wondering what he thought of her, how she felt about the whole thing, and how she was going to react when she saw them again. Sighing, she put her hand to her head as her other injuries hurt.

The tajiya felt numb, and she tried to put feeling back into herself by thinking of the kiss. It didn't work, and she shook her head. 'Ugh. What'll I do now...?'

The fleeting thought of running away from the group pushed its way into her consciousness, and she blinked at the surprise of it. 'Run away... but then I would be going into Naraku's hands again. Where would I go? What would I do, alone?' She thought, remembering the last time she went to her village with a shudder. 'I don't want to go back there anytime soon.'

She rest her head on the goshinboku's trunk, closing her eyes. 'I'll just think for a few moments...'

Miroku was running around, his shakujou in his hands jingling as he took every step. 'Where could she have gone off to so quickly?' He thought, and felt a fear creep in his stomach. They had been so engrossed in each other... could he possibly have done something wrong this time?

He sighed, stopping for a second and putting one hand on his head. 'Darn. Where did she run off to...?' The same thought wormed itself in his mind again, and he tried to shake it off and started to run. "Sango!" He called out, but received no response. 'Well, if she was angry with me, she wouldn't.'

Though the memory of Sango kissing him was... so... 'So great. I don't know the word for it... can't describe it.' He thought, stopping at the goshinboku. There she was, looking like she was sleeping. Her head was resting against the trunk, eyes closed and her breathing normal. One hand lay on her stomach casually, and he touched his own that was now paining him.

He went over to Sango, kneeling next to her. She hadn't woken up yet, not being alert by his presence. He slowly lifted one hand to her cheek and brushed it and felt warm skin. Suddenly he pulled away as she opened her eyes.

"Mir – I mean, Houshi-sama? What are you... what...!" the tajiya blinked and then blushed a deep magenta, trying to back up but finding herself against the tree. She then turned back to Miroku, who looked sort of funny.

"Sango...?" He said, and she turned away.

Sango didn't have a clue of what to do, and on top of that she had her humiliation from earlier. 'What'll he think of me now...? Why's he looking at me like that?' So she looked down and examined the dirt.

The monk looked at her and took her chin to make her face him. She involuntarily looked up at him, and his violet eyes met her brown ones. They paused for a second, Sango's breath frozen in her throat. Then Miroku whispered,

"What's wrong?"

She blinked. 'Was that... why he came all this way? Why did he come all this way?' Confused, she replied, "Sorry."

"For what?" Miroku was feeling very confused himself. Hiraikotsu lay on the ground next to them and the sun was getting lower every minute.

"For... kissing you." Sango took a deep breath, trying to prepare herself for what she was going to say next. 'Nothing will prepare me for his rejection.' She thought, fighting back the forming ump in her throat. "I shouldn't... have. And now I don't know... what you think of me. I'm sorry."

Miroku looked down, and Sango immediately thought, 'This is it, this is where he's going to tell me that I was a horrible person... he thinks of me differently now... Why did I kiss him?' Of course, her next thought was 'Because I love him,' but she shoved that aside and forced herself to listen to the monk's next words.

Then he looked up, and she closed her eyes for a second. "Sango." He said, and she opened them slowly. "Sango, how could you... think that?" He sighed, letting his hand drop to her lap. She eyed it warily, glaring slightly and wondering if he would ruin this moment. 'Maybe he thinks it'll ease the pain.' She thought distantly.

"Think what?" She heard herself ask him, and he chuckled.

"Think that when you kissed me it was wrong. Sango..." He paused. "I love you."

The words shocked her, and she blinked to make sure she wasn't in a dream. "What?" 'Maybe I heard wrong.'

"I love you, Sango."

She blinked, pushing back now tears of joy. "R-really...?" Her face was now tearstained, and she furiously wiped them away to clear her face.

"Yes." He answered, smiling now.

"And you won't cheat on me, right?"

"Umm..." He replied, looking up at the sky. "Look, we're under the goshinboku..."

"You baka hentai! I don't hear you denying it!"

A/N: Done. Done, done, done, DONE! HAHAHA! –goes insane- Now to finish the other two stories I have... lol. Whoa. That seems kind of... I don't know. Whoa. Now I only have two stories... though this was an interesting story. I don't like how this last chapter came out though...

Well, that's it for this story! Ja ne!

-Sango