Disclaimer: Again I do not own Inuyasha. Also as a way of apologizing for being gone for a week, the fact I said full moon instead of new moon, and the fact that I suck at writing fight scenes at the bottom of the page I'm having a contest and one of the prizes is that you get to come up with the concept for the next chapter. Also just so you know this episode is for the most part based around Miruto and Miroku.

Chapter 8:

Miruto's Mysterious Melody

From atop his own shoulder Miroku looked down at the demon in Shippou's arms. He appeared to be only a few inches shorter then Miroku's owntwenty year old body and only about a year or two younger though he knew that he was probably a lot younger considering Naraku didn't seem the nurturing type. As he looked into the demon's blue eyes he sensed something strange. He couldn't see the same anger that was in Kanbari or any other demon's eyes; they seemed softer, gentler, almost… human.

"Miroku we need to talk," Inuyasha said, tapping Miroku on the shoulder and breaking him out of his trance.

"Oh Inuyasha what is it?" Miroku asked Inuyasha as he latched onto his shoulder.

Inuyasha walked away from the others and began to speak, "Well it's just that last night when we were collecting the jewel shards two of them were pure which means two of them came from…"

"Miruto," Miroku interrupt contemplating what this meant.

"Hm how did you know?" Inuyasha asked for it had taken him a few hours to realize what the monk did in only a few seconds.

"Isn't it obvious he had two shards within his forehead," Miroku said putting on an unfazed, all knowing face.

"Well I can't figure out what this means, is he good?" Inuyasha asked confused. (Sorry I'm making him really out of character XD)

"Not necessarily, you see the element of water has purifying powers. So even if he is evil I don't think he could taint the sacred jewel shards even if he wanted to, but let's keep an eye on him anyway, I sense something strange about him," Miroku told him and they rejoined their companions.


Later That Evening

The smell of fish filled the air as the gang sat around a camp fire. Thanks to Inuyasha's help Kagome was able to catch more then enough food to feed her companions. Miroku walked over to the two demons tied to a tree.

"Inuyasha, should we feed them? They look hungry," Miroku asked approaching the pile of burnt fish.

"Fine, I guess we wouldn't want our guides to die of starvation before we reach Naraku." Inuyasha laughed.

Miroku approached Kanbari with two sticks of fish. He held one up to her mouth and she quickly ate up her portion. As he held the second fish up to Miruto the hungry demon turned his head.

"Hm you don't like fish?" Miroku guessed cocking his head.

"Sorry but I could never eat a creature of the water, it's like cannibalism, I'd much rather starve," Miruto said feeling rather foolish.

'A demon with morals, He seems to gets more and more interesting by the minute' Miroku thought though his thought was soon interrupted by Inuyasha.

"Stupid demon, when I become full demon I won't let a stupid thing like morality hold me back," Inuyasha said defiantly not seeing the saddened look upon Kagome's face.


Later That Night

Kagome was on sentry duty couldn't get what Inuyasha said earlier out of her head. What if when he becomes full demon he goes after her? Would he care that he single handedly ripped her apart? Would it haunt him? Or if he didn't what would kind of things would he does? How many lives would he destroy? Could she still love such a horrible being?

She looked over at the blue haired demon and suddenly got a sense of familiarity. She could have sworn she had seen him somewhere before. She kept getting a vision of him with baggy jeans and a sweatshirt on and a headphone covering his ears, but that was impossible. Those things wouldn't be made for hundreds of years to come. Was it possible that demons lived that long? No it wasn't possible even if he was the person she was thinking of; surely he would have at least aged besides all excuses aside if it was him he would have tried attacking her a long time ago.

Just then her watch rang meaning that her turn as guard was over. She went over to Miroku and began to shake him.

"Miroku wake up! It's your turn" Kagome said watching as Miroku in his little body blinked and began to yawn.

Miroku sat down next to the peculiar demon to examine him closer. As touched the demon his eyes began to flutter open.

"Oh I'm sorry to have woken you," Miroku said apologizing.

"It's alright I wasn't really asleep, I could never rest on an empty stomach," Miruto chuckled.

"Oh here." Miroku said running on all fours over to Kagome's bag and removing a delicious substance known as "white chocolate". He quickly inserted it into the demons mouth and no sooner then it went in that it quickly disappeared.

"Thank you very much. It was very good," The water elemental thanked and thought, 'Why is he being so kind to me, I'm beginning to see why Kagura was so fascinated by this group. No I can't think like that, I can't go down the same road that my sister went, She should have never disobeyed Naraku and protected these people, If she didn't she'd still be alive. (Note: I don't actually know how she died)'

"I am but a humble monk, I could never leave someone to starve, not even a demon," Miroku replied as he lay down in the grass.

"They're quite beautiful aren't they," Miruto stated staring up at the sky.

"What are?" Miroku asked staring up at the demon.

"The stars, they're so amazing, I've always wondered what's up there, if there's a world out there like our own, I asked Master Naraku once but," Miruto began to stutter, "he told me I was a fool for dreaming, that there's nothing beyond this world and there's no point in dreaming in something that will never come true."

"I don't find that ridiculous at all, I find it quite refreshing to here someone with such thoughts, most people are too afraid of the unknown to imagine a world beyond their own," Miroku stated philosophically while staring up at the stars.

'Maybe he's not so bad, no one's even tried to understand me since Kagura died, not even Kinbari,' Miruto thought letting a tear escape from his eye, 'no you can't let him see you cry.'

Miruto turned his head away from Miroku and began to hum a song to calm himself down. The melody somehow seemed familiar to Miroku, like he had heard it somewhere before but he couldn't seem to put his finger on where he had heard it. It had a lulling nature on his enhanced hearing which made him begin to fall asleep.

"You know Miruto, your not so bad for someone who's evil" Miroku commented before falling asleep against the demon's leg.

'Evil?' the word echoed in Miruto's mind, 'evil? What makes me so evil? What great wrong have I committed that makes me evil? The only reason I even attacked last night was to avenge Kagura's death. They would probably do the same thing if someone they love was killed. Master Naraku warned me they wouldn't understand but still I'm beginning to wonder how much trust I should be able to trust him if he's so quick to kill. Maybe he's the evil one.'

Kagome's watch went off again and Miroku's eye's fluttered open, "Oh my shifts over, I guess I was asleep longer then I thought," Miroku commented turning of the alarm as Kagome showed him.

"Well pleasant dreams," Miruto bade Miroku.

"What are you talking about the night is still young," Miroku said with a smirk sitting down next to the demon.

"So what do you want to talk about?" Miruto asked.

"Well what are your theories on what's across that ocean, more land or just the edge of the world?" Miroku questioned.


The Next Morning

Inuyasha woke up with a large yawn. I took him a while to realize that it was morning and he was never woken up for his turn for sentry duty. Inuyasha looked over to see Miroku curled up into a ball asleep next to the water demon Miruto. "What the fuck!"


Ok sorry for the delay in updating anyway now for the contest.

You should be enabled to guess from the hints from Inayasha's, Kagome's, Miroku's, and Miruto's point of views what will eventually happen to Miruto but for this section you have to guess how Kagome has met Miruto before. To the winner I will reveal what ever you want to know about this story or the sequel I will start soon.

In the sequel Kagome will find out she's closer to her to her ancestors then she thought. Guess what that means and I will allow you o come up with the basic idea for the next chapter (note you can't have them reach Naraku's castle)

Finally figure out what number 2 entails and you will win a special secret prize. I will email the winners to alert them of their prizes.