"Houshi-sama! Please open your eyes!" Sango begged.
"What the..." Miroku started and sat up. Sango sighed in relief.
"Thank goodness. I already thought you were dead." She mumbled.
"Where are we?" Miroku asked, looking around.
"I hope I could know." Sango answered.
Everywhere were only dead trees. There weren't any animals or water. No voices could be heard and every living thing seemed too died long ago.
"This place is not normal." Miroku mumbled and stood up. Sango did so too.
"What do you mean?"
"Shh! Something's coming!"
They stood there, listening carefully and weapons ready. For a while nothing seemed to happen, but then they saw a figure coming nearer from behind the dead trees. Both of them gasped when they recognized the figure, who was smiling evilly.
"Suikotsu!" Sango mumbled.
"How on earth he's alive?" Mumbled Miroku.
"That's not your business!" Suikotsu grunted. "Get ready to die!"
"Man this guy is fast!" Sango cried out after getting her arm hit by Suikotsu.
"Be very careful!" Miroku yelled. "He has some kind of spell on him, which keeps him alive and gives him even more power he had before!"
"You know too much houshi!" Suikotsu growled and attacked towards Miroku.
"Watch out!" Sango cried out, throwing her boomerang.
It didn't hit Suikotsu, but made him avoid. Miroku managed to sidestep right before Suikotsu's blade hit him. But the Shichinintai continued attacking him, and Sango didn't have chance to use Hiraikotsu: she could have hit Miroku.
'This is bad. Well, I have my sword, but they're moving so fast that I'm not sure…' Sango thought.
"You don't have a chance to win!" Suikotsu yelled. "I'm faster and stronger than you two together!"
Sango made her decision, when Suikotsu managed to injure Miroku. She drew her sword, knowing that if she wouldn't do something Miroku would die.
"Houshi-sama! I'll help you!" She yelled and prepared to hit her sword onto Suikotsu's back.
"No don't!" Miroku yelled, but too late.
Suikotsu turned quickly and swung his blades. They hit Sango onto her stomach, making her yell in pain and fall onto the ground. The Suikotsu continued attacking Miroku. Sango could just watch and hold her wounds. Luck for her, they weren't serious.
'I know my houriki would kill him…' Miroku thought while fighting. '…but he would hit me if before I'd do it. Sooner or later I will die at this rate, so I have nothing to lose if I do it!'
Miroku took the prayer paper onto his hand, but while doing so he couldn't defense against Suikotsu. His blade hit Miroku's chest, but he managed to put the prayer paper onto Suikotsu's forehead. He yelled in pain and started to vanish. Miroku kneeled next to Sango.
"You okay?" He asked.
"I'm fine… but you…" She started.
Miroku's wounds were bleeding a lot. There was blood everywhere on his habit. Sango stood up and looked around. The ground was changing and she could see Kouga and Ayame.
"You'll be okay." She said to Miroku and helped him lay onto the ground. "I'll find something to take care of your wounds. Stay here and save your strength."
"Where are Inuyasha and Kagome?" Ayame asked.
"We have no clue. Did you meet some opponent too?" Sango asked back.
"Yeah, that damned Kyokotsu." Kouga answered. "What about you?"
"Suikotsu was there. Miroku killed him but got injured." Sango answered and glanced again at Miroku, who seemed to lose his consciousness. She could only hope Inuyasha and Kagome were okay.
To Moonyme: yeah it's good that it wasn't the last season, but it may be hard to find the another… :D