I don't own InuYasha. Okay...I lied. I said I wasn't going to update until I got a review, and here I am updating and no review. I guess that I just have to accept that fact that no one wants to review...oh well. On with the story.

By the way, there is character death in this chapter. Just FYI.

The sound of the dripping blood was deafening. Nadia's eyes were just as emotionless as before as she drew the sword out of the body and dropped it on the ground.

She started to walk away before she turned and looked back at the monk.

"Unfortunately my mission will have to wait," she said before running off into the trees.

Miroku was in shock. One minute he was about to die, and then something happened.

Sango was in his arms, bleeding from the wound on her back. She had saved him, and now she was dying.

"Mir…oku…" Sango said weakly as the blood rushed from her wound. Miroku held Sango tightly to him.

He may not love her like he does Nadia, but he still cared for her deeply.

"It'll be okay Sango. Don't talk…you'll be okay," Miroku said with tears in his eyes.

Sango smiled before placing her hand on Miroku's cheek. Then she started to fall to the ground. Miroku fell down with her and held her in his lap.

Sango smiled a little wider. "Pervert," she said weakly. "You just wanted me in your lap."

Miroku felt the tears falling down his face as he clung to her desperately. InuYasha, Kagome, and Shippo were looking at their friends with tears in their eyes. This wasn't how the story was supposed to end.

"Miroku, I want to tell you that I love you," Sango said weakly. "I'll always love you."

Miroku looked into Sango's eyes and realized she was saying her farewells. "Don't say stuff like that Sango. You aren't going anywhere. Don't say your good-byes yet."

"I know that in your own perverted way you love me too, even if it is like a friend. For that I am grateful. I will miss you, Miroku, even your wandering hand."

Miroku laughed through the tears. She was going to die, and there was nothing he could do about it. Kagome had finally gotten over the shock and was tossing things left and right out of her yellow backpack trying to find her first aid kit.

InuYasha was next to Sango, with Shippo on his shoulder.

Sango looked to InuYasha and Shippo. "Take care of each other, and make that bastard Naraku pay. Save my brother and Nadia from his treachery," she told them weakly. Both nodded as Kagome came rushing over, having finally found her kit.

"You're going to make it Sango," Miroku said, even though he knew it was hopeless. Even Kagome's magic first aid kit couldn't help her now. Too much blood was lost.

Sango turned to Kagome. "Don't worry about me Kagome, but if you could grant me just one last request."

Kagome looked at her friend with unshed tears in her brown eyes. Sango looked peaceful as she looked at Kagome. She nodded.

"Sit InuYasha for me. It would be a funny thing to see as my last sight."

Kagome nodded as Shippo jumped off InuYasha's shoulder. Miroku held Sango up slightly to see this as InuYasha moved slightly away from the group and waited.

Kagome looked at her friend and then back at the half-demon. For the first time, InuYasha looked ready to be told that word, and not care about it.

Sango smiled as Kagome said the words. "InuYasha…sit boy!"

InuYasha hit the ground with a smack and Sango smiled wider before she started coughing.

Miroku held her in his arms as he looked into her eyes. "Sango, you can't leave us."

"Take care of each other, and remember, I love you."

Sango's eyes closed and her breathing stopped. For several moments, no one said anything. Suddenly Miroku pulled her tighter in his arms and started crying loudly. Everyone else felt the tears running down their faces. Shippo jumped into Kagome's arms, crying on her shoulder. InuYasha was letting the tears fall while pulling himself out of his ditch, and Kirara was sitting alone staring at the entire scene with sad eyes. Her master was gone.

Sango, the great Demon Slayer, was dead.

Naraku watched the event unfold before him on Kanna's mirror. He smiled.

Not exactly what he was going for, but an interesting thing nonetheless. His attempt to have the monk learn betrayal by being killed by the one he loved was still on his agenda, but this development was just as nice.

Now without the demon slayer with them, what would InuYasha and the others do now?

Nadia stood on the other side of the room watching Naraku smile at the developments.

"I failed in my mission," she said coldly. Naraku nodded.

"True, but that just means you have more time to play with that monk, and next time the demon slayer won't be in your way."

Naraku raised his hand and turned off the power of the shard. Nadia fell to the ground, tears sweeping into her eyes.

"Damn you," she said through the tears.

She had killed someone, and not just anyone, one of Miroku's closest friends. The pain in her heart was just getting too unbearable.

She lunged at Naraku, wanting to kill him, but he was too fast and soon had her pinned to the floor under his feet.

"Do not think that you can beat me," he said. "I will not kill you now, since you still have your precious Miroku to destroy."

Naraku's laughter reached her ears, causing the tears to fall harder.

She wished at that moment that she was dead.