Hmmm, perhaps if I keep going with my story I could hit over 2000 reviews . . . anyway, thank you all for the reviews.  In all honesty, I don't know how many chapters are going to be left, since I have a few ideas.  But I guess the big question is . . . is this story going to have a happy ending?  Well in all honesty I'm not 100% sure myself.  Out of all my stories, except my one shot Rain of Blood is the only one with a really sad ending, my other three turned out to be happy.  Since this is my best fic ever, and most likely my last, I plan to leave with a bang.  Oh and you guys want to see a war going on?  Check out my reviews from my defender, Rage Amorai and the reviewer You Suck.  My, my, my, such literature used, I'm even impressed.

  As for this chapter, it is more on the honeymoon with beach events, romantic nights, and other things I have planned.  So onward!

Winter Wonderland

Chapter Thirty-Seven

  The wind blew softly through the open window, causing Sango to shiver slightly.  Light lit up the room, which was caused by the full moon.  Sighing Sango snuggled deeper into the futon, not minding at all that Miroku's weight was fully on top of her.  Lifting her head up, he kissed his cheek while her hands ran through his hair; the small pigtail had been released.  In Sango's opinion, she found Miroku sexier with his hair down than in the pigtail.  Her hands pulled the blanket over their bodies.  Even though it was spring and the days were warm, the nights were still quite cold.  A small groan caused Sango to grin and turn her head to stare into Miroku's half closed eyes.  The monk chuckled and wrapped his arms securely around his wife before rolling over on his back, with her resting on his chest.

  "You're awake," whispered Sango.

  Miroku nodded and kissed Sango's forehead, wrapping his arms more securely around her.  Sango snuggled closer to the monk, even though they had both had an exhausting day with a game of Badminton against Kagome and Inu-Yasha, she was still full of energy.  Miroku's fingers did small circles on Sango's lower back as he rested his head back down.

  "Miroku . . ."

  "Hmmm?"

  "Do you think Kohaku is doing alright at Kaede's?"

  "I'm sure he is, after all Kirara is there to protect him, and Shippo too,"

  Sango smiled and leaned up to kiss the monk on the lips.  Miroku kissed back immediately, rolling them over so Sango was on her back.

  "Care to go again?" whispered Miroku in Sango's ear.

  "We are on our honey moon . . . so . . ."

  Taking that as a yes, Miroku kissed Sango again, the full moon shinning down on them.

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  Kagome lay as bare as the day she was born on top of the futon, candles surrounding her as Inu-Yasha was knelt beside her, holding a basin half-full of both their blood.  The full moons light was fully on her body as Inu-Yasha began a small chant of an ancient language that Kagome did not understand.  Dipping a clawed hand into the basin Inu-Yasha began to mix the blood, still speaking in an ancient language as he started to draw symbols all over Kagome's body.  Kagome did not recognize any of the symbols her mate was drawing, but did not ask so the ritual was not interrupted. Instead of the blood feeling cold, it felt almost hot against her skin.  When the last symbol was drawn on her forehead, they started to glow a dark gold color, and then suddenly turning silver like the moon.  The mate mark on her hip and neck started to glow too, but after a few minutes the symbols dissolved away into her skin, and Kagome's body felt warm as if she were lying in summer sun.  After a moment, Kagome's body returned to its normal temperature.  Inu-Yasha grinned and leaned down to kiss Kagome on the lips.

  "The ritual is complete . . . you are immortal now . . . well half immortal at least, you have to life span of a half demon now,"

  Kagome smiled and kissed Inu-Yasha before lying back down on the futon.  Inu-Yasha kissed her lips once more, before crawling down her body, resting his head on her stomach, his ear pressed against her soft flesh.  Kagome giggled as her mate's cold nose brushed her belly button.  Inu-Yasha just chuckled and kissed her stomach before listening carefully.

  "Do you hear it?" whispered Kagome.

  Inu-Yasha nodded, "Yes . . . I can hear our pup's heartbeat,"

  Kagome reached her hands down to entwine them with the half demons clawed ones, "So . . what are we going to do tomorrow?"

  Inu-Yasha kissed her stomach again before crawling back up so he was face to face with Kagome, "Perhaps a game of volleyball would be nice,"

  Nodding her head Kagome leaned her head down to kiss Inu-Yasha's ears, causing the half demon to let out a low moan, "You now your asking for trouble when you do that . . ."

  "Then let the trouble come . . ." whispered Kagome.

  Inu-Yasha growled lovingly at his mate, pulling the covers over their bodies, kissing Kagome's mate mark on her neck.

  Both couples made love long into the night, until all their strength was gone and rest was their reward that would last till the afternoon.

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  Inu-Yasha secured the sunglasses on his head, glanced at Kagome, and then at the opposing team on the other side of the net.  Smirking, Inu-Yasha served the ball, aiming it straight at Miroku.  The monk easily passed the ball up to Sango, who was already at the net to prepare the set.  Giving off a small battle cry Miroku leaped into the air, preparing for the kill and the match.  Kagome jumped up in an attempt to block the ball, but Miroku had hit it around her hands.  Inu-Yasha dove for the ball, but went face first into the sand, missing the ball by an inch.  Miroku did a small victory dance before kissing Sango fully on the lips.  Kagome on the other hand was laughing herself silly, and was soon joined by the others as Inu-Yasha remained head first in the sand, his ears twitching the odd time.

  "Care to make it two out of three Inu-Yasha?" asked Miroku.

  Inu-Yasha finally pulled his head out of the sand and shook his head, "Nah . . . I've had enough volleyball today,"

  Kagome sank beside her mate and rested her head against his shoulder, "So . . . what shall we have for lunch?"

  "How about that pisa you brought along?" asked Miroku.

  "Yeah, I guess we could have that, and then tonight we can have a barbeque," said Kagome.

  Inu-Yasha suddenly picked Kagome up, and ran towards the ocean.  Grinning Miroku picked up Sango as well and ran after the half demon, both girls shrieking that they be put down.  Inu-Yasha threw Kagome into the water and soon dived after her.  Miroku on the other hand did a cannon ball into the water with Sango in his arms.  Soon began a splashing war with the girls against the guys.  It was at first a fair fight, but with Inu-Yasha's demonic strength, the girls literally got washed away.  Although they did make splashing come back when both Sango and Kagome ganged up on Miroku, and with all the 'sits' Inu-Yasha was unable to help his friend.  Finally both the monk and half demon admitted defeat.  They all headed back into their houses to change into something more comfortable for dinner.  The couples discussed the vacation at the cabin, and if they would be able to convince Sesshoumaru to come along with them.

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  Sango opened her eyes slowly and glanced over at her husband lying beside her.  Smiling, the exterminator slowly crawled out of the futon covers, and tiptoed over to the closet to get some clothes on.  The sun was just barely rising over the horizon, making it still quite dark outside.  Walking slowly down stairs, Sango put her sandals on, and grabbed a towel before heading out the door.  Kagome was already outside waiting for her.

  "Did you wake him up?" whispered Kagome.

  "No, he's still sleeping," Sango, whispered back.

  "Good, I was surprised Inu-Yasha was still sleeping when I got up.  So you ready to go?"

  Sango nodded and held up her towel.  Kagome showed her towel before leading Sango over to the canoe, which was upside down in the sand. Placing their towels over their shoulders, they picked up the canoe, placed it over their heads, and walked towards the ocean's shore.  Setting the canoe back down, Kagome grabbed the paddles and handed one to Sango before getting into the canoe and setting out onto the ocean waters.  They paddled for quite some time until the houses were a small speck in the distance.  Kagome and Sango pulled the paddles back into the boat and just relaxed.

  "This is quite nice," sighed Sango.

  Kagome nodded, "So how are you feeling?"

  "Feeling?  Oh!  I'm okay,"

  "That's good.  I've been feeling a little sick lately, but this morning I feel fine,"

  Sango nodded, "So . . . how many more days do we have left out here?"

   "Only a week left.  My mom wants to take you and me to the hospital when we get back,"

  Sango smiled and glanced at the rising sun, the sky now illuminating colors of orange and red.  Kagome sighed and laid down a little, dipping her hands into the cool water, which was slowly turning from black, to a light blue.  Sango stared into the water, watching the odd fish swim by, "I'm going to miss this place . . ."

  Kagome smiled, "Yeah, it's a pity we couldn't stay here,"

  "I wish we could . . . I mean it's so beautiful . . . and . . ."

  "We can't stay here Sango . . . Sesshoumaru told us it was only temporarily, the houses will be torn down . . . and then that's it . . ."

  "I just don't understand why . . ."

  "Since they look so modern, Sesshoumaru and myself are afraid someone will discover them.  I mean I took plenty of pictures for us to remember this place,"

  Sango nodded, Kagome sighed and rested back down on the boat.  The exterminator was about to lye down as well, but stopped, "Kagome . . ."

  "Yes?"

  "Did . . . did you feel that?"

  Kagome sat up and looked around, "Feel . . . wait!  I just felt something . . . the presence of a demon,"

  Sango looked around at their surroundings, but nothing could be seen, the water was as calm as a pond.  Kagome eyes were darting back and forth, "The fish are gone . . . which means something is down there,"

  Sango grabbed her sword, which she had brought along, while Kagome grabbed her bow and arrow.  Before the two girls could say a word to each, there was a loud splash, a hand clasped over their mouths and eyes, and another loud splash as they were pulled under the water, the canoe floating calmly on the water.

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  Inu-Yasha slowly sat up and stretched his hands high over his head, letting out a big yawn.  Rubbing the back of his head, he opened his eyes to see his mate, but frowned when he noticed that she was gone.  Sniffing the air, he could tell that she had been gone for an hour.  Grabbing his clothes, he pulled them on and headed downstairs, but found that she wasn't there either.  Frowning, Inu-Yasha headed over to Miroku's to see if she was there.  His bare feet felt cold in the soft sand as he walked over to the monks house and walked inside.  Sniffing the air, he frowned again, realizing that Kagome wasn't here either . . .but come to think of it neither was Sango.  Starting to worry, Inu-Yasha headed upstairs to see Miroku still sleeping.

  "Hey monk!  Get the hell up!"

  Miroku woke with a slight snort, before turning his head in different directions, "What's going on Inu-Yasha?"

  "Something's wrong . . . I can't find Kagome, and it's obvious that Sango is missing too,"

  Miroku looked by his side to realize that Sango was missing.  Getting dressed quickly the monk and half demon walked down the stairs.

  "So Kagome was gone when you woke up?"

  "Yeah, she's been gone for at least an hour,"

  "Well they couldn't have gotten too far,"

  Inu-Yasha was about to answer when a loud bam made the two stop in their tracks.  Another bang came from upstairs and then the front door.  Soon it was coming from all over the house.  Miroku glanced to the window on the left, seeing a board covering it.

  "Oh this doesn't look good . . ."

  Inu-Yasha rammed into the front door in an attempt to break it down, but was thrown back, hitting the table, smashing it to bits.

  "Talismans," whispered Miroku, helping Inu-Yasha to his feet.  The house was now almost completely dark, except for the odd ray of light coming in through the boards.

  "What the hell is going on monk?"

  "Your guess is as good as mine,"

  Inu-Yasha was about to try the door again, but stopped as he sniffed the air, "Oh shit . . ."

  "What is it?"

  "I smell fire . . ."

  "Fire?  Where's it coming from?"

  Smoke started to rise from under the door, and from the ceiling as well.

  "Oh that's not good," whispered Miroku.

  Inu-Yasha once again tried to break down the door, but was thrown away just like last time.

  "This is sure some pickle were in now . . ." muttered the monk.

  Flames started to appear on the door and all the windows.

  "Damn it . . ." hissed Inu-Yasha.

  Miroku stepped closer to his friend, watching as the flames started to surround them . . . *Sango please be safe . . .*

  *Kagome . . .where are you?*

TBC . . . . .