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A/N: Rewrite. It counts as another chapter. No, really. Read it. It does.
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Miroku: Hello ladies and gentlemen, Miss Noz is currently unavailable to talk right now so she asked me to say a few words. Why is she unavailable to talk you might ask? Well, see she and Inuyasha and myself were caught in a very compromising position.
Shippo: What position was that, Miroku?
Miroku: Oh, well, Shippo, I'm so glad you asked. I'd be delighted to explain that to you.
Kagome and Sango (off in the distance) And we be delighted if you didn't!
Noz (also off in the distance) Just tell 'em what I told ya!
Miroku: Whatever you wish. Noz does not own us or anything pertaining to us other than this story. She is, however, very friendly with Inuyasha and myself so Takahashi-sama probably won't sue because she wants to keep her grumpy, hanyou star and favorite houshi happy.
Shippo: Geez, is that all you think about Miroku?
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. chapter 3 : desperate times, desperate measures – part I .
The moon hung high in the sky, full and blood red. The air was damp, and heavy, and still. Not a noise was made, neither human nor beast around.
Except for them.
Miroku and Kirara stood guard in front of Sango and a cowering Shippo. Sango, comforting, consoling, but ready to strike, just a few feet behind her sentries. Kouga glowered at the scene, poised and ready to battle if the need arose, on the opposite side of the clearing.
And in between them was Inuyasha.
His eyes glowed deep crimson for a mere second before turning back to their familiar golden. Only moments passed as the hanyou thought over his next plan of action, but the wait felt like a lifetime to the five companions standing in that clearing. And then—
--Inuyasha brought his foot down onto his prey's throat.
And laughed.
This was a dark, haunting laugh that chilled even the mighty wolf youkai to his core. A laugh, so uncharacteristic of the hanyou, that the prince had to look twice to assure himself his eyes were not playing tricks on him. But sure enough, it was indeed the hanyou, out of his mind with rage and sorrow and grief. But hanyou, not demon. So, at least he was able to think…
"Who's dying now?" Inuyasha's voice was barely a whisper hanging on the heavy air.
"Who's dying now, huh? Bastard!" The bellow was punctuated with the half demon's foot almost crushing the being beneath him.
"Inuyasha, stop. You shouldn't do this. Not like this. She wouldn't want it like this!" The slayer's words seemed to drift off on an unseen, unfelt wind.
The angry half demon took up his fang and brought it down upon Jakotsu's chest. The fierce power of the blade tore the man's chest apart and Inuyasha finished the job by applying all his weight to the dead man's throat, crushing it, and letting his head pop off like a cork from a bottle.
Inuyasha stood atop his bloody conquest, silent, unseeing. He blinked once and then—
"Wind scar!"
He tried to jump out of the way, but he had been caught off guard. He was caught in the fury of Inuyasha's attack, and didn't stand a chance. Kouga was no more.
Still holding his fatal weapon, Inuyasha turned blind eyes on the group on the other side of the clearing.
"If you value your life, you won't harm us, we want to help," Miroku said in his calm, but stern voice, preparing to unleash the kazaana.
In the depths of the hanyou's blind eyes, the monk could see an absolute sadness, an understanding, recognition. But over it all was hate. There would be no reasoning with him today.
"Inuyasha, I don't want to do this," Miroku muttered, giving reason one last chance.
Inuyasha dashed towards them.
"Kazaana!"
And the wind was sucking him closer. The hanyou pushed his fang forward, letting it penetrate the monk's wind tunnel, slice at the very confines of skin. He used the hilt for leverage and popped over the monk's head, behind him to glower over Sango. Knowing, Miroku would not turn the kazaana on Sango, he felt freedom.
Sango started to attack, but Inuyasha was inconveniently between her and Miroku where neither could touch him without harming the other. So with one sharp cry, Sango accepted her demise as Inuyasha's claws ripped through her skin.
And with that it was all over. Miroku turned his kazaana on the hanyou, sucking him in along with little Shippo and Kirara. The steel fang had damaged him so, that the monk, himself was drug into the voids of his hand.
And all that was left in the clearling was the body of Kagome. And the eerily silence.
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Miroku woke with a start. Ayame was dabbing a cloth on his forehead to sop up the cold sweat that was coming from his pores. He looked around suspiciously, hoping that at least part of that dreadful nightmare didn't come true.
In the corner he could see a fuzzy Kouga shaped blob doing what he thought was eating. Next to what looked like a fire was a little Shippo sized blob, a bigger Kirara shaped blob and—finally, what he was looking for—a Sango shaped blob. Good, they were all alive. He scanned the den for an Inuyasha shaped blob and found none. He didn't even bother looking for Kagome because he knew that she was—
"I'm glad you're awake, Miroku-sama. You were making some awful sounding noises in your sleep. How are you feeling? Do you think you could handle any food right now?" the wolf yasha asked.
Nauseated, disgusted, worried, terrified, queasy, relieved. Probably not.
"I'm okay. And sure, I'll try," he smiled his patented lecherous smile at the girl as she went to get him a bowl of stew.
"Kouga," his weak voice sounded.
"What monk?" the wolf demon snarled.
"Have you heard anything on Inuyasha?"
The silence was enough of an answer for him. Oh, Buddha, let things go well.
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Inuyasha had been running for nearly two days now with no stop. Kagome rested over his shoulder as if she were sleeping. Except, she was not sleeping, she was dead, her body cold and stiff. Not the sweet smelling, soft, vibrant Kagome he was used to.
She was dead.
The hanyou leaped through the forest, over tree branches, and across streams, at his fastest speed, never looking back. It had been this way for two days, day and night, and would continue the same way until he found the one he was looking for.
Even when, at last, Inuyasha picked up a familiar scent he didn't slow his pace. Didn't believe his own nose until he saw the little girl in the orange kimono and knew that who he was looking for wasn't far. Only then he slowed down.
"Oh, hello, Inuyasha-sama!' Rin chirped.
Inuyasha didn't even bother with his trademark 'feh' as he walked past her and in the direction of his brother.
He walked over a hill towards the smell of fire and grilling meat.
And there was Sesshomaru and his toad, Jaken, sitting by a fire, watching a boar roast. Sesshomaru looked up at his brother and stood.
"Jaken, watch Rin," he said and turned and walked in the opposite direction of Inuyasha.
"Yes M'Lord."
Inuyasha followed his older brother away from the make-shift camp site and into the woods. He found Sesshomaru in another clearing, just earshot—for a demon with very keen senses—away from the site.
"What have you come to disturb me with?" the older inu youkai asked.
"Kagome. Help her," Inuyasha said.
"And why should this Sesshomaru help your miko?"
"She was poisoned, okay? I was too late, I couldn't protect her."
Silence.
"Just help her okay?" Inuyasha yelled.
"No."
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A/N: So there, are you happy? It's longer. I know it took me a while, but yeah. I've been reading a lot. That and I've been working. Sorry. Oh, I have a confession to make. Inuyasha x Kagome and Miroku x Sango is not making me happy. I've been delving into Miroku x Kagome pairings lately. Lessons by HorridPorrid is my all time favorite MonkMiko fic. I love it! I will still read IK and MS pairings and I will continue to write this one and my MS story, which is in the works. But I also have a story called Never Say Never. Read it. Please? I'm also working on a round robin called Because of You under the penname "thePervertedMonkClub" Read that too, it's awesome.
No flames or I will turn kinky-ho into a pretty, pretty flower pot and put dead bellflowers in her.
/n.o.t.e/ Miroku fan? Want to join the perverted monk club, a club especially for fans of our favorite hentai no houshi? Email thepervertedmonkclub (at) hotmail (dot) com for more information!