It was a dark morning as Sango woke up, the stars were still out but she couldn't sleep because something was troubling her. It was something she heard: a voice. Her mother's voice she hadn't heard it for a while considering her mother left leaving nothing but a note saying she loved her and had to leave now but would be back one day. However this wasn't true her mom would never come back for it was Sango who had found her mother's body in the woods near her village.

"Sango? Why are you up so early?" Miroku asked he was worried because he studied her sleeping habits (she barely even turned over in her sleep and normally didn't wake up until the sun was up or right before the sun came up).

"Can't sleep," she explained it was better that he left this to his imagination. But then again knowing Miroku's personality probably not. "Go back to sleep it will be better off if you do,"

"Why are you going somewhere?"

"Thinking about it please just go back to bed,"

"Without me? I'm so jealous,"

"Don't be,"

"Is it your brother? Because he's with Naraku you know that right?"

"Yes Miroku I know and it's not about him," She almost wished it was it would be so much easier for her and everyone else. Miroku turned over and looked at his air rip he sighed because he knew something was troubling her as something was troubling him.

Miroku woke up with a heavy heart and realizing quickly he need Kagome to give him a drink to wake him up. He looked around Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippou were there but not Sango or Kirara.

"Sango? Kirara? Where are you?" He looked around once more only to find Kirara sitting next to him giving him a funny look. He got up and walked off to find Sango she couldn't have gotten far without Kirara right? He walked about a mile only to find a hill with Sango sitting on it crying.

"Sango?" she looked so beautiful and sad the sun was shining on her and her tears glistened like diamonds.

"Oh Miroku its you I was just and- I just" she stopped and started to cry again. She laid her head on Miroku's shoulder and cried some more he had no clue why she was crying but he comforted her none the less.

"Shush don't cry anymore you don't have to cry anymore, I'm here,"

"I'm glad I'll explain it more when I'm damn good and ready but at the moment I just want to cry and feel sorry about myself," he looked at the air rip and decided maybe now wasn't the best time but it was a better time than right before they went into battle.

"Sango I want to talk to you about something,"

"Huh? What oh sure,"

"As you know the air rip in my hand is steadily growing-," he stopped Inuyasha and Kagome were coming up the hill.

"Hey what's going on?" Inuyasha asked. "You didn't make her cry did you?"

"Inuyasha!"

"No I came to-,"

"He came to comfort me," Sango finished the sentence for him she looked at him with a sad look. She didn't want them to know what she thought Miroku was going to do. It was funny because neither did he because they would spy anyway and he didn't want Inuyasha to steal his thunder. They decided to continue their conversation later because they had to go find Naraku and find the sacred jewel shards.

Kagome knew they were interupting something however Inuyasha didn't have the capacity to comprehend that they were interupting "a moment" she didn't need to worry about that now they had bigger problems. It was Kagome who sensed it first a bad aura and it was Inuyasha who smelled death. When they came across the body it shocked Sango so much that she ran off.