Chapter 8: Miaka and Miroku

Stepping into the arena Miroku blinked as Miaka winked towards him.

"Don't worry you aren't my type."

"Good, I have a girlfriend."

"Oh you must mean the girl that beat Miaki, she seems nice I guess. You'd like me more though I bet I'm more of a lover then her."

"Sango is all the love that I need."

Miaki smiled and pulled out a leaf and threw it up. Slowly the leaf grew as Miaka jumped on it the leaf slowly taking her up into the air. Slowly she used the wind and dived at Miroku the leaf growing sharp razor ends.

"One hit from this and you're going to die, these blades could cut through all types of steel and metal."

"We'll see, because for one thing I don't plan on getting hit by your leaf." Miroku pulled out his staff spinning it in his fingers like a long baton. He got into a fighting stance that covered all angles of attack using his staff, a finger ready to pull out an ofuda or Japanese talisman whenever needed.

"Hmm, you seem good at fighting but I suppose we'll see soon enough. An aerial ace against a holy man, this should be fun."

Miroku glared and waited then threw an ofuda at her as she rammed into it her leaf smoking around the edges.

Smacking at them the razor blades not even cutting her skin she looked at him. Standing after patting the fire out she looked at him, "So you're not the average Priest I see…you have not only the power of the Orbs you've collected but somehow managed to get powers of Priests also."

Miroku smiled and jumped on the leaf bringing it down to the ground, "What you see is what you get just a guy who loves what I do."

She smiled, "And I love doing this." She placed a hand on Miroku's chest then blasted him back into the lake with a gust of wind.

Miroku sank to the bottom with the weight on the shield somehow managing to toss it out of the water and looked around holding his breath. He wondered how he could get out of this one. At the surface he was able to see Miaka's looming shape over the water, ready to attack when needed. Miroku looked down and seen a fish. Sorry little fish but you need to be the bait for me. He thought silently swimming down and grabbing the fish before it even knew what was going on.

Throwing the fish out of water he quickly swam out in a different direction then cried out in pain the small tip of the leaf sliced through his shirt and skin. Blood poured from the wound as he placed a hand against it. Miaka wasn't kidding it was sharp and able to kill almost anything.

"I told you, and now you're cut because you thought you could distract me with that bait. If only you would have come out I wouldn't have seen you," Miaki said smiling hovering on her blood stained leaf.

Miroku smiled and picked up his shield his side throbbing. His smile seemed more like a wince as the shield began glowing. The pain didn't lessen but for some reason he felt as though he was healed.

Miaka flew quickly towards him as he cried out leaping to the side as a rock slammed into the front of her leaf. It was meant to hit Miaka but all of it was cut before it could even get close enough to touch her.

Cursing Miroku threw his staff towards her as it spun and this time aim was on his side. The staff caught her in the chest making her lose balance falling off of the leaf. The leaf an inch before she hit the ground captured her just before Miroku leapt on it sinking it to the ground once more.

Miroku picked up his staff smiling and put it to her neck. He knew it would do no damage unless he sharpened it. It had done its purpose of intimidating her because she looked at it uneasily.

Then Miaka smiled as a second leaf soared out of nowhere slicing Miroku across his leg rendering it useless.

Miroku cried out in pain dropping the staff getting lifted into the air along with Miaka.

"Do each of your sisters…specialize in a lot of damage, Kagome's the only one not damaged…you're sister hurt Shippo and hurt Sango and now me…"

Miaka nodded grimly, "We've been trained to fight since we're Jin's sisters. And now I must fight you. But the free ride is over. So goodbye young Priest."

Miroku felt himself drop off the leaf falling towards the ground. He sighed closing his eyes knowing it was it. Then the rushing of the air stopped and he looked down hanging in mid-air. No…that wasn't right a rock was directly beneath him! He smiled and sat up rocks forming at his hands and flew towards Miaka. "Never say goodbye to soon, I keep coming back!"

A rock hit Miaka then Miroku dove off his rock using the last of his leg strength taking them both into the water. The water turned red as he slowly took them out of the water she was knocked out and Miroku wasn't far behind her. Making it to the shore bank he collapsed to the ground exhausted.

"I win."

Jin smiled and looked at them, "So you did. Winner Miroku, next up myself against Inuyasha!"

Sango's eyes snapped open and looked at Miroku her eyes wide. So much blood…but she was sure it wasn't all his. If it was…well she knew she would be able to take care of him.

Miroku hit the ground with a dull thud and felt himself being raised into awakened Sango's warm arms.