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Kikyou dropped her gun, and fell to the ground. Four times, four bullets she placed inside of him. She had never used that many bullets on anyone. But she hated Suikotsu always had, always would. Especially after what he did to her, and the two important people in her life. Sango could have been seriously injured or worse. And Inuyasha, he had lost so much blood already. She felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned around to see Miroku.

"Miroku?"

"Kikyou, so is that him the guy that put you in that coma?"

"That's Suikotsu, he had some surgery done. He looks nothing like his former self."

Miroku looked over to the dead body, it was hard to believe. He must have gotten some serious surgery. Because he looked nothing like he used to. How did he even escape out of prison, no one even knew he was gone. Kikyou got up off the ground Miroku just stared at her puzzled. She didn't really seem like herself right now.

"Kikyou whats wrong?"

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha's hideout could only be reached by going underground. Sango had to admit it was very clever of them to do that. No wonder no one could ever find them. Sesshomaru placed his brother on a mattress that was lying on the ground. Sango went into her bag and took out a first aid kit. Hoping that something in there might help. All she knew was that she needed to stop the bleeding.

"Inuyasha, this is going to sting a little."

"Just do what you have to do."

She nodded and poured the peroxide onto his wound. The good thing was that the bullet was out. They would just need to stop the bleeding. The peroxide seemed to be helping a little, but he was still bleeding.

"We might have to stitch him up?" Sango mentioned.

"Why Sango who knew you were such a nurse."

"So, I took a class before."

Kikyou did not answer Miroku. All that could be heard was the wind and the rain. Miroku glanced back at the body, they would need someone to remove it. Then he would have to tell Keade about Suikotsu. But he had promised he wouldn't tell about the Hayashi brothers. As much as he would have liked to, he already promised Kikyou.

"Four times I shot him, I never shot a person that many times."

"Kikyou he tried to kill you, and Sango. He deserved what he got."

"I know he tried to kill us. But I shot him four times, does that make me any better than him?"

Miroku walked over to her and hugged her. He would not let her stand here, and compare herself to that monster. He enjoyed killing people and making them suffer. She was not at all like him, she was just doing her job.

"Kikyou, don't you ever compare yourself to that monster."

She nodded and he let her go. Miroku was just trying to help her, and she appreciated that. But she needed to go see if Inuyasha was alright. He was hurt pretty badly why did he have to take that bullet for her. She knew why, but now he was hurt. She hoped that she wasn't to late, and that he hadn't already died.

"Miroku thank you. But I need to go."

"Go where?"

"I'll call you later alright."

He wanted to know why she had to leave. But it soon became clear to him. It obviously had something to do with Inuyasha.

"You need to see him, don't you."

She stood there silent as she prepared to leave. That was indeed the reason why she had to go. Kikyou needed to be with him right now. Just like he was there for her that entire time.

"Miroku I'm sorry. I never wanted to hurt you."

"Kikyou I know. But that doesn't mean that I want you to go."

She knew that he didn't want her to leave. Ever since that night at his apartment, he didn't want to let her go then either. But this was a matter of life and death. She turned to her friend, and gave him one final hug.

"Miroku, you love me don't you?"

"You know I do."

"Then you are going to have to let me go, I need to."

He nodded and then slowly let her go. She was right, he couldn't keep holding onto her. Yes they would always be friends. But she was right and he knew that.

"Your right, just take care of yourself alright."

Sango tried to stop the bleeding, but nothing seemed to be working. There was something else she could do. And it could very well be her last option.

"Inuyasha, the bleeding wont stop. I'm going to have to stitch up this hole."

But he did not respond, he had already passed out due to all the blood he lost. Then she decided that she would have to do it. She lit a match, and ran it threw the needle. She was no doctor but this had to be done. She had to save him for Kikyou.

"Are you sure about this?" Sesshomaru questioned.

"It has to be done. We do want him to live, Kikyou would be heartbroken if he died."

Sesshomaru nodded and allowed Sango to proceed. She did her best to keep the stitching straight, but she was very nervous. So it wasn't as even as she would have liked it to be. But as the long as the bleeding stopped then it was fine. After a while she was finished and then she felt for a pulse. He was alive still and that was a good thing. She turned around when she heard her cell phone. Thinking it was Kikyou she answered.

"Kikyou, is that you? Are you alright."

The phone was silent, she knew it wasn't Kikyou.

"Who is this?"

"Shino Hikaru's daughter, I know who killed your mother."

And just like that the phone went dead. She froze Sesshomaru glanced over to her. A look of panic reflected in her eyes. If that was some kind of prank call it wasn't funny. Her phone rang again this time it was Kikyou.

"Sango, are you alright?"

"Kikyou, where are you. I'm coming to meet you."

Once she had Kikyou's location she walked away. Without even saying a word to Sesshomaru. This was something that she needed to discuss with her sister. What if that phone call was real, it was to scary to think about. Kikyou stood there waiting for her sister. She looked up when she saw Sango standing there like she was afraid to move.

"Sango?"

"Kikyou, I received a disturbing call...it was about our mother."

Kikyou walked over to her sister, she did look both scared and concerned. As they walked back to the hideout, Sango went into more details.

"He said he knew who killed our mother?"

"Yes, it was weird Kikyou. Very strange." she added.

"It must have been some kind of cruel joke. Sounds like something Suikotsu would have done."

Sango listened to the way she said "would have". That obviously meant that he was dead. Sango glanced at Kikyou, it was obvious that she didn't want to talk about it. At least not now anyway Kikyou never liked having to shoot someone. Even if she despised the person. Sango knew that she would talk about it when she felt like it.

"Very clever of them having an underground hideout."

"Yea I thought so too." Sango agreed.

The two of them went down into the tunnel. Kikyou felt nervousness and anxiety surge threw her. But if something had happened to Inuyasha, then Sango would have already told her. Meaning that he was of course still alive. She saw him lying there, and went over to him. He was still alive, and the bleeding had stopped.

"I had to do some quick surgery on him, but I'm sure he'll be fine. We should keep an eye on him tonight though, just in case."

Kikyou looked up at her sister. Maybe it was her but Sango sounded just like a doctor right now.

"You sound as if your a doctor. Sango thank you for saving him."

"Hey, well it was nothing. Get a needle and some thread and you could do it too."

Before to long Sango and Sesshomaru disappeared leaving Kikyou alone. She looked over to Inuyasha again so thankful that he was alive. She moved over and leaned her head on his shoulder. He would make it threw the night, and back to her she was sure of that. She reached up and left a kiss on his cheek.

"I knew you wouldn't have given up. I love you to much to loose you Inuyasha." she whispered.

(The next morning)

Golden eyes slowly opened and looked around. There lying next to him was Kikyou. He was thankful that she wasn't hurt. He wrapped his arms around her and brought her closer. She opened her eyes too, and looked at his arm around her.

"Inuyasha."

"Yea, I didn't die after all. You okay?"

Still concerned for her, even though he was the one who had gotten shot. She hugged him again, letting him know that she was alright. He slowly sat up still feeling some pain from the bullet. He would be fine though at least he was alive. Just then Sango and Sesshomaru entered the room.

"Well look who decides to wake up."

"Yea, nice to see you too Sesshomaru." he said sarcastically.

"So how did sleeping beauty sleep? I hope he slept well."

Inuyasha wanted to jump over and punch his brother. But found that he couldn't, he should be resting. Yet here he was wide awake. Sango sat down still thinking about that phone call. She couldn't help but want to know if it were true. They wanted to know who killed their mother, for the longest time.

Kikyou had a lot on her mind as well. She didn't want to go threw with what she was thinking. But after watching Inuyasha get shot, it seemed like a good thing to do.

"After Inuyasha is feeling better, I want you both to leave the country."

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha looked up, both surprised. Where was all of this coming from.

"Kikyou?"

"Last night was a very difficult one. It made me realize how quickly I could have lost you. And while you and Sesshomaru remain in Japan, so many people are after you. And I would rather say goodbye to you here and now, then have to loose you forever."

She avoided Inuyasha's gaze, and then she just left. She didn't want to have to let him go, but what choice did she have. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha weren't safe in Japan. It was only a matter of time before someone caught them. Sango too got up and prepared to leave.

"Sango?" she heard Sesshomaru say.

"Kikyou is right about so many things. We don't want to arrest you both, thats why we've quit our jobs. But there are so many people who are after you. It is best that we say goodbye to you both here and now."

"Sango I will not..."

She hugged him and he returned her hug. Why did she want to do this. He didn't know, but he would have to except it. It was becoming hard to let her go.

"Sesshomaru I don't want to leave you. But I want you to be free, so you must leave the country. I have to go... I can't do this right now."

She wiped the tears from her eyes, and left. As much as Sesshomaru wanted to go after her. He couldn't her mind was already made up. And it looked as if they had just lost them both forever.

A few days after Kikyou and Sango told them goodbye, Keade called them into her office. She wanted to meet with them. Miroku had told her all about Suikotsu and everything that happened. As Sango and Kikyou entered the office, she noticed they both looked equally sad.

"Sango, Kikyou please sit down."

They did and she offered them some tea. They accepted but made no movements to drink it. She looked at them curiously wondering what was wrong with them.

"Kikyou, your feeling better aren't you?"

"Yes, I' am better thank you Keade."

Keade just nodded and took another sip of her coffee. She decided to just get right to the point.

"I heard about everything that went on the other night. I just want to say that I' am very proud of you both. Especially you Kikyou, seeing as how sick you were. That is why I want to give you both promotions, Kikyou I see no need to fire you."

That would have been very good news months ago. Kikyou would have did anything to have her job back. Yet know, her feelings had changed. So did Sango they were already going to hang in their resignation papers.

"Thank you so much boss, but there is something you should know."

"Whats that."

"Sango you want to tell her or should I?"

Sango took out the papers and handed then to Keade.

"Boss, I mean former boss. Kikyou and I we've already quit."

Then the two sisters got up and left her office. She looked very surprised and could form no words. They left the building and headed straight to the car. Sango moved over and allowed Kikyou to drive. It felt like a weight had been lifted off their shoulders.

"I went to the bank earlier. I took out all our money." Sango told her.

"I wanted to do that as well, maybe we should just go off to some other country."

Sango had always wanted to travel the world. She even wondered where Sesshomaru was now. If he was in China, or America or somewhere farther than that. Kikyou looked over to her sister and noticed how quiet she was.

"Their really gone aren't they?" Sango questioned.

"Yes, I suppose they could be anywhere right now."

Kikyou parked the car and they headed up to their apartments. They had all this money, and a whole world to travel. Yet no Inuyasha or Sesshomaru. How could they be happy about this.

"Should we order takeout tonight?" came Sango's question.

Before Kikyou could answer her sister. Someone else had answered the question.

"Why get takeout when we can go eat in Italy."

Sango pause, frozen dead in her tracks. That voice she wanted to believe so badly that it was him.

"Sesshomaru."

There from the living room came Sesshomaru. He nodded and she ran into his awaiting arms. Kikyou couldn't help but feel happy for her sister.

"Hello to you to Sango."

"Feh! Who needs Italian we could just go to America."

Kikyou listened that only to familiar voice. It was impossible right, he wasn't really there. She turned around and saw Inuyasha standing there. This was so surreal, yet she was so glad to see him.

"You, came back?"

"Of course Kikyou, I never left. I couldn't leave you." he admitted.

He closed the space between them, she just wanted to freeze time. She had wanted him to be safe away from the police. Yet he stayed just for her.

"Our car is out front, with everything waiting. Its up to you both if you want to come.." Sesshomaru started.

There wasn't anything to think about, they would of course travel the world with them. Sesshomaru took Sango's hand and led her down the stairs. Inuyasha flashed Kikyou a smile, and then they followed after.

"Kikyou I would have given up crime for you. There was no choice I would choose you any day."

She hugged him and planted a kiss on his lips. He returned her kiss, and wrapped his arms around her. The two of them got into the car after Sango and Sesshomaru. The four of them left everything behind, and now they were off to travel the world.

"Kikyou, where do you think we will end up?" Sango wondered.

"Who knows Sango, the possibilities are endless..."

The end, sounds like I could write a sequel to this.

Oh well its done this is the end of Flattery will get you nowhere

Thanks for reading, Sky Maiden