1DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the other characters.

Enjoy you guys...this one's gonna be a long one hopefully, I'm determined.

3 The Author...Eprozero

The more constructive reviews I get the longer I'll continue this story...

Chapter One: Requiem

A man in a white coat, his hair rather unkempt, had been working for 3 days straight. He roams the halls of the Shinigami Hospital like a ghost today. Work ridden and in great need of a shower, he felt horrible. He missed his bed, and seeing Sango, his girl friend. He was looking forward to his vacation time that started tomorrow and ended a week after that. Although he wasn't actually going to go on vacation, he was gonna take the time to rest and enjoy some peace for once. He was going to spend some much needed time with Sango and make her feel loved. Oh, how he missed her. Her long shiny hair, sweet smile, and the way she smelled. She always smelled of sweet jasmine and ginger flower, an intoxicating mix to say the least. Just then a very rude sounding voice said...

"Dr. Takara to the ER, Dr. Takara to the ER!" His pace quickened. A patient was in need of help badly, especially if they were calling him. He was a specialist, one of the best. He had won many awards over the years at Shinigami hospital. He had earned every single one. He was exhausted but he knew he had to get there and see what was going on and try to fix it despite how tired and homesick he was.

He flew down the last corridor and into the ER.

"What do we have here nurse?" He asked urgently.

"An overdose doctor...looks like a drug overdose, he's been convulsing. We need you to administer the reversal drug. Looks like a heroin OD." Miroku concurred.

"What's this patient's name? We have to try and see if he's still coherent ..."

The nurse grabbed the chart from his bedside

"Looks like Kouga Ookami...but we've already..tr..." Miroku ignored the nurse.

"Kouga...hey Kouga...Kouga Ookami?" Kouga's eyes flashed open for a second and then closed again. "Okay, we don't have much time...hand me the reversal serum. STAT!" He raised his voice. The boy was young, maybe 19 or 20 there was no way Miroku was going to lose him.

He grabbed the needle from the nurse and injected the serum into the boys heart. Kouga's body jumped involuntarily as he began to pretty much come back to life and reality. Miroku removed the needle and Kouga's eyes shot open. He shook, he was no longer in the pseudo-heroin coma he had been in. Miroku eyed the boy, the frightened look that played on his young face. Miroku tried to comfort the boy. "Hey, glad to see you're awake now there son. We were really worried about you for a while. You are going to be fine, you're in a hospital. We promise to take good care of you." Miroku wrote down his name on a card and handed it to the boy. "Now if anyone gives you any trouble or you feel you need to talk to someone, you can ask for me." Miroku gave the boy a smile. Kouga just nodded in total disbelief, still not knowing what the heck was going on. Miroku gave another quick smile, thanked the nurse, and left the room. It had always saddened him greatly to see the young ones come in after doing something stupid like that. Well Miroku himself wasn't that old. The young age of 25, a child prodigy, definitely the youngest doctor in the hospital. He sighed... 'only 2 more hours to go.'

Back at home Sango who'd recently moved in with Miroku, sat on the couch reading and waiting for her boyfriend to arrive. She had missed him so much. These past few weeks he'd looked like death the few times they actually gave him some time off. She felt bad for him, but she knew how he loved his job and was devoted to helping people. He was always kind and witty when the sleep deprivation wasn't getting him down. She called up Inuyasha, her best friend and decided to chat with him while she waited.

ring...ring...riiiiiiiinggggg Just when she was about to hang up she heard...

"Hello?"

"Inuyasha...hey what are you doing?

"Oh hey Sango, nothing I'm just sitting here watching TV trying to figure out what I'm going to eat for dinner...I'm thinking ramen..." He said with a slight laugh.

"Too cheap to eat real food?" Sango accused.

"No I just don't feel like fixing a big meal just for myself. It would go to waste."

"Yeah I guess that makes sense." Sango replied.

"Hey when is that man of yours supposed to get home?" Inuyasha inquired.

"Any minute now, I can't wait, I've missed him so much. Inuyasha he's hardly ever here. They are working him to an early grave."

"I hear that..." Inuyasha said.

"Well I'd better get off of here Inuyasha I'm going to go primp a little so I look nice for him when he gets home." She giggled excitedly.

"Okay well let me know how it goes."

"Alright, I will Inu...Later"

"Bye"

She ran to the bathroom and decided to put on some lipstick and eyeliner and then changed into a pretty blue dress she had been saving for a while now. It was knee length and strapless. Deep indigo, and gorgeous. She powdered her nose and then put on some of her jasmine and ginger flower perfume. She stepped back into the living room and waited for her lover boy to come home.

Miroku had finally been let off of work after he visited a couple of his other patients to check up on them. He left just as he was. He didn't change and his hair was left messy. He had one thing on his mind tonight. Sango...and a surprise. He didn't care about anything else. He drove home quickly, he was anxious to see her, to hold her. He got into the elevator to go up to the 8th floor which was the floor he resided on in a ritzy high rise on the East side of town. He climbed out of the elevator and sprinted towards his apartment door, jammed the key in, turned it and flung open the door. There she was...his Sango...standing there more beautiful than he'd ever seen her look before. In all of the 4 years they had been together she had never looked this nice. Maybe it was the fact that he hadn't been home for a long time and she was a sight for sore eyes, or it was just the fact that she was all dressed up for once. He didn't know or care at that moment. He ran to her and flung his arms around her. His saving grace, oh he was so glad to be home. He felt like on of those human being things again instead of some sort of robot. She held him tightly as he ran small kisses up and down her jaw.

"Sango...oh Kami how I've missed you."

"Not as much as I have missed you!" She argued.

He let her go suddenly and she looked at him strange. She took in the picture of how he looked at that moment. So tired and unkempt, rugged looking and to her it looked hott. He grabbed her hand and pulled her out the door...

"Where are we going?" She asked.

"Oh nowhere," He replied innocently. He was going to do it tonight, he had to. He drove for about 20 minutes up to the parkway. He opened her car door for her and grabbed her hand.

"Madam..." He said playfully. Sango giggled. He led her down a hill and through the woods a little ways. Sango was beginning to question him. About a minute later he stopped...

"Ahhh this is the spot." He sighed.

"What? Where are we? What's going on? Sango asked worriedly thinking Miroku had lost his mind finally or something. He looked at her, a sly smile playing across his features. Then he clapped and cerulean and purple lights came on and lit up the waterfall that was in front of them. Sango gasped... "Wow Miroku, this is amazing did you set this up?"

"Yeah, I talked to a couple of people on the city's board and asked them if I could temporarily install the lights. I charmed them, you know me." He smiled really big. She looked at him and pinched his cheeks playfully. He held her hand and led her to the bank of the stream. He looked at her in the eyes and then dropped to both knees. Sango gasped, "Are you okay Miroku?"

Miroku looked up at her face and smiled and said, "Sango I know we've had our ups and downs and I work a lot and all..." he paused. "But I've been thinking lately...I've been thinking about us. I don't think I could be without you Sango." Sango inhaled deeply. "Sango I want to ask for your hand...in marriage." She gasped and the tears started to flow. She put her hands over her mouth in shock. "Oh, Miroku!" She said 'yes' as she jumped into his arms. He kissed her with a deeper passion than he ever had. Then he placed the heart-shaped diamond on her slim ring finger. Everything was perfect, everything was right. He asked if she would drive them home because he was afraid of falling asleep at the wheel. She agreed as they walked back up the trail and to the car. They drove home and got up to the apartment, put on their Pjs and climbed into bed. Miroku kissed her goodnight and then almost immediately passed out after. She watched him fall asleep and then fell asleep herself. Too bad things can't stay perfect very long, something always happens.