Moonlight Shadow

Chapter 6

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TWO WEEKS LATER

Sitting in Biology class, Sango was deep in thought paying absolutely no attention to Mr. Smith as he talked about biomolecules and enzymes. Late last night as she had lane in bed waiting to fall asleep, she had realised something that confused her. "When had she Miroku and Inuyasha become friends?!" It was alright to be friends with Kagome, she was a witch but Inuyasha and Miroku they were vampires! She had made a vow the night her family was slaughtered that she would kill every vampire that she met, yet she had not only killed these two she had made friends with them. Sango had tried to convince herself that it was a business relationship still that there was nothing between herself and these two vampires other than a bargain, but then she had asked herself, if I had to kill them would I be able to? And much to her shock, the answer had been no.

Why! she asked herself. Why could I not just kill them! It would be so easy I've killed so many vampires before without even blinking an eye. Why should I not be able to do the same to Miroku or Inuyasha. After all not matter what Miroku said about hating to drink human blood he still did, and he had killed before, Sango could still smell the scent of death that hung over Miroku's aura. Remembering how last night the four of them had gone out to a movie, Sango sighed. She never should have gotten closer than she needed to them, she never should have told them about her past, or have made Miroku pancakes that morning, she shouldn't have eaten lunch with them for the past two weeks………she shouldn't have had fun with them.

Well why shouldn't you be allowed to have fun! he inner voice demanded.

"Because they're vampires!" Sango wailed back. "I'm a slayer! I'm supposed to hate ALL vampires!"

But Miroku once said that he never wanted to be a vampire!

"STOP IT! Be quiet! I don't want to listen to you!" Sango thought shutting the tiny voice out. That was it; she needed to end this now. No more hanging out with Miroku and Inuyasha. She needed to snip this relation in the bud, because Sango knew that if I continued on any longer she would never be able to leave. So when the bell rang signaling the end of Bio Sango dashed out of the room not waiting for Miroku, Inuyasha or Kagome. At lunch she went off campus, leaving them to sit in the cafeteria without her, she worked on independent study during her spare alone in the corner of the great hall instead of sitting with the others. She looked up longing to sit with them, but when Miroku looked up she hastily pretended to be working. Every time she glanced up Miroku was watching her out of the corner of his eye. Finally Sango couldn't take it anymore, and she got up.

"This is pointless," Sango thought. "There's only half an hour left, I might as well go home. No one would notice if I played hooky." (A/N: for those who don't know hooky means to skip class) Stuffing her papers into her back pack Sango walked off.

Stopping at her locker Sango grabbed the rest of the stuff she would need that night and then stood up and turned to go out the front entrance. But much to her shock and annoyance Miroku was walking towards her. "I'll just go the other way then," Sango thought. Walking briskly towards the back entrance, Sango winced when she heard Miroku call out her name; as if I wasn't hard enough to not be his friend, now he was calling out to her. Sango stiffened her shoulders and walked a little faster, but that only made Miroku's pace quicken to a slow jog.

"Sango?" Miroku said, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah," Sango said flicking his hand off and slowing her pace to match his.

"You sure? Did I do something wrong? Cuz you've been giving me the cold shoulder today. I hope this isn't about me groping your but yesterday, I know you don't like it but it's just so…….inviting…." Sango blushed as she recalled the incident yesterday. Ever since she had made Miroku pancakes he had taken quite a liking to groping her rear. That was another thing that confused her, why did Miroku do that! And she had noticed that it only seemed to be her backside that he liked to grope. But what bothered her even more was the way that she almost enjoyed it when he touched her, - not always when he groped her – but when he held her hand last night while watching the movie and when she had been about to shake it off he had only tightened his hold. Recalling how shocked she had been she had looked over at him only fall into the depths of his gorgeous violet eyes. Something had happened when she had looked deeply into those eyes, she recalled how her heart had tightened, and how her pulse had quickened. How she had longed for him to lean over and kiss her……….Suddenly she felt an all too familiar hand feeling her backside.

"PERVERT!" she screamed slinging her backpack in his face. Snatching her bag off the floor, trying to ignore Miroku's convulsing form that was writhing around on the floor. Slamming the back entrance open Sango stormed out, Miroku's "wandering hands" had only reinforced her decision. That was it, she really did have to stop hanging out with him. If anyone else, even human, had touched her rear like Miroku they would be dead. No vampire had ever come within groping range before!

"SANGO! Wait I'm sorry!" Miroku called rushing after her.

"There is no way I can deal with this right now," Sango thought. "I just can't!" Biting her lip Sango broke into a sprint and dashed away trying to ignore the tears that were now flowing down face. Sango had hoped that Miroku, would just leave her alone, but much to her annoyance and dismay he ran after her. Turning the corner, Sango stumbled almost knocking a display of oranges over, but righted herself just in time. Flinging open the door to the stairs leading up to her apartment, damn mechanic still hadn't fixed that elevator, Sango continued to run her eyes now closed as she tried to stop the tears. Reaching the 21 floor Sango continued running to the end of the hall where she stopped to fumble with her keys. She tried to fit the first one in but damn it didn't fit. Her tears were flowing so hard now that she could hardly make out the key from the lock. Jerking that key out Sango tried the next one, but damn that one didn't fit either. Hearing Miroku coming Sango hastily tried to shove the third and final key, that just had to fit, into the lock but her hands were trembling so hard that she tried to put the key upside down. "Sango!" Miroku called. "What was that about, why did you take off like that!?!"

"Go away Miroku," Sango cried frantically trying to put her key into the lock.

"Can you not hold on for just one damn minute!" Miroku said annoyed putting his hand on her shoulder.

"Go away Miroku!" Sango cried once again. And thank gods the stupid key finally fit!

"Wait a second," Miroku said shocked. "Sango, what's the matter?!? You're crying! Are you alright?!?"

"I don't want to talk about it Miroku, just leave me alone!" Sango tried jiggling the key in the lock trying to get the door open.

"Sango, look at me," Miroku said harshly turning her around to face him. "What's wrong? I don't think I've ever seen you this upset."

"I said I don't want to talk about it Miroku!" Sango cried shoving him away. "Just leave me alone!" a flicker of hurt crossed Miroku's face when she shoved him away that shattered her resolve and made her break down completely. Crying, Sango threw herself against him and clutched like a small child to his shirt. Shocked, Miroku was unsure of how to act, he had never dealt with someone who had broken down like this before. After a moments hesitation he put his arms around her small and shaking body. "Shhhhh," he said stroking her long hair, "shhhhh Sango everything's going to alright. Now dry your tears and well go into your room and we can talk. We've gathered a bit of an audience and I doubt you want to discuss this out in the hallway." Miroku joked. Looking up Sango was shocked to realize that Miroku was right they had drawn an audience; almost all the doors on her floor were open each with a curious head sticking out. Nodding weakly Sango allowed Miroku to open the door to her apartment and gently lead her inside. Closing the door, Miroku helped her to sit down on the sofa, where she promptly clasped her hands together and stared at her feet. "Now Sango," Miroku said gently. "What's upset you so much?"

"You!" Sango said looking up at him. "You and Inuyasha! When did we become friends!?! I don't get it!"

"Wait a second," Miroku said sitting back shocked. "You're upset because you're friends with Inuyasha and me!? But why Sango? We don't regret being friends with you!"

"Why not, I'm a slayer, you're a vampire. How can we be friends! I swore on my parents' graves that I would kill every vampire that ever crossed my past and that I would slay Naraku or die trying. Yet, not only are you sitting her with me alive, we're friends!" Sango said the tears starting to flow again at the hurt that reflected in his eyes.

"Are you saying," Miroku finally said, "that you regret not killing me?"

"You're a vampire," Sango said, "I'm a slayer I should have killed you the second I laid eyes on you!"

Miroku sat stunned for a moment, unable to say anything. Finally after a minute he finally said hurt echoing through every word, "so are you telling me that, you don't want to be my friend anymore just because I'm a vampire?"

"That's exactly it; you're a vampire! Vampires are evil creatures, and as much as you don't want to be one Miroku, you are and- and- you've killed before. Vampires survive only by drinking the blood of humans. It's revolting! And I swore to kill as many of your kind as I could because you're all monsters."

Anger suddenly flashed across Miroku face and he said, "who do you think you are Sango; God? Deciding who's good and who's not. Do you call lions evil because they kill the antelope, do you condemn the wolf for killing to eat. How dare you call vampires evil, not all of us are evil, most of us don't kill out prey. And the few that do….are you really any better Sango? You eat meat almost everyday, you humans kill animals by the thousands so that you can eat; I don't. I survive only on what is freely given. And you have the nerve to say, that I'm evil! What exactly do you think you are Sango, I have no clue, all I know is that if you really hate me that much then I'm not forcing you to be my friend. I offered you my friendship ever though you've murdered countless of vampires, yet you can't return it because I killed one girl, one girl Sango! How hypocritical is that?! And let me tell you Sango I regret her death every single day that I live, it hangs over my conscience every second like a dark cloud, but you, have you ever spared a single thought of remorse for those that you killed? I know exactly who I killed, her name was Katrina and she was a girl who served at the inn where I was changed. She was fifteen and she had told me every single one of her dreams, can you say the same? Did you even know the names of the various vampires you killed? At least I feel morose for what I did, you don't; to you they were just vampire 1 and vampire 2. And you have the nerve to call me a monster," Miroku said standing up and walking to the door opening it he said, "if anything I would say it was the other way round," and walked out the door slamming it shut after him. Standing to her feet Sango was shocked to find that she was shaking. Walking slowly and unsteadily over to the door Sango gently slid the lock into place and then fell to the floor sobbing.

Author's note: blinks eyes a couple of times in stunned silence that follows ……….wow……… wow.………let me tell you when I started typing this I had no clue it was going to end like that……amazing isn't it how the mood of the piece leads you laces you had never anticipated…..wow once again…oh dear I just realized that I'm starting to sound like a broken record player. Better stop…..well I hope you liked, and well I hope you all didn't mind the fact that I used the word damn like 20 times….sigh NOW what am I going to do, I had planned on introducing Miroku's plan to kill Naraku this chapter but it looks like that will have to wait for at least another chapter. Hmmm well PLEASE review and offer suggestions about what you think should happen cuz to tell the truth I have NO clue whats gonna happen next, oh and please please please review! A quick 'love ya' to all the lovely fans who have review and well tata for now.