Sango stood frozen in her place, her Taijia uniform at her feet. Miroku stood up and nodded grimly.

"I came to apologize." He told her. Sango realized that her hand was touching her deep purple bruise and she moved it away.

"Suddenly you had a change of heart?" Sango said, meaning to put venom in the tone, but she found that she couldn't. Miroku looked very guilty.

"Lady Sango, I have done some thinking. And in that short time I've realized how stupid I've been. I'm not angry at you, nor at InuYasha." He sighed. "I was incredibly unfair to you two." He said, not looking up at her. Sango found her hand was in his. He planted a soft, polite kiss there. Something inside Sango's head went twang!

"Houshi Sama, I need to ask you something…" She said. Miroku took a deep breath and nodded.

"I expected you would. You want to know why I was so mad at InuYasha?" Said Miroku. Sango nodded. Miroku sighed. "If he wants to tell you, he can. But me telling you would invade his privacy." He said. Sango sighed.

"All right. He told me he wouldn't tell cause it might hurt you." Miroku looked a little shocked.

"I don't know how much of that was excuse, but…" He paused, trying to picture something. "InuYasha actually said that?" He said. Sango nodded with her eyebrows up in that way that says 'Yeah, I Know.' Sango looked at Miroku, as she did she could feel her bruise ache.

"I'm sorry if I did anything." She said. Miroku shook his head.

"No, you haven't done anything wrong. Nothing at all. I'm a fool to think that, even if InuYasha had done what I thought he had, that was wrong." He smiled at her kindly. "Lady Sango, will you forgive me?" Sango smiled at the man next to her. She began to nod when….

WHACK! THUD!

…Things began to become normal again.

…

InuYasha opened his eyes. He felt like total crap. He could feel little beads of sweat drip down his sides, and it tickled a little. He tried to move his head, but pain shot through his neck. He let out a little cry of exasperation and grabbed his neck.

"Ah, you're awake." Said Kaede. InuYasha groaned. His memories were a little foggy, but he definitely remembered not being near her. He pulled his hand back and saw some of his hair that had stuck to his hand. He groaned.

"How could I sleep for three days straight…" He said, tossing his black hair off his hand.

"You were nearing your human transformation. That's the only reason this affected you so much." She said, putting some foul-smelling ointment on his neck. A memory filtered back into its place.

"Sango…" He mumbled. "Is Sango all right?" He said, forgetting how much his neck hurt and trying – unsuccessfully – to sit up. Kaede pushed him down.

"Sango is fine. She's the only reason you're here, rather than nearly dead in some forest. In fact, she wants to talk to you." Kaede told him. InuYasha was about to ask why when another memory clicked into place.

"Oh, no…" He said.

"But first Miroku wants to talk to you."

"Oh, NO!"

…

Sunlight filtered through the curtained windows in Kaede's guest hut. Sango smiled. Other than Kagome being gone, and InuYasha being sick, this was the best day of her life. There was no good reason for it, really, but it was. She felt good for the first time since her whole family died. She felt happy to be alive. She smiled, and got up. Miroku had already gotten up. He was always up early. She stood up and changed into her clothes, then walked out. The bruise was hardly visible now, just a slightly purple mark. She saw Miroku come out of Kaede's hut. He smiled to her.

"InuYasha and I have come to terms. I expect you want to talk to him." Said Miroku. Sango smiled. She was glad to have the reasonable Miroku back. In fact, when she passed him, and he groped her, she didn't even say anything! Miroku, when she looked back, was dumb with shock. She pilled the bamboo curtain aside and entered the hut. InuYasha was lying there examining the ceiling critically.

"Hey." She said. "You feeling better?"

"Ugh, I feel like shit." He said. Sango couldn't help but notice the sweat on his forehead. He looked cold, and paler than Sango had ever seen him. If she hadn't known better she would've sworn there was a slight blue tint to his lips.

"That's a shame…" She said, for lack of anything better.

"Kaede-Baba says the treatment's working and that I'm going to feel like crap for a while longer…" Said InuYasha. "What the hell got me, anyways?"

"Sludge demon. Very potent." She said. "It must've gotten time to use its powers on you, or something." InuYasha nodded.

"Thought I remembered something like that." He coughed. Sango was a little unnerved to see InuYasha this crippled.

"About why Miroku is—was­ so mad at you…?" She began. InuYasha opened his eyes for the first time this conversation. He turned his head feebly to look at her.

"Miroku said it was all right if I tell you, but I don't…" He coughed again. "I don't want to hurt Miroku, whether he says it's okay or not, it might." Said InuYasha, who, once again, coughed. Sango looked at him pleadingly.

"Please tell me, I really feel in the dark. I don't like that feeling." She said. InuYasha seemed to give it a little consideration.

"All right, all right… But I'm thinkin' I should take that sludge demon as a sign…" He sighed, and coughed. "Sango, I'm-" But sadly, before he could finish that sentence he began coughing, again! Sango looked at the corner of his mouth. There was an odd black goo there. InuYasha stopped coughing and started convulsing.

"InuYasha? InuYasha!" She screamed, shaking his shoulders. She got up quickly to call for help.

"Miko Sama! Please, I don't know what's happening!" Kaede hobbled in and ushered her out. She was still in the dark. Maybe she wasn't meant to know whatever it was.

End Chapter Five

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