The End of My World

a/n: kyaaa! Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I'm sooo inspired to write again! Thanks so much! Kay, here's the story…

disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters.

Chapter7

I lay there on my bed a few hours, pondering on what the conversation Miroku had earlier was about. Just then, Kagome walked in, disrupting my deep thought.

"Hey, Sango, are you feeling better?" she asked quietly

"Yeah, I'm fine. I told you, I'm just tired."

"Sango…Miroku was really worried about you, you know. Maybe you should go talk to him. I mean, if I told him you were okay, he probably wouldn't believe me." Kagome suggested thoughtfully.

"Oh? And what makes you think he'll listen to me?"

Kagome shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe he'll take you more seriously than he would me. I mean, coming from you, he's more likely to listen than freak out."

"Hn, maybe you're right. But it's kind of getting close to lights out. I'll probably get sent back here before I even find him. Besides, he's most likely to be in his room with Inuyasha right now."

"You're right. Tomorrow then?"

"Yeah, tomorrow" I spat out as if I were in a trance.

Hopefully, tomorrow, he'll tell me what's bothering him. I thought about it for one last time before I fell asleep.

The next morning, I woke up really early. It was only 5am when I decided to go out for a walk. I put on a pair of khaki pants and a light purple shirt; then I was out the door and heading down the stairs.

When I exited the hotel, I had a feeling I wasn't alone. I pushed the thought away thinking no one would be out this early in the morning besides me. As I continued on my walk, I couldn't get rid of the feeling that someone was watching me. Most girls would actually enjoy this, but the thought of having a stalker bothered me too much. I pushed the thought aside and went back to the hotel. Luckily, the moment I entered the lobby, the 'stalker' feeling passed.

I didn't exactly plan on coming back this soon and I most certainly didn't plan on going back to my room. For one thing, I wasn't too ecstatic to see what Kagome would look like in the morning; another thing was that there wouldn't be anything to do up there anyway. The best thing to do now might be to wait for Miroku and maybe talk to him about my 'stalker' problem.

I didn't have to wait long though. A little while after I got back, Miroku walked down the stairs dressed in his usual baggy pants and plain white T-shirt.

"Miroku!" I called to him. He turned his head towards my direction.

"Good morning, Lady Sango" he chirped

"Good morning to you too. Listen, can I talk to you for a second?"

He nodded and I pulled him to one of the couches in the lobby. I sat on one of the overly-stuffed sofas. Miroku sat on the one opposite of me.

"Miroku, I have a problem." I wasn't sure exactly why I was telling him this; but it always seemed to feel better talking to him than Kagome or Inuyasha. Weird huh?

"What's the matter? Is something wrong? Are you hurt anywhere? Are you-"

I cut him off, "I'm fine, don't worry so much. It's just a little problem, that's all. You see, this morning, I was taking a walk and I felt like someone was following me. I wasn't sure why though, but I felt it when we were disembarking the ship yesterday too. Kind of like someone's stalking me." the thought of it made me shiver.

Then I turned my attention to Miroku who seemed kind of shocked at what I told him. His face became pale and it seemed like all the color drained from his face.

"Miroku, are you alright?" I asked him in a worried voice.

My voice seemed to bring him back and he composed himself again; although you could still tell he was worried about something. I was going to ask him why but he chose to explain without my saying anything.

"You see, Sango…the guy who killed your brother…he…he escaped from prison a few days ago. I…I only found out about it yesterday morning, before we were supposed to leave the school. And…"

Wow, I didn't know about this at all. This is what was making him so anxious? He was late to come to school, he almost missed the ship, he got so worked up when we got here…and it was all for my safety? It was for me? Why?

"So this is what came up all of a sudden?" I asked dryly.

Miroku only nodded. I stared at him a little longer, hoping he would say something. Anything at all to break the silence. To be honest, I even hoped he'd do something perverted…anything would have been fine. It didn't matter what he'd do as long as it would interfere with this suffocating silence.

Nothing came.

Thankfully, though, Kagome poked her nose into the scene, thus, breaking the silence.

"Hey, good morning" she greeted. "You two are awfully tense so early in the morning"

"Gee, you are so observant" Inuyasha added sarcastically as he rolled his eyes.

"And you two are awfully loud this morning as well" I commented as the two began to fight.

The couple began their daily routine of bickering. I giggled at the two in front of me; Miroku, however, remained silent. Oh, and just so it's clear, his quietness was really disturbing me.

Anyways, after Kagome and Inuyasha stopped fighting, we all went to the dinning hall for some breakfast. We got whatever looked edible onto our trays and headed for an empty table. Miroku still didn't say anything.

During our meal, Miroku remained in his own little world. Kagome and Inuyasha, oblivious to Miroku's strange behavior that day, began to fight about something again. Something like Inuyasha taking Kagome's roll or something like that; I didn't pay any more attention though…I was more worried about Miroku.

"Are you alright?" I asked him.

He didn't reply.

"You know, you don't really have to worry so much. If the killer is here, he probably won't come out unless I'm alone. If that's the case, all I have to do is make sure I don't go anywhere by myself." I tried to comfort him. I knew it wouldn't work though.

"But, Sango…" he whispered back, "he's a killer. He won't care if you're alone or not. Besides, the fact that he came to this island to follow you proves that he wants to kill you."

"Then I'll just have to be careful and make sure he doesn't kill me."

"This is serious. Don't take it so lightly. Sango, someone is after your life. He's a deranged maniac and, most likely, he won't stop until he succeeds." Miroku snapped in a very serious tone.

"Miroku…"

I couldn't believe it! Why was he so worried anyway? It isn't like he's the one the assassin is after. I mean, if the guy was after one of my friends, I'd be worried too, but he was taking it too far. It wasn't like I was that important to him…right? I'm just a friend to him, nothing more…right?

But what about what happened on the ship?

Just the thought of what happened instantly made me blush. I shook my head trying to force the blush away. Kagome and Inuyasha settled their fight and we gathered at the lobby for an announcement from Ms. Kaede.

"Okay now, I hope you all had a good rest last night. Our schedule today is a hike up the mountain to study the waterfall and the caves there. Please go in groups of four, just to be safe, and no breaking from your groups. After you finish the task at hand, you can have your free time. We meet back here at 6:00pm. That's all, you can go now." Ms. Kaede explained.

Since we were going in groups of four, naturally, Miroku and Inuyasha went with Kagome and me. We were assigned the path we would take from Ms. Kaede. After a few safety announcements, we were allowed to leave.

"Nice view from here" I commented as we traveled up our path.

Miroku and Inuyasha nodded in agreement. Kagome, on the other hand, was gasping for breath. She wasn't exactly the most athletic person I've ever met. The path was obviously giving her a hard time.

"Why…is…this…path…so…damn…steep?" Kagome asked in between breaths.

"Kagome, we haven't even reached the steep part yet. Besides, we aren't even halfway up the mountain yet" Inuyasha pointed out

"I don't care! I'm tired already. Can't we just take a little break?" she pleaded with big round eyes.

"Kagome, just walk up the damn trail!" Inuyasha snapped.

"Yeah? And what if I don't want to? Try this. I'm tired and my feet hurt! Just give me a few minutes. You can go ahead if you want, I can just catch up." Kagome argued back using 'the tone'

"This will probably lead to another argument. We should stop them before this gets out of hand." I pointed out to Miroku.

"You're right. It isn't safe, especially here in the mountain so close to the cliff." Miroku replied coolly

"FINE!" I heard Inuyasha yell, "if you want to stay here, then stay!"

Wait, we can't leave her here. Wild dogs might come by and attack her. Besides, Ms. Kaede said to stay together, remember?" I tried to reason with them.

As we were trying to work something out, I felt it again. Someone was watching us. I turned around sharply and saw a dark figure quickly disappear behind some thick bushes and trees. Now I knew Miroku was right; that there was someone after me.

Suddenly, almost on cue, a dagger came flying at me. I ducked out of the way in time but it cut Miroku's arm a little. He cringed a little, I saw the obvious expression on his face. The other two, however, were too involved in their argument and were oblivious to what just happened. I was thankful for that.

Quickly, I rushed to Miroku's side. Luckily, the dagger only scratched him a little, it wasn't too deep or anything. I pulled out a band-aid from my back pack and put it over his wound. He thanked me and I helped him stand up as he was sitting on a rock when I applied the bandage.

"Do you believe me now, Sango? Someone is after you. Now you know you can't take this lightly, I saw that dagger was aimed for your heart! Someone is seriously trying to kill you!" Miroku whispered in a serious and calm voice.

I nodded my head. "Just before the attack, I saw someone creeping around behind those trees." I whispered while pointing in the direction of the trees I saw my stalker duck into.

"We should get out of here" he said solemnly. "Kagome, Inuyasha, let's go. We shouldn't waste anymore time here."

We went up the mountain with no trouble at all. We got back after taking some notes and went back down the mountain with ease. My attacker must've decided to leave us alone during our trip to and from the mountain, that is, after his failed dagger attempt.

We were the second group to finish our task. We all decided to hit the beach in our free time, after all, it was only 1:00 and we didn't need to get back by six. We had plenty of time, might as well enjoy the beach while we were here.

We agreed to meet at the entrance of the hotel in an hour and cross the road to the beach together. We said our good-byes and went to our rooms.

In our room, Kagome brought up a little 'talk.'

"Hey Sango, can I ask you something?"

"I don't see what's stopping you." I answered back sarcastically.

"Okay, do you like Miroku?"

"Wha?" Oh, well that was rather blunt. "How could you say that?"

"I don't know. You seem really worried about him lately. And yesterday, when Miroku was a little late, you practically freaked out. Also, there was this morning…What were you two talking about anyway?"

Oh boy, Kagome's going to start pairing me up with Miroku again. I knew she was about to play matchmaker again, and I didn't like it one bit.

"First of all, I wasn't freaking out. Second of all, it's none of your concern what we were talking about." I snapped the later part rather harshly.

"Okay, don't get so defensive!" Kagome squealed, waving her arms in front of her face. "What about on the boat? You two were alone on the viewing platform the whole trip, weren't you! Did anything happen then?"

Now I was annoyed. "Kagome, listen. Nothing happened on the ship either. Will you just drop it already?"

Kagome gave a little pout. Then she went back to choosing a swimsuit and an outfit to wear to the beach. A few minutes later, she managed to pick out what she'd wear. She settled on a sunny yellow two piece swimsuit. She wore an orange wrap-around skirt and a loose opened jacket over her swimsuit. I wore a light blue two piece swimsuit. I had a purple skirt that reached just above my knees and a T-shirt over my swimsuit. After checking ourselves one last time, we went downstairs to meet the guys.

Miroku and Inuyasha were already downstairs when we got there. Inuyasha was wearing an extremely oversized shirt and broad shorts. Miroku wore a loose button-up shirt (with all the buttons open, of course) and dark blue broad shorts.

"Hey!" I called as we approached them. "Sorry we're a little late. Did we make you guys wait long?"

"Nah, we just got here a little while ago" then he began to eye me up and down. "Sango, you look great!"

I face reddened a little bit. "Look somewhere else, you pervert." I said while trying to hide my blush.

We all left the hotel and crossed the street to the beach. When we got there, it was still pretty hot. We set up our umbrellas and blankets. Then Kagome and I went to the changing booths and walked out in our swimsuits. Miroku and Inuyasha did the same. After we met up again, we got a couple of looks from Miroku, Inuyasha 'feh'ed but I was sure he took a look at Kagome.

After I slapped Miroku for groping me there, we all went to our spot on the shore to leave our stuff. Kagome dragged Inuyasha to go swimming, and, after struggling, he agreed.

I was making my own little sand castle not too far from the blankets when Miroku walked up to me.

"Nice castle" he commented

"Thanks" I said as he sat down beside me.

"Don't take things too easily…"he warned me.

"Miroku, lighten up, would you? You're at the beach, have a little more fun!"

"But…"

"No 'but's. Just look at this place. It's really crowded. I doubt he'll attack in a place with so many possible witnesses. Don't worry, okay?"

He nodded, "I guess you're right. But still, how can I lighten up when I know someone's out to kill you?"

"I'm not sure. But…I do know how you can help me relax a little…Here. Lie down" I ordered as I gently pushed him down onto the warm sand.

"Okay, but I don't see how this will help calm anyone…" he asked getting suspicious of my actions.

"Trust me" I said as I started piling up sand on top of him.

In a few minutes' time, or hours, I had him completely buried under sand until only his head was sticking out. Then I decorated him with pretty little shells and things I found on the shore.

"There! All finished!" I said after I finished decorating the now-covered-in-sand Miroku. "You look great like that."

"Sango, do you know how embarrassing this is for a guy?" he sighed. "Oh well, at least I'll be spending time with you, my dear Sango. And, as you know, I would do anything to spend time with you or please you" he continued, while giving me one of his perverted grins.

"You never do change do you…" I whispered as I turned my back to him. Big mistake…

"Ahh!" Slap. "PERVERT!"

"I'm sorry, Sango. It's just that I couldn't help myself. Please, forgive me…" he pleaded. "I tried not to, but one of my hands got freed from the mountain of sand and…it…slipped?"

"You…" my rage was building. "I can't take it anymore! I-I have to rest a little. I just…need to be alone for a little while." I said, trying very hard t keep my temper in check.

"Wait! Sango, I said I was sorry. Please…don't go. What if something happens to you? I-I…"he paused.

"You'd what!" I snapped back

"I would never forgive myself. If something happened to you, it would be my fault and I'd never forgive myself" he replied. His voice was laced with guilt and remorse.

"Miroku…"

Before I could say another word, he grabbed my hand and gently pulled me down. His hands moved up to my shoulders and he pulled me into another kiss.

After our lips parted, he looked straight into my eyes, then he smiled. I felt my cheeks heat up again.

"Y-You just…" I stuttered. "Y-You just…kissed me…a-again…"

"Yup!" he chuckled. "Let's go get a snack" he said as he took my hand and helped me up. Then he led me to the snack bar near the higher part of the shore.

a/n: there you go! That's chapter 7. anyway, thanks for reviewing! Now I'm really motivated to finish this story! Yeah, I'll update really soon and please review!