Summary:

Inuyasha thought he could be with both, but he soon learned that separation only goes so far before decisions are made about what true love is and finally finding happy endings with a little help from the Shikon Jewel.

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Two to Love

Ch. 4

The Truth of Dreams

It always amazed her on how real and vivid dreams could be. She didn't believe in dreams; they were only weights to hold you down and force you to hesitate on every move. They were a sign of weakness and the feudal era was not a place where weaknesses could be easily forgiven. So not even this dream, as real as it might appear to be, could personally affect a demon slayer, particularly Sango.

She was all alone in the dark hall that constantly haunted her dreams, and the dream she had currently established herself in was no acceptation as she wandered aimlessly through the corridor. Last night, she found herself desperately looking for Kohaku in Naraku's infinite passages in his mansion, but tonight she felt peaceful as she gladly selected a door at random knowing that her consciousness would make them all lead the same way.

She gently nudged the door open and stepped under a blazing sun. Giving her eyes a minute to adjust, Sango found herself in a field of endless thriving flowers. As rose petals rained from a cloudless sky, Sango reminded herself that she was still in a dream, but she relaxed and let her mind drift elsewhere as a sweet voice drifted down to her.

"Rain or shine on Maple Lane, I'll still come for you on the brink of May..."

Looking up, Sango spotted Miroku singing contently on Kagome's contraption called a bike. She quickened her pace to catch up with as she drew her attention her way.

"Miroku!"

He looked up at her and smiled in his all-knowing way. Reaching his side, she steadied herself to a walk before reaching out a hand to touch him, make sure that he was real. He looked at her before clasping her hand in his own. It was warm and reassuring as all of Sango's fears just drifted away.

Out of nowhere, a giant boomerang appeared ripping through the air aimed at the link directly between them. Miroku shoved Sango out of harms way as he took a direct hit that painfully rammed him into the unyielding stone wall behind him.

Miroku crumpled to the ground and landed with an antagonizing thud.

Seemingly satisfied, the boomerang pivoted around to face Sango before charging for an attack, but Sango was ready as she jumped into attack. She pulled out the miniature sword that she always carried with her and slashed the accursed boomerang into two halves.

It twitched once before disappearing into oblivion. All around her, Sango could hear a menacing laughter as she spotted Naraku's form.

"Stop hiding, you coward!" she screamed

Out from the shadows, stepped a Sango impersonator in her demon exterminator suite. Beneath the mask, the real Sango could feel her copy smirk at her.

"At last he is dead by the power of my blade...to haunt me no more "

"You...YOU KILLED HIM!"

The copy tilted her head to the side, "Awe, are you mad at me. I care neither of his shed blood... nor of yours."

The copy charged at her with the same sword that the real Sango held in her left hand. "He never liked you." Enraged, Sango struck the girl, but it was not a critical wound. "He gave up on you a long time ago. He doesn't need you." Again Sango hit the girl this time in the side as she gained a cut in her arm herself. "And the truth is...he doesn't want you."

"He never left me!" cried Sango dodging her clone's attack on her right limb. "He is leaving you now as we engage in combat. He is leaving this world." She lunged a Sango and leaded in close as the metal of their blades ground into each other's flesh, "and he will not wait for you..."

Sango threw her off as her remains fell to the ground. Blood littered the flowered clearing with stains that would never be removed. Not wasting an instant, Sango flew to Miroku's side as tears sprung from her eyes.

"Miroku..."

He struggled to open his eyes as a trickle of blood slipped down his cheek. Miroku's eyes seemed so dull and empty as his breathing came in short gasps. Seeing that Miroku was loosing the battle for his life, Sango grabbed his hand and squeezed it tightly trying to keep him with her.

Miroku's hand slid from her lap to the ground before slithering through the grass to a especially important destination, Sango's bottom before giving it a small squeeze.

"HYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

SLAP

"PERVERT!

Sango's screams echoed through the trees before finally returning to the ears of a Miroku now in a pathetic condition, but with a malevolence grin plastered on his features.

'There is no way it could be real; it was just a dream. Yeah...just a crazy dream."

The girl glanced nervously at the old shed before returning to her own thoughts, 'What am I doing? I shouldn't be going back yet, even if it wasn't a dream... but what if it was... real?'

Kagome violently shook her head allowing her bangs to fall out of place, 'Nah, there is no way that could have actually happened, right?... but then, where did this amulet come from?"

Her legs seemed to have a mind of their own as they led her to the ancient well before coming to a stop as her fingertips gently stroked the aged wood. The wind gently filtered through her hair while the leaves rustled, encouraging her to go.

They delivered an important message to Kagome as she looked back at the amulet that she now held in her hand. 'You are never alone.'

Sucking in the oxygen around her, Kagome held in the air before letting it go alongside her doubts and fears. Her grip tightened on the side of the well as she threw her legs over the edge and closed her eyes.

'I hope that I don't come to regret this.'

She awoke with a start, cold sweat slithering along her arched back with her eyes open wide in horror. Her silky raven hair was damp and matted with sweat. She rummaged around her enclosure, searching desperately to find something important, before slipping into her only battle garb.

Sango pulled her grimy hair into the usual high ponytail before slipping out into the night. Looking up, she found innumerable stars above her, abundant in the early morning sky. Sighing in relief, Sango finally acknowledged that her nightmare was finally over and she was in peace once more.

"I take it that you couldn't sleep either." Spinning around, Sango came face to face with Miroku grinning at her mischievously.

"What are you—" Miroku laid a tender finger over her lips to silence her.

"There are more things happening right now than just you and me."

Sango gave him a quizzical look before nodding for him to continue. "Have you noticed that it has been two days since Inu Yasha and Kagome have returned to the village?"

Now that she thought about it, Sango had not seen either of them recently. "Inu Yasha just disappeared one night and Kagome went to find him, but she never came back... neither of them did." She whispered dully.

Miroku nodded before looking off into the distance toward some far away world that Sango could not even hope to see or be part of.

"I think that it is about time to go looking for them."

"Where shall we start?"

Snapping back to the present, Miroku realized the full meaning behind Sango's words. Shock laced his voice as the words tumbled out into the frigid hours before dawn.

"You want to come with me?"

Blushing hard, Sango looked at her feet and nodded. 'Why am I so embarrassed to even be considering going anywhere with the pervert?' "They are my friends too, and I want to find them soon... I miss them."

Miroku nodded in agreement seemingly unaware of Sango's embarrassment. "Let's start at square one, the well."

"In Kagome's time."

A/N I'm sooooooo sorry about all the delays and confusion that involved this chapter. THIS DOES NOT NORMALLY HAPPEN... REALLY!

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