Hey guys! Well, I'm cery proud of myself. I got an extra chapter done today so I'm ready for next week. YAY! Of course, now that I'm on a roll, I have no more because Bean is holding the next chapters hostage. Ha ha. So instead, I started working on her quiz, Joined. It's a FMA, Inu, Fushigi Yugi, and Danny Phantom story only using completely made-up main characters.

Well, I hop you enjoy this week's chapter.

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Sade
I tried to move you---, but you just wouldn't budge.
I tried to hold your hand, but you'd rather hold your grudge. -Relient K

Azurine turned to Miroku and Shippo whom she'd been walking with when they reached the Kigai residence. (For those of you who don't remember, that's Sarah and Yuto)

"I'll meet up with you guys later, okay? I need to talk to Tanpopo."

The monk and the kitsune went on as Azurine ran in and grabbed Sarah, leaving Yuto behind to watch 'Kito and Cana. The three girls, Azurine, Sarah and Sage, walked a little ways away from the house, Sage gripping tightly to her sister's leg as always.

Sarah looked at her friend excitedly. "Did you do it?"

"Yeah, I went to the future to buy a pregnancy test," Azurine admitted shyly.

"Aaand?" Sarah prompted.

Azurine sighed and blushed. "Positive."

Sarah squealed happily.

They heard Yuto inside the hut talking to the kids. "What shall we ask Momma for dinner tonight, hm?"

"I wan' stew!" 'Kito yelled.

"Cana, what do you think?" Silence followed.

"Has she spoken to either of you yet?" Azurine asked.

Sarah sadly shook her head. "We're trying our best to make her feel welcome and to get her to trust us. It's hard. We think she was abused. She tends to flinch a lot, like when I go to hug her, she'll recoil because she thinks I'm going to hit her. She'll let me give her a hug once I show that I'm not going to hurt her, but she's frightened to death."

"Poor kid. She talks to 'Kito, though, right?"

"I believe so, at least when she thinks we're not around, and even then there's very little she says." Sarah shook her head again. "I pity her. She's been through so much for her age."

Sarah then realized the time of day. "We'd better head back, I have to start dinner soon."

"All right. Come on, Sage."

Miroku

"So, Miroku," Shippo said, wickedly, "how far have you and Azurine gotten." Shippo paused as Miroku looked at him in embarrassment. "…I still don't know what that means. Anyway, is Azurine bearing your child yet?"

"I don't know. I can only hope." Miroku grinned.

"Miroku! I'm back!"

Miroku turned and gasped when he saw Azurine. She wore a form-fitting dress under her cloak. The silky fabric clung tightly to her, accentuating her thin waist and shapely thighs; it showed off her chest and shoulders.

Miroku was having a hard time swallowing. "Azurine?" He couldn't tear his eyes away.

She stepped up to him and passionately kissed him.

"Eeeewwww…" Shippo moaned, running away.

"Azure, what are you doing?" Miroku finally unfroze and pulled away. "I mean…you're not like this! Where did you even get that dress?"

"Sarah made it for me." She looked down at herself. "You don't like it?"

"N-no! It's beautiful on you!"

She giggled and whispered in his ear. Miroku's eyes lit up as he broadly smiled.

"Mir…Miroku? What the hell…MOM?"

Miroku turned to find a second Azurine standing behind him. He looked back at the first one and realized that her hair was just a little too long and light. "Sade." He fell away to the real Azurine's side, brandishing his staff.

Azurine felt the Shikon Shard burn in her hand. "Mom, what are you doing here?"

"Why, seducing your husband, of course. He's the perfect candidate for my seventh daughter."

"What are you talking about?" Azurine cried. "You once said that you didn't think I'd 'stoop' to liking him and now you want to…well…have a child with him?"

"Well, he's the only one I could find suitable enough."

"Why do you even want another child? You have six daughters already, two of which you've abandoned!"

"I have my reasons. You see, dear, witches cannot have sons."

"WHAT? They can't!" Miroku looked in horror at Azurine.

"As far as I know." Sade shrugged. "There is, however, a way to reverse it. I have six daughters. If I have one more and sacrifice all seven of them, my eighth child will be a son. Sadie!"

The young witch appeared behind her mother and stepped forward. Sade then turned towards the group. "Sage, stop hiding."

Sage darted out from behind Miroku to cling to Azurine. "Mommy…you want to kill Azure and Sadie and me?"

"Yes. Sadie has already prepared herself for the task." She turned to her loyal daughter. "Show them."

Sadie grimaced and pulled back her sleeve. Horrible designs were etched into her skin and the scars gleamed a sickly gray against her pale skin.

"You have my sister, your own daughter, do that to herself?" Azurine yelled accusingly, drawing Sage closer to her.

"She's done it willingly."

Suddenly, without warning, Sade raced forward and landed a blow to Azurine's face, her fist charged with magic. Azurine cried out as a cold so fierce, it seemed to burn, spread across her bare skin. She stumbled back and looked up just as Sade used ice magic to freeze Miroku and Sage to the ground.

Unable to move, Miroku couldn't reach his scrolls. Sage squealed in fright and fought uselessly; without her powers yet developed, she could do nothing. The pair could only watch and wait.

Sade continued her attack, throwing punch after punch. Azurine could barely keep up and narrowly missed being hit several times.

Finally, Sade landed a blow: a kick straight to the stomach. Azurine fell to her knees in pain. Sade drew a small knife from the folds of her dress. Flicking its blade open, Sade pulled the cloak from Azurine's shoulders and cut open the lower shirt, exposing the flesh of her shoulder blades; all this in a moment.

Azurine could just see Miroku through the white-hot pain caused by the shard and her stomach.

The wind tunnel, Azurine thought desperately. This is my duty to Miroku. I have to… Azurine cried out as the knife, loaded with all of Sade's power, plunged into her back. Sade began to carve into her daughter's skin.

Miroku could only watch in horror. Azurine…no…

As her nerves suddenly went into shock, Azurine became abruptly alert and, in one quick motion, she spun around and grabbed the knife leaving her mother powerless and weaponless. "Don't even think about it." She felt her sparks working on her back.

Sadie, seeing that her mother's plan had backfired, rushed to help.

Now that her spell was broken, the ice vanished and Miroku and Sage, as well as InuYasha, Sarah and Yuto who, unknown to even Sade, had been caught in the ice spell within the woods, were freed. The latter three now rushed in.

They were too late to help, however, as Azurine thrust the knife at Sade and plunged the knife deeply into her chest. It was a small knife, but it was big enough to do damage, and with all of Sade's powers still in it, the blow was deadly.

Sade stared at Azurine in shock and then…she smiled. "I…was always…proud of you…Azurine. For doing…what I…wouldn't. You wanted…to give me a…proper burial, too…correct?"

Azurine paled. She's dying. Oh god. I didn't want this.

"Despite what you think, I don't hate you, Azurine. I don't think I ever really wanted to fight you. But, even as a child, you hated me…"

"I don't remember my childhood, but I always loved you. But, right now I don't like you. You took this too far." Azurine's voice trembled as she spoke.

Sade tucked a strand of Azurine's hair behind her ear. "You look…so much like me…when I gave birth to you."

"I tried to help you, but you'd rather hold your grudge," Azurine whispered and paused. "I'm sorry Mother."

She drew the knife out of her mother's chest and dropped it to the ground with a dull thud. For a moment, Sade just stood there smiling before she fell to her knees.

"Goodbye…children…"

She died before she hit the ground and laid in the grass in a peaceful repose.

Azurine felt tears running down her face. They were obviously not close, but she never wanted Sade to die. At least Miroku was free.

She turned to him. "You…you're wind tunnel."

He looked at her curiously.

"Open it."

Cautiously, Miroku removed his beads, but there was nothing; no wind, no vortex.

That's when the pain started. Azurine screamed. Horrible pain, worse than anything she'd ever experienced, pulsing through her right hand. She screamed again, falling back and sinking to the ground. Sage ran to her. "Sister!"

"Sage!" Sadie cried. "She just killed our mother!"

"She's hurt, Sadie! Azzy takes care of me! Sister, what's happening?"

Sarah rushed to her friend. Azurine was quickly becoming feverish. Miroku was one step ahead of her.

"Azurine! What's going on?" he asked in a panic.

"Naraku…wind tunnel…free…if I killed…Mom. He never mentioned…killing me, though." She grinned through the pain.

Miroku paled even more. "What?"

"That's why the shard was in her hand!" Sarah exclaimed. "It must have been a failsafe. If she did defeat Sade, Naraku would set it off and…" Sarah ripped the glove off of Azurine's hand. The shard fell out easily and bounced on the ground. Sarah reached for it, but pulled back. "How tainted is it? Even I can't get near it. So, he set it off, removed it, and it will kill her."

Miroku shook Azurine, but she was sleeping peacefully, finally free of the pain the shard had inflicted. However, though she looked calm, she was fading and would soon die. The black taint covering her hand had already started traveling up her arm. "This is bad."

"It's worse than you think."

"What are you saying? She's dying, how could it be any worse?" Miroku asked astonished.

Sarah looked up at him, her face blank. "She's carrying your child, Miroku." She swallowed hard and waited for his reaction.

Miroku stood and turned to InuYasha. His voice was stony. "Take her to our hut; Sage and Sadie, too. Get Kaede."

InuYasha already knew what the monk was thinking. "You can't take him alone, Miroku. I'm coming with."

"No! You take them." He looked fiercely into InuYasha's eyes and the demon stepped back.

His eyes, that wasn't normal for Miroku. It might be more dangerous to argue with him than to fight Naraku.

Before InuYasha could argue any further, Miroku took off.

InuYasha reluctantly carried Azurine back to the village, Sage and Sadie following. Sarah walked over to Yuto. He was staring down at Sade's body. "Are you hurt, Yuto?"

He shook his head. "It's strange. I remember feeling so afraid whenever she came near. Now, there's nothing."

Sarah put her hand on his shoulder. "Can you carry her?"

"What?" He snapped out of his daze and looked at his wife.

"Azurine wanted to give her a proper burial. Can you do it? We can get InuYasha, if you want."

"No. I'll do it," he resigned. "When I was in her service, I always had to pick up after her. I might as well clean up her last mess. I don't know why, but I feel obligated somehow."

Sarah smiled sadly and followed Yuto home. It seems she wasn't so hated after all. We all seem attached to her in someway.

Meanwhile, Miroku ran at full speed through the woods. Naraku wasn't hiding his scent or barrier. His aura was actually visible. He wanted Miroku to come.

"Naraku! You're going down!"

I fought you for so long. I should have let you win.
Oh, how we regret the things we do.
And all I was trying to do was save my own skin.
-Relient K

Chapter End

There ya go! SO sad that Sade died. She was growing on me. Oh well. And now, presenting a blooper not authorized ny the Bean only because I thought it up after phone curfew.

Sade's Math Lesson:

Sade shrugged. "There is, however, a way to reverse it. I have six daughters. If I have one more...how many daughters do I have? Anyone? How about you, Sarah?"

Sarah stares in confusion. "What the flip are you talking about?"

"Seven, right. Now, what if a tree demon comes along and eat three of them? Now haow many..."

"Someone just kill her already," Yuto groaned.
End.

LOL. Sorry, I kept thimking it sounded like an elemetary school math lesson when ever I read her part. Anyway, see you next time. Bai-bai!