True to my word here is the second of my next three chapters! I'm still kicking myself for not updating in three weeks and keeping you guys and girls in suspense but it couldn't be helped so instead here is another chapter!

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Sango-Miroku-4ever: Yeah it was sad but that's how I wanted it. Like they say things get worse before they get better and that was as bad as it gets. Don't worry though, like I said that's one of the low points but you'll just have to read on to see the high ones!

Iloveinuyasha44: After that first chapter they don't come into the story for a while and that's all I'll say so I don't ruin anything for you!

Disclaimer: Getting sick of these declaimers but don't want to get sued so I don't own Inuyasha.

Chapter 4

Destruction

"So where have you two been?" Shippo asked as Miroku and Sango entered the clearing, Miroku still carrying Sango.

"Just talking" Miroku said shortly as he walked over to Kirara and set Sango on her feet, helping her to regain her balance before releasing her.

"Thanks" she said as she concentrated on rubbing Kirara's head affectionately, completely ignoring Miroku. "Welcome" he scoffed shortly over his shoulder as he walked over to Shippo.

"So what really happened?" Shippo whispered as Miroku leaned against a tree near him. "Nothing, absolutely nothing" he said sadly as he looked away towards Sango and a familiar hurt spread across his fate. "Uh, right" Shippo said awkwardly as he caught sight of the pain in Miroku's eyes and decided not to pry further.

"What is it Kirara?" Sango asked affectionately after Miroku had left. Kirara's only response was a series of low growls.

"What's up?" Shippo asked as he came bounding over and hopped onto Sango's shoulder with Miroku close behind.

"I think she's picked up Kagome's scent" as she continued to rub Kirara's head and ignore Miroku, the memory of their argument in the woods all to fresh to face him yet.

"Well then what are we waiting for? Let's go find them!" Shippo exclaimed as he jumped off Sango's shoulder to regard the others.

"I believe Shippo is right, we've spent enough time searching the debris as is, who knows what may have befallen them by now." Miroku said as his voice took on a sort of gravity.

"Well then" Sango said as she hoisted herself onto Kirara's back "If you two are ready let's go." "Yeah!" Shippo shouted excitedly as he jumped easily onto Kirara's back.

"Agreed" Miroku said, seeming to have regained his normal demeanor, as he to hoisted himself up in turn.

"All right, let's go Kirara!" Sango yelled as Kirara kicked of in to the air and began to follow Kagome's scent.

After they had been flying for what seemed like hours and Miroku's hands and face had gone numb Kirara took a sudden dive and landed lightly in a small clearing.

"What's wrong Kirara?" Sango asked as she and the other slid off Kirara's back. Her only response was a series of hisses before transforming into her normal form and jumping lightly onto Sango's shoulder as she clasped her hand firmly around the handle of her Hiraikotsu.

"So, you sensed the demonic aura as well?" Miroku asked as he noticed Sango tighten her grip on the weapon. "Yes, but it's so powerful" she said in a concerned tone.

"Yes, it certainly is" Miroku said as he tightened his grip on the staff he always carried with him. "Well if nothing else we must be going in the right direction but… but there's something I don't like about this place" he said as he glanced around nervously.

"Yeah and it's not the demonic aura" Sango said as she too looked around as a shiver ran down her back. "Well come on then, let's get going" she said as she began to walk down a beaten path that ran through the clearing.

"Yes, that seems the most logical course of action" Miroku said as he too began down the path.

"Yeah, this place gives me the creeps" Shippo said nervously as he looked around him and then down the path just in time to see Miroku rounding the first bend. "Hey don't leave me!" Shippo yelled as he ran as fast as he could after the disappearing tail of Miroku's robe.

"Ugh" Shippo groaned as he was knocked down by something in the path. "What was that?" he groaned as he got to his feet and rubbed the bump that was now forming on his head.

"Huh, what's wrong Miroku?" He asked as he noticed that it was Miroku's legs he had run into. "Shippo, take a look" he said gravely as he motioned Shippo around him.

"Umm, okay" Shippo said nervously as he moved around Miroku's legs and jumped back at what he saw with a small gasp. Before Shippo was what looked much like the debris field they had left only hours ago only this time it wasn't just a desolate field that had been destroyed, it was an entire village.

"Come on, we should look for any survivors but" but he paused as he looked at the destruction before him "I don't think we'll find any."

"We should start looking now before the sun sets, it will make looking through the entire village easier" Sango said gravely as she looked at the vast expanse of destruction before her.

"Right, with any luck we can find a decent shovel or two, this place reeks of dead men" he said gravely as he lightly sniffed the air, he didn't need Inuyasha's acute sense of smell to catch a wif of the decomposing corpses around them.

"Right, let's get going then" Sango said as she began to head deeper into the village.

Every where they looked their eyes meet only death and despair until one glimmer of hope shone through. They had searched through almost the entire village and were almost to edge when they heard a weak call out to the.

"Please…help" it called weakly from the remains of a nearby house and when they investigated they found a pair of pale blue eyes staring back at them from beneath a pile of debris.

It seemed to be a girl of around 15 who was only barley retaining consciousness. "Please…help me" she called out again weakly before losing consciousness.

"Come on, we've got to get her out of there!" Sango exclaimed as she began to dig through the debris.

"Right" the others two said as they began to rip through the pile as well.

After about ten minutes of work they had managed to free the girl and were soon carrying her carefully back towards the edge of the village. After addressing and tending her wound that were only a few scratches and a nasty a bump to the head Miroku headed back into the village and finished blessing the last of the graves just as the sun began to set.

"So how is she?" he asked with concern as he entered the camp they had made at the edge of the village.

"Well her breathing is more relaxed but she still hasn't woken up" Sango said with relief as she finished putting a damp clothe to the young girls forehead before reclining back against a tree.

"Good" he said as he leaned against a tree as well "hopefully she can tell us what happened here."

Yay! Another chapter done! I was kind of disappointed at the lack of reviews for the last chapter. Please people do I have to beg, review if you read!

Oh well, till next chapter.