That raccoon has been out there for an hour, he must really like our garbage. I'd go chase him away but… those things are vicious and he is HUGE, the size of a medium sized dog.

Thanks for your reviews of the second chapter, and just so you know, it will have a happy ending, I hate stories with sad endings and if I ever write anything with a sad ending… shoot me.

Miroku and Sango will end up together, so don't worry.

Italics and/or bold for emphasis sometimes

Italics is a person's thoughts

Capitol letters is a loud sound, ex. SLAP!

Blah blah blah is a persons dream

blah blah blah is a flashback

blah blah blah is dreaming a flashback

Well, here it is.

Recap:

"They were so innocent," he murmured sadly.

"Miroku?" a small hand ran up the center of his back hesitantly in an attempt to comfort him.

He ignored her, he couldn't face her now. They were monsters. He turned away from Sango, his love, shrugging off her hand and walking away to where he knew a small hot spring residied.

Kagome watched Miroku walk away and over the hill to the river, "Inuyasha go with him."

"Why do I have..."

Kagome cleared her throat, preparing for the 's' word.

In half a second the youthful hanyou ran in the direction the monk had taken.

She smiled triumphantly. Now to deal with Sango.

The young woman looked sad and dejected, standing in the same place Miroku had left her, tears brimming her eyes and blurring her vision.

Kagome put a hand on her shoulder and led her inside to the room the headman had given the girls to sleep in, "talking about it will make it better," she sounded sure but doubt nagged at her mind, just before her inner self came and tore doubts head clean off.

She gently sat Sango down and then took her place next to her distressed friend, "Sango?"

"Hey monk! Wait up!" Inuyasha leapt down the hill and followed Miroku into the trees and up the river to the hot springs.

He stopped and waited for Inuyasha to catch up, "Inuyasha, I'd rather contemplate things on my own right now."

"Yeah? Well, between you and me, I'd rather not be sat till next season for not helping."

Miroku sighed, more sad than annoyed, and then shrugged off his robes before climbing into the steaming waters. Inuyasha had waited a few moments, taking in the surroundings to make sure it was safe, before following the monk into the water.

"So?"

Miroku looked up, I can't do this much longer. "So what?" he quickly averted his eyes from his friends, feeling very guilty.

Inuyasha only had to cross his arms, thrumming his fingers on his biceps, to get the monk to talk.

"She… she was the villages guardian. A demon that acted so much like a human that I had to check her aura twice when I first met her," he smiled rather sadly and shook his head, "she was very lonely." He hoped that would be the end of the conversation.

Inuyasha furrowed his eyebrows and then shook his head, almost grinning, "pervert monk, preying on the lonely? And a demon? You like a challenge don't you?"

Miroku looked up this time, and glared, "Kagome would sit you for that comment... She allowed me to stay in her home, and just for the record, she came to me, I didn't even want to at first."

"Sango… are you okay?"

The demon slayer looked up, not even bothering to wipe the tears from her face, her expression making it quite obvious that she was not okay.

Kagome rubbed her back sympathetically, "what hurts the most right now?"

She sniffled and wiped her eyes on Kagome's kerchief, "there are two little children out there, on there own, what if something bad happens to them, Miroku must be worried," another sniffle, "if he had told us, they could've traveled with us. Didn't he trust me?"

Kagome smiled and just rubbed her back, "shhh, they don't know any better," (they being the male population) "and everyone makes mistakes. I'm sure he was telling the truth when he said he had tried to tell you."

Sango looked up from the rather wet hanky and gave one last sniffle; she opened her mouth but then straightened quickly.

Kagome did the same and then jumped up and grabbed her bow and arrows, "I sense it too."

Inuyasha watched the monk pour out every little detail as he tried to get everything off his chest. He's been living with this stresserfor four years? When Miroku had finished he sighed and relaxed.

"Feel better?" the hanyou asked gently, praying that he didn't have to endure anymore friendly information about his friends' life.

The monk grinned, back to his usual self again, Inuyasha didn't doubt that the first thing he'd do when they got back would be to grope Sango's rear.

"Good," Inuyasha closed his eyes,leaned back against the rocks and sighed, it wasn't till a moment later that he picked it up, blood, and what was no doubt the scent of Sari, the half-demon daughter, she smelled of dog, wolf, Miroku and human blood.

His eyes snapped open to see her, standing on a branch in a nearby tree, a very low and dangerous growl emanating from her throat.

He pulled on his hakama and fire rat robe, drew tetsuaiga and told the monk to get low.

The girl just sat there in the tree, watching them through red eyes, Inuyasha swore he saw them flicker green before returning to an even darker red.

It's been a year and she still fights, good girl. He sensed another half-demon nearby and shifted so he could see them both, he nearly dropped the tetsuaiga.

A young boy stood there in tattered robes, "she can't move unless she breaks the barrier or I let her go," he showed a small talisman in his palm that controlled the barrier around his sister, keeping her immobile. He took a few steps forward, but received a warning growl from his sister, "it's okay sis, don't worry," he turned back to Inuyasha, "can you help her, onegai?"

His sensitive dog ears heard Kagome and Sango approaching, they were still far enough away to not be in any serious danger. He looked over at the girl who was losing the battle of control over her own body. How did they stop me? … Kagome sat me once... Sesshoumeru knocked me unconscious... and the last time I… I grabbed tetsuaiga. He looked down at his sword and the sheathed it.

"Let her loose kiddo," he bared his fangs and readied his claws for whatever this girl would do.

She was fast, faster than he expected, but it wasn't much of a problem, she was small and he was much bigger and stronger. He watched her bounce from tree to tree, ricocheting off the trunks, leaving burn marks in her wake. Every so often she would come in and swipe her flaming claws at him to only growl in frustration when the flames did nothing and return to circling him.

Sari took another dive at him but Inuyasha grasped her arm and threw her to the ground before pinning her down with his arms and legs while she thrashed wildly and growled threateningly, threats that meant nothing now that she couldn't move.

Kagome and Sango stood off to the side, their particular attacks only good for slaying demons, only Miroku and Inuyasha could subdue them. Miroku had snuck out of the water and had redressed himself, unsure as to how to react to his children. Minoru, seeing that he was not needed to contain his sister any longer, entrusted the task to Inuyasha and surrendered to the overwhelming exhaustion he felt in his body. Minoru collapsed on the ground and to Miroku's surprise, Sango was the first at his side, cradling him in her arms while he slept.

"K… Kagome. Oi stop moving you little brat! Kagome grab my tetsuaiga and place it on her chest." Inuyasha continued to hold down the struggling child and yelped in surprise when she turned her head and drove her sharp canines into his hand.

Kagome moved as quick as she could, after seeing Sari bite Inuyasha and not wanting to experience anything similar.

The tetsuaiga rested on the center of Sari's chest but nothing happened. The child blinked a little and stopped struggling so much when it was placed on her but soon resumed her futile struggles.

Although, Inuyasha noticed, her struggling seemed half-hearted and she was hardly even trying to get free. Soon enough, her eyes flickered green like they had when he first saw her in the tree. At first that's all that it was, a flicker every few seconds. The flicker lasted longer and longer until the demonic blood fully dissipated from her eyes and she laid there with a very blank expression before falling unconscious like her brother.

Well hope you liked it, and as for the raccoon, he's gone now… I think.

Lemon next chapter, I'll probably writelater today. I'm a little too tired to care right now.

Feel free to review or even flame me! I'm just glad people like reading my work. Now to play some games beforegoing to bed.

And I apoligize to anyone who didn't like the idea of Miroku and a demon getting it on. But this is my fic so get over it. Flame me all you want.