3/ 14/ 06

Chapter 3 of the Inuyasha fanfiction with Sailor Moon powers

Note: The song for this chapter is "NEVER STOP MY HEART- Kimi to iu Kiseki ni".

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters and/or songs used in this story. All characters not created by me are the property of their original authors or artists. All songs are the property of the original writers and/or artists. Thank you. Credited authors/artists: Takahashi Rumiko, Takeuchi Naoko.

CHAPTER THREE: IN WHICH ANOTHER TRANSFORMATION OCCURS

Yawarakana kaze ga kajikanda ryoote tsutsumikomi yooni

Meguriatte ita kimi to iu kiseki ni SO CLOSE YOUR EYES HEY BOY

Tokihanatsu kokoro no tobira sono mune megakete hirakoo

Tojikometa mirai wo TALKING TO YOUR tamashii ni

Uchiakete kuyamanai

It was early the next morning when Miroku awoke to the smell of breakfast being cooked. He got up, dressed, and went to the kitchen, expecting everyone to be sitting down, eating, but when he found Sango hard at work in the kitchen by herself instead, he was confused. "Sango, what's going on? You're never up this early in the morning."

Sango ignored him for a few minutes as she placed the chopped carrots, leeks, and onions into the cauldron that was boiling over the fire she had started. After carefully plopping said ingredients in, Sango went back to the cutting board and started slicing the ends of the fresh green beans that were to be later added to the pot. Finally, she turned to Miroku and answered his question. "I felt it would be nice to start cooking again. It's been so long since I last cooked for my fellow demon-slayers, so I don't want to get rusty."

Miroku scratched his head while he thought. "But, why start cooking again?"

"I just don't want to get rusty for a certain someone."

BABY NEVER STOP MY HEART dakishimeyoo

Namida SMILE fureru kyori de

Eien wo chikau niwa mada tooi keredo..

Demo komiageru omoi dakewa massarani kimi wo mitsumete iru

EVERYDAY'S & NIGHT WE ARE FRIENDS AND MORE

Ikutsu no kisetsu ga meguru daroo

Miroku's heart skipped a beat, unsure of whom Sango was talking about. All of a sudden, the thoughts of his conversation with Inuyasha and Kagome flew to the front of his mind, chanting "She doesn't love you" and "You're only here as a shoulder for her to cry on; she won't marry you now or in the future". Miroku, instead, pushed these doubts and fears to the back of his mind and casually asked, "Does he like stew? Or more importantly, do I get any of his stew?"

"Yes, you get some of the stew, you dork," Sango retorted. She took out a bowl from the cupboard and set it down on the counter as she poured some of the home-made stew into the bowl over the chopped green beans. Sango motioned the not-so-holy-monk to sit down at the table as she poured a bowl for herself and joined the lecherous Miroku at table. She started eating quietly, but then stopped when she noticed that he was just watching her and not eating the meal she had laid out for them. "What?" she finally asked. "Is there something on my face?" She looked him in the eye, but both of his eyes were glazed over.

"Nah…," Miroku mumbled. He made a slight effort to reach for the chopsticks, but then let his hands fall back into his lap as yesterday's reservations swarmed to the front of his mind once again.

Sango knew something was up. "Miroku, is everything alright? Do you feel sick or something?" she asked.

Kizutsuita koto mo utagatta koto mo honto wa attayo

Nemurenai yoake miageta hoshikuzu ni PLEASE HOLD ME TIGHT I SAY

Come on, think! Miroku thought to himself, not wanting to stir up trouble with Sango by accusing her of- What would I accuse her of? Miroku asked himself. Not loving me back? That's just being selfish. He looked up at Sango, who was scared that he hadn't answered her question yet. I really shouldn't be worrying her. If I love her, I should make her happy… Right? Miroku put on a fake smile and, as he picked up his chopsticks and bowl, stated, "Nothing's wrong, Sango. What made you think that I would have anything to worry about?" He faked a little laugh and slurped some the stew down. "It's really delicious."

"Thanks," Sango said flatly, "but you didn't dig in. Something's obviously wrong. Does it have anything to do with yesterday?"

Miroku spit out some of the stew. Realizing that that was a dead give away, he quickly said, "Of course it doesn't. I think I've had enough of your delicious stew for now, so I'll go for a walk. I think if you're going to take any to your certain someone, you should do it before the others wake up and eat it all." With that said lightly, Miroku stood and exited the room, leaving Sango alone to really think for a while.

Donnani omotte itatte kokoro no naka wa mienai ne

Dakedo kizuita no mayo kara shinjiru

Oshiete kuretanda

I didn't know that I had hurt you that much, Miroku, Sango thought to herself. She cupped her face in her hands as she began to silently sob. What do I do? You think I don't love you or something?

BABY NEVER STOP MY HEART moshimo kimi ga

Sono yume tsumazuita nara

Aini yuku shiroi iki nando mo kirashi

Afureru omoi tsutawaru daroo tagai ga motomeau no nara

EVERYBODY NEEDS LOVE AND HAPPINESS

Tsuyoku naritai yo kimi no tame ni

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"EH! He said that!" Kagome asked, shocked. She almost dropped her rice bowl onto her lap, but caught it just in time before it completely spilled. "Oh, sorry about this, Sango-chan. I really don't want ruin the amazing meal you made, but I'm just a little surprised."

"No, it's okay, Kagome-chan. But why are you surprised? He was thinking those exact thoughts yesterday when you and Inuyasha were chatting with him."

Kagome chuckled nervously. "So you listened in on our conversation?"

Miroku had just returned from a long stroll and had heard Kagome's voice. He decided to listen in, but he only really listened to half of what he heard (which, you may have guessed, had negative result).

Sango turned pink. "Please don't think that I was spying on you guys! I really wasn't! I was going to go back and talk with Miroku some more, but you guys were trying to comfort him because he thought that I don't want to marry him and…I don't love him…"

That was it. That was the only thing Miroku heard: "I don't love him." He covered his mouth so as to not reveal his hiding place right outside by making any noise. Maybe I should go. Permanently.

Nani wo hanaseba nani wo mezaseba

Motto atatakai basho tadori tsukeru

Ima issho ni koete yukoo

Samui kisetsu no mukoo SHINING DAY

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Inuyasha was walking around the house at night when he saw Miroku packing things into a small knapsack, quiet as a mouse. Inuyasha, deciding to sneak up on him, stepped right outside the entrance to the room, but faltered when he listened in on Miroku's conversation with himself.

"I knew it. I knew Inuyasha was right; she really doesn't want to marry me. She doesn't even love me," he whispered to himself. He paused for a moment and shook his head. "Listen to me! Talking to myself when I really need someone to talk to…" Miroku started to pack what little he had again, but this time, he made more of an effort to pack his things quickly.

"Now, wait a minute! Don't just think that you can go anywhere without explaining why you're trying to leave!" Inuyasha jumped in front of the nervous wreck of a monk and flexed his knuckles in fight mode. "Tell me or I'm going to pretend you're some low-life demon and I'll clobber the hell out of you."

A sweat drop formed on Miroku's head, and he backed up a few steps. "N-no need to get so violent now, Inuyasha… I was just…uh… You see…"

"Spit it out!"

Miroku heaved a huge sigh and looked Inuyasha directly in the eye and said, "I found out earlier that Sango doesn't love me, just like you said. It's nice having you and Kagome as friends, but without Sango, there's no purpose for me to hang around you guys and make everything so awkward, so I'm leaving, and you're not going to stop me."

"Is that so?" Inuyasha uttered through gritted teeth. At once, the half-demon lunged forward and swung his right fist at the monk, hitting him hard in the left cheek. "You're gonna let one woman screw up your life and decide it's not worth living!"

Miroku stood in defiance to Inuyasha, and bellowed back at him, "So what if I do! What's it to you? You're life's been so honky-dory ever since you and Kagome officially got together, so what would you care about fixing my relationship with Sango when you can just focus on yours!" His brow furrowed, and Miroku ended his speech with a huff, hoping that that would get Inuyasha off his case.

"So you want to know why I would want to help the likes of you?" Inuyasha mumbled.

Miroku glanced up at Inuyasha as the half-demon gazed into his eyes without blinking. This made the lecher a little nervous as Inuyasha was one to always be extremely loud. "Yes," Miroku said calmly, "I would."

Inuyasha turned around, and Miroku thought he was going to leave, but he instead plopped himself down on the floor and turned his attention to the gorgeous night sky. Finally, he spoke. "The four of us have known each other for years now, haven't we?"

"I guess so," Miroku quietly commented, not leaving his position to join Inuyasha.

"When people have known each other for as long as we have, they call each other their friends, and that's what we are: a group of close friends. From what I've seen and learned from humans over the years is that friends stick together and help each other out when they're having a bad time. Kagome and I… Well, we're happy together…"

"Trust me, I know that," Miroku said in an aggravated way.

"… But as friends to you and Sango, we want you guys to have pretty much what we have: a strong relationship. That's why I'm willing to help you figure out how to sort this mess." Inuyasha finished his argument without turning back to look at Miroku once more and added one thing. "Do you really want to run away from what you've already built up with Sango?"

Miroku was silent for a long while, thinking to himself about the situation. "Not really, but I know that she already has somebody else, so there's no use in me trying." Miroku turned to look Inuyasha in the eye once and for all. "Inuyasha, you can't stop me; I'm leaving tonight-for good."

"And I suppose you don't want me to tell Sango?"

"Yes, that would be nice. Thank you for understanding, Inuyasha. You're a good half-demon."

"I can't help it," Inuyasha said, smiling. "My girl turned me this way."

Miroku stepped back into the house, grabbed his things, and left the structure once more. "Well, hope you live happily with Kagome, Inuyasha. And remember: don't tell Sango."

Inuyasha waved back with a fake smile on his face and, as soon as the monk was far into the distance, muttered to himself, "Of course I'm gonna tell her. Bleh!"

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"Sango! Come quick! I've got to talk to you!" Inuyasha hollered, bursting into the room where Sango and Kagome had been chatting quietly.

"Eh? Inuyasha, what's wrong?" Kagome asked.

"I need to talk to Sango! Right now." He turned to face the demon-slayer and said, "Just come out into the hall with me so I can tell you something."

Sango, deeply troubled by this sudden rupture of liveliness, stood and went out into the hall with Inuyasha. After a moment, Kagome could hear Sango gasp and run off to get her things and Kirara. Inuyasha came back into the room alone and sat down without saying a word.

"What did you say to her?" Kagome inquired curiously.

"Just that there's been a huge misunderstanding between the two of them and Miroku ran away half an hour ago."

"You idiot!" Kagome clonked her fur-ball of a demon on the head. "Why didn't you tell us sooner! We've got to go help her look for him!" Kagome stood and started to exit the room, but Inuyasha caught her arm below the elbow. "What do you think you're doing, Inuyasha!"

"Don't go," he said evenly.

"To hell with that!" Kagome shouted at him as she slapped him across the mouth hard, so hard that his lips started to bleed. Realizing what she had done, she quickly squeaked, "Sorry."

Seemingly unaware of the red flow of blood trickling down his chin, he repeated, "Don't go."

"But why? Miroku ran off; don't you care about him?"

Inuyasha stared Kagome in the eye with a look that sent shivers down her spine, like he was looking right through her. "I do care about Miroku's safety, but this is nothing but a lover's quarrel, a slight misunderstanding. There's nothing we can do about the situation, except wait for them to come back holding hands."

Kagome dropped to her knees and slumped herself in Inuyasha's arms and he held her for a while as she quietly blubbered for their friends' rocky relationship.

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"Hurry, Kirara! He could've gone anywhere in just half an hour!" Sango ordered her demon cat. She had had Kirara turn into her larger form so they could cover a wider area when they went to look for Miroku. How could you do this to me, Miroku? You big… You big lunkhead! Sango thought to herself as she let tiny tears fall from her eyes. "Aw, dammit! Kirara, this is taking too long! Let's go higher so we can cover more ground," the demon-slayer said desperately.

As the demon cat rose higher and higher, Sango scanned the landscape below, but there was no sign of the monk that she loved so much. Just when I thought things were going great between us, he goes off and pulls this crap! Right now, I just wanna tell him that- "I love you!" Sango suddenly shouted after catching a glimpse of the lecherous monk she oh-so-loved.

Obviously, Miroku heard her, and he looked to the sky just in time to catch Sango (yes, I said catch). He dropped all of his things on the ground as the love of his life literally fell from the sky and into his arms. Kirara landed beside them and converted back to her usual tiny self. "Sango, what do you think you're doing!" Miroku scolded her after he had set her down on the ground. One arm around her waist, he brushed a few wild strands of hair out of her face before looking her in the eye. "You could've killed yourself if I hadn't been here to catch you!"

"But you did," Sango pointed out, a mischievous grin painted across her face. Soon, though, she turned serious. "Inuyasha told me everything, Miroku."

BABY NEVER STOP YOUR HEART dakishimeyoo

Namida SMILE fureru kyori de

Eien wo chikau niwa mada tooi futari..

Demo komiageru omoi dakewa massarani kimi wo mitsumete iru

EVERYDAY'S & NIGHT WE ARE FRIENDS & LOVE

Ikutsu no kisetsu ga meguru daroo

Miroku smile nervously. "Did he now? I guess you really can't trust a demon."

"Half-demon," Sango corrected, but then she continued, "Why can't you just talk to me without jumping to conclusions first?" she said, exasperated.

The monk let his gaze fall to the ground. "Sango, I think… I think that you can do better than me." Miroku tried to grip Sango's hand, but she took it out his reach.

"Wait a minute. You think you're not my type?" Sango looked at Miroku in disgust. "How stupid can you be! You can't recognize a good thing when it's placed right in front of you!"

Miroku was flabbergasted at her comment and didn't really know what to say to it. "Come again?"

"For a lecherous monk, I always thought you'd never get the girl of your dreams since you were always playing around, but when you chose me- I was stunned to realize that I was the girl you wanted…" Sango softened her look. "I was even more stunned to realize that you were the guy of my dreams, but now you're running away from me, and I don't want us to be apart, especially since the gods intended us to be together."

"Do…do you really want to waste your time with me?" Miroku asked shyly (yeah, that's a first).

"You can call it 'wasting my time', but I call it 'being lucky to have the guy I love love me back'. So no more kicking yourself while you're with me, okay?" Sango gingerly touched Miroku's cheek and frowned at his bruise. "How did you do this?"

Miroku grinned. "It's a long story…" And then he leaned forward.

There, under the moonlit scene of the trees transformed by autumn, they kissed the most amazing kiss that no other couple would see in their lifetimes. In-between them, a strong light materialized and enveloped them in its grandeur. Once it disappeared, the couple took one look at each other and laughed. "I think we've fallen asleep, because we didn't just go to a costume party, and we both look ridiculous," Sango commented.

"I disagree," Miroku said, reaching for Sango's rear. "I rather like this short pink skirt; it gives me easy access."

"You know, I changed my mind; I do like this outfit. It's easier to move around in!" Sango picked up her Hiraikotsu and knocked Miroku over the head with it. "Although, your outfit shows off those slightly toned arms I love to wrap myself in, so I guess I'm happy," Sango said, smiling.

Miroku, head bent and on the ground, just sighed and mumbled, "I guess we made up then, huh?"

Sango's ponytail fell over her left shoulder as she offered Miroku a hand up. "Made up, made out… What's the difference? As long as you have it figured out that it's you I love and no one else, then everything's alright with me."

Miroku smiled back and kissed Sango again, only lightly this time. "I don't think I can ever be good enough for you, but I'll try."

"Okay, first: let's figure out how to get out of these things from Kagome; second: I thought I told you to stop kicking yourself when I'm around; and third: LEAVE MY ASS ALONE!"

Hey readers, more coming soon. I hope you're enjoying it so far, and I hope you aren't disappointed with the outcome of Miroku and Sango's relationship. Remember: they're my favorite anime couple of all time, so I would never do anything really terrible to them (well, not in this chapter, at least). Please keep reading as I am so happy to have an audience. THANKS TO ALL WHO READ THIS! 3

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