(walks in on crutches) Well judging by your reactions, you're all pretty pissed at me, for the ending of the last chapter, and for not updating in so long. But, no a problem, for Janae has magical ways of making you love her again! Wait and seeeeeeee!
Miroku couldn't believe what he was hearing. There was no way in hell that she would choose Minoru over him, right?
"Miroku, I need to be with someone who...who won't cheat...and...and that's not you." Sango was still crying and it was getting harder for her to speak.
"How could you?" she said, "I thought that you were better then that...but I see now that I couldn't have been more wrong. You're still the same perverted womanizer." She wiped some of the tears from her eyes and off of her cheeks. Minoru put his arm around her shoulder to help comfort her.
"Sango, I didn't..." he began, but was stopped by Minoru this time.
"Just give it up Miroku. Can't you see that you've hurt her enough? The last thing her heart needs is you lying to her."
Miroku stood there in silence. 'This can't be happening...' he thought, 'It's not suppose to happen like this!' Minoru once again interrupted him.
"We will be leaving shortly. I have already secured a horse that we can take in the village." Said Minoru. Miroku's hands became fists and he clenched his teeth together.
"When did you get that done? When you went to get that whore and set me up?" Minoru stared at him, confusion creeping onto his face. At least, that's how it looked to normal people. Miroku could se straight through this act and see the horrible lying grin that had been concealed by fake innocence.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Said Minoru.
"Don't try and weasel your way out of this one, that girl told me that you hired her to"
Sango struck Miroku straight across the face.
"Don't try and pin the blame on someone else! I'm so sick of your lame excuses for everything! I...I CAN'T STAND YOU!" Minoru pulled Sango back into his arms.
"Sango, just leave him. Let's go." Sango turned to leave with Minoru. She felt a tear in her heart as she turned away from the monk, but shook her head. She couldn't go back.
'I can't be happy with him. He doesn't love me. This is the way that it's suppose to be.'
Inuyasha and Kagome were coming back now, after a few ours of just slacking around and being together. They had no idea of what had gone on in the camping area, but they were about to find out. When they entered, they saw that the only person in the place, was Miroku, who was on the ground, against the tree where he and Sango had slept just a few days ago. One of his legs was outstretched, the other one bent. He was leaning on it with one arm, covering his face. Kagome immediately knew something was wrong.
"Miroku, what happened to you?" she asked, running to his side. Inuyasha followed at a slower pace, but had to take a whiff of the air for a minute.
'Is that...no, it couldn't be...'
Miroku lifted his head to reveal his tear stained face. He tried to rid his features of the moisture, but to no avail, since as soon as he wiped it away, more came flooding in.
"Sango... isn't coming back to us." He began. He gave a large sniff to try and clear his nose. Kagome gasped and covered her mouth with her hands.
"What do you mean she isn't coming back?" asked Inuyasha. Miroku shook his head.
"She chose that bastard Minoru over me."
Miroku explained what had happened. How Minoru had set him up, how Sango wouldn't believe him, and how she had left. Kagome was in tears like Miroku by the end of the story.
Inuyasha was listening intently, but the smell in the air from before was bothering him.
'It couldn't have been...but...' Suddenly, Inuyasha froze and fell backwards onto his back. Kagome and Miroku immediately began to shake him and call his name. he however, was currently in more of a meditational coma. He was beginning to recall what had happened this morning.
Inuyasha walked through the forest, a bit frustrated. He started to pace a little, going over what he had just done.
'Goddamnit, why the hell did I have to go and kiss her like that? Now I can't say anything, it would be too awkward! I really screwed myself over this time...' as Inuyasha racked his brain over what to do, he heard voices in the distance. One of them sounded like Minoru and the other...
"Naraku!" he said. Naraku was right here under their noses, and what was even stranger, Minoru was with him.
'Oh no, Minoru must be in danger! Naraku must have seen him with us, and now he's taking out his revenge on Minoru!'
Inuyasha began to run in the direction of the voices. He didn't have time to go get the others, it was now or never. He was getting closer, but stopped when he could hear the voices clearly. It didn't sound like Minoru was scared, in fact, he sounded sort of...happy...
"So, are you here to fulfill your end of our little agreement?" he asked.
"I'm here to see why your end has yet to be filled." Replied Naraku. He sounded very annoyed. Minoru gave a small chuckle.
"Maybe if I had my end helping me out..." he began.
There was a sudden smash. It was Naraku pushing Minoru against a tree.
"You will do as I tell you to, or else you loose your life."
"Do ahead...You need me and you know it." Inuyasha heard Naraku growl a bit, then a small thud as he let Minoru go. He laughed a little.
"So then...give me the shard, and I'll get her for you."
Naraku growled again and must have given Minoru what he wanted, because the next word out of Minoru's mouth were
"Thank you for your generosity." There was a small squirt, like blood, and then a small cackle.
"You have made a wise choice." Said Minoru, and he started to walk away. As Minoru was walking away, Inuyasha heard Naraku snicker.
"Enjoy your crystallized poison." And then there was a small whoosh, and Naraku's scent disappeared.
Inuyasha slumped against a nearby tree.
"Minoru is working with Naraku? So there never was another demon slayer village! But, why would they want Sango? I need to go tell the others!"
"Going so soon?" said a voice. It was Minoru. Inuyasha stood up.
"Who the hell do you think you are? Why are you working with Naraku? What do you want with Sango?" Minoru gave a load laugh.
"You truly are a half demon." He said. Inuyasha scowled and glared at him.
"What the hell does that have to do with anything?"
"You weren't able to pick up my scent. I've hidden it very well, but I must say that I was a little scared when I found out you were half dog demon. I guess I was wrong."
Then something clicked in Inuyasha's head.
"You're a demon!" he yelled.
"So now you figure it out? It's too bad that it's too late. I can't have you blowing my cover to the others, so why don't we just get rid of your short term memory?"
In less than a blink of an eye, Minoru had pinned Inuyasha against the tree, his hand holding his neck. Inuyasha tried to claw Minoru's hands away from his neck, but had no success. Minoru accumulated an evil smirk on his features. He brought his other hand up to the top of Inuyasha's head, and placed his fingers in special positions. Then, with all his might, he pressed down. Inuyasha let out a cry from the pain, but was cut short when he passed out. Minoru let go and allowed Inuyasha's unconscious body to drop to the ground.
"You'll wake up in a few minutes, not remembering anything about this. You just sit here, I have to go check on a little surprise I have for your friend Miroku."
And with an evil laugh in his throat, he left Inuyasha there.
Minoru smiled as he remembered the events that had occurred just that morning. He was on his horse, Sango sitting behind him, her head to his back. Everything had gone perfectly. He had his Shikon shard, and now he was taking the demon slayer to Naraku.
However, for our friend Sango, things had not gone so perfectly. Just yesterday, there no doubt in her mind that she was going to chose Miroku, and now, here she was, on the back of a horse, heading to the other demon slayer village...with Minoru. It was strange though. Even though she had seen Miroku with another woman, even though he always cheated, and even though Minoru was pretty much everything any girl would want in a man, right now, she felt like she had made the biggest mistake of her life.
'You need to forget about Miroku...' she thought, 'he doesn't care about you, he never did...everything he said, everything he did was a lie.'
Tears began to flow down her face, there was nothing she could do to stop them. She didn't want to forget Miroku! He hurt her, that was a plain fact, but she still felt the same way about him, but she hadn't realized it until now.
And it was too late.
"Are you alright?" asked Minoru. They had come to a stop, which Sango hadn't noticed at all. She raised her head and quickly wiped away her tears. She put on a fake smile and tried to erase all traces of sadness from her face.
"I'm fine Minoru, really, just dwelling on past mistakes is all..." the tears were coming back, and it took every ounce of her strength to hold them back. He turned to face her and moved some of her hair behind her ear.
"Sango, I understand how you must be feeling right now, but listen to me when I say this. Soon, it'll be all over, and then he'll never come to mind again." He brought her face over and gave her a kiss on the check before turning back around and getting their ride moving again.
'It'll be over alright, after Naraku's done with you.' Minoru smirked and glanced at his right are, where he had inserted the shard he had received from Naraku. He could feel a bit of numbness in his arm, but paid it no mind. He figured that his body was just adapting to the new added power source in his bloodstream.
'Not much longer now...'
Back at the campsite, Inuyasha was finally beginning to come back to the conscious world. Kagome shook him harder to help him awake, and it defiantly worked.
"Kagome! What the hell are you doing?" he said, throwing her grasp on him. He sat up and stretched his left arm.
"Inuyasha, what just happened?" asked Miroku. Kagome, wondering the same thing, added
"You just passed out a few minutes ago for no reason." Inuyasha suddenly got back in the game, and shot up to his feet.
'If Naraku's scent disappeared with him before, then now that I smell it again...' He suddenly pulled Kagome and Miroku up to their feet.
"Let's go, Naraku's near here!" he said, and he pulled them as he began to dart through the forest.
W00T! it took me forever to write this thing (as you know) and I'm sorry, but I really needed a break. Hopefully I can update more, but I've just been really tired lately, sorry guys. Oh well, REVIEW PLEASE!