T-T le story is almost done...I am so sad... oh well, I have to write it, not mourn about it! Anyway, here you go, and let's see how all of this turns out!

Minoru glanced back over his shoulder, wondering who was screaming. As he turned his head, an arrow flew by, just barely grazing his nose. He realized who it was, and smirked. It was about time that they came to stop him.

He finished turning his head and saw Inuyasha, Kagome, and Miroku running towards him. Inuyasha was carrying Kagome on his back, a bow in her hand. Miroku was running right next to them.

'So, she's the one that shot the arrow.' He thought. He got of the horse and placed Sango on the ground on her back.

"We'll have to postpone our little trip for a few minutes, ok?" he said to Sango's unconscious body. Though there was no reply, he still smiled and turned back to the small party charging at him.

Inuyasha and the others stopped about fifteen feet away from the demon. Kagome got off of Inuyasha as he drew his sword.

"There's no use in hiding you bastard! We know your secret!" he yelled. Minoru tried to play innocent, and said

"Secret? What on earth are you talking about Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha scoffed at the demon's remark.

"Don't play stupid, I remember that little talk you had with Naraku."

Minoru frowned a little and shrugged his shoulders.

"So, your memory loss ended a little more quickly than expected. No matter."

Inuyasha growled at Minoru. This guy was going down. Miroku was thinking the same thing.

"Where's Sango?" he yelled to Minoru. The demon simply laughed and replied

"She's fine for now, but once I'm done with you three, it's straight to Naraku!"

Miroku looked on the ground and could see Sango's unconscious body behind Minoru. He clenched his teeth and tightened his fists. This was all his fault. How the hell could he have let things get this far out of hand?

Inuyasha continued to glare at Minoru. He couldn't wait for the battle to begin.

'This guy has to have a weakness.' He thought. He went through everything in his memory that he had about Minoru, but didn't find anything that he could really use. He thought a little harder, especially about that conversation he had overheard between Minoru and Naraku.

Wait, that was it!

Inuyasha suddenly remembered something. After Minoru had left the sight where he had been speaking to Naraku, Naraku said something.

"Enjoy your crystallized poison."

Naraku had given Minoru a fake Shikon shard instead of a real one! It was just like the time when Inuyasha had to fight Koga, and he had the fake shard. That meant that...

'The poison should be taking effect soon! If we can keep him going long enough in battle, the poison should kill him!'

Inuyasha looked back at Miroku.

"Hey, I'll take this guy away from here, and you and Kagome go take care of Sango."

Miroku shook his head.

"No, I have a score to settle with this guy."

"Listen, I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. I have a plan to get rid of this guy once and for all, and you have no part in it."

Kagome put her hand on Miroku's shoulder.

"It's alright. Let Inuyasha handle Minoru."

Miroku looked off and reluctantly nodded. Inuyasha looked at Minoru and glared.

"Hey demon, why don't you and I settle this one on one?"

Minoru laughed at the question as though it were a hilarious joke.

"You really are a fool Inuyasha! Fine, I accept your challenge!"

Inuyasha began to rush at Minoru, who quickly dodged the attack. Following Inuyasha were Kagome and Miroku, who rushed over to Sango's side. Inuyasha was trying to get Minoru farther away from the others, and was slowly succeeding.

'He's had that stupid shard all day, and knowing him, he's already put it in. He shouldn't last too much longer.' Thought Inuyasha.

He quickly slashed through the air and cried "Wind Scar!". The long streak of yellow light flew towards Minoru, who crossed his arms in front of him and made a small barrier around his body, which caused the Wind Scar to be deflected.

Minoru was about to mock Inuyasha's feeble attempt to hurt him, when he felt a searing pain go through his arm.

'What the hell is that?' he thought, but tried to brush it off. After all, a very angry half demon was still coming at him.

Back with the others, Miroku and Kagome were sitting on opposite sides of Sango. She was laid out flat on her back, and the other two were trying to think of a way to wake her up.

Kagome tried to wake her up by calling her name by her ear. Obviously, that didn't work. She took her scarf from her uniform and wet it with some water that she had in a small water bottle she had in her pocket.

Kagome placed the wet scarf on Sango's forehead, hoping that the cold feeling would wake her. Unfortunately, no dice.

"Well, can you think of anything?" she asked Miroku, who had just been staring at Sango's sleeping figure the whole time.

"Just staring at her isn't going to wake her up Miroku." She said. Miroku looked at Kagome and then back at Sango. There had to be some way to get her up. A surprise might work, but what kind?

'Maybe if I...'

Miroku leaned down and put his mouth next to her ear.

"Sango...wake up...it's me, Miroku..."

Kagome watched as Sango's fingers twitched a little in reaction to Miroku's voice. She watched her face, and it visibly regained some color, and something else that it seemed to be lacking from before.

"C'mon, we came all the way out here to rescue you, the least you could so is open your eyes and thank us."

It seemed like a small smile was forming on Sango's face. Miroku saw the little smile and smiled himself.

"I know that you probably still hate me because of what I did, but that wasn't my fault. I was set up, I swear. I don't want to go with anyone else, but you."

Sango's eyes started to open a little, but she immediately closed them again. She wanted to hear what else he had to say.

"I was set up by that bastard Minoru, and I swear, I'd kill him myself, but Inuyasha's taking care of that so I can be here by you. Guess it worked out fine huh? Since this is where I want to be anyway."

Sango blushed a little, but tried not to, since it would give away here cover. She tried to keep a straight face, hoping that no one would notice. She was wrong, defiantly. Miroku looked over to Kagome, who nodded.

"Inuyasha went that way, so I'll go look for him. He might need my help." With that, she got up and ran off in Inuyasha's direction. Miroku looked back at Sango, who was still pretending to be unconscious.

"I know that you're conscious Sango. You can give it up."

Sango opened her eyes, embarrassed that she had been so obvious. She sat up and turned her head from him.

"I'm sorry about this." She said. "I should have believed you when you told me he set you up. I was too quick to judge."

Miroku smiled and took her hand.

"It's alright, I forgive you."

She smiled back at him. Being here with Miroku again was just what she wanted. How could she have chosen some demon over him?

"So, I'm guessing that you've chosen me over Minoru now?" Sango laughed a little, but nodded. Miroku smiled and leaned in and gave Sango a kiss on the cheek. She immediately started blushing and stared at him.

"C'mon, we should go help the others."

He stood up and helped her onto her feet, and they took off in the same direction that Kagome did.

Where the fight was taking place, Kagome and Inuyasha didn't need much help. When she had arrived, Inuyasha had whispered the plan to her, which she followed immediatly. They weren't really trying to hit him, they just needed him to move around a lot, and what better way of doing that than by making him dodge attacks? Minoru stood there on the ground, staring at the both of them. He clenched his fist, trying to create a counter presse to the horrible feeling in his arm.

That pain was starting to get really annoying. It was becoming increasingly worse as he moved around more, though he wasn't sure why. Could it be that the Shikon shard wasn't reacting with his body? It felt like a small explosion happened in his arm, which made him grab it as he cried out in pain.

From the wound he had created by putting the shard there in the first place, blood began to trickle. He lifted his sleeve and went pale at what he saw.

His whole arm had turned purple, with the exception of the red blood coming from his wound.

'This shard is going to kill me!'

Inuyasha and Kagome watched the demon in front of them, as he began to break down, and fell to his knees. Inuyasha looked over at Kagome, who nodded. She returned the arrow in her hand to her quiver, and put her bow around her shoulder. Inuyasha sheithed his sword and looked back at Minoru.

"You know, you really should have seen this coming."

Minoru looked up at Inuyasha, breathing heavily.What did he mean by that?

"Naraku has decived you," said Kagome, "That shard that he's givien you is actually a crystallized poison."

Minoru's already pale skin grew even more pale. A poison? No wonder all of this was happening! That bastard Naraku tricked him!

"You're pretty much a dead man. By moving around so much during our fight, you just helped spread the poison throughout your veins"

Minoru looked at the ground. How could he have been so stupid? A sharp pain ran up his arm and another yelp came from his throat. It was obvious that there wasn't much time left for him. He looked back at Inuyasha and Kagome.

"Well, I guess that that's how it is." he said, "It's too bad really. I was going to use those shards to regain my demonic body."

"What do you mean?" asked Kagome.

"This is not my actual form as you can guess. About ten years ago, I was reaking havoc on a village, and the preistess who was there sealed me inside of this body. That's why Inuyasha didn't smell any demonic scent on me, and none of you could sense my aura."

It was starting to make sense now.

"While I was trying to find a way to release myself from this body, I came across a demon named Naraku. He promised me two Shikon Jewel shards in exchange for some assistance. I hoped that the shards could return me to my former self, but I guess I'll never know."

Another jolt went through Minoru's arm which caused him to let out another cry. More blood dripped down his arm, which was becoming more black by the second. Kagome watched in horror as Minoru grabbed his blackening arm, tears begining to form in his eyes.

"You don't have a lot of time left." said Inuyasha, "maybe a minute or two."

Minoru looked up at him and smirked, squinting because of the pain.

"Well, we can't live forever, now can we?"

There was a tapping sound coming from not too far away, just before Sango and Miroku showed up, and saw the scene of Minoru.

"What the hell is wrong with his arm?" asked Miroku. Inuyasha explained about Naraku's trick and the poison. Sango was close to tears after Inuyasha had finished. Minoru may have been a no good bastard, but this was no way to die. She knelt down in front of him and looked into his eyes.

"I'm sorry that this is happening to you." she said, glancing down at his arm. Minoru smiled a bit and laughed.

"I nearly kill you, and you feel sorry about my death? You people really are a bunch of fools." He cringed at a last surge of pain and fell forward into Sango's arms.

"Humans really are strange."

Minoru's body went limp in Sango's arms.

Yep, next chapter is the last one if all goes as planed. Review please!