…The next morning, Miroku woke up to see Inuyasha not in the hut. He yawned. "Inuyasha?" No reply. Miroku stood and went outside, seeing his Hanyou sitting up in a tree. He sighed in relief and stood below the branch. "You feeling any better?" He looked down at him and jumped down, landing gracefully. "I guess so." Miroku noticed his right arm was in a sling. "It's still broken?" Inuyasha nodded. "Yeah but it'll heal by tomorrow." The monk looked to the ground. "Again I'm sorry. I still can't believe that happened." Inuyasha hugged him with his good arm and smiled. "It's ok Miroku really. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, am I right?" The monk scoffed. "I guess so, but not in my case." The Hanyou drooped his ears. "Miroku." Awkward silence settled over them and Inuyasha tensed, hearing a small breeze coming from his wind tunnel. ~Is it that bad? Then again, he did use it a lot in the battle we had the other day. Luckily he didn't get poisoned this time… but it still worries me.~
Miroku tilted his head. "What is it?" Inuyasha looked at his cursed hand. "Your wind tunnel. I can hear it." The monk clenched his fist. "I know. I should've told Mushine yesterday." Inuyasha looked into his raven colored eyes. "Then go today. I don't want you getting hurt." Miroku sighed. "Fine. You can come too if you want." The Hanyou scoffed. "Why wouldn't I?"
They set off toward the temple again and arrived to an unhappy Mushine. He glared at Miroku. "Where were you? I thought you two were snatched up by demons!" Miroku gulped. "I'm sorry grandfather. Inuyasha just had an accident." The older monk saw his arm in a sling and sighed. "Very well. Just inform me next time you have to run off like that." Miroku bowed in apology. "Of course." Mushine looked at Inuyasha's arm again and gave the Hanyou a cold stare. Inuyasha pulled his ears back and gulped. Miroku stood straight and smiled. "So, what now?" Mushine cleared his throat. "Well, I ran out of sake last night… do you think you could run and get me some?" Miroku rubbed his eyes. "You need to stop drinking. It's going to kill you someday." Mushine rolled his eyes. "Yes I know. Now be off." Miroku tensed. "But that's not why I came here! I need you to check my wind tunnel. You can hear it now." Mushine stared at his grandson. "Come in then. I will have to get the sake myself later."
He lead them to a dark room that appeared to be his bedroom. Inuyasha gulped and took a seat beside Miroku. Mushine grabbed Miroku's cursed hand and narrowed his eyes. "Yes I see your concern. Let me seal it." He took out a sutra and wrapped it around Miroku's wrist. The wind stopped. His grandfather unwrapped the beads and removed the cloth covering it. "My my. Miroku what have you been doing? It's splitting." Inuyasha held his breath. ~What? I didn't think it was that bad yet!~
Miroku tensed and saw the cracks. "Can you fix it?" Mushine covered it back up. "I'm afraid I cannot. Your wind tunnel isn't only splitting, but grown larger from when I last saw it. The only advice I can give you is not use it so much, if at all. It's in a very delicate state right now. Only use your wind tunnel if its a situation between life…" He looked to Inuyasha. "And death." The Hanyou gulped. ~What's that all about?~
Miroku wrapped the beads around his wrist again and sighed. "Ok thanks anyway for looking at it." The monk stood and walked out of the room. "Come Inuyasha." The Hanyou nodded and followed. "Hey Miroku are you ok?" He clenched his fist tightly. "Not exactly." Inuyasha hugged Miroku and kissed him in the cheek. "You'll be ok. Just don't use your wind tunnel. We will defeat Naraku and you'll be ok." Miroku embraced him. "Ok. I don't doubt you will defeat him." Inuyasha gave him a squeeze. "I'll save you."
Mushine rubbed his chin. ~The love that Hanyou feels toward Miroku is unlike anything I've seen. Their love is stronger than anything I've seen or my father has seen. Inuyasha truly cares for him.~ The old monk smiled and put his arms behind his back. ~Though he is a Hanyou, and also a man, Inuyasha shows more love to my Miroku than any woman could give.~ He mumbled. "For that, I give you my blessing."
Inuyasha's sensitive ears picked this up and he looked at the smiling grandfather. He gave him a small nod and the Hanyou blushed. ~He gave me his blessing?~ Mushine turned away and went back into the room. Miroku pulled away from the hug and saw the blush in Inuyasha's cheeks. He smiled. "What?" Inuyasha shook his head. "It's nothing. I'll tell you later." ~At least I don't have to worry about his grandfather leering over me anymore. Now I have to defeat Naraku before something bad happens to Miroku.~
...Three months passed and the Inu gang hasn't found Naraku. It worried and angered Inuyasha that he couldn't find his most hated enemy. Inuyasha wasn't the only one worrying. Miroku was scared for his Hanyou's health, for Inuyasha rarely sleeps anymore.
One night Miroku woke up to hear Inuyasha mumbling to himself. He looked over at the Hanyou and saw him drawing in the dirt. He leaned over his shoulder and saw he was laying out battle plans. Miroku kissed Inuyasha's neck and wrapped his arms around his waist. "Inuyasha come on you should sleep." The Hanyou leaned again him and sighed. "No it's ok. I'm just planning something out for tomorrow." Miroku intertwined their fingers and sighed. "Please Inu. If you are planning a battle or something, you should rest so you can fight at your fullest." Inuyasha flicked his ears. "I guess you do have a point… Alright." He swept away the dirt and yawned. "I can't even remember the last time I slept." Miroku leaned against a tree trunk and relaxed. "Exactly my point. Now get some sleep." Inuyasha nodded and laid down on the dirt beside the monk.
Miroku set Inuyasha's head in his lap and began to rub his ears. Inuyasha leaned into his touch and smiled. "That feels nice." The monk leaned down and kissed him on the forehead. "Goodnight." Inuyasha let out a small moan. "Night." The poor thing was out in seconds.