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Disclaimer: Hrm. Inuyasha still isn't MINE!

Miroku walked deliberately slow towards where Sango was sitting. He could see her Hiraikotsu leaning against a tree and heard Kirara's soft "mew". Listening to his staff jingling in the small breeze, Miroku thought up clever ways to get him out of the sticky situation he was in. No matter how many times he tried to think, however, he just couldn't consciously plan to lie to Sango. Puffing out a smell breathe of irritation at whatever stupid thing he managed to do this time, Miroku reached Sango and sat down beside her.

Her gaze was covered by her rich brown bangs. Miroku put his arm around her shoulder and when she didn't protest, he moved closer. Contrary to what she might have been thinking, his mind was nowhere near thinking about touching her butt. He was deeply concerned for her and her feelings. He knew he didn't always show it, but he would never be more true to another than he was to her. He smiled inwardly when he realized being a letch was just something he couldn't let go of.

"Will it always be this way, Miroku?" Sango finally spoke. She raised her head and looked him directly in the eyes; those ice blue, sapphire eyes. She lost herself for a moment before refocusing.

Miroku didn't need to ask what she meant. He knew her thoughts were right along with his. She was hurting because of his lecherous ways. He thought a moment before tightening his grip around her shoulders. She let herself be pulled closer to him and she desperately tried to hide her face as a deep blush grew upon it.

"No, Sango, it won't." He spoke in all honesty as his heart belonged to her and her alone. His body, however… He quickly brandished the thought as dirty images of gorgeous girls filled his mind. But as always, Sango's angered face replaced any and all thoughts of doing anything perverted. He cringed a little.

Sango nodded and cursed herself for being so emotional. She quickly donned a calm face and stood, letting Miroku's arm fall off of her shoulder. Deciding it was just exhaustion that was making her act so odd, Sango flashed Miroku a small smile. Her thoughts were to their future and the proposal that he had already previously made. She wanted to live the rest of her life with him, but they both had duties to take care of first. Sango's mind settled on thoughts of Kohaku.

"Let's go, Miroku," Sango said absentmindedly as she started to make her way back to the others. Kirara uncurled herself from her hiding spot under a nearby bush and started to walk away with them. Turning her head into the wind, Kirara caught the scent of someone very familiar. Growling softly, she quickly transformed and turned her growl to a more forte volume. Sango stopped in her tracks and reached out for Hiraikotsu. Miroku tightened his grip on his staff and ran alongside Sango to Kirara. They both hopped on her back without a moment's hesitation and flew off towards the person Kirara smelt.

'Kohaku…' Sango knew it had to be him.

Shippo was perched on Kagome's shoulder, sucking on a sucker that she had just given him. Kagome was gazing up at the clouds and enjoying the gentle breeze that blew through her raven-colored hair. She was enjoying her company every more. Inuyasha was sitting closer to her than usual. He was actually pressing against her, and she enjoyed the shared body heat. Neither of them had said a word yet, but both understood the silence once again. They were both thinking about the kiss that spoke volumes more than simple words could. Kagome was blushing as she imagined Inuyasha holding her hand and leaning in to whisper three simple words into her ear: "I love you."

Inuyasha glanced over at the young girl sitting next to him. She was blushing furiously and had a wistful look on her face. Her hands were held together in front of her as she smiled broadly. Confusing washed over him.

"Oi, Kagome, what are you doing?" His voice came out more harshly than he intended. Kagome seemed to snap out of her daydream. She looked at Inuyasha with love in her eyes.

"Er, what did you say?" she blinked a few times until the previous lovesick-look disappeared.

"I asked what the hell you were doing," he barked, annoyed now, more at him than her. He couldn't even tell this girl that had accepted him as he was perfectly how he felt towards her. She glared back at him. He could tell his words had angered her, and he got angry in response to her reaction. It was a stupid reaction for him to have, he knew this, but he couldn't change how he was. Anger came to him before any other emotion.

"What do you mean, 'what am I doing'? I'm sitting here waiting for Miroku and Sango to get back!" Her yelling just fueled the flame that was already inside of him. She felt confused as to why he was lashing out all of a sudden. Shippo remained perched on Kagome, shaking his head at the two. 'Inuyasha, you'll never learn, will you?'

"You're sitting there acting like an idiot!" he yelled, jumping to his feet. She in turn, scrambled to her own feet and stood on her tippy toes in order to match him, eye-to-eye.

"Excuse me?! You're the one who's being an idiot!"

"I'm not the one stuck in some stupid daydream!"

"Inuyasha…" her tone had a warning in it that he knew very well. The anger dissolved from his face and was replaced with the fear of what was to come.

"No, wait Kagome! I didn't…"

"SIT BOY!" She screaming in his face and he plummeted into the ground. 'At least she only said it once this time,' he thought to himself as the beads kept him pinned deep in the ground.

"SIT! SIT! SIT!" She continued to yell the subjugating word at him, releasing all of her pent up anger. 'Why is he so STUPID?' she thought angrily as she stormed away from the crater that he was in. Inuyasha moaned in agony as Shippo stood near by. He was terrified of Kagome when she got angry.

"You never learn, do you Inuyasha?" Shippo said smartly as he closed his eyes and went back to licking the sucker he had. Inuyasha remained pinning in the pit. He waited in pain for the powers to wear off so he could chase after than damned Kagome and give her a piece of his mind! Something was different with the subjugation this time. It felt like the power than had kept him sealed for 50 years. A mild panic grew in the back of his mind as he struggled with all his might against the power that held him. He wouldn't admit to himself how completely terrified he was.

Something in him clicked. He did want to give her a piece of his mind, but not the angry part. He remembered the unsaid words that were locked up in his heart. He wanted to tell her that he loved her. He wanted her to know that Kikyo was no longer an issue and he wanted her to say it back. He wanted her to be his.

Kagome stormed off down the path that led through the woods towards the village. Her shoes crunched the grass beneath them as she skidded to an abrupt halt. She had the intense sense that someone was watching her. She knew that wasn't the case as this feeling was nothing new to her. She looked in the general direction of the feeling and shock suddenly overwhelmed her. She could do nothing but stare as the new twist to the once familiar feeling took hold of her. It was exhilarating but at the same time frightening. She shuddered as she broke out in a cold sweat. Her concentration remained unbroken.

Inuyasha ran down the path that he knew Kagome took. He paid no attention to the little fox demon that was attached to his shoulder. He saw Kagome in the middle of the path. He did what was natural for him. He covered his feelings up with anger towards her.

"Kagome…" he began in an angry tone. He approached her, waiting for her to turn around and lash out at him. He stopped dead when he saw the look on her face. It was a look of utter concentration. She almost looked as if she was under a trance. He placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Kagome?" The sound of his voice and the warm feeling of his hand broke her out of the trance she was in. He left his hand on her shoulder, hoping she would overlook it. He loved the feeling of when they touched, even it was something done in simple friendship.

She stared at him with her deep brown eyes. The sunlight filtered down through the trees and lit her hair up. He could see dark brown and even blue tinted strands of hair intermingled in with the midnight black ones. To him, she was so beautiful in every way possible.

Tears grew in her eyes and he was instantly on alert. His other hand found the hilt of Tetsusaiga. Shippo hid himself within Inuyasha's long silver hair. It would have normally bugged the half demon, but he was so completely focused on Kagome that he didn't even notice.

"I saw…"she began. She paused and thought a moment. It was hard to put into words what had just happened to her. She blinked back the tears, letting a numb feeling overcome her. "I sensed a sacred jewel shard. But it was…different. I could pinpoint it exactly. I could feel the person it was in; feel their powers. It's Kohaku."

Inuyasha breathed a sigh of relief as he tucked both hands within the sleeves of his haori. "Idiot. You had me worried." He frowned deeply at her when she didn't meet his gaze. Something still wasn't right.

"That's not it! I could see what the jewel could. I could see through Kohaku's eyes." She swallowed hard before continuing. She knew she had to be strong. Inuyasha and Shippo needed to hear what she saw and what happened. "Inuyasha…Miroku's dead!"

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Oh dear! I bet you didn't see that one coming! Stay tuned! I'm sorry it's taking me so long between updates, college ya know. Trust me, if I could just sit here and write stories all day, I would!