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An echo ran through the rainforest where Sango and Miroku were however this sound wasn't made by the wild life. "Just because I fell over a twig doesn't mean you need to grope me!" yelled a frustrated Sango.

"But my dear Sango," Miroku replied slyly trying to avoid the demon slayers wrath, "I just wanted to see if any part of your perfect body was damaged."

"Well next time you do that your losing fingers monk," explained Sango as a deep blush started climbing up her cheeks. For someone who could be so sweet he could be so stupid. Sango took in a deep breath to remove her raising blush; she needed to concentrate on Kagome not the womanizing monk. She started to take in her surroundings; a beautiful rain forest met her eyes, trees as wide as she was tall and paths of water running everywhere.

"We're definitely in the right spot," stated Miroku knocking Sango out of her gaze. "I say we go in the direction that the water is flowing from this should lead us right to the Elements since I'm positive it is Water who this is all flowing from. After you my dear Sango." Sango looked at him suspiciously but went in front of him. Oh how he wished that she would fall again so he could touch that beautiful butt of hers once more; the pain that he received was well worth those few moments of heaven.

They traveled for awhile in silence taking in the beauty around them. Then Miroku spoke, "Do you think that Elements will have the beauty of this forest?" he then brought a hand to his chin as if it would help him think, then said more to himself then Sango, "if so maybe I should ask them to bear my children."

Sango stopped dead in her tracks at this comment, she turned slowly towards the monk who had his eyes closed envisioning the lovely maidens of the Earth and Water. "If you dare ask them that question, if they don't kill you on the spot, I will!" she growled at him, he always did this asked any beautiful maiden to bare his children. Then she continued in a more worried tone, "They aren't a power to be messing with. In my village I have heard of a man who once met the Water Element by chance in a lagoon. Unfortunately for him he was also a love sick idiot, and when he proposed an offer to her she became enraged. They found his body several days after he went out he was found frozen with a look of horror on his face."

"How do you know it was the Water Element?" asked Miroku.

"Out of all the demons that I have come up against, I have met none that were capable to freeze a man's blood. We didn't know this till someone tried to move him and he fell shattering into thousands of pieces, but no blood came out. His blood was frozen forever."

Miroku's eyes grew at this comment and made a mental note to not ask them, well at least not the Water Elemental, 'the question'. "Hmmm…" Miroku sighed, "These women must be beautiful."

"That they are," said a voice from behind them. The duo turned around quickly their guard was up and ready. But what met their eyes wasn't what they expected, it was a Centaur. He was gorgeous, his hair was a wavy blonde and his eyes where emerald like Shippo's and his exposed chest was impressively well toned. The horse portion of his body was a golden brown except for his tail which was the same colour as his hair. "Why have you come to this forest?" he asked, his voice was angelic.

"We have come seeking the assistance of the Elements who reside here," Miroku began going into a slight bow, "A friend of ours has been put under a spell by Lunius and we need their assistance to help her." He silently hoped that he was polite enough with the intelligent creature, Centaurs have been said to be the most intelligent beings on Earth.

"Lumius, his brother sent us here that is how we found this place, please help us," pleaded Sango.

The Centaur stood silently debating what he had just been told as if in a conversation with himself. "If you can prove your worth you may precede," he stated nonchalantly.

"What is the task that you wish of us to do?" asked the Monk a little uncertain of what they would have to do, he didn't like the gleam in the Guardian's eyes.

"Defeat me," hissed the Guardian as he charged at Miroku full force.

"Hiraikotsu," yelled Sango as she took the large boomerang from her back and whipped it at the charging man. The Centaur stopped dead in its tracks watching the Hiraikotsu fly right in front of him if he didn't' stop when he had he would have been cut in half at that moment. But instead of showing fear like other demons Sango had faced he turned and stared at her, a smirk then appeared on his face as she caught the returning boomerang.

"You missed," he said his voice sounded playful as if this was all a game.

"What makes you think I tried to hit you?" spat Sango, eyes pinned waiting for his next attack.

"You make it sound as if it's so easy to kill me," he laughed and with that crossed his arms across his chest suddenly turning into a large tree that resembled the others that surrounded them and all was silent.

Miroku then went up to the tree and with one swipe with his staff sliced into the tree; the force behind the blow caused his staff to go a quarter into the tree which in itself was a remarkable feet considering the width of the trees. With a grunt of strength he took out his staff as quick as it has gone and waited for blood to come from the tree but nothing came; it wasn't him. "Where did he go?" asked Miroku looking around frantically. Sango stood there waiting, listening for any movement at all. She started to back up towards a tree; she wanted to make sure nothing snuck up on her. "Sango look out!" Miroku yelled, "Wind Tunnel!" With that Sango was flung towards him at a rapid speed but he closed off his Tunnel before she could get sucked in causing her to ram right into him.

"What was that about?" she asked ready to smack the Monk off the side of his head. But when she turned around to look at where she once was she noticed that the tree that she was about to lean up against was now the Centaur, his index finger nail had grown and would have been used to pierce her neck, a couple more steps back and she would have been dead. She looked at the monk with a slight blush, but decided to thank him later when they weren't in danger. The Centaur just laughed at his game and turned back into a tree. Sango growled under her breath she was getting rather tired of this game. "He could be any one of these trees," she said while throwing her hand towards the trees around them.

"Hmm…" thought Miroku, "Not only can he turn into a tree but travel through them…Sango I have an idea get behind me as I move, move with me and as soon as you see the Centaur use your Hiraikotsu and kill him" he ordered as he grabbed the beads that contained his wind tunnel waiting for Sango to get behind him. Sango nodded and got behind him readying her Hiraikotsu keeping her eyes pealed for the annoying yet beautiful Guardian. "Wind Tunnel!" shouted Miroku as he slowly started to move on the spot she followed making sure to stay out of the deadly path of the Tunnel and helping to support him. The large trees were leaning towards the powerful tunnel moaning in residence as little twigs and leaves rushed to its depths. Sango finally understood, yes the Centaur could look like a tree but he did not have the deep roots that the other trees did to save him.

They turned about 180 degrees when a tree came hurtling at them, as it came closer to them it started to transform, long twigs beautiful blonde hair, the powerful trunk into a strong body, and the bark into a soft tan flesh or fur. His emerald eyes wide in shock and fear. "Now Sango!" Miroku shouted.

"Hiraikotsu," she said letting the large boomerang fly towards its target as Miroku covered his Wind Tunnel.

"No!" screamed the Centaur as the Hiraikotsu met him slicing him in two, his full of horror that he was beaten. When he hit the ground vines inched towards him covering his body like a grave. But as quickly as they arrived, they retreated leaving no sign of the Centaur except for a couple flowers of gold that resembled his hair colour.

Sango turned to Miroku who was still staring where the Guardian had fallen. "Thank you Miroku…for saving me," she said a slight blush sneaking up her normally tan cheeks.

"You would have done the same for me," smiled the Monk, "Come let's continue." He then turned to continue walking down the path that they had been down. Sango smiled, strapped the Hiraikotsu to her back again and continued to follow her companion; although she never would say it, she really did enjoy his company.

Several hours had past of following the twisting water paths, and the farther they went the thicker the woods would get. The trees were now engulfed in water and the only thing that was visible was their trunks and some roots that poked out to the surface. The water was still getting deeper.

"If this keeps up we're going to have to swim," said Sango now hip deep in the water.

"If that happens I would be glad to hold your clothing so it wouldn't weigh you down as you swim," suggested Miroku innocently but his smirk gave him away. Sango stopped and was just about hit the lecher across the face when his eyes glassed over and took a couple steps towards her. "You're beautiful," he whispered.

Sango was in shock and could only stare at the monk, she didn't know what to do, what to say. Her cheeks became red and hot; she lowered her gaze in embarrassment, and then returned to the monk. This time however she noticed something different his eyes weren't looking at her but through her. This theory was then proven by the monk walking right by her in a daze. The now flustered and angry Sango turned around to see what had caught the Monk's attention.

When she was fully turned around she looked in the direction Miroku was headed in her eyes found a small lagoon. Within this lagoon there were small lilies of pink and white, in the very centre was a large rock but what was on this L shaped rock was what caught her attention the most, a Mermaid was sitting in the corner of the L. Her light turquoise hair flowed over her shoulders to her hip, the only thing that covered her from the eyes of the Lecher coming closer to her. The scales on the lower half of her body were a royal blue running into her baby blue fins where her feet would have been. Silver markings swirled around her torso drawing their attention to her eyes which were a piercing emerald like the Centaur.

A Mermaid this explains a lot, he's under her spell and being a woman I'm not affected and being the pervert that he is it wouldn't take have been hard to entice the monk, hell he would have gone to her without it! "Miroku please stop she'll kill you!" shouted Sango as she ran, as fast as she could in the water, in front of him trying to block his path. He stopped walking and just starred at the Slayer as if confused on whom to go too.

Sango then heard singing, she mentally cursed at the beautiful melody that met her ears. Miroku's confusion was soon over as he pushed past Sango and continued towards the Guardian. Determination now written on Sango's face she dove into the crystal water realizing it was now faster to get him this way rather then to walk. She surfaced taking in a breath of air and grabbed the monk to face her, "You need to snap out of it, your under a spell, can't you see she wants to kill you!" she said almost screaming at him as a beads of water fell slowly down her face and body outlining her features, Miroku followed one that made its way down her cheek and caught it with his finger, then returned to Sango's chocolate eyes pleading for him to stop.

The mermaid could see her spell was slipping she sang louder, passion dripped from each note of her song of death. He pushed Sango who fell into the water with a huge splash of water and went back to the eyes of emerald that demanded him to come closer. "That's it! If I can't stop him then I'll stop her!" she screamed as she threw pieces of black that were attached to her face out of the way. She grabbed the giant boomerang on her back and threw it with all her might at the beautiful Guardian; it was going to be a direct hit.

The Mermaid however, did not move except for a smirk. Sango couldn't understand why she did nothing, until "Wind Tunnel!" her Hiraikotsu was being directed right back at her as if to attack her instead but she caught it with ease. She then looked up at Miroku as he covered his Wind Tunnel with the prayer beads.

"Why," she thought to herself, "Of course! As long as she has him under her spell he will do anything for her even if it means his death. But I can't fight Miroku but if I do nothing he dies." Her mind was searching frantically for an idea, any idea to bring back the monk who was almost within her reach. The only sound that could be heard was her heart pounding against her chest and the melody mermaid as beautiful as she. "That's it, her voice and eyes that's were the spell lies! I need to get her to stop singing and lose eye contact with him long enough for me to knock him out of it," she continued her thoughts, "Alright I have an idea I just hope that it works and if it does I wont regret it later." "Hiraikotsu," Sango said as she let it fly towards the Guardian.

"Her aim is off," the Mermaid thought, her sharp eyes could tell she was going to missed so there was no need to get her new toy to block it again, so she let the large boomerang come. It's always fun to watch their faces fall when they find out their efforts were only in vain. She smiled to herself at this thought and then looked at the slayer to watch her face fall but instead of finding sorrow she saw a smile of triumph. "What is she up to?" The Hiraikotsu then hit right besides her creating a large wave she stopped singing in shock and watched as the monstrous wave was going to cover her.

Sango took her cue from the silence that was now coming from the Mermaid, her hypnotic eyes no longer on Miroku, she gulped and shouted words she never thought she would ever say, "Miroku! I will bare your children!" The monk stopped dead.

"Idiot," spat the Mermaid, "I am Water's Guardian, do you think that a little wave would do anything to me?" Even though she was just drenched she looked as if it had never happened. She started her song once again but instead of Miroku walking towards her she was walking towards the slayer.

Once he had reached her shock written all over his face, "Are you serious my dear Sango?" he asked praying he had heard right.

Sango knew her face was red she could feel the blood rushing to her skin, "We'll talk later, we still need to defeat her," Sango said rapidly as she pointed to the enraged Mermaid. The water was starting to bubble around her; she was getting ready to attack.

"Right, Wind Tunnel," said a flustered Miroku, removing his prayer beads as quick as he could, as if he forgot he was in a battle. The Mermaid's once beautiful voice was now one of a banshee as she was sucked into the void in Miroku's hand; once she was inside he closed the Tunnel with the beads. The water around the large rock in the middle seemed to crawl up its sides and then on top until it was eventually engulfed completely; the rock was being eroded away.

"Your lucky monk, if you were one step closer she would have tortured you until you begged for death," Sango stated, hoping that he would forget about the comment that had knocked him out of his trance.

"Beautiful but deadly," Miroku said to himself, "Like water itself."

"Common lets keep going," Sango said, she wanted to get out of the lagoon as quick as she could, she started wading towards the other side where the water was flowing in, in the still hip deep water. Half way through she picked up her weapon strapped it to her side not breaking a stride.

Miroku smiled, he would never forget they day that Sango agreed to bare his children, even if she still said it to save his life, "I'll have to save this thought for another time," he thought with a smile, then followed Sango.

After several minutes they came upon a cave, thick vines covering the entrance if it wasn't for the water flowing from underneath them they would have never noticed. With one swift swipe of his staff Miroku cut down the vines so they could enter. The water was now stomach level. "I hope the water level goes down as we get closer to them," said Sango shivering.

"I would have to agree," said Miroku plainly, "This cold water and I aren't getting along." They both laughed and then continued into the depths of the cave.

A/N:

Preview for next chapter -

back in Kagome's mind we see whats been going on as her friends are facing death

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