"I'm off to get fire wood!" Miroku announced, lying. "Ok?" InuYasha replied, still in a huff about how Kagome had yelled at him...He had gotten sat...again. Kagome had left back to her time, saying she needed some time to think, and some 'help' from her friends; she had never needed help from her friends before. Hell, InuYasha and the gang were her only friends as they saw it.

Miroku nodded at Sango, who returned it, acknowledging him. Soon, Miroku was off.

Miroku muttered under his breath as constant twigs snagged on his long robes. "Curse the day people made such long robes." He said, sighing as he bent over to undo his robe from an entanglement. "Monk?" A strong, independent female voice said.

"Ah, Kikyo!" Miroku said, quickly snapping upwards, after having finished untangling it.

Kikyo raised an eyebrow, so Miroku, the monk, had come to see her now. What could he possible want with her?

"I need to talk to about something," He said, raising his hand into the air and waving it, "But, perhaps we can go somewhere more...Or less...Dense with branches as this?" Miroku asked, holding his robe up slightly.

"If you wish." Kikyo replied, wondering what he would have to say.

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After about ten minutes of walking through the dense forest, Miroku and Kikyo had finaly found a small - but comfortable - clearing with flowers in it, a meadow, more or less.

"These are Moonglade flowers, they're in full bloom. They only bloom like this once every decade." Kikyo said, glancing down at the flowers.

The flowers were a dark blue - Indigo - and they were glowing. On the end of each petal there was a black triangular marking. Their stems weren't green, but instead silver with crimson wrapping around it. On the pattle you could see the tinge of crimson on it. Down in the center of the flower was silver, it came up out of the flower like flames, then it turned into the indigo. At every point of the silver, a long black line came down, and then, the pollen sticks pointed out, they were a dusty yellow. The flowers, of course, were shaped like lilies.

"They're beautiful!" Miroku exclaimed, looking at the glowing flower. "They say that if you cast a eternal sleep spell on them and put them in a jar they'll bloom every full moon." Kikyo replied, sitting down on a tree log.

(A/N These tree logs are placed really convienently are they?)

"To get to the point Kikyo," Miroku said, giving a little sigh. "I want you to stop seeing InuYasha...Before you say anything, I'll tell you why," He stopped for a moment, and gave her a reassuring smile.

"Kagome is in love with InuYasha, InuYasha loves her, but he loves you as well, and is convinced he must fulfill his promise to protect you, hence, destroying Kagome mentally, slowly," Miroku took a quick breath. "And, tonight, I saw Kagome hurting herself physically, because of this sherade(Sp xD?) . And, Kagome is my dear friend, and I want this to stop. Damn it." Miroku said, breathing the last two words under his breath.

"Mon - Miroku. I'm sorry," Kikyo said quickly, she needed to think of a quick idea...Miroku was better than InuYasha, sure, he may not be as strong, but he was more conciderate...And the wind tunnel could be a major up.

Kikyo gave him a fake sad smile, "Miroku, I'm sorry, I...Don't love InuYasha, I'm just afraid." Kikyo pushed herself to fake cry, and sure enough, the fake tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Kikyo, I'm sorry. I don't know what your afraid of...But you can protect yourself...If you need someone to talk to...I'm perfectly capable." Miroku said quickly, he had to figure out some way to get her to stop crying! InuYasha would think he hurt her.

Kikyo smiled inwardly, "You would do that?" Her plan was working.

"Of course." Miroku said, comforting her.

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"Where's Miroku?" Sango asked, getting back from her quick trip to Kaede's village. "He left to get firewood...Three hours ago." InuYasha scoffed in disbelief.

"Oh...I'm sure he'll be back." Sango said, sitting down, getting out the food she had gotten. 'Atleast, unlike Kagome, I don't have to worry about him leaving to go see Kikyo.' Sango thought, comforting herself.