Sango had thought long and hard about what Inuyasha had said to her. She knew that it was true, but was it worth it. Could she deal with the possible repercussions? Suddenly it became clear to her; if she could have even one more day with Miroku she could deal with anything. Clinging to that truth she left her home to seek out Inuyasha. It did not take a genius to figure out where he would be. He was at the God Tree holding to the branches as though it somehow allowed him to cling to Kagome. "Can you just mark me," she called out.
He jumped from the tree and landed in front of her before answering her "no it would be incomplete. It would only give you a few more decades it has to be the whole act to tie your life to mine."
"Dog demons only mate once," she said as intent on avoiding looking at him as he was her.
"It would only be once, and then we would wait for them," he was adamant.
"But you could never mate her," Sango reasoned.
"I would marry her, like humans do," he replied.
"But then her life could never be linked to yours. You would loose her long before you were ready," she told him.
"I would use the jewel," he silently said "I would turn her into a demon so that we could spend eternity together. I would change Miroku too so that you would never be lonely."
"Then it is settled," Sango said with resolve "let's get it over with."
Inuyasha said nothing more and began to walk towards her hut. She quickly stepped in his path though and said "no not there. That is to be my home with him. I can not do what we must in there."
Inuyasha then changed directions and they walked to a meadow where there was no danger of the villagers seeing the sin they were about to commit. They undressed themselves; not even giving the illusion that what they were about to do had anything to do with love. Sango lay down and Inuyasha positioned his self above her. His heart was breaking at what he was about to do, but it seemed his mind took pity on him, because when he looked down it was Kagome's face he saw. There was a pain as her purity was lost and Sango instinctually looked up into Inuyasha's eyes the amber she thought she would see was not there instead it was a glorious violet that looked back at her. They were the eyes that she had always dreamed she would see in that moment. Without love or passion they rutted; merely going through the motions. As Inuyasha felt the end was near he sank her fangs into her neck marking one for whom he had no desire. A part of him seemed to die in that moment as he realized that Kagome could never completely be his now. And though he smelled Sango's tears he could not stay to comfort her. He ignored her whimpers as he dressed and handed her clothes to her. Even if he had wanted to offer comfort to her he had none to offer as he could find none him self. He wondered as he walked away if it had been worth it. There was no way he could know; at least for five hundred years. With that in mind he left the walls of the village. What he needed now was an escape. He needed to find a new mission, and he decided that he would find one that would make Kagome proud.
Miroku felt her begin to stir and relief flooded through him. He gently ran his hands through her hair and called to her, "Kagome."
After remaining silent for a moment she spoke "I am sorry," she cried.
"Please Lady Kagome," he beseeched "do not apologize to me. But also don't leave me. You are the only thing keeping me sane in this hell. I can not loose you."
She just nodded and curled deeper into him; sleep she thought she needed just a little more sleep. Miroku watched as she drifted off again. He had meant what he said. He couldn't loose her. The thought of it sent a fear through him like none he had ever known. He gave some thought to what he must do to hold on to her and began to have some ideas. For one thing he would have to make her happy; true that would be hard in an empty wasteland. But then it occurred to him, this wasteland was not empty. He had banished many things here himself, and so had his ancestors before him. Tomorrow he decided he would make a game for her. They would wonder this place and see what kind of treasures they may find.