InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Firefly Wishes ❯ Chapter 10 – The Battle For Sanity ( Chapter 10 )

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Firefly Wishes

By DBZ Vegeta

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Chapter 10 - The Battle For Sanity

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Miroku woke up, disoriented and with a pounding headache. He slowly became aware of a warmth surrounding him and as he opened his eyes, he was meet with an unbelievable sight. Sango was curled up next to him, her head resting on his chest and arms encircling his waist. Reaching up a free hand, he brushed a stray curl, that had fallen over her closed eyes, away from her face. He smiled softly as she unconsciously leaned into his hand, however he was shocked by the soft words that she murmured.

"Mmm. . .Miroku."

He pulled his hand back like it had been burned and stared down at her, his mouth gaping like a fish on dry land. 'She had called his name,' he thought stunned. 'She never had called him anything else other than Hoshi before now.'

His eyes were drawn to hers as the began to flutter softly, a soft murmur of contentment sighing from her lips as she snuggled closer to him. He waited for the explosion that he knew had to be coming and wasn't disappointed as her dark brown eyes opened.

"What the hell are you doing, you pervert!" she yelled as she jumped up away from him and pulling back her hand, slapped him soundly across the side of his head. He yelped and clutched his head as he fell backwards away from her.

"Hey, I wasn't the one who was cuddling up to you. You seemed pretty content to do that yourself," he growled through his now even worse headache. It was so bad that he eyes were about to cross and his vision blurred. He curled up into a ball on the floor, his arms folded over his head as he rocked back and forth trying to calm the pain radiating from his head.

"Uhm Hoshi, are you alright?" Sango asked, a note of concern lacing her voice.

She leaned forward and placed a soft hand on his shoulder only to draw it back as he snapped angrily at her. "Don't touch me."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you. It was only reflex." she said softly, clutching her hands together against her chest, her eyes on the rocking form in front of her.

"Well you did, I already had one killer headache when you decided to wallop me in the head again." he snarled through his pain.

Sango dropped her head in abject misery, knowing that she had caused him great pain. Her instincts had been too great when she had woken up and found his arms about her. No matter how much her body desired to be in such a position, her mind wouldn't let her. Looking up, she reached out a slightly shaky hand and placed it gently onto his shoulder, ignoring the cringe she felt beneath her fingertips. Tightening her grip she rolled him over gently, cradling his head and placing it in her lap. Pulling his arms down away from his head, she softly began to massage his temples tying to alleviate some of the pain she had caused unintentionally.

Miroku sighed and closed his eyes as Sango's fingers magically began to soothe away the pain radiating in his head. As the pain began to fade he was startled to feel drops of moisture striking his face. He opened his eyes and looked up into Sango's tear-stained face. He reached one hand upwards and softly stroked his thumb along one wet line.

"Why are you crying?" he asked quietly.

"I never meant to hurt you. I always seem to be doing that to you." Sango cried huskily, tears still trickling down her face.

"I know that you didn't mean to hurt me, Sango. I just already had a headache when I awoke to such a beautiful sight," he said gently, his fingers still caressing the soft skin of her cheek.

"Beautiful, who me?" she asked quizzically, her face drawn up into an expression of disbelief.

"Yes, you. You are very beautiful Sango," he said softly, his fingers stilling for a moment on her cheek before drifting lightly up into her soft hair. His fingers closed lightly around the back of her head and he slowly began to draw her face closer down towards his.

"Well well well, isn't this a cozy scene?" came a sarcastic chuckle from the doorway of the room. Sango and Miroku jerked apart and to their feet, Miroku standing in front of Sango.

"I see that you are finally awake monk. Congratulations, I thought that we might not have the pleasure of your awareness." Kagura smiled evilly, the coldness in her eyes causing a cold shiver to run up both of their spines.

"What do you want with us!" spat Miroku, keeping Sango safely behind him.

"Why that is for Naraku to tell you, not I," she replied ingratiating, her eyes taking in the protective stance he had and smiled even deeper than before. 'What delicious irony,' she thought..

"In fact, I have come for her," she said, gesturing to two large guards behind her, who strode into the room and gripped Sango tightly about her upper arms. Before Miroku could whirl and defend her, the guards pulled her from behind him and out the door. Sango yelling and kicking the entire way.

"Where are you taking her?" he yelled, lunging for the wind-demon. Kagura danced out of his way, laughing evilly all the while as she slammed the cell door shut in his face.

"Ah my fine monk, you may not want her back when Naraku is done with her," came through the closed door, the laughter fading away as she disappeared down the hallway. Miroku leaned heavily against the door, his fist clenched and pounding uselessly against the locked door.

"Sango," he cried out, "I am sorry that I didn't protect you."

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A/N: Sorry for the long wait in between chapters, my college class took a lot of my writing time away from me. However I am done now and can start to concentrate on writing again. Let me know what you think, thanks for reading.

~DBZ Vegeta