InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Through the Well ❯ Miroku's Smart? O.o? ( Chapter 16 )

Chapter Sixteen: Miroku's Smart?? o.O

Taking one good look down at her, he walked out of the hut into the setting sun. His ego was deflated and he felt like crap. Leaping into the air he sped towards the outskirts of the village. It hadn't even taken him a few minutes to reach the small wooden fence by the tree that he would always sleep in. Since she had came, Inuyasha found himself drawn to her, but why everyone tried to break them apart was mind-boggling.

Jumping into the tree and sitting down on a branch, he sighed. 'First it was my damn ego, then Koga, then someone who I'm not sure of quite yet, then it was my fucking dam ego again, and now it's whom ever attacked her as she tried to leave.' He told himself, 'But who would want to try and kill her? She hasn't done anything wrong!'

Angrily he jammed his claws into the trunk, digging his nails into the bark of the tree. He was so frustrated he didn't know what to think, or how to feel. He growled as he got his claw stuck in the bark. He furiously pulled and tugged trying to free himself. Finally thinking of something, he planted his feet securely on each side of the trunk and pulled with all of his strength.

He heard a slight pop as his body jerked backwards. He fell out of the tree and toppled onto the ground. There was a loud crash a few moments later as the tree itself crashed to the ground, roots and all. He didn't bother getting up, he just laid there, one of his fingers throbbed. Slowly he brought his hand to his face and saw that his left index finger's claw was torn in half.

Putting his finger into his mouth, he sucked on it a bit until the pain had died away. Taking the finger from his mouth he smirked at his newly shaped claw, it was normal again. His smirk faded as he thought about Kagome.

'She can't heal herself like I can.' He thought sadly to himself. 'Its not fair! IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!'

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Kaede watched as the hanyou left the comforts of her hut. She shook her head sadly and looked over at Miroku and Sango as she made her way over to Kagome.

"How did this happen to this young maiden?" She asked wiping the blood from Kagome's face.

"I don't know," Sango said, "when we got to the well she was already like this."

"Lady Kaede, she has some broken ribs and the marks on her legs look like claw marks." Miroku said out loud as he closed his eyes.

"Aye, but if my assumptions are correct. I believe that someone very powerful with malice and hatred had something to do with all of this." Kaede told him as she placed bandages on Kagome's injured thigh.

"Miroku?" Sango asked slightly poking the monk's side.

"Yes, Sango my love?" he replied grinning evilly.

She blushed a bit then grew serious, "why can Inuyasha live after enduring fatal injuries? How is he able to heal himself so quickly?"

"I'm glad you asked me that," he said bubbly, "I have a hunch that Inuyasha's saliva is the reason for that."

"Why do ye think that Miroku?" Kaede asked curiously.

"Well I know that it is true that he is half demon, which lets him live if a fatal wound is inflicted. But on several occasions have I caught our little hanyou friend licking his reachable wounds like a common dog would."

Sango giggled softly at his explanation, just trying to picture Inuyasha lapping off the blood from his wounds, licking his cuts, was pretty hilarious no matter how upset she felt. She just laughed and at first she couldn't stop until she felt a rough hand on her backside. Her eyes shot open and Miroku was smiling widely from ear to ear. Her face flushed and she slapped him in the face, knocking him unconscious with a red print on his face.

"You …Hentai!" she breathed.

Kaede chuckled to herself as she softly rubbed some ointment on Kagome's face to help rid of the bruises. Gazing down at the poor young girl, she had not moved an inch since Inuyasha had set her down, yet the priestess knew better. Kagome was wide-awake and listening intensely on the deep conversations that were going on.

"I have to agree with the young monk, I do believe that Inuyasha's saliva has healing power, but how could he have helped Kagome at her current state with out hurting the young lass?" Kaede was a little confused but she had a wild guess for an answer to her question.

Rubbing his cheek slightly Miroku sat up and sighed glancing at Sango, "I hope that when he gave her the 'Chinese herb'," he chuckled, "That somehow the saliva would transport into her lungs, or her blood stream then with the healing power, help aide her incase any of her ribs would have pierced her lungs, killing her."

"I came to the fact of none of Lady Kagome's ribs are actually broken, just bruised. But ye clever thinking intrigues me." Kaede said raising her eyebrows slightly.

"Just how do you know all of this stuff about the human body Miroku?" Sango asked curiously.

"Well when everyone was asleep, I went through Kagome's backpack and--"

"YOU PERVERT!" Sango yelled earning Miroku another hard slap.

"Ow." He whined, "Why must you hurt me so? I wasn't finished. I-When I went through her backpack I found a very interesting book about the human body and how it works." ((I.e. science book))

Sango rolled her eyes and got up to her feet, she stretched out her legs and looked over at Kaede.

"I'm very tired, I think that I will reside to my bed." Sango said yawning.

"Would ye like for me to wake ye for dinner?" Kaede asked putting away her herbs.

"No, I think I need a good sleep." The demon exterminator replied.

"Would it be okay if I joined ye in your nightly ritual?" Miroku asked curiously.

"If you so much as come near me while I sleep and I find out about it I will be sure to relieve you of the cause of your lecherous rompings." Sango hissed touching one of her hidden weapons.

There was a laugh as Inuyasha caught the end of the conversation. Though no matter how much he pretended to smirk, he felt horrible underneath. Sango took one last look at Miroku and everyone else before she made her way to the tiny back room. She sighed as she lay down and sated up at the ceiling. After straining her ears to listen to the conversation going on between everyone, she gave up and closed her eyes, instantly falling asleep.

Inuyasha sat down next to her and stared at her face. She looked so peaceful as she slept. It made his heart ached to even imagine somebody hurting his Kagome. He didn't even know at first that Miroku and Kaede had bee trying to get his attention until Miroku's sandal hit him upside the head. Growling he looked up at the monk and tossed it back the sandal, a frown on both of their faces.

"It's nice that you've decided to come back from la la land and join us here in the real world." The monk said taunting his hanyou friend.

"Shut up lech, I was thinking about something!" Inuyasha growled waving his fist violently at Miroku.

"Inuyasha, ye seem very distracted. More than usual, what plagues ye mind my child?" Kaede asked as she began to boil some water for tea.

"Feh," he replied, "If there was something 'plaguing' my mind I wouldn't waste my precious time telling you about it old hag."

Getting up he walked outside and leaped up onto the hut's roof where he settled himself down and frowned closing his eyes and trying to relax to the best of his abilities.

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Miroku yawned and got to his feet with a devilish grin painted on his face. Kaede raised an eyebrow curiously as the monk made his way back to the tiny room where his "Lovely dearest Sango" lay asleep and for right now heavily protected.

He sat down next to her and carefully and cautiously pulled off all of her weapons. When she would move he would freeze, silencing his breath as his heart raced like a humming bird's wings. After he removed all her knives, daggers, poison powder, and etc he sweat dropped anime style as Sango rolled over laying on his lap.

"Why Sango my love, if you wanted me to sleep with you, you should have asked." He said to himself quietly not to wake her up.

"Hmm." She moaned in her sleep.

Leaning down over Sango's head he planted a soft kiss on her forehead before he sat up and closed his eyes. Relaxing instantly he began to begin his first meditation session since before Kagome could bless them all with her spectacular presence.

Kaede continued to sit and watch Kagome. The old priestess needed to try and figure out what was causing them so much pain and suffering, not to mention all the stress that Inuyasha must have felt, going through the same situation over again. But no matter what conclusion her mind came to, one kept its lights flashing brightly, Naraku.

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Chapter Seventeen: Awaken

Sango inched towards Kagome who seemed to be staring off into space. Her friend's eyes were glassy and she looked as though she was asleep, but with her eyes open. The wind had began to pick up and the demon slayer heard Kirara's uneasy growl.

Kagome saw a shadow and a small figure with reddish-orange hair heading deep into the forest. She narrowed her eyes and frowned, 'Shippo?' she asked herself, 'What is he doing out here so late and by himself?' Right before Sango's hand touched Kagome's shoulder, she began to walk away from the hot spring, following the small figure, following the wind as it softly called her name.

"Kagome where are you going!" Sango called out going after her friend.

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