InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Through the Well ❯ Comfort and pain ( Chapter 27 )

Disclaimer: NO matter how much we all believe that it's true, sadly I don't own Inuyasha…*whistles innocently while hiding a key* but if you can find them all then you can have them back……

Okay, you know what. I've gotten really tired of my computer and I'm about to huck it out my window. It's starting to act up and my mom's been to lazy and won't allow me to download microsoft word or anything like that. So I'm stuck. I won't be able to really update on Fanfiction.net, but seeing how you can actually just type your chapters on the internet on Animespiral.com and that you can update with Wordpad/Notepad on Mediaminer.org that's where I'm going to start posting once my computer is up and running again. So here's the next chapter. Oh, and I'm thinking about doing another story. So please check that out on animespiral once I've posted it.

And there is some type of fluff in this chapter, though it's not big.

Previously on "Through the well"

Finding a nice place to rest, Sango settled underneath a cherry blossom tree, one of the few that had survived the miasma and what not. She took off her boomerang and laid it down beside herself as she closed her eyes and tried her best to relax.

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Sadly Miroku watched her leave with disappointment visible in her expression. He sighed himself and sat down on the hard floor, left with his thoughts.

"Let me dress ye wound young monk." Kaede said sitting down in front of him.

He nodded and shed off his robe from his chest. The aroma of mint filled the room and he smiled a bit. He was constantly brought back to thinking about that one day fate had wanted him to be happy and how he had kissed Sango without being worried about her beating him to an inch of his life. Feeling the old priestess pinch him, he winced and pulled back on his robe.

"Ye should go to her," she said putting her things away, "Lady Sango needs some comfort right now."

"Thank you Lady Kaede," Miroku replied getting to his feet and brushing himself off. Going to the entrance of the hut, he picked up his staff and glanced back at the elderly woman, "For everything."

It didn't take him long to finally figure out where Sango was currently hiding out and he slowly approached her. She looked like she was fast asleep and he smiled.

"I know you're here Miroku." She said opening her eyes.

"Sorry," he said, "I didn't know if you were sleeping and if you were I didn't want to wake you."

He was about to leave when Sango called out to him.

"Miroku wait!" the demon slayer stammered, "Y-you don't have to leave if you don't want to....I can use the company.."

Miroku smiled as he went to the demon slayer's side and seated himself on the ground next to her, leaning against the trunk of the tree.

"Sango?"

"Miroku?"

"You go first," He said looking down at Sango.

"I...just...uh..." She couldn't find the right words to say to him, "What...what are we going to do now?"

Weirdly, he expected her to ask him that, mabye not as soon but he had expected it none the less. He sighed heavily as he twiddled his thumbs.

"I'm not quite sure Sango, my dear." he answered.

It had been a long and horror filled day for all of them and now as they sun began to set, he glanced over at Sango, who had her eyes locked on the view of the sun waning behind the horizon.

Somehow he felt empty, but being next to Sango made him go into a non-stop smiling expression. Even not being able to give himself completely to her, he was happy just to be by her side.

Thinking it was as good as any time to go and head back to the village, Miroku moved slightly feeling the slight discomfort in his leg which had fallen asleep on him. He stretched out his arms and as he put his arms back to his sides, he felt Sango lean onto his body and lay her head gently on his shoulder. The monk's body stiffened and a blush covered his face. Calming himself down a little, he wrapped his arm around Sango's form and held her close to him as he watched the sunset, drifting off into a peaceful slumber.

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It had been a few hours since their scare had happened, both Kagome and Inuyasha were unconscious, the monk and demon slayer had not returned and the tiny cat youkai was the only thing keeping her company in the small hut. Kaede glanced at the Inu-hanyou, he probably didn't even know what had triggered his unexpected transformation and would probably be furious with himself once he would awaken.

She sat there by the fire, quietly sipping a cup of hot tea as she thought about her surroundings. The vile half demon Narkau would never walk this earth again, neither would his minions, and it only had cost the hanyou's probably true love. Such a high price to pay for the world which the lonely Inuyasha despied to greatly. This truely wasn't going to lead to a happy ending, especially with everything that had happened.

There came a slight groan from the hanyou as he opened his eyes. His wounds had almost finished healing, but his heart would take longer to heal. Kaede got up and went over to Inuyasha and kneeled by his side. He was watching her with confusion to why he couldn't move and why his body was so sore.

"How do ye feel Inuyasha?" She asked eyeing him with her good eye.

"How the hell do you think I feel ye old hag!" he growled.

Kaede raised an eyebrow before getting up, "Aye then I shan't remove the seals until ye feel better."

"Wait!" Inuyasha called out, "I feel good enough to have the seals taken off me!"

"Ye need to get some rest Inuyasha," Kaede said as she peeled off the tiny pieces of paper from the hanyou's body.

"Feh," he snorted, "Whatever..."

he rose to his feet and stretched out. His muscles ached as Inuyasha walked outside, he turned around to Kaede and crossed his arms over his chest.

"What happened in the fight?" he asked.

"Do ye honestly not remember?" Kaede questioned not really surprised when he shook his head in the negative. She sighed and motioned him back inside as she put another pot of tea on the fire.

Hesitantly he sat across the elderly woman and he made himself as comfortable as her watchful stare would let him be. Immediately after he recieved a cup of herbal tea, his eyes were on his clawed hands, not wanting to look up.

"From what I have figured out on my own," she started, "Naraku has finally been defeated.."

"How?" Inuyasha asked.

"I would have to say by an ill-tempered hanyou named Inuyasha." Kaede said seriously.

His eyes shot up at the old priestess with confusion, "Me? But how? I don't remember defeating him in the battle..."

"Aye," Kaede continued, "I came across the conclusion when neither the monk nor demon slayer had any serious wounds. The ye had been the one who fought the evil half demon Naraku, then after Sango had come with a very injured Kagome, did I find the truth to some of my questions."

"What do you mean?" he asked completely confused by her explanation.

"When ye came to the hut, ye eyes blood-red with hatred and ye body covered in an evil aura. I knew that something had gone horribly wrong Inuyasha. Ye may not want to believe this but as ye came violently into this tiny hut, the only thing ye seemed to want was to kill Kagome.."

His eyes widened at her words and his grasp on the tea cup loosened. He lost his grip and it went tumbling to the ground, tea spilling everywhere. Inuyasha was horrified.

"N-no...I...she..." he stuttered staring at the dark room where Kagome lay, "I-is she okay?"

"I'm afraid that I will not know until the young lass wakes up.." Kaede said cleaning up the mess, "She was injured quite badly when Sango carried her into me.."

Quickly getting to his feet, he went into the dark room. Once he spotted the sleeping form of Kagome, he sat down next to her, watching her. His pain filled eyes not blinking, not wanting to do anything but keep her safe. This time he would protect her.

"I'm so sorry Kagome," he whispered, "Please forgive me...."

Soon his eyes began to droop and before he knew it, he fell asleep.

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Yeah, I'm so sorry about how depressing this chapter may have been. it was so hard to write. I don't really understand how people can write the monolouge stories that mainly consist of people talking it's so hard to keep it in character. I always seem to find myself more interested in writting description and actions and other stuff than talking, but this was some much needed chit-chat if you ask me. I'm so so so sorry about the late update and please excuse the spelling and grammatical errors, without spell check, I don't really find too many errors, and I sill refuse to get a beta reader because I like to be independent and don't like to rely on other people to try and change certain parts of the story that I've taken time to write out.

I'll try to get the next chapter out soon, so please forgive me. If you go on other sites to read, please go back to the site you were on to review...and please review. I love to read your opinions. Krystal.