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Since Then
By : TornEmpathy
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Title: Since Then
Author: Rachel Elizabeth
Email: ceramicprincess (at) fanfiction (dot) net
Status: Tentatively ongoing
Genre: Romance/Comedy/Drama
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Spoilers�uh, sort of?
Summary: The crux of Sango and Miroku's feelings lie perilously close to being destroyed. It was high time for some intervention, but who knew it would be a child?
Proviso: Su-weet me. C�mon, you know you want to.
Author's Comments: So, no, this story isn�t dead, but I can�t promise that I will be updating it any time soon; we�ll just have to let it ride out and see. Since posting That Bleeding Heart I realized how messed up all my stories were and decided to go back and change the format. So, wah-lah, a new format. On a positive note, however, I have been tentatively working on the new chapter to this story. That should excite you, right? Especially since I had contemplated throwing this entire story away.
Feedback: So, at this point, it would be greatly appreciated to fuel the muse.
Dedication: To Jane, for helping me more than she knows with this story.

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�The silent little girl�
Nine Years Later . . .

Sango looked at her husband on his deathbed. She had waited for this moment with a feeling of dread that had snuck into her heart unawares. She looked at the pale man on the bed before her and she couldn�t believe that after all these years her worst nightmare was coming true.

Alone . . . again.

�Mom!� A little girl came running into the house sporting a cut the size of a hiraikotsu. The cut was from her knee to her ankle, but she wasn�t crying. Usual.

Mira never cried.

She had watched too often her mother crying and even at her tender age, had decided that she didn�t want to.

A child�s will.

�What happened, dear?� she asked, pulling out some herbs from the cabinet to help her daughter. It seemed that her daughter could get into more trouble than China had rice.

�We were playin� tag and Horitsu was it and he came after me and I ran as hard as I could and I tripped over some sticks �cause I wasn�t watchin� and I fell right onto some rocks. It hurt real bad, but I didn�t cry!� the little girl proudly announced.

�Well, next time watch where you�re going, alright?�

Suddenly the mood changed and Sango could feel her child look a little left of her so that she could see her daddy. �Is he gonna die?�

Sango forced herself not to cry. How such an innocent question could wrench her heart, she knew not. �When the Gods decide to take him, yes, dear.�

The little girl looked up at her mother. She didn�t know what to say, there really wasn�t anything for her to say. She had never spent too much time with her Papa, he was always hunting demons and her mom was always at home ready for him to come home. She still loved her Papa dearly, but she was closer to her mom than anyone.

�Sango,� the child�s Papa called, in a scraggly voice she barely recognized.

�Yes, dear? Are you okay? Can I get you anything�?�

�Yes. There is something I want you to do. Mira, will you go outside and play for awhile so that mama and papa can talk?�

Mira looked skeptical, but did as she was told.

He looked at Sango and muttered, �I want you to promise me something.�

�Anything,� Sango announced, without hesitation.

�When I leave this place, I want you to leave this town. Go and find Mira�s true father and love him the way that you have loved me these past years.� Sango tried to interrupt, but he was going to have none of that he only held up a hand and stated, calmly, �Please. That child was made from love, she deserves to know who her real father is. I am weak and cannot force you to do this, Sango. I am trusting that you will take my advice, a child should never grow up without her father.� With that, he closed his eyes and Sango swore that he had timed it perfectly.

For he never awoke again.

Sango vowed that she would be strong and that she wouldn�t let this get her down. She tangled with herself over what to do about Miroku. She wasn�t sure that she was ready for him to find out that he was a father.

He probably wasn�t mature enough.

That man never thought about anyone except his lusty desires to grab at a woman, and boy did that tick Sango off. She had thought that she could trust him she had even believed him when he had said that he was done groping other women.

He had said he loved her.

Moreover, she had believed him, so what did that make her? Obviously, a complete fool, for only a fool would love someone as jaded as Miroku. Or it could be someone who thought that they could turn him into a saint, which wasn�t possible. So how was she just going to go crawling back to all her friends after leaving them for nine years?

She didn�t know

Sango supposed that it was better late than never to go back to her friends. She was sure that they were probably worried sick about her, leaving the way she had, but seeing him with that . . . that . . . woman�had distressed her to the point of no return. She would just make sure that she didn�t let him into her heart again.

She would not love Miroku.
Miroku was proving to be more trouble than he was worth to Kagome. She had watched him finally almost grow out of his shell only to be put back into once again by a dream of her coming home. I mean really, Kagome thought, what kind of monk has dreams?

Stupid dreams.

�Miroku, even if she does come back you don�t want her to see you like that, do you?� Kagome coaxed, putting her hand inside his hand and urging him back outside. He was like a wounded puppy. �You can�t do anything from inside that hut, I mean really.�

Miroku looked at Kagome.

Kagome could tell he was in one of those moods where there was no possible way that he was going to say anything to her about going outside his hut. �Mama!� a little voice cried from outside.

�Yes, yes I�m coming,� Kagome muttered under her breath, sending Miroku one last longing look. He didn�t look at her he just continued to sit and stare into the nothingness of his little hut. At least he had progressed some, and had started going outside once or twice a week. However, Kagome doubted that after the dream that he had had about Sango coming back he was going to be going outside much at all.

She sighed.

It was such a waste of a wonderful man, and Kagome cursed Sango every day for the man that she had unknowingly created. If only Sango had stayed around to let Miroku explain, she would had realized that it was not his fault that the kiss had happened. Although Kagome doubted that Althea would have lived very long, not that Kagome was altogether against that idea.

Althea.

That witch had decided that after she caused the tumult that she had that she had better leave. Which was probably the smartest thing that she had done since she had gotten to this village. Kagome realized that she wasn�t really mad at Sango after all these years, she could see what it may feel like to watch the one you love kiss someone else. She had dealt with it for years with Kikyou. It was a scary thought to think where Sango could possibly be after all these years and how she was faring.

Nine years.

It never seemed like time had passed that much since Sango had disappeared. She didn�t understand the relationship between Sango and Miroku that much, but she did understand one thing between them; they had loved for a long time and both had been hurt by Althea�s trickery.

Life would never be fair.

Kagome realized belatedly that despite all her protests against Miroku's staying in his hut, she really couldn�t blame him. How would she have felt to have Inuyasha sneakily taken from her? Murder would have been on her brain and she would have seen red. The whole situation reminded Kagome of an American song that went �try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time�.

Perhaps that was just it.

Kag Kagome just needed to give Miroku time to adjust, but he had nine years to adjust to the departure of Sango. It was time for him to move on or for him to go and look for her. That�s it! Kagome thought excitedly. Instead of sitting around like a bum and doing nothing with his life he needed to go out and embrace life and search for Sango. The question was; how would Kagome get him to go look for the one person that he would ever love when he believed that she was coming here? Maybe Kagome could wait just one more week and see if Sango did show up and if not, she would get Inuyasha involved to make Miroku leave this place and search for her.

There was nothing else to be done.

�Mama, mama! There�s a little girl outside the village and she�s crying!� Kagome looked at her son. If this was another one of his pranks, he was going to be in major trouble when she got back. The boy was ten years old and thought it funny to make hama ama run of and do silly things to play tricks on her. At Kagome�s look her son sputtered, �This is not a trick, mama! She�s crying real hard!�

And so the two ran to where the girl was.

Sure enough, there was an adorable little girl sitting beside a rock, crying her little heart out as if she had lost her best friend. Kagome cautiously approached the girl. �Hi, I�m Kagome. Are you lost?�

The girl looked up but said nothing.

�It sure is getting dark out here. We wouldn�t want you to have to spend the night in the dark, would you like to come and stay with me and tell us what happened? I have some warm food in my hut if you would like.� The girl looked skeptical, but instead she got shakily to her feet and looked back and silent tears started running down her face, but she nodded.

There were no words from this girl.

Later in the evening when Inuyasha and Miroku came in for dinner, they saw the little girl and inquired about her. Kagome shrugged her shoulders and told them all she knew, but also told them that the girl refused to speak to anyone.

She wouldn�t even tell them her name.

So instead of upsetting the girl anymore than she already was, they didn�t ask, waiting until the girl had some food in her and perhaps some sleep.

Miroku looked at the child.

The little girl with black hair and brown eyes reminded him of someone he had known, but he couldn�t quite place who it could be. She sure was an adorable little child. She looked at them all as if she was trying to place them in her head as people that wouldn�t harm her, but she still was skeptical of them.

Kagome tried talking to her again.

�So, you must be a brave little girl to walk by yourself in the woods.�

The girl looked on at Kagome but didn�t say anything.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome and frowned. It was unusual that Kagome couldn�t talk to anyone; she had a soothing voice and was usually the kindest out of the group. Inuyasha talk to her softly, �Very brave. I�m sure you�re very strong.�

The girl was surprised at the new voice.

She turned her head to look at Inuyasha and almost like a puppy, cocked her head to the side and regarded him with unveiled curiosity. Instead of saying anything, she gave Inuyasha a glance and raised the side of her mouth to look like she had smiled at him.

Inuyasha knew better.

Well, isn�t this interesting, Miroku thought. The little girl is more intelligent than she is putting on. �Excuse my companions they�re just nervous about you. I�m Miroku. You are a very beautiful little girl.�

She looked at Miroku.

Instead of saying something, she walked up to him and he could see tears glistening in her eyes. She slowly traced his face with her tiny hand and she must have decided that she liked him, for she snuggled in his lap and put her head against his chest and instantly fell asleep.

Miroku laughed.

�I told you, all women love me.� Kagome looked surprised at his comment. He hadn�t joked with anyone in years. She hadn�t thought that his sense of humor would ever return. Even Inuyasha looked at Kagome and raised his eyebrow.

This was definitely unlike Miroku.

The next couple of days were a trial period for Kagome and Inuyasha. They understood Miroku�s pain and everything, but they did not understand how he had attached himself to that little girl so quickly. Everything that they had tried to get Miroku out of his hut had never worked, but with the help of one little girl, she had him laughing and coming out everyday to play with her.

There was only one drawback.

It was as if the little girl had decided to take a vow of silence. She never spoke to anyone, but to Miroku she used hand signals to show what she wanted and he always complied.

This proved Kagome�s theory.

They Gods definitely worked in mysterious ways. Everyday Miroku and the little girl would go down to the river and play and pick flowers but everyday seemed to be worse and worse for the little girls� silence. The more she played with Miroku the less and less she talked to anyone else.

Kagome needed to speak to him.

If he was the only person that the girl was going to talk to, then she needed Miroku to find out about how she had gotten here and why. She wanted to know the little girls� name and where her parents were. There were a million questions that Kagome had stored inside of herself that she wanted to ask the little girl.

She just needed the girl to talk.

The only person that ed ted to even be able to reach the little girl was Miroku, so he needed to do something before the little girl decided that talking was completely unnecessary.

Kagome wouldn�t let that happen.

She couldn�t allow that beautiful girl to waste her life by not speaking to anyone. Gods, it was a hard decision to make, but she was going to have to get Inuyasha to bully Miroku into making the girl talk. She just hoped that she wouldn�t push Miroku back to the way he use to be in the past with out the girl.

�Inuyasha.�

Inuyasha turned around at Kagome�s voice and looked at her quizzically. Kagome looked at Inuyasha sadly and said, �We have to fix this.� Inuyasha cocked his head to the side and puzzled.

�This situation.�

�Ah,� he started, �Miroku and that girl.�

�I need you to do me a favor.�

He wiggled his eyebrow at her suggestively. �Favor, eh?�

Kagome blushed and stated, �Not that you perv! Sheesh, you�re just as bad at Miroku use to be.� He sighed dejectedly. �I need you to first talk to Miroku into making the girl tell about herself to him and if he refuses to ask because of his pride or something stupid, it doesn�t matter what, then bully him.�

Inuyasha perked up.

�You actually want me to bully him? This is serious, ne?�

Kagome nodded. �This can�t go on how it has been. That little girl hasn�t had anyone come to look for her and I�m sure she�s not just parentless.�

Inuyasha nodded. �Understood.�

Inuyasha started walking down to Miroku�s hut and saw the little girl running towards him smiling. He grabbed her playfully and swung her in the air.

She giggled like mad and looked at him.

�Will you go to Kagome�s hut so that I may speak to Miroku?�

She nodded her understanding and left.

Miroku came barreling around the corner of some huts and would have run into Inuyasha had Inuyasha not grabbed him beforehand. �We need to speak.�

Miroku nodded and looked around him.

�Where did M go?�

Inuyasha looked surprised. �You know her name and didn�t tell us?�

Miroku looked at him like he was an idiot. �No, you idiot, I don�t. She just spelout out the first letter of her name for me so that I could call her something. What do you want?� Miroku asked, impolitely.

�That girl. Kagome and I are worried. We need you to find out more information about her parents and things.� Miroku nodded his understand and Inuyasha was slightly peeved that he wasn�t going to get the chance to beat up the monk.

�I understand. I am trying, but every time I ask, she has something she wants to show me and it�s usually nonsense. So I have to tread carefully.� Miroku sighed; this little girl was definitely a complication in his life he had never expected.

�Thank you.� Inuyasha said uncomfortably.

Miroku nodded his head once and ran in the direction that M had gone. Inuyasha watched as he went running into Kagome�s hut. Kagome was sitting by a fire cooking Ramen grinning at the little girl every now the then and getting a small giggle would be her reward.

Kagome definitely liked this child.

Not Not only was the child intelligent, she was beautiful. She reminded her of someone, but Kagome couldn�t quite place who it was. Isn�t that always the case? Kagome thought amusedly. The little girl sniffed the air and smiled at Kagome.

The food did smell wonderful, Inuyasha admitted.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome and smiled as he walked into the hut. Miroku looked at the little girl and sat down and opened his arms to her. Gleefully, she ran into his arms and plopped her butt into his lap. Miroku whispered some soothing words to the girl to calm her down and Kagome handed him and M a bowl.

Miroku would make a wonderful father.

Kagome cringed, she couldn�t believe she had thought that and she would never express that thought outside of her head. It was hard enough that Sango had left as she had. She didn�t need to put more strain and heartache in Miroku�s heart.

Miroku finished his Ramen and quietly contemplated the little girl. Gently, he lifted her off his lap and sat her in front of him. So as not to be conspicuous Kagome and Inuyasha looked at something other than Miroku and M. Kagome and Inuyasha�s child Soruko looked at his mother and crossed his eyes, he didn�t understand what was going on, but it didn�t matter.

Miroku asked M gently, �M, we are very worried about you.� The girl nodded at this and continued to listen aptly. �It would be of great help if you would tell us about your parents and your name.�

Tears started rolling down her cheeks when she said quietly, �My name is Mira. My papa died recently and my mama�s name is Sango. Sh---she got taken by the bad men and told me to look for the man named Miroku. I was alone for days and I was so scared that the bad men would come back for me.�

Miroku choked on his Ramen.
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