(on Shinosuke) He's gotta be the gloomiest guy I've ever met.
Could you not be rude, for a change?!
MirokuShinosuke, you mentioned earlier that you were looking for your missing fiance. What exactly did you mean by that?
Well, just three days before our wedding ceremony, I was called into battle. I was seriously injured; a full two years passed, before I was able to return home. Not long ago, I finally returned to my hometown, but the village had been burned to the ground. And my fiance, Wakana, was nowhere to be found.
I searched for her, not knowing if she was dead or alive. That's when I heard of a village inhabited solely by women.
Miroku
(perks up) Oh! A village of only women?
I heard that the village was made up of women who'd lost their husbands and children to war, and that they lived together to support each other during their time of need.
When I heard, I thought perhaps Wakana had given up on my return... and had joined them.
(to Sango) Do you think this has anything to do with that village of demon women the old man told us about?
Yes- it has to be more than a coincidence.
Miroku
I've heard enough. (stands up)
Miroku
We will accompany you to this village.
Thanks for offering, but how would we find it?
(darkly) We don't have to- they've come looking for us. (gestures at two women watching them from the forest) So that solves part of the problem.
Miroku
What will you do now?
I'll keep searching for her. I can't let myself give up. I love Wakana! She's the only woman for me.
She's a lucky person- (She notices Kagome smiling at her and looks away quickly) Eh, don't read anything into that.
Miroku
...Hmm.
Miroku
Hmm?
Do you feel any evil or demonic auras? (sniffs the air) I only pick up the scent of the water... nothing suspicious except- eh?
Miroku
(to one of the women) You must be so lonely, surrounded only by women.
WWoman
Yes- it is lonely.
(thinking) Oh well, I guess there's no demonic aura around- ergh!
Miroku
(Also feeling it, thinking nervously) Ohhh- the scent of death.
(curtly) Miroku, isn't it time we left? It doesn't sound like this is the village of demon women we were looking for, does it?
Miroku
What- leave now?!
HHeadwoman
May I have a word with you travelers? The paths at night are dangerous. We have little to offer you, but please stay the night here and start out fresh in the morning.
Miroku
Thank you! We would be much obliged-
WWoman
Good! The ladies can follow me to their quarters.
HHeadwoman
Gentlemen, that way, please.
Miroku
Huh?
... Hey, Sango? You sure there's nothing between you and Miroku?
(hastily) Huh?! W-what do you mean, nothing? I don't follow.
When we were at Mount Hakurei, you two were all alone for quite a while, right? Do you have any good memories of the time you spent together?
Miroku
(poisoned) Sango, don't stay here. Go on without me.
No! Not unless you're with me!
Miroku
I think I might've pushed myself too far this time. You, at least, have to make it out of this alive for me, okay?
(tearfully) No! If you can't go on... then we'll die here together! (hugs Miroku)
(thinking) I'm almost positive I said something like that. Miroku's womanizing hasn't changed one bit since then, though!
Come on! Are you sure nothing actually happened?
Hey, cut it out, Kagome! Miroku and I don't have... that kind of relationship!
What about your feelings? You like Miroku, don't you?
You can't be serious, Kagome! Me, like that pervert?!
Oops, sorry! (thinking) You're not fooling anyone, Sango.
He's irresponsible, a delinquent, and lies without any remorse! Huh! (looks away and sighs)
Too bad- 'Cause I've been watching Miroku, and I really get the feeling that he likes you, Sango.
Huh? Why, what do you mean?
I just get the feeling. It's like you're his special girl. He seems to care about you a lot.
(eagerly) You really think so?
You think so too, don't you, Kirara?
What's the matter, Kirara? (she notices Miroku walking by outside with the woman he flirted with)
Miroku
Ah, I see. You lost your husband in battle- how sad.
Miroku
If there's any way I can lend you some comfort, then please let me know.
WWoman
I appreciate your offer, thank you. (she and Miroku hug)
Huh? (notices Sango walking away, looking irritated) Sango...
Miroku
Run away!
SDSalamander demon
Curse it all, my spell is broken! (her eyes flash, and Wakana falls back into a trance)
What's going on, Wakana? (notices the demon) What on Earth is that thing?!
Miroku
Shinosuke, listen to me: take Wakana and escape!
Miroku
Hurry!
Er- right! (he grabs Wakana and flees)
Miroku
(thinking) I'll have to use my Wind Tunnel-
Miroku
(thinking) Damn! I can't use it with her in the way! (he leaps over her, towards the demon) REPENT!
Miroku
(thinking) I almost had it! Huh?
Miroku
(thinking) Sutra seals? It's worth trying... Forgive me for doing this, but you must awaken!
Miroku
A salamander? So that's what's been bewitching the women! (he strikes the salamander with his staff and it is vaporized)
WWoman
... Oh, my goodness, Monk, what happened? What am I doing here?
Miroku
It's okay, you don't need to try and remember. (he runs to catch up with Shinosuke and Wakana) Forgive me.
Miroku
Rest assured, Shinosuke, your fiancee will be fine.
Miroku
(as he is battling the possessed women) These women are all unfortunate souls who lost loved ones in the war! They needed to be comforted. They probably looked to the Kannon hanging scroll for guidance and comfort! (he exorcises a salamander from another woman's belly) Sadly, they went to the wrong place. They didn't know that the salamander demon was sealed in the hanging scroll.
"Hanging scroll?" That thing that flew past a while ago? (Kagome nods)
So why'd you show up now, after all these years inside the scroll?
SDSalamander demon
(laughs) I don't really know all that's happened while I was sealed up. However...
SDSalamander demon
What I do know is that the evil aura that is permeating the world is giving me enormous power!
"An evil aura that's permeating this land", huh? So Naraku's influence has even reached as far as this filthy swamp!
Miroku
There's too many of them to handle on my own! Sango! Can you lend me a hand here?!
What are you saying, Miroku? Sango's not even here!
Miroku
Huh?!
You mean you hadn't noticed?!
Miroku
Where is she, then? What's Sango doing?
I dunno, she disappeared!
Miroku
Eh?!
You were too busy fooling around with the women to notice! (Miroku looks guilty) Sango got upset, and went to deal with the women alone!
Miroku
She went after them alone?
Miroku
Don't you worry about a thing, Kirara. I'll be able to save Sango, you can count on that. Sango, don't worry, I'm going to purge that salamander demon from your belly.
Miroku
I should have known as much. (smiles) You are truly fearsome as an opponent.
Miroku
I'm glad we're usually on the same side.
Miroku
(catches her) Sango? (he sits down, still holding her) I thought I was a goner.
Miroku
Yes. Well- more or less.
Miroku, your face! You've been wounded.
Miroku
I know.
Uh, what's this weird little egg?
Miroku
It's a demon salamander egg. If it had hatched, I'd be in a lot worse shape than I am now, believe me.
Sango was possessed as well?
She was bewitched like the village women? How'd she let such a stupid thing happen?
She was upset when she took off; she obviously wasn't thinking straight! (Inuyasha looks confused, Kagome glares at Miroku)... And none of this would have happened if Miroku didn't keep flirting with the girls!
Miroku
Hm? Are you suggesting this is my fault?
Of course! Who'd you think was to blame!
(dryly) You brought it on yourself. (he destroys the salamander egg with one of Miroku's sutras)
I'm so sorry about all this. It's all my fault.
Miroku
No need to apologize, Sango. Besides, I'm as much to blame. Kagome informed me that my bad habit of flirting with women was the cause of all this. I'm really sorry, Sango.
(turns away from him, embarrassed) You- don't have to apologize. I was careless, that's all. You didn't have anything to do with it.
Miroku
...Sango, I want you to hear my feelings. You don't need to say anything, just please hear me out. (pause) You're not like the others, Sango. You're a very special woman to me.
"Special", he says- what a jerk! He's flirting with Sango like he does with every other woman he sees!
Miroku
Somehow, it's different for us. You see, Sango, I've never had such strong feelings for a woman as I have for you. Except... there's one problem. I feel as if I cannot love you as an ordinary woman. (Sango looks away, hurt; Kagome looks furious) You're my comrade, the woman I fight alongside.
So he's saying they're just gonna be friends?
That's terrible! He's not getting away with this!
(looking away, barely concealing tears) Oh- I knew that. You- didn't need to tell me. I knew how you felt. It's not as if... as if I hoped you would love me. I never thought that. (she stands up)
Miroku
Sango-
(crushed) We've said it all, right? I'm going.
Miroku
... I'm just getting started. (pause) If this... battle with Naraku ever comes to an end, and the curse of my Wind Tunnel is broken... if I make it out alive... If we made it that far, would you come live with me? Would you bear my children, Sango?
(claps her hands) Oh, wow! He proposed to her!
Miroku
Sango...?
Miroku
You'll have my children? (jokingly) Ten babies- or maybe even twenty?
(turns around and grabs his hands, smiling) Yes! Miroku, does this mean you'll stop womanizing?
Miroku
Huh?! Uhhhh (laughs nervously)
(leans closer, squeezing his hand in a death grip) You-will-stop-flirting, right?!
(thinking, dryly) I'll take that as a "no".
Does this mean they're not fighting anymore?
Huh! They won't last mor'n a day or two.
Miroku, you heard Inuyasha. Until the Sacred Jewel is gone for good, the fighting over it won't end. You know what that means.
Miroku
You're thinking about your little brother Kohaku.
Sango (thinking): Koahku's life is linked to the Sacred Jewel fragment embedded in his neck. When the Sacred Jewel is gone, Kohaku's life will go with it.
[Thinking, as he watches the Zushi-Nezumi rats] Why let more loose? Kikyo has already come out of hiding!
[flashback] And don't close the doors.
[Thinking] Damn him, he's doing this for his own enjoyment! If I close these doors, the rats will stop. Even now, it may save some lives.
[thinking] I'm being watched. If I close the doors, Naraku will know that my memory has returned.
... Don't tell me you're behind this!
Kohaku... on my way here, I saw so many villages, devoured by rats. [clenching her jaw] How I wish... that you were not a part of this...
[clenching his jaw as well] I can't... disobey, my orders.
[tearful and angry] Kohaku!
Miroku
Sango!
(concerning Miroku's past relationship with Shima, a girl he cured of sickness) And? The two of you became fast friends?
Miroku
No!
SShima
Miroku gave us the medicinal herbs, then vanished almost as suddenly as he'd appeared.
Miroku
(smirking) Hear that?! Innocent of any wrongdoings!
SShima
Except... (Miroku gulps)
Miroku
(in flashback) I hope when you are well, you will consider bearing my child, Shima.
SShima
Two things kept me going: the expensive medicinal herbs, and the promise I made to Monk Miroku! That's how I completely recovered.
See?! You were trying to seduce her!
(sarcastically, whacking Miroku over the head repeatedly to emphasize her words) It's ok. After all, it was a thing of the past.
(walking behind them with Shippo and Inuyasha) I was just thinking: If he had only told her the truth sooner, none of this would have happened!
... Just a second. Hey, Miroku! Maybe it just took you a long time to remember what was what! (Miroku and Sango both freeze)
(quietly, to Shippo) That was a bull's-eye.
(grabs the collar of Miroku's robes and hoists him off the ground) Is that true? Well- is that it?
Miroku
(smiles guiltily) I don't know, it just...happened so long ago!
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