I will protect you

Hero, well it's three am and I'm bored so i decided to write another fan fic! yaaaaaay ok well this one's longer than my other one's but oh well, hope you like it... btw if you don't like male/male i sugest you don't read it, there is a lot of it in here so just go away if you don't like it or find it offensive okay? okay...

Disclaimer: eh... sadly i don't own inuyasha or anyother character ... *sniff*

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“What?” Miroku twirled around, not believing what he just heard.

“I… I love you…” Inuyasha said looking down

“Are… Are you practicing on me to tell Kagome or something?”

“No… I love you Miroku” Miroku took a step forward, his staff making their usual little jingling noise every time he moved.

“What brought this on?” He asked a little taken aback by the sudden confession.

“I just had to say it… It’s been on my mind for a while, if I didn’t say something soon I might do something I would regret.”

“I… I don’t know what to say…”

“You don’t need to say anything” He said walking away from him. He felt a hand on his arm tugging him back, the next moment he felt soft lips on his own, before opening his eyes to stare at the ceiling. He let out a very audible sigh realizing it was a dream. He turned to his side to see a peacefully sleeping monk. ‘He’s so beautiful…’ he thought as he reached a clawed hand unintentionally and brushing the hair from his friend’s eyes. He pulled his hand back realizing what he was doing. ‘No Inuyasha, don’t do that’ he cursed himself. But the next few moments he found himself gazing at the sleeping face of his crush. He slowly got up, trying his best to make as little noise as possible as he leaned forward getting a good look at the monk’s sleeping face. Only inches from it, he couldn’t resist placing a small peck on his lips. Golden eyes widened when he realized what he had just done. Miroku didn’t wake though. Inuyasha frowned when he noticed his lips were not their usual softness, but more rough and chapped. He hadn’t noticed how his breathing wasn’t normal either, it was fast and raspy. Inuyasha placed a hand on his forehead which was hot and his body was starting to shiver. ‘Oh god’ Inuyasha pulled the sheets up to his chin and quickly found some cool water and a cloth. He came back within minutes, dipped the cloth into the water basin and squeezed it. He removed his fringe out of the way and put the cool cloth on his forehead. “Damn Miroku of all the times you can get sick, you have to do it when Kagome’s not around.” He dabbed at his forehead. He looked to his side and saw Sango, Shippo and Kirara still fast asleep.

“Eh… don’t” Inuyasha raised his hand to look at Miroku. He sighed when he realized he was just talking in his sleep. “Ah… Inuyasha” Inuyasha frowned. He was still sleeping, and was dreaming of him! He waited to see what else he was dreaming of, but he remained quiet after that. The rest of the night all he did was moan and frown in pain. Inuyasha sighed, wishing Kagome would come back soon. All night Inuyasha kept watch over the feverish monk. The sun began to rise and his other friends slowly woke up to the light.

“Ah… nice…” Sango yawned and looked over at Inuyasha who was sitting by Miroku, who just appeared to be sleeping from afar. “Ah Inuyasha wake that lecher up so we can eat something.” She casually said smiling, her smile faded when Inuyasha gave her a worried look. “What’s wrong, Inuyasha?”

“Miroku’s sick” Sango walked over to him and took the monk’s shaky hand.

“He’s cold, cover him up with my blanket, that one’s not enough.”

“Is he gonna be okay?” Shippo asked sitting on Sango’s shoulder.

“Yea Shippo, it’s a fever” she turned to Inuyasha “When did you notice?”

“Sometime in the middle of the night… he was talking in his sle-“ He was cut of by a whimper from the monk followed by shivers and moans. “Do you know something that can help him?” the demon slayer just shook her head holding Miroku’s hand.

“Should we take him to Mushin’s or Kaede’s… maybe one of them can help?”

“Yea that’s a good idea, I think Mushin’s is shorter though… we better get a move on if we want to catch him before he starts drinking.” Inuyasha scooped up Miroku, placed him on his stomach on Kirara’s back, and sat behind him while Sango sat behind Inuyasha looking over his shoulder at the monk. Soon after they took off to Mushin’s, Inuyasha became disturbed by the whimpering and moaning coming from the monk. Inuyasha squeezed his shoulders every now and then wanting him to stop. They landed at Mushin’s a half an hour later, as the monk seemed to be getting worse. Inuyasha took him off of Kirara and rushed to the temple. “Mushin!” He looked around carrying Miroku’s limp body as if it was weightless. “Mushin!” The old monk came out of a room and looked at Miroku. He dropped the bottle of sake from his hand and took a step back.

“He’s dead!?”

“No, sick… Help him”

“But he’s so pale…Place him there” Mushin pointed to a white mattress. “Take his clothes off they are soaked with sweat” Inuyasha laid him down and began undressing him. Sango blushed and backed.

“Um… Shippo, Kirara and I will just be outside.” Both men nodded not looking at her, they were more preoccupied with the now panting monk under them. She closed the door but not before she heard Miroku whimper in pain.

“What happened!? Did I touch something?” Inuyasha asked frantically and quickly removed his hands. Mushin removed the robe that was covering his neck and found a small puncture wound. “Wake him up”

“This is no ordinary fever Inuyasha, he’s been poisoned,” Mushin said still trying to remove the monk’s robes.

“Bee’s from hell?”

“No… that wouldn’t make him react like this, besides he’s been poisoned by those before and he hasn’t done this” he nodded at Miroku, who was shaking and whimpering. “Miroku…” He tried shaking him awake. “Miroku wake up my boy” He sighed when the boy wouldn’t wake. Inuyasha was staring at his friend, terrified that he would die.

“Is he… is he in serious trouble?” the old monk nodded. “Well fix him! Give him something!”

“I don’t know what to give him… if I give him the wrong antidote he will die…Whoever planned this, intended for him not to live” Inuyasha panicked.

“Isn’t… Isn’t there something you can do! Anything!” The old monk slowly and sadly placed his forehead on Miroku’s.

“I’m sorry young man” he whispered sadly as the boy that he raised as his own was slowly slipping away from him.

“No… Look there is something else there has to be!”

“The only cure that might help him and not kill him is a flower in the western lands and that’s a long while from here.” Mushin said not exactly looking at anything. After a couple of second his gaze fell back down at Miroku. “He doesn’t have much time”

“I’ll go, I’m fast, I’ll find it” Inuyasha jumped up “Keep him alive till I get back” He ran out of the room and out of the temple where Sango, Shippo and Kirara have been pacing. They all stopped the second they saw the hanyou jump out of the temple.

“Inuyasha! What’s going on?” she asked

“I need to find an antidote, take care of him” He said while running. ‘God Miroku don’t die’ He ran to his destination as fast as he could. Sango watched him, then ran inside the temple. She peeked into the room and saw Mushin praying and Miroku whimpering and panting, beads of sweat on his face and he seemed to be trying to grab hold of something for dear life.

“Mushin…” Sango said worried. The old monk looked up, tiny tears in his eyes. She came and sat by Miroku holding his hand once again.

“Say your goodbye’s child… He won’t be with us in a few hours” Mushin said sadly. Sango gasped and tears formed in her eyes.

“No… But … but Inuyasha-“

“He won’t be back… It’s too far he won’t be back in time I’m afraid”

“No…” She began to cry grasping his hand tightly.

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