(trumpets sound) TADA! It's the last chapter!!! Dude, this story has done better than I ever thought it would (I thought 30 reviews at most) and I am really happy! If I could make it to 100 reviews after this, I would rejoice till the end of time! Anyway, here we go, and thanks again!

It had been two days since Minoru had died.

They had given him a proper burial, and his grave lay under a beautiful tree on hill. Sango was the one who had asked Miroku to perform the service. She couldn't help but feel sympathy for the demon that was tricked like Naraku, just like the rest of them. Perhaps they weren't so different after all.

They had returned to the campsite by morning, and ever since then, everyone seemed a little livelier. Inuyasha returned to his normal self, except for a few kisses between him and Kagome. Kagome was busy planning things for the wedding between Sango and Miroku. She spent most of the two days in the village getting everything that they needed (including a priest) to set up around the lake.

Miroku was of course feeling wonderful, since now he and Sango were free to live together and get married without any other interruptions, and Sango...

Did I say everyone? I meant all but one. Sango seemed to be a little down ever since they had returned. She hadn't been talking much, and she'd been eating even less. Everyone tried to ask her what was wrong, but she never revealed what she was feeling.

"Are you sure you're ok?" asked Kagome, trying to rub her friend's back to get her to feel more comfortable. Sango turned her head away and nodded.

"Yeah I'm fine. Don't worry about me Kagome."

Even though Inuyasha and Kagome listened to her and tried to leave her alone, Miroku wasn't having it. He stayed with her for the majority of the first day, and when they went to bed, he slept right next to her. One the second day though, something was wrong...

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Miroku felt strange as his body began to wake up. He had yet to open his eyes, and he could already tell that something was wrong. There seemed to be something lacking in the air around him, and as he opened his eyes, he could see why.

Sango was nowhere in sight.

He jolted up and looked around. Kagome was sleeping by what used to be the fire, and Inuyasha was sleeping in his usual tree. Sango was nowhere in sight.

He stood up and tried to look through the trees, as though he could just look at them and find her. Obviously, he had no luck.

Kagome shifted a bit in her sleeping bag, causing Miroku's attention to turn to her. Would Kagome know where Sango was? No, she had been sleeping.

Maybe...

He glanced in the direction of the half demon. Miroku walked over slowly to the tree, trying to let Inuyasha sleep as long as possible, thought it wasn't worth the effort.

"She's that way." He said, pointing in the direction to the right of Miroku. "She took off this morning. She was crying."

Miroku felt a sharp pain in his heart, as though someone had stabbed him. He felt a little color disappear from his skin has he began like there was a hole in his heart.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

Inuyasha nodded. "I could smell the scent of tears as she ran into the woods."

Miroku couldn't imagine what Sango could be upset about. After all, Minoru was gone, they had made up, and tomorrow was...

Tomorrow they were getting married...could that have something to do with it?

Miroku thanked Inuyasha and headed off in the direction he pointed to. He walked at a normal pace. He would have been walking faster if there weren't so much on his mind.

Why was Sango crying? What could make her so upset? Did it have something to do with him?

He was focusing so much on all of this, he barely paid attention to the scenery that was around him. If he did pay attention, he would have noticed that this path was a special one.

It was the path to the lake.

This didn't hit him until he walked into a wall of bushes. At first, he was startled and confused, but then it clicked in his mind. He walked through the shrubbery and saw the glistening water and rushing waterfall.

Close to the edge of the water, was Sango, hugging her knees and looking out onto the surface of the lake. Miroku walked over to her quietly.

"Why'd you come out here?" he asked calmly. Sango's head jerked up to see Miroku standing there. She quickly stood up and cleared her throat.

"W-what are you doing here?" she asked.

"You were gone when I woke up. I was worried about you."

Sango looked back onto the water. It seemed to have all of her attention.

"Inuyasha told me you were crying, and it's no secret that you've been upset since we've returned."

Sango refused to answer him. Miroku reached out and grabbed her hand.

"Sango, tell me what's wrong."

There was a twinge on her heart. If she told him, he might be upset...he might not love her anymore.

"No." she said. Miroku was visibly hurt by this. He squeezed her hand a little. Sango looked at him now, her eyes beginning to water. He tried again, looking straight into her eyes.

"Sango please, I want to help you. Tell me what's wrong." She didn't want him to know, but she didn't want him to think she was trying to hurt him either.

"Alright," Said Miroku, wrapping his arms around her, pulling her into a hug, "You don't have to tell me, I trust you."

Sango's heart skipped a beat. Hr trusted her. But, that was the thing...

"Miroku...there is a problem." She gently pushed him off of her.

"I can't stop thinking about what happened. I mean, when I saw you with that other woman, I immediately jumped to conclusions and didn't even let you explain. Because of that, we were all almost killed."

Miroku just looked at her. "But you already apologized for that." He said. Sango shook her head.

"Miroku, what I mean is, I'm scared that I won't trust you again, and that I'll do something stupid. I'm afraid that I won't be able to believe you again, and you'll hate me!"

Sango's eyes overflowed with water and the tears streamed down her face. Miroku was surprised. Sango was upset about something like that?

"Sango, how could you think that I could hate you?" he asked. He wiped her eyes with his hand. She just stared at him, confused about what he said.

"Sango, there isn't anything you could do to make me hate you. I know that you're still cautious about me, after all, all I ever did around you was flirt with other women. But Sango, we can work on that together! It's nothing to get so worked up about."

More tears flowed down her face as she tried to speak again.

"Miroku, I don't want us to hate each other over some stupid reason. I want us to be happy together!"

Miroku smiled at her and rubbed her cheek lightly with the back of his hand.

"We'll be fine Sango."

She brought her hand up to hold his. She held his hand to her face.

"How do you know? How do you know that we'll do this and then regret it forever?"

Miroku shook his head. He was a little surprised that Sango hadn't gotten this before.

"Because I love you."

Sango returned his smile and rubbed her face in his hand. Miroku was always knew what she needed to hear.

She leaned in and kissed him. He was a little surprised at first, but quickly kissed back. They pulled away, and Sango smiled at him again.

"I love you too."

Miroku put his arm around her waist and planted another kiss on her forehead.

"Good. I'm glad to hear it."

They stood there like that for a while, just looking at the water, then at each other, then back again.

"You know, Kagome gave me something yesterday that I was supposed to give to you. She was hopping it would cheer you up."

Sango watched as Miroku pulled out a silver chain with a silver charm from his robes.

"What is it? A necklace?" she asked, taking it from his hand. Miroku nodded. Sango turned around so that Miroku could put it on for her. It took him a minute to figure out how to work the clip, but he got it eventually and got it to hang beautifully around her neck.

She picked up the charm with her hands and pointed her eyes down trying to get the best view of it.

"It's half of a heart." She said, "What does it mean?"

Miroku pulled out his necklace that he had already put on and showed it to her. It was the other half of the heart.

"It means that you are part of me, and I'm part of you. And when we're together..."

He leaned down and showed her by connecting her necklace with his.

"We're one." She finished. Miroku gave her a light kiss on the lips.

"Exactly."

They walked back to the campsite, Miroku's arm still around her waist. Sango felt more confident now. She was now surer than ever of what she wanted.

"Do you still want to postpone the wedding?" He asked. Sango smiled and leaned against his shoulder.

"No, I think tomorrow is a wonderful day to do it."

Miroku hugged her a little closer to him. They were really going to go through with this. And to be honest, he never thought they would.

As they walked into the campsite and were greeted by their friends, they made a silent vow.

Though tomorrow was the day of their wedding, they would always know this day, to be their true anniversary.

THE END! I thought it was cool, and I hope you did to! Anyway, I hope you liked it and I hope you'll take the time to review! Bye Bye!

Quotes from: Carlos Mencia

"Dee Dee Dee!"

"Look, I don't make fun of people who are born retarded. I make fun of people who were born, and are NOW retarded."

"When you see something that defies the laws of physics like fire on water, that's God telling you 'GET THE #$ OUT!'"