MiroSan

MiroSan is the term used to refer to the romantic relationship between Miroku and Sango.

## Their Relationship

### Inuyasha

**Naraku's Insidious Plot**

Inuyasha and the others dump the corpses of the demons who attacked Sango's village into the cave where the Shikon no Tama was made. Much to Inuyasha's dismay a barrier prevents him from entering the cave. Miroku suggests that they find the remaining Demon Exterminators and get them to lower the barrier. As the group walks through the woods, they are interrupted by a large boomerang cutting down several trees in front of them, revealing Sango. Sango attacks Inuyasha. Miroku tries to draw Sango's Boomerang in with his "Wind Tunnel", but the appearance of Naraku and his bees prevents him from doing so. Inuyasha and Sango resume their battle. Miroku attacks Naraku and succeeds in cutting of his arm. As the arm makes its way back to Naraku it rips the Shikon shard off Kagome's neck. Naraku then flies off. Sango notices Kirara and tells her to follow Naraku (she doesn't trust him) she transforms into fire cat and follows after Naraku. Miroku also chases after Naraku.

**Secret of the Jewel of Four Souls Revealed**

Inuyasha grows impatient as Sango recovers from her wounds. Miroku, tells him that Sango suffered more than physical injuries, and Inuyasha answers that vengeance is the best cure to her kind of heartache, and that to avenge her family, she must remember where Naraku's castle.

As thanks for the burial, Sango wants to tell them where the Shikon no Tama came from.

She leads them to a cave protected by a barrier, and then tells them that the barrier will let them pass since they sympathize with the Shikon Jewel's victims. The cave is a memorial and a graveyard, and its keeper, the miko who created the Jewel, just doesn't want anyone to despoil the place. Myōga can't enter, though.

In the deep of the cave, they find the remnants of Midoriko and the countless demons she fought. The miko is petrified in a stalagmite, in the jaws of a likewise stony demon. There is a hole in her chest. Sango narrates her tale, how great a warrior and priestess she was, able to purify even the souls of demons. Miroku agrees and expands on what the Four Souls of the Jewel of Four Souls are : Aramitama (courage), Nigimitama (friendship), Kushimitama (wisdom) and Sakimitama (love), which combines to form the human soul. Sango resume her narrative, and tells how Midoriko, wounded by a demon after a long battle with a lot of them, couldn't purify its soul, but managed to encase it along with her own within the Shikon Jewel. Thus is the battle going on in its depths, the eternal fight of the miko Midoriko and the demons she imprisoned.

Once outside the cave, Shippō tells Myōga what he saw. Meanwhile, Sango continues to talk to Kagome and Miroku with Inuyasha sitting guard on top of the house's roof. Sango tells how the Shikon Jewel went from hands to hands until her grandfather found it inside a demon he killed. He died in the fight, along with many other Demon Slayers. By then, the Jewel was defiled beyond the slayer's ability to purify, so they gave it to the care of Kikyo. Miroku then remarks that while the Jewel is supposed to hold great powers to do evil *or* good, he has never seen it used for anything other than evil. He calls to InuYasha never to use it, to which the later doesn't answer, merely thinking that first, he has to kill Naraku.

**The Lake of the Evil Water God**

As Inuyasha and his friends are looking for Naraku's castle, they come across a shrine in the middle of a lake. Coming closer, they see signs of a recent flood, then a procession which they learn is meant to be a sacrificial procession : the water god of the lake seems angry, so they want to sacrifice a boy to him to pacify him. Inuyasha interrupts them, saying this must be a demon with a Shikon Jewel shard, and Miroku offers to exorcise the village, but the leader refuse, saying that he cannot justify risking the wrath of the water god now, when it's his own son's turn to be killed, or else the sacrifices of all the other children who died before him would be made meaningless. Kagome glimpses a masked child in the palanquin, then the procession resume. As Inuyasha wonders what they should do, Kagome heatedly states that they must save the child.

A boy overhear them, ask if they are serious, and leads them to a place where he "hires" them in exchange for some valuable stuff such as silk and potteries that he took from his village. He wants them to destroy the water god. Inuyasha takes badly being so treated, but ends up agreeing to the plan : taking the water god down as he comes to claim the sacrifice. Kagome guesses that the boy is the real son of the leader of the village, and the masked child a stand-in. The leader urged every parents designated by the white arrow of the water god to give up their child for the sake of the village, but couldn't do it when his turn came. But the son doesn't want a friend of his to be sacrificed in his place. Sango offers to take the demon by herself, for the honor of the slayers, but Inuyasha is angry at her aloofness, and say that she hasn't recovered enough yet anyway, that she's acting tough but couldn't slay the demon in the state she's in.

As the night come, Inuyasha and his friends, with the son of the leader of the village, go on a boat to the shrine at the center of the lake. The son advise caution but Inuyasha just barge in, claiming to the guards that they "stand in the way" and entering by force. The guards are revealed to be fish and crab under an illusion. The strength of Inuyasha impress the son of the headman, and they go on to find the water god angry at the substitution of his sacrifice. Inuyasha claims he's a filthy demon and strikes with Tessaiga, but he is repulsed and the Tessaiga transforms back upon touching the trident of the water god, who then proceeds to drown them. He fails, but they are separated.

Shippō, Kagome and the two children end up together with the demon, who tries to eat them, only to be wounded by Kagome's sacred arrow. They escape. Sango and Miroku, with Kirara, are together on a very, very small and rocky island. Inuyasha, unconscious, drifts there with the help of two strange fishes. Those are servants of the true water god, whose place has been usurped by a local sprite. The true water god has been sealed. Miroku instantly decides to help free the god, but Inuyasha, waking, snaps at him to get his priorities right : saving Kagome has to come first, and he returns at the shrine, where Kagome is indeed in trouble. Meanwhile, Miroku answer to Sango's concern about Inuyasha's safety that he is very strong and fully able to deal with the fake water god by himself. Miroku elaborates by saying that Inuyasha's rough manners toward Sango stem from his concern about her : he seeks vengeance for her. Inuyasha attacks the water demon head on while Miroku and Sango unseal the true water god, who turns out to be a water goddess. They then join Kagome and the water goddess helps Inuyasha, who was being drowned again, by parting the water. Sango attacks the giant snake-like water demon, but can't hurt him. The demon wields the goddess's trident, which allows him to control the weather. He brews a thunderstorm. Inuyasha retrieves the trident, but it falls in the water and the headman's son goes after it. Inuyasha, with Sango's help, goes for the demon, kills him, saves the child and retrieves the trident again, allowing the goddess to work her miracle and disperse the threatening clouds.

The episode ends as Inuyasha chides Miroku for blackmailing the headman into giving him a bounty.

**Miroku Falls Into a Dangerous Trap**

 As Sango and Kagome are slaying a demon (smoking him out of a building), Miroku gets distracted by a beautiful woman, and follows her. As the sun goes down, Kagome comforts the poor Inuyasha, still badly disturbed by the scent of the earlier demon-repelling smoke, while Sango asks Shippō where Miroku is. She gets angry upon learning he went chasing after a woman.

Meanwhile, said woman, after seducing Miroku, begins to transform into a giant mantis, to his unsurprised disappointment. He fight her successfully, but his wind tunnel gets injured in the process. When he joins the others for dinner, he hasn't even a chance to explain what happened to the hostile girls, Sango and Kagome, thinking him a womanizer. At night, Miroku worries about his injury spreading his wind tunnel, remembering the death of his father, sucked into his own wind tunnel, which he know will be his fate as well. The following dawn, when the others wake up, he's gone home on Hachi, to meet his guardian and mentor, Mushin. He's told that Mushin can indeed repair his wind tunnel for a time, but that he must keep it carefully covered while it heals, or else it will spread from the nicks in his palm. Meanwhile, his friends start to worry about his absence, especially after being told by Myōga that the monk acted strangely last night, staring at his hand.

While Mushin is preparing his herbs for the healing session, he is attacked and possessed. He drugs Miroku and prepares to kill him. Miroku narrowly avoids the blade, and startled asks the demon who is he. The demon worm charmer explains that Naraku offered him to kill Miroku in exchange for a shard of the Shikon Jewel. Meanwhile, Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Kirara and Shippō detect a Saimyōshō spying on them. Sango attacks and injures it, but Inuyasha convinces her to stop: if the poisonous insect is here, it must be to check on Miroku, and they should follow it.

Miroku manages barely to ward off the demon, and try to escape with Hachi, but they're followed by demons lured by the demon worm charmer. He sends Hachi alone to save him. While flying to try to get Inuyasha, Hachi is attacked by Saimyōshō. He falls where Inuyasha can save him from the bugs, and then leads them to Miroku, explaining the ambush and why Miroku can't protect himself with his wind tunnel just now. Meanwhile, Miroku reflects on the irony of his fate, doomed by his womanizing. Inuyasha and Sango attack the demon at Mushin's temple. Miroku prepares himself to face death with honor, without fighting since the battle is desperate. While he contrast his stoicism with how Inuyasha would have "foolishly" battled to the death, he is saved from the attacking demons by the selfsame Inuyasha. His friends chide him for having left them to worry with no explanation.

Inuyasha is attacked by the possessed Mushin. Kagome, Sango and Myōga set up to find the worm charmer and force him out of Mushin's body. A first attack fails, and they go after him. Inuyasha is weakened by Mushin's sutra beads. He can still attack, but restrains himself upon learning that if Mushin dies, Miroku's wind tunnel will likely kills him before the morning. Mushin is the only one who can heal the wind tunnel. Despite the danger to himself and the nearby Hachi, Miroku opens his wind tunnel as he is attacked by a great number of demons, feeling that since it's death either way, this one is better than being torn apart limb by limb. Mushin is distracted by the idea that the wind tunnel will suck all in, including his promised Jewel shard. Inuyasha uses the opening and knocks Mushin unconscious, before coming after Miroku. He snarls at him that if he's opening the wind tunnel again, he will break his arm to close it. Inuyasha adds that he doesn't care whether Miroku is going to die or not, but that he won't do so while he is around to protect him. He (Inuyasha) won't be accused of abandoning him (Miroku). The protective stance activates the full power of the Tessaiga, and Inuyasha easily destroys the hundreds of attacking demons.

Sango kills the demon worm charmer trying to escape, and they manage to lift Mushin's possession. The following morning, Mushin has a talk with Inuyasha after stitching Miroku's wind tunnel. He says that the tunnel has spread, shortening Miroku's expected lifetime. Miroku's only chance of survival lies in defeating Naraku to lift his curse. While resting, Miroku stares at his right hand frightened. This prompts Sango to check what is wrong, only to be groped by Miroku on her rear end. She retaliates by hitting him with a bucket. Inuyasha claims that he still has a lot of life in him. Mushin agrees and says that Miroku's bloodline is to be feared.

**Sango's Suffering and Kohaku's Life**

Inuyasha struggles to master the Tessaiga, with no success, under Shippō's eye and criticism. They return to the fireside, where Miroku is reassured by Inuyasha's confidence that he can deal with any threat Naraku can send. Meanwhile, Kagome and Sango got to enjoy the hot spring. They discuss Sango's loss of her brother, and she says that the knowledge that he died as himself helps ease her grief. Sango asks for Kagome's reason to participate in this quest for the Shikon Jewel shards, and she says she fells it was the least she can do since she's the one responsible for breaking it in the first place. Sango becomes suspicious of a movement in the bushes, and throws a rock thinking it's the men peeking at the women. It was just an animal, but the ruckus makes Inuyasha and Miroku worry and rush to help, earning them an unfair beating from Sango for seeing her and Kagome naked. Inuyasha demands to know why he was beaten, but Miroku simply says "That was a beautiful sight we just saw." Shippō agrees with Inuyasha, saying he was only concerned about the girls.

Once on the road, they chance upon a village which has been obviously attacked : bodies everywhere, wanton destruction. More worrisome, the entire village has been booby-trapped : going near the corpses or into the houses triggers explosions. Inuyasha gets enraged at this unnecessary cruelty which prevents anyone from burying the dead, and slashes at some of the houses, which explode. Kohaku emerges from one of them, covered in blood, obviously the responsible of the massacre. He flees the scene, and Sango pursues him with Kirara. When Inuyasha tries to follow, he is blocked by a spirit shield. He gets back to get Kagome, Miroku and Shippō, and they wait beyond the shield. Miroku has noticed the Shikon Jewel shard embedded in Kohaku's back, and Kagome positively identified the boy as Sango's dead brother.

**Tetsusaiga is Stolen! Showdown at Naraku's Castle!**

Sango ponders whether or not to steal the Tessaiga, when Inuyasha awakes. They share brief words about how hard it can be to kill a former loved one, and Kagome, awake too, understands that Inuyasha sympathize with Sango over Kohaku because he feels her situation is the same as he and Kikyō, turned against each other by Naraku. Miroku then wakes up and warns everyone that they are surrounded. Indeed, countless demons attack, led by a Kohaku deprived of his memories and will by Naraku. Inuyasha fights the demons, then Kohaku, but refrains from killing him at Kagome's demand.

As Sango lay in Kagome's lap, recovering, Naraku wonders why she couldn't kill her brother. He seems unable to comprehend how one could love someone more than their own lives. Sango's friends, on the other hand, understand now perfectly well that Naraku isn't after meaningless death, but after the corruption which arise from mistrust and hatred between friends or family. Angered, Naraku attacks, surrounding them with poison. Sango gives her own mask to her brother : this act of selfless love purifies the Jewel shard embedded in his back. Said shard reminds Kagome that she can locate Naraku, even in the miasma, by the other Jewel shards in his possession. She fires sacred arrows at him, wounding him, to his astonishment. A violent wind arises, and he escapes with Kohaku in the confusion.

While her friends follow her by scent, Sango goes to Naraku's castle. She confronts him and demand the return of her brother. She's even ready to throw her own weapon away to see Naraku. Naraku shows her Kohaku, but puts the blame on the Shikon Jewel for all the evil that happened. Enraged, Sango attacks, throwing the Tessaiga at Naraku and using her own concealed blade to slash him. He reveals himself to have borrowed the appearance of the young lord of the castle after killing him. Sango attacks again, but her blade breaks, leaving her unarmed and wounded. Kirara attacks Naraku, to no avail : his poison defeats her. Naraku then asks Sango to serve him : when she (obviously) refuses, he has her brother come and attack her. Kohaku commences on repeatedly attacking her with his Kusari Gama and wounds her severely, yet Sango continues to resist Naraku's offer to serve him. Suddenly, the Hiraikotsu comes back to Sango, seemingly due to Naraku's will : he doesn't want Sango's death so much as her corruption, which he would obtain if she kills her brother. But, light-headed, Sango realize that there's just no way she can kill her own loved brother, and renounces to pick her weapon. She falls before him, but then he seems to remember who she is, calling her his sister, and letting go of his weapon as Sango's friends arrive on the scene.

As Sango lay in Kagome's lap, recovering, Naraku wonders why she couldn't kill her brother. He seems unable to comprehend how one could love someone more than their own lives. Sango's friends, on the other hand, understand now perfectly well that Naraku isn't after meaningless death, but after the corruption which arise from mistrust and hatred between friends or family. Angered, Naraku attacks, surrounding them with poison. Sango gives her own mask to her brother : this act of selfless love purifies the Jewel shard embedded in his back. Said shard reminds Kagome that she can locate Naraku, even in the miasma, by the other Jewel shards in his possession. She fires sacred arrows at him, wounding him, to his astonishment. A violent wind arises, and he escapes with Kohaku in the confusion.

As the sun rises, Sango tries to leave her friends, feeling she's unworthy of their trust and might end up betraying them again, but they all say it's alright and continue to wish for her to stay in there group and fight Naraku. Upon hearing this Sango breaks down into tears and falls unto Kagome's lap hugging her. As she cries Kagome consoles her that everything will be alright, and they will both defeat Naraku and save her brother Kohaku.

**Jinenji, Kind Yet Sad**

After the battle with Naraku, Sango is resting in a small hut with Miroku taking care of her. Kirara is still suffering from Naraku's miasma, which worries Sango, who is shown to be afraid of having Miroku watch over her when she's recovering.

**Kikyo and Inuyasha, Into the Miasma**

Upon hearing that a priestess skilled in the arts of healing is nearby, the followers of the sick lord Kagewaki Hitomi go to seek Kikyō and bring her to the castle. There, Naraku, who borrowed Kagewaki's flesh, is astonished to see her "alive", and try to keep her captive. She frees herself without much effort. Meanwhile, Inuyasha and his friends go to find the source of the recent rains of blood and demon's body part which are frightening the villagers. They find the source of the miasma to be in a mountain. Sango, still frail, must stay outside due to the poison, with Kagome and Shippō, while Inuyasha, Kirara and Miroku go inside, where they find demons fighting, with evidence that hundreds of them found their death here. Inuyasha is drawn into the battle, much to Miroku's worry, for he recognized a spell made to merge the demons into ever more ferocious ones. Naraku indeed intends to usurp the body of the last survivor.

**Kikyo, Captured by Naraku**

 Inuyasha is acting weird since Kikyō has been abducted, and his friends call him on it, saying he shouldn't try to shoulder the burden of Kikyō's rescue all alone. When they see soul collectors, they try to follow them, but they are led to a strange fog, where Sango realize that they aren't soul collectors, but disguised Saimyōshō. They all become separated. Inuyasha is led into a strange vision of him attacking the village fifty years ago, and Kikyō killing him. Miroku feels he is being pulled into his own Wind Tunnel. Shippō is left all alone and despairing, while Sango sees her brother Kohaku attack her after killing Inuyasha and Miroku.

**Tetsusaiga and Tenseiga**

On the road, Inuyasha is discussing with his friends, arguing that he isn't defending Kikyō for stealing the Shikon Jewel shards (which he is) because of his old love. They are interrupted by Tōtōsai on his three-eyed cow, who challenges Inuyasha to draw his sword. They more or less get introduced. Myōga argues that Tōtōsai can help, but Tōtōsai thinks Inuyasha doesn't deserve to understand his sword. To test him, he ask for his protection from Sesshōmaru as the latter arrives to the scene, displeased with the smith.

**The True Owner of the Great Sword!**

Inuyasha battles Sesshōmaru, and by finding the wind scar defeats him. Sesshōmaru's life is saved, however, by the Tenseiga, his sword. As Inuyasha remembers his fight under the probing of Tōtōsai, he uneasily realizes that, blinded by the poison from Sesshōmaru's claws, he didn't aim right at him, and maybe his attack didn't connect as well as he thought. Tōtōsai reminds everyone that Tenseiga is a sentient sword, and it choose to protect Sesshōmaru.

**Kagome Kidnapped by Koga, the Wolf Demon!**

As Miroku and Sango are travelling with the group.

**The Man Who Fell In Love With Kagome!**

Meanwhile, Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku are finishing off the Birds of Paradise. Miroku, deeply thinking, says Inuyasha should let a bird capture him, confusing everyone. Miroku explains how the Birds have no wolf bones around the area, therefore hinting at a possible alliance between the wolves and them. He says how doing so might lead them to their nest where Kōga and his wolves might be at; creating a chance to save Kagome. Inuyasha does so and allows himself to get captured by a Bird. Shippō, meanwhile, is running to find Inuyasha and soon reunites with the group again, who points out that the Birds of Paradise and the Wolf demons are actually enemies (also coming across a valley filled with wolf bones to further emphasize the point). Inuyasha destroys the Bird and the group then continues to look for Kagome.

**Two Hearts, One Mind**

Angry at Inuyasha for believing she was intimate with Kōga, Kagome went back home. Since she's necessary to the search for the shards, Inuyasha's friends urge him to go to Kagome and apologize, but his pride prevents him to do so. He nevertheless goes to Kagome's, twice, but each time circumstances prevent him from seeing her. Though Miroku cautions against watching the Bone Eater's Well to keep Sango and Shippō from Inuyasha's wrath, he can't resist either because he "can't resisting watching Inuyasha make a fool out of himself."

**Trapped In A Duel To The Death!**

In the forest, Inuyasha and the rest of the group are hunting a bear demon that has a fragment of the sacred jewel. Inuyasha states that he would rather hunt down Kōga for the two shards that he has in his legs. Bandits appear, and threaten the group but are knocked away as the Bear demon reveals itself. Before Inuyasha can kill the bear demon, Naraku's poison insects come and take the jewel shard from its head. Despite an overall agreement that Naraku is setting a trap, they follow the insects.

When Inuyasha and the group reach the castle, they find bodies of the wolf demons littering the courtyard. Naraku's minion raises them into zombies that can not be stopped. However, when she senses that Kōga is approaching they all fall and cover Inuyasha in their blood. Upon arrival, Kōga assumes that Inuyasha killed all of the other wolf demons. Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, and Miroku try to explain that they were after a demon known as Naraku, and that they have all been set up in a trap. Fueled by anger at previous events, and unable to believe the stories, Kōga attacks Inuyasha. The new jewel shard in his arm grants him exceptional strength and is supposedly greater than his previous shard. However, it looks different from the normal shard, and glows red and black.

**The Deadly Trap of Kagura the Wind Sorceress!**

As Kagura prepares to attack Kagome again, she is distracted by a badly wounded but alive Inuyasha, who is quick to show his displeasure toward her deceit and the scent of Naraku all over her. Kōga now knows who truly deceived him as Kagura scoffs at Inuyasha's drive to fight despite his injuries. She engages Inuyasha in battle, but due to her manipulation of the wind, being a wind sorceress, Inuyasha is unable to attack her using the Kaze no Kizu. Kagome fires another arrow but misses Kagura to her amusement. However, Kagome's sacred arrow cuts Kagura's demon wind, which Inuyasha picks up on. He orders Kagome to fire an arrow at him, which after some hesitation she does, completely destroying her wind manipulation. Kagura simply states that she can just create more wind and does so, which allows Inuyasha to attack her with the Kaze no Kizu. Kagura is shocked at the power coming from Inuyasha and barely escapes on a feather. Inside the castle, Sango and Miroku quickly dispatch the puppet Naraku sicced on them earlier by Kagura.

**Kagura's Dance and Kanna's Mirror**

 Inuyasha and his companions come upon an orphan named Koharu, a young woman who believes she is in love with Miroku, after he helped her three years ago. Koharu has recently ran away from her village when her master attempted to rape her and she barely got away by striking him with some nearby firewood and fled. She begs Miroku to take her in since she has nowhere else to go. After much contemplation, they decide to simply assist her and find her a new suitable home in a new village.

Miroku and the others find a village to take in Koharu who is saddened that she and Miroku are departing once again. Miroku takes Koharu alone to talk with her and explains the dangers of his daily battles and how he will not always be able to protect her and how his enemy is more devious than she could ever imagine. He also says their departure saddens him as well. From above on the hill, Sango annoyingly says how a goodbye like that will "only make her fall deeper in love" and appears rather jealous of the intimacy Miroku is showing for Koharu. When Inuyasha points this out she angrily states it was just his imagination and Inuyasha cowers at her anger.

That night, Koharu asks for him to stay one final night with her. Miroku declines sending her to tears that she will never see him again. However, Inuyasha, upon seeing her crying, agrees to one more night surprising Kagome at his caring gesture towards the young girl. Later, after warming Miroku's bath, Koharu is attacked by Kanna who, using her mirror, sucks in her spirit. After eating a meal, Inuyasha and Miroku realize they are surrounded and are confused at how they did not detect any demonic aura. Going out to survey the land, they see the villagers approaching to attack, who appear to be under a sort of spell. Inuyasha and Miroku are then attacked and try to fight them without actually killing any of them. Inside the building, Kagome, Shippō and Sango are watching and when determining whether or not they should help, Koharu rushes in claiming that a demon attacked the elder and his wife. Going to investigate the situation, they find Kanna and when Sango attacks with her Hiraikotsu, Kanna, once again uses her mirror, deflecting it and uses Sango's own weapon against her, knocking her unconscious. Kagome rushes to Sango's side while Kanna approaches her and tilts her head to the side and says Kagome’s name. Koharu, under Kanna's influence, grabs and holds Kagome forcing her to look at Kanna. She tells Kagome to look into her mirror and to "give her soul." Kagome's soul is then slowly drained from her body.

During this, Inuyasha is growing tired of using restraint upon the villagers stating that they weren't going anywhere. Kagura shows up, mocking their mercy toward the humans saying they could have just killed them, making it easier upon themselves. Inuyasha demands if she was the one controlling the villagers, which she confirms comparing a body without soul to that of a dead man. She then reveals that Kagome was having her soul sucked from her as they spoke. She then demands Inuyasha to unsheathe his sword to fight. Inuyasha, now greatly worried about Kagome but knowing he must handle Kagura, demands Miroku to go back to help the girls. Miroku runs off as Inuyasha and Kagura begin to battle and Kagura tells him that his help will arrive too late to save them.

**The Wind Scar Fails**

 Miroku is embarrassed by Koharu's predicament, and with his friends decides to leave her at a "safe place", but the village they encountered was attacked by a detachment of Naraku, Kanna of the Void (also Kanna of the Mirror). She sucked up the souls of the villagers in her mirror, threw back Hiraikotsu to Sango and sucked Kagome's and Koharu's souls as well. But Kagome's soul resist, Kanna can't pull it all out of her, and she leaves when Kagome resists.

As Inuyasha and his friends recover, Inuyasha wonders desperately why Kikyō seems to want him dead.

**Tetsusaiga Breaks**

As Inuyasha and Sango lay, wounded, they are taken care of by Shippō while Miroku and Kagome gather medicinal herbs.

Meanwhile, a new incarnation of Naraku, Goshinki, is destroying a village to lure Inuyasha and his sword there. Goshinki, to Kagura's surprise, is big, seemingly stupid and beast-like... but able to read minds. Kagura helps trapping Inuyasha by sending a dead man to warn him of the village's destruction, but she's disgusted by Goshinki's cruelty and leaves. Inuyasha arrives and battles Naraku's third incarnation, just in time to save the two children who are the village's last survivors. Enraged, Inuyasha is about to use the Wind Scar when Goshinki prevents him from it and breaks the Tessaiga between his jaws. Inuyasha is hurt, and more, he's shocked nearly out of his mind. Goshinki taunts the others a bit to make them attack him (attacks he would be able to dodge due to his mind-reading ability), and mocks Inuyasha's death... except he isn't dead. Inuyasha is not only very much alive, he's transformed into his full-demon form and has no trouble killing Goshinki bare-handed. After his kills off all of them Inuyasha is still in his full-demon form and is obviously thirsty for more blood. His friends are worried, unsure of how to revert him back. However, Kagome bravely goes up to him, causing the rest of the group to yell that Inuyasha is not himself and may kill her, and she calmly uses the "sit" command on him. This causes him to go back to his normal self, to everyone's relief.

**Kaijinbo's Evil Sword**

Later that night, the group has told Myōga about what happened. Myōga then asks if Inuyasha really did transform, Kagome confirms it and asks if his transformation is connected to Tessaiga being broken. Myōga confirms it and beings to explain that while the sword protects Inuyasha from his enemies, it also helps keep the demon within him locked inside. He further explains that if there was nothing to protect Inuyasha and if his life were ever threatened, then the demon blood within Inuyasha will awaken to help him stay alive. Myōga also reveals that even when the sword is repaired, it will be even harder to control Inuyasha's demon blood, as now he has felt what it's like to slaughter an enemy. Kagome begins to wonder if Inuyasha's demon side is starting to take over him, causing her to become worried.

Kaijinbō finds Inuyasha, who, as his luck may have it, is fully human. With the Tessaiga being repaired, and without his demon powers, Inuyasha is in quite a fix. However, his friends, namely Sango and Miroku, have taken on the battle, with little use. Inuyasha gets back the Tessaiga but, since he is fully human, it won't transform. The sun soon rises however, and he is now back to his old half-demon self, ready to fight.

**Sesshomaru Wields Tokijin**

The group then muse over what to do with Tokijin; none of them is capable of purifying the intense evil aura around it, so Miroku suggests they erect some kind of barrier around it to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.

Inuyasha's appearance then changes to its' more monstrous form as he begins to snarl in a feral rage. Totosai tells the group to grab Inuyasha and flee, then blasts a column of flames across the field, separating the half-brothers. Kagome subdues Inuyasha with "Sit" and the group escapes with Tetsusaiga, leaving Sesshomaru to muse why the scent of Inuyasha's blood changes when he is in danger.

**Juromaru and Kageromaru**

Inuyasha and Koga fight Juromaru and Kageromaru, at a disadvantage as Tessaiga is still heavy, and Koga is wounded in the leg. When Kageromaru attacks Kagome again, Inuyasha is briefly able to wield Tessaiga light to protect her, and cuts his arm off. Kageromaru hides in the ground, but Sango uses Miroku's staff to poison the ground, forcing Kageromaru out. Eventually Inuyasha destroys Kageromaru and Juromaru with Wind Scar.

**Onigumo's Heart Still Beats Within Naraku**

As Inuyasha and the others recover from their battle with Jūrōmaru and Kagerōmaru, Kagome goes home.

**Return to the Place Where We First Met**

The next morning, Kagome gives the bandages and medicine she brought to Miroku and Sango and explains that she's going home again. Sango tells Kagome that she should make up with Inuyasha. After Kagome goes back home, Miroku and Sango see Inuyasha coming out of the forest and Miroku tells him that Kagome left and asks Inuyasha if she saw him and Kikyō together.

Back in the feudal era, Shippō yells at Inuyasha about what he did to Kagome. Inuyasha tells the others that he can't see Kagome anymore but Miroku says to go get the shards Kagome took with her. Sango and Shippō are upset with Inuyasha but Miroku says that they have no say in what Inuyasha does.

**Kohaku's Lost Memory**

As Inuyasha and the others search the ruins of one of Naraku's old castles, Sango finds the graves of her fellow demon slayers. Miroku moves them away from Naraku's castle and gives them a burial in non-defiled soil. As Sango prays at the grave, she vows that someday she and Kohaku will guard their tombs.

**That Unforgettable Face!**

Sango is battling demons with Kirara committing herself to keeping Kohaku safe from Naraku. During this, she hears Kagome scream and upon hearing this, calls Kirara and runs towards them. Inuyasha and Miroku face off against Kagura, who is satisfied that all is going according to Naraku's plan.

Kagome, meanwhile, is running away from Kohaku, who is attempting to kill her on Naraku's command, her arm slashed from his weapon. She trips over a tree stub and is trapped as Kohaku approaches. He stands over her with his weapon raised as Naraku begins to mentally demand he finish the job and to kill Kagome. However, Kohaku begins hesitating and can even be seen crying, obviously attempting to resist Naraku's ongoing demands to kill Kagome. Kagome wonders why he has changed so suddenly, telling him to stop, just as he begins to give back in to the control. Sango and Kirara then appear. Sango, upon taking the scene in, realizes her brother is still under Naraku's influence. Kohaku then flees from the scene. Sango sees Kagome's arm wound and says she's sorry before she follows Kohaku, leaving Kirara to watch Kagome. Kagome begins to feel bad for Sango and then horrifically wonders if Sango has an intent that is abruptly cut off from being revealed to the viewers.

Kagura and her demons continue to attack Inuyasha and Miroku. Kagura taunts Inuyasha that he won't draw Tessaiga. Shippō realizes (aloud) that Inuyasha still can't control his sword, which Kagura hears. Inuyasha then draws Tessaiga, but is still not strong enough to wield it. Miroku continues to defend the hut to keep Kagura thinking that Kagome and Kohaku are inside (which Shippō is hiding underneath), but a demon gets past him and destroys the hut. Kagura realizes that Kohaku was never inside the hut and tells them that they were clever for doing so. Miroku then realizes that Naraku is actually after Kagome, not Kohaku. He then asks Inuyasha that while they thought it was Kohaku that Naraku was after, then why were none of the demons going after him and suggests that it wasn't Kohaku that Naraku was actually after. Inuyasha then realizes it was Kagome that Naraku was after as she was the one taking Kohaku into the forest. He then concludes that Kohaku is still under Naraku's mind control and therefore used him to get to Kagome. Kagura admits that Kagome was the intended target all along. Despite the Saimyōshō, Miroku uses his Wind Tunnel to give Inuyasha the opening he needs to rescue Kagome and Sango. Inuyasha leaves, Kagura retreats, and Miroku, despite the poison, and Shippō follow Inuyasha.

**Inuyasha's Soul, Devoured**

 Sango is sitting by Miroku, who is ill from the poison of the Saimyōshō he fought while Sango followed her brother.

As Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, and Sango are traveling, they come upon a village under attack by bandits, with a demon among them. The demon, desiring Tessaiga, battles Inuyasha, dousing him in toxic dust and slashing him across the torso with his battle-axe. Miroku tries to help Inuyasha, but the demon encases them in a poison cocoon with Tessaiga - transformed into a rusty sword again - trapped outside. Miroku created a barrier within the cocoon, but Inuyasha is poisoned and cannot move.

The demon - Gatenmaru - tries to claim Tessaiga, but the sword rejects the demon. Gatenmaru realizes that Inuyasha's human blood must allow him to wield the blade.

Worried about Miroku and Inuyasha, Sango and Kagome head toward the village. Inuyasha's wound, rather than healing, is opening further due to the venomous dust, and Miroku worries that his barrier can't last forever. As the barrier weakens, and Inuyasha's wounds get worse, his demon half begins to take control.

**The Demon's True Nature**

 The bandits have camped around the town, and are enjoying saki while waiting for Miroku and Inuyasha to die. Gatenmaru consumes a woman from the village, and taunts Inuyasha as he reaches for another village woman to devour.

An old man of the village grabs the Tessaiga and tries to run it to Inuyasha. As the bandits are about to slay the old man, Sango and Kagome arrive and save him. Kagome takes possession of Tessaiga while the bandits surround them. Within the poison cocoon, Miroku's barrier is failing.

**Father's Old Enemy: Ryukotsusei**

 It cuts to a flying scene of Miroku, Sango, and others flying to the scene of the fight after having consulted with Tōtōsai who tells them that he is confronting Ryūkotsusei. A man accompanying them on the flight tells them that he must use the Backlash Wave (**Bakuryūha**) to defeat him.

**The Backlash Wave: Tetsusaiga's Ultimate Technique**

As Inuyasha lays, knocked out by Ryūkotsusei, Kagome and her friends, along with Tōtōsai, arrive and witness the scene. Inuyasha wakes up to the sound of Kagome's voice, but he has been separated from his sword and taken his full demon form. He then fights with his bare claws, to Tōtōsai's sorrow, because even if he wins, the Tessaiga won't become lighter for him. As Kagome is prepared to go with him to help him overcome his demon's blood's influence, he manages on his own to try to get the Tessaiga. Ryūkotsusei fires two fireball at him, the first one Inuyasha deals with by protecting himself with Tessaiga's sheath, the second one is diverted by Miroku's wind tunnel. Inuyasha then reaches the Tessaiga, which helps him regain his normal hanyō state.

As Kagome, Shippō and Miroku congratulate him on an impressive victory, Inuyasha shows off his perfected Wind Scar, to the point that Kagome has to use the sit command to calm him down from his bragging.

**The Stone Flower and Shippo's First Love**

### Hanyo no Yashahime

**Inuyasha: Since Then**

Root Head demands Kagome to give it the Sacred Jewel as it lunges at her. Sango calls out to Kagome, who lowers her head, before she uses her Hiraikotsu to push it back. Sango tells Shippō to take care of Kin, Gyokuto, and Hisui as she goes outside with Kagome. Shippō agrees. Sango and Kagome look to see Root Head on the ground. Inuyasha and Miroku arrive. Miroku calls out to Sango while Inuyasha calls out to Kagome. Root Head goes underground. Inuyasha tells Root Head he won't let him get away this time before he tried hit it with his Tessaiga, but it escaped underground again. Miroku questions that Root Head has made it this far. Sango confirms it. Inuyasha asks Kagome was she okay. Kagome tells Inuyasha 'yes' and Root Head called her 'Kikyō'.

Inuyasha asks Kagome what. 'Kagome' asks Inuyasha what was he hiding from her. Inuyasha nervously tells 'Kagome' he wasn't trying to. Inuyasha realizes that he wasn't talking to Kagome but to Shippo when he saw her standing next to him before he hits him, annoyed. Miroku tells Inuyasha that Kagome is being targeted and he thinks they'd best tell her. Kagome asks Miroku to tell her what. Sango says Root Head told them to hand over the Sacred Jewel. Shippō says even though the Sacred Jewel's already been destroyed. Miroku says since Root Head had been sealed away by Kikyō's arrow it didn't know about the Sacred Jewel's demise as the demon is called Root Head and its roots burrow underground and absorbs nutrients from humans. Kagome questions it's not just her and wonders if the local villagers are in danger. Miroku tells Kagome that's correct and they must eradicate Root Head from all 6 villages surrounding the Sacred Tree.

As Miroku defeats some of Root Head, he gets captured until Sango saves him with her Hiraikotsu. Miroku calls out to Sango. Sango tells Miroku it looks like he's having trouble. Miroku confirms it as he strikes more of Root Head and realizes it's multiplying underground.

Root Head starts moving away. Kagome says Root Head's getting away before she jumps off Inuyasha's back. Inuyasha calls out to Kagome as he tries to reach for her. Kagome thinks to herself that she won't let Root Head escape. Kagome lands on the ground and goes towards the arrow. When Kagome arrived to the arrow's location, Root Head tried to devour her as it emerged from underground. Inuyasha calls out to Kagome before he went to save her. Inuyasha asks Kagome if she was okay. Kagome tells Inuyasha yes. Sango asks Miroku what's that. Miroku tells Sango it must be Root Head's main body. Inuyasha says Root Head's shown itself. Root Head says Kikyō's name and tells Kagome it'll eat her whole, Sacred Jewel, and all. Kagome tells Root Head that her name is Kagome was not Kikyō and the Shikon no Tama no longer existed. Inuyasha tells Root Head other thing is that the Sacred Jewel no longer exist in this world as he calls it an 'idiot'. Inuyasha uses his Wind Scar while Kagome shoots her Sacred Arrow at Root Head.

In the end, with the head wounded by Kagome's Sacred Arrow, it was eliminated by Inuyasha's Wind Scar, damaging it. Inuyasha says he'll finish Root Head off before he uses his Meidō Zangetsuha, sucking it in. Inuyasha calls out to Kagome. Kagome tells Inuyasha she's got this before she shoots her Sacred Arrow at the remains of Root Head, purifying it. At morning, Shippō and Kaede are looking over at the village. Shippō happily says Inuyasha and Kagome did it as the land is being purified. Kaede confirms it and thinks Kagome will be fine even without borrowing Kikyō's powers. Inuyasha lands on the ground before Kagome gets off his back. Miroku and Sango appear on Kirara. Inuyasha sighs in relief then becomes annoyed at Kagome. Kagome asks Inuyasha what is it. Inuyasha tells Kagome she almost got eaten by Root Head. Kagome tells Inuyasha 'yes' but she also knew he'd save her. Inuyasha tells Kagome of course he'd save her as he calls her an 'idiot'. Kagome tells Inuyasha she trust him as he didn't have to hide the whole Kikyō thing from her either. Inuyasha walks away. Kagome calls out to Inuyasha. Inuyasha stops asks Kagome if she's upset at all. Kagome tells Inuyasha she's not upset at all as it's just before she says 'Sit'. Inuyasha falls to the ground. Kagome tells Inuyasha to have a bit more faith in her. Miroku tells Sango this is somewhat nostalgic. Sango tells Miroku to let's go home as the kids are waiting.

**Jakotsumaru of the Red Bone Palace**

**The Delicious Feudal Monks**

**The Stolen Seal**

Back in the present day, Miroku is still undergoing his 1,000 day training. Zero makes a visit to Miroku in the middle of his training but disguises herself in different clothing and tells him it's admirable of him to brave the 1000 day. Miroku asks Zero who she might be. Zero addresses herself as ‘Otsuyu’ and asks Miroku for directions “toward the right path”. Miroku is left confused. Zero chants the spell that Miroku used to seal Setsuna's demon blood. Miroku is suspicious of Zero and asks who she that he doesn't sense her to be demon nor human. Zero tells Miroku it was suitable to call her a devilish woman. Miroku refuses as he already knows what would happen if he called Zero that in front of Sango and asks her what was her true purpose for being here. Zero responds to Miroku that she'll be straightforward as she would like for him to release hanyō's seal. Miroku wonders if Zero was talking about Setsuna and if he were to say no.

**Hisui the Demon Slayer**

**Battle on the New Moon, Part 1**

## Manga

**The Exterminators**

**Within the Fort**

**The Mummy**

**Vengeance**

**Suspicions**

**Strategies**

**Golem**

**The Birth of the Jewel**

**The Water God**

**The Holy Relic**

## Evidence

* Miroku and Sango are eventually married.
* Miroku and Sango have 3 children together, identical twin daughters, Kin'u and Gyokuto, and a son named Hisui.
* Since Miroku is "technically" a Buddhist priest, Sango usually addresses Miroku as hōshi-sama (hōshi means Buddhist priest, and -sama is a respectful honorific), even when he acts disrespectfully, which is reflected in the dub by dryly calling him "monk."
* When Miroku and Sango first met, Miroku restrained himself out of sympathy.
* Miroku often groped Sango, and in response she would slap him or hit him over the head with Hiraikotsu.
* Sango nonetheless respects Miroku's spiritual abilities, knowledge and utilizes used in battle.
* Regardless, the two help one another and fight together when facing an enemy; when fighting, they're in sync with each other.
* As the story progresses, it becomes clear that Miroku falls deeply in love with Sango but is unable to come forth with those feelings. Oftentimes, it would leave Sango feeling agitated by it, because it feels like he has no romantic interest in her when his actions suggest otherwise. He hides it by groping or caressing her at random or inappropriate times, earning himself a hard slap to the face.[9] As a result of this, Sango tended to assume Miroku was behaving inappropriately even when he wasn't; on one occasion when he was keeping lookout while the girls and Shippō were bathing in a hot spring, Miroku surprised an intruder nearby. Sango, who didn't see the intruder, assumed Miroku was peeping at them and lobbed a chunk of wood, hitting him in the chin and causing him to tumble down the slope; when he tried to plead his innocence further, she dropped a boulder on him.
* After an unfortunate mishap in battle with a Salamander yōkai, where Sango gets possessed and injures Miroku, the two sit down for a talk. They apologized to one another and Miroku admits that Sango is not like other women and that she is very special to him. He asks Sango, if he is still alive after the battle with Naraku, if she would live with him and bear him as many children as possible (10 to 20, at least). Sango tearfully accepts his proposal and the two are engaged.
* After the proposal, Miroku still flirts with other women, albeit less than before, at which Sango still becomes exceedingly jealous and furious, even more than before the proposal since they are now technically together. This often resulted in her dragging him away by his ear for a beating as Miroku tries explaining himself.

## Quotes

* "*No! If you can't go on...then we'll die here together!*"―Sango[src]
* "*You can't be serious Kagome! **Me** like that **pervert**!?*"―Sango[src]
* "*You have it wrong! I was merely standing guard to protect you from danger, nothing more!*"―Miroku[src]
* "*You don't know who you're dealing with! What meaning does my life have without the woman I deeply care for?! I would sacrifice my life for hers!*"―Miroku revealing the depth of his feelings towards Sango to Kagura[src]
* "*What good is this cursed hand if I can't protect the woman I love?*"―Miroku to Sango[src]
* **Miroku**: "*Sango would you consider bearing my-*"
* **Sango**: "*SPARE ME WILL YA?!*"―Miroku attempting to ask Sango to bear his child after she mentioned that he asked every other woman but her[src]
* "*You're not like the others Sango, you're a very special woman to me.*"―Miroku[src]
* "*Somehow it's different with us. You see, Sango, I never had such strong feelings for a woman as I do for you.*"―Miroku[src]
* "*You're my comrade, the woman I fight alongside... those are my feelings.*"―Miroku[src]
* "*I'm just getting started. 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?*"―Miroku[src]
* "*Oh, how I longed for this. (*Sango slaps him*) This pain brings back fond memories. It has been far, far too long Sango.*"―Miroku[src]
* "*Forgive me, it's hard to control myself around such beauties.*"―Miroku[src]
* "*I was too naive... I thought you'd understand even without me saying anything. It's because I'm always such a cad, I'm sorry I hurt you, Sango.*"―Miroku[src]
* "*Her eyes were shouting to me, 'Drop dead, you idiot'.*"―Miroku[src]
* "*Sango, don't be so kind to me. I can't forgive myself for being so careless...*"―Miroku[src]

## Trivia

* Miroku and Sango always stand up for Kagome when she and Inuyasha get into a fight. When Kagome leaves to go back into the Modern Era they tell Inuyasha to go over there and apologize to her since Inuyasha and Kagome are the only ones who can go through the Bone‐Eaters Well.
* Sango's voice actor, Kelly Sheridan, also voiced Hitomi Kanzaki from *The Vision of Escaflowne*, whose love interest is Van Fanel - voiced by Kirby Morrow (who also voiced Miroku). They also voiced Jay (Kirby) and Theresa (Kelly) from *Class of the Titans* who were also romantically involved.

* Miroku and Sango are constantly at odds mostly due to his constant womanizing.
* Anytime Miroku comes across a woman, he flirts with her, which is frequently, or if he tries to grope her rear end (also frequent), Miroku would sense a dangerous aura revolving around Sango, which is a sign for "back off."
* In Episode 27, the anime omits the panels of Sango and Miroku warning Inuyasha about what may happen if they anger a real god.
* In Episode 31, Sango seems to have forgotten that Miroku acts kindly and non-perverted back when she was recovering from her injuries last time she was caught in one of Naraku's traps.
* Sango's address of Miroku is "*Hōshi-sama*", (法師様, (ほうしさま).
* His voice actor, Kirby Morrow, also voiced Van Fanel from *The Vision of Escaflowne*, whose love interest is Hitomi Kanzaki - voiced by Kelly Sheridan (who also voiced Sango). They also voiced Jay (Kirby) and Theresa (Kelly) from *Class of the Titans* who were also romantically involved.