Fear of Man

Sango rolled her eyes as Kagome yammered on about her new boyfriend, InuYasha Taishio. They had met through Rin, a friend of theirs, who had had recently married his older half-brother, Shessomaru Taishio.

"He's the nicest guy; I can't wait for you guys to meet! I know you'll approve!" Kagome was very giddy right now because it was their lunch break and they were going to visit him.

"I'm sure I will Kagome…" she muttered.

'Of course you won't! You don't approve of any male! Not after what happened eight years ago!' her conscience reminded her.

Fuck off; I don't wanna remember that…

'Whatever…'

"So what did you say he does again?" she asked.

"He's a cop, for the millionth time. What's you're problem with guys, Sango? You've never in your life had a boyfriend, and you freak out over guys all the time. You've got Kuranoske too scared to ever ask you out now."

"I wouldn't go out with him; we've got no chemistry…" she lied. In all truth, she was scared to death of the thought of a relationship with a man.

Meanwhile:

Miroku was listening to InuYasha growl about how late he was, and he was getting tired of it.

"What is you're problem!" he finally demanded.

"Well, my girlfriend is coming by the station, and she's probably there already, which means she's probably gonna kill me." His friend responded.

"I didn't know you had a girlfriend!"

"Yeah, she's a friend of Rin's…we met at the wedding. Here, take a look, this is her and one of her friends, I haven't met the other girl though." InuYasha pulled a picture out of his wallet and handed it to Miroku.

It was of two girls; one was about twenty, the other a bit younger, same age as InuYasha's last girlfriend, Kikyo, nineteen, twenty at the most. They were at the beach in revealing two piece bikinis. On the right was the younger one, she was definitely Yasha's girl, but what about the friend?

She looked happy enough, but her eyes lacked the sparkle of happiness that her friend's had. Her smile looked forced. All together, she looked miserable.

Beautiful too.

Beautiful and miserable.

"So, the one on the right is yours, left is the friend." He stated, turning his attention back to the road. He returned the picture then used the back of his hand to wipe some blood off of his face from a wound he got on his cheek from a drug bust not twenty minutes ago.

"Yeah, Kagome said her name is Sango, seems to think that you two would be great together after I told her about you. She's bringing her by the station today." He replied, trying to sound casual.

"InuYasha…" Miroku groaned as he pulled the car into its spot at the station. The second it stopped moving he banged his head on the steering wheel several times, then just rested it there.

"Hey, Miroku, I swear, I'm not trying to set you up; Kagome is."

"Thanks, but I told you, I don't need a woman. I'll find the right girl for me, we'll fall in love, happily ever after, I guess."

"C'mon Miroku! Maybe you can at least help the girl!"

"With what!" InuYasha looked hesitant.

"According to Kagome, who's known Sango all her life, she's never been in a relationship with anybody. From the sounds of what she did last time someone asked her out, I think she's scared."

Miroku contemplated this for a second, and then brushed it off.

They were just about inside when a red mustang pulled up. The younger girl from the picture climbed out of the driver's seat and ran at InuYasha.

"Inu, sorry I'm late!" she bubbled happily.

"It's okay, I'm a bit later too; drug bust."

She gave him a peck on the cheek and then looked at Miroku.

"So, you must be Miroku." She said, offering her hand.

"Miroku Houshi, yes; you must be Kagome."

"Why, yes I am."

"Yes, Yasha showed me a picture, but who was that friend of yours? I think Yasha said her name was Sango?" he asked.

Kagome gestured with a sigh to the figure sitting in her car.

Meanwhile:

Sango stared out the window and then rested her head on one hand. Then she chuckled.

It figured Kags was trying to set her up. Oh well, might as well face the music.