Part One
The Promise
I do not belong InuYasha or any of the characters
He couldn't believe that this was happening; he had actually made sure the village wouldn't be in the way of Naraku or his pursuers.
And here he was, a few weeks into enjoying his feast of young maidens and he was already being hunted down by the group of humans and their half breed.
He couldn't stand how rotten his luck was!
He managed to avoid another of those arrows from the scantly dressed priestess, she was good but still could use a lot of work, lucky for him, but it was the huntress he was worried about, that and her giant boomerang.
"Ah!" the demon screamed as he fell to the ground, looking around and discovering that it was a crying mushroom that held him down, rooted deep in the ground and it gripped his foot in his mouth.
The demon was about to slash off the child's toy, but when he looked up, the hanyu stood in his way, looking down on him as if he were unworthy of a death even by his blade.
"Keh! You're not even worth the use of my sword…" InuYasha stated, and the demon knew to watch what he said, maybe he could turn the hanyu against his comrades, and then team up with him and continue his reign of the villages. "Why are you fighting along side them!? They're worthless humans, join me! They're plenty of young women to go around!" the ogre laughed.
InuYasha actually looked around, carefully noting the terrified expression on the villagers face, then grinned him self, "Heh…you're right." He started off, placing a left hand on his hip. "…but there is a slight problem…"
"What is it!?!" the demon asked, "It'll be fixed!"
"Hmm, why would you..." He leered, "...want to work with a half-breed?"
The demon was dumbstruck, then destroyed by his claws.
"InuYasha!"
He looked up and waved towards Sango who was signaling that they had found where the ogre was keeping the young girls.
He nodded and looked around to see Kagome and Shippo trying to calm down a wailing child, then watched as Miroku jumped from Sango's side and made his way to him.
"Hey…"
"Yo." The monk replied, "…after we help everyone here, there is an inn in the west, they're willing to let us stay there for free."
Why wouldn't they? We just saved they're asses.
Miroku was about to walk off when InuYasha placed a hand on his shoulder, "Hey, what's been up with you lately?"
"Hah! What do you mean?"
InuYasha merely shrugged and looked off towards the other girls, "I can understand your reason, but it's no reason to mistreat her."
"This coming from a two timing dog…" The two boys looked down to see Shippo, his arms crossed and shaking his head at the two, "You really don't serve those two if you're still going about treating them the way you do."
And as if to emphasis the kitsune's point, giggling could be heard in the other direction. Sango was blushing slightly, her hands raised as she backed up from a young boy of the village armed with a look of determination in his eyes, "I'm sorry. I'm already spoken for…" she said.
When she noticed the group looking at her, her blush deepened but she cast a smile towards the monk.
Miroku quickly turned away towards the other too, "I don't know what else to do…I made a mistake the other night…"
At this InuYasha and Shippo nudged a little closer towards him, "The other…night?"
"Gah!" he jumped back, his face red, "N-nothing!"
"You're hiding something Miroku…"Shippo grinned as he moved in on top of InuYasha's head, "Tell us…"
"InuYasha, Shippo! I need your help!" Kagome called, with all too perfect timing.
"What is it Kagome, can't you see we're busy!" the hanyu yelled back
"What did you say to me!" she screamed back, and slowly Miroku made his way in the other direction.
"You heard me didn't you woman!"
Her eyes shrunk in and marched up into the Hanyu's face, "Care to repeat that again?" her tone was oddly smooth, which made him hesitate before he replied, "I-I was busy Kagome, you didn't have to rip my head off or anything."
"Oh…" she paused and looked the other way, then crossed her arms, "Ripping your head off am I?" her voice wavered.
InuYasha stuttered and raised his hands above her should, "No, now come on Kagome. Don't be that way, I didn't mean it that way…" he didn't mean to say bad things to her, sometimes they just come out, and he couldn't stand to hurt her.
"Sit."
A loud thud echoed through the skies, scarring the birds away in the nearby trees, "But I meant it that way…" she huffed and walked off in the other direction. "Come back later when you stop acting like…such a dog or something."
The hanyu just grunted as he tried to get to his feet, "I can't change my species…" he mumbled.
It was peaceful that night, the only sounds in the area was Kagome's soft breathing.
The young girl side as she rolled over to rest on her stomach, her red face buried in her arms as she thought of what happened the other night; his soft hands on her bare arms, his sweet kisses and words, his promises and her resulting gift.
Sango was a woman in love, that's right she truly loved him.
The very thought of his deep violet eyes, was enough to make her smile and give her a lifetime of energy, to keep her heart racing, the heat of her body increasing, but of coarse there was one thing that kept him from asking the one thing that would complete her, that would make her one of the happiest people alive for a few moments. That was the death of Naraku.
After he died, she would have her brother back, and live a life married to the man she loved. That's what he whispered to her that night, that's what filled her dreams every night.
And as she lifted her right hand to the moonlight, she realized that Miroku had his own dreams to realize too, besides marrying her. Miroku had to deal with the fear of loosing his life every night but soon, he wouldn't have to worry anymore.
--A few weeks later.--
"Hiraikotsu!!" shouted the Taijiya.
The boomerang flew from her hand and sliced through the hide of the giant centipede demon.
It bellowed, releasing a gurgling roar as it forced its attention in the direction of the flying neko, and the girl on top of it.
A bright light flashed from behind it and with it, the mid second of the centipede's body dissolved and slowly the rest of its body joined it. Kagome fell to her knees, panting as observed what was left of the dead demon.
Dust. Pretty dust, but dust.
She turned around to see InuYasha rushing towards her, and smiled. How long will this last InuYasha, how long will you keep running towards me?
"Finally!" Kagome exclaimed as she surfaced from the steaming water. She still couldn't believe how lucky they were to run across an inn that had a bath house almost in the middle of no where. "I never thought we would have a normal bath!"
But she didn't receive a reply, the girl who she thought she was talking to, was actually over by the rocks, and by the way she slumped over them Sango looked quite depressed.
"Sango?" Kagome called as she waded over, but the girl didn't respond. "Are you okay?" she asked after placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Yea…" she whispered.
Kagome took a few seconds before coming by her, and resting her arms on the warm rock as well, "What's on your mind?" she whispered back.
Sango just looked up, and stared at her friend, then smiled before resting her face in the palm of her hand. "It's Miroku, he's been acting strange lately…"
"Hmm, well do you think it's his hand bothering him again?"
"Mhm mm…" Sango shook her head.
"Well…" the miko continued, "…acting strange how?"
"Well…remember the other day, when you came back and we had a picnic?"
--Flash Back--
"Miroku, would you like to sit by me?" Sango asked, a small blush in her cheek as she cleared the area beside her. Already she had his favorite tea that Kagome brought for him from the future, usually he would smile towards her, and agree without hesitation.
But for a long minute, he just stared at her with a cold look in his eyes.
He bent over to pick up the canned tea, and offered a smile that didn't reach his eyes, "I think I'll stay by my self for a while. Thank you Sango."
--End Flash Back.--
"Really?" the miko her self was in shock, for Miroku to resist any female company usually meant it was something serious, but when she looked over to Sango and saw that she was seriously hurt and worried, she knew it had to be a real problem. When a woman's intuition kicked in, it usually had good reasons too, and while Sango didn't like his womanizing ways, she couldn't really be labeled as the jealous type.
"Kagome…" Sango started calmly, "…you and InuYasha are close…have you two ever…"
"Ever…?" she edged on.
The Taijiya blushed deeply then turned to look into Kagome's eyes, "Y-you know…"
"Oh..OHH!" the miko her-self began to blush a full shade of deep red, but then she calmed down. "Regretfully." She finally replied and gazed up into the stars.
"R-regretfully?"
"Yes…although I am happy he was my first, I hate it. His love for Kikyou…I should have waited." She explained, then sighed, "At least I know I wasn't used.."
"U-used? What do you mean?"
Kagome blinked, then smiled softly, "I guess it isn't as popular here as it is in my era, but it's more common for a boy to use a female for…company than it is not."
Well that didn't really help Sango's mood, she sunk even lower into the water as new thoughts came into her head, "Not that Miroku would have done that to you Sango!" Kagome added quickly, and then leaned against her friend, "Look…I'm sure that if he's acting strange, then it must be for a good reason."
"Do you really think so?" Sango asked, not to sure of her self.
Kagome nodded, "The way things happen, isn't Miroku's character at all, just give him some time alone or with the guys. I'm sure he'll be himself in a few days."
Kagome was right; she was sitting here worrying for no reason. Miroku probably just had some serious thoughts on his mind at the moment. He would never use her, never leave her.
She blushed as she thought of the promises he made. They would be together, and she would have his children.
So what did you think thus far?
I was going to make it into a one shot, but I decided to make a short story labeled into "Parts" instead.
The chapters will be shorter than most stories, but I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did writing it.
I love Sango and love the idea of her with Bankotsu.
Read and Reveiw, Godbless
