Hello folks, how are you all??? I'm good, and I'll hopefully be able to update a lot quicker because I'm on Christmas break, and I WILL update as much as i can, because when school starts again, my mom said that I will be grounded, so from Janurary 3 till Feburary 3. So unless I can sneek on the pc, then I will not be updating. sorry for the inconveneince.
Ok, now onto the story, this is chapter four of Change is good for the soul,m and this little chappie has got some good twists and turns to it!
Votes for my definate couples from last chapter:
Inuyasha- 10
sesshomaru- 12
Kouga- 14
Bankostu- 14
--- ok with the whole voting story, I will tell you at the end who Kagome will finaly be officially paired up with, the other canidates will not be written away from her love life though.
Oh yeah, about 30 people emailed me about Miroku, dont worry, he's definatly in here. Oh and they voted for him, and hes got:
14 hits!
so it's a tie between Ban, Kouga, and Miroku...WHO WILL I PICK???
Alright guys, on with the story!
thanks
shelbs
Kagome was flabbergaster to say the least, when she came down, she watched her motehr open the door, to a fighting pair, Kouga and
"Miroku!?" Kagome ran over to the fighting boys on her doorstep, trying to pry them apart; While Bankostu stood by her couch, looking on with some interest.
"What are you doing ehre? She's my date, Aren't you Kagome?" Kouga asked, still wrestling with Miroku. Bankostu started getting a little pissed. When Kouga saw Bankotsu, he left Miroku and went over to him, staring him down.
Kagome stood still from where she had backed off when Kouga left the brawl. She was quickly pulled into a tight embrace by Miroku while her mother quietly left the room, hoping that her daughter could do this on her own.
Bankostu and Kouga turned their attention towards the hugging couple, seething. 'Who dares to come in here and touch MY Kagome.' 'That bastard sonofabitch has no right to touch her like that, I'll kill him.' Great minds think alike they say.
"Kagome baby, I've missed you so much." Miroku's soft voice calmed Kagome down from all her shock. Miroku's dark violet eyes stared down at Kagome with longing. 'Man he's grown since the camping trip.' 'She's even more beautiful than I remember.'
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Miroku and his family had gone on a camping trip the same time as the Higurashis' had. Hima nd Kagome became fast friends, soon switching email, phone, and addresses with eachother. But something else was growing between them, and it would have bloomed were it not for Kagome's fathers dissapearance.
----Flashback----
"Kagome, there's something that I want to tell you, actually, I've been wanting to tell you all week." Kagome swallowed her heart back to where it was supossed to be and looked down into her fumbling hands. She looked back up when she felt Miroku's stare.
Miroku leaned down to the young woman in front of him. Kagome glanced to the fire and back to violet eyes.
"Miroku, listen, before you go on anymore, I -" She was cut off by warm, soft, soothing lips lightly landing on hers. Sweet, full, bruising lips; Her first kiss, no tongues mind you, but still, passionate, smoldering, and daring.
Miroku was the first to pull away due to being nervous. Kagome opened her eyes, she was flushed and slightly shaking. Miroku leaned down again, Kagome felt his breath on here face, warm and inviting.
"Kagome, I-"
"Kagome have you seen your father? He-" Mrs. Higurashi popped her head out of the bushes, looking at the couple.
"Sorry if I was inturrupting anything dears, but Kagome, Sota and I need your help to gather firewood, your father hasn't returned yet and I need to start supper. Miroku, if you want, you can help get the wood."
Miroku pulled away from their embrace and started gathering the ramains of the picnic they had earlier that afternoon. Kagome stood up and walked to her mother.
"Do you know where he is?" Kagoem looked up at her mother who gave her 'The Look'
"I'll meet you back when we're done cleaning up." Kagome turned as she heard her mother sqeeze through the bushes, making her way back to the campsite.
"Miroku,"
"You should go help your mother, and look for your father; it's getting dark, you wouldn't want him to stay lost throughout the night would you." Miroku handed Kagome the picnic basket and kissed her on the cheek.
"I'll call you Kagome." Without another word, Miroku walked away, quickly, whether it was out of frustration or uneasieness, Kagome didn't know. She had her hand on her cheek that was kissed by that purple-eyed boy all the way back to the campsite.
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That was the last time Kagome had heard or seen of Miroku. She never did press on calling him, mostly busy with her father's case.
Kagome looked Miroku up and down, he had his black hair tied in a rat's tail at the nape of his neck. His eyebrows, well they were a guys eyebrow, hovering over his violet eyes. From what Kagome could remember, he had a great 6 pack from the camping trip. 'Wonder if he's still got it' Kagome pondered to herself. She was kidding, of course he still had it.
Kagome could physically feel the other two men starring daggers at her and Miroku; she pulled away from him and started the introductions, which were taken as lightly as possible.
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Kagome was now stuffed into Miroku's car with Bankostu and Kouga growling in the back seats. Miroku stealing glances at her the entire way. She finally decided to make small talk.
"So, Miroku, how have you been since summer?" Kagome plastered a smile on her face. Miroku, for the first time, kept his eyes on the road.
"I've been good, missed you. I didn't know whether to call you when I heard about your father, whether you'd be busy or your phone lines would be bugged wiht the police or anything, hehehe." He scratched the back of his neck.
"SO Miroku, will you be attending No Tama? I would be wonderful to have you move with us we already accept as a friend, and it's only been what? 30 mintues? Isn't that great?" Kouga was trying to keep his cool, well, he was doing better than Bankotsu, who was staring out the winder sulking, unnoticed by either driver or the objecct of his desire.
"No, unfortunatly,"Miroku looked in the rear veiw mirror,
"I still live in Kyoto, but hopefully will be visiting as much as possible, and you can drop the friendly act, I know you dont like me." He winked at Kagome, who just smirked, she might have not known Kouga long, but she knew him well enough.
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Bankostu and Kouga walked into the mall with Kagome and Miroku in tow. Rin waved the small group over to the food court table.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
I know who I will pair Kagome up with in the end.
But I'm not going to tell you because I want her to have diferent suitors throughout the story, you guys can still send in votes if you want to, i don't know if it will change my mind.
I will try to update soon.
Thank you everyone!
shelbs
p.s.---sorry for the shortness, its like 7 pm on xmas night, so yeah, a full day of eating will make you kind of tired ya know?!