Chapter 6

Sweet release

"Byyyyyyye!" Kagome's farewell strung out as she waved one hand frantically back at her friends. A silent hanyou walked at her side, a grim look on his face. He was thinking about something, the miko concluded, sneaking a few glances his way as she continued to stretch out her goodbye to her friends. After all, she wasn't going to see them for a few days, and she always was the nice type to fully say goodbye even for a few minutes or so.

Sango, Miroku, and Shippo waited by the shore of the ocean with their waving hands raised, the one that had seemed to have popped out of no where. It was still odd to think about, to accept that the sand that rippled beneath their feet was real. They just had to though. What explanation was there for a random beach? There was none, might as well stop being suspicious.

"See you later, Kagome! Bye, Inuyasha!" The taijiya shouted across the sand to her miko friend as she faded off into the distance, her feline companion transformed and walking at their side. None of them were really sure how far away the well was from where they had been camping out, but it was safer to just take Kirara and fly there. It would be quicker anyways.

Before long, they were gone in a distant puff of red and orange flame and swept off on Kirara's back. And then came the awkward silence settling over them again. The three fidgeted. Shippo picked restlessly at a rock in the sand. Miroku's eyes trailed to Sango as the slayer's eyes trailed the opposite way from him. They were getting more and more lost in the absence of each others love.

Miroku attempted to break the silence.

"Soooo….-"

"When's Kagome gonna come back?" Shippo interrupted, thankfully.

"I don't know, Shippo. Soon, I hope." Sango replied softly. It was true, without the whole gang it was awkward and breezy. It was much better when they all stuck together.

"I'm hunnnngry. What's for lunch?" the kitsune asked next, hunger in the depth of his voice.

Sango turned on her heels in the sand. No use in starving the little boy. In fact, all of them were pretty hungry since breakfast, having run around in the water the entire time afterwards, burning the fullness right out of their bellies.

"Eggs. Sound good?" She confirmed with him, watching him nod excitedly. Anything to fill them up was good enough at this point.

Miroku moved slowly to sit down beside the taijiya, eyes moving over the flames of the fire that was barely still going by now. He prodded them gently with the tip of a long stick, sighing quietly. He didn't know what to say or do with Sango avoiding him so obviously. Was she afraid that something might happen? That a demon would try to pull that stunt on her again, If they even saw the two together at all?

"Why don't you go play in the ocean a bit, Shippo, until the food is ready?" He suggested. It was maybe more than a few seconds before the spray of the splash the young kitsune made shot up on shore.

"Sango, I can't help how I feel," The monk started, trying his best to confront her about the feelings they were having. It was only an perverted idiot like him that would dare to say something like that when they had already broken it off for good. Besides, it would complicate things. It would just…

It wasn't long before the slayer felt that warm spot growing over her backside again. Her face reddened instantly, fury boiling to the surface in her eyes as she glared daggers at him. She reached out a hand to whack him across the face. He hadn't dropped that habit. No way. Would he ever? She stood quickly, abandoning the fire and the sizzling pan of eggs.

"MONK! YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT! YOU-"

'Oh my…' was as far as the slayer's thoughts could get to as Miroku stood as well and slithered his arms around her shoulders. His dark blue eyes bore into hers and his face came unbearably close. She felt warm lips, soft and careful on her own. What other action to take other than to close her eyes, her knees shuddering, lightly lean again him and kiss back? So that was exactly what she did.

Kami, it felt so good to kiss again. After what seemed like forever and a day with only strong cravings to touch like this, it was a miracle. Now that they were back to this, it didn't seem so bad. Maybe none of the demon's were looking. Maybe it wouldn't make things too weird if they just continued on like this, as lovers. It just felt like such a release, and it would be a nightmare for it to end.

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