Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha and I'm not making money from this drabble.

Warning(s)/Rating/Notes:
Possible spoilers for Inuyasha: The Final Act, but really only one. This ficlet/drabble is rated K+ to T and is pretty tame, except for the "weird" noncanon pairing. The drabble is also considered somewhat AU-ish. Fic was written for a drabble wars session. I'm also going to use this for the theme for LJ's 30-kisses #20 the road home (I have a Miroku/Kagome pairing there from awhile back). Enjoy.

Saku's drabble wars prompt:
Miroku/Kagome-
"I cant believe I said I'd lay our love on the ground
But it doesn't matter cause I've made it up forgive me now
Everyday I spend away my soul's inside out
Gotta be someway that I can make it up to you now, somehow."
~I'd come for you- nickelback


The Inu Drabble Chocolate Box Series
Drabble 7: Kagome 3
by Yo on 6.23.13, Uploaded to ff dot net on 8/19/13


They were both so stupid. He chose Sango so long ago, and she Inuyasha, even knowing that their hearts and dreams belonged in other places and to other people.

Sango had her clan to restore, and Kagome was never really certain the Demon Slayer ever truly loved the monk. The Demon Slayer did have three beautiful children with the monk, but she knew they would not last, in spite of that. Knew it with every fiber of her being. Sango was a dominant woman with a restless soul and an indomitable fire and lust for fighting. Sango was too wild and untamed for a man like Miroku, who himself possessed his own kind of spark and restlessness. They were two similar, powerful entities destined to blaze together for a short eternity and blow up like a supernova in the end. Theirs was a passion that could not last.

Her and Inuyasha…they couldn't last either. He would always be hung up on Kikyo, and Kagome'd always be second to her, even long after the priestess had become dust and just memories in Inuyasha's heart. And Kagome could only put up with being second rate for so long.

There were countless reasons she was wrong for Inuyasha and he for Sango, and countless more reasons why she and Miroku were meant for each other.

"We really are stupid," Kagome murmured out loud as she sat sipping tea in Kaede's hut, which was now Miroku's—as the old priestess had passed on, and he resided there in Kaede's steed as the village's spiritual leader and protector.

Naraku was also long gone, and Kagome hadn't lingered long in either the feudal era or her own time since his demise years ago—she was always hopping back and forth through the well, never able to stay in one place for too long. Her heart seemed like it was constantly torn between two worlds as she just couldn't choose where she felt she most belonged, though being near Miroku was the strongest pull and the closest to what felt like home…

Sango and Inuyasha were nowhere near Kaede's village as Sango was in her home village with the children and Shippou while Inuyasha was who knows where probably roaming, brooding, picking fights, mourning Kikyo…

"Yes, I guess we are, Lady Kagome," Miroku agreed, smirking and then placing his hand on her wrist, drawing it away from the steaming cup of green tea left in her other hand.

He brought her hand to his lips and kissed her fingertips, taking her breath away.

"Miroku, will you marry me?" Kagome asked out of the blue.

"Yes. Yes, I will," Was all he said and pulled her into his arms, careful not to spill the hot tea all over them.


Owari