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The Monk and the Miko
kagomes-wanna-be
Chapter 8- The Proposal
Kagome and Miroku had been greeted warmly, as they knew the would. Hugs and kisses went around and talking ensued before they all decided to head out, having gotten a tip of a powerful demon farther north. They said their goodbyes to Keade before leaving.
It had been a week since they left, and they had yet to find the village or the demon. They didn't mind much, though. They were used to traveling. However, they were all in different allignment this time. InuYasha took up the front, of course, but this time with Kikyo by his side; Sango and Kyoko were behind them, Kirara in Sango's arms; and then Kagome and Miroku took up the back, Shippo on her shoulder's.
Kagome and Miroku had spent every moment together that they could. They walked together, ate together, laughed together, they even slept together; sometimes under the sleeping bag and sometimes on top of it, depending on the heat that night. However, they hadn't yet managed to spend any time really alone together, as Kagome had promised.
"InuYasha, I think we should stop for the night," Kagome said finally, looking up and seeing the sun about an hour away from setting.
"Stop? We only started walking again a little bit ago!" he said, not wanting to stop, getting somewhat annoyed over not having found that demon yet.
"You mean when you let us sit down for 5 minutes 4 hours ago?" she asked, just as annoyed but for different reasons.
"Keh," he said, crossing his arms as he continued walking.
"Come on InuYasha, I'm tired," Shippo whined, pouting from his seat on Kagome's shoulder.
"How could you possibly be tired? You don't even walk! You just sit on Kagome's shoulder all day!" InuYasha yelled at him as Kikyo tried to get him to calm down.
"InuYasha!" Kagome yelled back at him dangerously, making him sigh and mumble lightly.
"Fine," he said, turning and walking deeper into the woods until he came across a clearing that was big enough for all of them to stay comfortably. "We can stay here for the night."
"Thank you InuYasha," Kagome said, smiling as everyone settled down, letting out consecutive sighs as they got comfortable.
After sitting and talking for a while, Kagome announced that she was going to go and look for herbs to use for medicines in the nearby fields, because they were running low. Miroku looked up at her and couldn't help but smile, the wheels in his head starting to turn.
"I'll go with you, so we can get twice as many," Kikyo said as she stood up, brushing off her pants. Miroku looked over at her, giving her a look of death that shocked her slightly. Her eyes widened as she realized what he was trying to say, clearing her throat. "Rather, I'll look in the woods. That way we can have the herbs from both areas, since they differ so."
Kagome looked at her strangely, wondering why exactly she changed her mind. "Alright," she said, shrugging before looking down at Miroku who quickly put on his smile. "I'll be back soon," she told him, leaning down and kissing him before walking off.
"Take your time," he called out as he stood up, watching her walk off before everyone jumped up.
"Miroku, are you going to do it now?" Sango asked as they huddled around him, almost like school children sharing a secret.
"Uh... yeah, I think I might," he said, nodding his head as he wrung his hands together and looked in the direction she had walked off, obviously nervous.
"Really? This soon?" Kyoko asked.
"Soon?" Miroku asked, his voice becoming somewhat scared as he looked at Kyoko with widened eyes. "Wh-wh-what do you mean soon?" he managed to stutter out.
"Well, I just..." Kyoko trailed off as he saw the eyes of everyone else looking at him angrily, knowing how easily Miroku could become nervous. "Soon? Who said soon? What I said was that I think you should have done it sooner," he tried to cover himself, laughing in her own nervousness.
Sango rolled her eyes and hit him in the back discreetly, sighing before looking back at Miroku who stood there, running his hands over his robes, trying to get out the nonexistent wrinkles out of it. "I understand we've only been together for a little while but... I do really love her," he said as he looked up at all of them. "And we've known each other for years, so it's not so entirely strange. Right?"
"Of course not," Sango assured him, smiling softly.
Miroku took a deep breath again, staring at the ground before nodding his head. "Okay... I'm going to do it."
"Good," InuYasha said, smiling at his friend as he patted his arm. "Good luck."
"Thanks InuYasha," Miroku said, smiling at his friend, glad for the encouragement.
"Keh," was his response, taking his hand back and crossing his arms.
Miroku laughed lightly, shaking his head before taking a deep breath again, all the others wishing him good luck as well. He smiled kindly at them before he turned and started off in the direction Kagome had gone.
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Miroku pulled the small box out of his robes, opening it and looking at the ring as it glinted in the sun. He looked up and sighed for the umpteenth time. He didn't know what he was doing, he didn't know what he was gonna say, he didn't know anything. Gin had said that he needed to get down on one knee, and he was sticking to that.
But what did he say? Did he need to say something special? Did he just ask? Did he use her regular name? Her full name? A pet name? He groaned as he realized that he really had no idea what to do.
He stopped when he saw the forest start to open up and saw the fields and rolling hills in front of him. His eyes widened lightly, not having realized that the fields had been so big. At least he would have a bit more time to think about what he was going to do.
As he walked, he couldn't get his mind to stop working. But at the sun started to set, his thought process changed as he realized he needed to find her soon. He started to walk quicker, reaching the top of the hill before stopping as he looked down at the bottom of it. Kagome sat in a patch of tall, thick grass, weeding her way through them as she looked for herbal plants, nestled between two of the hills.
She looked up, sighing as she saw the last rays of the sun washing over the area. She stood up and put the herbs she had found in the small bag she brought with her.
Kagome squeaked as she felt two arms encircle her waist, turning while swinging her arm to hit whoever, or whatever, was touching her.
"Woah, feisty," Miroku said as he grabbed her arm to keep him from hitting her.
"Miroku!" Kagome cried out, taking a deep breath to calm herself, her heart racing. "Don't do that! You scared me half to death!"
Miroku mentally kicked himself. Out of everything he didn't know he was supposed to know, he was pretty sure he wasn't supposed to scare his girlfriend. 'Nice start,' he thought to himself before clearing his throat. "I'm sorry, I just wanted to surprise you," he said, leaning forward and kissing her neck lightly.
She couldn't help but smile as he did that, cursing him for knowing that her neck was one of her sensitive spots. "It's fine," she said, kissing his cheek as he pulled away. "So what are you doing here?"
His lips parted lightly as he thought of what to say before smiling. "You look so beautiful in this light," he said, brushing some of her hair back behind her ear.
A smile graced her lips as he did, though she still looked at him strangely. "Miroku, what's going on?" she asked.
He looked down at her as he felt the butterflies in his stomach go wild, having been trying to ignore them, but not able to anymore. "N-Nothing," he stuttered out, shaking his head. "Nothing... weird... or anything of that sort."
"Miroku..." Kagome said suspiciously, her eyes slitting lightly.
"Okay," he said taking a deep breath. "I, um... I'm here to talk to you about something."
"Alright... what?" she asked, confused by the way he was acting.
"Well..." he started, taking a deep breath. He looked down for a moment before looking back up at her, stopping as he saw her. As he thought about what he was going to do, he realized that he was going to ask this woman to spend the rest of their lives together, and that didn't scare him. "Kagome... I love you so much-"
"I love you too," Kagome said, smiling.
"No, wait... please don't interupt me," he said, making her smile drop as she started to get worried. "I... I've been thinking a lot lately... mostly about you. About... how beautiful you are, how amazing you are and... how much I would love to spend the rest of my life with you," he said, taking her hand in his, all the while keeping his eyes locked on hers as he slipped downwards and onto one knee.
Her eyes widened as she realized what was going on, her free hand lifting and covering the gasp that escaped her lips. "Oh my god, Miroku..."
"Kagome..." He started as he stared into her eyes, watching them start to brim with tears. "Will you marry me?"
"Yes," she hiccupped out, pulling her hand off of her mouth. "Yes... yes, Miroku, I'll marry you," she said, tears starting to fall down her cheeks.
He smiled brightly and jumped up, enveloping her in a hug as he kissed her deeply. They pulled back after a moment as she laughed happily, wiping her cheeks. "I can't believe this," she whispered, smiling softly as he helped her wipe her cheeks off as well.
"Neither can I," he whispered back, leaning his forehead against her own and looking into her eyes as he held her cheeks. "Oh, wait," he said, pulling back a bit and patting around his robes.
"What's wrong?" she asked as she watched him confused.
"It's... just... ah! Here it is!" he said, smiling as he pulled the small box out again, looking at her and smiling as he opened it.
"Oh my god," she whispered, covering her mouth again and smiling brighter as she saw it. "It's beautiful," she told him, lowering her hands.
"Not as beautiful as you," he said, making her blush as he pulled out the ring, looking at her hands, his eyes widening before looking up at her. "Um... I don't know..." he trailed off, embaressed.
She laughed softly, holding her left hand forward and pointing at her ring finger. "That one," she said, smiling at him lovingly.
He returned her smile, slipping the ring onto her finger before kissing her again. "I'm so glad you said yes," he whispered, making her smile.
"Of course I said yes," she told him, running her hands over his back gently. "But, I don't get it. How'd you get the ring?"
"You're mother helped me," he told her, smiling.
"Oh," she said, laughing softly. "Well, then, I'll have to make sure to thank her."
"Yes you will," he said, kissing her once more before realizing how late it was getting. "We should be heading back," he said sadly, wishing he could stay out here with her forever.
"You're right," she said, nodding her head, but stopping him when he started to turn. "But first I have to tell you something."
"What?" he asked, concern evident in his voice.
"Well, um..." she bit her lip as she thought about telling him, not sure if she should or not. She took a deep breath, nodding her head and looked up into his eyes as she told him, "I'm pregnant."
Miroku stood there for a second in shocked silence, making her worried before he blinked, finally processing what she had just said. "You... you're... really?" he asked, his breathing getting harder as he stared at her.
"Yeah... I took the test this morning."
"Oh my god..." he whispered before breaking into a bright grin, laughing loudly and happily as he through his arms around her, picking her up and swinging her around.
"Miroku!" she shrieked out, holding onto him tightly before he finally set her down.
"I can't believe this is true... you're really pregnant?" he asked her, looking into her eyes seriously.
"Yes... I'm really pregnant Miroku," she said, not able to help but smile at his reaction.
He pulled her close, not saying anything as he kissed her deeply, holding her as close to him as he could. "I love you, I love you so much," he repeated over and over, making her laugh softly. "God I love you... and I'm going to love you forever... a-and I'm always going to be there for you, always taking care of you and our children-"
"Woah, children?" she interupting him, surprising him a little.
"Well... yes," he said, nodding his head. "We're going to have more than this one child, aren't we?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh... right," she said, nodding her head and smiling. "Just... let's just focus on this one for now.."
He laughed softly, nodding his head. "Alright," he said, kissing her forhead lightly as he hugged her again, just wanting to be close to her.
They stood there like that for a long time, until all the traces of the sun were gone and nothing but stars were left in the dark sky. They didn't want to leave, they didn't want to have to end this moment, but finally Kagome did. "We need to head back. The others are gonna get worried."
Miroku took a deep breath, nodding his head as he pulled back. "You're right," he whisper disappointedly.
"Hey, don't be so sad..." she said, running her fingers down the side of his face. "We're engaged now... and we're gonna have a baby... you should be happy," she told him, smiling.
"You're right," he said again, nodding his head once more. "It's just... I liked this. Just you and me... we haven't done that alot, and you promised we would."
"I know," she said, nodding her head. "But, like I said, we're engaged now. We have an excuse to be alone," she said, smiling suggestively at him.
He returned her smile, biting his lip gently. "Yeah, we do," he said, kissing her gently before taking her hand. "Come on, let's go."
She squeezed his hand tightly as they started to walk, leaning her head on his shoulder. Neither of them could stop smiling the entire way back, thinking of their bright, happy future together.
AN: And it's done! Well, this chapter, not this story. I promise this isn't the end! I know what I want to do with the rest of the story, and while it's gonna be sad, I promise it's gonna get better! This is a happily ever after story, so obviously it has to have a happy ending, and it will! I promise, really. Nothing to worry about. So, please keep coming back, please keep reading, please enjoy it and please, please, PLEASE review! Thanks a bunch every one!
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