Disclaimer: Nope. Still don't own him.
Ch21; The Scroll"Guy's! Get over here quick!" Kagome yelled across the room, snatching the parchment out of Miroku's hand, a delighted smile on her face. They all rushed over to her.
"Hey! Give that back!" Miroku said, desperately trying to snatch it out of her hand. But she would not let him have it! Something this important, he couldn't have!
"Did you find it?" they all asked her eagerly, seeing the parchment in her hand, and the gleeful expression on her face.
"Just take a look at it!" she said, laughing. She thrust the paper into Sango's hands. "And don't let Miroku get it!" with that she fell over on the floor, clutching her stomach which was starting to hurt with all the laughing.
The all looked at her oddly, and gazed at the scroll. "What is it?" Hojo asked. He couldn't make out what the picture was in the scroll. Everyone else was agreeing with him. They stared at it a little longer, and then burst out laughing, leaping around to stop Miroku from taking it away.
On the parchment was a picture of Miroku. He looked about 15 years old, and was wearing the most outrageous outfit. He was wearing a tight, bright pink kimono that was really small at the waist, and yet really puffy and large at the skirt part (sort of like a tutu). The kimono had no sleeves to cover his arms, which were covered in bracelets. His hair was not in the regular topknot, but was down, and came to him shoulders. He was wearing ancient make up, his lips were painted red, and was wearing really large hoop earrings. He was looking really sheepish and embarrassed.
"GIVE IT HERE!" Miroku said pleadingly, and managed to snatch it from Sango's hand, since she was unable to maintain her grip on it due to her laughter. Miroku sighed in relief that he had it now, but the damage had been done. They had seen him.
"It looks like you are wearing a tutu!" Hojo said between laughs. "What in the world were you thinking, dressing like that?"
"I had no choice!" Miroku said in defence, as lame as it was.
"Had no choice! What's with that! Hang on to whatever dignity you have left, man!" Inuyasha said, laughing all over the floor.
"It was just a dare! It's not that bad!"
"Dude. You are wearing a dress." Inuyasha said in a serious tone.
Miroku sighed. "I know. I never thought that it would end up in here! I'd hoped no one would ever see it! It would totally ruin my chances with the ladies!" Everyone fell on the ground with their feet in the air at his comment.
"It's ruining more than just your chances with the ladies! How about your chances of showing your face in public?" Sango said, caught between the urge to laugh and the urge to hit him over the head for his comment. She settled for both; hitting him over the head with Hiraikotsu and then falling on the ground with laughter.
"Ha ha. Very funny." Miroku said irritably. "I could die!" He took one last look at the parchment in his hands and crumpled it up, throwing it aside. Only after he did that did he remember that if he just left it there, someone else would find it! He had to get rid of it!
Miroku turned to where he had thrown the paper, and saw that it had landed next to the other one. He had forgotten about it! Hastily, he put the crumpled paper in his pocket, and turned to the other scroll. No one else was paying attention to him. They were still laughing. "Come on! It wasn't that funny!" Miroku barked, now truly pissed. But that only made then laugh harder.
He tried to ignore them by picking up the last scroll. He hardly even remembered what he was looking for when he opened it, and only did a quick glance. "Nope. Not…wait…yes it is!" he turned to the rest of them, who were STILL laughing. "GUYS! SNAP OUT OF IT! I FOUND THE PROPHECY!"
That made then all stop dead in their tracks. No one said anything, but just stared at Miroku. "Are you…serious? You found it?" Kagome asked him slowly, not sure that she had heard him right.
"Ya! This is it!"
"That's it?" she repeated, as if it was taking a moment to sink in.
"Yes, Kagome. I found it! It was the last one I checked!"
Kagome finally snapped out of it, and her face was illuminated with nothing but pure joy. They had found it! They had found the answer to their problems…or his death sentence. Said a little voice in his head. No…this was the answer, she told herself. This was what would solve their problems! "YES! MIROKU, YOU DID IT!" she hugged him tightly, and snatched the scroll from his hands, so quickly that he barely saw it.
"But why? Why did it have to be the very last scroll?" Miroku asked himself.
"It wasn't!" Shippo told him, smiling. "You just started at the wrong end."
Miroku felt like hitting him. But he was smarter then Inuyasha was. He knew it would get him in trouble. So he settled for sighing in defeat. Even if he did something right, it seemed as though he had done something stupid. "Well, at least now we have it! We can finally know all there is about it and how Inuyasha dies, and THEN we can start worrying about how we're going to survive, even though we're not supposed to." Then he looked away, mentally slapping himself.
Sango sighed at his stupidity. "I'm guessing you'd like to re-phrase that?"
"Oh, ya!" Miroku said quietly seriously regretting his words, now that Kagome had stopped smiling and was now staring almost in horror at the scroll in her hand.
"So…this is it…I guess." She said nervously. She was really afraid to open it, but of course she had to. So she slowly lowered it so everyone could see it. Then she touched the edge of the parchment slowly, almost as if it would burn her if she went too fast. She unrolled it even more slowly, and everyone closed in to look.
I KNOW! I KNOW! I WAS GONNA WRITE THE REST, I SWEAR! BUT I FELT LIKE BEING EVIL! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ha! runs and hides under a rock Oh, god! They're gonna kill me! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!