"Something happens when you start spending a lot of time with someone," Kuranosuke said as they walked around the park. It was still cold, winters frost had not yet left the city. Kuranosuke had convinced Sango to go around the park she had twisted her ankle at last year. She walked as she sipped her coffee. Kuranosuke had her lock arms with him, he said it was for warmth but she knew better.

"And just what is that 'something?' Sango asked

"You feel as though you can't spend a moment without them." Kuranosuke said

"Who are you talking about Kuranosuke?" She smiled

"I'm talking about you, Sango." He stopped and looked into her eyes. "I think we should take a vacation together. What do you think?" He reached into coat pocket for what she thought were plane tickets.

"I don't know, I mean…I"

Before showing her what he had in his coat pocket he stopped short "You are the master of hard to get!" Kuranosuke exclaimed and then laughed at the situation, "it is very hard to get an answer out of you… you never have a direct answer there is never a yes or no."

"I'm sorry." Sango winced, "Yes Kuranosuke lets take a vacation."

"Only if YOU want to Sango, I don't want to push you into anything, I just get a little frustrated. I just want to know what you are thinking. I just want to know if you have rethought my proposal. Have you come up with an answer?" There was a pause for a moment before he continued, "Sango my feelings have not changed, I am still in love with you, and I am still wishing and waiting for you."

A deep red blush spread across her face.

"Oh Kuranosuke, you always say the most… overwhelming things," She smiled and sighed.

……………………………………………

Miroku sat around in his apartment, his stomach rumbled but he was too lazy to get out of bed. It was already 12: 00 noon and he had done nothing but laid in bed, his mind kept drifting back to the moment when he and Sango kissed. It was bothering him, he couldn't sleep, and his mind turned in circles at 200 miles an hour, and it made him very tired.

'Sango and Kuranosuke, I just don't see that working out. I mean I don't think she will say yes to his proposal, she just doesn't want to hurt his feelings. Wait…. what do I care she is my friend, that's it. I mean it doesn't really matter to me that Kuranosuke would never let me see her again, she is just another girl. Right? After all I am not good enough for Sango and if Kuranosuke can make her happy I shouldn't stand in the way"

The doorbell rang and knocked him out of his thought.

"Coming!" He shouted to the person he hoped was Sango or a food delivery person.

He put on his robe and dragged himself to the door, he tried to get a look out of the peephole, but the person had placed their thumb on it.

"Very funny!" He shouted through the door as he began unlocking it.

He opened the door to find…

"Surprise!" His stalker stood in front of him and pushed passed him and into the apartment.

"Oh. It's you." Miroku suddenly remembered his lie.

"I see you are not out of town as you said." She smiled

"Oh. I…. I was going to call you but I lost your number." Miroku kept his eyes on her, she was here for a reason, and he wasn't in the mood to deal with any obsessed women.

"Liar! Again with the lies Miroku. If I didn't know, better I would think you didn't want to see me. That can't be the case, considering the wonderful time we had last time you and I were in this apartment. You do remember that night don't you Miroku? You and me, together…it was very…memorable." She raised an eyebrow.

"How could I forget?" He smiled then rolled his eyes, "Look, I am not in the mood for visitors so just leave me your number and I will call you. We can catch up for lunch or something. What do you say?"

"Miroku," The woman broke down in tears, "I think you're getting the wrong impression of me!"

This came out of nowhere, he instantly felt bad.

"What are you talking about?" He thought fast, "I am going to be honest with you, I don't really have any impression of you, and I don't even know you. We spent the night together months ago, and ever since then you have followed me and bumped into me everywhere. You have called me almost every day, I even had to change my number there is no way I really know you." Miroku's frustration was obvious.

"Exactly! You think I am some obsessed stalker and that couldn't be farther from the truth!" She spoke through tears

"It couldn't? So then why have you called me and followed me around?" He was waiting for this answer

"Because I want to know you, I need closure. Miroku you can sleep with someone one minute and then ignore them the next, but I can't. I have feelings for you! Don't you see that?" She stood up and walked towards Miroku

It was quiet for a moment

"I think I understand." Miroku hesitated for a moment at the prospect of knowing her, she seemed off regardless of what she said. He held out his hand as a peace offering, she opted for a hug instead.

"Now then, we can finally start to know each other, and then maybe we can have some more memorable nights." She tossed her short dark hair back.

"Sure" Miroku didn't want a relationship with this woman, but he did see what she meant. He was starting to understand how he and Sango could never be together it was in his personality. It was in this girl's sadness and obsession with him, Miroku realized that he would only use Sango and if that was the case, he didn't want to hurt her. They were better off as friends.

"Get dressed Miroku, I am taking us to lunch." She bossed him around and Miroku couldn't help but think that if it weren't for the free meal he would have said no.

………………………………………………

"So where are we going Kuranosuke?" Sango asked as they took their second loop around the park

"Anywhere you want, just name it." Kuranosuke said

Sango thought about it, and remembered Kohaku. She had promised to see him, and what better chance than now. She had saved for at least half the trip, plus Kagome and Inuyasha could go to since Kohaku and Sota went to the same school.

"I know just where we could go, but these are my terms and conditions…hear me out first before you say anything!" Sango got giddy

"First, and foremost we are going to see Kohaku.." She didn't like to be bossy but it was fun to make a game out of it

Kuranosuke played along and looked as though he gave it serious thought…

"Next, Inuyasha and Kagome are coming"

Kuranosuke made the same expression

"Finally, I am paying for my half of the trip."

Kuranosuke spoke up, "Wait! Sango this is a gift, I am going to pay!"

Sango shrugged her shoulders, "Okay then, well I guess I am not going."

"So you are playing hardball again?" Kuranosuke stopped

"Sort of, the balls in your court Kuranosuke." Sango looked at him

"You have a deal, but here is my condition," Kuranosuke said, "I get to pay for a night on the town, for all of us."

"Ahh Kuranosuke how can I say no to that?" Sango hugged Kuranosuke, "oh by the way what were you going to pull out of your pocket?"

"You'll get it over lunch, come on."

……………………………………………….

"So where is it you are taking me?" Miroku asked

"I know the perfect place for hot soup. You are going to love it." His stalker smiled

Miroku adjusted the beanie on his head and entertained himself with his wristwatch. They took the subway and then walked the rest of the way.

…..

"Kuranosuke I don't know what to get, what do you suggest?" Sango read off various soup options.

"Wonton Soup is delicious, lets see the classic chicken noodle, or you could try tomato soup…" he kept reading off options

"Kuranosuke you are not helping. You are naming off almost all the soup on the menu…" Sango laughed

….

Miroku walked into the restaurant and got a strange feeling. He could sense something, or someone. He looked around. He sometimes had intuitions he couldn't explain it happened at the weirdest moments, for instance on New Years he felt odd all day, or the day his father had the accident he seemed to pick up on different energies. He didn't have to look long before he saw Kuranosuke and Sango sitting in a booth by the window. She was laughing at something, most likely one of Kuranosuke cheesy jokes.

"Miroku!" A hand waved in front of his face distracted him

"Oh, sorry I zoned out for a moment."

Miroku let his 'date' lead the way to the table, half anxious and half glad to see Sango, yet he still wasn't sure if he wanted to say hi to her or not. They sat at a table in the middle of the restaurant. If Sango didn't see him, there she would have been blind.

….

"So, other than see your brother what other things do you want to do on our trip?" Kuranosuke asked between spoonfuls of soup.

"I don't know, it has been a while since I actually went anywhere on a vacation. I usually have something to do on trips. I wouldn't know what to do with my self." Sango paused for a moment and then smiled, "We haven't traveled together since college, remember we used to take weekend trips all the time." Sango began to trace back memories

"That's right I remember" Kuranosuke smiled, "you, me, Kagome and…"

"Naraku and Kikyo…" Sango's smile faded

"You shouldn't think about that Sango," Kuranosuke tried to stop any potential argument that might start from that subject

"Your right…" Sango sipped her tea

…..

"So" Miroku said, it had gotten uncomfortably silent he looked over again towards Sango hoping that if he looked long enough she would feel his eyes on her

His 'date' followed his gaze and looked at Sango, amazed at her luck.

Flashback

Miroku's stalker sat in the lobby of the large Takeda office building. Though it was a monument in the city, she had never visited or even paid much attention to the building. She was waiting for someone to walk out. She had followed Miroku around for a while and noticed that one woman had a daily role in his life, Sango.

What made all this weird was that she was almost positive that this woman was already engaged to someone else, Kuranosuke Takeda. She was sitting in the lobby and waiting to confront this woman, she had a feeling that the woman and Miroku had an affair going on.

It was only a matter of minutes before she got her first up close look at her. The elevator bell went off and her eyes eagerly a waited who would be exiting. It was none other than the woman herself, but she wasn't alone. She seemed to have her fiancé with her. She was trying to listen to their conversation, and could sense some tension radiating off the other person who was with them in the lobby.

This tall and rather pale man in a black suit was saying something to the fiancé and then walked off in her direction. She studied the three for a moment. She was good at reading body language, and it seemed that the woman she was ready to confront was not very happy when the tall man in the black suit was around. She watched as the fiancé talked to the woman, it looked as though he was trying to soothe her, all seemed well when the woman began to laugh.

"Miroku and this woman, are they lovers?" She remembered seeing Miroku and Sango and two other people eating at a restaurant and she was confused as to the nature of the relationship, she even witnessed the woman slap Miroku. Either way she was going to give this woman a warning, she was going to stay away from Miroku.

She watched as the two 'made up' and walked outside arm in arm. She sat up, put on her sunglasses and was about to set off until she felt an arm pull her back. She turned up to see who was holding her back, it was none other than the pale man in the black suit.

"Who are you?" She snapped

"Who are you?" The man said coldly

"None of your business. Now please let go of me, I have something very important to do."

"You know Miroku Houshi don't you?" He said

The stalker raised an eyebrow, and was surprised at the comment. "Who are you?" She asked again, this time she was pleading for an answer.

"My name is Naraku and you are going to be a big help to me."

End Flashback

That was her alright, she was remembering Naraku's orders.

"Will you excuse me?" She got from the table "I have a phone call to make Miroku."

"Huh, oh sure" Miroku spotted his chance to talk to Sango, though he wasn't thrilled with Kuranosuke being there.

He walked over to the table and loomed over for a minute before Sango looked up at him and smiled.

"Miroku? What are you doing here?" Sango was not ready for another confrontation

"Hey Sango, what are you up to?" He smiled at her

Kuranosuke cut their budding conversation short.

"Houshi. Don't tell me you are a waiter here too?" Kuranosuke asked

"No Kuranosuke, I am not a waiter here. Actually, I am here for the same reason as everyone else, I am getting lunch. Why are you here Kuranosuke? A big shot billionaire eating at a little place like this? Doesn't sound like you at all."

"Houshi unlike you I was never a master at spending all my money."

"From what I remember you were never a master of anything at all, wait I take that back. You are an excellent backstabber."

"Are you children finished?" Sango broke in

The two men looked at each other calling a truce for the moment

"Kuranosuke, Miroku was just coming over to say hi." Miroku smiled when Sango took his defense "and Miroku, don't be so rude to Kuranosuke." She added, to which Kuranosuke smiled.

"Aren't you going to introduce me Miroku?" His stalker waved from across the restaurant, back at the table they shared.

"Your date is calling you Houshi, you don't want to keep her waiting…we all know how you don't like to wait." Kuranosuke said

"Kuranosuke shouldn't you be off pressuring someone else to marry you? It seems that is the only way you can get into a relationship."

"Miroku!" Sango looked at him.

"You're right Sango, this was a bad idea for," He looked back at his stalker and directed the next comment to Kuranosuke and Sango, "and for your information she is not my date."

His stalker shouted once more from the table, "Miroku we better hurry, our date isn't over yet." She smiled

"Bye Houshi" Kuranosuke said, Sango rolled her eyes.

The stalker smiled, she was pretty good at her mission so far, and if she kept up her part of the bargain, she would be getting a big reward and Miroku.

Return to Flashback

"From what I know you are one of Miroku's ex one night stands right?" Naraku asked

"I am not going to be an ex for long Naraku, besides how do you know?"

"I keep a very good eye on my investments."

"Investments?" She was confused

"You see I have a deal for you and I am sure you will like it."

"Yeah?"

"You want Miroku and I want to Sango and Kuranosuke to get married. Its as simple as that."

"How is that an investment?" She interrupted

"I have a lot riding on it, and I need you to make sure that nothing, I mean nothing gets between Sango and Kuranosuke. If you make this happen you get a nice amount of money and Miroku. Is that a deal?" He asked

"But Miroku wants nothing to do with me."

"Fix that, see him now and if you need any help call this number." He handed her a slip of paper and shook hands with the stalker before walking away.

She stood there thinking about her new mission. It didn't seem to hard to pull away Miroku from this woman, Miroku was a lecher and she had just what he needed.

Thanks for reading, excuse any typos. It was my birthday this week so this is my gift to everyone! Please read and review and I am sure to get another chapter going soon! Oh and of course, keep reading!