Well, I was trying to use last chapter as a gauge of how much I can write without offending people, but I've only received a few reviews (and I'm very grateful for what I have gotten!) Seriously, if you do not like my writing style aside from word tense (which I chose to use present because past is so common and I like to be different), please let me know, this includes problem in word tense usage. Mind you, I tend to do my better writing in the early hours of the morning, but it seems that my grammar skills go bye-bye and I tend to post as soon as I get done with it. If there is something you like about the style or the plot more than others or if there is something you feel is missing, I also want to hear. As much as I love to hear, "Gee, this is a nice fic you got here," I tend to find constructive criticism more valuable because I really do want to improve as a writer.
And lastly, being that I haven't ever written anything that would remotely be considered lemon but was planning to with this story, I will likely be working on a side story after this is complete, with a little bit of outside help from my friends. As far as how long this will turn out to be, well…I had planned for it to have ended in the cave. I was actually thinking about having the demon Sango actually kill Miroku and then for Sango to regain herself and deal with that. ^_^* Luckily, I changed my mind. Anyways, it looks like there will be at least 15 chapters, and I'll be updating you all if it will go much longer over that.
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Sango's face blushes bright and deep, her eyes intently watching the forest floor. The Houshi's large hand presses against the small of her back, holding her close to him. His own eyes glare upon the hanyou slowly lifting himself from the ground before crossing in an air of annoyance.
"Feh. Kagome goes and gets all worked up about you two being in trouble and there you are, busy shoving tongues down each other's throats. What were you doing last night that kept you from breaking the barrier?" A cocky grin perks Inuyasha's lips.
Kagome's hand remains across her forehead, trying to soothe the growing ache pulsing at her temples. 'Baka.'
An eyebrow stands ominously on the Taiji-ya's face, her hands balling into fists at her sides.
Miroku closes his eyes, shaking his head. Having been on the receiving end of her wrath before, he almost felt sorry for Inuyasha. Almost.
"Oi…Kirara." Sango shouts, her hands waving around in a rather obvious gesture.
Kirara looks obediently to her master and then to the hanyou, brushing a few stray leaves off of himself.
Shippou covers his eyes, muttering "I can't watch this," before spreading out his chubby fingers and peaking through at the scene anyways.
Kirara sidles over, most of her long feline form brushing past Inuyasha before she leans her head down to the ground. Her tail waving in the air, she throws its muscular weight around quickly.
Inuyasha's eyes widen as he sees the fiery tails moving towards him and moves to jump out of the way, but is not quite fast enough as her tail clips him, forcefully enough to send him flying into the nearby pond a little more than slight singed. Steam rises up from the water's surface at the epicenter of the ripples.
Sputtering, a wet half demon dog dredges himself to the shore, rivulets of water pouring down off of his. "What the Hell was that for?"
"What do you think, Baka?" mutters the kitsune.
Everyone's attention turns away from the drenched hanyou as Sango and Miroku slowly approach the others.
The pressure at her back increases gently, as he guides her over to the others. "Will you be alright with the walking?"
"I think so."
"Good." Leaning over, he quickly places his lips to her cheek, before moving his head back to whisper in her ear. "We can finish our talk later."
Still a bit shyly, she nods.
Kirara lies her body on the ground and he helps Sango up onto her back.
"Kagome, Kirara, Shippou, please see to it that she goes to Kaede and is treated."
Shippou leans his head, a bit curious. "What are you gonna do, Miroku?"
Leaning his shajaku against a tall tree, Miroku cracks his knuckles. "Inuyasha and I need to have a little talk."
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"Okanka."
"Hai, Naraku-sama." Her pale arms glide down over his sinewy shoulders, hugging his chest.
"You have failed in your mission?"
She bites her lip, attempting rather vainly to conceal her growing fear. "Hai, Naraku-sama."
Lightly, he passes his delicate finger over her arms, raising goose bumps at his gentle touch. Then, without any warning, his nails bite deep into her skin, calling forth trails of blood from each wound to unnaturally darken her pale skin. A cruel smirk plays against his normally stoic features.
A mixture of surprise and pain washes over her face as she rushes to withdraw her arms from his grasp.
"Do not do so again."
Fear consumes her eyes as she sits bleeding and panting on the ground.
"And do not underestimate them again. I'm not as likely to be so forgiving next time."
"Hai."
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Shippou hangs on to Kirara's neck, snoring gently into her fur.
Kagome searches for words to fill the silence. "So, Sango…what happened back there?"
Blushing deeply, she turns her head away from view. "Well, I suppose you saw most of it."
Smiling lightly, Kagome presses a bit further for details to comfort her own anxieties. "Well…I meant last night. I kept getting a really bad feeling that something was going wrong."
"This body almost killed him." Frowning, her eyebrows knit in frustration.
Kagome's jaw drops. "Eh?"
"Someone or something took over control of my body. I could still think and see, I just couldn't move or speak." Her head bows. "I barely stopped it in time before…."
A dead silence drops over the groups as Kagome tries to absorb this. Sango struggles to hold back a stray tear, hanging precariously onto her bottom eyelash.
"Are you alright now?"
"I think so. But the sooner, we get to Kaede's, the better I'll feel."
"Okay."
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****OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE! OMAKE!****
Once they were out of sight, Inuyasha and Miroku turn to each other.
Inuyasha eyes widen in curiosity. "So….tongue?"
"Yeah," Miroku smirks.
"Cool."
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Wah! I have seen Blue Seed's omake a few too many times. ^_^ Omake means "extra", by the way. Was there any real purpose for this? No. I just had the stupid idea in my head and had to put it to virtual paper.
