Author-chan's notes: KON'NICHI WA!!!! Meet my fifth chapter everybody!!! (*Sigh*) I still haven't gotten to England yet!!! But do not fear!!! I'll have them there soon!!! Hopefully…
Overseas
(Chapter Five: The Miko)
Back to Sango and Miroku
Our favorite hentai priest and demon exterminator were wandering in the woods, trying to find their lost companions. Miroku was carrying the Hiraikotsu because they didn't want anyone to find out that Sango was a fighter and then think that she was a demon.
"Sango! This thing weighs a ton!" Miroku groaned.
"Well, you were the one who insisted on carrying it," Sango retorted.
"Um, Sango?"
"What, Miroku?"
"Where are we?" Miroku asked. Sango "sweatdropped".
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'WHERE ARE WE?'!!!!!" Sango yelled, glaring at Miroku.
"Well, um, I, um, don't know where, um, were we are," Miroku said nervously.
"SAY WHAT?!!!" Sango roared, "YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S BEEN LEADING US!!! NOW YOU TELL ME THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WERE YOU'RE GOING!!!"
"I take it that you're slightly angry right now, Sango," Miroku began.
"'SLIGHTLY ANGRY'?!!!" Sango yelled in Miroku's face, "YOU BETTER HAVE A LOT OF BANDAGES WITH YOU, BECAUSE WHEN I'M THROUGH WITH YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED ALL OF THEM!!!"
"Eep!" Miroku squeaked as Sango began cracking her knuckles. Then, suddenly, Miroku heard something.
"Wait!" Miroku cried.
"What now?!" Sango snapped.
"Do you hear that?" Miroku asked. Sango paused to listen.
"WRETCH!!!"
"JERK!!!"
"BAKA!!!"
"BAKA YOURSELF!!!"
"WENCH!!!"
"DOG!!!"
"Feh! Is that the best you can do?"
"MOU!!! IDIOTIC HALF-BREED!!!"
"SAY WHAT?!"
"HA! See, I can trade insults with you!!!"
"Feh! You're just an amateur!"
"OH YEAH?!!!"
"YEAH!!!"
"JERK!!!"
"JAKEN LOVER!!!"
"NOW THAT'S OVER THE LINE!!!"
"NO IT'S NOT!!!"
"OH YEAH?! WELL AT LEAST I DON'T KISS SESSHOUMARU EACH NIGHT BEFORE I GO TO BED!!!"
"NOW THAT'S OVER THE LINE!!! I DO NOT KISS SESSHOUMARU!!! FOR KAMI'S SAKE, HE'S MY HALF-BROTHER!!!"
"FINE THEN!!! YOU KISS NARAKU EACH NIGHT!!!"
"SAY WHAT?! THAT'S NOT JUST OVER THE LINE; THAT'S WAY OVER THE LINE!!! WHY WOULD I KISS THAT DEMENTED MONKEY?!!!!"
"WELL, THAT'S FOR SAYING THAT I LOVED JAKEN!!!"
Sango and Miroku looked at each other. Then, Miroku slowly said, "There's only one couple that I know of that can curse and insult each other that much in one fight…"
"Kagome and Inuyasha!!!"
(AN: He, he, he. They didn't think of themselves, did they?)
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"This is the best entertainment I've had in years!!!" Karasu exclaimed.
"Have you no shame?" Tsuru asked, "We should stop them. It's so sad when two lovers fight."
"'Lovers'?" Karasu echoed, "They're not lovers! They're slave and mistress!"
"Impossible! No slave would argue with his master!" Tsuru argued.
"So? Lovers won't fight each other either," Karasu said.
"Lovers can fight sometimes…" Tsuru began.
"Want to bet?" Karasu grinned.
"The loser pays the winner five ryu," Tsuru said.
"Fine," Karasu said as the two samurai shook hands.
"Karasu, do you think-" Tsuru's next words were interrupted by a voice behind him.
"Kagome-sama! Inuyasha!" Miroku cried as he ran up to the group.
"WHAT?!!!" the fighting couple snapped. Miroku sweatdropped. Both of them were in a bad mood, and they both looked ready to kill. The Buddhist monk gulped nervously.
"I-I-I-I-I-" was all Miroku was able to say under the icy glares of his companions.
"Did you find them yet, Miroku?" Sango called as she walked over. Barely glancing at the two samurai, she walked strait up to the petrified priest.
"Hey, are you alright?" she asked, as she waved a hand in front of Miroku's face. Miroku continued to sputter. Sango sighed.
"I guess not," Sango muttered.
"What took you guys so long?" Kagome asked.
"Eh?" Sango asked. (Miroku was still {*ahem*} out of order.)
"I thought you were right behind us," Kagome said.
"We were, until the frozen monk here decided to talk about a few things," Sango explained.
"What kind of things?" Inuyasha asked.
"Just about the youkai that was chasing those screaming people from before," said Miroku as he finally broke free of his "frozen" state.
"What about the youkai?" Kagome asked.
"Well, I was thinking, why would a youkai suddenly appear in an area that demons usually keep away from? And why did the youkai appear on the same day that we arrived? Sango and I thought that it might have something to do with the Shikon no Tama," Miroku explained.
"We better be on our guard then," Inuyasha suggested.
"Yeah," Kagome nodded.
"I wonder who were those people that were chased by that youkai," Sango mused.
"Why is that?" Kagome asked.
"I just want to know who was stupid enough to scream like that while they were being chased by youkai! Any idiot knows when you run, you shouldn't yell because it just wastes your breath! You can get tired more easily like that! And with all that screaming, any youkai within a hundred miles could hear them and find them! They're probably dead by now! And if they're not, they're either very lucky, or they're wishing they were dead!" Sango said.
"I completely agree with you, Sango!" Miroku said, "Ah, those poor fools. We should pray for their souls." Miroku bowed his head and began praying.
"WHAT?!!!" Karasu yelled, "We're not dead yet, you baka!!!"
"Who are you?" Sango asked, finally noticing the samurai.
"Maybe they are mourners for those poor fools that died. Will you like to pray for their souls with me?" Miroku asked. Tsuru sweatdropped, while Karasu grew red with rage.
"Those two were the ones being chased by the youkai," Kagome explained.
"And they're still alive?" Sango asked, surprised.
"Unfortunately," Inuyasha grumbled.
Karasu and Tsuru were introduced to Miroku and Sango (however Karasu grumbled the whole time). Then suddenly…
"STOP RIGHT THERE!!!!" a new voice behind the group commanded.
"DEMON!!!" Karasu shrieked, as he grabbed onto Tsuru.
"WHERE?!" the others asked turning around, reaching for their weapons.
"I'm not a demon!" the new comer cried. The group saw that it was a woman dressed in priestess's robes, carrying a bow and a quiver full of arrows.
"Kikyo?!" Inuyasha and Kagome gasped. Then the two did a double check. The priestess wasn't Kikyo. This miko was shorter and younger than Kikyo, and she wore green robes rather than the red ones that Kikyo favored. And (to Inuyasha's nose at least) this new miko didn't smell like bones, dirt, and death like Kikyo did.
"I am Yuri, priestess of the Water Lily shrine," the miko proclaimed. (AN: I know, I know, "Water Lily shrine" sounds kind of stupid, but I didn't know what else to put. If you have a better name for Yuri's shrine, you can tell me when you review, and I'll change the name of her shrine.)
"Water Lily shrine?" Miroku blinked, "I've heard of it before."
"Oh?" Yuri raised an eyebrow, "What did you hear about us, hoshi-sama?"
"The priests and priestesses of the Water Lily shrine are said to have dedicated their lives to cast out and destroy demons," Miroku said, "That's why this region doesn't have a lot of youkai running around."
"You know many things, priest," Yuri said, "But you do not know all."
"We already know that," Sango sighed, "This baka still doesn't know when to keep his hands to himself!"
"You are trespassers here," Yuri continued as if she didn't hear Sango, "These lands belong to the Water Lily shrine. Weapons are forbidden on these grounds unless you are a priest or priestess. You must come with me, and face the judgement of the Elders."
"There is no way that we're going to surrender to a wench like you!" Inuyasha growled. Yuri gave a soft whistle. All of a sudden, the group was surrounded by twenty people bearing bows and arrows, all of them obviously the priests and priestesses of the Water Lily shrine.
"You will come with us," Yuri demanded, "Or you will die."
Author-chan's notes: Cliffhanger! Like I said before, if you have a better name for the shrine, rather than "the Water Lily shrine" please tell me, and I'll change the name.