A/N I'm using a tilde ~ that thing, in place of a dotdotdot, since I can't
seem to get those to work. Also just so nobody gets confused. Miroku and
Kagome are in the boat going to Kaede's and Miroku is telling his story,
but I did it in more of a flashback form so it wouldn't just be him talking
the whole time.
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"I was a wandering monk for a long time. Until I came to the bathhouse, to excise a demon that was giving Kikyou some trouble." Miroku began.
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"Your payment monk." Kikyou said. "I'm afraid we've had a bit of trouble with them ever since we lost one of our taiji-ya." she continued. "You're quite good, would you like to stay and work for me? I could use help with the demons, and having a monk around the bathhouse could be useful." Miroku bowed. "I would be honored to work her Kikyou-sama." he said. Kikyou nodded. "Good, what about payment?" she asked.
"The only payment I need is a favor from you. Will you please bear my child?" Miroku asked. Kikyou laughed. "A sense of humor. I like that. Perhaps I'll take you up on that, we'll see. Sango!." she called. "This is Sango, my best taiji-ya. Sango, this is your new partner, Miroku." I'll leave you two to get acquainted." Kikyou said, leaving the room.
Sango took off her mask. "Nice to meet you." she said. "You're a girl! A beautiful girl!" Miroku cried. "Will you bear my child?"
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"Wait, wait!" Kagome said. "Do you ask every girl you meet to bear your child?" she asked. Miroku smiled. "Of course. I'm a gentleman." he replied. "I don't see why a gentleman would ask that, but go on." Kagome muttered. Miroku cleared his throat.
"As I was saying, I asked her to bear my child. She hit me with her boomerang. But she was grinning. We got along wonderfully, and then we fell in love. But Kikyou was always dropping hints about wanting to bear my child. The one person I regret asking. Then, one night ~"
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The door flew open. "Miroku! Sango!" Kikyou cried. "I might have known!" Sango sat up with a gasp, and pulled the covers over her bare chest. Miroku put his arm around her. "I fail to see the problem Kikyou, this does not interfere with our work. Why should it bother you?" he said calmly. "Come to my office monk! I'd like to discuss this in private." Kikyou snapped and slammed the door.
Miroku kissed Sango and got out of the bed. He began to pull his robes on over his handsome manly body, Sango watched breathlessly as the cloth slid sensuously, over his legs and covered his giant ~
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"Miroku!!" Miroku cleared his throat. "Forgive me, Mei. I got sidetracked. Where was I ~ ah yes, so I got dressed."
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Sango grabbed his hand before he could leave, holding a sheet around her with the other. "What will she do to you?" she asked. Miroku kissed her, "Don't worry Sango my sweet. There is nothing she can do to me. I love you, remember that." he pulled away and left to find Kikyou. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"But I was wrong. We got into a fight. She had wanted to ah ~ have sex with me. She said she would forget that she had caught me with Sango if I would do it. I refused. Sango is the only one for me I told her. She got mad and shot me with an arrow. It went right through my palm." Miroku said, holding up the hand with the cloth and prayer beads around it. "But it didn't bleed. Instead a wind came out of it, and began to suck up everything in the room ~"
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Kikyou was dragged towards his hand as Miroku frantically tried to stop it. She pulled out a long string of prayer beads and threw them. They landed around his hand and the wind stopped. "There. I have cursed you Miroku." she said. "Until the curse is broken, that hole will grow bigger and bigger until it kills you. Now go back to your precious Sango." she laughed. Miroku pulled off the beads and held the hand towards Kikyou. "Remove the curse bitch!" He cried.
Everything he had not sucked up before flew towards him and into his hand, but the wind didn't seem to affect Kikyou. She laughed again. "The beads that control the wind, keep it from sucking me up. Remove them, and everything will be destroyed, even you. You can not harm me with it, so long as those beads are its seal!" Miroku sealed his hand and sighed in defeat. He snuck back to his room and took his things, and left. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"You LEFT?!? Kagome gasped. "Why? She was going to let you stay." Miroku sighed. "I was a young fool. I didn't want Sango to see me with the air rip, that's what I've started calling it. So I started to wander again. I went to temple after temple, but no other prayer beads have sealed it. It gets bigger all the time. Soon it will kill me. I can't let Sango see that. I'm afraid that it could suck her up too." he said sadly.
"A suijin gave me this." Kagome said, pulling out the strand of purple prayer beads she had been given. "It must have been for a reason. Try them." she said. Miroku smiled sadly, "I've tried hundreds of those. None work." Kagome held them out, "Just try it, she must have given them to me for a reason." she pleaded. Miroku wrapped them around his arm, carefully aiming his hand out at the water. he reached to remove the other strand, but it vanished as soon as he touched it.
Nothing happened. "It worked." he breathed. He smiled. "Amazing, thank you Mei. I don't know why this works, but thank you." then he looked a little sad. "Although I had hoped the curse would be lifted." Kagome patted his leg, she turned away and looked out at the water. "I'm sure you'll find a way." she said "Pervert!" she cried, turning around and smacking him as she felt a caress on her butt.
"So I wandered and met my tanuki friend. After a time I decided to come back and pay Sango a visit take her away with me. Too bad Kikyou found me." he continued. Kagome gasped. "That's right! You were with that tanuki! Will he be ok?" she asked. Miroku nodded. "He'll leave quite quickly when he realizes I'm gone, he wont be very popular when people find out he was giving them leaves instead of money." he said with a laugh. "And there you have it." he finished. "And look! There's the dock." Miroku pointed.
"Miroku!" Sango cried from the dock. She rushed to the edge. The boat pulled up along side the dock. Kagome got out and picked up Shippou and Kirara. Miroku climbed out and embraced Sango. She pulled back to look at him and noticed a hand shaped bruise on his cheek. "What did you do to Mei?" she asked. Miroku laughed, and was rewarded with another smack as his hand found its way to Sango's butt. She smiled and kissed him.
Then the 3 of them stood at the edge of the dock and the road, looking up towards the cabin. Kirara perched on Sango's shoulder and Kagome held Shippou. They took deep breaths and headed up the road.
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"I was a wandering monk for a long time. Until I came to the bathhouse, to excise a demon that was giving Kikyou some trouble." Miroku began.
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"Your payment monk." Kikyou said. "I'm afraid we've had a bit of trouble with them ever since we lost one of our taiji-ya." she continued. "You're quite good, would you like to stay and work for me? I could use help with the demons, and having a monk around the bathhouse could be useful." Miroku bowed. "I would be honored to work her Kikyou-sama." he said. Kikyou nodded. "Good, what about payment?" she asked.
"The only payment I need is a favor from you. Will you please bear my child?" Miroku asked. Kikyou laughed. "A sense of humor. I like that. Perhaps I'll take you up on that, we'll see. Sango!." she called. "This is Sango, my best taiji-ya. Sango, this is your new partner, Miroku." I'll leave you two to get acquainted." Kikyou said, leaving the room.
Sango took off her mask. "Nice to meet you." she said. "You're a girl! A beautiful girl!" Miroku cried. "Will you bear my child?"
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"Wait, wait!" Kagome said. "Do you ask every girl you meet to bear your child?" she asked. Miroku smiled. "Of course. I'm a gentleman." he replied. "I don't see why a gentleman would ask that, but go on." Kagome muttered. Miroku cleared his throat.
"As I was saying, I asked her to bear my child. She hit me with her boomerang. But she was grinning. We got along wonderfully, and then we fell in love. But Kikyou was always dropping hints about wanting to bear my child. The one person I regret asking. Then, one night ~"
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The door flew open. "Miroku! Sango!" Kikyou cried. "I might have known!" Sango sat up with a gasp, and pulled the covers over her bare chest. Miroku put his arm around her. "I fail to see the problem Kikyou, this does not interfere with our work. Why should it bother you?" he said calmly. "Come to my office monk! I'd like to discuss this in private." Kikyou snapped and slammed the door.
Miroku kissed Sango and got out of the bed. He began to pull his robes on over his handsome manly body, Sango watched breathlessly as the cloth slid sensuously, over his legs and covered his giant ~
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"Miroku!!" Miroku cleared his throat. "Forgive me, Mei. I got sidetracked. Where was I ~ ah yes, so I got dressed."
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Sango grabbed his hand before he could leave, holding a sheet around her with the other. "What will she do to you?" she asked. Miroku kissed her, "Don't worry Sango my sweet. There is nothing she can do to me. I love you, remember that." he pulled away and left to find Kikyou. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"But I was wrong. We got into a fight. She had wanted to ah ~ have sex with me. She said she would forget that she had caught me with Sango if I would do it. I refused. Sango is the only one for me I told her. She got mad and shot me with an arrow. It went right through my palm." Miroku said, holding up the hand with the cloth and prayer beads around it. "But it didn't bleed. Instead a wind came out of it, and began to suck up everything in the room ~"
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Kikyou was dragged towards his hand as Miroku frantically tried to stop it. She pulled out a long string of prayer beads and threw them. They landed around his hand and the wind stopped. "There. I have cursed you Miroku." she said. "Until the curse is broken, that hole will grow bigger and bigger until it kills you. Now go back to your precious Sango." she laughed. Miroku pulled off the beads and held the hand towards Kikyou. "Remove the curse bitch!" He cried.
Everything he had not sucked up before flew towards him and into his hand, but the wind didn't seem to affect Kikyou. She laughed again. "The beads that control the wind, keep it from sucking me up. Remove them, and everything will be destroyed, even you. You can not harm me with it, so long as those beads are its seal!" Miroku sealed his hand and sighed in defeat. He snuck back to his room and took his things, and left. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"You LEFT?!? Kagome gasped. "Why? She was going to let you stay." Miroku sighed. "I was a young fool. I didn't want Sango to see me with the air rip, that's what I've started calling it. So I started to wander again. I went to temple after temple, but no other prayer beads have sealed it. It gets bigger all the time. Soon it will kill me. I can't let Sango see that. I'm afraid that it could suck her up too." he said sadly.
"A suijin gave me this." Kagome said, pulling out the strand of purple prayer beads she had been given. "It must have been for a reason. Try them." she said. Miroku smiled sadly, "I've tried hundreds of those. None work." Kagome held them out, "Just try it, she must have given them to me for a reason." she pleaded. Miroku wrapped them around his arm, carefully aiming his hand out at the water. he reached to remove the other strand, but it vanished as soon as he touched it.
Nothing happened. "It worked." he breathed. He smiled. "Amazing, thank you Mei. I don't know why this works, but thank you." then he looked a little sad. "Although I had hoped the curse would be lifted." Kagome patted his leg, she turned away and looked out at the water. "I'm sure you'll find a way." she said "Pervert!" she cried, turning around and smacking him as she felt a caress on her butt.
"So I wandered and met my tanuki friend. After a time I decided to come back and pay Sango a visit take her away with me. Too bad Kikyou found me." he continued. Kagome gasped. "That's right! You were with that tanuki! Will he be ok?" she asked. Miroku nodded. "He'll leave quite quickly when he realizes I'm gone, he wont be very popular when people find out he was giving them leaves instead of money." he said with a laugh. "And there you have it." he finished. "And look! There's the dock." Miroku pointed.
"Miroku!" Sango cried from the dock. She rushed to the edge. The boat pulled up along side the dock. Kagome got out and picked up Shippou and Kirara. Miroku climbed out and embraced Sango. She pulled back to look at him and noticed a hand shaped bruise on his cheek. "What did you do to Mei?" she asked. Miroku laughed, and was rewarded with another smack as his hand found its way to Sango's butt. She smiled and kissed him.
Then the 3 of them stood at the edge of the dock and the road, looking up towards the cabin. Kirara perched on Sango's shoulder and Kagome held Shippou. They took deep breaths and headed up the road.
