Betrayal

Author's Note- Yeah, this really should've been written and typed by last night, but I'm lazy. I get lazy when I work on a long angst fic. (and believe me, this is gonna be long!) Anyway, thanks for the reviews!


Disclaimer- No one but Ms. Rumiko Takahashi can control Inuyasha!


Chapter 5

A Secret Revealed


"Oh, Miroku..." A cruel, cold voice said, through the darkness. Miroku glared in the direction of it. "I thought you had forgotten about me... Kukuku..."

"Leave me!" Miroku yelled. "I didn't deserve this!"

"You didn't deserve horrible friends like them, either, but you made the choice, Miroku..." The voice continued. "Just like you chose me..."

"I didn't choose for my life to be like this!" Miroku yelled. "Leave me be!"

"Aa... I'll do that... but, Miroku, you had better protect that wench you care so deeply about..." The voice ended. "Kukuku..."


Miroku woke up, with a thin sheen of sweat on his face. That last dream was so real. He looked down at his right hand, where the kazaana used to be, and glared at it.

"I should've kept it. I wouldn't be like this..." He muttered. He hadn't noticed anyone enter the room, until he heard a faint, "Won't be like what?" Miroku turned around, and saw Sango standing in the doorway. It was now that Miroku looked around the room.

He was lying on a bed with a bright red comforter on top of him, and the room was painted white with red trim. In the corner was Hiraikotsu that Sango brought back from the Sengoku Jidai. It must've been Sango's room.

"I brought you to my room, because you fell asleep in the living room," Sango answered his inner question. "I heard you thrashing around, and I was wondering if you were alright."

"Hai... I'm fine..." He answered. She was feeling compassion for him?

"Well, since you are, Kagome-chan wants you to put ofudas around the house. She's still not as strong as Kaede or yourself," Sango ordered. He sighed.

"All right," Miroku said, and got up. Sango's eyes widened, and she blushed, looking away.

"I'll go," She said, her voice a couple of octaves higher. Miroku wondered what was so wrong, until he noticed that his thrashing around had untied his priest robes, and you had complete view of his body. He quickly retied the robes so that everything was covered, and smiled in Sango's direction. She's warming up to me He thought.

*~*~*

"KAGOME-CHAN, YOU'RE GONNA GET IT," Sango yelled, as soon as she reached Kagome's room. Kagome and Shippou, who were playing cards, looked at Sango, with confused looks.

"What did I do?" Kagome asked, not noticing Shippou take a peek at her cards.

"You knew the houshi didn't have his robes on right! You made me get all flustered and embarrassed when he got up!" Sango said.

"He was? You were?" Kagome asked, and then her face put on a grin. "Oooh, Sango! I thought you said you were over him!"

"I AM!!" Sango yelled.

"Why are you acting so... I dunno... weird then?" Shippou asked. "Cuz you only acted like that when you liked him."

"I don't like that...perverted traitor!" Sango said. "Besides, I'm going on a date with Hojo-kun."

"WHAT?! You're gonna what?" Kagome asked, throwing her cards down. Shippou grinned, and yelled out, "YES! I WIN!"

"I'm going to the movies with Hojo-kun, Kagome-chan," Sango answered.

"You haven't figured out how dense he is, have you, Sango-chan?" Kagome asked. Sango rolled her eyes.

"I know he is! I promised Kaede-sama that I would see if he was... you know, evil or not. That's the only reason why I would EVER go out with him," Sango answered.

"Excuse me, but I'm gonna play with Chikara-chan and Yuki!" Shippou said, and leapt off Kagome's bed, and ran out.

"I gotta get ready, okay, Kagome-chan?" Sango asked. "And I promise, if anything goes wrong, I'll tell you, ne?"

"All right. But I will send Inuyasha and Miroku out to watch you," Kagome said.

"WHAT?!"

"You heard me. You're gonna be protected by Inuyasha and Miroku!"

"NO WAY!" Sango said. "It's bad enough Inuyasha will be protecting me, but not HOUSHI!"

"C'mon, Sango-chan! He'll just be watching!" Kagome persuaded. "Besides, if he does anything, Inuyasha will stop him!"

"Oh.. all right..." Sango agreed.


*~*~*

Inuyasha was outside, watching his kids play with Shippou, when Miroku walked out. The hanyou watched Miroku, intently. Miroku got the feeling of someone looking at him, and he looked over at Inuyasha. He sighed, and sat next to the hanyou.

"Will any of you ever forgive me?" Miroku asked.

"I don't know about Kagome or Sango, but I won't," Inuyasha said. "A traitor should never be trusted again."

"You don't even know why I did it," Miroku whispered.

"Because of that stupid kazaana. If you weren't so obsessed with trying to get it off--"

"No. If you want to know so badly... I'll tell you, but don't tell Sango or Kagome-sama," Miroku said, and whispered into Inuyasha's ear. Inuyasha's eyes went wide, and he looked at Miroku.

"I promise not to tell them," Inuyasha said, and saw the monk in a different light.

*~*~*

"Inuyasha-koi!" Kagome's voice rang out. Inuyasha immediately ran up to Kagome, with a smile on his face.

"Yes, Kagome?"

"I want you and Miroku to watch Sango when she goes out with Hojo later," Kagome said.

"WHAT?! No way! She's got Hiraikotsu now!" Inuyasha said.

"Too bad, I guess. I WAS going to give you a special treat if you helped Sango-chan with this, but... since you don't want to help S--"

"I'll do it!" Inuyasha said, and, putting a kiss on Kagome's cheek, dashed off.

She grinned when she realized that she had her little puppy on a short leash.

*~*~*

"Alright, we went through the rules, right?" Kagome asked the two next to her. Nods. "Repeat them, please."

"Rule one. Don't attack Hojo when he's not looking," Inuyasha said.

"Rule two. Don't try to force Hojo to tell us anything," Miroku said.

"Rule three. And the most important. Don't let Hojo know we're there," Inuyasha finished. Kagome went starry eyed.

"You guys! Thanks!" She said. "Oh, here comes Sango-chan!" She waited at the end of the stairs until Sango walked down. Miroku felt his jaw drop at her dress. It was a black, strapless dress with a see-through black blouse on top. She had her hair up.

"What are you two looking at?" She asked. "You're supposed to be my bodyguards!"

Miroku closed his mouth, and tried not to look at Sango for too long.

"Kagome-chan, can you help me with something? I can't fit any of your shoes, and my shoes don't match this dress," Sango said. "Does your mom have any around?"

"Oh, yea, I know the absolute PERFECT shoes for that dress. Hang on," Kagome said, and ran upstairs. Sango looked at the two.

"Inuyasha, promise me you won't go balistic on Hojo-kun, ne?" Sango asked.

"Me?" Inuyasha asked.

"Oh, don't pull off that innocent act. I know you're waiting to find something guilty about Hojo-kun to knock his head off," Sango said. "Of course, that would be an improvement, but hey..." Suddenly, the door knocked. "That's probably him. BEHAVE." She walked to the front door, and Miroku could hear, "You look beautiful, Taijiya."

"Come on in, Hojo-kun," Sango said. "I'm sure you know Inuyasha. This is a... cousin of mine, Miroku... Houshi!" She made it up on the spot.

"You two look alike," Hojo said, and bowed to the two guys in the room. (a/n- don't laugh, my sister said that Miroku and Sango looked alike, as well!)

Miroku and Sango sweatdropped. "Uh.. we don't usually are told that," Miroku said. Sango nodded.

"Oh, well, you do," Hojo noted. "Do you want to go, now, Taijiya?"

"Uh, Kagome-chan's getting me a pair of shoes," Sango said.

"Aa, we'll wait, then," Hojo said. Miroku noticed that he seemed a little peeved that he had to wait to leave. Soon, Kagome ran down with a pair of shoes.

"Oh, konbanwa, Hojo-kun!" She said. "Here ya go, Sango-chan."

"Konbanwa, Kagome-chan," Hojo answered. "Let's go, Taijiya."
"Okay. See ya, Miroku, Inuyasha," She said, and winked at the two, signalling them to leave in approximately five minutes.

*~*~*

"Okay, Mission Hojo-Will-Die begins," Shippou said, into a walkie talkie. He was at Kagome's house, and the two who were following Hojo and Sango were listening. (A/n- Inuyasha chose the name ^_^)

"Shhh!" Inuyasha said. "Now, where did Sango say they were going?"

"To Au Revoir," Kagome's voice said on the walkie talkie. "You know, the French restaurant you promised me you'd take me to on our anniversary, but you never did."

"I will, I just don't have the money!" Inuyash a insisted.

"Yeah, sure... I should've married Hojo, instead," Kagome said, in a teasing voice.

"Hey, we're there!" Miroku said, seeing Hojo and Sango walk into a restaurant.

*~*~*

Cliffhanger. I'm sorry, I hate reading them, but... ehhh hehehe... Anyway, the next chapter uses a lot of humor (hey, it's called Operation Hojo-Must-Die!) so I'm taking off the Angst and changing it to Action/Adventure/Mystery. It's still Mystery, though! Please don't flame! Ja ne!