Author's Note: At first, I was going to make each chapter a song fic, but
then my ideas for this blossumed further then I originally thought it
would. Besides, all songs chappies would get boring! ^_~
Disclaimer: See prologue
Chapter Three: Talk of War
*
Kagome and Inu-Yasha appeared back at Kaede's hut a little later that day. Kagome was wrapped in the first layer of Inu's haori, and Inu was holding her hand. Kaede raised an eyebrow, but said nothing.
"What's with the haori?" Sango asked, sitting on the steps of the hut polishing her boomerang and raising a suspicious eyebrow. Miroku began snickering behind her and getting dangerously close- in Sango's opinion- to her butt.
"It was cold," Kagome said simply, trying and failing not to blush.
"Yeah, it tends to be cold when one isn't wearing any-" Miroku began, snickering, but was interrupted by a boomerang hitting his head with a force.
Inu-Yasha growled at the monk, but since he was already knocked out, there was nothing he could do but wait for him to wake up so he could knock him out again.
~
Later that night, Kaede, Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo sat around the fire talking about the few remaining shards and the demon Naraku.
Of course, Shippo had fallen asleep in Kagome's arms long ago, but that was expected.
"It seems," Kaede said gravely, "that Naraku's web of deceit has ensnared more people then we could ever have imagined. There is a cry from many for a war against him to start."
"But what kind of threat could a bunch of mortal men give?" Miroku asked.
"Not much, I'd think," Sango put in.
"True, but they- the men- have begun calling on the help of willing demons, as well as other men," Kaede explained. "And even numbers will overpower magic and might, after a time."
"But why does this concern us?" Inu-Yasha asked, boardly fiddling with his Tetsisiga.
"If war begins, then all the men will be taken with it, to fight," Kaede replied, glancing at Inu-Yasha from the corner of her eye.
"So? Fighting is what we've been doing this whole time," Sango replied, a note of irritation in her voice. "Why would this be any different?"
"You girls would not be allowed to fight, for one thing," Kaede replied seriously, looking at Sango and Kagome from over a bowl of soup. "There are laws in this time that forbids females from fighting. So Inu-Yasha and Miroku would be taken to war, whether they like it or not, and you two and Shippo, because of his age, would stay behind."
Kagome looked alarmed, and tightened her hold on Shippo a little as she scooted a bit closer to Inu-Yasha. "But- they can't do that!"
"They can, and will," Kaede sighed. "But do not worry just yet. This has yet to happen, and hopefully, it will not at all."
Inu-Yasha said nothing, instead choosing to glare at the fire, thinking.
Miroku looked seriously from Kaede to Inu-Yasha, and then looked at his staff, jingling it every so often to fill the silence that had decended.
Sango sat shaking with furry, but when she spoke, her voice shook with fear. "Why would they forbid women?! How could they separate families and loved ones-?! Why?!"
"You know the answer to that, Sango," Kaede replied, not looking up at her. "Men go and fight, woman stay and take care of the home and children. It's just the way life is."
~
Sango lay that night, still fuming. 'Why?' she thought, rolling over and staring at the ceiling, 'are they all so sexist?! I must defeat Naraku! Myself!'
She nodded to herself in the dark. As she rolled over, she saw Kagome and Inu-Yasha in the dark. Kagome was laying next to Inu, and he had his arm around her. 'They look very cozy,' she thought, as she watched Kagome nuzzle her head into Inu's shoulder. 'I wonder what happened today. Whatever did, it sure changed them.' She smiled a small smile before she found herself thinking: 'I wish I had someone to hold me like that. . .'
Suddenly disgusted with herself, she turned around again with her mind back on the war. Then she caught a glimpse of Miroku, leaning against the wall and staring out the window at the moon. He looked quiet and serious, like a statue bathed in pale moon light.
Sango felt her eyes water up slightly. 'If the war. . . it does take place. . . I would have to be. . . separated from him. And the others. I don't think . . . I could stand it.'
She closed her eyes tightly against her tears, rolling herself into a ball.
Eventually, Miroku's eyes fluttered, and then closed without opening. He was asleep.
At that time Sango looked up. He looked so beautiful when he slept. Calm and lovable. She felt herself smile. Miroku? Lovable? Right.
She quietly sat up, wiping her eye on her sleeve, and then crawled over to Miroku. Leaning against his shoulder, she felt his arm go as if by instinct around her. She took in his sent of pine and cinnamon.
'For one night,' she thought as she felt her eyelids droop with sudden sleepiness, 'I'll allow him to hold me. And for one night I'll let myself enjoy it.'
~*~
End of Chapter Three
I hope you liked, and I hope everyone is in character!
I had someone ask me to do Sango/Miroku romance once, and the only reason I hadn't is that I didn't know much (and still don't know much) about them. But I'm gonna try it here! ^_^;
Please R&R, and I'll post the next chapter (whether you like it or not! ^_~) soon!
Ja ne!
Disclaimer: See prologue
Chapter Three: Talk of War
*
Kagome and Inu-Yasha appeared back at Kaede's hut a little later that day. Kagome was wrapped in the first layer of Inu's haori, and Inu was holding her hand. Kaede raised an eyebrow, but said nothing.
"What's with the haori?" Sango asked, sitting on the steps of the hut polishing her boomerang and raising a suspicious eyebrow. Miroku began snickering behind her and getting dangerously close- in Sango's opinion- to her butt.
"It was cold," Kagome said simply, trying and failing not to blush.
"Yeah, it tends to be cold when one isn't wearing any-" Miroku began, snickering, but was interrupted by a boomerang hitting his head with a force.
Inu-Yasha growled at the monk, but since he was already knocked out, there was nothing he could do but wait for him to wake up so he could knock him out again.
~
Later that night, Kaede, Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo sat around the fire talking about the few remaining shards and the demon Naraku.
Of course, Shippo had fallen asleep in Kagome's arms long ago, but that was expected.
"It seems," Kaede said gravely, "that Naraku's web of deceit has ensnared more people then we could ever have imagined. There is a cry from many for a war against him to start."
"But what kind of threat could a bunch of mortal men give?" Miroku asked.
"Not much, I'd think," Sango put in.
"True, but they- the men- have begun calling on the help of willing demons, as well as other men," Kaede explained. "And even numbers will overpower magic and might, after a time."
"But why does this concern us?" Inu-Yasha asked, boardly fiddling with his Tetsisiga.
"If war begins, then all the men will be taken with it, to fight," Kaede replied, glancing at Inu-Yasha from the corner of her eye.
"So? Fighting is what we've been doing this whole time," Sango replied, a note of irritation in her voice. "Why would this be any different?"
"You girls would not be allowed to fight, for one thing," Kaede replied seriously, looking at Sango and Kagome from over a bowl of soup. "There are laws in this time that forbids females from fighting. So Inu-Yasha and Miroku would be taken to war, whether they like it or not, and you two and Shippo, because of his age, would stay behind."
Kagome looked alarmed, and tightened her hold on Shippo a little as she scooted a bit closer to Inu-Yasha. "But- they can't do that!"
"They can, and will," Kaede sighed. "But do not worry just yet. This has yet to happen, and hopefully, it will not at all."
Inu-Yasha said nothing, instead choosing to glare at the fire, thinking.
Miroku looked seriously from Kaede to Inu-Yasha, and then looked at his staff, jingling it every so often to fill the silence that had decended.
Sango sat shaking with furry, but when she spoke, her voice shook with fear. "Why would they forbid women?! How could they separate families and loved ones-?! Why?!"
"You know the answer to that, Sango," Kaede replied, not looking up at her. "Men go and fight, woman stay and take care of the home and children. It's just the way life is."
~
Sango lay that night, still fuming. 'Why?' she thought, rolling over and staring at the ceiling, 'are they all so sexist?! I must defeat Naraku! Myself!'
She nodded to herself in the dark. As she rolled over, she saw Kagome and Inu-Yasha in the dark. Kagome was laying next to Inu, and he had his arm around her. 'They look very cozy,' she thought, as she watched Kagome nuzzle her head into Inu's shoulder. 'I wonder what happened today. Whatever did, it sure changed them.' She smiled a small smile before she found herself thinking: 'I wish I had someone to hold me like that. . .'
Suddenly disgusted with herself, she turned around again with her mind back on the war. Then she caught a glimpse of Miroku, leaning against the wall and staring out the window at the moon. He looked quiet and serious, like a statue bathed in pale moon light.
Sango felt her eyes water up slightly. 'If the war. . . it does take place. . . I would have to be. . . separated from him. And the others. I don't think . . . I could stand it.'
She closed her eyes tightly against her tears, rolling herself into a ball.
Eventually, Miroku's eyes fluttered, and then closed without opening. He was asleep.
At that time Sango looked up. He looked so beautiful when he slept. Calm and lovable. She felt herself smile. Miroku? Lovable? Right.
She quietly sat up, wiping her eye on her sleeve, and then crawled over to Miroku. Leaning against his shoulder, she felt his arm go as if by instinct around her. She took in his sent of pine and cinnamon.
'For one night,' she thought as she felt her eyelids droop with sudden sleepiness, 'I'll allow him to hold me. And for one night I'll let myself enjoy it.'
~*~
End of Chapter Three
I hope you liked, and I hope everyone is in character!
I had someone ask me to do Sango/Miroku romance once, and the only reason I hadn't is that I didn't know much (and still don't know much) about them. But I'm gonna try it here! ^_^;
Please R&R, and I'll post the next chapter (whether you like it or not! ^_~) soon!
Ja ne!