But it was her. The same girl he'd sensed earlier in the market had just appeared in front of him.
"Oh my!" she said, her voice and eyes dropping a notch.
Before the hanyou could give a smirk at what he thought was her appreciation, he found himself being dragged to one of the empty hospice beds. As he found himself flat on his back, he got a good look at the girl hovering over him.
This had to be the nurse they'd been talking about.
Her face was just over his, but his eyes went straight to her chest. Feeling a bit guilty that he was acting like a normal male, he met her eyes and found that one of the men outside was right. They were blue, and they were big. But they were more of a blue-grey than a blue. If Inu-Yasha had been a poet, or maybe someone a bit more sensitive, he would have described them as the colour of the sky before a storm. But Inu-Yasha was neither of these things, and blue-grey suited him just fine.
"You're hurt really badly! Were you beating yourself up out there?" she asked.
Inu-Yasha glanced down to the numerous scratches on his chest, and blinked, wondering how they got there.
"Calm down woman. They're just scratches."
"They could get infected!"
"Hello! I'm a hanyou?"
She didn't hear him, as she was too busy trying to remove his haori to apply a salve to the 'wounds'.
Miroku's eyes opened slowly and he found himself face to face with the woman he'd seen earlier in the crowd. She was hovering over him, obviously waiting for him to awaken.
"Hi . . .can I help you?" he asked, still in a small daze.
"I just wanted to apologize. I didn't mean to startle you." she said, her voice soft, but strong.
"Well, your beauty cannot be helped, surely?" he asked playfully.
As if she was stung, she drew her overhood closer around her face, concealing it from all but him. Noting that she probably looked a little suspicious, she started to leave, but was cut off by Miroku's remark.
"Wait, princess!" he called out to her.
"How," she asked, stopping, and then turning back to him, "how did you know?"
Miroku grinned sheepishly, and replied, "Well, you're trying to cover yourself up, and you're gorgeous. Aside from that, you've got on some really expensive silk, and I can see the palace embroidery in the corner. I'm not from around here, but I recognize the seal."
"Oh. Well, I am the second eldest princess of this land, Sango." she bowed her head a bit, and he nodded.
"Sango-hime, then? Pleased to meet you. I am Miroku, of Kirei-Chui."
She smiled, and sat down next to his bed.
"So, what were you doing with your face uncovered, if I may ask?"
"I had snuck out of the castle. No one knows what I look like, after all. You're the first person since I was three to ever see my face."
"Well, why were you sneaking out of the castle? Or are you just a rebel like your sister?"
"Rin?" she asked, and he nodded again.
"Actually, I was curious to see the tourney today. I had heard one of our more vicious criminals would be there, and I wanted to see if he would be slain in the first round."
"Was he?"
"No, I fear not. His name is-"
She was cut off by the loud grunting coming from the corner. The pair turned their eyes to the source of the noise and they were welcomed with a very unusual sight.
One of the nurses had straddled Inu-Yasha, and the two of them seemed to be trying to take each other's clothes off.
"Are they . . . trying to strip each other?" Sango asked in awe.
Miroku squinted a bit, and grinned lecherously, "She's either trying to take his clothes off or molest him, and he seems to be trying to stop her."
"Oh," Sango said simply, "I do hope this isn't a normal occurrence around here."
"Listen wench, I promise you, I'm not going to be hurt, unless you don't leave me alone, so you can quit worrying now, okay?"
"Worried? Who said I was worried? It's my duty as a nurse to make sure you're alright!"
"Well I'd be a helluva lot better if you weren't forcing yourself on me!" he screamed back.
This went on for a while until another girl timidly poked the nurse in the back.
"WHAT do you want Meiiri?" she asked the girl, with an irritated tone.
"Well Kagome, I just wanted to tell you that you're making a really big scene, and that your skirt has really ridden up," Meiiri pointed out.
She blushed like mad, and jumped off of Inu-Yasha, so that she could hike her skirt back down, much to the disappointment of the people behind her. Inu-Yasha sent a glare to the crude men heckling her to ride it back up, and one to the newly named nurse Kagome, before promptly falling back on the pillow of the cot.
"Why does this always happen to me?" Inu-Yasha asked no one in particular.
Miroku put his hands over his eyes and turned away from the scene.
"I can't believe I know him," Miroku remarked.
"Oh, are you two friends?" Sango inquired.
"You could say that," Miroku grinned, before leaning over and 'accidently' brushing his hand against the girl's rear. Suddenly, what felt like a large bone, was thwaked upon his head harshly.
"Do not touch the princess, lecher," a familiar voice said.
Miroku rubbed his pained head, and turned to see Kirara standing there, glaring down at him.
"My hand slipped!" he said defensively.
"From all the way over there? I doubt it," Kirara turned to the princess and smiled, "come Sango, we have to hurry. Koharu cannot stay in the quarters for too long before someone gets suspicious."
Sango nodded, covering herself back up in the overhood, but silently reminding herself to borrow one of Koharu's pairs of clothes next time she slipped out of the castle.
Miroku watched as the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen walked away from him and sighed.
"Why does this always happen to me?"
Alrighty then. I know I said post-battle chapters would be a lot longer, but I just can't add any more to this chapter. I'm working on an original story right now, but I promise I won't let it interfere with this story.
JANNEY: There ya go! Sango's here, along with Kagome!
Fell: Sarah, you're the evil one. Threatening me with peanut butter. SHAME ON YOU!
Sprout: You're too sweet! *blushes and lets her head get really inflated*
lindy*girl: Aw, thank you for reviewing all the chapters! I feel so loved!
manda: *hands you the story on a platter* Here ya go! :D
Zephor: It was rather evil, wasn't it? ^.~ Oh well, here ya go!
DayDreamer831: Yay! Now you know 2 out of the 3 princesses! Fair warning: It'll be a little while until you find out the third one. ^^;; Sorry!