Sour 'n' Sweet
Kagome was in the guest room bed, moving around a little more than she usually did. Why? She was remembering when she had told her mother. Inuyasha was in his room, lying awake, staring at the ceiling with an errie feeling. He sighed and turned on to his side, staring at the wall that seperated his room and Kagome's. He wanted so badly to rid of this errie feeling, wrap his arms around Kagome, and never let go.
It was a cold, dark night. There was a thin, bright, shining crescent moon and the stars were as clear as they ever were in Kagome's whole life. Kagome was so nervous and on a night like this, she thought it would be the perfect time to tell her mother about her feelings for hanyous and youkai.
Kagome walked into the kitchen, her mother was cooking dinner. Her grandfather was in the room as well, sitting and reading some book. Kagome approached her mother, "Okaa-san?"
"Hai, Kagome," Kagome's mother turned around and smiled at her, drying her hands.
"I have something to tell you..."
"What is it?" Kagome's mother looked silently worried.
"I... Ano, I-I have feelings for youkai and hanyous..."
"Nani? What do you mean?"
"I mean, I get crushes on hanyous and youkai. I find some hansome, sweet, and--"
"Hanyous and youkai?! Kagome, do you remember what a hanyou did to your father?!"
"I know, Mama, but I can't help the way I feel! Papa would understand!"
"Well, Papa hadn't been killed by a youkai before! A hanyou killed your father and a pack of wolf youkai killed my family! This world is horibble because of those... Things!"
"Mama, they have hearts too, they feel things--"
Kagome's grandfather spit out some tea, "Feelings? In a youkai's heart? Are you feeling all right, Kagome?"
"I'm just fine! This is how I feel, Mama, and I think I have a crush on one named--"
Kagome's mother was now leaning on the counter, "I don't even want to hear it! Youkai? Hanyous? Kagome... I wish this hadn't happened. If this is how you feel, maybe we should send you to a psychactrist. That doctor could help--"
"Help me? Mama, this isn't a sickness, this is my heart. I maybe just in seventh grade, but I know what I'm talking about."
"Kagome, you're so young. I'm sure you'll grow out of this."
Kagome began to get very frustrated, "I won't, Mama! This is how I've felt my whole life! I've always been friends with youkai and hanyous, just never told you because you'd make me change to a school with only humans! I couldn't just tell you! I wonder what made me tell you now even!" Onegai, Mama, understand that this is how I feel. I know your history with them, but still, there are good hanyous and youkai out there."
"Good hanyous? Good youkai? A hanyou killed your father, torn our hearts apart! How could you have feelings for such a creature? They don't even fit in anywhere, they're always desiring to become full youkai! And those youkai, they've ruined everyone's lives. I just can't do this anymore! This discussion is over."
"No, it's not! I know those things happened, but you just can't go around and live your whole life is this bullshit! Get over it, it's getting sad! I just want you to understand me and still love me!"
"I don't think I can now, Kagome..."
"But... Mama!"
"No, Kagome..."
"J-Jii-chan...?"
"I can't help you here, Kagome," her grandfather whispered. "Your mother is right and I have the same beliefs as her..."
"Iie! Mama, Jii-chan! You can't do this!"
"You're not my daughter," her mother cried.
"Hai, I am! I am your daughter!"
"You're not!"
Kagome's eyes welded up in tears as she looked from her mother to her grandfather, and back again. She ran up to her room, grabbed her valuables, and her clothes as well. Kagome took a frame with a picture of her mother, Jii-chan, Souta, her father, and herself in front of the scared tree. Kagome's eyes continued to cry as she shoved it in her suitcase and ran downstairs.
"You'll never see me again," Kagome cried. "I hope your happy!"
"Onee-chan," Souta ran towards her, but she slammed the door behind her. "Onee-chan..."
"She's not your sister anymore, Souta," his mother said sternly. "You are to forget about her and never mention her in this household ever again."
"Hai, Mama..."
Kagome listened to those words and heard the pain in Souta's voice. She knew her father didn't disown her, but it felt like he was disowning her with Mama. She hated doing this to Mama, her dead father, and Jii-chan; Kagome hated doing this to Souta most, but she had to. If her mother and grandfather disowned her, she would have to--
Inuyasha opened the door to Kagome tossing and turning, her face full of pain. He smelled a salty kind of water in the air. Inuyasha went to her bed side and took her hand, "Wake up, Kagome."
Kagome awoke, crying, "I-Inuyasha?"
"Hai, Kagome. I'm here, don't cry."
Kagome hugged Inuyasha tight and cried on his shoulder, her shoulders shaking and whimpers heard clearly through his shirt. "It was so horrible... My-my mama didn't love me anymore because I had feelings for hanyous and youkai all my life! She hated me for that because a hanyou killed my father and a pack of wolf youkai killed her family, like Rin! I hated doing that to Souta... I hated it but I had to!"
"Relax, Kagome." Inuyasha stroked her hair and held her close, "I'm here, don't cry. What your mother did was mean, but you need to stay calm, we can't wake Rin..."
Kagome sniffled and whispered, "You're right. I can't just cry about this forever, right?"
"You can cry all you want..." Inuyasha went and closed the door behind him. He walked over to Kagome and embraced her. He began to nibble on her neck softly to confort her.
Kagome began to calm down and whispered, "Stay with me... Please?"
Inuyasha nodded his head. He set Kagome down in the bed and climbed in with her. He slipped off his shirt to be more comfortable and snuggled closely to Kagome. Her back was to him and his arm was hanging over her waist.
Kagome turned herself around and looked at Inuyasha, "Do you really care this much about me?"
"Of course," Inuyasha whispered, "I love you, don't I? I don't want you to cry and I don't want you to be lonely."
Kagome smiled, "And that's why I love you." Kagome kissed him and she held him close. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her as well, kissing her deeply.
Kagome fell asleep, still kissing him. Inuyasha grinned at this and held her close, smelling her wonderful, beautiful, hypotizing smell.
Sango laid down in bed, feeling extremely guilty about treating Miroku like that. She kept telling himself that he deserved it, but she couldn't convince herself it was the truth. Sango checked her clock, it was now midnight and she was still awake. She had to go to school tomorrow, but she couldn't sleep at all.
Sango wrapped herself in her black robe and walked out the door barefoot. She took her car and drove to Miroku's. Sango buzzed Miroku's apartment, waiting patiently.
"Hello," said a very tired sounding Miroku.
"Hey," Sango replied, "buzz me in, onegai?"
"Mm-hm..."
There was a loud buzz, Sango opened the door and ran in. She went up the stairs, careful not to step on anything sharp. Miroku opened the door, waiting for Sango, but he didn't have to wait long. Sango walked up to Miroku.
"What are you doing here," Miroku whispered, letting her inside.
Sango walked in and Miroku shut the door behind them, "I'm sorry about what I did, I completely overracted. I didn't mean to hurt you like that; I felt really guilty, so I came here to apologized."
Miroku opened his eyes offically and looked at her bare feet and black robe, "Why don't you have any shoes or clothes on...?"
"I have clothes on," Sango blushed, "I just couldn't find my shoes in the dark..."
Miroku yawned and said, "Well, if you open that door again, snippy cat guy will yell at you and throw scissors at you... You better stay here..."
"You're not lying... Are you?"
"I'm not," Miroku's words were stiffled by a yawn. "I know from experience, scissors really hurt..."
"All right, but not in the same bed!"
"Of course, not. Come on, I'll let you sleep in my bed, I'll park out on the couch..."
"OK, by the way: Arigatou, Miroku."
"For what?"
"For not gropping me and for letting me sleep here for tonight."
"Oh, your welcome... Let me just tighty up my room a little."
"All right."
Sango sat down on the couch as Miroku went in his room. She looked around the place and went to look at the pictures on the side table. She dived over to the other end on her stomache, and looked at one frame. It was picture of him, his mother, and his father apparently. They looked like they were having a good time. She sighed, remembering her father and brother. She loved them so much, but then they were killed by a youkai.
She sworn to herself that the youkai who killed her only family would pay, but right now was not the time to cry. Sango bit her lip and held back the tears and looked at another picture. It was of him and Inuyasha. Inuyasha looked fairly pissed like usual, but Miroku looked pretty happy. She saw something in the background, like a person or something.
Sango focused her eyes hard on that person, she squinted and her eyes began to clear up the person a little, it was her. Sango was in the picture by accident, she wasn't very visible, but close enough. She remembered it now, they were on the class field trip and Inuyasha was fairly grumpy because Kikyou couldn't come. Sango giggled a little at the memory as Miroku came out.
"Room looks cleaner now," Miroku nodded.
"Arigatou," Sango smiled a little. She was approaching the room when Miroku grabbed her arm. Sango paused and looked down at the restricting hand, "Nani?"
"You were thinking of your parents, weren't you?"
"What, when?"
"When you were looking at the picture of my family..."
"What a silly question to ask! I was just viewing the pictures." Sango put on a fake smile, but it couldn't fool Miroku.
"Taijai Sango, you're lying. It's not a good thing to do that, you saw what happened to Kagome and Inuyasha when 'Yasha lied."
"I was, so?"
"Are you going to be all right?"
Sango looked away and nodded her head, holding back tears, "Hai, I'll be fine."
Mirkou frowned at her heartbroken tone, "You're not, come on... I have some ice cream." Miroku grinned a little at Sango as she walked towards Miroku a little.
"Hoshi Miroku... When will you stop blackmailing me?"
"When I have none left." Miroku sat Sango on the couch and he pulled out the ice cream.
While he was putting the ice cream into bowls, Sango took off her robe. She was wearing a red, v-cut tank top that was a lot more low cut than Kagome's and black, red and blue plaid pajama shorts. Miroku stared opened mouth a little, pausing where he was ready to put the scoop of ice cream in the bowl; the ice cream dropped in the bowel, making a "plop" sound. Sango looked at the surprised pervert, "Stop staring."
Miroku shook his head a little, "Gomen, it's just... You look so..."
"Slutty? Whore-ish? Horrible? Fat? Oh, Budda, tell me it's not fat!" Sango covered herself.
Miroku rinsed the scoop off, put the ice cream away, and thinking aloud, "So... so..." He grabbed two spoons and walked out.
"Spit it out already, Hoshi."
He took a seat beside her, put the ice cream down, and stroked some hair out of her face. "So radiant."
"Uh, um. Well, that's, umm... Oh, Kami, that's very, well, sweet." Sango blushed extremely red. "I-I don't think you've ever been so speechless... At least to what I've seen through out the years..."
"Yeah, I couldn't find the perfect word for you." Miroku kissed her hand; Sango turned even redder. "No word could describe you, not even radiant was high or perfect enough for you."
"So... Um, yeah! Ice cream?" Sango took some ice cream and ate some. "Delicious, what kind is this?"
"Double Chocolate, want some whip cream," Miroku winked and a sweat dropped from Sango.
"You think you could be a little noble for a whole night, but no…"
"Oh, but what would I be then?"
"Someone who doesn't blackmail people!"
"Sounds boring..."
"It really sounds like the calling of not losing your head."
"You're too violent."
"I gained it by the only etchi in this room..."
Miroku looked around, looking curiously stupid, "Who would that be?"
"The one eating ice cream with me, then flirts, then decides to bring up the blackmail..." Sango took some ice cream and flung it in Miroku's hair.
"OK," Miroku tensed up a little and scooped some ice cream, "That was not very nice." Miroku flung ice cream back, "Prepare to take the consiquences."
"What are you gonna do? Charm me? Hit me with your dragon tail? Pray to Budda to send me to Jigoku?"
"I was thinking more..." Miroku pressed his lips lightly againist hers in a slow movement, but not even Sango expected it. Sango was too surprised and too confused to push away or deepen it. Miroku pulled away a little and he opened his eyes; Sango's eyes were still closed and when she opened them, she was blinking. Miroku grinned and said, "Seducing you..."
