Disclaimer~ See first chapter
A/N & Reviewer Replies at the bottom!

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Destined Love
Chapter 3-To Leave

by sunny1388

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~Planner~

After the ceremony, the few polite demons and humans lead a weak applause as the demon prince too k his intended's hand, placed a kiss on it, and offered the arm to her. With a polite smile, the miko princess took it and allowed him to lead her outside to their waiting carriages that would take them to the Inu royal family's palace.

Walking behind Kagome, Sango winced at the stiff politeness of it all. To her, it was obvious that this was a forced face put on only for the sake of ceremony and tradition. The prince didn't look any happier than her lady.

Alongside the pensive Sango, a young monk in purple and black official attire snuck glances at the woman beside him. His right hand holding the jingling golden staff was wrapped in a cover with a rosary twisted around it, but the knuckles that were visible were white with strain, a sign that he was gripping the staff very tightly.

Miroku had to exercise every bit of restraint he had to avoid groping her in front of everyone. Usually he wouldn't have cared, but it seemed that this was the girl the princess would be bringing with her. And he couldn't afford to offend them.

Miroku sighed.

One of the cons of working for youkai-they didn't tend to be merciful, especially not to humans.

Plus, there was also the fact that it wouldn't be the first complaint about the monk's wandering hands and he'd been told very clearly that if his hands wandered, he would 'have them ripped off and fed to him.'

But Miroku didn't think of his behavior as groping. Nope, he was just showing his appreciation for the female body.

His eyes slid to Sango and a dreamy grin appeared on his face.

Oh, he really appreciated her, and he would make it known the second he got a chance.

Miroku's grin widened and his eyes glazed over and he began thinking...

~Matchmaker~

When they got outside, they saw that 2 carriages had been prepared for them.

Kagome, not wanting to be left alone with Inuyasha, quickly suggested,

"Maybe my maid should stay with me."

Sango readily agreed and Inuyasha looked like he was ready to agree also when the monk spoke up,

"No, beautiful princess. If I may, I think your highness and Prince Inuyasha should take this time to make introductions and talk amongst yourselves, being the married couple."

With that, Miroku offered his arm to Kagome who had no choice but to take it and let him lead her to the first carriage.

Inuyasha stood where he was until Miroku cleared his throat meaningfully,

"My Prince..."

Inuyasha scowled darkly at him, but marched to the carriage, stopping when he passed Miroku,

"You are dying a painful death tonight, bouzu."

But Miroku simply grinned and whispered back,

"No, my Prince, I think you'll be too busy tonight to kill me."

With a wink, Miroku went to escort a reluctant Sango to their carriage.

Blushing to the roots of his hair, Inuyasha ducked into the carriage.

~Flirt~

"A lady as beautiful as yourself is needful of an escort, ne?"

Miroku was trying to strike up a conversation with Sango once they were both seated in the carriage.

"You are very kind, houshi-sama."

Sango replied politely.

"Please, call me Miroku. May I ask your name?"

Miroku sat across from Sango in the carriage, but he was leaning forward with every word. Now, he rested a hand on Sango's leg, hoping she wouldn't notice. Somehow.

"Sango."

She replied as she kicked his shin with the foot of the leg he had his hand on.

Miroku winced, but he held out his hand, as a sign that he was supposed to kiss it.

But Sango pretended not to notice and crossed her arms, keeping them close to her chest where he wouldn't dare go.

But Miroku's eyes twinkled and with a grin, he reached forward, and grabbed her hand to Sango's great surprise.

With a quick, teasing wink at her, he kissed it and let go.

Sango snatched her hand back and rubbed the back of it where he kissed and glared at him.

Miroku only grinned wider and leaned back against his seat, pleased.

Sango shook her head.

Hopefully this would be a short trip.

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A/N: A chapter completely about Miroku! I love his character! Anyway, I sat, bored, in English and made a list of all the chapters. It should be around 20 chapters, maybe a chapter or two more or less. I've also got a list of all the chapter titles that I will be putting up on my website soon! (As a small sneak peak, they're all infinitive verbs-To Meet, To Despise, To Leave, To Remember, etc.)

~~~~~Reviewer Replies~~~~~

reynamangga~ Miroku was angry that he wasn't in the first two chapters so he got one all to himself! Shippo-it doesn't matter to me. He's not crucial to the plot so if people want him in the story I'll put him in. He'll just be a cute diversion. Sesshomaru-Definitely!!! Fluffy rules! So does Kouga! Kouga is cool, plus the jealously and rivalry he adds to the plot is always fun! (Although Inu doesn't think so ^_^) I'm not sure if Rin will be there since usually I write about her and Sesshomaru like a warped sort of adopted father/daughter thing and I want Sesshomaru to be a cruel bad guy in this fic. If Jaken's in there, he will die. Seriously, in my other fic, he's getting toasted in the fire the very next chapter (which is being posted right now) Hojo-eh...I dunno. I don't like Hojo either and I don't know how a human guy will fit in. I'll try to stick him in there just for your beating enjoyment! ^_^ Suggestions welcome!

mkitty-chan~ Yep, and it's fun writing this fic too!

babe_galanime~ I will continue. I've already got the basic plotline planned out!

CTRNikkiM~ Sorry, but here's a third chapter! I'll try to update ASAP!

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Next time:
Chapter 4-To Remember

About what happens between Inuyasha & Kagome in their carriage. There's a big flashback of Kagome's childhood and the two start to get along...just a bit. (Before I pit them against each other! *cackles insanely while Inu cast backs away*)