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On with chapter 3! sorry it took so long, been busy with finals and such ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

3 hours later the group was on the road in the forest, heading for Kaede's.

Kagome and Sango walked together, whispering the entire time. Shippou and Kirara were up in front playing around. Miroku brought up the rear, watching InuYasha with a smile. InuYasha up in front of the girls, doing his best to not turn and look at Miroku.

"Can we stop for lunch?" Kagome called to InuYasha. He turned around in annoyance. "You came running up to me while I was taking a bath, then sat me and nearly drowned me, so that we could get to Kaede's tonight. Then you refuse to ride on my back to speed up the trip. And now you want to fucking stop and have lunch?" he said. Kagome glared. "If what I saw at the spring is any indication of how you feel when I'm on your back, then I'll pass." having said that, she dropped her backpack and started digging through it looking for food. "Feh!" InuYasha spat and dropped to the ground crossed legged.

Sango bent down to help Kagome look for food, unwittingly offering Miroku a chance at her butt. He winked at InuYasha and went for it. "HENTAI!" Sango yelled, smacking him with the textbook she had just pulled out of the bag. "Ow." Miroku commented, backing away. Sango rolled her eyes and set the book on the ground.

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Slurping up the last of her ramen, Kagome cleared her throat. "Sango and I are taking Kirara and going on ahead. We want to see how Kohaku is doing. You guys can catch up." Sango nodded in agreement. "What!?" InuYasha exploded, almost choking on his ramen. "Why the hell won't you make up your mind? First you want to get there, then you want to walk and eat lunch. So instead of riding on my back and getting there quickly, you want to take Kirara and leave me and Miroku. . ." he broke off.

Kagome nodded. "We have girl stuff to talk about." she said smirking. Miroku set down his ramen. "I think it's a wonderful idea Kagome-sama." he said. "InuYasha and I will talk about . . . ah, boy stuff." Sango laughed. "What do you two have to talk about?" she asked. "Girls?" Miroku asked innocently. InuYasha coughed, and Sango and Kagome gave each other excited grins. "Well that settles it." Kagome said, standing up. Kirara trotted over and transformed. "Why don't you take this brat?" InuYasha said, grabbing Shippou and tossing him to Kagome. "Because it's girl talk." she answered, she gave Shippou a little shove and he hopped off Kirara. "Bye boys!" Sango and Kagome called as Kirara ran off.

"Well Shippou." Miroku said a moment later. "I'd like to thank you for finishing what InuYasha was trying to explain." InuYasha's jaw dropped. "Brat." he muttered. But when Shippou looked up at him, he smiled. "Now, if you could give us some privacy, we'd appreciate it." Miroku continued. Shippou's eyes widened. "Are you lovers now?" he squealed. "Yeah, just don't tell Kagome and Sango, k?" InuYasha said, blushing. Shippou nodded and scrambled off.

InuYasha and Miroku quickly slid off the path and into the trees. Kissing him eagerly, Miroku dropped his staff and started pulling off InuYasha's hakama. Left in only his pants, InuYasha began removing Miroku's robes. Soon he lowered the naked monk to the ground and lay on top of him. Not breaking the kiss, Miroku ran his hands along InuYasha's muscular chest, savoring the moment. After my first lemon scene, which will be posted on AFF.net, the two lay side by side in the forest.

Miroku rolled onto his stomach and flopped an arm over InuYasha's chest. He kissed him on the cheek and rested his chin on InuYasha's shoulder. "I love you." InuYasha said softly. Miroku's eyes widened and he pushed himself up. He found himself gazing into a pair of golden eyes, looking at him with what could only be love. He smiled and dropped back onto InuYasha. "I love you." he whispered, kissing InuYasha's neck. He sighed happily as a pair of strong arms wrapped around his back, pulling him close.

"InuYasha!" Came a shout. InuYasha tore his gaze from Miroku and looked up. Shippou had leapt out of the tree above them and was falling right on them. He caught the kitsune by the tail and held him up over his face. "Were you in that tree the whole fucking time?" he snarled. "Someone's coming!" Shippou squealed. "I think it's Kouga!" Miroku's amused grin quickly faded. "Shit." InuYasha gasped, sitting up.

"Ah! Dog-crap!" came a shout as Kouga spun in off the path. "I thought I smelled. . ." he stopped suddenly. InuYasha was standing awkwardly with his pants on, and his white shirt halfway on. His red fire-rat shirt lay rumpled on the ground, with a dark purple kesa on top of it. The monk he traveled with was standing next to him, tying the sash of his robe. Kouga took a sniff. His eyes got a little wider and he leaned forward and sniffed Miroku. "Well! I didn't realize humans felt that way." he said in surprise.

"Some do." Miroku said calmly. Kouga tilted his head to one side and looked at the guilty pair. "I was coming to see Kagome, but I see she's not around. Too bad I wasn't early, I could have joined in." he said with a grin. InuYasha snorted. "You'd make a pretty bad mate wolf." he growled. "Kagome would make a nice mate." Kouga said grinning. "Say, have you told her about this yet?" he asked. InuYasha paled. "I'll tell her when I'm ready." he stammered. Kouga laughed. "When she gets pissed at you, tell her I'd gladly take her as a mate." With that, he ran off in a whirlwind.

"Like hell I will!" InuYasha called after him. Miroku gently set his hand on his arm. "Don't worry about it love." he said softly. InuYasha smiled at him. "I won't." he muttered. "We should get going." he said, leaning in for a kiss.

A few minutes later, a fully dressed InuYasha was racing along with a fully dressed Miroku on his back. Other than the kitsune pup on his shoulder, InuYasha was in heaven. As night fell, they reached Kaede's village. Sliding reluctantly off InuYasha's back, Miroku gave him a quick kiss and the 2 walked the rest of the way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Hey guys!" Sango said as they entered the cabin. "Hello InuYasha, Houshi- sama." Kaede said. The two were sitting on either side of the fire. "Hello Sango, Kaede-sama." Miroku said politely. InuYasha gave a half bow. "Where's Shippou?" Sango asked. "Playing with Kirara." Miroku said, nodding towards the door. "What are you two doing?" InuYasha asked.

"I only know how to kill demons, so Kaede-sama was teaching me other things about them." Sango said. InuYasha raised an eyebrow. "Like what?" he asked. "Well, demons mate with males and females. Did you know that?" she asked, looking at Miroku. "Well that's how they reproduce isn't it?" he asked, trying to seem innocent. "No, I mean a male demon mates with females and males." she said. Miroku blushed.

"I'm curious InuYasha." Kaede began. "Do hanyou's do the same things?" she asked. InuYasha gulped. "Some do." he choked out. Sango looked at him in surprise. "Do you?" she asked. "No!" he snapped. Sango grinned "That was a pretty fast denial." InuYasha gulped again. "I don't see what the big deal is, humans do too." he said. Sango looked thoughtful. "Well, sort of I guess." she said. "Some do anyway."

"Where's Kagome?" InuYasha asked, changing the subject. "She went back home to see her family and check on Kohaku. She'll be back tomorrow." Sango said. "It's getting late, I bid you goodnight." Kaede said as she left the room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sango stared at the flames of the fire. She had been staring at them for nearly an hour. Her thoughts were going a mile a minute. From worrying about Kohaku, to the conversation she and Kagome had had about how to get Miroku and InuYasha to realize they liked them. "Think she's asleep?" came Miroku's voice. Sango quickly closed her eyes and steadied her breathing. "Yeah, it's been an hour." InuYasha's rough voice replied. *Are they going to talk about me and Kagome?* Sango wondered.

"I can't believe Kaede-baba told her that." came InuYasha's annoyed voice. "That makes things a lot harder." Sango frowned, what did he mean by that? "Maybe she won't tell Kagome-sama." Miroku's voice said softly. "I sure as hell hope not! The last thing I need is to be sat for my sexual preferences." InuYasha snarled. Sango's eyes flew wide open and she stifled a gasp. She could see 2 shadows on the wall, reflected by the flickering firelight. One got up and cracked his neck, small ponytail flicking to the side. Sango's eyes widened, as Miroku's shadow lowered itself so his head was in InuYasha's lap.

Sango watched as the dog-eared shadow's head tilted down to look at the head in its lap. "We can't hide it forever." Miroku said softly. "I know!" Came InuYasha's voice. "I just have to find a way to tell her. She gets all upset over Kikyou as it is. Even though I keep telling her I don't love Kikyou." InuYasha sighed. Sango watched as Miroku's hand reached up and stroked InuYasha's cheek. "Get some sleep, we'll figure it out in the morning." Miroku said softly. InuYasha's shadow nodded.

As the two happily slept, Sango stared in shock into the night.