Miroku's Bedtime Stories
Chapter 14
A Blessing and a Curse
"Sango!" Miroku leapt to his feet and ran after her.
She ran past the startled villagers and into the village shrine.
"Sango, where are you going?" he shouted, as he saw her disappear inside.
He went into the cool darkness of the shrine and saw her kneeling.
He went and quietly knelt beside her.
"Sango, why do you run from me?" he asked her gently.
She wouldn't look at him, but kept her head bowed and her lips silently moved.
He waited patiently as she finished with a sigh.
She rose gracefully and he followed her outside into the forest behind the village.
"Have you no requests for your ancestors?" she asked him as they found a flat rock on which to sit.
Miroku shook his head. "There is nothing that I require from them, as I already have my heart's desire."
Sango averted her eyes and felt heat rush to her face, "May this one ask what is the desire of your heart?"
"That a brave and beautiful woman would give me her love."
"Miroku, there are no doubt many who fit that description."
"But, there is only one that I love in return."
He bent to kiss her gently and felt her warm sigh before he tasted her soft lips.
Beginning as a sweet and innocent expression of love, the kiss soon turned fiery as Sango pulled his head down and pushed her tongue against his teeth, asking for more.
"Oh, gods, yes," he breathed, opening his mouth to allow their tongues to make love. The erotic sensations made their way down to pool in his groin as he listened to Sango's faint moans of pleasure.
After a few seconds the need to breath caused them to reluctantly break apart, gasping and panting.
"Sango, you have no idea what this is doing to me," he panted, resting his forehead briefly on her shoulder.
"I think I do," she said coyly, running her hand over his neck to release his hair from its binding.
"Then please, I beg of you, I need to stop now or I won't be able to keep myself from taking you right here." His face was flushed and he was biting his lip trying to regain his fading self-control.
She pulled back her hand. "What!" she gasped.
"It's not your fault," he said, turning away and looking at the ground. "It's just that when I make love to you, I don't want it to be like this."
"When?" repeated Sango, smiling at his back. "You're quite sure of yourself, houshi. Don't I have something to say about when...or if?"
He turned around to look at her in surprise. "You're teasing me?" he asked groaning and putting his head back into his hands.
"You think me cruel?" asked Sango archly. "And all those times I watched you flirt with other girls shamelessly, asking them to 'bear your child'. Then you would touch me and make me think you wanted me. Sometimes, it was unbearable!"
She looked away, wringing her hands as they sat facing away from each other.
"I'm sorry," he groaned. "Well, you've gotten your revenge," he said, standing slowly. "I'll leave you alone, you have my word."
"Miroku!" she cried, turning around. "I don't want revenge! I only wanted you to know how I felt. I couldn't bear it if you looked at another now!"
She threw her arms around him fiercely. "Please don't go, please. Everything I said was true. I love you," she choked.
He put his arms around her as she buried her head into his chest. "I love you too, my Sango, may all the gods help us."
Inuyasha was trying to stand up.
"Inuyasha, you idiot, you're supposed to be resting," said Kagome, hands on her hips, frowning at him.
"Well, wench, there are some things that I'm not gonna do inside, and taking a piss is one of them!"
"Oh," she said, her face turning red. "I guess you should get up, then."
"Thank you," he said sarcastically. "And I've been doing it by myself since I was a pup, so I won't be needing any help!"
"I wasn't planning on 'helping' you, and you don't have to talk to me like that!" she yelled, turning around and folding her arms.
"Feh!" he said, getting shakily to his feet. The room tilted a bit and he gasped.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried, as she heard him gasp. She ran over to him and he put his arm around her shoulders to steady himself.
"I'm sorry," he panted, "I just hate being so damned weak! I didn't mean to yell at you."
"Can you stand now?" she asked him, looking up into his face. His usual golden tan was now greenish and there were dark circles under his eyes.
"Just help me get outside and I'll make it," he gritted. "The room isn't moving anymore, at least."
She walked him slowly outside and out to the privy and waited until he came out.
"Well, this is a new milestone in our relationship," she thought wryly, sitting there.
"Ready?" she asked when he came out and sat down heavily beside her.
"Just give me a minute," he said, leaning his head on her shoulder and squeezing his eyes shut.
"Take all the time you need," she said, putting her arm around him and letting him put part of his weight on her.
"I'm not used to anyone taking care of me," he said quietly. "I'm being a real bastard, aren't I?"
"Well, yes," Kagome chuckled at him. "But I think I can forgive you this once."
He laughed with her. "Oh, that hurts, don't make me laugh," he said.
"I like it when you laugh," she said. "I don't hear it very often."
"I only laugh when there's something to laugh about," he countered.
"I know," she said, now sobering as she looked into his face. His coloring looked a bit better and his eyes weren't looking so pinched.
"I'm ready," he said, rising slowly.
"Here, lean on me," Kagome cautioned him, putting her arm around his waist.
Slowly they walked back to Kaede's hut and Inuyasha sank gratefully back onto the futon.
"I'm getting soft, this bed feels great," he sighed as she helped him lay down again.
"You'll be back to sleeping in trees in no time," Kagome joked.
"I don't know, it gets kind of lonely out there," he said drowsily.
Kagome's head came up at that, but she said nothing.
"I'll get you some water," she said, rising to fetch the ladle from the water bucket.
"Thanks" he slurred, eyes closed as his breathing became more even.
She brought the ladle to his lips and he drank deeply. "More," he said.
She dipped in the ladle and gave him another drink. "Better," he said, almost inaudibly.
He was asleep, and there was a little water running down his chin that had escaped his lips.
She brushed the drops away with her thumb and impulsively leaned over and kissed him on the corners of his mouth.
"Hmm." He stirred and she pulled a blanket over him.
"Get better, my love," she said as she settled in to watch over him once again.
Chapter 14
A Blessing and a Curse
"Sango!" Miroku leapt to his feet and ran after her.
She ran past the startled villagers and into the village shrine.
"Sango, where are you going?" he shouted, as he saw her disappear inside.
He went into the cool darkness of the shrine and saw her kneeling.
He went and quietly knelt beside her.
"Sango, why do you run from me?" he asked her gently.
She wouldn't look at him, but kept her head bowed and her lips silently moved.
He waited patiently as she finished with a sigh.
She rose gracefully and he followed her outside into the forest behind the village.
"Have you no requests for your ancestors?" she asked him as they found a flat rock on which to sit.
Miroku shook his head. "There is nothing that I require from them, as I already have my heart's desire."
Sango averted her eyes and felt heat rush to her face, "May this one ask what is the desire of your heart?"
"That a brave and beautiful woman would give me her love."
"Miroku, there are no doubt many who fit that description."
"But, there is only one that I love in return."
He bent to kiss her gently and felt her warm sigh before he tasted her soft lips.
Beginning as a sweet and innocent expression of love, the kiss soon turned fiery as Sango pulled his head down and pushed her tongue against his teeth, asking for more.
"Oh, gods, yes," he breathed, opening his mouth to allow their tongues to make love. The erotic sensations made their way down to pool in his groin as he listened to Sango's faint moans of pleasure.
After a few seconds the need to breath caused them to reluctantly break apart, gasping and panting.
"Sango, you have no idea what this is doing to me," he panted, resting his forehead briefly on her shoulder.
"I think I do," she said coyly, running her hand over his neck to release his hair from its binding.
"Then please, I beg of you, I need to stop now or I won't be able to keep myself from taking you right here." His face was flushed and he was biting his lip trying to regain his fading self-control.
She pulled back her hand. "What!" she gasped.
"It's not your fault," he said, turning away and looking at the ground. "It's just that when I make love to you, I don't want it to be like this."
"When?" repeated Sango, smiling at his back. "You're quite sure of yourself, houshi. Don't I have something to say about when...or if?"
He turned around to look at her in surprise. "You're teasing me?" he asked groaning and putting his head back into his hands.
"You think me cruel?" asked Sango archly. "And all those times I watched you flirt with other girls shamelessly, asking them to 'bear your child'. Then you would touch me and make me think you wanted me. Sometimes, it was unbearable!"
She looked away, wringing her hands as they sat facing away from each other.
"I'm sorry," he groaned. "Well, you've gotten your revenge," he said, standing slowly. "I'll leave you alone, you have my word."
"Miroku!" she cried, turning around. "I don't want revenge! I only wanted you to know how I felt. I couldn't bear it if you looked at another now!"
She threw her arms around him fiercely. "Please don't go, please. Everything I said was true. I love you," she choked.
He put his arms around her as she buried her head into his chest. "I love you too, my Sango, may all the gods help us."
Inuyasha was trying to stand up.
"Inuyasha, you idiot, you're supposed to be resting," said Kagome, hands on her hips, frowning at him.
"Well, wench, there are some things that I'm not gonna do inside, and taking a piss is one of them!"
"Oh," she said, her face turning red. "I guess you should get up, then."
"Thank you," he said sarcastically. "And I've been doing it by myself since I was a pup, so I won't be needing any help!"
"I wasn't planning on 'helping' you, and you don't have to talk to me like that!" she yelled, turning around and folding her arms.
"Feh!" he said, getting shakily to his feet. The room tilted a bit and he gasped.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried, as she heard him gasp. She ran over to him and he put his arm around her shoulders to steady himself.
"I'm sorry," he panted, "I just hate being so damned weak! I didn't mean to yell at you."
"Can you stand now?" she asked him, looking up into his face. His usual golden tan was now greenish and there were dark circles under his eyes.
"Just help me get outside and I'll make it," he gritted. "The room isn't moving anymore, at least."
She walked him slowly outside and out to the privy and waited until he came out.
"Well, this is a new milestone in our relationship," she thought wryly, sitting there.
"Ready?" she asked when he came out and sat down heavily beside her.
"Just give me a minute," he said, leaning his head on her shoulder and squeezing his eyes shut.
"Take all the time you need," she said, putting her arm around him and letting him put part of his weight on her.
"I'm not used to anyone taking care of me," he said quietly. "I'm being a real bastard, aren't I?"
"Well, yes," Kagome chuckled at him. "But I think I can forgive you this once."
He laughed with her. "Oh, that hurts, don't make me laugh," he said.
"I like it when you laugh," she said. "I don't hear it very often."
"I only laugh when there's something to laugh about," he countered.
"I know," she said, now sobering as she looked into his face. His coloring looked a bit better and his eyes weren't looking so pinched.
"I'm ready," he said, rising slowly.
"Here, lean on me," Kagome cautioned him, putting her arm around his waist.
Slowly they walked back to Kaede's hut and Inuyasha sank gratefully back onto the futon.
"I'm getting soft, this bed feels great," he sighed as she helped him lay down again.
"You'll be back to sleeping in trees in no time," Kagome joked.
"I don't know, it gets kind of lonely out there," he said drowsily.
Kagome's head came up at that, but she said nothing.
"I'll get you some water," she said, rising to fetch the ladle from the water bucket.
"Thanks" he slurred, eyes closed as his breathing became more even.
She brought the ladle to his lips and he drank deeply. "More," he said.
She dipped in the ladle and gave him another drink. "Better," he said, almost inaudibly.
He was asleep, and there was a little water running down his chin that had escaped his lips.
She brushed the drops away with her thumb and impulsively leaned over and kissed him on the corners of his mouth.
"Hmm." He stirred and she pulled a blanket over him.
"Get better, my love," she said as she settled in to watch over him once again.