Chapter Six: The Monk and the Huntress
Back at camp, Sango was awaking slowly, sitting up and glancing around.
"Hmm...I wonder where Kagome and Inu Yasha went." She smiled faintly and glanced over at Miroku who was sleeping against a tree, his head in a funny position. "Miroku." He didn't move "Miroku!" He still didn't move, though she could hear someone groaning behind her, either Ayo or Rin. "Hot spring!" Miroku's eyes snapped open as Sango shook her head.
"Huh?" He cringed, cracking his neck "Ow...now, what did you say?"
"Hentai." she muttered
"Why good morning Lady Sango, how are you on this fine day?" As he was saying this, he was slowly creeping closer.
"I'm fine...ah! Hentai!" She smacked him before he could reach his destination "Do you know where Inu Yasha is? Or Kagome?"
"No idea...perhaps Kagome has been kidnapped again. Maybe I should go rescue her."
"You'll do no such thing. Kagome wasn't kidnapped the first time you thought that! Maybe Naraku showed up again or something." Miroku nodded.
"Possibly. In which case we should go find them. They might need our help."
"I don't know...they could be having a 'private conversation', and we certainly don't want to interrupt that."
"True. Shall we have our own 'private conversation'?" He leaned closer to her and Sango blushed, moving away.
"Quit it Miroku."
"Wow. You didn't call me hentai. Could you perhaps be warming up to me?" Sango remembered what Kagome said about her being the only one who didn't know she liked Miroku.
"I-I'm not." He smiled at her.
"Okay." Glancing behind her he muttered "Here come the lovebirds now. We can finish this conversation later Sango." She blushed; he hadn't said "lady". She looked behind her and saw Kagome and Inu Yasha walking back towards them.
"Kagome doesn't look angry...and Inu Yasha looks...happy."
"I think that perhaps they have admitted their feelings Lady Sango." Ah, the lady was back now.
"Are you really that perceptive?" She asked, though she believed him. Kagome's face had a pink tint to it and they were holding hands. Though as soon as they noticed Miroku and Sango were awake, they separated, Kagome going to pack her stuff and Inu Yasha glancing around, sniffing for his brother.
"Where is Sesshomaru?" asked Rin, sitting up. Sango frowned slightly. Why did Sesshomaru have this girl hanging out with him? Inu Yasha sighed.
"He's near...I can smell him. We all know why he's still here too." He looked pointedly at Kagome, who turned red.
"Oh that...well, it's not my fault." Inu Yasha nodded.
"That's true." He glanced over at Ayo, who was just waking up. Sango glared at him
"It's not Ayo's fault either! It was an accident!" Miroku nodded, standing and making his way towards Kagome, who was bent over, putting stuff into her backpack.
"That's true, it was an accident." Inu Yasha gave Miroku a low, dangerous growl as he neared the miko, though she didn't notice at all. "I mean...it's not her fault that Lady Kagome was with Sesshomaru when she used the potion." He was still creeping towards Kagome.
"Miroku..." snarled Inu Yasha. The monk stopped, then suddenly grinned
"So what were you and Lady Kagome doing in the woods...all alone?" Inu Yasha's eyes blazed as Kagome straightened up, blushing.
"Nothing Miroku." The hanyou replied. "At least, nothing that concerns you."
"Oh really...hmmm. Sounds interesting." Sango cut in quickly.
"Shall we pack up and look for jewel shards?" Kagome held up the large piece of the jewel.
"Kouga gave me this."
"Oh yeah, he got it from the fake Inu Yasha." Sango muttered, "Well. I'm sure there's still a few more shards out there." Inu Yasha nodded.
"Yeah, but Naraku probably has them. Well, plus the shards Kouga has. Maybe we should take it easy today, I mean with all the 'excitement' yesterday." He looked over at Kagome, who was looking back at him. Their eyes held a moment, everyone watching them until Shippo yawned loudly.
"What's going on?" He looked around, his eyes falling on Inu Yasha and Kagome "What happened to you two?" They blinked at the same time and looked at the kitsune.
"Hey Shippo," said Kagome, quietly. Inu Yasha didn't say anything; instead he sighed and turned, walking a little ways away. Kagome followed him, biting her lip. "Inu Yasha?" He stopped.
"What?"
"What do you want to do today?" He glanced over his shoulder at her.
"Huh?"
"I said," she smiled at him, "What would you like to do today? If you could do anything."
"Something away from all these guys." Her smile widened, as she turned pink.
"Just us?" He nodded and she beamed, "What would we do to get rid of them?"
"Really?" He grinned at her saying, "I could probably think of something."
Shippo frowned from where his was sitting, next to Rin. He could hear every word of Kagome and Inu Yasha's conversation, though he was probably the only one. It wasn't fair! They always seemed to ditch him!
Miroku sighed, shaking out his robes and looking over at Sango.
"So. a non-productive day. What should we do?" He winked at her and a blush crept across her face.
"Not what you're thinking."
"Have we become psychic Lady Sango? I don't believe so, what do you think I was thinking?"
"Hentai."
"Of course not Lady Sango, I would never dream of thinking that about you. You're special."
"Uh Huh. Just like all the other 'special girls'." Miroku sat near her, and shook his head.
"No, that is not what I meant. You have something different, Sango." Looking down, her blush deepened. Ayo stood, holding Rin's hand.
"Rin and I are thinking of going to look for Sesshomaru, okay?" The demon huntress glanced over at them and frowned.
"Not by yourselves, Shippo, Kirara, go with them." Shippo pouted, but eventually agreed and the troupe left. Inu Yasha and Kagome wandered back over.
"Uh, we're thinking of splitting up. You two go look around that way, and we'll go this way," mumbled Kagome. Sango blinked.
"Look around for what? I mean, what are we going to find? You're sending us the way we came fr-" Miroku put his hand over her mouth and whispered.
"Shh! They want a 'private moment', it's not like we actually have to do anything." Inu Yasha heard of course, but didn't say anything, instead picked up Kagome's pack and started walking.
"Come on wench." Kagome sighed heavily, but didn't say anything, following after him instead. Miroku moved his hand away from Sango, though slowly, and sat on his heels.
"So what shall we do?" She stood and looked around.
"I don't know. What do you want to do?" There was a pause, "I can't believe I just asked that question." Miroku beamed at her.
"Well I think it's wondrous that you're giving me the choice. Because if it were up to you, we would probably be demon hunting all day, which would become incredibly boring. We should do something more self-fulfilling."
"I am not letting you chase girls around," said Sango flatly.
"That is not what I was referring to. I meant-" and suddenly, he looked away.
"Are you turning red? What are you thinking!" Sango of course, thought he was thinking something inappropriate. But our favorite monk was not. He was blushing because he was trying to suggest a romantic day with the one girl he couldn't joke about love with. "If you're going to be thinking about perverted stuff, I'm leaving!" She stood sharply and started to stalk off. Miroku flinched and moved forward quickly, grabbing the demon huntress's wrist.
"That's not what I was thinking Sango!" He looked pleadingly at her "I was thinking about maybe having a day for just us." The monk looked down, embarrassed. Sango's jaw dropped
"Huh?"
He glanced back up at her
"I think that we would have fun together. I like the idea of us being alone."
"Oh. R-really?" She started blushing. "Well." There was a long silence. "What should we do now?" Miroku smiled and whispered.
"I don't know. What do you think?" His eyes were twinkling at her and her blush quickly darkened. He got to his feet and hesitated, before leaning towards her. Her eyes widened as his lips covered hers, but soon she relaxed and leaned into the kiss. They stayed like, not even noticing when Kagome came back, stared at them for a moment, then grabbed a book on the ground and dashed off. Sango finally pulled away, looking to the side.
"That was…" she smiled faintly, "nice." Miroku smiled back.
"Shall we go further?" There was another minute of silence, then a loud slap. All seemed to be going well between the monk and the huntress, or at least back to normal.
I have the next chapter ready, unfortunately it's on my old old computer that we're having troubles with, so as soon as it's fixed, I shall post the next chapter. I know I have no updated in more than a year I think. Sorry! I'll try to get on a roll!