Reality's fiction.
By Lar-lar
Sorry it's taken me awhile to update this, but with all the fantastic fics out there I've been struggling to work out where this one is going! And I've decided it IS going somewhere I promise! As always, comments and criticisms are welcome! Thanks!
Disclaimer; Nope, not mine. None of 'em. It IS my story though, such as it is, why do I feel like I'm getting a bad deal?
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Chapter three;
Two's company
"But why Sango? We'll get there much faster riding Kirara." Sango smiled down at the young kitsune but she remained quite adamant not to give in to his demands.
"Iie Shippou. It's a nice day and we should enjoy our journey and not tire Kirara out now incase we need to use her later." Shippou sighed and kicked at a clump of reeds at the side of the stream. Sango was slightly amused at his mood.
"If you are tiered Shippou, then why not sit on my shoulder as before?" Came a voice from a short distance ahead. Shippou grinned and ran over to Miroku who picked him up and placed him on his shoulder before continuing to lead the way. Sango trailed behind slightly, Kirara obediently at her heal, thinking to herself. She could not help but think Miroku would make a very good father, 'someday should the fates allow it.' She thought. The way he handled Shippou was testimony to this fact. The young kitsune sat on his shoulder chattering in his ear quite happily. She sighed. 'Maybe I'm alittle hard on him sometimes.' She wondered to herself, letting her eyes rest on him for a second, but only a second. She refused to give in to the voice that begged her to watch him, to take in the image of him and remember every single detail. She smiled at what she saw as her own stupidity and averted her gaze to to the ground. For a long time, they walked in silence. Shippou was the only one who spoke and then it was only to ask pointless question or just to know why no-one else was talking to which Miroku had answered;
"Communication is an important part of friendship as is knowing when it is time for silence." Sango had been impressed when he said this, she agreed completely. Being able to be with someone, not say a word and not feel the need to say something just for the sake of sound was indeed a valuable thing. She kept her thoughts to herself though, and continued walking.
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"How come we have to visit this damn shrine anyway? Couldn't you just ask the Houshi about it and write that in your report?" Kagome shook her head and lined up to take another photo.
"Gormen nasai Inuyasha, but I need to take photo's too."
"How on earth are you going to explain where you got 'photos' of a shrine that doesn't even exist in your world came from?"
"That's the best part." She said, grinning. "This place doesn't have to exist anymore because it's a story, it's not meant to be real." Inuyasha huffed.
"Then why can't you just make it up?" She glared at him. "Baka." He muttered.
"Ok all done!" She said smiling at him again. "Shall we rest here tonight? Then we can get back to Keade's village by tomorrow and from there we can meet up with Sango-chan, Miroku-sama and Shippou."
"Why must we go to that wench's damn village? We are losing valuable time taking your silly still pictures." Kagome glared at him for a second time. "I mean, I'm sure we can do that, no problem, in fact, I would be happy to stay here." He mumbled the last part but it seemed to have the desired affect as Kagome's glare turned to a smile.
"Good. We won't be at Keade's village long, I just want to run some dates by her, I want my story to be as accurate as possible." Inuyasha just nodded, he was too tiered to argue.
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Miroku frowned. It was too quiet. Sango had barely said two words to him since they set off and he could have sworn that she kept looking at him which made him feel nervous, like she was up to something. He smiled to himself. 'Her up to something?' He thought. 'That's my job.' He had kept walking up ahead, answering Shippou's constant questions with replies designed to make him quiet as long as possible although this tactic did not seem to be working which much effect. 'I suppose I haven't said two words to her either.' He continued his earlier line of questioning. 'Maybe this is just one of the times for silence?' He frowned once more. That just did not seem right somehow, something was not right, it was wrong. He suddenly stopped and was surprised when Sango walked straight into him.
"What's the matter, Houshi-sama?" She asked, peering round him for a glimpse of whatever had made him pause so suddenly. He turned to look at her.
"Nothing." He replied, feeling silly. "There's... nothing." Now it was Sango's turn to frown.
"Nothing? Then why did you stop?" He simply shrugged, not sure himself really. "Daijoubu ka?" She asked him noticing the puzzled look on his face.
"Huh?" He asked, not really listening. "Oh hai, yeah, I'm fine." He shook his head trying to bring himself back to reality. Then he smiled at her. "Arigatou Sango, I am just fine." He winked at her and carried on walking.
"Miroku?" Shippou asked.
"Hai?"
"How come you and Sango are so quiet today?" Miroku rolled his eyes.
"I don't know why Sango is so quiet but I am merely contemplating many things. Why don't you go and ask her if you are so concerned?" He spoke as politely as his apparent annoyance would allow and was pleased when Shippou nodded and jumped down from his shoulder and ran back to Sango. he sighed heavily. 'Peace at last.' He thought to himself.
"Houshi-sama?" Sango's voice came from alittle way back. He turned to see her, carrying Shippou in her arms the small demon still talking about something. She caught him up quickly and without much effort. "Shall we rest here for the night?" She asked. "I think Shippou here could do with a rest." Miroku nodded, noting that Sango, too, had had enough of the young kitsune.
"Indeed Sango, this looks like a fine place to rest tonight." He switched his gaze from her to Shippou. "Is that ok with you?" The kitsune nodded and stifled a yawn. Miroku chuckled to himself. "Then it's settled."
(2 hours later)
"Okay houshi-sama, I think that's enough wood." Sango said as Miroku returned with his arms full of fallen branches. He nodded, sat down opposite her and started to arrange the wood between them. Sango watched him for a moment, before turning her attentions to Shippou, who was playing with Kirara a short distance away. She surveyed the distance and figured she would at lest be able to unwrap the packages of food Kagome had given her for the trip before he made it over. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a box which contained the four parcels of food.
"Oh! Food from Kagome's time!" Sango smiled. 'Okay, maybe not.'
"Hai, kagome-chan gave this to me before we left. There's enough for us tonight but tomorrow we'll have to find our own food." Shippou had taken what he had decided was the biggest of the parcels and was already tucking into it. She smiled again and opened one of the parcels for kirara who was looking just as hungry. "Houshi-sama?" She asked, holding out the third parcel to Miroku. He looked up from the still unlit fire and took the parcel from her, giving her a quick smile of thanks which faded almost as quickly as it had appeared. Sango wondered for a moment, then decided to leave it and instead started eating her own parcel. It was good.
"Kagome is so thoughtful to bring us such delicious food." Shippou said, picking up any food he had accidentally dropped on the ground. Sango nodded in agreement. She often wished she had something of value to repay kagome's kindness. "Don't you want yours, Miroku?" Miroku looked up from his newly lit fire to see the kitsune holding his own food parcel in his hand. He smiled.
"Would you like to share?" He asked, tactfully taking the food back and passing him only a small amount. Shippou looked at it greedily and nodded, already eating heartily. Miroku looked to Sango with a smile and she smiled back, her own food also was disappearing fast and with Shippou on the prowl she knew that was a good thing.
"I'm sleepy." Shippou yawned. Miroku laughed quietly at him, looking up to the sky trying to gage just how late it was. He heard Sango yawn opposite him and let his eyes rest on her for a second. She looked so beautiful in the fire light. He shook his head.
"It is getting late, I'll take first watch and you guys get some sleep." With that, he pulled himself up and walked a short distance away to lean against a tree in his normal position. Sango followed him with her eyes and when he looked up to meet her gaze she just smiled. 'I hope you will sleep well tonight, houshi-sama.' She thought.
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Authors notes: Sorry this chapter is alittle shorter than the others, I just thought that was a good place to leave it! Review and let me know how you think it's going! Until next time! Laters!
Vocab; Houshi - Low ranking buddisht monk. Gormen nasai - I'm sorry. Baka - Idiot or fool. Houshi-sama - Polite term for a buddist monk. Daijoubu ka - Are you ok? Hai - Yes. Iie - No. Arigatou - Thankyou.
I hope I got that right, I'm no expert so if I'm wrong, let me know and I'll sort it out as best I can! Laters!
Sorry it's taken me awhile to update this, but with all the fantastic fics out there I've been struggling to work out where this one is going! And I've decided it IS going somewhere I promise! As always, comments and criticisms are welcome! Thanks!
Disclaimer; Nope, not mine. None of 'em. It IS my story though, such as it is, why do I feel like I'm getting a bad deal?
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Chapter three;
Two's company
"But why Sango? We'll get there much faster riding Kirara." Sango smiled down at the young kitsune but she remained quite adamant not to give in to his demands.
"Iie Shippou. It's a nice day and we should enjoy our journey and not tire Kirara out now incase we need to use her later." Shippou sighed and kicked at a clump of reeds at the side of the stream. Sango was slightly amused at his mood.
"If you are tiered Shippou, then why not sit on my shoulder as before?" Came a voice from a short distance ahead. Shippou grinned and ran over to Miroku who picked him up and placed him on his shoulder before continuing to lead the way. Sango trailed behind slightly, Kirara obediently at her heal, thinking to herself. She could not help but think Miroku would make a very good father, 'someday should the fates allow it.' She thought. The way he handled Shippou was testimony to this fact. The young kitsune sat on his shoulder chattering in his ear quite happily. She sighed. 'Maybe I'm alittle hard on him sometimes.' She wondered to herself, letting her eyes rest on him for a second, but only a second. She refused to give in to the voice that begged her to watch him, to take in the image of him and remember every single detail. She smiled at what she saw as her own stupidity and averted her gaze to to the ground. For a long time, they walked in silence. Shippou was the only one who spoke and then it was only to ask pointless question or just to know why no-one else was talking to which Miroku had answered;
"Communication is an important part of friendship as is knowing when it is time for silence." Sango had been impressed when he said this, she agreed completely. Being able to be with someone, not say a word and not feel the need to say something just for the sake of sound was indeed a valuable thing. She kept her thoughts to herself though, and continued walking.
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"How come we have to visit this damn shrine anyway? Couldn't you just ask the Houshi about it and write that in your report?" Kagome shook her head and lined up to take another photo.
"Gormen nasai Inuyasha, but I need to take photo's too."
"How on earth are you going to explain where you got 'photos' of a shrine that doesn't even exist in your world came from?"
"That's the best part." She said, grinning. "This place doesn't have to exist anymore because it's a story, it's not meant to be real." Inuyasha huffed.
"Then why can't you just make it up?" She glared at him. "Baka." He muttered.
"Ok all done!" She said smiling at him again. "Shall we rest here tonight? Then we can get back to Keade's village by tomorrow and from there we can meet up with Sango-chan, Miroku-sama and Shippou."
"Why must we go to that wench's damn village? We are losing valuable time taking your silly still pictures." Kagome glared at him for a second time. "I mean, I'm sure we can do that, no problem, in fact, I would be happy to stay here." He mumbled the last part but it seemed to have the desired affect as Kagome's glare turned to a smile.
"Good. We won't be at Keade's village long, I just want to run some dates by her, I want my story to be as accurate as possible." Inuyasha just nodded, he was too tiered to argue.
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Miroku frowned. It was too quiet. Sango had barely said two words to him since they set off and he could have sworn that she kept looking at him which made him feel nervous, like she was up to something. He smiled to himself. 'Her up to something?' He thought. 'That's my job.' He had kept walking up ahead, answering Shippou's constant questions with replies designed to make him quiet as long as possible although this tactic did not seem to be working which much effect. 'I suppose I haven't said two words to her either.' He continued his earlier line of questioning. 'Maybe this is just one of the times for silence?' He frowned once more. That just did not seem right somehow, something was not right, it was wrong. He suddenly stopped and was surprised when Sango walked straight into him.
"What's the matter, Houshi-sama?" She asked, peering round him for a glimpse of whatever had made him pause so suddenly. He turned to look at her.
"Nothing." He replied, feeling silly. "There's... nothing." Now it was Sango's turn to frown.
"Nothing? Then why did you stop?" He simply shrugged, not sure himself really. "Daijoubu ka?" She asked him noticing the puzzled look on his face.
"Huh?" He asked, not really listening. "Oh hai, yeah, I'm fine." He shook his head trying to bring himself back to reality. Then he smiled at her. "Arigatou Sango, I am just fine." He winked at her and carried on walking.
"Miroku?" Shippou asked.
"Hai?"
"How come you and Sango are so quiet today?" Miroku rolled his eyes.
"I don't know why Sango is so quiet but I am merely contemplating many things. Why don't you go and ask her if you are so concerned?" He spoke as politely as his apparent annoyance would allow and was pleased when Shippou nodded and jumped down from his shoulder and ran back to Sango. he sighed heavily. 'Peace at last.' He thought to himself.
"Houshi-sama?" Sango's voice came from alittle way back. He turned to see her, carrying Shippou in her arms the small demon still talking about something. She caught him up quickly and without much effort. "Shall we rest here for the night?" She asked. "I think Shippou here could do with a rest." Miroku nodded, noting that Sango, too, had had enough of the young kitsune.
"Indeed Sango, this looks like a fine place to rest tonight." He switched his gaze from her to Shippou. "Is that ok with you?" The kitsune nodded and stifled a yawn. Miroku chuckled to himself. "Then it's settled."
(2 hours later)
"Okay houshi-sama, I think that's enough wood." Sango said as Miroku returned with his arms full of fallen branches. He nodded, sat down opposite her and started to arrange the wood between them. Sango watched him for a moment, before turning her attentions to Shippou, who was playing with Kirara a short distance away. She surveyed the distance and figured she would at lest be able to unwrap the packages of food Kagome had given her for the trip before he made it over. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a box which contained the four parcels of food.
"Oh! Food from Kagome's time!" Sango smiled. 'Okay, maybe not.'
"Hai, kagome-chan gave this to me before we left. There's enough for us tonight but tomorrow we'll have to find our own food." Shippou had taken what he had decided was the biggest of the parcels and was already tucking into it. She smiled again and opened one of the parcels for kirara who was looking just as hungry. "Houshi-sama?" She asked, holding out the third parcel to Miroku. He looked up from the still unlit fire and took the parcel from her, giving her a quick smile of thanks which faded almost as quickly as it had appeared. Sango wondered for a moment, then decided to leave it and instead started eating her own parcel. It was good.
"Kagome is so thoughtful to bring us such delicious food." Shippou said, picking up any food he had accidentally dropped on the ground. Sango nodded in agreement. She often wished she had something of value to repay kagome's kindness. "Don't you want yours, Miroku?" Miroku looked up from his newly lit fire to see the kitsune holding his own food parcel in his hand. He smiled.
"Would you like to share?" He asked, tactfully taking the food back and passing him only a small amount. Shippou looked at it greedily and nodded, already eating heartily. Miroku looked to Sango with a smile and she smiled back, her own food also was disappearing fast and with Shippou on the prowl she knew that was a good thing.
"I'm sleepy." Shippou yawned. Miroku laughed quietly at him, looking up to the sky trying to gage just how late it was. He heard Sango yawn opposite him and let his eyes rest on her for a second. She looked so beautiful in the fire light. He shook his head.
"It is getting late, I'll take first watch and you guys get some sleep." With that, he pulled himself up and walked a short distance away to lean against a tree in his normal position. Sango followed him with her eyes and when he looked up to meet her gaze she just smiled. 'I hope you will sleep well tonight, houshi-sama.' She thought.
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Authors notes: Sorry this chapter is alittle shorter than the others, I just thought that was a good place to leave it! Review and let me know how you think it's going! Until next time! Laters!
Vocab; Houshi - Low ranking buddisht monk. Gormen nasai - I'm sorry. Baka - Idiot or fool. Houshi-sama - Polite term for a buddist monk. Daijoubu ka - Are you ok? Hai - Yes. Iie - No. Arigatou - Thankyou.
I hope I got that right, I'm no expert so if I'm wrong, let me know and I'll sort it out as best I can! Laters!