Fateful Curse

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Inuyasha or any of these characters in my story, sadly. Lucky Rumiko Takahashi does though. Aishiteru Inuyasha and Sesshomaru! Love you bunches, love you tons!

Please read and review this story. I will try to update regularly every other week, switching from my other story Five Jewels, Two Souls, One Destiny. That one is my main goal to finish. I haven't gotten enough reviews to post this chapter but I will do so anyway. I hope you like reading this story because I enjoyed writing it.

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Note: When I put the story in someone's point of view, it will NOT always be written in first person, but also third person. The person's point of view is displaying that person's thoughts and no one else's.

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Chapter Two: Alone Together

Sango's Point of View

Sango woke up to the feeling of something warm pressing against her cheek. She moaned out in irritation and annoyance. ::Make that warm whatever it is go away! I want to sleep!:: The warm feeling was gone for a moment and Sango relaxed, thinking all was good again. Once again, the warm heat was resting against her cheek. ::If that warm presence doesn't go away in five seconds, it's history! 5... 4... 3.... 2... 1... Too late!::

Sango's eyes opened wide and she sprung out into action at the cause of the warm feeling. She could've been a little more careful...

"Sango! OUCH! This burns! Get it off!" There was a Miroku and he was a site to see. His robes were dirty and covered with the hot liquid of the Ramen noodles. His hair and some parts of his clothes were covered and hidden beneath the Ramen noodles. He was jumping up and down, shaking and flinging his body in all directions, trying to remove the burning sensation from his body. "BURNS! OUCH!" Sango tired to hold in her laughter but only succeeded for a few moments before turning into a helpless bundle of giggles. She clutched at her stomach and tears of laughter were coming to her eyes. ::Poor Houshi-sama, but I guess he got what was coming. Sneaking up on people when they were asleep. I bet he was trying to grope me in my sleep. He never learns::

~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Five Minutes and A Whole Bunch of Laughter Later~*~*~*~*~*~
They were sitting around the comfortable campfire, on opposite sides, in the thick forest. They were about a day or two away to get back to Kaede's village, if they walked on foot. The sun had already risen hours ago. It was probably around 8 in the morning. ::I could have slept a little bit longer:: Sango looked down at the burning embers in the low fire.

"So Houshi-sama, what were you doing holding a cup of Ramen up to my face? Trying to burn me or grope me once again?" ::Then again, he hasn't touched me for a few days now. I wonder what's going on with him::

" Little innocent me? How could you think I would do such a thing to you?" Sango tore her gaze away from the fire and peered untrustworthily up at the perverted monk sitting across from her. His eyes were teasing and playful, just like his personality. ::You can really see his soul through his eyes if you look close enough. Whoa, I just freaked myself out. Me wondering if there's any depth to this perverted priest::

Suddenly she felt like something was missing. Something was out of place. It didn't feel right. She couldn't exactly place what it was. It seemed a little too quiet. There was not enough noise as there should have been. ::Wait. I'm ALONE in the woods with Houshi-sama. Why am I alone with him?::

Before she could speak up and ask where the others were, a low rumble came from the pit of Sango's stomach. A blush spread her cheeks like wildfire in embarrassment. ::Well, a girl's got to eat:: She put on an innocent, yet cautious, smile, pleading to have some delicious food a.k.a. ramen. Miroku understood and handed her a cup of that steaming hot, smelling good, tasty, wonderful, amazingly great, awesomely delicious, miraculous, powerful, gorgeous, beautiful, flavorful, happy, heart- thrilling and pounding, joyful, groovy baby (A/N: You see where I'm going with this hopefully -.-*) Anyway, he walked around the campfire and handed her a cup of ramen. (A/N: All that space for ramen... what's it worth it? ~pleads with fans to get over the big space taken~ ^_^)

Sango took the cup with happiness and started attacking the food with hunger. She didn't realize how hunger she was. She didn't eat much yesterday after the fighting. They just sat down around the campfire, just like Sango and Miroku were doing now. Then the remembrance of the hug she and him shared came to Sango mind. She blushed deeply with that thought. Sango then suddenly became aware of how close Miroku was sitting next her. She blushed an even darker shade of scarlet then before. ::Wait, what's going on? He's NOT groping me! That's a first... Maybe he's trying to be innocent to cover up what he's going to do next:: Sango's reflexive defensive walls came up and she became really cautious and suspicious of the monk who traveled with her and the rest of the group. Then it hit her.

Sango stopped eating, if that's what you call it, her food and realized that not everyone was here like they were supposed to be. ::Where's Shippo and Inuyasha? Where's Kagome? Oh no, this is NOT happening. I'm ALONE with this hentai monk!:: She started choking on the remainder of the food that was in her mouth.

Miroku started rubbing and gently hitting her on the back. "Are you ok Sango?" She wasn't exactly in the proper position to answer the question at the moment. She just started coughing and trying to remove the noodles from her throat that were causing her distraught and annoyance. Miroku kept rubbing on her back and occasionally hitting her gently to stop her from gagging and choking.

Finally, when she had calm down and was breathing as normally as she could after a choking session, she opened her mouth to ask where the others had went, but only to be interrupted by the pervert himself.

"They left," he said in a gentle and low voice. That's all he said. No details about it. Just 'they left'. That's it. Nothing more. Of course Sango had to know more about the reason why she was left with him alone.

"Well? Where'd they go? Why'd they leave soon and without telling us?" Sango's annoyance to the problem was quite clear and evident in her voice. (My guess, she got on the wrong side of the bed.)

Miroku turned to her with a playful and some other look in his eyes that she couldn't quite describe. Sango lightly blushed and got a little uncomfortable of the look in his eyes. She got a little light- headed. Her reflexive walls went slightly down, but she recovered as quickly as she could and got up. "Never mind Houshi-sama. Tell me later. I'm going to go to the warm springs and clean up. You better not follow me and try to sneak a peek or else." Warning was very clear in her voice and an evil glint was gleaming in her eyes.

She turned around to go gather the 'towel' Kagome called from her time but something grabbed her from behind and pulled her down with bone- cracking force to the cold ground. A sharp rock jabbed her hard in the forehead and she blacked out. The last thing she remembered was Miroku's worried and concerned face as she slipped into the dark world of unconsciousness.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I hope you liked my second chapter. Sorry I didn't update sooner but I had a writer's block, but my heart really isn't into this story. I will finish it since I already started it. I won't update for a while but I did have those wonderful blushing scenes with Miroku and Sango and their glances that they shared. Isn't that wonderful? Next chapter will be fluffy. I promise. This will give it away but there might even be a... KISS! Just hope! ^_~ You never know... please review with your thoughts and comments to their chapter and my story overall. I love reviews!! ^_^ Read my other stories too, if you like this one. Oh yeah, sorry for the typos if there was some.

-Heather Christi

Coming next: Chapter Three: Survival of the Fittest

Summary: Danger and the clouds of death seem to be standing over our two heroes as they battle it out for the escape with another piece of the Shikon no Tama and their lives! Will they live to tell the tale?