Demon Body, Human Heart
By: DemonSaya
Disclaimer: Okay, I dun own any of these characters, I'm borrowing them, and I promised that I'd return them. Well...I promised because Inuyasha's rather mad that I kidnapped them for awhile and I'm afraid he may pull out his sword and demolish me...Please don't sue me, I already have a pmsing adolescent half-demon to deal with!
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Chapter 3: The Coming of the Demons
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"SESSHOUMARU!" Inuyasha snarled, standing protectively in front of Kagome, his golden eyes narrowed dangerously.
Sesshoumaru looked at his younger brother with a somewhat disdaining expression, his eyes perfectly cool. The toad and the girl had stopped what they were doing to watch. "Loud as always, I see..." He said coolly, arching an eyebrow.
Inuyasha growled, barring his teeth, and reached for his heirloom, the steel-cleaving fang. "What in seven hells are you doing here?" He snarled, keeping himself between Sesshoumaru and Kagome.
Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru in shock, then her eyes rested on Rin. Unlike her demonic counterpart, Kagome used her brain, connecting the unrecognizable girl with Sesshoumaru and her mind made the connection. She gasped softly, not noticing when Inuyasha lunged for Sesshoumaru, and the fight progressed past her and outside.
Instead, she made her way over to the child and knelt beside her, smiling. "Hi, there. My name's Kagome." She offered her hand to the girl.
Big, gray, trusting eyes looked up at her, smiling. "I'm Rin!" She said, giggling and putting another garland of flowers around a tortured looking Jaken's neck.
"Hi, Rin...what are you doing?" She barely managed to keep from laughing at the toad demon being assaulted by the girl.
She giggled, pulling out a pouf, and putting powder all over Jaken's face. "I'm making Jaken-sama pretty!" The girl said, smiling, her entire face the picture of innocence.
Such an expression...Kagome thought, smiling down at the girl. How did this girl ever come to wind up staying with the likes of Sesshoumaru? How long had she been following him around? She sat beside the girl, and helped her make a few garlands. After a few minutes, a sulking Inuyasha stalked into the hut, followed by a barely winded Sesshoumaru.
The pair stared at Kagome and Rin for a long moment, and both promptly facefaulted. In unison, no less.
Inuyasha looked from Kagome, to the girl, to Sesshoumaru and back again. "I thought you were the one who disdained me because I was surrounded by humans!" Inuyasha muttered into the floor.
"It's a long story." Sesshoumaru said, not bothering to pick himself up.
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Miroku watched Sango play with the children of the village, his face serious, his eyes full of a need that almost anyone could see. He had never really admitted it before, not to anyone. He couldn't. He wouldn't do that to her, but he was getting jealous.
Because of some damn boy who was constantly flirting with HIS Sango-
"Mine?" He muttered, leaning against a fence and kicking a stone, looking back at her from under his eyebrows. He wished! He really would love it if she would look past his inability to stop flirting with girls. He wished she would look past the front he put up and realized how he really felt.
His eyes narrowed as that boy from the village walked up to Sango, wielding a bouquet of beautiful lilies. He frowned deeply as he watched Sango smile at him and take the flowers. The kids had wandered off, laughing and giggling. His hands tensed, and he looked levelly at the kid.
The young man looked over Sango's shoulder, at Miroku, a challenging expression in his eyes. The boy leaned towards Sango and kissed her cheek boldly.
Miroku's entire face darkened. To make his anger worse, he could see a blush spreading across Sango's face like wildfire. He watched the boy run off and stalked closer to the shocked demon huntress. When he was standing behind her, he watched the back of the boy's gi. "Sango-sama." He said softly, then looked towards her.
Sango jumped, spinning towards him, her eyes wide, and a dark blush caressing her beautiful face. "Wh-what, Miroku-sama?!" She snapped, glaring at him, although the knowledge that he saw the boy kiss her made her embarrassed and left a sinking feeling in her stomach.
He leaned against a tree, his arms crossed over his chest. "You should steer clear of that one." He said softly. "He has a reputation in the village."
"So do you." She said shortly, dusting off her kimono. Her heart thumped in her chest. Was Miroku warning her because he was worried about her? Because he was jealous? "That doesn't mean I'm going to stop working with you." Dammit, why did I say that?! She mentally screamed to herself.
He winced, glancing across the town, his eyes guarded. "I don't want to see you hurt, Sango-sama. I consider you a friend." He looked towards her, hoping she couldn't see the torture in them. "And he's been known to do inappropriate things..."
She rolled her eyes. "Like you."
"No." He said evenly. His eyes lifted, meeting hers. "Like rape."
Her eyes widened, and she stared at him in disbelieving shock. "You're lying."
"I wish I was." He turned from her, and walked towards the village. "You should look for someone who wouldn't do that. Someone who would truly love you, Sango-sama."
"What do you know of love?!" She yelled at his back. To her shock, he paused, and glanced back at her, his eyes pained, tortured even. The expression was only there for a moment, and then it was gone, as he turned back towards the village, and walked away from her. She felt her heart thundering in her chest and she leaned against the tree he'd leaned against.
It smelled like him.
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Kagome and Rin walked outside, shadowed by their two 'keepers', Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha. Kagome was teaching Rin everything that Kaede had taught her about healing herbs, and showing her especially lovely wildflowers. In the few hours they'd been together, they had bonded like sisters, and the brother's had been forced to form a temporary truce. For now.
Kagome sighed, looking around the dusty landscape. It was hard finding decent herbs in this area. Besides that, she could sense another familiar demon approaching; fortunately, it was one Inuyasha couldn't smell yet.
She glanced back at the brothers, and arched an eyebrow. Inuyasha was staring off in any direction his brother wasn't in, a rather feral expression on his face, his lips pursed, looking like he was pouting. Sesshoumaru was looking in any direction Inuyasha wasn't in, although he looked calm and cool as usual. She rolled her eyes, and then hears a great wind.
She quickly looked towards Inuyasha and saw that his keen ears were turned in the direction. His nose was twitching, and his eyes moved towards the tornado approaching them, his expression dark. Kagome groaned softly. This was the LAST thing she needed right now...
Sesshoumaru grabbed Rin, pulling her within his gi to protect her soft skin from the fierce wind, and the dirt that it kicked up. A stray piece of rubble cut Kagome's face seconds before Inuyasha pushed her behind him. She blushed, hiding behind him as the wind died down, and looked over his shoulder. As she'd expected, a fur-clad demon stood there, his blue eyes shining.
It was Kouga.
Inuyasha could smell Kagome's blood on her face and glanced back at her to verify she was alright. He saw a light scratch on her face and turned back towards that damn wolf-demon that was always showing up at bad times.
Kouga pushed Inuyasha out of the way and clasped Kagome's hands. "My beloved Kagome!" He cried, his shining in triumph.
A soft growl sounded beside them.
Kagome smiled uncomfortably. "Hello, Kouga-kun..." She said weakly, wishing all these demons would just let her be for awhile. She saw Inuyasha approaching from behind Kouga and sighed heavily. She looked over to where Sesshoumaru had been, but they were gone.
"Get yer hands off Kagome, you wimpy wolf!" Inuyasha growled, his eyes narrow in absolute fury. Mine! His eyes screamed. He roughly pulled Kouga away from Kagome.
Kouga turned towards Inuyasha, his face annoyed. "Look, dog turd, can't you see I'm trying to court my woman?!" Kouga's tail swished menacingly.
"Guys-" Kagome tried to intercede, but it was too late.
"YOUR WOMAN?! SINCE WHEN IS SHE YOUR WOMAN?!" Inuyasha roared, his face turning red with fury.
"WHO'S ELSES IS SHE?! SHE'S NOT YOURS!"
Kagome's eyes narrowed dramatically and she turned on a heal, storming off, her face furious. She didn't feel little Rin's eyes on her back as she walked.
Rin had broken free of Sesshoumaru when they'd approached the village and followed Kagome into the forest.
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Kagome growled as she stomped through the forest. THOSE IDIOTS! She mentally screamed. When are they going to realize I'm not a prize, I'm not a possession! Inuyasha swore up and down she didn't belong to Kouga and vice versa, but at least Kouga was taking some initiative in trying to gain her hand.
She was so frustrated with them!
She groaned in her throat, rolling her eyes. No, there was no 'them', there never had been. As long as she'd been coming here, her heart had been given to that stubborn dog demon by the name of Inuyasha. She was hopelessly in love with him.
Kouga had never stood a chance.
Neither had Miroku.
She reached the Go Shinboku tree and sat on a raised root, her shoulders slumping in defeat. But every time she felt like she was getting close to him, every time she thought he might truly care for her as more than a tama detector, he ran off to Kikyou. She wanted to cry. Not that she'd ever admit it to that hard-headed companion of hers.
He thought she was so strong, everyone did. Everyone thought she was special, that she had powers that few did. Kagome hadn't seen any proof that she was special. None. Yet, she would pretend, just to make the others happy, if believing she was strong made them strong, she could pretend.
She shook with the force it took to withhold her sobs. She didn't want everyone to know she really was just plain old Kagome Higurashi. Especially not Inuyasha. She liked it when he looked at her with admiration and respect. It hurt her to know she was deceiving him.
True, he annoyed her more than anyone she'd ever met before in her life. True, he knew how to get under her skin. True, he constantly came to her time to push her to come back so they could continue the mission. But...
But...
She forced herself to calm and leaned against the trunk of the tree. From where she sat she could see the place where the arrow that held him had stuck. There was a patch of bark that wouldn't grow because of the length of time Inuyasha had been pinned to that very tree. Her heart ached as she stared at that place.
"Inuyasha no baka..." She whispered, dashing her tears away.
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Inuyasha stopped his and Kouga's feud to the death long enough to realize Kagome was gone. "Kagome?! Where'd she go!?" He kept his eyes focused on the place where she'd once been. He'd been so focused on the fight that he hadn't realized she'd left.
Kouga stopped as well and sniffed. "The forest!" He took off, leaving trails of smoke behind him. "LATER DOG-FACE!"
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed and he took off after him. There were only two places in the forest Kagome would go to. The well, or the Go Shinboku tree. He had a feeling she hadn't gone home.
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Kagome sat there for a long time, till the sky began to tinge pink. "I wonder if they've stopped that stupid fight yet..." She muttered, her face tired. She wanted to go back to the hut. It was getting chilly and she'd left her jacket there, and Inuyasha wasn't here to keep her warm. She felt the air stir and sensed Kouga coming towards her. She contemplated dodging around him, just to avoid him, but changed her mind. She needed to get this over with.
Mind you, guys in this time didn't take too kindly to being rejected.
She shook that thought from her mind. She needed to do this. She only had enough room in her heart for one person, and that space had already been filled. She touched the ancient bark, her eyes solemn. Kouga was her only other option in this time, though. If she rejected him, and Inuyasha rejected her-
That thought shocked her, more because it came from her own mind. She didn't believe in fall-backs. She certainly wouldn't sink so low as to use a friend as such a thing.
She heard the wind die down and turned her back to him. "Come on out, Kouga-kun. I know it's you." She said softly, her face tired, looking as though she'd aged three years. This made her look a lot more like Kikyou.
"Oh, my darling, I've finally gotten rid of that blasted dog turd!" He cried, clasping her hands. "Now nothing is in our way! We must marry at once, my beloved!" He smiled down at her brilliantly, and leaned down to kiss her lips.
From behind a bush, Inuyasha watched, his blood boiling. How DARE he?! How DARE he try to kiss Kagome in such a manner?! He longed to run out and slash the cocky wolf-demon from brow to toe, but instead, he waited, anticipation racing through him.
He had to know how she would answer. He HAS to...
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Author's notes: Well, for those of you who wanted it, I put a little, rather brief Miroku x Sango scene in there, and I know I cut it off in some of the most interesting places. More Inuyasha&Kagome, Miroku&Sango, and FLUFFY-CHAN next chapter! PROMISE!! I have this whole thing plotted out and you're really going to hate me at the very end of it, but that's all right. I just figured it'd be good to let all you beautiful people know that I AM working towards a goal here! JAAA!!!
~DemonSaya~
Disclaimer: Okay, I dun own any of these characters, I'm borrowing them, and I promised that I'd return them. Well...I promised because Inuyasha's rather mad that I kidnapped them for awhile and I'm afraid he may pull out his sword and demolish me...Please don't sue me, I already have a pmsing adolescent half-demon to deal with!
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Chapter 3: The Coming of the Demons
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"SESSHOUMARU!" Inuyasha snarled, standing protectively in front of Kagome, his golden eyes narrowed dangerously.
Sesshoumaru looked at his younger brother with a somewhat disdaining expression, his eyes perfectly cool. The toad and the girl had stopped what they were doing to watch. "Loud as always, I see..." He said coolly, arching an eyebrow.
Inuyasha growled, barring his teeth, and reached for his heirloom, the steel-cleaving fang. "What in seven hells are you doing here?" He snarled, keeping himself between Sesshoumaru and Kagome.
Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru in shock, then her eyes rested on Rin. Unlike her demonic counterpart, Kagome used her brain, connecting the unrecognizable girl with Sesshoumaru and her mind made the connection. She gasped softly, not noticing when Inuyasha lunged for Sesshoumaru, and the fight progressed past her and outside.
Instead, she made her way over to the child and knelt beside her, smiling. "Hi, there. My name's Kagome." She offered her hand to the girl.
Big, gray, trusting eyes looked up at her, smiling. "I'm Rin!" She said, giggling and putting another garland of flowers around a tortured looking Jaken's neck.
"Hi, Rin...what are you doing?" She barely managed to keep from laughing at the toad demon being assaulted by the girl.
She giggled, pulling out a pouf, and putting powder all over Jaken's face. "I'm making Jaken-sama pretty!" The girl said, smiling, her entire face the picture of innocence.
Such an expression...Kagome thought, smiling down at the girl. How did this girl ever come to wind up staying with the likes of Sesshoumaru? How long had she been following him around? She sat beside the girl, and helped her make a few garlands. After a few minutes, a sulking Inuyasha stalked into the hut, followed by a barely winded Sesshoumaru.
The pair stared at Kagome and Rin for a long moment, and both promptly facefaulted. In unison, no less.
Inuyasha looked from Kagome, to the girl, to Sesshoumaru and back again. "I thought you were the one who disdained me because I was surrounded by humans!" Inuyasha muttered into the floor.
"It's a long story." Sesshoumaru said, not bothering to pick himself up.
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Miroku watched Sango play with the children of the village, his face serious, his eyes full of a need that almost anyone could see. He had never really admitted it before, not to anyone. He couldn't. He wouldn't do that to her, but he was getting jealous.
Because of some damn boy who was constantly flirting with HIS Sango-
"Mine?" He muttered, leaning against a fence and kicking a stone, looking back at her from under his eyebrows. He wished! He really would love it if she would look past his inability to stop flirting with girls. He wished she would look past the front he put up and realized how he really felt.
His eyes narrowed as that boy from the village walked up to Sango, wielding a bouquet of beautiful lilies. He frowned deeply as he watched Sango smile at him and take the flowers. The kids had wandered off, laughing and giggling. His hands tensed, and he looked levelly at the kid.
The young man looked over Sango's shoulder, at Miroku, a challenging expression in his eyes. The boy leaned towards Sango and kissed her cheek boldly.
Miroku's entire face darkened. To make his anger worse, he could see a blush spreading across Sango's face like wildfire. He watched the boy run off and stalked closer to the shocked demon huntress. When he was standing behind her, he watched the back of the boy's gi. "Sango-sama." He said softly, then looked towards her.
Sango jumped, spinning towards him, her eyes wide, and a dark blush caressing her beautiful face. "Wh-what, Miroku-sama?!" She snapped, glaring at him, although the knowledge that he saw the boy kiss her made her embarrassed and left a sinking feeling in her stomach.
He leaned against a tree, his arms crossed over his chest. "You should steer clear of that one." He said softly. "He has a reputation in the village."
"So do you." She said shortly, dusting off her kimono. Her heart thumped in her chest. Was Miroku warning her because he was worried about her? Because he was jealous? "That doesn't mean I'm going to stop working with you." Dammit, why did I say that?! She mentally screamed to herself.
He winced, glancing across the town, his eyes guarded. "I don't want to see you hurt, Sango-sama. I consider you a friend." He looked towards her, hoping she couldn't see the torture in them. "And he's been known to do inappropriate things..."
She rolled her eyes. "Like you."
"No." He said evenly. His eyes lifted, meeting hers. "Like rape."
Her eyes widened, and she stared at him in disbelieving shock. "You're lying."
"I wish I was." He turned from her, and walked towards the village. "You should look for someone who wouldn't do that. Someone who would truly love you, Sango-sama."
"What do you know of love?!" She yelled at his back. To her shock, he paused, and glanced back at her, his eyes pained, tortured even. The expression was only there for a moment, and then it was gone, as he turned back towards the village, and walked away from her. She felt her heart thundering in her chest and she leaned against the tree he'd leaned against.
It smelled like him.
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Kagome and Rin walked outside, shadowed by their two 'keepers', Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha. Kagome was teaching Rin everything that Kaede had taught her about healing herbs, and showing her especially lovely wildflowers. In the few hours they'd been together, they had bonded like sisters, and the brother's had been forced to form a temporary truce. For now.
Kagome sighed, looking around the dusty landscape. It was hard finding decent herbs in this area. Besides that, she could sense another familiar demon approaching; fortunately, it was one Inuyasha couldn't smell yet.
She glanced back at the brothers, and arched an eyebrow. Inuyasha was staring off in any direction his brother wasn't in, a rather feral expression on his face, his lips pursed, looking like he was pouting. Sesshoumaru was looking in any direction Inuyasha wasn't in, although he looked calm and cool as usual. She rolled her eyes, and then hears a great wind.
She quickly looked towards Inuyasha and saw that his keen ears were turned in the direction. His nose was twitching, and his eyes moved towards the tornado approaching them, his expression dark. Kagome groaned softly. This was the LAST thing she needed right now...
Sesshoumaru grabbed Rin, pulling her within his gi to protect her soft skin from the fierce wind, and the dirt that it kicked up. A stray piece of rubble cut Kagome's face seconds before Inuyasha pushed her behind him. She blushed, hiding behind him as the wind died down, and looked over his shoulder. As she'd expected, a fur-clad demon stood there, his blue eyes shining.
It was Kouga.
Inuyasha could smell Kagome's blood on her face and glanced back at her to verify she was alright. He saw a light scratch on her face and turned back towards that damn wolf-demon that was always showing up at bad times.
Kouga pushed Inuyasha out of the way and clasped Kagome's hands. "My beloved Kagome!" He cried, his shining in triumph.
A soft growl sounded beside them.
Kagome smiled uncomfortably. "Hello, Kouga-kun..." She said weakly, wishing all these demons would just let her be for awhile. She saw Inuyasha approaching from behind Kouga and sighed heavily. She looked over to where Sesshoumaru had been, but they were gone.
"Get yer hands off Kagome, you wimpy wolf!" Inuyasha growled, his eyes narrow in absolute fury. Mine! His eyes screamed. He roughly pulled Kouga away from Kagome.
Kouga turned towards Inuyasha, his face annoyed. "Look, dog turd, can't you see I'm trying to court my woman?!" Kouga's tail swished menacingly.
"Guys-" Kagome tried to intercede, but it was too late.
"YOUR WOMAN?! SINCE WHEN IS SHE YOUR WOMAN?!" Inuyasha roared, his face turning red with fury.
"WHO'S ELSES IS SHE?! SHE'S NOT YOURS!"
Kagome's eyes narrowed dramatically and she turned on a heal, storming off, her face furious. She didn't feel little Rin's eyes on her back as she walked.
Rin had broken free of Sesshoumaru when they'd approached the village and followed Kagome into the forest.
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Kagome growled as she stomped through the forest. THOSE IDIOTS! She mentally screamed. When are they going to realize I'm not a prize, I'm not a possession! Inuyasha swore up and down she didn't belong to Kouga and vice versa, but at least Kouga was taking some initiative in trying to gain her hand.
She was so frustrated with them!
She groaned in her throat, rolling her eyes. No, there was no 'them', there never had been. As long as she'd been coming here, her heart had been given to that stubborn dog demon by the name of Inuyasha. She was hopelessly in love with him.
Kouga had never stood a chance.
Neither had Miroku.
She reached the Go Shinboku tree and sat on a raised root, her shoulders slumping in defeat. But every time she felt like she was getting close to him, every time she thought he might truly care for her as more than a tama detector, he ran off to Kikyou. She wanted to cry. Not that she'd ever admit it to that hard-headed companion of hers.
He thought she was so strong, everyone did. Everyone thought she was special, that she had powers that few did. Kagome hadn't seen any proof that she was special. None. Yet, she would pretend, just to make the others happy, if believing she was strong made them strong, she could pretend.
She shook with the force it took to withhold her sobs. She didn't want everyone to know she really was just plain old Kagome Higurashi. Especially not Inuyasha. She liked it when he looked at her with admiration and respect. It hurt her to know she was deceiving him.
True, he annoyed her more than anyone she'd ever met before in her life. True, he knew how to get under her skin. True, he constantly came to her time to push her to come back so they could continue the mission. But...
But...
She forced herself to calm and leaned against the trunk of the tree. From where she sat she could see the place where the arrow that held him had stuck. There was a patch of bark that wouldn't grow because of the length of time Inuyasha had been pinned to that very tree. Her heart ached as she stared at that place.
"Inuyasha no baka..." She whispered, dashing her tears away.
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Inuyasha stopped his and Kouga's feud to the death long enough to realize Kagome was gone. "Kagome?! Where'd she go!?" He kept his eyes focused on the place where she'd once been. He'd been so focused on the fight that he hadn't realized she'd left.
Kouga stopped as well and sniffed. "The forest!" He took off, leaving trails of smoke behind him. "LATER DOG-FACE!"
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed and he took off after him. There were only two places in the forest Kagome would go to. The well, or the Go Shinboku tree. He had a feeling she hadn't gone home.
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Kagome sat there for a long time, till the sky began to tinge pink. "I wonder if they've stopped that stupid fight yet..." She muttered, her face tired. She wanted to go back to the hut. It was getting chilly and she'd left her jacket there, and Inuyasha wasn't here to keep her warm. She felt the air stir and sensed Kouga coming towards her. She contemplated dodging around him, just to avoid him, but changed her mind. She needed to get this over with.
Mind you, guys in this time didn't take too kindly to being rejected.
She shook that thought from her mind. She needed to do this. She only had enough room in her heart for one person, and that space had already been filled. She touched the ancient bark, her eyes solemn. Kouga was her only other option in this time, though. If she rejected him, and Inuyasha rejected her-
That thought shocked her, more because it came from her own mind. She didn't believe in fall-backs. She certainly wouldn't sink so low as to use a friend as such a thing.
She heard the wind die down and turned her back to him. "Come on out, Kouga-kun. I know it's you." She said softly, her face tired, looking as though she'd aged three years. This made her look a lot more like Kikyou.
"Oh, my darling, I've finally gotten rid of that blasted dog turd!" He cried, clasping her hands. "Now nothing is in our way! We must marry at once, my beloved!" He smiled down at her brilliantly, and leaned down to kiss her lips.
From behind a bush, Inuyasha watched, his blood boiling. How DARE he?! How DARE he try to kiss Kagome in such a manner?! He longed to run out and slash the cocky wolf-demon from brow to toe, but instead, he waited, anticipation racing through him.
He had to know how she would answer. He HAS to...
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Author's notes: Well, for those of you who wanted it, I put a little, rather brief Miroku x Sango scene in there, and I know I cut it off in some of the most interesting places. More Inuyasha&Kagome, Miroku&Sango, and FLUFFY-CHAN next chapter! PROMISE!! I have this whole thing plotted out and you're really going to hate me at the very end of it, but that's all right. I just figured it'd be good to let all you beautiful people know that I AM working towards a goal here! JAAA!!!
~DemonSaya~