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A/N: This chapter was going to be your Christmas present but because of my computer problems, I couldn't write this. It's already January 2004 and I haven't now updated for a long time and I'm terribly sorry because of it. I hope there are still some people that read my story 'Trust'. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

TRUST Chapter ten: "I'm a woman!"

The gang was on the road again. Kagome had a happy smile on her and she walked before others. She stretched her arms and enjoyed the clean air. It was totally different from her time's. Somehow the fresh air made her tiredness go away and bring a smile on her face. It just felt so good. But why now, all of a sudden. She had been spending now most of her time at Feudal age, but why it does now affect her like this? It didn't affect her like this when Kagome came at Feudal age for the first time. Well, that wasn't so big deal, so Kagome just let that be.

Sango wasn't feeling her usual self. It felt little difficult to her to be near Miroku. Now that she had said her feelings aloud they started to confuse her mind. Before, she had only put those feelings aside and made herself believe that they were lies, but now she couldn't do it anymore. It was her first time of feeling these kinds of feelings, so she didn't know how to really react to them.

From her corner of eye Sango looked at Miroku's back. She was walking behind others. That is how she wanted it to be. She didn't want others to see how messed up her head was and her uncomfortable ness. Her eyes moved so that she saw Kagome.

***Flashback*** "I promised to make you two lovers, didn't I?"

"LOVERS?!! Oh no! I think you got it all wrong."

"Oh, come on! Don't be so shy! I have seen how Miroku sometimes looks at you. He likes you, Sango!"

"He looks all the girls like that!"

"Yeah, true, but there is a little difference how he looks at you than other girls. Hmmm. What can we do to make him yours. I know! Listen to these Sango." ***End of Flashback***

'She can't be serious about this.' Sango thought in her mind as her gaze switched between Kagome and Miroku.

***Flashback*** "There are now two options for you. You can always just give yourself to him. That ONLY can make him yours already." ***End of Flashback***

Only the thought of giving herself to Miroku, just like that, made Sango feel sick. Like she would ever sink herself in so low level.

***Flashback*** "And the other option is to you to be friendlier to him and show him that you can be a normal woman too."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"You should really stop hitting him."

"You suggest me to let him grope me all he wants?"

"No, no, no, of course not! Hmmm. Okay, try to not hit him so hard then."

"That is easier said than done, but what do you mean by 'showing him that I can be a normal woman too'?"

"Well, you are kind of manly when you always fight and so. Normal women stay at home and make dinner and so."

"And that means.?"

"You should show that you can do all those things that normal woman can. Wait, I know! Next time we go to a trip you could make us a meal!"

"That isn't so difficult. Well, whatever, like this would make things different in any ways."

"Oh yeah! Trust me. It will." ***End of Flashback***

'Well, whatever, like this would make thing different in any way.' Sango's gaze went on the ground. 'I said that so surely but so did Kagome too that it will. Does she really know this much about people? About love? And most of all. Where does she gain that will and courage to stay with us now that Inu-Yasha broke her heart? Well, she said that she doesn't feel anything towards Inu-Yasha, but why then would she be so sad...from inside?'

"Nyah, nyah!"

"Gaah!" Sango jumped a step backward and her hand went automatically to her Boomerangbone. She glanced at the source of the voice. "Shippo! Don't do that!"

"Well, you can say that you scared me too!" Shippo cried from the ground where he was now sitting. He had been startled of Sango's scream and fell on his butt.

"It was your own damn fault for startling me." Sango let go of her Boomerangbone and sighed of relief. "Why did you even do that?"

Shippo stood up and shook dust from his pants. "You looked so out of it and somehow strange. We were just worried about you."

"We?"

"Me and Miroku, of course. Like Inu-Yasha would care anything!"

"Well, I'm okay. I just had some thoughts to solve out."

".okay." Shippo looked around that no one was near to hear. He even remembered to check that Inu-Yasha's sensitive ears would hear. "Umm.Sango. Do you think Kagome is acting funny?"

"My opinion is that she certainly is."

"Miroku! Don't sneak like that and listen to other's things!" Shippo shouted to the monk. Apparently he had forgotten to check that Miroku was far away too.

Sango gulped of the sudden nearness with Miroku and a red colour came on her cheeks.

Miroku glanced at Sango and noticed the red colour. "Are you really okay, Sango? You are all red. Are you sure you don't have a fever?" Miroku moved his hand to test Sango's forehead but Sango stepped backwards, out of his range.

"I.I'm fine. I'm really fine." Sango guessed why she was all red and was sure that she was now even redder. "I.I go to.talk with Kagome." Quickly she went to Kagome and left the two surprised guys behind her.

"Miroku, don't you think Sango is acting weird too?"

"She certainly is." Miroku said like a lawyer.

"I wonder what is wrong with the girls."

"I know, it must be their time of the month."

Shippo looked stupidly at Miroku. "Their time of what?"

Miroku slowly shook his head. "Oh, Shippo." He stopped moving his head. "You're too young to understand." He told the little demonfox and clapped his head.

Kagome smiled to Sango when she came beside her. Her smile turned to a wirn when she noticed how red Sango was and her uncomfortable expression. "Did something just happen there?" She grinned to her friend.

"No, no! Nothing." Sango's gaze went on the ground again.

"Hey, Sango, you can tell me. We're pals, right!" Kagome put her hand around the demon exterminator. "I'm here to help you, remember?"

That was true. Sango had asked Kagome to help her as she confessed her 'love' toward Miroku. It was then. It was only to make her stay. Or was it? Yes, it was. At least that is what Sango kept telling herself. Now that she thought about it, she noticed that she had made a terrible mistake by asking Kagome to help her. Kagome wouldn't let this thing be before Sango would get Miroku. Sango noticed very clearly that she was in a big shit.

Nightfall had come and the gang was starting to stop for the night. Inu- Yasha of course peeved about weak humans but no one cared. Miroku had collected wood and now most of them were in a heap. Shippo used his foxfire to make them burn. After a while a nice warming fire was giving light to the tired travellers.

"I'll go get some water for the food." Sango said as she stood up with a pot and kettle in her hands.

"Are you sure you can carry both of those when they are full of water? You need a help of a man."

Sango's eyes burned as she heard Miroku's words. "Here's some man to you!" She shouted as she hit him with the pot behind his head.

"Sango!" Kagome shouted from the other side of the fire.

"What?!" Sango shouted back to Kagome as Miroku put his hand on his hurt occiput. Kagome gave Sango a glare and pointed at Miroku with her eyes. So that only Sango could see that. First Sango looked at her like 'what' but then she remembered: '"You should really stop hitting him." ' That's what Kagome had told her. Sango just turned her back to Kagome with a "Hmph!" Then she left to get the water.

Kagome sighed. "Miroku."

Miroku turned to look at Kagome still keeping her hand on his hurt back head.

Kagome looked at him for a while. 'Maybe he did deserve that punch.' "Nothing." Kagome said and turned to look at the surrounding. 'I wonder where Inu-Yasha went..' For a while she seeked him with her gaze even realizing it. After few seconds her eyes widened as she realized what she had just though. She hit her head with her both hands 'Away stupid thoughts like that!'

Miroku and Shippo looked at Kagome. Neither of them dared to ask her anything. They just could feel how a sweat drop came to behind their heads as they watched Kagome to hit her head.

Sango came back by the time that everything was back to normal beside the fire. Kagome was again reading one of those 'schoolbooks' of hers. Miroku and Shippo talked about something. Inu-Yasha was probably near but not seen. She put the pot and kettle down beside the fire, not carefully. Someone had made 'a three-leg' over the fire so she put the pot hang of it on the fire. "Who has all the food things?" Sango asked and made the fire better.

"I have them in my bag." Kagome took her back beside her and started to seek for the food things. She gave them all to Sango. Then she returned to practise her math.

Sango started to add the water all kinds of ingredients. It took quite a while before Sango gave everyone a bowl of food. Inu-Yasha had joined them by that time. They all sat around the fire now, looking at their food. (clockwise Sango, Miroku, Kagome, Shippo Inu-Yasha)

"What is this?!" Inu-Yasha shouted as he looked at the suspicious bowl of food.

"Food." Sango said coldly to him.

"It certainly looks suspicious." Miroku added to Inu-Yasha. Sango gave him a death glare.

"Nobody ordered you to eat it." She said to him more coldly than she had spoken to Inu-Yasha. Miroku could see Sango's eyes telling him to eat it or something bad will happen. He laughed nervously and took a sip of the food quickly to not feel Sango's angry on him. Looking up with only eyes he smacked few times. Everyone looked at him and waited that dies he or not.

"Hey, Sango, this is really good." Miroku said and took a new sip of it. Sango smiled proudly and started to eat the food too.

Shippo looked at Kagome but she just lifted her shoulders and tasted the food too. Shippo did as Kagome. Inu-Yasha still glared at the food but seeing that everyone else were happily eating it, he tasted it. And soon he had eaten it.

After everyone had eaten they just sat around the fire and talked, except Inu-Yasha who had gone his own ways again.

"I didn't know you can make food, Sango." Miroku said between the talks. Sango stood up right beside Miroku. "I'm a woman, you know!"

"I know, I know."

Sango could feel how something touched her butt. "I didn't mean that!" She shrieked as she hit him on the cheek. She stomped away from the fallen monk and sat between Shippo and Kagome. Her eyes were still flaming of angryness.

Shippo felt little pity for Miroku and went to help him to sit again. He had a huge read mark on his cheek again. Still, his expression was calm as always. He just seemed to have this metal cheeks that never hurt. Shippo started to lecture him. "You shouldn't do like that to Sango."

Sango looked in the fire. Kagome looked at her friend. She had a grin on her face. "So, you did what I suggested." Sango snapped out of her thoughts and her eyes went wide.

"No, no, no! No I.." 'I did.' Sango went silent.

"You even said to him that you're a woman." Kagome couldn't help but to giggle little. Sango didn't say anything to that.

"Well, I'll go get some water. Is that okay with you?" Kagome asked as she stood up. Sango nodded to her, still staring in the fire.

"I just go get some water." Kagome told the monk and demonfox as she passed them. She took her drink bottle with her and went to the river, which was after a while of walk from the others. She kneeled down to put her bottle under the water. As the cold water touched her hand she felt the chills on her back. Still she put her hand under the water with the bottle. Silently she sighed and looked at image on the surface of the water. 'Sometimes it's just hard to smile.' Suddenly a white glowing thing appeared above her on the surface's image. 'What?' Kagome looked up and stood up too. Her bottle fell on the ground as she saw that glowing thing again. Now the real one, not the image of it. 'That can't be."

A/N: Okay, This was now this chapter. It's longer than my usual ones. I hope you liked it.

I want to know what you think about this stories gender? I first had that humor and romance, but then I took the humor away because I wasn't so sure of that. Well, I'd like to have your opinion in this :)