A/N: I'm updating. I actually am, I made myself update before I go away. I'm going to my grandma's tomorrow. And she lives in a different city… aka I won't be touching computer for at least 5 days!!! I call that tragic… T-T And I'm staying up to update too… *points at clock* 'tis 2 am… btw, READ A/N AT THE END OF CHAPTER!! Sort of important…
Disclaimer: Same as every other disclaimers in this entire website -.- aka no I do not own Inuyasha. I did get an Inuyasha poster and the first movie OST cd for Christmas though!^-^ If Rumiko Takahashi wants to give Inuyasha to me anyway, my birthday's in February^^
Which reminds me… MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! And an early HAPPY NEW YEAR too!!! I got the 2nd movie yesterday!! I was like T-T so happy… and ep 118, but I couldn't watch it because electricity went off this morning. Only got to watch the movie… See? I'm actually updating instead of watching the eps!! I call that sacrifice!! NOT!! -.- Anyway, on with it…
Warning: this chapter was only re-read once. There might be many grammatical mistakes and an overly usage of some words. It's 2 am and I'm kindda stupid…
Reason
By dEeYaN
Chapter Ten – Jealousy Was Out Of Question
If anyone appreciated the gift of life, it would be Sango. Sango knew how it felt to be desperately clinging on to life despite the fact that life was already oozing out of the physical body. She knew how it felt to have the precious gift of loved ones torn away because of the lack of life. How it felt to wake up finding yourself alive but no one else is…
Sango nearly laughed at the irony of her situation. After all those energy wasted on surviving and solemn oaths of surviving no matter what, she was tempted to simply jump in front of a random car and end her life. Shaking her head as if trying to shake away the idea, Sango sat down at the bus stop, waiting for her bus. She must've been even more tired than she thought.
Despite the fact that her life had started to become better and her nightmare visits were lessening by the days, Sango had been loosing more sleep than she liked lately. Ever since Sango was born, she had always had more difficulty than most people in falling asleep. The fact that she was a light sleeper also helped to corrupt her sleep. These last two nights, however, she had been so restless because of her anger to the way a certain pervert had treated her. She had also been up thinking of ways not only to avenge her pride but also the injustice she suffered from getting detentions when the pervert lived on happily ever after.
"Are you alright?" the object of her thoughts decided to sit next to her at the bust stop.
"You're sitting next to me," Sango snapped, not bothering to even look at the offender. Why would she anyway, enduring a whole afternoon at detention with him was pain enough!
"I didn't know you like me that much. I'm touched." Miroku did a dramatic pose with his hands on his heart and his face a puppy-dog face Miroku version, hoping to make Sango laugh.
"This is how much I like you," Sango said giving Miroku hopes even though she hadn't as much as glanced at his supposedly comical pose.
"Yes?" Miroku pressed Sango on, expecting a hug or a kiss.
"Zero," Sango positioned her index finger and her thumb together, creating an 'o' shape, "as in none."
"You jest, Sango," Miroku did yet another overly dramatic pose, this time accompanied by his trademarked feeling-very-hurt-expression.
"First to detention, now here. Don't tell me you're actually stalking me, because I seriously haven't noticed," Sango felt sorely tempted to push Miroku into the ongoing traffic now, her former desire of killing herself forgotten.
"Some respect you have for your senpai, Sango. Besides, I didn't go to detention voluntarily, I do have better things to do than randomly going to detentions-,"
"Like chasing girls," muttered Sango under her breath.
"That too and other things," Miroku surprised Sango, she didn't think she'd said the last comment out loud, "that old gate guy must've had some grudge against me or something… He didn't let me in for ages and got me into trouble…"
"Old gate guy? You mean Mr. Tanaka? He's very nice, though…" despite herself, Sango was interested in the topic, "he wouldn't do anything like that. Stop blaming your misfortunes on other people, Senpai."
"I don't call being stuck with you for detention as a misfortune," Miroku found himself saying his lines.
"I do."
"Do not deny what is obvious, Sango," Miroku's answer made no sense whatsoever to both.
"What the?" Miroku was saved by the bus' arrival.
Indeed Miroku wanted to ask himself the same question as well. Why had he said that? It was so lame and wrong… It was a pretty good line, but it was WAY out of place when he said it. Scratching his non-itchy head, Miroku paid his fee and proceeded to sit next to Sango.
Sango, had however, anticipated his next move and had already placed her bag on the seat next to her and was giving him an extremely weird look.
"May I have the honour of sitting next to you?" Miroku asked politely.
"Honour?" Sango had to stop herself from snorting, "Nice try, but no. We're the only ones in this bus, go sit somewhere else."
"But Sango, how am I supposed to enjoy this ride if I am denied your company?" Miroku gave Sango another version of his pleading look. Like all the other versions, it didn't work on her.
"You'll survive, Senpai. Now leave me in peace before I bash you up," Sango put in as much sarcasm as she could manage into the word 'senpai'.
"But-," Miroku opened his mouth to object, but was interrupted.
"Go. Away. PLEASE!!!!!" Sango couldn't stop herself from shouting.
"Was he bothering you, Miss?" the driver glared at Miroku who timidly looked back.
"Yes! Well, not really… Thanks for asking, though," Sango shot Miroku a dirty look.
"If you say so," the driver looked at Miroku again who was still rooted to place, "please be seated, it is extremely dangerous to stand up while the bus is in motion. I really wouldn't enjoy you dying when I'm driving."
Sango could just laugh at Miroku's shocked expression. He certainly didn't see that coming, neither did she though. Sango knew how to control her emotions, but a combination of an extremely annoying pervert's nagging and lack of sleep had its way. Especially when she was lacking sleep due to him… She honestly didn't know why he was bugging her so much… He WAS a pervert and all but still… She knew perfectly well he wasn't worth missing sleep over…
Miroku stared first at Sango then at the driver and back to Sango, who was trying to stifle a laugh, and then decided to take a seat at the back, just near the rear door. What is it with grownups being on Sango's side? First that gate keeper, now this bus driver… Of course, the teachers loved him, but still…
The bus halted at Sango's stop and Sango hopped out of the bus, calling out a 'thanks' to the bus driver and pointedly ignoring Miroku. She noticed someone standing in the shadows move when he/she saw her. Hoping it wasn't any kinda of violence-seeking person, Sango started to walk when the person called her.
"Sango!" the person grabbed Sango's shoulders to stop her from walking on. Bad move. More on reflex than on anything else, Sango slapped the hand away and gave the person a kick on the stomach. That finished, she then proceeded to check who it was she just abused.
"I-Inuyasha???" Sango stared at the white haired guy.
"Do you mind??" Inuyasha glared at her.
"So-sorry… I didn't mean to do that. It was a reflex… I'm so sorry, are you alright?" Sango stuttered on.
"Of course I am! Why won't I be? Your kicks hadn't improved since you were 9!" Inuyasha denied the fact that he was dying to double over and howl.
"But- Since I was nine? Hang on, does that mean…"
"Okay, so we were friends in the past, big deal, Sango. I didn't waste my time waiting for you to gush around about the past," Inuyasha folded his hands together arrogantly.
"Of course. So why were you waiting for me then?" still happy anyway that she was proven right on the issue of Inuyasha being a person of her past despite Inuyasha's reluctance to admit it.
"Huh? Oh yeah… erm… Well…" Inuyasha in loss for something arrogant or insulting to say was pretty funny in itself but added up with the fact that he had started fidgeting with his hair was hilarious. Sango could do nothing else but laugh, so she did.
"Why the hell are you laughing at me?" Inuyasha looked at Sango unbelievingly, which only made Sango's laugh worsen.
"Sorry, it's- it's just that…" Sango laughed again.
"Feh! Why did I even bother? You're as dense as every other girl, Sango," Inuyasha made a move to walk away.
"Hang on… Sorry… I haven't laughed much these days and I couldn't help myself. I'm happy that you really were that annoying tough kid in my past, Inuyasha. Things had changed so much and it feels so good to have someone that I actually know here," Sango sobered up.
"Keh! Whatever," even labeled as 'that annoying tough kid', Inuyasha's eyes did soften.
"So, what were you going to ask me?" Sango asked as they started walking.
"Eh? Well… Who the hell was that girl?" Inuyasha spat out in the end.
"Girl? What girl?" Sango ask confusedly, racking her brain for any ideas of who might be 'that girl'.
"The one you were with the other day! The one who looked like Ki- I mean the one who was overly chattery and loud and so obviously think highly of herself!" Inuyasha was awarded with another blank look due to his 'detailed' description of the girl.
"When was this again?"
"Last week on- How the hell am I supposed to remember?" Inuyasha said not wanting to admit that he actually even remembered the time when it happened.
"Oh…"
"Forget it! It doesn't really matter anyway," Inuyasha folded his arms in a stubborn manner once again.
"Okay, then!" Sango smiled.
"Huh?" Inuyasha obviously didn't expect Sango to 'forget it', "Feh!"
"I need to get something," Sango said eyeing the mini market in front.
"Okay, bye," Inuyasha acted as if he didn't care but he did. The mysterious girl had been bugging him for a while now and it seems like she'll continue doing just that now.
"See you," Sango waved, but as she was pushing the door open, a memory came back to her, "Inuyasha! I think I know who the girl you were asking about was!"
"Huh? Who?" Inuyasha nearly broke his neck from turning around so fast.
"Kagome came home with me last week and we stopped at this market. I think she said something about a weird guy shouting at her… was that you?"
"Oh… I thought she was someone else, that stupid girl!" Inuyasha felt somewhat relieved now he knew that it definitely was someone else.
"Okay then, I'll see you around," Sango disappeared into the mini market, knowing Inuyasha would forget to say 'thank you' and that he'll just go nuts if she stayed around.
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Whoops! That certainly was unexpected. Sango really does never cease to surprise him. He never thought Sango could be one to loose her temper. Maybe he was pushing her a bit too far. This whole thing about trying to get closer to her maybe wasn't a good idea at all.
Then again, there was the signs. Miroku snickered, it is destined that she should like me like most girls. Why would they be stuck together by so many coincidences if not because of the work of fate?
Watching her as she pointedly ignored him and actually thanked the bus driver caused Miroku to feel a bit hurt. Did that bus driver actually mean more to her than him? The bus driver was just a, well… he was just a bus driver... unlike him who was good looking and charming and-
Anyway, the driver seemed to have dropped something in surprise when Sango said thank you. Hmph, serve him right! Miroku noticed that Sango was still outside and kicking. Literally.^^;;
Miroku was eternally grateful that Sango only managed to get a slap on him. The guy she had just kick seemed to be in a lot of pain. Sango then seemed to recognize the guy and the guy said something… and…
Why exactly was Sango looking so happy?
…she looks really pretty when she's laughing… Wow, did he just thought that? He'd seen way prettier girls than Sango, so why did he just thought that? It was Sango…
Who is that guy? Why is Sango so happy to see him? Unfair!
Why does Miroku care again? It might just be Sango's brother or her boyfriend. Why would he care about Sango's boyfriend?
No, Miroku decided, he didn't care about Sango's boyfriend. He did sort of (underline that!!!!) cared whether or not Sango had one… And that was just because he'd feel guilty if she did have one and he wrecked their relationship… Yes, that was all it was.
Sango and the guy had started walking away from the bus stop and Miroku felt somehow tempted to jump off after them and make sure the guy didn't touch Sango in any way. To his further annoyance, the bus driver seemed to have righted every wrong and had them on the way once again. Miroku chose to ignore the scene between Sango and the guy. It really was nothing to him.
Except something to keep in thought if he was to go on with his plan for Sango. Jealousy was certainly out of question. Miroku wasn't allowed to love. He could only hurt.
A/N: hmm… It was twice longer than usual. Many many words I typed… Excuse the bad puns here and there… . .
Review Responses:
Aamalie: yeah, I think Kikyou does deserve some happiness. I'd hate Inuyasha too if I was Kikyou (in the series). Too bad I'm a fangirl In this fic, it would be a Kag/Inu pairing (secondary)… Unfortunately, I hope that in the end of the series, Kikyou would end up with Inuyasha and Kagome can meet up with Inuyasha's reincarnation or something… Kikyou is better than Kagome in lots of aspects… That's just me though… *sigh*
Hououza: Such a nice review!! I don't deserve it *blows nose* Thank you!! Inuyasha just made another appearance^^ And yes, he will, the show wasn't called 'Inuyasha' for nothing. And as for the favorite couple question, if you meant Kag/Inu pairing, yes they will be in it, but this fic is more on Mir/San since they're my favorite couple^-^ See? Inuyasha's asking for Kagome!!
Ryoko876: heheh… Did Kikyou really sound that weird? I was trying to make everyone different. Sango's pretty neutral, Miroku's all proud of himself, Kikyou's just philosophical… Kikyou thinks a lot, I guess… Probably too much for her own good. ^^;;
Tsuna: see I updated!! Thank you so much for the kind words!! I'm deeply touched!
Sachie Jaganashi: I don't know what's wrong with my English and that's the problem… I'm still learning and I get so many things mixed up and I tend to use the same words over and over again… T-T Thanks for the review!!!
Okay, READ THIS!!! I want to know whether this fic is worth your time or not. Because I'm honestly starting to hate it. It's going so slow and I'm tempted to fully just rewrite it all over again. Except it would take longer to update and you might be bored to death reading the same plot over again… So please tell me if you're reviewing what I should do aka: 1) rewrite it 2)just shut up and go on with the story, fixing it up as I go 3)abandon it
The last one I won't do, but its an option you can give me *shrugs*. I'm writing cuz I like to and I'm not abandoning it even if flamers roast me… Reviews are gladly accepted though, they really make my day!!!
This chapter, I thought, was slightly better than the previous ones. Most likely just me though… Tell me what you think… Please…? *chibi-inu eyes* I'm one confused little girl…