Authors Note: Nope! Inuyasha ain't mine, or any of the characters, just this plot.

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Chapter Two

The Prince and the Groper

"See Sango?" Miroku said as he squeezed the passerby girl's upper regions.  "I," he dodged a slap from the girl and continued, "get nothing from it…however," he did the same to Sango, and made an expression of ecstasy, "with you," he dodged another slap, this time from Sango, "it's like touching heaven."  I'm getting pretty good at dodging these…

SLAP!

Or not.  Sango had hit him with the back of her other hand, yet he could see she was smiling anyway.

"Houshi-sama, I'm not sure if I'm being complimented or defiled, but please keep your hands off, until we're married."  SHIT! She cursed inwardly, not meaning to say the last part out loud.

"Um I mean… Houshi-sama?"

It didn't matter after all; Miroku was completely distracted by another beautiful woman walking past, and hadn't heard a word.

           

Am I just not pretty enough to hold his attention for more than a few seconds?

"Inuyasha sure did pick a good direction to go," said the monk after dodging yet another slap, "I haven't seen anyone this lovely in a long time."  He commented while they continued following Inuyasha's trail.

           

I'm right, he thinks I'm ugly.

Not realizing he had said anything wrong, Miroku continued.  "He sure went farther than usual this time; I suppose Kagome really upset him by ignoring him."

           

Like you ignore me?

"I sure wish I had some women this beautiful around all the time."

           

Sob…

"Is something wrong Sango?  You look kind of sad."

You're an idiot!  "No, I'm fine… forget it." You're so insensitive! Am I really that ugly?

"Come on Sango, don't pull an Inuyasha on me, tell me what's wrong."

How could anyone be so dense?  "Nothings wrong, I'm fine."

"Are you really that upset about me touching you?  Don't hold it against me; it's just in my nature."

You baka, how would you like being called ugly by the one you… "No I just haven't been in a great mood today, let's talk about something else."

"Where do you suppose Inuyasha went off to, Houshi-sama?"

"Oh, he's probably brooding somewhere off this trail. I can feel his energy nearby," replied an uninterested Miroku.

"Since when could you do that?" asked Sango, eager to change her thoughts.

"Oh, for a while now, ever since he could perform the Kaze-no-kizu at will, his jyaki sticks out like a hawk among swans."

Hmm, his monk powers always surprise me, I can barely tell good jyaki from evil jyaki, let alone one youkai's from another's. "Oh."

They continued down the path for a while, not talking much, and passing few people, none of which were women, probably for the better.

"There, he's nearby," said Miroku suddenly.

"Where?"

"Shh… Listen," came the response from the monk.

They could hear "Kaze-no-kizu" one after another, over and over, in the distance.

"Hmm, how do you suggest we approach him?  I'm afraid he'll attack us if we come near."

"Yeah, I think you might be right, perhaps we should just watch and wait until he stops."

They drew closer to Inuyasha to find him standing in what appeared to be a quarry.  The rocks had been split asunder all around, and he was now standing amongst what looked like the debris of a battle between rock golems. Yet he was not stopping.

"Kaze-no-kizu!"  The rocks flew.   "KAZE-NO-KIZU!"  He was digging his way deeper and deeper into an enormous pit of rock.

"He's going to faint from exhaustion if he keeps this up for much longer," said Miroku with a concerned look in his eyes. "Or worse."

Miroku was clearly right. Inuyasha's breath was coming in staggered gasps; he was dripping with sweat, and his eyes… they were stained red.  Miroku had seen this happen before, twice before actually.  It happened when Inuyasha's youkai form tried to take control.  The only thing holding him back was Tessaiga, which acted as a sort of key, as long as he held it, he would stay the normal Inuyasha they knew.

"We need to stop this before he releases Tessaiga and transforms beyond our help…" said Sango; she too had the terrible memories of Inuyasha's transformations.

My my, she is brilliant, not too many people would be able to tell the signs meant transformation in this early stage, thought Miroku to himself.

Then Miroku did something that Sango didn't expect.  Flinging himself from their hiding place, he called down to Inuyasha and, casting back his cloak, he seemed to shine with a brilliant light.

So… this is the true power of a monk… he's stunning, too bright to even look at.

"Inuyasha!  Stop!"

Instead of stopping, Inuyasha turned on Miroku, completely unaware that he was attacking his friend.  "Kaze—"


Miroku saw what was coming, and reached inside his pouch, grabbing a seal charm.


"No—"

Muttering a rapid chant and hurling the charm towards Inuyasha, Miroku started to shine even more.

"Kizu!"

The attack was enormous, much larger than Miroku had planned on; he barely had time to dodge it, however…

"Miroku!" called Sango, completely forgetting how she'd sworn never to use his name. "Miroku, are you OK?"  She came running down into the chasm that had been created by the blast to find…

Inuyasha…. curled up like a baby…

So, his seal worked, but where…?

Sango felt the too familiar hand slowly sliding across her…

SLAP!

"Houshi-sama! Here I am, worried about you, and all you can do is…"

"You said my name," said Miroku, with a smile spreading across his face, "I thought it was an invitation."

"Ah!  Stupid monk…"

"Yeah, I'm glad you're ok too," responded Miroku, still smiling like he was a little kid who'd just gotten away with stealing a pie off the windowsill.

"But how did you escape?" asked Sango, her mood lightening to meet his.

"Well, I blinded him, basically, he just missed me."

"Yeah, I've never seen anything like that before, it was amazing!"

"Oh the light?  Na… that's just a parlor trick, any monk could do that. You just have to be protecting someone you care about." dismissed Miroku.

"Oh…" said Sango, blushing. Was he protecting me?

"Now what, we can't really move Inuyasha like this… and that seal I put on him won't wear off for a while," though Miroku out loud.

As if in answer to his inquiry, Inuyasha stirred.

"Seems your seal wasn't as powerful as you thought it was," laughed Sango "Oh he's going to just love you when he wakes up."