Author's Rant:
Konnichiwa! Konnichiwa! Konnichiwa! I just decided to try out this pairing, since my stupid twin was insisting I do something of this pairing. Hai, minna. This is Sango and Miroku. Of course, I find them really cute together! I think they are meant for each other! But... As far as I am concerned, I haven't tried anything of this. Since I was bored to death waiting for reviews from my other story "Three to Tango", which my idiotic twin posted in the Inu-Yasha category, not the Slam Dunk [I got her tied up for that!] I decided to give in to her desires - I SHOULD write an S/M fic. Please take this easy on me!

I thank again those who reviewed. You don't know how much it means to me! *sobs*
~Shohoku no Miko~©
Inu-Yasha: A Medieval Pulp Fantasy -er- Inu-Yasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale © Takahashi Rumiko.

Additional Notes: Yipee!!! I'm done with my finals and I've finished my junior year with flying colors! *Cheers*
Anyways, I am so pleased with the outcome of the story. Imagine... 100 plus reviews with only 8 chapters! Thanks for the positive response! And I promise you, I might be updating at least twice a week [if my ha-hang permits] if not maybe once a week. And yes, I'm actually regaining all my "writing prowess" and hopefully, even if I am going to have my Citizen's Army Training this summer, I'm going to finish it!
Thanks to those who reviewed! [Aiko, aibyouka, Kikyo-sama, Nuage44, tamababymiko-chan, Kaylana, Space-pirate-Kitsune, kitsunekit, KagomeWannabe, Nuklear Firefly, Higurashi Kagome, Anonymouse, gene-kitty, Heather, and all those who reviewed this previously that I don't remembered! *Gomen*]
Huge thanks to Nonsequitur for those corrections in the definitions I have given! I love you soooooo much! *hugs* I am just a novice writer in this field, I was used to writing in the Slam Dunk category and I'm starting to finish all the stories I left there. So again, I am pleading, take this easy on me!
Teach Me How To Love
by Shohoku no Miko
Chapter Eight: Hachi
Blinking, the taiji-ya sat up as consciousness went back to her. She reached for Kirara, and was alarmed when the fur ball was not on her side. She looked around, and realized that she was in a palace.

In an instant Sango stood up, dropping the sheets covering her from her previous slumber, and she screamed as she felt needles shot through her ribcage.

The person sitting on the other end of the room abruptly stood when Sango moved, and hurriedly assisted her. "Sango-sama... You shouldn't."

Sango cast her eyes towards her helper, unmindful of the pain pricking her body. "Houshi-sama... Where... What..."

Miroku smiled and spoke. "We're in a palace of a very hospitable prince. You fainted even before we battled the youkai. Evidently, Inu-Yasha managed to beat the youkai and we decided to take shelter while you were unconscious. Now please, lie down again, and you still have to recuperate."

"Where's Kagome and Inu-Yasha?" She asked.

"They... uh... They... went around the kingdom, looking for... botans. Yes, botans."

"Oh..."

Minutes passed by quietly as the two of them stayed silent.

"How long have I slept?" Sango asked as she felt the pain slowly subsiding. This was strange, she thought. The last thing she remembered was Houshi-sama coming towards her, and a very painful strike on her gut.

"You've been asleep for four days."

"Four days?" She bolted up, but then again her ribs started to hurt.

"Take it easy, Sango-sama. Just go to rest." Miroku assured. "There are guards posted outside to stand watch. And don't worry, I am here if ever they break through fifty people." He winked.

Sango raised an inquisitive eyebrow. "And what do you mean by that?" Her eyes narrowed, but then returned to normal. "Did you say fifty?"

Miroku nodded. "Hai, go-ju, Sango-hime."

"And what, again, do you mean by that?"

Suddenly the door opened and light streamed in the room. Sango looked at the door and saw a figure coming in the room, the face unrecognizable since the person was standing against the light. Miroku stood up and walked to the farthest corner of the room.

"Sango!!!" The voice cheerily called.

Sango tried hard to make out the face of the person, and as the person neared her, it came to her.

Sango gaped. "Anata..."
"Sango-chan! Sango-chan!" Kagome shouted as Inu-Yasha carried her. "Where is she...?"
A figure smiled as he stared at the shell. Things were now going his way. With this events happening, he knew very well that she'd drift apart from their group, and most specially...

He stopped watching as the shoji opened and a figure appeared in the doorway. In an instant he bowed and greeted his master. As he bowed, the shell toppled, and almost hit the floor, if not for the fast reflexes of his master.

"Clumsy as usual. Won't you ever change?"

"Go-Gomen nasai, Kangura-sama. Demo, I have done what you wanted me to..." He was cut off when Kangura opened the shell, and found out what he was previously doing.

"Oh... So you changed into Miroku and trapped her here... Subarashii, Toya. With this we could break their group apart, retrieve the shards, and have your Sango back..." Kangura smiled, and so did Toya.
Vocabulary:

Botan - peony, er, peonies [I put there "botans" because I am a not so good Japanese speaker yet, still learning the language]

goju - fifty. In the chapter, Miroku referred to it as go-ju, only as a playful act

-hime - princess

Anata - you (singular)

Toya - literally, it means ten nights

Subarashii - wonderful
Author's Rant:

Gomen again, I confess, I'm still not getting the hang of it. Yes, school's over, but I have been selected to participate in the prestigious Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature this summer, and I have to stall all my fics for the sake of that. You know, it's prestigious, and I really want an award that will recognize my writing skills [if I really have one]. So please, gomen, I might not update until April 15. But I'll try very hard to keep you in your seats if ever I get the chance to opened My Fanfics folder. Gomen for the delay, the misspelled words, and the inappropriate words and wrong grammar in this chapter... And gomen for the shortness too.
Ja!
~Shohoku no Miko~©