Disclaimer~ I don't own Inuyasha or any related characters.
Dialog~ "Meep meep meep."
Thoughts~ 'Meep meep meep.'
Author's note~ Okay, I got to work on this chapter right away, I wanted to be sure to be able to have a lengthy chapter ready for you guys by Friday. We'll just see if I prevail or not. Thanks to everyone who reviewed for the last chapter, I applaud your patience with me. Thank you.
Chapter 6
Xen looked down curiously at the small fur ball milling around his feet, it hadn't left him alone since Sango and him had found a quiet place to go and talk. Now, they were just outside of the village sitting under a large cherry-blossom tree, and it hadn't left his side since he sat down. It was starting to freak him out slightly. "Uh, Miss Sango, is there something wrong with your pet?"
"Huh?" She looked down Kirara; she was affectionately rubbing herself up against his leg and making soft mewing noises. "She just likes you, a lot. Don't worry about it. Oh, and Xen, don't call me miss ever again, please. It makes me feel uncomfortable, we're friends after all, right?" She edged a little closer to him, wanting to make her presence apparent.
Xen laughed nervously, obviously noticing Sango's presence, it was pretty hard not to, she was right in his face. 'What's her deal, she's coming off pretty forward. God, she makes me so uncomfortable, Buddha help me through this. I just can't deal well with women.' He backed away from Sango trying to reserve what little personal space he still had, and trying hard to remain calm and keep what little control and confidence he had.
This little move didn't go unnoticed by Sango. She was trying her best to be very unlike herself and much more forward in hopes to bring out some of that old Mirokuness Xen may harbor within himself. Yet, Xen was being much like her usual character and avoiding any confrontation with her. He was either extremely nervous or just very uninterested. She hoped it was just nervousness, that she would be able to deal with over time. Being around Miroku so long gave her good lessons in seduction. She was going to try her best to bring out Xen as Miroku brought her out.
"I'm sorry," she sighed lightly. "It wasn't my intent to make you feel so uncomfortable. It's just that-"
"Just what?" Xen quickly interjected, curious or not if she was really trying to hit on him or not?"
"I find you irresistible," she whispered silently. She blushed madly at her words, she was doing her best to be like Miroku, but she wasn't very experienced at it. It had always been Miroku who would come up with a comment like that, not her. She was never that bold, but she knew she had to be to ever get him back. She did her best to hide her blushing face and keep focused on her task, operation Seduce The Hell Out of Xen.
It was very treacherous but she was willing to make any sacrifice necessary to get her houshi back.
Xen did his best to swallow the lump that had formed in his throat and make some sound come out of his mouth, no luck. He couldn't utter the simplest word, nothing was coming out. He was too much in awe over her statement and raw beauty. Never had he been faced with such a woman in his life, so open about her feelings and aggressive. Getting himself comfortable with her would be his most daunting task, ever.
He took a deep breath and plunged in, he didn't have anything to loose at this point. All he wanted to do was to be able to talk with her comfortably without messing things up. "I don't quite understand Sango, you barely know me and yet you're coming off really strong. Why?" Xen did his best not to act upset about it and say it with a more curious tone, not wanting to send the wrong message. Talking with Sango was a delicate operation for him. He had to think every statement out clearly, so he wouldn't mess up. He wasn't good at, "going with the flow." He only hoped he hadn't messed up already.
This wasn't expected, the old Miroku would never care for a reason as to why she liked him, she just did and that was good enough for him. Clearly she wasn't dealing with Miroku anymore, and she would have to adjust her tactics. "Well, you probably don't believe me, but I'm in love with you, and love doesn't need a reason why, it just happens." 'Yes, that should work quite nicely. Get yourself out of this one, Xen,' she thought evilly to herself. Sango was quite the little schemer at times.
"I- - " Xen's voice seemed to have faulted at the moment, Sango was winning him over without even trying. He was no match for her seductive and sneaky ways, but he was going to do his best to out smart her yet. "How can you love me? You don't even know me. Does love just happen like that for you?"
It was becoming very obvious that Xen was much more dubious than he originally appeared. He was shy but he wasn't going to give in just like that. It was now becoming more than a game for Sango now, it was more like, failure is not an option. She began taking things a bit more seriously and switched her strategy a bit. She was going to be less playful and more serious, that way he wouldn't see her as a joke, she hoped.
"No, I was always afraid of falling in love. I just didn't want to ever get hurt, so I closed myself off, keeping more to myself and sharing my pain with no one." She edged closer to him, wanting to be as close to him as he would allow her to. She could feel a magnetic force pulling her towards him.
He didn't notice. He was far more interested in what she was saying than what she was doing. "So then, how can even you love me? Better question, how can you say you love me when we just met? I don't understand." He furrowed his brows, definitely frustrated.
She giggled and placed her hand on top of his, trying again to be forward. "You still don't understand, do you? That lost friend, it's you. You're him. I know you're him. You just don't know it. Miroku, you're my lost friend Miroku, so that's why I can love you. You're him."
"That doesn't make sense! How can I be him when I'm me!? I told you before, my name isn't Miroku, it's Xen, and I've never seen you before in my life. I'm sorry you're so convinced."
"You are him, I know you're him because you look exactly like him and have the same voice. You're just mixed up and believe you're someone else. It's fun, getting away like that. Becoming someone else and forgetting all your troubles as that person and just leaving it all behind. Isn't it, Xen?" She smiled as she said his name, wondering if she could get any sort of reaction from him.
She starred off in the distance as he tried to come up with an answer, thinking herself how great it would be to be able to escape like that. To leave all of this behind and just go on with how life was before any of this happened with Naraku.
'It's funny though, even if I could run away from this all I don't think I would. If I did, then I wouldn't ever have gotten to meet Miroku or the others. Ironic how that works.'
"How do I-"
"Huh?" The sudden sound of Xen's voice had quickly brought Sango out of her daze and back to reality.
He noticed he had her attention and continued with what he saying, "How do I know what you're saying is true? It's pretty far fetched to believe." He gave her a skeptical look, as if daring her to change his mind.
This wasn't a smart move on Xen's part. He had no idea what he was in for. You never dare Sango to do anything, she'll smoke you.
Without warning Sango draped herself over him, wrapping her arms around his neck as she whispered into his ear, "You wouldn't ask me if there was some small part in your mind that didn't think it was true. Would you?"
Xen could feel the tiny hairs on his neck stand on edge as her warm breath bore down on his earlobe causing a tingling feeling to spread throughout his entire body making him shiver. It was incredible how sexy she appeared to him, and how strangely beautiful she was when she whispered to him like that. Yet, these sensations didn't feel all that awkward, rather something he welcomed and enjoyed.
Sadly, this feeling didn't last long as she relinquished her arms from his neck and crept back over to where she was sitting before. 'Wait!' his mind screamed. His arms immediately acted on impulse and grabbed her hand.
Sango jumped a little bit when she felt his hand grasping her back to him, but she didn't resist. She scooted herself back over to him and laid her head on his shoulder. Feeling quite comfortable she nuzzled his arm affectionately.
Xen melted as she rubbed herself up against him, her reminding him of the cat that wouldn't leave him alone a while ago. But this was definitely different, he enjoyed feeling her warm body pressed against his. He got a homey like feeling with her. Things were feeling right at the moment. None of his rational thinking mattered; he easily conquered those questioning voices in his mind.
'What are you doing!? You barely know this girl and you're letting her lie all over you!'
"I don't care," he said to himself, talking back to the voice in his head. "Nothing feels like it matters when she's by me. I don't know why that is, but I like it."
'She's just deceiving you. How can you believe any of that crap about being someone else? How does that not sound unbelievable to you?'
"I'm not sure, but I know that somewhere inside of me I don't have a reason not to believe her. Why not? I've always felt something missing in my life, maybe this is it."
'Have you gone completely insane!? You're not even making sense now. You're just coming up with some meaningless dribble to justify your actions.'
"Love doesn't make sense, nothing does. I'm happy being with her and I'm going to stay with her till I get my answers."
The voices stopped and it was just Xen and Sango again, no more rationality. He lost it all.
"Sango," he said quietly.
"Yeah?"
"I want to stay with you, and find if what you're saying really is true. Maybe I am a different person. I don't really know, I just want some answers. Will you let me stay with you and find them, together?" He reached his hand over to hers and squeezed it tightly, in a rather hopeful manner.
She squeezed back and smiled, "I would be happy to stay with you, Xen. Maybe we'll both find some answers, I don't know. It all seems so irrelevant right now. You know?" She looked up at him, wondering if he was paying attention or just knotting off. It had been a long day.
He was and nodded back to her, "Yeah, but I don't really care about any of the details. I'll worry about the furture when it's there and take care of the present."
"Sounds good to me." She smiled brightly at him, so glad that her plan was so far actually working.
Xen turned his attention from Sango's lovely face out to the sky and looked out at all the shimmering stars that were just coming out, painting a magnificent portrait in the night sky. It was one of those things you see that you don't ever want to forget, and one of those moments you know you'll always remember.
Sango looked out at the stars and couldn't help but smile, sure they still had long way to go, but they were on their way and were together. That's what counted the most to her, she was happy, so happy that she couldn't remember a time where she had been happier.
"On a clear night, I can see forever. And I don't want to ever stop looking at tomorrow," he said softly, holding Sango close to him, savoring every second she spent with him.
"Somehow I don't think I'll mind waking up tomorrow, now that you'll be there."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of chapter~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A bit sappy and a bit odd, I know, but I really want this story to be different from other stories. I think it'd be more interesting of a story if they were together in the earlier chapters instead of expressing love for each other at the end and come to terms with their feelings. No, they sort of have already done that and the feeling is mutual. No, it's not over or anything like that, I just don't want a lot of reviews saying how fast things are being rushed. It just sort of one of those love at first site deals, just go along with the plot and see what happens. I think you'll like it. Any way, that's all for my stupid nonsense. Thanks to all you reviewers who shut me up and make me write my thank yous.
Inu-shounen~ Well, now they're expressing love for each other but that's only half the plot. There's a lot deeper meaning for why they're coming together now and where it is they're going. I think you'll really enjoy it.
Small-buttercup~ Yeah, I know another short chapter, forgive me. I just can't crank'em out like I used to. But thanks for the positive review, that's great.
Rissi-sama~ God you're funny sometimes, thanks. ^^
Lar-lar~ Heh, I still love that word so much. Good ol fantastic, thanks a lot for continually finding things to get better and better. And yes, we all love our favorite baka, Inuyasha.
Aamalie~ Update more often, huh? Well, I've been trying to, honestly I have but I haven't been finding time like I used to my last trimester. Classes are getting a bit harder and there's more work to do. But I'll do my best to try to at least update once a week. That's the best I can offer, really.
Backsplash007~ Nooo! I love my cheese. Don't take it away! Well, that's all for the kick ass reviewers for chapter 5. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, you guys kick so much ass.
Expect the update. god knows when. I have no idea, just keep checking and maybe there will be something there. I don't know at this point.
Adios for now,
Zero.
Dialog~ "Meep meep meep."
Thoughts~ 'Meep meep meep.'
Author's note~ Okay, I got to work on this chapter right away, I wanted to be sure to be able to have a lengthy chapter ready for you guys by Friday. We'll just see if I prevail or not. Thanks to everyone who reviewed for the last chapter, I applaud your patience with me. Thank you.
Chapter 6
Xen looked down curiously at the small fur ball milling around his feet, it hadn't left him alone since Sango and him had found a quiet place to go and talk. Now, they were just outside of the village sitting under a large cherry-blossom tree, and it hadn't left his side since he sat down. It was starting to freak him out slightly. "Uh, Miss Sango, is there something wrong with your pet?"
"Huh?" She looked down Kirara; she was affectionately rubbing herself up against his leg and making soft mewing noises. "She just likes you, a lot. Don't worry about it. Oh, and Xen, don't call me miss ever again, please. It makes me feel uncomfortable, we're friends after all, right?" She edged a little closer to him, wanting to make her presence apparent.
Xen laughed nervously, obviously noticing Sango's presence, it was pretty hard not to, she was right in his face. 'What's her deal, she's coming off pretty forward. God, she makes me so uncomfortable, Buddha help me through this. I just can't deal well with women.' He backed away from Sango trying to reserve what little personal space he still had, and trying hard to remain calm and keep what little control and confidence he had.
This little move didn't go unnoticed by Sango. She was trying her best to be very unlike herself and much more forward in hopes to bring out some of that old Mirokuness Xen may harbor within himself. Yet, Xen was being much like her usual character and avoiding any confrontation with her. He was either extremely nervous or just very uninterested. She hoped it was just nervousness, that she would be able to deal with over time. Being around Miroku so long gave her good lessons in seduction. She was going to try her best to bring out Xen as Miroku brought her out.
"I'm sorry," she sighed lightly. "It wasn't my intent to make you feel so uncomfortable. It's just that-"
"Just what?" Xen quickly interjected, curious or not if she was really trying to hit on him or not?"
"I find you irresistible," she whispered silently. She blushed madly at her words, she was doing her best to be like Miroku, but she wasn't very experienced at it. It had always been Miroku who would come up with a comment like that, not her. She was never that bold, but she knew she had to be to ever get him back. She did her best to hide her blushing face and keep focused on her task, operation Seduce The Hell Out of Xen.
It was very treacherous but she was willing to make any sacrifice necessary to get her houshi back.
Xen did his best to swallow the lump that had formed in his throat and make some sound come out of his mouth, no luck. He couldn't utter the simplest word, nothing was coming out. He was too much in awe over her statement and raw beauty. Never had he been faced with such a woman in his life, so open about her feelings and aggressive. Getting himself comfortable with her would be his most daunting task, ever.
He took a deep breath and plunged in, he didn't have anything to loose at this point. All he wanted to do was to be able to talk with her comfortably without messing things up. "I don't quite understand Sango, you barely know me and yet you're coming off really strong. Why?" Xen did his best not to act upset about it and say it with a more curious tone, not wanting to send the wrong message. Talking with Sango was a delicate operation for him. He had to think every statement out clearly, so he wouldn't mess up. He wasn't good at, "going with the flow." He only hoped he hadn't messed up already.
This wasn't expected, the old Miroku would never care for a reason as to why she liked him, she just did and that was good enough for him. Clearly she wasn't dealing with Miroku anymore, and she would have to adjust her tactics. "Well, you probably don't believe me, but I'm in love with you, and love doesn't need a reason why, it just happens." 'Yes, that should work quite nicely. Get yourself out of this one, Xen,' she thought evilly to herself. Sango was quite the little schemer at times.
"I- - " Xen's voice seemed to have faulted at the moment, Sango was winning him over without even trying. He was no match for her seductive and sneaky ways, but he was going to do his best to out smart her yet. "How can you love me? You don't even know me. Does love just happen like that for you?"
It was becoming very obvious that Xen was much more dubious than he originally appeared. He was shy but he wasn't going to give in just like that. It was now becoming more than a game for Sango now, it was more like, failure is not an option. She began taking things a bit more seriously and switched her strategy a bit. She was going to be less playful and more serious, that way he wouldn't see her as a joke, she hoped.
"No, I was always afraid of falling in love. I just didn't want to ever get hurt, so I closed myself off, keeping more to myself and sharing my pain with no one." She edged closer to him, wanting to be as close to him as he would allow her to. She could feel a magnetic force pulling her towards him.
He didn't notice. He was far more interested in what she was saying than what she was doing. "So then, how can even you love me? Better question, how can you say you love me when we just met? I don't understand." He furrowed his brows, definitely frustrated.
She giggled and placed her hand on top of his, trying again to be forward. "You still don't understand, do you? That lost friend, it's you. You're him. I know you're him. You just don't know it. Miroku, you're my lost friend Miroku, so that's why I can love you. You're him."
"That doesn't make sense! How can I be him when I'm me!? I told you before, my name isn't Miroku, it's Xen, and I've never seen you before in my life. I'm sorry you're so convinced."
"You are him, I know you're him because you look exactly like him and have the same voice. You're just mixed up and believe you're someone else. It's fun, getting away like that. Becoming someone else and forgetting all your troubles as that person and just leaving it all behind. Isn't it, Xen?" She smiled as she said his name, wondering if she could get any sort of reaction from him.
She starred off in the distance as he tried to come up with an answer, thinking herself how great it would be to be able to escape like that. To leave all of this behind and just go on with how life was before any of this happened with Naraku.
'It's funny though, even if I could run away from this all I don't think I would. If I did, then I wouldn't ever have gotten to meet Miroku or the others. Ironic how that works.'
"How do I-"
"Huh?" The sudden sound of Xen's voice had quickly brought Sango out of her daze and back to reality.
He noticed he had her attention and continued with what he saying, "How do I know what you're saying is true? It's pretty far fetched to believe." He gave her a skeptical look, as if daring her to change his mind.
This wasn't a smart move on Xen's part. He had no idea what he was in for. You never dare Sango to do anything, she'll smoke you.
Without warning Sango draped herself over him, wrapping her arms around his neck as she whispered into his ear, "You wouldn't ask me if there was some small part in your mind that didn't think it was true. Would you?"
Xen could feel the tiny hairs on his neck stand on edge as her warm breath bore down on his earlobe causing a tingling feeling to spread throughout his entire body making him shiver. It was incredible how sexy she appeared to him, and how strangely beautiful she was when she whispered to him like that. Yet, these sensations didn't feel all that awkward, rather something he welcomed and enjoyed.
Sadly, this feeling didn't last long as she relinquished her arms from his neck and crept back over to where she was sitting before. 'Wait!' his mind screamed. His arms immediately acted on impulse and grabbed her hand.
Sango jumped a little bit when she felt his hand grasping her back to him, but she didn't resist. She scooted herself back over to him and laid her head on his shoulder. Feeling quite comfortable she nuzzled his arm affectionately.
Xen melted as she rubbed herself up against him, her reminding him of the cat that wouldn't leave him alone a while ago. But this was definitely different, he enjoyed feeling her warm body pressed against his. He got a homey like feeling with her. Things were feeling right at the moment. None of his rational thinking mattered; he easily conquered those questioning voices in his mind.
'What are you doing!? You barely know this girl and you're letting her lie all over you!'
"I don't care," he said to himself, talking back to the voice in his head. "Nothing feels like it matters when she's by me. I don't know why that is, but I like it."
'She's just deceiving you. How can you believe any of that crap about being someone else? How does that not sound unbelievable to you?'
"I'm not sure, but I know that somewhere inside of me I don't have a reason not to believe her. Why not? I've always felt something missing in my life, maybe this is it."
'Have you gone completely insane!? You're not even making sense now. You're just coming up with some meaningless dribble to justify your actions.'
"Love doesn't make sense, nothing does. I'm happy being with her and I'm going to stay with her till I get my answers."
The voices stopped and it was just Xen and Sango again, no more rationality. He lost it all.
"Sango," he said quietly.
"Yeah?"
"I want to stay with you, and find if what you're saying really is true. Maybe I am a different person. I don't really know, I just want some answers. Will you let me stay with you and find them, together?" He reached his hand over to hers and squeezed it tightly, in a rather hopeful manner.
She squeezed back and smiled, "I would be happy to stay with you, Xen. Maybe we'll both find some answers, I don't know. It all seems so irrelevant right now. You know?" She looked up at him, wondering if he was paying attention or just knotting off. It had been a long day.
He was and nodded back to her, "Yeah, but I don't really care about any of the details. I'll worry about the furture when it's there and take care of the present."
"Sounds good to me." She smiled brightly at him, so glad that her plan was so far actually working.
Xen turned his attention from Sango's lovely face out to the sky and looked out at all the shimmering stars that were just coming out, painting a magnificent portrait in the night sky. It was one of those things you see that you don't ever want to forget, and one of those moments you know you'll always remember.
Sango looked out at the stars and couldn't help but smile, sure they still had long way to go, but they were on their way and were together. That's what counted the most to her, she was happy, so happy that she couldn't remember a time where she had been happier.
"On a clear night, I can see forever. And I don't want to ever stop looking at tomorrow," he said softly, holding Sango close to him, savoring every second she spent with him.
"Somehow I don't think I'll mind waking up tomorrow, now that you'll be there."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of chapter~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A bit sappy and a bit odd, I know, but I really want this story to be different from other stories. I think it'd be more interesting of a story if they were together in the earlier chapters instead of expressing love for each other at the end and come to terms with their feelings. No, they sort of have already done that and the feeling is mutual. No, it's not over or anything like that, I just don't want a lot of reviews saying how fast things are being rushed. It just sort of one of those love at first site deals, just go along with the plot and see what happens. I think you'll like it. Any way, that's all for my stupid nonsense. Thanks to all you reviewers who shut me up and make me write my thank yous.
Inu-shounen~ Well, now they're expressing love for each other but that's only half the plot. There's a lot deeper meaning for why they're coming together now and where it is they're going. I think you'll really enjoy it.
Small-buttercup~ Yeah, I know another short chapter, forgive me. I just can't crank'em out like I used to. But thanks for the positive review, that's great.
Rissi-sama~ God you're funny sometimes, thanks. ^^
Lar-lar~ Heh, I still love that word so much. Good ol fantastic, thanks a lot for continually finding things to get better and better. And yes, we all love our favorite baka, Inuyasha.
Aamalie~ Update more often, huh? Well, I've been trying to, honestly I have but I haven't been finding time like I used to my last trimester. Classes are getting a bit harder and there's more work to do. But I'll do my best to try to at least update once a week. That's the best I can offer, really.
Backsplash007~ Nooo! I love my cheese. Don't take it away! Well, that's all for the kick ass reviewers for chapter 5. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, you guys kick so much ass.
Expect the update. god knows when. I have no idea, just keep checking and maybe there will be something there. I don't know at this point.
Adios for now,
Zero.