Author's Rant:
Hello people! I'm back with another fic that might for some odd reason; change your perspective of Sango and Miroku. I just hope that the same support that readers gave my other fic, 'Teach Me How to Love' can also be given to this, or much more.
This fic is actually inspired by Tackey and Tsubasa's "Sayonara wa Ashita no Tame Ni" and Hamasaki Ayumi's "Dearest" and "No More Words." The Inuyasha Soundtrack I downloaded was useful, inspiring and to some extent, became my meditation music [the WIND Soundtrack, I mean].
Wow. As in WOW. I never expected to see so much reviews after I went away for a while! You see I was kind of pissed off when I went in an outing with my classmates for the last time before we part ways, and my mom just didn't want me to bring my PDA! The HORROR!!! Even if I knew all along that I would be the one to do all the mommy work for my high school classmates (they just went swimming and swimming while I was cooking and cooking and washing the dishes! . Phooey!) I still wanted to bring my PDA! But now that I saw this much positive feedback from all of you people, I'd say the wait was worth it!
Justine – Yes, the violin is an EVIL thing... And I LOVE being evil... ^_~ Here's Chapter one!
Aamalie – Thank you for reviewing! I was under the impression that you only give reviews to the fics that please you, and well, it was really flattering that I was given a review by no less than you! And yes, I am taking your advice of not using the Jap words; it is kind of tiring anyway... Also, I was trying to portray Sango-chan here as a complete genius. And with their family being really rich, you do get the picture, right? And with Inu and Miroku being friends even at the age gap, I thought I didn't need to give too much attention on their families being friends... So there. And here's my update.
Katani Masaya: Whoa, slow down on that muse of yours... ^-^ Thank you for reviewing!!! And don't be like me, I left my other fic for one and a half year without even updating and then suddenly REVIVNG it... I'm bad... And EVIL... Thanks again!
me – Thanks! And I do hope you like this one (though I highly doubt that)
Kumiko Mishitate – Thank you very much! Here's the next chapter for you!
Inuyasha1991 *aka Ray* - Well, I do want to update as soon and as frequent as possible, but sadly, fixing my papers for my not-so-exciting-and- thrilling college life is taking much of my time, add my stamp-stamp-stamp- record-stamp-stamp-stamp-record summer job... Thank you!
unlike any other – What will happen with that "ONE DAY"? Mwahahaha. You have a sneak preview of what is about to happen in the future every chapter at the beginning. So probably before you reach the real timeline of the story, the puzzle is already whole... Thank you!
Moosey-pie – Different... yes, yes. That's exactly what I was aiming. Thank you for reviewing!
Queen of All Chipmunks – Thanks and yeah, I wasn't that smart at that young age... Come to think of it, I was never really smart to begin with! ^-~ CHIPMUNK MINIONS? NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
SMTogether – Really? I thought it was cute AND sweet. Hehehe, forgive me for that. Thank you for reviewing and I read one of your fics lately... I think I reviewed that fic too, but anyways, thanks again!
Waizu Yoru Ame Otome – VIOLINS are just great! And you're really fortunate to be able to play one, whilst I was only holding and playing that in my dreams...
Lisli – You like it? Glad you did. The prologue was something I did while sneaking at my summer job... and in the midst of writing "Teach Me How To Love" too... Thanks for the review!
Ochanoko – Cute? Yeah, thank you! Though I doubt this story would still be cute as it progresses...
misakichi1 – You find my other stories cute too? Wow. Thanks for that!
Inuyasha: Sengoku o Togi Zoushi © Takahashi Rumiko, Shogakukan, YOMIURI TV Sunrise 2000. Territories apply.
And yes, this is AU. Do take note that they are still in their elementary days. You might be confused.
Chapter Rating: PG
Anata no Tame Ni By Shohoku no Miko
Chapter One:
Of Sango: Rainy Beginnings
Ame wa hito wo yondari keshitari Dare yori mo tegowai majishan ne Futari wa itsumo damasarete bakari Subete wa ame de hajimarun deshou...
~ It's Gonna Rain, Bonnie Pink ~
()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
She lay down on the white sheets, trying her best to relax. Her hair fanned out on the pillow to the sides of her head, brown locks straight, exactly the opposite of her instincts of curling up and running away before it even started all over again.
She could hear his voice, telling her everything will be fine as long as she didn't repulse or move too much, that the pain would be gone at once.
And she knew that, without her being told.
This wasn't her first time.
()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
Standing against the school gates, Miroku sighed. This time, Sango IS really late. It's almost five, and she was supposed to be out at four!
Sometimes, he can't help but envy her. The most intelligent girl in school, president of the Grade School Student Council, popular because of her skills in music, and he had to admit, she's pretty, inside and out. Though there were always two loopholes...
... She was never on time. And she was a total klutz.
Fast footsteps running towards him echoed through the now empty school grounds as Sango ran towards the lone figure standing at the gate.
"MIROKU!!! GOMEN NE!!!" She attempted to stop running, but abruptly stopped when she bumped into a waiting Miroku.
"Hey." Miroku smiled as he steadied her.
"I'm really, really, REALLY sorry, Miroku! Mr. Matsumoto wouldn't want me to adjourn the meeting at four since we weren't finish yet!" Sango bowed in apology.
"Aww, that's okay!" He slung his backpack on his right shoulder and ran his fingers through his bangs. "I'm used to it. Well, let's go!" He smiled genkily. [a/n: Forgive me, Aamalie, I just can't help using this word... I find it cute! (though grammatically incorrect)]
Sango raised her head. "Where are we going?" She could tell Miroku was smiling EXTRA genkily. And when he does that, there's something definitely up. [a/n: again, Aamalie...]
"Ha? Home, of course. I'm walking you home, like I always do." He pulled her out of the school and onto the sidewalk. "Unless you want to visit the newly-opened mall five blocks from here, since I was eyeing a very nice chain in one of the stores..." He mumbled the last part of his sentence.
"You want to go to the mall? And we're going to buy a chain?"
"Huh?" Miroku looked at her. "N-no! I was just kidding!"
Sango stopped him from walking. "Okay, what do you want to do," She asked firmly. "Go to the mall? Buy ice cream? Play video games?"
"Well actually... I would like to do those, but... I'd rather we go home instead. Aunt O-ren might get angry at me for not bringing you home at once." He retorted.
Sango looked closely at Miroku, who was smiling broadly. "Ooookay... If you say so... Let's go! I'm going to tell your mom that you'll stay for dinner, then we could do schoolwork together." She grabbed his hand and turned on the corner.
*******
"Sango-chan!!! Hurry up! I don't want to be late!!!" Miroku tapped his foot impatiently on the floor while sitting at the edge of her bed.
"I'm trying, I'm trying!!!" She answered back, voice muffled by the blouse of her school uniform that she struggled to fix.
"Tsk." Miroku stood up and helped her wear her clothes and fix her tie while she struggled with her hair.
"Sango! You bring Kohaku to school okay?" Inuyasha burst through the door and pushed Kohaku in the room. Noticing Miroku, he smirked. "Hey man, you take care of the klutz and the brat. I'm off."
Miroku glanced up at him from fixing Sango's tie and smiled back. "Sure thing, Inuyasha."
"I'm no klutz!"
"I'm no brat!"
"Yeah, whatever." Inuyasha closed the door just in time Kohaku's bag went flying towards him.
"Kay, done!" Sango half-shouted.
Miroku looked at her again and almost fell over.
Sango's hair was combed and left down, and a pair of black diamond earrings replaced the usual fancy purple stud she wore. Her bangs were left unclipped unlike what she always did to hide the irritating strands of hair, and her smile was bright and sunny, giving her face a youthful, noticeably bright glow.
"I'm done already!!!" Sango shouted in his ear.
"Huh? Yeah, right. Let's go..." He suddenly felt embarrassed for staring at her. Sango's gentle hand caught his while the other grabbed her backpack and pulled him towards the door.
All the while, Kohaku watched them.
*******
Sango sat beside the window of the Student Council Office, waiting for her other co-workers to arrive. She could go home anytime now, since she told her best friend to not wait for her anymore. It was kind of embarrassing, since Miroku always waited for her every time she had a meeting to attend to. But now, she just made him go home earlier. She didn't want him to stay at school later than he should have.
Though she didn't know if she was right, but for a moment there while talking to Miroku, she saw him hesitate.
No, she wasn't telling him away. She just wanted him to go home early for once.
So here she was looking out where she saw the only few students walk out of the school. Her adviser, Mr. Matsumoto, entered the room.
"Takarai, early today?" He teased.
Sango smiled sheepishly. "For a change, sir..."
"Ah, nice change. But unfortunately, I cancelled our meeting today. I have a faculty meeting to attend to." The teacher grabbed some folders above the table.
"Eh?" How could it slip her mind? Tuesdays were for faculty meetings, and as the student body head, SHE of all people should know...
So maybe that's why Miroku was hesitant to leave.
She stood up and grabbed her backpack. "Ah, it totally slipped my mind, sir. Sorry."
"No need, Takarai. But please do go home now. It's almost dark, and I know Eiri is waiting for you outside." Her teacher smiled.
Sango shook her head. "No, sir. I told him to go ahead without me."
"Oh... Lovers' quarrel, I presume."
"Pardon me, sir?"
Matsumoto-sensei smiled knowingly. "Lovers' quarrel, Takarai. Don't you think everyone already knows that you two are together?"
For some unknown reason, she felt her cheeks heat. "I-it's not like that, sensei! W-w-we're not... We're just..."
"Friends?"
"Y-Y-yes... Best of friends..." She answered. Yes, they were friends. The BEST of friends. Nothing more, nothing less.
But somehow, in the farthest corner of her heart, she felt a sting.
"Ah, I see..."
"See you tomorrow then, Mr. Matsumoto." She bowed and ran down the flight of stairs. For some odd reason, she was hoping that Miroku still waited for her. She still wanted to see him smile at her warmly despite her lateness, sling his backpack on his right shoulder, run his hand through his bangs and pull her out of the school gates and onto the sidewalk.
Yes, that was their daily routine. After the school bell rings, they'd go to their lockers together, fix their things, give last minute reminders, he'd tell her that he'd be at the school gates waiting, and they'd go separate ways. She'd go to her meeting and he'd stay there, rain or shine.
And as if on cue, rain fell down from the heavens, soaking the world. Oh well, at least she left her umbrella in her locker...
She froze. What if he was still there, waiting for her? Miroku never brought an umbrella with him...
Running as fast as she could, she went to her locker, changed her shoes, grabbed the umbrella and slammed the locker door shut as she ran towards the gate.
'Oooh, Miroku... Please be at home, please be at home...' She mentally chanted. She found the thought of him not being there disappointing, but she'd rather be disappointed than be worried that he was soaked in the rain.
She forced herself to stop at the school gates, but being the klutz she was, she felt her left foot foolishly slide forward, and she lost her balance.
She was surprised to see a hand grab her flailing arm and steady her and another caught her umbrella.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk."
She looked up at her savior and she saw lavender eyes staring at her. "Miroku!" She squeaked.
"Clumsy as ever. I do believe your Inuyasha-nii now." He chuckled.
"Baka." She grabbed her umbrella from him and pulled him closer to the umbrella's shelter. "I knew you had no umbrella that's why I ran. I don't want my best friend to get sick."
"Aww, sweet. But that didn't keep you from shooing me earlier."
"I only wanted you to go home. You must be tired after all." She retorted.
"Well you were successful when you sent me home, but I still went back here." He chuckled again.
Sango noticed that Miroku was already wearing a black shirt with a windbreaker on top and his favorite khaki shorts. "You mean you came here just to wait for me?"
"Well, you could put it that way... But I just dropped by the mall to buy something..." He scratched his head, grinning stupidly. "I'm stupid, right?"
Though the thought of going home from school, dropping by the mall that was closer to their houses than their school AND going back to school seemed idiotic, to her it felt really sweet. So sweet...
"You're such a fool!" She slapped him. "Has it ever crossed your mind that you might get sick? And you walked all the way here from the mall without even knowing for sure if I was still here?"
Miroku shamefully bowed his head. "Sorry, Sango-chan..." He just wanted to fetch her! That was all! To him, not waiting for her was something he'd terribly miss.
He was taken out of stupor when a pair of arms encircled him.
"Baka, baka Miroku!" She said. "You ARE my best friend..." She smiled up at him as she fixed the umbrella above them. "C'mon, let's go home. I'll tell Aunt Kasumi that you're in our house..."
The rain continued to pour down.
*******
"So what did you buy in the mall?" She asked as she plopped down on her soft, big bed with light blue comforter and bed sheets. "Can I look at it?" She reached into his pocket but Miroku evaded.
"Nope... It's a secret." He smiled from the other end of the bed.
"Oooh, Eiri Miroku has a secret! And he's not telling his best friend... How great." She said mockingly.
"Sango-chan..."
"Maybe you should go to Inuyasha's room. That's where you go when I'm not here anyway. And as of now, I'm going to go somewhere where the person dear to me TRUSTS me whole-heartedly..." She stood up, slipped into her slippers and walked towards the door.
"Sango-chan... You'll know... I'll tell you... But not now." Miroku whined.
"What's the difference between you showing or telling it to me now and you showing or telling me later?"
Miroku sighed. He should have known that in the battle of reasoning, she'd always have the upper hand. "Fine!" He huffed.
Sango sat down beside him again and glomped at him. "Yeeeeeesssss!"
"I was actually... planning..." He trailed off.
"Planning...?"
"Un. Planning... Planning to give this... to you... after graduation." He finished as he fished out a box from his pocket.
"To me?" Sango pointed at herself.
"Yup, San-go-chan." He nodded as he handed her the rectangular box.
Sango pried the box open and it revealed two identical sliver chain bracelets, one engraved with the name 'Miroku' and the other 'Sango.' "Miro- chan.... Whoa..." She stared at him. "For... me?"
"Of course!" He grabbed the bracelet with the name 'Miroku' and put it on her, while she put the other one on him. "There!"
Sango stared at the newest gift she had. "It's pretty!" She exclaimed.
"That was supposed to be my graduation gift to you, but you wanted to see it... Bet you can't wait..." He chuckled as he fiddled with his own bracelet, with her name on it. "You like it?"
"Un!" Sango hugged him. "Thank you... Thank you... That's very much..."
*******
...tsuzuku...
Author's Rant:
Well, that's the uneventful chapter one. I tried my best to give the two a very deeply running relationship that will not breach the boundaries of platonic and romantic. Hope it didn't become too mushy.
Hell, I know it was mushy! I was just trying to convince myself that it wasn't! ^_^;
Please tell me what you all think about this installment. I know that errors are unavoidable, but I tried my best to not commit mistakes. Gomen nasai if there were errors [which I highly believe have occurred].
Ah, before I forget, the translation of the song I used [which I properly disclaimed by naming the artist who sang it is this:
The rain calls people and makes them disappear-- A magician stronger than anyone... The two of us had merely been fooling each other And didn't everything start in the rain?
~It's Gonna Rain, Bonnie Pink~
Taken from the Rurouni Kenshin Soundtrack (5th Ending Theme)
I know ff.net will screw this up, so the next installation will be in html format. Though that will be a tough one, because I already had four chapters in word document...
Ja, mata ne!
~Shohoku no Miko~
Hello people! I'm back with another fic that might for some odd reason; change your perspective of Sango and Miroku. I just hope that the same support that readers gave my other fic, 'Teach Me How to Love' can also be given to this, or much more.
This fic is actually inspired by Tackey and Tsubasa's "Sayonara wa Ashita no Tame Ni" and Hamasaki Ayumi's "Dearest" and "No More Words." The Inuyasha Soundtrack I downloaded was useful, inspiring and to some extent, became my meditation music [the WIND Soundtrack, I mean].
Wow. As in WOW. I never expected to see so much reviews after I went away for a while! You see I was kind of pissed off when I went in an outing with my classmates for the last time before we part ways, and my mom just didn't want me to bring my PDA! The HORROR!!! Even if I knew all along that I would be the one to do all the mommy work for my high school classmates (they just went swimming and swimming while I was cooking and cooking and washing the dishes! . Phooey!) I still wanted to bring my PDA! But now that I saw this much positive feedback from all of you people, I'd say the wait was worth it!
Justine – Yes, the violin is an EVIL thing... And I LOVE being evil... ^_~ Here's Chapter one!
Aamalie – Thank you for reviewing! I was under the impression that you only give reviews to the fics that please you, and well, it was really flattering that I was given a review by no less than you! And yes, I am taking your advice of not using the Jap words; it is kind of tiring anyway... Also, I was trying to portray Sango-chan here as a complete genius. And with their family being really rich, you do get the picture, right? And with Inu and Miroku being friends even at the age gap, I thought I didn't need to give too much attention on their families being friends... So there. And here's my update.
Katani Masaya: Whoa, slow down on that muse of yours... ^-^ Thank you for reviewing!!! And don't be like me, I left my other fic for one and a half year without even updating and then suddenly REVIVNG it... I'm bad... And EVIL... Thanks again!
me – Thanks! And I do hope you like this one (though I highly doubt that)
Kumiko Mishitate – Thank you very much! Here's the next chapter for you!
Inuyasha1991 *aka Ray* - Well, I do want to update as soon and as frequent as possible, but sadly, fixing my papers for my not-so-exciting-and- thrilling college life is taking much of my time, add my stamp-stamp-stamp- record-stamp-stamp-stamp-record summer job... Thank you!
unlike any other – What will happen with that "ONE DAY"? Mwahahaha. You have a sneak preview of what is about to happen in the future every chapter at the beginning. So probably before you reach the real timeline of the story, the puzzle is already whole... Thank you!
Moosey-pie – Different... yes, yes. That's exactly what I was aiming. Thank you for reviewing!
Queen of All Chipmunks – Thanks and yeah, I wasn't that smart at that young age... Come to think of it, I was never really smart to begin with! ^-~ CHIPMUNK MINIONS? NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
SMTogether – Really? I thought it was cute AND sweet. Hehehe, forgive me for that. Thank you for reviewing and I read one of your fics lately... I think I reviewed that fic too, but anyways, thanks again!
Waizu Yoru Ame Otome – VIOLINS are just great! And you're really fortunate to be able to play one, whilst I was only holding and playing that in my dreams...
Lisli – You like it? Glad you did. The prologue was something I did while sneaking at my summer job... and in the midst of writing "Teach Me How To Love" too... Thanks for the review!
Ochanoko – Cute? Yeah, thank you! Though I doubt this story would still be cute as it progresses...
misakichi1 – You find my other stories cute too? Wow. Thanks for that!
Inuyasha: Sengoku o Togi Zoushi © Takahashi Rumiko, Shogakukan, YOMIURI TV Sunrise 2000. Territories apply.
And yes, this is AU. Do take note that they are still in their elementary days. You might be confused.
Chapter Rating: PG
Anata no Tame Ni By Shohoku no Miko
Chapter One:
Of Sango: Rainy Beginnings
Ame wa hito wo yondari keshitari Dare yori mo tegowai majishan ne Futari wa itsumo damasarete bakari Subete wa ame de hajimarun deshou...
~ It's Gonna Rain, Bonnie Pink ~
()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
She lay down on the white sheets, trying her best to relax. Her hair fanned out on the pillow to the sides of her head, brown locks straight, exactly the opposite of her instincts of curling up and running away before it even started all over again.
She could hear his voice, telling her everything will be fine as long as she didn't repulse or move too much, that the pain would be gone at once.
And she knew that, without her being told.
This wasn't her first time.
()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
Standing against the school gates, Miroku sighed. This time, Sango IS really late. It's almost five, and she was supposed to be out at four!
Sometimes, he can't help but envy her. The most intelligent girl in school, president of the Grade School Student Council, popular because of her skills in music, and he had to admit, she's pretty, inside and out. Though there were always two loopholes...
... She was never on time. And she was a total klutz.
Fast footsteps running towards him echoed through the now empty school grounds as Sango ran towards the lone figure standing at the gate.
"MIROKU!!! GOMEN NE!!!" She attempted to stop running, but abruptly stopped when she bumped into a waiting Miroku.
"Hey." Miroku smiled as he steadied her.
"I'm really, really, REALLY sorry, Miroku! Mr. Matsumoto wouldn't want me to adjourn the meeting at four since we weren't finish yet!" Sango bowed in apology.
"Aww, that's okay!" He slung his backpack on his right shoulder and ran his fingers through his bangs. "I'm used to it. Well, let's go!" He smiled genkily. [a/n: Forgive me, Aamalie, I just can't help using this word... I find it cute! (though grammatically incorrect)]
Sango raised her head. "Where are we going?" She could tell Miroku was smiling EXTRA genkily. And when he does that, there's something definitely up. [a/n: again, Aamalie...]
"Ha? Home, of course. I'm walking you home, like I always do." He pulled her out of the school and onto the sidewalk. "Unless you want to visit the newly-opened mall five blocks from here, since I was eyeing a very nice chain in one of the stores..." He mumbled the last part of his sentence.
"You want to go to the mall? And we're going to buy a chain?"
"Huh?" Miroku looked at her. "N-no! I was just kidding!"
Sango stopped him from walking. "Okay, what do you want to do," She asked firmly. "Go to the mall? Buy ice cream? Play video games?"
"Well actually... I would like to do those, but... I'd rather we go home instead. Aunt O-ren might get angry at me for not bringing you home at once." He retorted.
Sango looked closely at Miroku, who was smiling broadly. "Ooookay... If you say so... Let's go! I'm going to tell your mom that you'll stay for dinner, then we could do schoolwork together." She grabbed his hand and turned on the corner.
*******
"Sango-chan!!! Hurry up! I don't want to be late!!!" Miroku tapped his foot impatiently on the floor while sitting at the edge of her bed.
"I'm trying, I'm trying!!!" She answered back, voice muffled by the blouse of her school uniform that she struggled to fix.
"Tsk." Miroku stood up and helped her wear her clothes and fix her tie while she struggled with her hair.
"Sango! You bring Kohaku to school okay?" Inuyasha burst through the door and pushed Kohaku in the room. Noticing Miroku, he smirked. "Hey man, you take care of the klutz and the brat. I'm off."
Miroku glanced up at him from fixing Sango's tie and smiled back. "Sure thing, Inuyasha."
"I'm no klutz!"
"I'm no brat!"
"Yeah, whatever." Inuyasha closed the door just in time Kohaku's bag went flying towards him.
"Kay, done!" Sango half-shouted.
Miroku looked at her again and almost fell over.
Sango's hair was combed and left down, and a pair of black diamond earrings replaced the usual fancy purple stud she wore. Her bangs were left unclipped unlike what she always did to hide the irritating strands of hair, and her smile was bright and sunny, giving her face a youthful, noticeably bright glow.
"I'm done already!!!" Sango shouted in his ear.
"Huh? Yeah, right. Let's go..." He suddenly felt embarrassed for staring at her. Sango's gentle hand caught his while the other grabbed her backpack and pulled him towards the door.
All the while, Kohaku watched them.
*******
Sango sat beside the window of the Student Council Office, waiting for her other co-workers to arrive. She could go home anytime now, since she told her best friend to not wait for her anymore. It was kind of embarrassing, since Miroku always waited for her every time she had a meeting to attend to. But now, she just made him go home earlier. She didn't want him to stay at school later than he should have.
Though she didn't know if she was right, but for a moment there while talking to Miroku, she saw him hesitate.
No, she wasn't telling him away. She just wanted him to go home early for once.
So here she was looking out where she saw the only few students walk out of the school. Her adviser, Mr. Matsumoto, entered the room.
"Takarai, early today?" He teased.
Sango smiled sheepishly. "For a change, sir..."
"Ah, nice change. But unfortunately, I cancelled our meeting today. I have a faculty meeting to attend to." The teacher grabbed some folders above the table.
"Eh?" How could it slip her mind? Tuesdays were for faculty meetings, and as the student body head, SHE of all people should know...
So maybe that's why Miroku was hesitant to leave.
She stood up and grabbed her backpack. "Ah, it totally slipped my mind, sir. Sorry."
"No need, Takarai. But please do go home now. It's almost dark, and I know Eiri is waiting for you outside." Her teacher smiled.
Sango shook her head. "No, sir. I told him to go ahead without me."
"Oh... Lovers' quarrel, I presume."
"Pardon me, sir?"
Matsumoto-sensei smiled knowingly. "Lovers' quarrel, Takarai. Don't you think everyone already knows that you two are together?"
For some unknown reason, she felt her cheeks heat. "I-it's not like that, sensei! W-w-we're not... We're just..."
"Friends?"
"Y-Y-yes... Best of friends..." She answered. Yes, they were friends. The BEST of friends. Nothing more, nothing less.
But somehow, in the farthest corner of her heart, she felt a sting.
"Ah, I see..."
"See you tomorrow then, Mr. Matsumoto." She bowed and ran down the flight of stairs. For some odd reason, she was hoping that Miroku still waited for her. She still wanted to see him smile at her warmly despite her lateness, sling his backpack on his right shoulder, run his hand through his bangs and pull her out of the school gates and onto the sidewalk.
Yes, that was their daily routine. After the school bell rings, they'd go to their lockers together, fix their things, give last minute reminders, he'd tell her that he'd be at the school gates waiting, and they'd go separate ways. She'd go to her meeting and he'd stay there, rain or shine.
And as if on cue, rain fell down from the heavens, soaking the world. Oh well, at least she left her umbrella in her locker...
She froze. What if he was still there, waiting for her? Miroku never brought an umbrella with him...
Running as fast as she could, she went to her locker, changed her shoes, grabbed the umbrella and slammed the locker door shut as she ran towards the gate.
'Oooh, Miroku... Please be at home, please be at home...' She mentally chanted. She found the thought of him not being there disappointing, but she'd rather be disappointed than be worried that he was soaked in the rain.
She forced herself to stop at the school gates, but being the klutz she was, she felt her left foot foolishly slide forward, and she lost her balance.
She was surprised to see a hand grab her flailing arm and steady her and another caught her umbrella.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk."
She looked up at her savior and she saw lavender eyes staring at her. "Miroku!" She squeaked.
"Clumsy as ever. I do believe your Inuyasha-nii now." He chuckled.
"Baka." She grabbed her umbrella from him and pulled him closer to the umbrella's shelter. "I knew you had no umbrella that's why I ran. I don't want my best friend to get sick."
"Aww, sweet. But that didn't keep you from shooing me earlier."
"I only wanted you to go home. You must be tired after all." She retorted.
"Well you were successful when you sent me home, but I still went back here." He chuckled again.
Sango noticed that Miroku was already wearing a black shirt with a windbreaker on top and his favorite khaki shorts. "You mean you came here just to wait for me?"
"Well, you could put it that way... But I just dropped by the mall to buy something..." He scratched his head, grinning stupidly. "I'm stupid, right?"
Though the thought of going home from school, dropping by the mall that was closer to their houses than their school AND going back to school seemed idiotic, to her it felt really sweet. So sweet...
"You're such a fool!" She slapped him. "Has it ever crossed your mind that you might get sick? And you walked all the way here from the mall without even knowing for sure if I was still here?"
Miroku shamefully bowed his head. "Sorry, Sango-chan..." He just wanted to fetch her! That was all! To him, not waiting for her was something he'd terribly miss.
He was taken out of stupor when a pair of arms encircled him.
"Baka, baka Miroku!" She said. "You ARE my best friend..." She smiled up at him as she fixed the umbrella above them. "C'mon, let's go home. I'll tell Aunt Kasumi that you're in our house..."
The rain continued to pour down.
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"So what did you buy in the mall?" She asked as she plopped down on her soft, big bed with light blue comforter and bed sheets. "Can I look at it?" She reached into his pocket but Miroku evaded.
"Nope... It's a secret." He smiled from the other end of the bed.
"Oooh, Eiri Miroku has a secret! And he's not telling his best friend... How great." She said mockingly.
"Sango-chan..."
"Maybe you should go to Inuyasha's room. That's where you go when I'm not here anyway. And as of now, I'm going to go somewhere where the person dear to me TRUSTS me whole-heartedly..." She stood up, slipped into her slippers and walked towards the door.
"Sango-chan... You'll know... I'll tell you... But not now." Miroku whined.
"What's the difference between you showing or telling it to me now and you showing or telling me later?"
Miroku sighed. He should have known that in the battle of reasoning, she'd always have the upper hand. "Fine!" He huffed.
Sango sat down beside him again and glomped at him. "Yeeeeeesssss!"
"I was actually... planning..." He trailed off.
"Planning...?"
"Un. Planning... Planning to give this... to you... after graduation." He finished as he fished out a box from his pocket.
"To me?" Sango pointed at herself.
"Yup, San-go-chan." He nodded as he handed her the rectangular box.
Sango pried the box open and it revealed two identical sliver chain bracelets, one engraved with the name 'Miroku' and the other 'Sango.' "Miro- chan.... Whoa..." She stared at him. "For... me?"
"Of course!" He grabbed the bracelet with the name 'Miroku' and put it on her, while she put the other one on him. "There!"
Sango stared at the newest gift she had. "It's pretty!" She exclaimed.
"That was supposed to be my graduation gift to you, but you wanted to see it... Bet you can't wait..." He chuckled as he fiddled with his own bracelet, with her name on it. "You like it?"
"Un!" Sango hugged him. "Thank you... Thank you... That's very much..."
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...tsuzuku...
Author's Rant:
Well, that's the uneventful chapter one. I tried my best to give the two a very deeply running relationship that will not breach the boundaries of platonic and romantic. Hope it didn't become too mushy.
Hell, I know it was mushy! I was just trying to convince myself that it wasn't! ^_^;
Please tell me what you all think about this installment. I know that errors are unavoidable, but I tried my best to not commit mistakes. Gomen nasai if there were errors [which I highly believe have occurred].
Ah, before I forget, the translation of the song I used [which I properly disclaimed by naming the artist who sang it is this:
The rain calls people and makes them disappear-- A magician stronger than anyone... The two of us had merely been fooling each other And didn't everything start in the rain?
~It's Gonna Rain, Bonnie Pink~
Taken from the Rurouni Kenshin Soundtrack (5th Ending Theme)
I know ff.net will screw this up, so the next installation will be in html format. Though that will be a tough one, because I already had four chapters in word document...
Ja, mata ne!
~Shohoku no Miko~