Chapter 5: Is there light at the end of this tunnel?

Miroku was positively ill; his face was terribly pale and he clenched his fists in pain. But all Kagome, Inuyasha and Shippo saw was an unnaturally white Sango. Kagome understood and whispered, "Sango, would you like a pad or a tampon?"

Miroku frowned—not understanding—and answered, "Hold that thought!" He ran to Sango and asked urgently, "What the hell is a pad or a tampon?!" Sango quirked an eyebrow up in question and answered, "Kagome asked? Just say yes and I'll explain later, okay?"

Miroku rushed back to Kagome and said, "Oh...both please, Kagome-chan. I just, feel awful." He made his voice sound extra sweet and innocently in pain. "Houshi-sama has said he will escort me to Kaede for some medicinal herbs. Is that alright? I'm just suffering horribly from these cramps..."

Kagome nodded sympathetically. "Oh, I totally understand, and I forgot my ibuprofen! I'm sorry, yes, go right away!" Kagome hugged Miroku and whispered, "And have fun being alone with your Miroku..." Miroku smiled, "Don't worry I will."

Sango waited while he hesitantly extracted himself from Kagome's embrace. Sango was watching him, and he felt it. "Hee, hee, I...got stuck?" She glared and called to Kirara then jumped up when Kirara transformed. "I'm going, with or without you!" she retorted.

Miroku ran and jumped behind her—much to the surprise of the others—and wrapped his arms around Sango's waist. She blushed and Inuyasha and Kagome suddenly had to call into question their friends' strange behaviour. Shippo knew perfectly well what had happened because Kirara had told him; he found it very funny.

Unfortunately, his giggle attracted the suspicious attention of Inuyasha who whipped around with a smouldering gaze. "What is going on?" he growled menacingly. Shippo shrugged and tried to slowly back away.

Inuyasha's clawed hand reached out rapidly and seized poor Shippo by his little tail and turned him upside down. Kagome turned to face them when she heard Shippo's shrill shriek. Her eyes went wide and she shouted, "Osuwari!" Inuyasha's face made a delicious crunch when it hit the ground below; somehow though he managed to keep a tight hold on Shippo who was crushed beneath him.

Kagome gasped, "Oh no! Get off him you baka! Get off, get off! Oh Shippo-chan! Are you still alive?" Inuyasha grinned and let his full weight down whispering, "Tell me or I stay on you, kitsune brat." Shippo muffled reply was not lost upon the sensitive dog ears of Inuyasha.

"What?!" Inuyasha's cry rang in the ears of Kagome, Shippo, and the forest around them, it also attracted the unwanted attention of a youkai—(demon)—and drew it irresistibly to the shards they had. Inuyasha pulled himself off of Shippo and faced the giant eagle youkai in front of them.

"Hand over the shards, hanyou (half-breed)! I swear I shall spare your worthless life." Inuyasha looked down on the pathetically small eagle youkai and sighed. "There hasn't been a good fight for days!" he complained as he unmercifully squashed it.

Kagome leaned over and brushed his arm as she plucked the small shard from its twitching corpse. "Ugh! Did you have to do that? Couldn't you just—just...I don't know, spare it as it wanted to spare you?" Inuyasha's eyes narrowed familiarly and he glared ferociously. "Keh, you stupid bitch. Why the f would I want to do that?"

Kagome's eyes filed with tears and she responded angrily, "Because it's common courtesy."

Inuyasha flinched and blabbed, "Don't cry please don't cry!" Kagome snarled, "I'm not crying! Just leave me alone!" She started to walk away but Inuyasha grabbed her and said, "If you leave I'm not telling you what Shippo told me about Sango and the bouzu!"

Kagome stopped struggling and listened carefully to what Inuyasha told her. Kagome's mouth dropped open in disbelief. "Wait! That means...oh my god!" Her scream echoed just as Inuyasha's had. She paled and Inuyasha turned a dangerous red.

Meanwhile...

Miroku just didn't feel right trying to grope Sango's new body and he couldn't grope his own without falling off of Kirara. He cursed silently and rested his forehead on Sango's back. "Are we almost there?" he asked plaintively. She nodded and clung tighter to Kirara's soft fur.

Suddenly she remembered something. "Miroku, do you still have the—things Kagome gave you?" Miroku tilted his head, "Oh those, yeah, I guess I do. Why?" Sango grimaced, "We need to stop."

Alrighty ppl, that's the end of this chapter. Next one I suppose Sango'll have to teach Miroku how to use a pad or a tampon. Oh my god...the utter chaos. Thanks for the reviews: Aurora chan, Demon-Slayer13, Seproth (again, I love you buddy), Red the Dragon (again I say: thank you) J Ciao guys! Enjoy. lol.