Perfect

Both Kagome and Sango woke up early Saturday morning. Sango made breakfast still trying to figure out how to make up with Miroku. She hated it when someone was angry with her. Sango's father entered the room with his newspaper and sat down at the table. "Smell's delicious". He said Sango smiled. She took the frying pan off the stove and dished the eggs and bacon on to the three plates on the table. "Kohaku"! Sango called "Breakfast's ready!" She put the pan in the sink and sat down in front of her plate. Kohaku entered the kitchen sleepily and sat next two her.

Breakfast was quite until their father spoke. "Taste's wonderful Sango." he said "You're cooking's getting as good as your mother's." Sango blushed. "Not that good." She said Sango hadn't eaten much; she was stirring around the eggs on her plate when her father noticed. "What's wrong?" he asked. Sango looked up. "Nothing, it's just that I'm kind of in an argument with a friend." Just then the phone rang. Sango picked it up. "Hello?" she said "Oh, Miroku, it you." "Hey." He said "Look, I was mad at you but, I think I was kind of harsh on you so I guess I'm, sorry." "No. "she replied. "I'm the one who should be sorry, and I am." "Do you still want to do something?" he asked. Sango thought for a moment. "Sure." Sango answered "Where should I meet you?" "Open you front door." He said. Confused Sango walked into the hallway and opened the door. Miroku stood there holding his cell phone. "Hey."

Sango was embarrassed. All she was wearing was an old t-shirt and a pair of jeans. "Let's go." He said grabbing her hand. "oh no, I'm not ready." Sango said trying to pull away. "You look fine Sango." Miroku said smiling. Sango blushed slightly. "Let me go tell my father I'm leaving." She said walking to the kitchen. "I'm going with Miroku for a while." Sango said poking her head into the kitchen. "Wait." her father said "What about breakfast?" "I'm not hungry." Sango replied "You haven't done the dishes yet." "I'll do the dishes father." said Kohaku. Sango smiled. "Thank you so much Kohaku." Sango slipped on her shoes and grabbed her sweater on the way out the door. "Let's go."

Kagome was nervous as she rang InuYasha's doorbell. She waited about a minute then rang the bell again. This time a tall boy opened the door. He towered over Kagome and made her nervous. He had long silver hair like InuYasha, strange markings on his face, and wore an expressionless face. "Um... is InuYasha here?" Kagome said quietly. The boy stayed standing where he was and said nothing. Kagome thought about repeating herself when she heard InuYasha's voice. "Out of the way Sesshomaru." InuYasha squeezed past his brother and faced Kagome. "What do you want?" he said. Sesshomaru turned and went back into the living room and sat down on the couch.

"Hi InuYasha." Kagome said sweetly. "I think we got off on the wrong foot so I was wondering if you'd like to come over to my place and study for the big test coming up." InuYasha was extremely confused. One minute she hated his guts, the next she was asking him over. He didn't want to go, but he also didn't want to spend his Saturday at home with Sesshomaru. InuYasha looked at Kagome and her fake smile then looked back to the living room where his brother was sitting. He took a deep breath then spoke. "Fine I'll come." InuYasha unenthusiastically.

"Here we are." said Miroku pulling into a parking stall. "The aquarium!" said Sango excitedly. "I used to come here all the time when I was little." "I've got a friend who works here." Miroku said. "He works with the sharks and say's he'll let us swim in the tank with them, isn't it great Sango!" "Sango stared at him with extremely large eyes. Miroku started laughing. "Calm down." He said "It was a joke. My friend works with penguins; he's gonna let us back with the penguins." Sango was relieved. "That wasn't funny." She said "But I love penguins."

A tall young man stood at the entrance to the penguin exhibit; obviously Miroku's friend. Miroku waved to him. "Hey Shoun." The boy Shoun waved back. "Ready to meet some birds?" he said looking at Sango. She smiled. "Of course." To the side of the entrance there was a door labeled 'Employee's only' which they entered. "Are you sure this is alright?" Sango asked. Shoun replied "Exhibit's closed today, nobody's gonna see you so don't worry." Sango was now a little nervous. "Put these on." said Shoun handing both Sango and Miroku a heavy winter coat. "It's real cold in there." He picked up a large bucket of fish and opened a heavy door. All three then entered the enclosure.

Shoun picked a fish out of the bucket and swung it over his head. Immediately about twenty or more penguins came waddling toward them. "Want to feed them?" he asked handing Sango a fish, and then one to Miroku. Shoun demonstrated by squatting down and hold the fish in front of him. Immediately a penguin snatched it out of his hand. "While their eating it you can pet them, just not too much." Sango held out her fish and it was soon taken. She reached out and stroked the bird's smooth feathers; Miroku did the same. Sango looked at Miroku and smiled he smiled back.

When they had finished the bucket of fish Shoun led them back out. All three were practically frozen after thirty minutes. "Thank you so much Shoun." Sango said. Shoun looked at her. "That's not even the best part." He said. He led them farther down the hallway and into a small room. "This." he said picking up a ball of fluffy feathers. "This is Kari." He held out a small penguin. "awwwww." Sango exclaimed "Can I hold it?" "Be my guest." Shoun replied handing the baby over to Sango. "What is it doing back here?" she asked. "She's an orphan." Shoun explained "I have feed her every few hours, she's a real pain." He said jokingly. "This is wonderful." said Sango cuddling the baby chick.

"I'm home." Kagome announced entering the house. Kagome's mother came out of the kitchen. "Kagome where have you been?" she asked "Oh, who's your new friend?" "This is my History partner InuYasha; he's here to study with me." "Well, InuYasha." her mother said "I'm Mrs. Higurashi, it's very nice to meet you." she said shaking his hand. Just then Mrs. Higurashi noticed InuYasha's ears. "Oh! What adorable ears!" she exclaimed feeling them. "Mom!" said Kagome embarrassedly. Souta came out of the living room and saw his mother feeling InuYasha's ears. "Me next!" he said excitedly rushing toward the three of them. "No way Souta!" said Kagome. "C'mon InuYasha." she said taking InuYasha by the arm dragging him upstairs.

"I am so, so, sorry about that." Kagome said InuYasha looked at her face and could see she really was embarrassed. "It's ok I guess." He said. It really was bizarre how much she looked like Kikyo. About ten minute's after they had begun studying Mrs. Higurashi entered the room carrying a plate of homemade brownies and two glasses of milk. "I thought you two might like some snacks to help you study." She said sweetly. "Thanks mom." Said Kagome, still embarrassed by what her mother had done. "Yeah, thanks." Said InuYasha through a mouthful of brownie. "You're very welcome." Mrs. Higurashi said walking out of the room.

InuYasha and Kagome sat for a moment eating their snacks in silence. InuYasha looked at Kagome. "Why the sudden change of heart towards me?" he asked. Kagome thought for a moment. "Well...because I thought I was judging you too quickly." She said smiling. "Liar." said InuYasha "You're doing this for your grade." Kagome paused. "That too." she said uneasily. But I have been really hostile toward you from the beginning". "That's my fault." Said InuYasha "I was being judgmental towards you." "Why?" Kagome asked. "Because..." said InuYasha "Because you look just like someone I used to know." "You're girlfriend?" Kagome inquired. "Yeah. When we moved last Summer and I had to leave her behind. I'm still trying to let her go. Seeing you every day is a constant reminder of what I left behind." "Wow," said Kagome "You must really love her." "Yeah." InuYasha replied.

InuYasha and Kagome talked for so long they didn't notice the time going by. At 5:00 Mrs. Higurashi entered the room again. "InuYasha." she said "It's late, but you can stay for dinner if you'd like." InuYasha thought for a moment then answered. "Sure, I'll stay."

After leaving the penguin exhibit Sango and Miroku spent the rest of the day walking around the rest of the aquarium. Sango had been having such a good time she hadn't looked at her watch in hours. "5:30 already!" Sango said checking the time. "I better get home." "Miroku nodded and they went back to the car. Sango had had the time of her life that day. Miroku really wasn't like the other boys she had been with. He was thoughtful, funny, a little perverted but that's what made Miroku Miroku.

Sango's thoughts were suddenly interrupted when Miroku pulled into her driveway. "Well, home sweet home." he said Sango got out of the car and walked over to the drivers window. "Thank you so much for today, I had a wonderful time." Miroku smiled "I'm glad; I like to see you smile." Sango smiled and leaned into the car and kissed Miroku on the cheek. "goodnight." She said. On the way to the door Sango had an idea of how to thank Miroku for today. "Wait!" she said running down the driveway after Miroku who had begun backing out. "Miroku do you have any plans for tonight?" she asked Miroku thought for a minute. "Not really." He said "I'll probably go home eat some ramen and watch TV. Why?" "Well if you're not doing anything would you like to stay for dinner?" Miroku smiled. "Why not, sure, I'll stay."