A/N: Coming to you from my computer.... THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!! YAYY!!! Sorry I
was delayed. Firstly, mother person demanded that we clean out the dreaded
storage. I didn't help with that, actually. I was stuck in the kitchen and
laundry room cleaning because we have a horrible case of ANTS!!! Ants
should die a horrible painful death. Or they could just die. That would
make me just as happy. Well, anyway, after that, Bob left me, so I had no
muse. I think I ticked him off. Nobody's missing any vital body parts are
they? Haha. If you are, I had nothing to do with it. I swear. Anyway, a
thanks to my reviewers. You guys make my little world go round.
I-luv-inuyasha: Thank you!!! I'm glad you think it's good.
Neko-Yuff16: Don't worry. This is not an inu/san Kag/mir fic. I don't really like those pairings. They're just best friends. So no worries.
Quistis-the-lonely, chapter 2: Yayy!! I'm glad you like it! Thank you!!!
Quistis-the-lonely, chapter 3: Yayy again!! Thank you so much. Reviews like yours make me all warm and bubbly inside. Of course, that could just be the pizza I ate for dinner. ANYway, yeah. It is weird that they meet three times in one day. I can tell you that Inuyasha's not ecstatic about it. Yet. (Wait, what does she mean by that?) (I don't know) (HEY, YOU! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?) Ummm. Right. Done now. Thankies again.
Julie: Awww, thank you so very much!!! I feel loved. Well, my writing does. Actually, I'm feeling kinda neglected. My dog just walked out on me. (Tear) It's tragic. Anyway, here's your update.
Lexi: Yep! They're all in modern times. Sorry it's confusing. I hope things will start to clear up as the story progresses. Tell me if it doesn't, and I'll try to 'splain things. Thank you for reviewing!!
Valse: Thank you! I'm sorry I didn't update the day after tomorrow, or... the day before yesterday. I tried, but the evil mother person stopped me. Not really, but that seems like a good excuse, right?
All righty, I think that's it. Just so you guys no, my wonderful, stupendous sister is going to read over this before I post it so little grammar mistakes will be caught and executed. So, without further ado, on with the story!!!
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"Inuyasha, I have to go to the bathroom. You and Shippo go find us some seats."
"Whatever." He muttered, watching Sango walk away. When he turned back Shippo had wandered off, leaving him standing all alone in the entrance. Glaring angrily, he stalked into the restaurant, looking for the stupid runt. He finally spotted him chatting to some girl. Great, he'd been ditched so it could go flirt.
"Oy, runt. What do you think you're doing? Hurry up, I'm hungry." He called, crossing his arms over his chest. The woman Shippo had been talking to turned slowly and their eyes met, both incredulous.
"You!" she cried seconds before him. Three times in the same day. What were the chances? They stared at each other for a few more seconds before he stalked over to their table, glaring down at her.
"You owe me an apology." He said, bringing his face down close to hers. A throat being cleared brought his head up quickly, his gaze focusing on her friend. For a moment, he sped back in time to a hut in the middle of nowhere, and a monk sitting by a fire. "No way..." he muttered, staring into a pair of serene brown eyes. "Mikaro?"
"Close." The man said, glaring at him. "Miroku. Glad to meet you."
"Ah, shit. This is not happening. No way..." the man raised his right hand to push a strand of hair off his head and he froze yet again, staring at the prayer beads. So it was true then. Mikaro had been reincarnated.
'Sango...' Wait. Sango! Sango could not see him. Not yet anyway. And she was in the bathroom. Any minute she would walk out and see...
"You. Hide. Now."
"What?" the man looked confused. He supposed he should explain it to him, but there was no time....
"Please. Hide, quickly, before she sees.." the man just stared at him, so growling in frustration, he put his hand on his shoulder and pushed down as hard as he could.
"Oof!" Unfortunately, the chair broke, but Miroku was safely hidden.
"Oh, dear. Chairs these days. They don't make them like they used to." He quickly grabbed another one from the next table and shoved it into place where the one before it had been. The woman stared at him curiously, but he didn't have time to explain. Sango was walking towards them.
"Sango! Great to see you! I was just saying hi to a friend of mine over here. Done now, so lets eat."
"Hang on a sec." She glared at him suspiciously. "What are you trying to hide?" Damn. Perhaps he had spoken too quickly.
"Uh, n-nothing. Nothing at all. Whatever gave you that idea?" she stepped a bit closer to take a look at the wench.
"Inuyasha," she gasped, pointing a finger at her. "She looks just like-."
"Kikyo!" he interrupted, scratching the back of his head. "Darn, you found out. Well, better get go-."
"Just hold it one minute!" The wench lifted her finger and was about to point at the other chair. "What about Mi-."
"Lucky charms?" he said quickly, watching Sango frown again.
"Inuyasha..." her tone was warning.
"Just a minute Sango, me and Kikyo here have to go talk about her lucky charms. Why don't you and Shippo go find a seat and I'll be back in a few." Not waiting for an answer, he took the wenches arm and dragged her out of her seat and through the doors.
"My names not Kikyo!" she said as soon as the doors swung shut and he released her. "It's Kagome. And what was all that about? Why'd you shove Miroku under the table?"
"I had to," he walked around the corner of the building, followed closely by Kagome who obviously wanted answers. "Sango can't see him."
"What? Why?"
"None of your business." She obviously didn't like that answer. Stomping over to stand in front of him, she began shouting.
"Look, I don't know who you think you are, but you will not-." Before she could say anything else he spun around trapping her against the wall with a hand on either side of her face. Her breathing picked up, and he noticed then that she was scared. Why? He wasn't going to hurt her or anything. This close, he couldn't help but notice how dark her eyes were, or how kissable her lips were.... 'Stop that thought right there.'
"I wouldn't mess around with me if I were you, wench."
...
She'd forgotten about the phone call. The man had said that she was supposed to kill Inuyasha. And then the woman inside had called him.... She remembered this as he forced her against the wall, and she knew then that she was in dire trouble. She had to get away from this man and stay away from him, before...
It happened in slow motion. His looked up quickly before wrapping his arms around her waist and jerking her away from the wall, jumping as far as he could and landing on his back. The cinder block exploded right next to them as he continued rolling until he was on top, protecting her from the flying debris. He rolled out of the path of a second cinder block before jumping to his feet and racing down the street, eyes on the building.
"Shippo!" he cried, not turning around. "Come get Kagome!" She wondered vaguely how he thought the young man could hear him, but a few seconds later he was outside and helping her to her feet, eyes quickly surveying the damage. The woman from before was behind him, eyes narrowed in worry.
"What happened?" Shippo asked, pulling her out of the alley and towards into public.
"I-I don't know."
"Sango! Take her back to Kaede's. I'm going to stay here and wait for Inuyasha.
"Wait." She protested, as the woman started leading her to the car. "I don't know her. And Miroku..."
"Relax Kagome. Sango will take care of you. I'll be there as soon as Inuyasha gets back, and I'll take care of your friend. Don't worry. Everything will be okay."
She nodded before getting into the car with the woman she had just met. She supposed she was in shock, because she didn't even ask where they were going. The day just kept on getting worse and worse.
...
Miroku decided to stay under the table, even after Kagome left. It was nice, and he could eaves drop on the beautiful woman talking with Shippo.
"He's acting really weird." She muttered, shifting to her other foot.
"Yeah, I know. Wonder what he's up to."
"Who knows." His eyes landed on her ass and stayed as he grinned appreciatively.
"You don't think she's Kikyo, do you?" It was very firm and very round and very, very nice.
"No way. She's been dead for over three centuries now. That's impossible." Well, there was an interesting tid-bit. In fact, it distracted him from his contemplation of her ass for a moment. Just for a moment.
"Good point." Shippo suddenly jerked around, and then Miroku watched his legs run out of the restaurant, followed by nice-ass. Pity. That was kinda odd though. Perhaps he should follow them and see what was going on? He waited a few more seconds before climbing cautiously into one of the chairs. Kagome might be in trouble. Getting to his feet, he headed towards the door and froze as he almost walked into Shippo.
"Miroku!" he said, grabbing his elbow. "Listen, something's come up so Sango is taking Kagome to a friends house." The young man looked worry, and Miroku did not like the fact that Kagome was going somewhere with a complete stranger. Even if she did have a nice ass.
"What are you talking about? What happened? Where's Kagome going?"
"I don't know, but we'll find out when Inuyasha gets back." He nodded. He wasn't happy with the situation, but there wasn't anything he could do about it. Besides, he trusted Shippo. They'd known each other for a long while, and he'd been called to assist the kitsune several times. After all, demons couldn't do everything by themselves.
"Shippo," he lowered his voice, glancing around quickly. "Inuyasha's a demon, right?"
"Half." His friend nodded. The man in question suddenly stormed through the door, looking absolutely pissed.
"Where's the girl?" he gritted, hand clenching into an angry fist.
"At Kaede's. Why?"
"Come on. We're leaving. Without you." He pointed at Miroku who glared angrily.
"No. I'm coming too. And I want an explanation. What's going on here?"
"You're not coming and I'm not giving you crap."
"Inuyasha... Tell him what's going on. He knows about us, so it's okay." A look of surprise crossed the hanyou's face, before he looked turned back to Miroku, apparently sizing him up.
"Fine. Someone tried to crush us under cinder blocks. I saw the bastard in time, so I managed to get us out of the way. Then after calling to Shippo, I chased the guy and caught him. Any questions?"
"Yeah." Shippo said, but Miroku beat him to the hundred-dollar question.
"What'd he say?"
"He said that his orders were to kill me," he hesitated, then added in a growl. "And the girl.
...
A/N: What's this? Shippo knows Kagome and Miroku? And Miroku knows about demons? What the hell is going on? Well, I know. Do you wanna? Anyway, this chapter might be a bit rushed. I can't tell. I'll have my sister read it, and see what she thinks. If she hates it then I will throw myself off a two- foot cliff before rewriting it. If you guys hate it, then I'll go find a four-foot cliff and throw myself off that before I go mope and feel miserable for myself. Then I'll vow that I'll never write again, have Bob go on an angry killing spree, then post the net chapter when he gets back. Okay? Okay, I better go now before I say something that pisses Bob off again. Though, he looks happy now that I've mentioned killing spree and his name in the same sentence. (shudders) Creepy bastard.
Bob: (glowers, reaching behind back)
Just kidding Bob, I swear! Please don't hurt me! Better go! (runs screaming from the room)
Sister: So. The chapter's good enough. But when will we get to the Sango/Miroku action? When??? (Runs after Bob and Paranoia Central to tie her to the computer and torture her until she writes more.)
I-luv-inuyasha: Thank you!!! I'm glad you think it's good.
Neko-Yuff16: Don't worry. This is not an inu/san Kag/mir fic. I don't really like those pairings. They're just best friends. So no worries.
Quistis-the-lonely, chapter 2: Yayy!! I'm glad you like it! Thank you!!!
Quistis-the-lonely, chapter 3: Yayy again!! Thank you so much. Reviews like yours make me all warm and bubbly inside. Of course, that could just be the pizza I ate for dinner. ANYway, yeah. It is weird that they meet three times in one day. I can tell you that Inuyasha's not ecstatic about it. Yet. (Wait, what does she mean by that?) (I don't know) (HEY, YOU! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?) Ummm. Right. Done now. Thankies again.
Julie: Awww, thank you so very much!!! I feel loved. Well, my writing does. Actually, I'm feeling kinda neglected. My dog just walked out on me. (Tear) It's tragic. Anyway, here's your update.
Lexi: Yep! They're all in modern times. Sorry it's confusing. I hope things will start to clear up as the story progresses. Tell me if it doesn't, and I'll try to 'splain things. Thank you for reviewing!!
Valse: Thank you! I'm sorry I didn't update the day after tomorrow, or... the day before yesterday. I tried, but the evil mother person stopped me. Not really, but that seems like a good excuse, right?
All righty, I think that's it. Just so you guys no, my wonderful, stupendous sister is going to read over this before I post it so little grammar mistakes will be caught and executed. So, without further ado, on with the story!!!
...
"Inuyasha, I have to go to the bathroom. You and Shippo go find us some seats."
"Whatever." He muttered, watching Sango walk away. When he turned back Shippo had wandered off, leaving him standing all alone in the entrance. Glaring angrily, he stalked into the restaurant, looking for the stupid runt. He finally spotted him chatting to some girl. Great, he'd been ditched so it could go flirt.
"Oy, runt. What do you think you're doing? Hurry up, I'm hungry." He called, crossing his arms over his chest. The woman Shippo had been talking to turned slowly and their eyes met, both incredulous.
"You!" she cried seconds before him. Three times in the same day. What were the chances? They stared at each other for a few more seconds before he stalked over to their table, glaring down at her.
"You owe me an apology." He said, bringing his face down close to hers. A throat being cleared brought his head up quickly, his gaze focusing on her friend. For a moment, he sped back in time to a hut in the middle of nowhere, and a monk sitting by a fire. "No way..." he muttered, staring into a pair of serene brown eyes. "Mikaro?"
"Close." The man said, glaring at him. "Miroku. Glad to meet you."
"Ah, shit. This is not happening. No way..." the man raised his right hand to push a strand of hair off his head and he froze yet again, staring at the prayer beads. So it was true then. Mikaro had been reincarnated.
'Sango...' Wait. Sango! Sango could not see him. Not yet anyway. And she was in the bathroom. Any minute she would walk out and see...
"You. Hide. Now."
"What?" the man looked confused. He supposed he should explain it to him, but there was no time....
"Please. Hide, quickly, before she sees.." the man just stared at him, so growling in frustration, he put his hand on his shoulder and pushed down as hard as he could.
"Oof!" Unfortunately, the chair broke, but Miroku was safely hidden.
"Oh, dear. Chairs these days. They don't make them like they used to." He quickly grabbed another one from the next table and shoved it into place where the one before it had been. The woman stared at him curiously, but he didn't have time to explain. Sango was walking towards them.
"Sango! Great to see you! I was just saying hi to a friend of mine over here. Done now, so lets eat."
"Hang on a sec." She glared at him suspiciously. "What are you trying to hide?" Damn. Perhaps he had spoken too quickly.
"Uh, n-nothing. Nothing at all. Whatever gave you that idea?" she stepped a bit closer to take a look at the wench.
"Inuyasha," she gasped, pointing a finger at her. "She looks just like-."
"Kikyo!" he interrupted, scratching the back of his head. "Darn, you found out. Well, better get go-."
"Just hold it one minute!" The wench lifted her finger and was about to point at the other chair. "What about Mi-."
"Lucky charms?" he said quickly, watching Sango frown again.
"Inuyasha..." her tone was warning.
"Just a minute Sango, me and Kikyo here have to go talk about her lucky charms. Why don't you and Shippo go find a seat and I'll be back in a few." Not waiting for an answer, he took the wenches arm and dragged her out of her seat and through the doors.
"My names not Kikyo!" she said as soon as the doors swung shut and he released her. "It's Kagome. And what was all that about? Why'd you shove Miroku under the table?"
"I had to," he walked around the corner of the building, followed closely by Kagome who obviously wanted answers. "Sango can't see him."
"What? Why?"
"None of your business." She obviously didn't like that answer. Stomping over to stand in front of him, she began shouting.
"Look, I don't know who you think you are, but you will not-." Before she could say anything else he spun around trapping her against the wall with a hand on either side of her face. Her breathing picked up, and he noticed then that she was scared. Why? He wasn't going to hurt her or anything. This close, he couldn't help but notice how dark her eyes were, or how kissable her lips were.... 'Stop that thought right there.'
"I wouldn't mess around with me if I were you, wench."
...
She'd forgotten about the phone call. The man had said that she was supposed to kill Inuyasha. And then the woman inside had called him.... She remembered this as he forced her against the wall, and she knew then that she was in dire trouble. She had to get away from this man and stay away from him, before...
It happened in slow motion. His looked up quickly before wrapping his arms around her waist and jerking her away from the wall, jumping as far as he could and landing on his back. The cinder block exploded right next to them as he continued rolling until he was on top, protecting her from the flying debris. He rolled out of the path of a second cinder block before jumping to his feet and racing down the street, eyes on the building.
"Shippo!" he cried, not turning around. "Come get Kagome!" She wondered vaguely how he thought the young man could hear him, but a few seconds later he was outside and helping her to her feet, eyes quickly surveying the damage. The woman from before was behind him, eyes narrowed in worry.
"What happened?" Shippo asked, pulling her out of the alley and towards into public.
"I-I don't know."
"Sango! Take her back to Kaede's. I'm going to stay here and wait for Inuyasha.
"Wait." She protested, as the woman started leading her to the car. "I don't know her. And Miroku..."
"Relax Kagome. Sango will take care of you. I'll be there as soon as Inuyasha gets back, and I'll take care of your friend. Don't worry. Everything will be okay."
She nodded before getting into the car with the woman she had just met. She supposed she was in shock, because she didn't even ask where they were going. The day just kept on getting worse and worse.
...
Miroku decided to stay under the table, even after Kagome left. It was nice, and he could eaves drop on the beautiful woman talking with Shippo.
"He's acting really weird." She muttered, shifting to her other foot.
"Yeah, I know. Wonder what he's up to."
"Who knows." His eyes landed on her ass and stayed as he grinned appreciatively.
"You don't think she's Kikyo, do you?" It was very firm and very round and very, very nice.
"No way. She's been dead for over three centuries now. That's impossible." Well, there was an interesting tid-bit. In fact, it distracted him from his contemplation of her ass for a moment. Just for a moment.
"Good point." Shippo suddenly jerked around, and then Miroku watched his legs run out of the restaurant, followed by nice-ass. Pity. That was kinda odd though. Perhaps he should follow them and see what was going on? He waited a few more seconds before climbing cautiously into one of the chairs. Kagome might be in trouble. Getting to his feet, he headed towards the door and froze as he almost walked into Shippo.
"Miroku!" he said, grabbing his elbow. "Listen, something's come up so Sango is taking Kagome to a friends house." The young man looked worry, and Miroku did not like the fact that Kagome was going somewhere with a complete stranger. Even if she did have a nice ass.
"What are you talking about? What happened? Where's Kagome going?"
"I don't know, but we'll find out when Inuyasha gets back." He nodded. He wasn't happy with the situation, but there wasn't anything he could do about it. Besides, he trusted Shippo. They'd known each other for a long while, and he'd been called to assist the kitsune several times. After all, demons couldn't do everything by themselves.
"Shippo," he lowered his voice, glancing around quickly. "Inuyasha's a demon, right?"
"Half." His friend nodded. The man in question suddenly stormed through the door, looking absolutely pissed.
"Where's the girl?" he gritted, hand clenching into an angry fist.
"At Kaede's. Why?"
"Come on. We're leaving. Without you." He pointed at Miroku who glared angrily.
"No. I'm coming too. And I want an explanation. What's going on here?"
"You're not coming and I'm not giving you crap."
"Inuyasha... Tell him what's going on. He knows about us, so it's okay." A look of surprise crossed the hanyou's face, before he looked turned back to Miroku, apparently sizing him up.
"Fine. Someone tried to crush us under cinder blocks. I saw the bastard in time, so I managed to get us out of the way. Then after calling to Shippo, I chased the guy and caught him. Any questions?"
"Yeah." Shippo said, but Miroku beat him to the hundred-dollar question.
"What'd he say?"
"He said that his orders were to kill me," he hesitated, then added in a growl. "And the girl.
...
A/N: What's this? Shippo knows Kagome and Miroku? And Miroku knows about demons? What the hell is going on? Well, I know. Do you wanna? Anyway, this chapter might be a bit rushed. I can't tell. I'll have my sister read it, and see what she thinks. If she hates it then I will throw myself off a two- foot cliff before rewriting it. If you guys hate it, then I'll go find a four-foot cliff and throw myself off that before I go mope and feel miserable for myself. Then I'll vow that I'll never write again, have Bob go on an angry killing spree, then post the net chapter when he gets back. Okay? Okay, I better go now before I say something that pisses Bob off again. Though, he looks happy now that I've mentioned killing spree and his name in the same sentence. (shudders) Creepy bastard.
Bob: (glowers, reaching behind back)
Just kidding Bob, I swear! Please don't hurt me! Better go! (runs screaming from the room)
Sister: So. The chapter's good enough. But when will we get to the Sango/Miroku action? When??? (Runs after Bob and Paranoia Central to tie her to the computer and torture her until she writes more.)