Chapter Three-
I stood in front of the shrine steps. There had to be at least a hundred steps…if not more. Talk about a work out. But we were going to war. I had to remember that. I would need to be in shape. I tapped my foot against the grass. The priestess and the monk weren't here yet. That seemed strange seeing as Miroku wasn't there when I got up and I didn't see him when I bathed behind my rock. Not that I was looking for him of course.
Suddenly a girl, with long black hair and bright eyes, wearing a standard priestess outfit, approached me. She smiled at me as she got closer.
"Hello, my name's Kagome. And you are…" she held out her arm, waiting for me to shake it.
"Santo" I answered, taking her hand in mine. "nice to meet you now all we need is the monk and we're ready to…"
"Hey Santo who's the pretty lady your talking to?" a voice interrupted my sentence.
"And here he is…" I murmured.
Suddenly it happened. Something that could have blown my cover. Miroku ran up to Kagome, taking her hand in his, and looking her straight in the eyes. He opened his mouth to speak and I stared awaiting the words he might say.
"Young priestess will you bear my children?" Miroku asked.
Jealousy. That's what I felt. A man I had only known for a few days. More like one and a half. I wanted to yell at him. Ask him if that was him who had only yesterday called me pretty.
No…not me Sango…
Wait what am I saying!? I am Sango. And I'm engaged.
No…not to that scum…
"You pervert!"
My thoughts were interrupted as Kagome smacked Miroku senseless. She had her hands protectively over her butt. I rose my eyebrows. And she answered my silent question.
"HE GRABBED IT!" she shrieked.
I glared towards the monk and he just smirked, giving the priestess a innocent smile. She was glaring at him too though and didn't look ready to put up with his excuses. He sighed and began walking closer to the steps.
"Well, I say we put this incident behind us and continue our mission." Miroku preached taking his first step up the stairs.
"We didn't even start so how can we continue." I reasoned following closely behind him. He just ignored me and soon all three of us had started up the steps.
About five steps up and we were attacked. Well…actually first the 'demon' introduced himself then kind of attacked, if you could even call it that. His name was Shippo. He appeared to us in a pink blob, but then after running to the bushes, he shifted to a new shape.
He shifted into me.
The real me…
I stared and he winked at me knowingly. How could he…? How would he know? I stepped back a bit before the monk opened his lecherous mouth to speak.
"Hey aren't you that Kiro guys fiancé?" Miroku asked.
I shook my head and pushed Miroku to the side. I glared darkly at the demon and turned to the others to speak.
"That's not what it seems. It's Shippo." I explained.
"Oh…how did he know who she was though?" Miroku asked.
I didn't answer and ran towards it to attack. It however dodged and threw me into the bushes it followed shortly. By the time I was able to stand up, he stood up too. This time he was me again but the guy me.
"Oh crap…" Miroku mumbled, lifting his staff. "Which one of you is the real Santo?"
"I am" we both said at once. We glanced swiftly at each other. "No your not I am"
"This cannot be good…" Kagome frowned steadying her bow and arrow and aiming between the two of us. "Okay…how can we be sure which one is which? Miroku has Santo ever told you anything that maybe we could use to help us?"
"Er…" Miroku thought alowd. "I have no idea. But I don't remember him having a bushy tail."
"That works…" Kagome smiled, shooting the arrow towards the me with a tail. She fired and it hit the shape shifter in the arm.
It wailed and transformed into a kitsune. I'm guessing it's original form. Those foxes were always tricky. I glared at it, tempted it to give it a quick kick but I backed away taking notice on how cute it was. But I didn't let my thoughts out, fearing it would be to girlish. Instead Kagome rushed forward.
"Ohmigosh! You are so adorable. I'm so sorry. Are you alright? Can you stand up? Ohh…you poor baby." Kagome cooed, picking Shippo up and rocking him back and forth in his arms.
The kitsune just smiled. "I am now in your debt Lady Kagome."
I rolled my eyes. "These are our trials? I thought they would be just a little bit harder. I mean that would have been good if you hadn't showed your tail a bit too early. I mean please…we are supposed to be the best of the best aren't we?"
"Huh…tests? What test?" Shippo asked, raising his eyebrow. "I just stumbled out of the bushes and thought you guys were going to attack me…"
Miroku started laughing and I buried my head in my hands. We were wasting time. I wanted to see my father.
"Let's move on." I ordered, continuing up the steps until a new demon confronted us. This time it was a bit more convincing. This time it was a pack of wolves. Led by what seemed to be half wolf half human. But looks can be deceiving and he was full demon.
"Go Eat." he ordered simply to his little minions.
Now this is more like it. I readied my boomerang and swung it viciously at the wolves. Just knocking them to the side, not killing them. Kagome stood back and kind of watched, while the leader swooped down and grabbed her and Shippo.
Miroku seemed to quicken his pace suddenly, making me also start to feel jealous again. Why couldn't the girl just protect herself. Swinging my boomerang, to knock a few more wolves and try to get to the leader.
"PUT ME DOWN!" Kagome screeched.
"No…your beauty has captivated me…and I"
"YOUR WORSE THEN MIROKU PUT ME DOWN!" Kagome repeated, kicking the wolf demon and falling down to the ground. By then she had already whipped out her bow and arrow and aimed it right for his throat.
"You will retreat from this battle now. Or you will die." Kagome growled. "I think your life is more important than this battle. At least to you and your little mutts it is."
The wolf gulped. "Fine…back off boys."
The wolves that had jumped on me ready to attack and the ones the had surrounded Miroku, backed off instantly and returned to there leader. Kagome lowered her bow but still kept it ready incase he made a move. Instead he reached out his arm, hoping for her to shake it. She didn't so he just introduced himself anyway.
"Koga, nice to meet you." he smirked. "Well…I guess you can move on. Let me assure you that your next fiend won't be as easy. Though I would have gone harder on you if it was just you two guys."
Shippo glanced me a smile, and I glared and turned my head. How did that little runt know. Unless…
"You spied on me…" I growled under my breath.
"What?" Koga snapped.
Miroku and Kagome also gave me a confused glance but I ignored them all and glared at the kitsune.
"YOU STUPID LITTLE…" I started, making sure I remained my guy tone.
"Don't hurt me Miss…" he started then he giggled and finished at the look I gave him. "Ter…Mister…"
I rolled my eyes. "Whatever are we done here right?"
Kagome and Miroku exchanged glances then looked at the fox he just giggled and jumped off Kagome to follow me.
"I won't tell anyone." he promised quietly.
"Whatever…I just…"
Suddenly our next foe jumped from the bushes to block the entrance. We got closer and my mouth dropped open.
"Ki…Kirara…?"
Author's Note: Hmm...like it? Not many people are getting into this story but that's just too bad, I guess I'm going to continue writing it anyway...ack...So like it. I think it's turning out much longer than my other stories. Wee...
R&R PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my brain...which won't even give me enough imagination to create my own characters. Oh and don't you love Shippo, he may be annoying...but he peeped on Sango dressing too...he spends too much time with Miroku if you ask me...tee hee. Not that, that is a bad thing of course. I would love to spend more time with Miroku...
I stood in front of the shrine steps. There had to be at least a hundred steps…if not more. Talk about a work out. But we were going to war. I had to remember that. I would need to be in shape. I tapped my foot against the grass. The priestess and the monk weren't here yet. That seemed strange seeing as Miroku wasn't there when I got up and I didn't see him when I bathed behind my rock. Not that I was looking for him of course.
Suddenly a girl, with long black hair and bright eyes, wearing a standard priestess outfit, approached me. She smiled at me as she got closer.
"Hello, my name's Kagome. And you are…" she held out her arm, waiting for me to shake it.
"Santo" I answered, taking her hand in mine. "nice to meet you now all we need is the monk and we're ready to…"
"Hey Santo who's the pretty lady your talking to?" a voice interrupted my sentence.
"And here he is…" I murmured.
Suddenly it happened. Something that could have blown my cover. Miroku ran up to Kagome, taking her hand in his, and looking her straight in the eyes. He opened his mouth to speak and I stared awaiting the words he might say.
"Young priestess will you bear my children?" Miroku asked.
Jealousy. That's what I felt. A man I had only known for a few days. More like one and a half. I wanted to yell at him. Ask him if that was him who had only yesterday called me pretty.
No…not me Sango…
Wait what am I saying!? I am Sango. And I'm engaged.
No…not to that scum…
"You pervert!"
My thoughts were interrupted as Kagome smacked Miroku senseless. She had her hands protectively over her butt. I rose my eyebrows. And she answered my silent question.
"HE GRABBED IT!" she shrieked.
I glared towards the monk and he just smirked, giving the priestess a innocent smile. She was glaring at him too though and didn't look ready to put up with his excuses. He sighed and began walking closer to the steps.
"Well, I say we put this incident behind us and continue our mission." Miroku preached taking his first step up the stairs.
"We didn't even start so how can we continue." I reasoned following closely behind him. He just ignored me and soon all three of us had started up the steps.
About five steps up and we were attacked. Well…actually first the 'demon' introduced himself then kind of attacked, if you could even call it that. His name was Shippo. He appeared to us in a pink blob, but then after running to the bushes, he shifted to a new shape.
He shifted into me.
The real me…
I stared and he winked at me knowingly. How could he…? How would he know? I stepped back a bit before the monk opened his lecherous mouth to speak.
"Hey aren't you that Kiro guys fiancé?" Miroku asked.
I shook my head and pushed Miroku to the side. I glared darkly at the demon and turned to the others to speak.
"That's not what it seems. It's Shippo." I explained.
"Oh…how did he know who she was though?" Miroku asked.
I didn't answer and ran towards it to attack. It however dodged and threw me into the bushes it followed shortly. By the time I was able to stand up, he stood up too. This time he was me again but the guy me.
"Oh crap…" Miroku mumbled, lifting his staff. "Which one of you is the real Santo?"
"I am" we both said at once. We glanced swiftly at each other. "No your not I am"
"This cannot be good…" Kagome frowned steadying her bow and arrow and aiming between the two of us. "Okay…how can we be sure which one is which? Miroku has Santo ever told you anything that maybe we could use to help us?"
"Er…" Miroku thought alowd. "I have no idea. But I don't remember him having a bushy tail."
"That works…" Kagome smiled, shooting the arrow towards the me with a tail. She fired and it hit the shape shifter in the arm.
It wailed and transformed into a kitsune. I'm guessing it's original form. Those foxes were always tricky. I glared at it, tempted it to give it a quick kick but I backed away taking notice on how cute it was. But I didn't let my thoughts out, fearing it would be to girlish. Instead Kagome rushed forward.
"Ohmigosh! You are so adorable. I'm so sorry. Are you alright? Can you stand up? Ohh…you poor baby." Kagome cooed, picking Shippo up and rocking him back and forth in his arms.
The kitsune just smiled. "I am now in your debt Lady Kagome."
I rolled my eyes. "These are our trials? I thought they would be just a little bit harder. I mean that would have been good if you hadn't showed your tail a bit too early. I mean please…we are supposed to be the best of the best aren't we?"
"Huh…tests? What test?" Shippo asked, raising his eyebrow. "I just stumbled out of the bushes and thought you guys were going to attack me…"
Miroku started laughing and I buried my head in my hands. We were wasting time. I wanted to see my father.
"Let's move on." I ordered, continuing up the steps until a new demon confronted us. This time it was a bit more convincing. This time it was a pack of wolves. Led by what seemed to be half wolf half human. But looks can be deceiving and he was full demon.
"Go Eat." he ordered simply to his little minions.
Now this is more like it. I readied my boomerang and swung it viciously at the wolves. Just knocking them to the side, not killing them. Kagome stood back and kind of watched, while the leader swooped down and grabbed her and Shippo.
Miroku seemed to quicken his pace suddenly, making me also start to feel jealous again. Why couldn't the girl just protect herself. Swinging my boomerang, to knock a few more wolves and try to get to the leader.
"PUT ME DOWN!" Kagome screeched.
"No…your beauty has captivated me…and I"
"YOUR WORSE THEN MIROKU PUT ME DOWN!" Kagome repeated, kicking the wolf demon and falling down to the ground. By then she had already whipped out her bow and arrow and aimed it right for his throat.
"You will retreat from this battle now. Or you will die." Kagome growled. "I think your life is more important than this battle. At least to you and your little mutts it is."
The wolf gulped. "Fine…back off boys."
The wolves that had jumped on me ready to attack and the ones the had surrounded Miroku, backed off instantly and returned to there leader. Kagome lowered her bow but still kept it ready incase he made a move. Instead he reached out his arm, hoping for her to shake it. She didn't so he just introduced himself anyway.
"Koga, nice to meet you." he smirked. "Well…I guess you can move on. Let me assure you that your next fiend won't be as easy. Though I would have gone harder on you if it was just you two guys."
Shippo glanced me a smile, and I glared and turned my head. How did that little runt know. Unless…
"You spied on me…" I growled under my breath.
"What?" Koga snapped.
Miroku and Kagome also gave me a confused glance but I ignored them all and glared at the kitsune.
"YOU STUPID LITTLE…" I started, making sure I remained my guy tone.
"Don't hurt me Miss…" he started then he giggled and finished at the look I gave him. "Ter…Mister…"
I rolled my eyes. "Whatever are we done here right?"
Kagome and Miroku exchanged glances then looked at the fox he just giggled and jumped off Kagome to follow me.
"I won't tell anyone." he promised quietly.
"Whatever…I just…"
Suddenly our next foe jumped from the bushes to block the entrance. We got closer and my mouth dropped open.
"Ki…Kirara…?"
Author's Note: Hmm...like it? Not many people are getting into this story but that's just too bad, I guess I'm going to continue writing it anyway...ack...So like it. I think it's turning out much longer than my other stories. Wee...
R&R PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my brain...which won't even give me enough imagination to create my own characters. Oh and don't you love Shippo, he may be annoying...but he peeped on Sango dressing too...he spends too much time with Miroku if you ask me...tee hee. Not that, that is a bad thing of course. I would love to spend more time with Miroku...