~Chapter Three: To Lose Your Best Friend~
Sango neatly folded the blankets in routine once more, helping Miroku. Unfortunately, her friend had taken an interest in religion, becoming a sort of trainee monk that interfered with his duties at the castle. So Sango, being the good friend that she was, agreed to help him off and on with Kagome.
However, her best friend was supposed to do his work today, and she'd been nowhere in sight. Kaede had asked Sango to take up her work as well, and Sango had been completely overridden and exhausted.
It was the second time this week that Kagome hadn't come to be with her. Sure she'd explained all about her and the prince, but Sango had hoped she'd be able to keep her best friend for herself for a time. How much could a girl handle? Not only was Sango a servant in the castle, but also she was part of a team of exterminators. How was she to do all those things without help? This was only a part time thing that allowed her to stay with Kagome. But what happens when Kagome isn't there anymore?
"Are ye done, child?" Kaede's grandmother-like voice sounded behind her.
Sango faced her. "Almost... If Kagome does this again we're going to be in trouble. I don't see why the Prince is more important to her than her family..."
"Ah... I see. Ye did not expect to lose Kagome to a boy so soon." Kaede said knowingly.
Sango placed a surprise look on her face that Kaede didn't need to see. "I'm sorry, Kaede... Kagome's been with me almost all my life, and me with her. I just don't want her to forget that we love her, too."
"She might not yet, child. Prince Inuyasha is but a mere distraction for the moment. Kagome will come back when they figure out a way to have one another in their uncommon lifestyles." Kaede said.
"I just hate being here without her, and Miroku... Not that it's not nice to still have you, but I grew up with them. It's not the same." Sango said sadly.
"I know child, I know." Kaede said, putting a hand on Sango's shoulder.
~*~
"This is your favorite place?"
"Yes... I've always come here... even before it looked the this."
"What did it use to look like?"
"It was a little less beautiful then... It used to be just a tiny pond with few trees surrounding it. It's grown, though."
Kagome sat in the place the handprint was usually around, though Inuyasha knew by now she had always made it. Inuyasha watched her out of the corner of his eye, keeping close tabs on where she looked, the way she herself looked, and other small notices about her. The way her full lips moved when she talked, how her eyes sparkled at certain things she looked at or he said. And her figure was something he was sure he'd never tire of.
"I still would've come here, had it been like that." Kagome said, making a drawing in the soft sand with a small twig.
"I did... Have... Have you ever wondered about what your family was like?" Inuyasha asked suddenly, looking at his feet instead of her face.
"Sometimes... But I don't think about it much. I didn't know them, and now I have a family... if not biologically, loyally." Kagome said, smiling.
"Really? You consider Kaede your family?" Inuyasha asked, not being able to help being inquisitive.
"Yes... she's all I have. Well, not the only one. I have Miroku, that boy who came to get me yesterday, and Sango, another servant in the castle. We're a pretty dysfunctional family, but it works." Kagome said, laughing.
"Mine too, I guess." Inuyasha said, glad she wasn't mad at his questions.
"How is that Sesshoumaru is so cruel, and you're so nice?" Kagome asked.
"I wasn't always nice..." Inuyasha mumbled. "I used to be kicked out of the castle for days at a time because I was so violent... the... the demon part of me would take over for a long time and I couldn't control myself... I'd do dangerous things, hurt people, and even try to kill..." He stuttered over the words of his own past.
"Hanyous have problems with the demon in them? It must've been hard for you." Kagome said sincerely.
"Yes... Sesshoumaru would stop me most times, and he said that once I got him good, almost cutting his arm off..." Inuyasha paused and shuddered. "I didn't mean any of it, but I guess since then he's hated me. He might not be that mean underneath, but I know he wasn't when I was little."
"Prince Sesshoumaru? Nice? Please continue!" Kagome said, interested.
Inuyasha waited a moment to lie down in the sand, leaning on his elbow and picking at a leaf. "I would follow him around a lot... he always claimed he hated it, but I would anyway. But once I saw him and this girl together in the forest, and he got really mad at me. Told me to go away and never come back. Of course I did come back, and of course he beat me up." Inuyasha said, a quirky smile on his face.
Kagome really enjoyed the time she spent with him, the stories they told one another about their past. She knew she couldn't enjoy it for long, and for him it would only be a moment in his life. But no matter how many times her brain tried to tell her heart no, she couldn't stop herself from jumping off the cliff and falling in love.
~*~
Sango tossed herself into bed, her youkai pet Kirara coming to be petted. But Sango had no strength for that. She and Kaede had been reprimanded about the sudden comings and goings of Kagome and Miroku, and told that in order for them not be kicked out by order of the elder prince, the others couldn't leave without first telling someone where they went and even then, couldn't leave until the chores were done.
She wasn't just angry about it, however. She was raging, frothing mad. Kagome had not only left her with more work than she could handle, it was deserting her for the prince, and leaving her in the dust with no one but Kaede left. Miroku was understandable-- Sango had something she loved to do, and now he did, too. But Kagome's excuse was no excuse.
Before she could vent more punching to her pillow, the door opened and Miroku came in, chatting amiably with Kagome.
"There's been a new order." Sango said, muffling her voice in her pillow, now wishing she was alone again.
"What?" Miroku asked, sitting next to her.
"A new order. Now we can't leave until the chores are done and someone knows where we are." Sango added.
Kagome paled. "Why?"
"Because Kaede was put off her duties to help me with mine." Sango muttered grudgingly.
Kagome's face whitened even more at those words. "Oh Sango I'm so sorry! I had no idea!"
"But didn't you?! You are supposed to help me with Miroku's chores. I only have so much time, Kagome."
"Ladies, I'm sorry I--" Miroku started, but Sango held up her hand to stop him, standing up as she did so.
"Miroku, you've finally found something you love to do. I understand that. But Kagome's excuse isn't right." Sango said, and left the room in a hurry.
**** AN: I realize now that I made Inuyasha slightly ooc... sorry about that. I'm going to try and keep it as in character as I can, but this is a difficult fic, so stay with me, please. Leave a review with suggestions, flames, comments, ect.
Sango neatly folded the blankets in routine once more, helping Miroku. Unfortunately, her friend had taken an interest in religion, becoming a sort of trainee monk that interfered with his duties at the castle. So Sango, being the good friend that she was, agreed to help him off and on with Kagome.
However, her best friend was supposed to do his work today, and she'd been nowhere in sight. Kaede had asked Sango to take up her work as well, and Sango had been completely overridden and exhausted.
It was the second time this week that Kagome hadn't come to be with her. Sure she'd explained all about her and the prince, but Sango had hoped she'd be able to keep her best friend for herself for a time. How much could a girl handle? Not only was Sango a servant in the castle, but also she was part of a team of exterminators. How was she to do all those things without help? This was only a part time thing that allowed her to stay with Kagome. But what happens when Kagome isn't there anymore?
"Are ye done, child?" Kaede's grandmother-like voice sounded behind her.
Sango faced her. "Almost... If Kagome does this again we're going to be in trouble. I don't see why the Prince is more important to her than her family..."
"Ah... I see. Ye did not expect to lose Kagome to a boy so soon." Kaede said knowingly.
Sango placed a surprise look on her face that Kaede didn't need to see. "I'm sorry, Kaede... Kagome's been with me almost all my life, and me with her. I just don't want her to forget that we love her, too."
"She might not yet, child. Prince Inuyasha is but a mere distraction for the moment. Kagome will come back when they figure out a way to have one another in their uncommon lifestyles." Kaede said.
"I just hate being here without her, and Miroku... Not that it's not nice to still have you, but I grew up with them. It's not the same." Sango said sadly.
"I know child, I know." Kaede said, putting a hand on Sango's shoulder.
~*~
"This is your favorite place?"
"Yes... I've always come here... even before it looked the this."
"What did it use to look like?"
"It was a little less beautiful then... It used to be just a tiny pond with few trees surrounding it. It's grown, though."
Kagome sat in the place the handprint was usually around, though Inuyasha knew by now she had always made it. Inuyasha watched her out of the corner of his eye, keeping close tabs on where she looked, the way she herself looked, and other small notices about her. The way her full lips moved when she talked, how her eyes sparkled at certain things she looked at or he said. And her figure was something he was sure he'd never tire of.
"I still would've come here, had it been like that." Kagome said, making a drawing in the soft sand with a small twig.
"I did... Have... Have you ever wondered about what your family was like?" Inuyasha asked suddenly, looking at his feet instead of her face.
"Sometimes... But I don't think about it much. I didn't know them, and now I have a family... if not biologically, loyally." Kagome said, smiling.
"Really? You consider Kaede your family?" Inuyasha asked, not being able to help being inquisitive.
"Yes... she's all I have. Well, not the only one. I have Miroku, that boy who came to get me yesterday, and Sango, another servant in the castle. We're a pretty dysfunctional family, but it works." Kagome said, laughing.
"Mine too, I guess." Inuyasha said, glad she wasn't mad at his questions.
"How is that Sesshoumaru is so cruel, and you're so nice?" Kagome asked.
"I wasn't always nice..." Inuyasha mumbled. "I used to be kicked out of the castle for days at a time because I was so violent... the... the demon part of me would take over for a long time and I couldn't control myself... I'd do dangerous things, hurt people, and even try to kill..." He stuttered over the words of his own past.
"Hanyous have problems with the demon in them? It must've been hard for you." Kagome said sincerely.
"Yes... Sesshoumaru would stop me most times, and he said that once I got him good, almost cutting his arm off..." Inuyasha paused and shuddered. "I didn't mean any of it, but I guess since then he's hated me. He might not be that mean underneath, but I know he wasn't when I was little."
"Prince Sesshoumaru? Nice? Please continue!" Kagome said, interested.
Inuyasha waited a moment to lie down in the sand, leaning on his elbow and picking at a leaf. "I would follow him around a lot... he always claimed he hated it, but I would anyway. But once I saw him and this girl together in the forest, and he got really mad at me. Told me to go away and never come back. Of course I did come back, and of course he beat me up." Inuyasha said, a quirky smile on his face.
Kagome really enjoyed the time she spent with him, the stories they told one another about their past. She knew she couldn't enjoy it for long, and for him it would only be a moment in his life. But no matter how many times her brain tried to tell her heart no, she couldn't stop herself from jumping off the cliff and falling in love.
~*~
Sango tossed herself into bed, her youkai pet Kirara coming to be petted. But Sango had no strength for that. She and Kaede had been reprimanded about the sudden comings and goings of Kagome and Miroku, and told that in order for them not be kicked out by order of the elder prince, the others couldn't leave without first telling someone where they went and even then, couldn't leave until the chores were done.
She wasn't just angry about it, however. She was raging, frothing mad. Kagome had not only left her with more work than she could handle, it was deserting her for the prince, and leaving her in the dust with no one but Kaede left. Miroku was understandable-- Sango had something she loved to do, and now he did, too. But Kagome's excuse was no excuse.
Before she could vent more punching to her pillow, the door opened and Miroku came in, chatting amiably with Kagome.
"There's been a new order." Sango said, muffling her voice in her pillow, now wishing she was alone again.
"What?" Miroku asked, sitting next to her.
"A new order. Now we can't leave until the chores are done and someone knows where we are." Sango added.
Kagome paled. "Why?"
"Because Kaede was put off her duties to help me with mine." Sango muttered grudgingly.
Kagome's face whitened even more at those words. "Oh Sango I'm so sorry! I had no idea!"
"But didn't you?! You are supposed to help me with Miroku's chores. I only have so much time, Kagome."
"Ladies, I'm sorry I--" Miroku started, but Sango held up her hand to stop him, standing up as she did so.
"Miroku, you've finally found something you love to do. I understand that. But Kagome's excuse isn't right." Sango said, and left the room in a hurry.
**** AN: I realize now that I made Inuyasha slightly ooc... sorry about that. I'm going to try and keep it as in character as I can, but this is a difficult fic, so stay with me, please. Leave a review with suggestions, flames, comments, ect.