She's Not Mine

Chapter eight:

Sweet Dreams

Inu Yasha came back at sunset, looking quite sullen. Miroku dreaded hearing what he had to say, though he knew he had to hear it. "I lost them Miroku. They were just going too fast for me to catch up. I caught a good look at her and the demon though. He looked exactly like you, and if it weren't for him smelling like Naraku, I doubt I would have been able to tell the difference. I think she figured out what was going on though. She saw me, and mouthed-" he hesitated, not wanting to upset Miroku, but the monk was so desperate for information, he decided he'd have to say it. "She mouthed 'help me.' I could have taken on that demon easily, but I just couldn't catch them."

Sango linked her arm with Miroku's, "Don't worry. We'll get her back." He nodded, though he didn't seem convinced.

"I just hope he doesn't use her as a puppet. I don't think I could fight her in battle." He shivered at the thought, and Sango held him closer. "This wasn't supposed to happen," he whispered. "We were supposed to be happy."

"We will be happy," said Sango, and everyone caught the secret meaning of it. Even Inu Yasha, who hadn't been there when they kissed, knew what she meant by it. "We just need time. Things will work themselves out, and when everything is finished and done with, we can pick up the pieces and be happy with what we have left." Miroku smiled a little and put his hand on hers, silently thanking her.

"Well, we can't go after her now. We'll leave tomorrow morning at dawn. I'm gonna sleep outside tonight," said Inu Yasha as he headed for the door. Kagome looked at him as he left, and turned to the others once he was gone.

"I wonder why he's sleeping outside tonight?" she asked, slightly confused. "There's plenty of room inside."

"Kagome, don't you remember?" asked Shipou. "It's his human night. There's no moon outside."

"It's the new lunar month! I totally forgot. I hope Naraku doesn't attack tonight. I don't think we'll..." she let the sentence trail off, not wanting to be the one to say it first.

"We won't survive the night if he does," said Miroku. Everyone averted their eyes to either the floor or the fire, feeling a little guilty that the monk had said it when he was the one suffering the most.

Finally Kagome got up. "I'll go outside and keep Inu Yasha company. Shipou, you want to join me?" she asked sweetly. The fox demon nodded and jumped on her shoulder as she walked out the door. Once they were gone and Sango and Miroku were alone, she moved so that she could look him in the eye.

"Miroku," she started, but wasn't sure exactly what she wanted to say to him so she studied her hands for a minute. Had she been looking at him, she would have seen the confusion in his eyes. He put a hand under her chin so that she brought her gaze to meet his, and he silently questioned her. "You see," she said, blushing a little, "it's just us. Alone. And..." she said quietly, blushing even more when he smiled.

"Is that what you want?" he asked softly as he moved his hand to the side of her face. "Am I right about what you're asking me?"

"I-I'm not asking anything!" she said hurriedly. "I was just saying that-" She would have continued the sentence, but he had kissed her. She closed her eyes in defeat, letting him take control. It wasn't exactly how she imagined it would happen, but it was close.

Miroku awoke first, confused at first at where he was. He was groggy and it didn't immediately come to him, but once he blinked some of the sleep out of his eyes and tried to move, memories came flooding back to him, and he blushed furiously. Below him was Sango, still asleep, one of her hands still intertwined with his. He had been afraid that he was a little rusty since it had been ten years since he'd last been with someone, but the small smile on Sango's lips put his fears to rest. He leaned down and kissed her, then laid back down beside her. She was so beautiful in the soft morning glow, and he thought it would be a shame to have to wake her.

But he wasn't given much of a choice. Inu Yasha barged in, making such a racket that Sango bolted upright and Miroku had to scramble to keep her covered. Inu Yasha went wide eyed and quickly turned around at the sight of the two. "What the hell were you two doing?!" he yelled.

"You really want me to go into detail?" said Miroku, causing both Inu Yasha and Sango to sweat drop. He handed Sango her kimono and put on his own robe and pants while she made herself decent. "Well, first we-"

"MIROKU!" yelled both Sango and Inu Yasha together.

"I'm kidding! I'm kidding!" he said, putting his hands up in the air

"That wasn't funny, Miroku," said Sango as she gave him a slight glare.

"You're one to be talking," said Inu Yasha, who was now huddled in a corner. "I'm gonna have nightmares for weeks!"

Miroku just rolled his eyes and sighed at the innocent hanyou. "We better get going," said Kagome as she walked into the room. "What's wrong with Inu Yasha?" she asked as she noticed him in the corner.

"You really want to know?" said Miroku.

"NO!" Kagome sweat dropped at the sudden out burst from both Inu Yasha and Sango. The demon hunter had her hand over his mouth, and Inu Yasha had put his hands over Kagome's ears. Shipou jumped up onto her shoulder and looked around.

"Come on you guys, this is no time for games! We have to go find Katura!"

Hehe. I'm so evil. You knew it was coming though! Keep reviewing, I think it's been like two months. Oh, and sorry about that "Last Chapter" thing. I was out of my mind when I wrote it, and my life totally went down hill from there. I wasn't gonna kill myself, I was running away (which would have gotten me killed, so it's the same basic thing I guess) But don't do that either! It's not a good thing to do! Seriously! I had no idea, but it's actually against the law, and I got arrested for it, was driven downtown in a cop car, and had to spend nine hours in a cold white room talking to doctors about how stupid I was and I should never do it again. So don't do it! I'm just a stupid teenager, so don't do anything I do, okay!? Takes a sledge hammer and hits self on head yelling "Stupid!" each time Ow, that hurt.