AN: Guess what?? Okay, I don't remember if I said anything about me
applying to be an editor for my school paper in this story or not, but, I
sent in my application two weeks ago, and, drum roll please drum roll
I'm the Advertisement Editor!!!! Cheers and claps Bows Anyways, that
means I get control of the back page, I get to call companies and see if
they want to put ads in the paper, and I'm in charge of the shout-out stuff
for the December and February issues!!! I'm so happy!!
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Justice Stryfe: Well, I hope that this chapter really helps! Please read and enjoy!
neko-gurl18: Sorry my story isn't that much humor, but, I'm glad you love it anyways. Please keep reading, thanks!
what the FK!!!!(): I can't tell you when they're going to get together, that would ruin the story for you! Anyways, please keep reading! Thanks!
Nabob: Well, sorry. Inuyasha will be perverted soon, just in the past chapters, things have been rough. Now, things will loosen up, so he'll be back! Please keep reading! Thanks!
Sango-ish: Lol, that was great, I can figure out which one goes where, but, I guess it would be a little awkward... anyways! Please keep reading! Thanks!
Inuyasha-gal-97; Well, I'm going to go with "tight" ok? I like that. =P lol, thanks! Please keep reading!
aska19: Good, I hope you enjoy this chapter! Thanks!
RobinluvsAmon
Chapter Eight-Picnic
That following Sunday was the Church picnic at the park, which I heard about that morning from Kyle and Sango when I went to church. I joined them on the way there, not feeling as awkward as I used to, and none of us spoke on the way there.
Sota was there with Kagome. Inuyasha was "being held with a leash" by Kagome. She pulled him everywhere, face painting, cartoon drawings, and many other things. Sota just laughed, but once we got out of the car, he came up to greet us.
He stopped in his tracks when he saw Kyle, and I couldn't blame him. He looked like he'd never seen this guy before. I walked up to him, patted him on the back and whispered in his ear, "husband."
He slightly nodded, and shook his hand. "Hi, welcome to the picnic, and you are..."
Kyle shook his hand, "I'm Kyle, Sango's husband." He smiled down at Sango and she wrapped her arm around his. She looked right at me, and I knew she wasn't meaning to smile, but she was.
"Nice to meet you," Sota said, letting go of his hand. "I'm Sota, Sango's friend's brother."
"Kagome, right?"
Sota nodded, "yes, she's here with her boyfriend, Inuyasha... somewhere."
I looked around and saw Inuyasha being dragged across the grass by Kagome. "I see them," I said. "I'm going to go catch up with them."
"Bye," Sota said as I walked away.
Kagome stopped dragging Inuyasha when she caught me eyes, and I smiled. Inuyasha was wearing a nice blue dress shirt and tan slacks, Kagome was wearing a nice yellow sun dress, her hair up in a bun, and it looked like she was ready for the day.
I walked up to face them and Kagome smiled, giving me a sisterly hug. "Miroku! You made it!"
I hugged her back, and smiled, "I didn't know there was a picnic today."
Inuyasha gave me a handshake, "you didn't get a call? It's to raise money for the church after the damages done to it."
I blushed, that was all my fault. "Oh, no, I didn't get a call."
Kagome shook her head, "I just want to know what caused so much damage to the church. It was all done on the inside, what could have happened?"
I blushed, shrugged, and tried to hide it. "I don't know."
I felt a hand on my shoulder and I turned my head to see Reverend Kaede standing behind me, smiling up at me. "You ready?"
I smiled back and nodded, "I guess I am."
She led me to a small stage, that was built last night it looked like, and up to the center. She tapped the microphone to get people's attention, and they all stopped talking and looked up at us. I felt sweat pour down my face, but I kept a smile on.
"Hello everyone, and welcome to the fundraiser," Kaede said in her cheerful voice. "As most of you know, there was a terrible accident to the church just this week. And, also as most of you know, none of us knew what happened. Well, here is Miroku, my new assistant pastor, with the inside of what happened."
I looked at her, she looked back at me and moved away from the microphone. "I thought I was just telling them about it being my fault," I whispered.
She smiled, "I'd rather you tell them the truth, Miroku." With that, she stepped to the back of the stage and I moved up to the microphone, glaring at the eyes of the crowd under me.
I took a deep breath, "hello, everyone. I don't really know how to start this, but, I guess I can start it at where I first arrived at the church that day.
"I was going there to meet a friend," I saw Sango cringe in the crowd, "but he wasn't there, so I waited for him. I saw an old woman on the steps of the church, and, as most of you know, that day was very cold. I couldn't let that old woman freeze outside. So I unlocked the church and led her inside.
"She was quite grateful, and I turned on the heater for her to be warmer. She and I stood in front of the picture of Jesus on the cross, and we talked about it. She told me about how it was she decided to come to the church. Then, the power went out.
"I tried to call Reverend Kaede, but the phone was dead. I felt something wasn't right, and I felt a sense inside of me telling me of danger. I followed it, and it turned out to be that old woman I had let in. She... you may not believe me... but she was a demon. She attacked me, knocked me on the ground."
I felt emotion well up inside of me, and I thought, 'I'm a sissy.' "If it wasn't for a friend of mine showing up, I probably would have been dead right now. That was how the damages were done to the church, and I'll pay for the damages myself. It was all my fault."
I heard sniffs and a few cries, and then I heard a man speak out. "You don't need to pay for it! Satan and his demons should!"
Claps. Cheers. "Yeah!" "You did nothing wrong!" "It wasn't your fault!" "Don't doubt yourself!" "We all love you!" There were lots of those, too.
I smiled, and bowed, "thank you. All of you."
More cheers, screams, whistles, and claps. I looked over at Kaede and she nodded, a big smile on her face, and she was clapping as well. I smiled at her, and then looked at my friends in the crowd. Kagome was cheering, Inuyasha was giving me a thumbs up, so was Sota, and Sango just smiled up at me. Kyle didn't do anything but clap, and he didn't look too happy about it.
I bowed again. This is where I belonged. With this big, loving family. I was happy, and it was great. I found my home with these people.
AN: Thank you! Good night!
RobinluvsAmon
Replies!
Justice Stryfe: Well, I hope that this chapter really helps! Please read and enjoy!
neko-gurl18: Sorry my story isn't that much humor, but, I'm glad you love it anyways. Please keep reading, thanks!
what the FK!!!!(): I can't tell you when they're going to get together, that would ruin the story for you! Anyways, please keep reading! Thanks!
Nabob: Well, sorry. Inuyasha will be perverted soon, just in the past chapters, things have been rough. Now, things will loosen up, so he'll be back! Please keep reading! Thanks!
Sango-ish: Lol, that was great, I can figure out which one goes where, but, I guess it would be a little awkward... anyways! Please keep reading! Thanks!
Inuyasha-gal-97; Well, I'm going to go with "tight" ok? I like that. =P lol, thanks! Please keep reading!
aska19: Good, I hope you enjoy this chapter! Thanks!
RobinluvsAmon
Chapter Eight-Picnic
That following Sunday was the Church picnic at the park, which I heard about that morning from Kyle and Sango when I went to church. I joined them on the way there, not feeling as awkward as I used to, and none of us spoke on the way there.
Sota was there with Kagome. Inuyasha was "being held with a leash" by Kagome. She pulled him everywhere, face painting, cartoon drawings, and many other things. Sota just laughed, but once we got out of the car, he came up to greet us.
He stopped in his tracks when he saw Kyle, and I couldn't blame him. He looked like he'd never seen this guy before. I walked up to him, patted him on the back and whispered in his ear, "husband."
He slightly nodded, and shook his hand. "Hi, welcome to the picnic, and you are..."
Kyle shook his hand, "I'm Kyle, Sango's husband." He smiled down at Sango and she wrapped her arm around his. She looked right at me, and I knew she wasn't meaning to smile, but she was.
"Nice to meet you," Sota said, letting go of his hand. "I'm Sota, Sango's friend's brother."
"Kagome, right?"
Sota nodded, "yes, she's here with her boyfriend, Inuyasha... somewhere."
I looked around and saw Inuyasha being dragged across the grass by Kagome. "I see them," I said. "I'm going to go catch up with them."
"Bye," Sota said as I walked away.
Kagome stopped dragging Inuyasha when she caught me eyes, and I smiled. Inuyasha was wearing a nice blue dress shirt and tan slacks, Kagome was wearing a nice yellow sun dress, her hair up in a bun, and it looked like she was ready for the day.
I walked up to face them and Kagome smiled, giving me a sisterly hug. "Miroku! You made it!"
I hugged her back, and smiled, "I didn't know there was a picnic today."
Inuyasha gave me a handshake, "you didn't get a call? It's to raise money for the church after the damages done to it."
I blushed, that was all my fault. "Oh, no, I didn't get a call."
Kagome shook her head, "I just want to know what caused so much damage to the church. It was all done on the inside, what could have happened?"
I blushed, shrugged, and tried to hide it. "I don't know."
I felt a hand on my shoulder and I turned my head to see Reverend Kaede standing behind me, smiling up at me. "You ready?"
I smiled back and nodded, "I guess I am."
She led me to a small stage, that was built last night it looked like, and up to the center. She tapped the microphone to get people's attention, and they all stopped talking and looked up at us. I felt sweat pour down my face, but I kept a smile on.
"Hello everyone, and welcome to the fundraiser," Kaede said in her cheerful voice. "As most of you know, there was a terrible accident to the church just this week. And, also as most of you know, none of us knew what happened. Well, here is Miroku, my new assistant pastor, with the inside of what happened."
I looked at her, she looked back at me and moved away from the microphone. "I thought I was just telling them about it being my fault," I whispered.
She smiled, "I'd rather you tell them the truth, Miroku." With that, she stepped to the back of the stage and I moved up to the microphone, glaring at the eyes of the crowd under me.
I took a deep breath, "hello, everyone. I don't really know how to start this, but, I guess I can start it at where I first arrived at the church that day.
"I was going there to meet a friend," I saw Sango cringe in the crowd, "but he wasn't there, so I waited for him. I saw an old woman on the steps of the church, and, as most of you know, that day was very cold. I couldn't let that old woman freeze outside. So I unlocked the church and led her inside.
"She was quite grateful, and I turned on the heater for her to be warmer. She and I stood in front of the picture of Jesus on the cross, and we talked about it. She told me about how it was she decided to come to the church. Then, the power went out.
"I tried to call Reverend Kaede, but the phone was dead. I felt something wasn't right, and I felt a sense inside of me telling me of danger. I followed it, and it turned out to be that old woman I had let in. She... you may not believe me... but she was a demon. She attacked me, knocked me on the ground."
I felt emotion well up inside of me, and I thought, 'I'm a sissy.' "If it wasn't for a friend of mine showing up, I probably would have been dead right now. That was how the damages were done to the church, and I'll pay for the damages myself. It was all my fault."
I heard sniffs and a few cries, and then I heard a man speak out. "You don't need to pay for it! Satan and his demons should!"
Claps. Cheers. "Yeah!" "You did nothing wrong!" "It wasn't your fault!" "Don't doubt yourself!" "We all love you!" There were lots of those, too.
I smiled, and bowed, "thank you. All of you."
More cheers, screams, whistles, and claps. I looked over at Kaede and she nodded, a big smile on her face, and she was clapping as well. I smiled at her, and then looked at my friends in the crowd. Kagome was cheering, Inuyasha was giving me a thumbs up, so was Sota, and Sango just smiled up at me. Kyle didn't do anything but clap, and he didn't look too happy about it.
I bowed again. This is where I belonged. With this big, loving family. I was happy, and it was great. I found my home with these people.
AN: Thank you! Good night!
RobinluvsAmon