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Chapter Five: The Arrival of Miroku
Later that afternoon, Miroku arrived at the Western Palace, with the Lord, the Lady, and Inuyasha to greet him. As soon as he got out off the carriage, Inuyasha jumped in front of him.
" Hey Miroku, how was the trip?" Asked Inuyasha, always so impatient.
"Fine, thank you. I had some interesting encounters on my way..." Answered the one named Miroku. "...if you get my drift."
'Probably women trouble again... 'Thought Inuyasha.
Miroku turned to Inutaisho and Izayoi.
"My lord, my lady, it's an honor to stay here at the palace."
"Oh Miroku, it's no problem. As long as you keep your hands to yourself." Lord Inutaisho stated.
"Of course, I'll...um...try..." Miroku said, unwilling.
"Then come, we shall see to it that you'll be comfortable. Is there anything you would like Miroku?" Lady Izayoi asked.
Miroku thought for a moment, "why of course there is something that I would like to be done. Is it possible to assign Sango as my personal maid?"
Before, the Lady or the Lord can answer, Inuyasha cut in. "No way Miroku, remember what happened last time? She nearly beat you into a coma. I think we'll stick with the male servants for you."
"Why Inuyasha, I'm hurt..."
About an hour later, Miroku was comfortably settled in his room. He was lecturing Inuyasha, again.
"Inuyasha, you're 18. But you have no relationship with anyone. What's wrong with you? You're not bad looking, so what's the problem?" As you can probably tell, Miroku is very straight forward.
"Miroku, I thought you understood me. Now you sound like my parents. What part of ' I haven't found anyone suitable' don't you understand?" Inuyasha is getting heated.
"Okay, okay, I'll drop the topic, seriously. So how was Sesshy during the time I was absent? Oh by the way, where was he today anyways?"
"He's fine, same emotionless face. Where he was today? How was I supposed to know? Can we talk about something else?" Inuyasha said those words with a look that can kill.
Miroku could tell he was on dangerous grounds. For Inuyasha never liked Sesshomaru. He quickly changed the topic.
"If you want to talk about something else, why don't we talk about my dear Sango?" Miroku asked, hopefully with those 'innocent' eyes, but Inuyasha isn't buying it.
"I have better things to do than hear you talk of Sango again. Just as a warning, her battle skills had improved since the last time you were here. If you want to live you life, then keep your hands to yourself. I'm out of here."
Back to Kagome and Sango, things are going actually quite well, as the girls considered. They haven't ran into Miroku all day, but it seemed that their luck ran out as the head maid told them that they will be serving the royal family and their 'guest' dinner that night.
"Man, I hate this. Why would it be us of all the people in this palace?" Sango complained.
"Well, he can't be that bad, right? All we need to do is to put plates in front of him. That hardly would cause anything to happen." Was Kagome's answer, but what happened an hour later at the dinner table was much worse than she had expected.
'Here's the last course' Thought Sango as she and Kagome placed the desserts in front of the royal family. 'Nothing has happened so far, maybe he learned his lessons. But I do notice that Inuyasha's eyes were on Kagome all through the meal. Did I imagine it, or did I really see Sesshomaru looking at Kagome as well?'
Sango placed the chocolate-coated strawberries in front of Miroku. "Enjoy your dessert." And she started to leave.
At that very moment, Miroku 'accidentally' dropped his plate onto the floor. Sango had no choice but to bend down to clean the mess up. Just then, a certain hand was rubbing against her back, and moving slowly down.
"Aaw, that hurts." Whimpered Miroku as he fell to the floor. It seems to be that Sango had whacked him on the head with the tray she carried in with her. And we all know the reason why she hit him. Looks like poor Miroku couldn't keep his hand to himself, again.
Sango looked embarrassed, as she apologized to the Lord and the Lady. "My lord, my lady, forgive me. I didn't mean to..." Yeah, right.
"It's alright Sango, we're clear of his habits, you, have done nothing wrong. You may go now." Lord Inutaisho tried to put on a serious face as he spoke, but the laughter came through anyways.
"Thank you, my lord."
Sango collected the rest of the dish as Inuyasha leaned over to check on Miroku.
"Don't say I didn't warn you." Inuyasha looked at Miroku, he has a huge bump on his head. Inuyasha turned to Sango.
"Wow, Sango, don't you think you hit him a bit too hard? What happens if his head gets broken?" Inuyasha teased Sango.
Sango didn't even bother to answer him, but as she got up to leave the room, she sent Inuyasha one long death glare. Kagome followed her out as well. She of course had seen the whole thing, she was amazed by how Sango acted. Neverless, the guy deserved it anyways.
Everyone was laughing, except for one. (We all know who that is) Sesshomaru was already used to Miroku lecherous acts, so he didn't even bother to watch the little 'show'.
His eyes were focus on one thing, one person, and her name is Kagome.
Another chapter done.
It's a bit short, yeah.
I think I put in a bit too much of Sango and Miroku.
Anyways, I'm still deciding.
Should Kagome go with Inuyasha or Sesshomaru?
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