Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or anyone else from the story. They belong to Rumiko. I'm
working on the OOCness, I really am. And I'm sorry for my rudeness in the past, I apologize to
anyone I may have upset. But on with the chapter.
~*~Mel~*~
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"Is she ever going to stop that?" Miroku asked Ayaka as he helped to take care of the dishes,
Kagome was sitting at the table still bouncing and saying oden.
"She will sometime...I don't know when..." Ayaka said drying off the last dish and putting it
back in the cupboard where it belonged.
"Is there anything we can do to make her stop?" he asked her going over and poking Kagome in
the side, she just continued to bounce and say oden.
"Well...You could try to snap her out of it. But, we've never come up with anything that
could." said Ayaka as she sat down at the table again, across from Kagome.
"Please don't hate me for trying this, mom." the boy said before he leaned around Kagome to
kiss her on the mouth causing her eyes to close and kiss him back.
Ayaka watched with wide brown eyes as her daughter finally stopped bouncing. Smiling slightly
she watched as Kagome's hand clung to Miroku's cheek while his hands rested lightly on her
shoulders, very respectful of who was in the room. When Miroku slowly pulled away from Kagome
she was smiling lightly with pink blotchy spots on her cheeks.
"There, now that you've stopped, I would like to talk to you two." Ayaka said causing Kagome to
jump a bit.
"You kissed me in front of my mom?!" Kagome muttered in embarrassment.
"It was the only thing that would get you to quit bouncing." Miroku said, his face as red as
hers as he sat beside her, grasping her hand in his atop the table.
"Oh Kami..." Kagome said trying to hide behind her hair.
"Now, don't you two worry Kagome. He was very respectful about who was in the room. Unlike
Inuyasha." Ayaka said causing her daughter's blush to darken. "Now, I want to know who punched
you, and why?"
"It was...Inuyasha." Miroku said his anger renewed.
"INUYASHA?!" screeched Ayaka in anger, her eyes flashing.
"Yes, Mom, it was him. He did it because I confronted him about why he dumped Sango today. He
told me because he was going to go back out with someone who loved him, aka Kikyo, or so he
thinks. He is so stupid about what he doesn't see right in front of his face. But he got
defensive when I started to tell him off." Kagome said.
"Why, since your with Miroku, would you tell him off for who he wants to date?" her mother
asked, confusion laced in her voice.
"Because the idiot can't understand that Kikyo is just going to cheat on him again. Mom,
though I may not be going out with him, he is still my idiotic friend. I don't want to see him
hurt and I was trying to tell him to open his eyes, Sango loves him. Speaking of Sango, how is
she Miroku?" Kagome asked, looking up at her boyfriend.
"In the car she did nothing but cry. But then she said she was going to always love him and
hoped that whoever he was with would be the one to make him happy, since she couldn't seem to
make him." Miroku spat out, his eyes flashing in anger when he once again saw her black eye.
"That idiot..." Kagome muttered.
"Kagome, Miroku, dear. Did it ever occur to you two that Inuyasha just doesn't know who really
loves him? I mean, look at it this way. Kikyo gives him the passion he needs, but also,
according to what I've heard from everyone, gives it to almost any man who asks it. Kagome,
you gave him confidence and self esteem. Well, Sango, the sweetheart, gave him both what you
two did. Did she not?" said Kagome's grandfather who had remained silent throughout the entire
dinner.
"Yes, she did...So why couldn't Inuyasha see what he had going for him with Sango?" Miroku
asked no one in particular and Kagome smacked herself in the forehead.
"Because, the idiot wasn't sure if Sango actually wanted him for a boyfriend. I mean, the way
she tried to protect him was a way a mother would protect her child. He didn't understand.
Oy...He was scared she didn't love him in the way he loves her. He's USING Kikyo!" exclaimed
the bruised girl.
"Uh, how do you know this?" asked her boyfriend looking at her with a skeptical face.
"Because, Inuyasha is insecure and always tries to protect himself by hurting others without
even realizing it." Kagome said looking at him as if he should have known this.
"Very good my dear." said Mr. Yakamoto, Kagome's grandfather, as he stood and left the room to
go into the living room to watch some television.
"You are very smart, honey." said Ayaka as she too went into the living room to watch t.v. with
her father.
"Wow, you should be a psychiatrist, my Gome." Miroku said kissing her cheek and she blushed
lightly.
"I want to be a teacher, not a psychiatrist, Houshi." Kagome said smiling shyly.
"Well, either way, you will be very good at what you do. Walk me to my car?" he asked as he
stood up pulling her to her feet as well.
"Only if you promise that your going home and not to do something stupid." she said and he
sighed.
"Fine, I'll take care of it tomorrow. Will that work for you, my love?" he asked as they went
to the front door where they slid on their shoes.
"Not really, but since I know you won't break your promise I'll trust you. And I also know you
won't listen to me so I know there is nothing I can do to stop you." she said as they slowly
descended the steps of the shrine.
"You're right, you won't be able to stop me. He hit you Kagome, I can not forgive that. I
can't forgive that because I love you." Miroku said his hands grasping hers as he stopped on
the step right in front of her.
"Miroku?" Kagome said as her hands tightened their grasp around his.
"I know you can't yet say you love me Kagome. And I understand that its fast of me to have
said it, but I want you to know I mean it. I love you, and if there was any way I could show
you how much I do, you just tell me and I'll do it. I promise you that." he said, his eyes
shining in love and hope.
"I know you love me Miroku. There is nothing you have to do to prove it to me. And if you
really seem to think that you have to prove anything to me, I would like you to not confront
Inuyasha about this. I know you want to, and believe you have to, but, love, I don't want you
to get hurt you get into trouble. Please, just do this for me?" Kagome asked, a tear falling
down her cheek.
"For you, I'll do anything." Miroku said wiping the tear off her cheek with a small kiss.
"Now come on." he said leading her down to his car where he pulled her into a small hug.
"I'll see you at school tomorrow?" she asked and he nodded.
"I was going to pick you up, but I take it you want to drop Souta off at school?" he asked and
this time she nodded.
"He keeps getting late by walking, so I decided that I would drive him." she said and he
smiled.
"Thats my Gome, always with a big heart. Well I'll see you at school. Goodbye, love you."
he said and got into his car after a small kiss and drove off.
"I...love you too Miroku." Kagome murmured going back into the house where she finished her
homework.
~*~A couple hours later.~*~
"Why is my phone ringing at...eleven o'clock at night?" Kagome muttered as she reached for the
phone after setting her clock down.
"Mushi mushi?" Kagome said into the receiver sitting up and turning on her lamp.
"Kagome? Kagome is that you?" Shippo's voice cut through the phone, her mind suddenly alert
at the jittery way Shippo was speaking.
"Yes, Shippo, what's wrong? Has something happened?" Kagome asked her hand gripping the
receiver tightly.
"Yea, Kagome...Miroku was on his way home from your house and he got in an accident. His
seatbelt snapped and he went flying through the windsheild of his car. He's in a coma right
now. I'm sorry." Shippo said and Kagome's heart just about stopped.
"Oh my Kami..." Kagome muttered, dropping the reciever as she snapped her hand over her mouth.
"Miroku..."
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Don't you just hate cliffhangers? Thats it for the chapter, and if you would like more, please
just review. And Amber, since I know you are going to be ripping your hair out, I'll post the
next chapter up as soon as I can. Thanks for reading.
~*~Mel~*~
working on the OOCness, I really am. And I'm sorry for my rudeness in the past, I apologize to
anyone I may have upset. But on with the chapter.
~*~Mel~*~
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"Is she ever going to stop that?" Miroku asked Ayaka as he helped to take care of the dishes,
Kagome was sitting at the table still bouncing and saying oden.
"She will sometime...I don't know when..." Ayaka said drying off the last dish and putting it
back in the cupboard where it belonged.
"Is there anything we can do to make her stop?" he asked her going over and poking Kagome in
the side, she just continued to bounce and say oden.
"Well...You could try to snap her out of it. But, we've never come up with anything that
could." said Ayaka as she sat down at the table again, across from Kagome.
"Please don't hate me for trying this, mom." the boy said before he leaned around Kagome to
kiss her on the mouth causing her eyes to close and kiss him back.
Ayaka watched with wide brown eyes as her daughter finally stopped bouncing. Smiling slightly
she watched as Kagome's hand clung to Miroku's cheek while his hands rested lightly on her
shoulders, very respectful of who was in the room. When Miroku slowly pulled away from Kagome
she was smiling lightly with pink blotchy spots on her cheeks.
"There, now that you've stopped, I would like to talk to you two." Ayaka said causing Kagome to
jump a bit.
"You kissed me in front of my mom?!" Kagome muttered in embarrassment.
"It was the only thing that would get you to quit bouncing." Miroku said, his face as red as
hers as he sat beside her, grasping her hand in his atop the table.
"Oh Kami..." Kagome said trying to hide behind her hair.
"Now, don't you two worry Kagome. He was very respectful about who was in the room. Unlike
Inuyasha." Ayaka said causing her daughter's blush to darken. "Now, I want to know who punched
you, and why?"
"It was...Inuyasha." Miroku said his anger renewed.
"INUYASHA?!" screeched Ayaka in anger, her eyes flashing.
"Yes, Mom, it was him. He did it because I confronted him about why he dumped Sango today. He
told me because he was going to go back out with someone who loved him, aka Kikyo, or so he
thinks. He is so stupid about what he doesn't see right in front of his face. But he got
defensive when I started to tell him off." Kagome said.
"Why, since your with Miroku, would you tell him off for who he wants to date?" her mother
asked, confusion laced in her voice.
"Because the idiot can't understand that Kikyo is just going to cheat on him again. Mom,
though I may not be going out with him, he is still my idiotic friend. I don't want to see him
hurt and I was trying to tell him to open his eyes, Sango loves him. Speaking of Sango, how is
she Miroku?" Kagome asked, looking up at her boyfriend.
"In the car she did nothing but cry. But then she said she was going to always love him and
hoped that whoever he was with would be the one to make him happy, since she couldn't seem to
make him." Miroku spat out, his eyes flashing in anger when he once again saw her black eye.
"That idiot..." Kagome muttered.
"Kagome, Miroku, dear. Did it ever occur to you two that Inuyasha just doesn't know who really
loves him? I mean, look at it this way. Kikyo gives him the passion he needs, but also,
according to what I've heard from everyone, gives it to almost any man who asks it. Kagome,
you gave him confidence and self esteem. Well, Sango, the sweetheart, gave him both what you
two did. Did she not?" said Kagome's grandfather who had remained silent throughout the entire
dinner.
"Yes, she did...So why couldn't Inuyasha see what he had going for him with Sango?" Miroku
asked no one in particular and Kagome smacked herself in the forehead.
"Because, the idiot wasn't sure if Sango actually wanted him for a boyfriend. I mean, the way
she tried to protect him was a way a mother would protect her child. He didn't understand.
Oy...He was scared she didn't love him in the way he loves her. He's USING Kikyo!" exclaimed
the bruised girl.
"Uh, how do you know this?" asked her boyfriend looking at her with a skeptical face.
"Because, Inuyasha is insecure and always tries to protect himself by hurting others without
even realizing it." Kagome said looking at him as if he should have known this.
"Very good my dear." said Mr. Yakamoto, Kagome's grandfather, as he stood and left the room to
go into the living room to watch some television.
"You are very smart, honey." said Ayaka as she too went into the living room to watch t.v. with
her father.
"Wow, you should be a psychiatrist, my Gome." Miroku said kissing her cheek and she blushed
lightly.
"I want to be a teacher, not a psychiatrist, Houshi." Kagome said smiling shyly.
"Well, either way, you will be very good at what you do. Walk me to my car?" he asked as he
stood up pulling her to her feet as well.
"Only if you promise that your going home and not to do something stupid." she said and he
sighed.
"Fine, I'll take care of it tomorrow. Will that work for you, my love?" he asked as they went
to the front door where they slid on their shoes.
"Not really, but since I know you won't break your promise I'll trust you. And I also know you
won't listen to me so I know there is nothing I can do to stop you." she said as they slowly
descended the steps of the shrine.
"You're right, you won't be able to stop me. He hit you Kagome, I can not forgive that. I
can't forgive that because I love you." Miroku said his hands grasping hers as he stopped on
the step right in front of her.
"Miroku?" Kagome said as her hands tightened their grasp around his.
"I know you can't yet say you love me Kagome. And I understand that its fast of me to have
said it, but I want you to know I mean it. I love you, and if there was any way I could show
you how much I do, you just tell me and I'll do it. I promise you that." he said, his eyes
shining in love and hope.
"I know you love me Miroku. There is nothing you have to do to prove it to me. And if you
really seem to think that you have to prove anything to me, I would like you to not confront
Inuyasha about this. I know you want to, and believe you have to, but, love, I don't want you
to get hurt you get into trouble. Please, just do this for me?" Kagome asked, a tear falling
down her cheek.
"For you, I'll do anything." Miroku said wiping the tear off her cheek with a small kiss.
"Now come on." he said leading her down to his car where he pulled her into a small hug.
"I'll see you at school tomorrow?" she asked and he nodded.
"I was going to pick you up, but I take it you want to drop Souta off at school?" he asked and
this time she nodded.
"He keeps getting late by walking, so I decided that I would drive him." she said and he
smiled.
"Thats my Gome, always with a big heart. Well I'll see you at school. Goodbye, love you."
he said and got into his car after a small kiss and drove off.
"I...love you too Miroku." Kagome murmured going back into the house where she finished her
homework.
~*~A couple hours later.~*~
"Why is my phone ringing at...eleven o'clock at night?" Kagome muttered as she reached for the
phone after setting her clock down.
"Mushi mushi?" Kagome said into the receiver sitting up and turning on her lamp.
"Kagome? Kagome is that you?" Shippo's voice cut through the phone, her mind suddenly alert
at the jittery way Shippo was speaking.
"Yes, Shippo, what's wrong? Has something happened?" Kagome asked her hand gripping the
receiver tightly.
"Yea, Kagome...Miroku was on his way home from your house and he got in an accident. His
seatbelt snapped and he went flying through the windsheild of his car. He's in a coma right
now. I'm sorry." Shippo said and Kagome's heart just about stopped.
"Oh my Kami..." Kagome muttered, dropping the reciever as she snapped her hand over her mouth.
"Miroku..."
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Don't you just hate cliffhangers? Thats it for the chapter, and if you would like more, please
just review. And Amber, since I know you are going to be ripping your hair out, I'll post the
next chapter up as soon as I can. Thanks for reading.
~*~Mel~*~