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Chapter Nine: Meet My Perverted Best Friend
With Kagome, who has just ran outside the shrine and is dashing towards Miroku's
"I can't believe this! It's just a nightmare! It can't be true!" Kagome mumbled as she rushed towards Miroku's so that she can tell him what has happened. 'I hope Miroku can help me...' Kagome thought as she sprinted even faster. "There it is!" she shouted as she ran up to the door of the inn. "Miroku's so lucky! He gets to stay for free at the best inn in the city! Just because his parents moved and his uncle owns the inn..." Kagome enters the inn and heads upstairs to Miroku's room after greeting Miroku's aunt.
Knock, Knock
"If you're a beautiful young woman who wants to bear my child, you may enter," the voice of a daydreaming Miroku could be heard.
"Miroku! You lecher! It's me, Kagome!" Kagome angrily yelled as she barged through the door without warning.
"Ah, my dear best friend... I never knew you want to bear my child,"
"You pervert! Slaps Miroku twice I'm here to tell you something important! What kind of a friend are you?" lectures Kagome.
"Well my dear friend, how may I be of service to you? Come, sit down, it must be something big for you to run all the way to just tell me." Suddenly, Kagome rushed up to the beloved monk, throwing herself at his chest. 'Well, this is a change, a woman throwing herself at me... it usually takes weeks before something like this happens..' Miroku thought gleefully. 'However, something must be really wrong... Kagome's never like this.'
"Miroku..." Kagome began as she burst into tears, as the recent events finally got to her. "I just find out that I'm engaged... to the same arrogant freak I bumped into today! I don't want to marry him! I can't stand people like him!" Kagome sorrowfully exclaimed.
"Kagome, it can't be that bad can it? I mean there are more misfortunate options that could have taken place..." Miroku commented as he desperately tried to calm down his childhood friend. He wrapped his arms around her and started to pat her back, hoping that his shirt would not be soaked after. 'I just had a bath too,' he thought.
"That's the point! It's even worse!" Kagome argued. "This other guy, who happens to be a million times worse than my fiancée, came along and challenged my jerk of a fiancée to a battle for the right to marry me! Can you believe my idiotic fiancée accepted? And, don't get me started on that new guy, who just so happens to be an outright snob! He thinks he's superior to everyone! He treated me like a lowly, disobedient servant! I was dressed in my miko clothes! How dare he have no respect for a religious person!"
"Well, it can't be that bad... who knows? Your fiancée might actually win. Maybe there are some loopholes? You know, like you don't have to marry him or something? Maybe you can prove to your Grandpa that neither is good for you," Miroku recommended.
"I'm as good as married to my fiancée. My fiancée is a family friend. What can I do? It's not like that one year courting period is going to do anything..." Kagome mumbled as dreaded the thought of her horrible fate.
"Wait a second... did you just say 'one year courting period'?" Miroku questioned as a brilliant idea struck him.
"Yes... Grandpa said that we will have one year to get to know each other and see if we have any affection towards one another. He said if we didn't really connect, the engagement might be canceled... I highly doubt it though, seeing he's my dad's best friend's nephew, not to mention he suddenly treated me like jewelry when I was introduced to him..." Kagome explained as she started to see what Miroku's idea might be.
"That's great then! Here's what we should do. We can prove to your Grandpa that he's no good for you at all! He's probably after your Shikon No Tama, seeing he abruptly changes his attitude. Bring me home with you and introduce me to him. Then, I'll try to befriend him, slowly drawing out his true nature. When we find out his true nature, we'll tell your Grandpa and set him up to prove it!" Miroku exclaimed proudly as he thought about his ingenious plan.
"Hmm... not bad Miroku... I might have thought of it myself if I wasn't so overwhelmed," Kagome commented as she began to cheer-up and turn back to her normally happy self. "Come on then, we have to go now! He might have left already!" Kagome jumped up, scaring Miroku, while she proceeded to dashing towards the door, her hands tightly holding Miroku's wrist, dragging him out with her.
At the entrance of the Higurashi Shrine, with Kagome and Miroku
Kagome and Miroku had finally finished running up the seemingly endless stairway to the Higurashi Shine. Pausing to catch their breath, the two looked around, only to spot the person they were looking for. "Lord Inuyasha! Don't leave yet! Wait a moment!" Kagome wheezed while trying to get her breathing back to normal.
"How may I help you, Lady Kagome?" Inuyasha politely inquired as he walked up to Kagome, keeping in mind he must take all opportunities to please her. 'Maybe she's going to comment me for being so brave to take on that spoiled brat!' Inuyasha thought excitedly.
"Lord Inuyasha, I would like to introduce you to my childhood friend, the monk Miroku," Kagome introduced.
"Nice to meet you Lord Inuyasha," Miroku greeted.
"Nice to meet you too, Lord Miroku," Inuyasha replied courteously, well aware that if he treated Miroku well, Kagome's opinion of him will improve, seeing the monk and priestess were close friends. "I'm sorry to say this, but you must excuse me. I have to leave to search for an inn, seeing it's going to be dark really soon. You know how hard it is to find a room these days, seeing there aren't many inns and rooms in villages like these."
"Ahh, don't worry Lord Inuyasha. My uncle and aunt own the only inn in this village. I'm sure I can get a room for you. If not, then at least someplace where you can stay, whether it is sharing a room or staying at the stables," offered Miroku, seeing the perfect opportunity to gain Inuyasha's trust while getting a chance to learn more about Inuyasha's true self.
"I'll take that offer then. Also, drop the formalities and call me Inuyasha," Inuyasha accepted.
"Very well, call me Miroku then. Come, let's head to the inn. I'll see you later, Kagome. Tell Kai to come over to the inn tomorrow," Miroku said as he winked to Kagome before he walked off with Inuyasha following his lead.
Kagome waved to them as she thought to herself, 'I wonder what Miroku meant. 'Tell Kai to come over tomorrow.' Why not 'come over tomorrow?' Wait a moment... I see now... he wants me to meet him tomorrow, dressed as a boy, rather than a girl... Maybe it's because that way, I can see Inuyasha's real attitude seeing he doesn't know I'm there...'
Author's Note: Sorry if the characters seemed out of character, but I had a little bit of a writer's block. I didn't want to disappoint any readers, so I forced myself to continue. Anyways, thanks for the reviews. I really enjoy having your input. For all Sesshomaru fans out there, he will be in the next chapter. About last chapter, I'm sure some of you were shocked to find out it was Hojo, not Naraku or some other character. Don't worry though; he is still the main villain and he will appear in the next chapter and continue on to play a big role in the story. The voting is still continuing and if you have any suggestions about the story or about any pairing(s), let me know and I'll try my best. Again, the Miroku and Sango pairing is guarantied as are the Inuyasha and Kagome pairing and the Sesshomaru and Kagome pairing. Also, let me know if you want Rin to be older (like teenager or adult or remain same age as in the anime/manga) and if you want her to be youkai or not.
Possible Pairings (ones being planned unless voted/suggested otherwise- will pretty much be in both endings for sure):
Kouga and Kagura Votes so far: 1
or
Kouga and Ayame Votes so far: 1
Hinten and Kagura Votes so far: 1
And for Alternative Endings (these pairings will be added to the other pairings in the Alternative Endings):
Sesshomaru and Rin (if Rin is older) Votes so far: 2
Inuyasha and Kikyo Votes so far: 1
Shippo and Rin (if you don't want Rin to be older)
Kageromaru and Kikyo Votes so far: 1
First ending to come out (the other ending will be the alternate):
Inuyasha and Kagome Votes so far: 5
Sesshomaru and Kagome Votes so far: 5
Extras:
Rin being youkai: For: Against:
Rin being older: For: 2 Against:
Something I want to point out: I found that there is a bit of confusion about the pairings so I'm going to explain it in detail.There will be two endings for this story, Ending A and Ending B. Ending A will have Inuyasha and Kagome whereas Ending B will have Sesshomaru and Kagome. Whichever ending will be written first will be decided by the most votes. However, added pairings will work differently. For example in Ending A, there will be the Inuyasha and Kagome ending plus the added pairing, which might be Sesshomaru and Rin for example. Likewise, in Ending B, it will be Sesshomaru and Kagome plus the added pairing, which might be Inuyasha and Kikyo. However, the pairings not involving Inuyasha and Sesshomaru will almost definitely be included in both endings.