Homu watashi aishite.
(Home I love you; I love you my home)
A woman in her thirties sat in front of the coffee shop waiting for someone. She looked the street up and down and did not see anyone. "I guess he's not coming," she sighed, tears springing in her eyes.
"Who's not coming?" A young male voice asked. Mayura recognized it and turned around.
"Miroku!" She squealed, hugging him. He hugged her back. "Let me look at you," she ordered after a few moments. He obliged and stood back a few feet. "Wow, you're so handsome," she complimented. And she added a whisper, "Just like him."
"Did you say something?" Miroku asked, looking straight at her. "No, nothing at all," she gave a laugh. He gave her an odd look but didn't say anything.
"So, what do you want to drink?" He asked when they were inside.
"I'll have a hot cocoa," she replied, sitting down and taking her scarf off. Miroku came back in a few moments, two steaming mugs in his hands. "Thanks," she told him, blowing the steam off the top.
"So, why are you back?" Miroku asked after a few minutes. Mayura sighed, not wanting to tell the teen in front of her the truth.
"You have grown so much from that two-year-old I knew," she answered.
"Yeah, and your point is?" Miroku replied back.
"Mom doesn't want you to know," she sighed. "But, you're almost an adult and it's important that you do know."
"Know what?" Miroku asked, sitting on the edge of his seat.
"But, maybe its better you don't know. I mean, it would change everything you've ever known. If you don't know, maybe it would be better," the woman continued.
"What is it?" He practically yelled. Mayura sighed and got up. "I'll pay for the bill so get whatever you want," she told him, handing him forty dollars. She walked away, Miroku yelling in the background as tears rolled down her face.
Sango sighed, looking at the wall in boredom. She glanced up when she saw Miroku walk in and slam the door.
"What's up?" She asked. He didn't answer. "Miroku, I asked, what's up?" She yelled at him.
"Miroku's home?" Mrs. Botan asked, walking in from another room. "Yeah," Sango answered.
Miroku ignored them. He had a lot on his mind. Inside the money, there had been a piece of paper and he had read it. She was right when she told him the truth would change the way he thought of everything. She was right that it was a vital thing for him to know and he knew that he would have learned of it one day. But, that didn't make it hard to accept and believe. "I'm going out," he yelled, after he had spent some time in his room.
Sango knew what she was doing was wrong, but she was curious. So, she snuck into Miroku's room. She looked at his dresser and saw a piece of paper. Opening it up, she read it and gasped.
Miroku,
My baby. We've been lying to you all these years. You are not mom and dad's son. You are mine. You see, when I was barely a teen, I slept with a guy and you were conceived. I had you and when you were two, mom and dad sent me away to live with other relatives. I really wanted to see you grow up. Please, consider my offer. Will you come live with my husband, your half siblings, and me? Please, I want to get to know you better.
Mayura
Kagome sat on her bed, rocking gently. She was afraid. Very afraid. Kage was in town and she had witnessed him kill the one person she thought he loved. But, she had to warn Sango. So, she got up and dressed, waiting for just the right moment, then snuck away to Miroku's.
"Sango, open up!" She yelled. The door opened and a sleepy Miroku appeared. "I need to speak to Sango," she told him, pushing past him. Miroku mumbled something but Kagome didn't pay attention. She rushed up to Sango's room.
"Huh? Kagome?" Sango asked, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She listened to Kagome's story. But, that doesn't mean that she believed it.
"It was just a dream," Sango yawned. Kagome had no choice but to go home. And that's where she went.
The next day of school, they learned of a dance that would be held that Friday. And, the week passed by extremely quickly as everyone got ready.
"You look great Kagome;" Sango complimented looking at her friend.
"Thanks," Kagome replied. "You look better though," she added. Sango giggled and a sharp knock at the door. "Come in," both girls called together. Miroku walked in and when he saw the girls, he blushed.
"Wow, you look great," he told them. They giggled. And, they did look good. Sango was wearing a pair of low-rise jeans and a dark green tank top. Her normal magenta eye shadow was replaced with some green eye shadow while her lips wore just a light coat of pale lip-gloss. Sango's hair had been half crimped and it hung just right so that it made her hair look perfect.
Kagome on the other hand, was wearing a black skirt and a pale pink tummy shirt. Her eyes wore the magenta eye shadow that Sango normally wore. Her hair, which had been in a tight braid the last few days, was out of the braid giving her hair a wavy look.
"Well, we had best be going," Kagome announced. Sango nodded and Miroku followed them out to Kagome's car.
"Hey Inu Yasha!" Sango yelled out when she saw their friend. He walked over to them and he looked at the girls in shock and awe. They look amazing. "May I have this dance?" Miroku asked Sango when the music started. She giggled and they went out on the dance floor.
"Hey, you want to dance too?" Inu Yasha asked Kagome. "Sure," she agreed and they walked over to the dance floor. They found a spot by Miroku and Sango. And then, the lights went off.
A/N: Hmm, I'll leave it there, at a cliffhanger. Don't worry, there'll be another chapter out sometime soon, but this was the chapter where I had to set everything up. There are only one or two more chapters left and then the epilogue, which I might make a separate chapter or put it on the end of the last chapter. By the way, the next chapter will be a few different parts. And even though I don't give the chapters names anymore, I have given this one a name in my head. It's The Night of Terror. Just to give you a clue. A lot of things will come out in the next chapter that I'm thinking will be at least two parts.
I don't own the Inu Yasha characters in this story, just the few original characters that I have made up.