I suddenly realise that I have not put up a disclaimer... Well I decline owning any characters, except Kada and Tojuba
Chapter 2
Miroku walked into the clearing, and was surprised by the beautiful sight that greeted him. She was leaning against the tree, her hair billowing out to the side. He saw her stiffen and then turn her attention to him. Her eyes mesmerized him. He was shocked out of his reverie by her voice, "Monk;" all he could do was look at her. "Come...sit", he saw her pat the space beside her and his body acted of its own accord. He sat beside her and for the first time in his life while sitting beside a beauty he never had any perverted intentions. "Hi...What is your name monk?", The beauty beside him asked. "Miroku, and you?", he had suddenly found his voice. "Kada", she answered shortly. "You are hanyou", Miroku stated more than asked. He noticed how she stiffened and put her hand to her ears, as if to cover them. "Well, it is a pleasure meeting you, Kada-sama", He said charmingly with a smile. He noticed the slight blush that covered her cheeks. He then noticed her ears twitching nervously. He smiled. He reached up and paused when his hands were close to her ears, he noticed her stiffen. "May I? I have a hanyou friend and I wouldn't dare to touch his ears, for fear of... a very painful encounter", He noticed she relaxed and he gently rubbed her ears with his forefinger and thumb. To his surprise she purred, there was a soft rumble in her throat, which sounded more like a growl. He found himself speaking with her about his troubles; there was an understanding in her steely blue eyes that he could find in no other, even Sango. He thought of sango then... and realised that he was forgetting her more and more... He found that he was being unfair, she had lost so much. He couldn't just forget about her, so that she loses his interest. Adding to her losses was not something he could do. He then realised that Kada was talking to him telling him of her problems, he listened as she said that her parents abandoned her when she was born, she didn't have a memory of them not one... not even their scent. She was taken in by Tojuba but he did not care for her he merely wanted her to be something like a servant, but she called him boss. He even told her that he wanted her to hide her ears, Miroku continued to listen as she told him how she had at first been confused when he suggested that she hide her ears, he listened as she mentioned her Inu aniki-sama, and that's where he politely cut in and told her of his friends of Sango and her problem, Kagome, Inuyasha, etc. "The way I see it it is better to have known an actual family and lose it, than to never have an experience of family and be alone for the rest of your life", Miroku was surprised at the wisdom she showed. "How old are you?", Both were surprised by his frankness. However she smiled and answered, "I am in all honesty seventy-five, but in human years I am seventeen. Inu Yasha is eighteen, just so you know". They spent the night talking. They fell asleep a little while later, and they were side by side and her head was laying on his shoulder, that is how the shard hunting group found them.
Sango was the first to wake up; she woke the others with her gasp. "Houshi-sama!", She screamed. "What is wrong Sango-Chan?" asked Kagome, whom was looking for the monk also. "Where is Miroku-sama?", she asked suddenly. Inu Yasha sniffed the air and walked off, the girls followed his lead. What they saw shocked them beyond belief and Sango was very near and about to hit Miroku on the head while actually fearing that some one accepted his offer to 'bear his child'. To her surprise the girl had grabbed her wrist. "What were you about to do to Miroku-kun?", the strange steely blue eyed girl had said this with a ferosity that froze everyone on the spot. "Miroku...Kun? No way! This pervert! He doesn't even really deserve the title, Miroku- Sama. HOUSHI wake up"
Miroku was slow to wake up, he had been dreaming of Kada in the night with the moons beams radiating off of her as well as reflecting off the sakura blossoms that are falling around her. HOUSHI He opened his eyes to see Kada holding Sangos wrist in what seemed like a painful hold, He was about to remark on it when...
"Oi, Kada-Chan let go of the Tajiya! We have some catching up to do, ne?", Inu Yasha said slowly as he opened his arms. He had been the only one to notice the red seeping into her eyes. When everyone looked at him as if he had grown two heads and Kagome only looked at him in that burning way that deserved answers. He nodded his head at the hanyou with the black-purple hair and fluffy ears. That is when she noticed the girls' eyes changing from red to a steely blue. Coming back to her senses she noticed her grip on the Tajiya and turned to Inu Yasha. "Inu Yasha aniki-sama?", she looked at him and then ran into his open arms. "Aniki-sama", she whispered into his haori-clad chest. "I missed you; it's been four years. Is this the girl you were talking about that day? and why did you suddenly disappear into the well?", Inu Yasha chuckled at her questions. "Excuse me but who are you?", asked Sango agitatedly. "My name is Kada... that's all you need to know,", then she muttered "selfish people don't get my respect", then she grabbed Inu Yasha and stalked into the woods.
"Miroku-kun? You like him don't you, Kada-Chan? and what's this about Sango being selfish?", Inu Yasha was curious. "First of all I have no qualms liking Miroku, I just think it is selfish of her to have Miroku thinking that he'd somehow put more on her if he were to have lost interest in her. That's what makes her selfish.", Inu Yasha looked at her, slight anger in his eyes and a look of reproof. "That was a close-minded thing to say and I am shocked at you... Sango has been through a lot and she loves Miroku regardless of how she acted she's always hitting him in the head. But she loves him despite his perverted ways... So losing him will hurt her.", Inu Yasha saw the look in her eyes. The only thing that came to mind was one word... Stubborn
She had continued to speak with Miroku, they met under the stars and at her secret peace... Days turned to weeks, which turned to months... and they were getting closer than ever. But despite this joyful information she noticed the heartbreaking looks that were coming from Sango... and even though it meant her victory it also meant her defeat. Kada was sad now... she had found that she loved Miroku but there was always the chance that Miroku loved Sango. Kada saw the looks, or glares she was receiving from the others, even her aniki-sama. Sighing she figured that she would tell Miroku of her feelings and then tell him that he should go to Sango... Sango deserves him... I don't... If he loves me back... I can't let him love me back ... I don't deserve those looks he gives me. I don't deserve his love...I'm the one that is selfish... but I... but I can fix that... With that she dashed off to find him.
Miroku was torn... This must be the way Inu Yasha feels. He couldn't stop thinking of the heartbroken brown eyes that look his way every now and then. and the steely blue eyes that soften from time to time also haunted him. The love they both had for him caused him to grieve he could not choose one for hurting the other. Then deciding he would solve his problems. He was going to approach Sango he had to see once and for all how he felt about her. He had always thought her strong, beautiful, and fierce as well as intelligent. However, Intelligent and wise were two different things. and Kada had all of those adding wise only makes him care for her more. Best of all Kada understood him best. He had opened up to Kada. That was something he found that he could not do with Sango...
He loves her... Maybe she had hit him upside the head to many times... I would get tired of pain to if I were him... I am going to confront him... I see him he's sitting in the meadow... She walked over to him and sat down, "Houshi-sama, I have to see something", She saw him nod with a little "hmm?", she walked up to him and kissed him, putting everything she had in it. She had been elated when he gently put his hands on her shoulders. She could have sworn she heard a pained gasp but it escaped her notice she had her eyes closed. But as she ended the kiss she looked in his eyes and all she saw was confusion, "feel anything?", he shook his head solemnly, this dashed her hopes and dreams, but she accepted it. It was made easy by the fact that Inu Yasha had told her of Kada and her troubled life... At least one lost soul will be happy...
Miroku had been surprised when Sango had showed up and she had kissed him... and other than confusion he felt nothing from the kiss. He had put his hands on her shoulders in order to push her away but then he decided not to hurt her feelings and merely let them rest there. When he shook his head at her question he was surprised to see acceptance in her eyes. He just couldn't push off the feeling that he had missed something... Had he heard something?