Chapter 7
Poisonous Edge
Sango was standing outside of Miroku's bedroom grumbling. He wanted to take a walk around the place and she had to go with him. Inuyasha was still resting and Kagome was taking care of Ayame. Koga was out trying to find where the group of girls was and who they are. The door opened and Miroku stepped out.
"About time." Sango snarled.
"Patience is a virtue Sango my dear." He replied with a smirk.
"Whatever. It may be a virtue but mine is running thin." She said harshly. She turned her heel and began walking to the front door. "Let's go Hoshi." Miroku followed her past a sleeping Ayame.
"Have I have ever told you that you are so beautiful?" Miroku asked, a grin spreading across his face.
"Yeah, a million times. In real life and in your dreams." She answered. They began to walk past the beach and the other vacationing houses.
"Well, I'll continue saying it."
"Will you continue to if I break your jaw?" Sango asked offensively.
"Your words don't affect me. But mine affect you." Miroku said sweetly. Sango stopped walking and began throwing punches at him. Miroku jumped back and dodged them all. "Sango, my dear, I've been living in the same house with you for several weeks so therefore, I know how to evade your attacks."
Sango let out a muffled scream and began to continue walking. She was muttering several threats under her breath. Miroku followed after her with fascination. He put his arm around Sango's shoulders as they rounded a corner. Sango elbowed Miroku in the stomach angrily and stopped to look into one of the windows of a store.
"Why are you looking into the window Sango darling? See a pair of shoes you like?" he asked.
She shook her head in bewilderment. "Miroku, look through the window and tell me that my eyes aren't deceiving me." she ordered. Miroku pressed his nose against the glass and looked inside. Inside the store was a group of girls. Sango and Miroku counted at least 10 of them but among those 10, they recognized the descriptions of 4. One with short laired, dark brown hair and dark brown eyes, one with long black hair and black eyes, one with light brown hair and green eyes, and the last with short black hair and dark blue eyes.
"Your eyes aren't deceiving you. You think those girls are the ones trying to kill us?" he replied.
"Yes! Those descriptions fit those four perfectly! But what about the other six?" Sango answered. Miroku quickly grabbed her arm.
"Let's go Sango. We can't have them catch us!" he said. He began to drag her off but Sango resisted.
"No! Miroku let go of me! I want to see what they're up to!" she exclaimed. Both pulled each other in different directions but they got nowhere.
"What is this? A new game between you two?" asked a voice. They stopped struggling to see Koga standing in front of them with a smirk on his face. Miroku and Sango began talking at once, trying to explain everything to Koga. "Shut up! I can only take so much right now! I found those girls inside that store!"
"That's why we were looking inside." Miroku replied. He and Sango began to struggle against each other's will again.
"Ok, seriously, you need to stop that because they're coming!" Koga exclaimed. He grabbed Sango and helped his best friend pull her around the corner. The store's door opened and the group of girls came out.
"Wasn't there a small group of three out here?" asked one.
"Maybe you're imagination is playing tricks on you onneesan." Another replied.
"…Maybe so…"
"You have to stop hallucinating because we have more important matters coming up. Master says the time is soon." Another girl ordered.
There was a loud trail of footsteps and the group disappeared. Koga, Sango, and Miroku poked their head from around the corner. "Oh great! They're gone! We should have followed them!" Sango said loudly.
"That was a close call…" Miroku muttered.
"You have to be more careful Sango. If you get caught, they might kill you." Koga warned.
"Kill me? How will they be able to kill me?" Sango scoffed.
"Let's see here—", Miroku counted sarcastically, "—they won't kill you by dropping a box full of rocks and they won't try and drown you when a wave crashes on you. I guess they ran out of ways to kill you!" Sango glared at Miroku.
"I think your head is full of rocks you moron." Sango said harshly.
Koga shook Miroku and Sango's shoulder. "Stop talking. And just relax." He ordered quietly.
"WHAT?" they yelled. Koga slowly pointed to something on the ground. They turned their heads to see a Black Mamba slowly slithering towards them. The three of them held their breath and didn't move at all. The poisonous snake moved towards Miroku. Miroku shifted slightly, nervous of the poisonous snake's bite. In a split second, it lurched its head and bite Miroku's ankle. He cried in pain as Sango made a move to step on it. Next, the snake bit Sango's foot and Koga was able to cut off its head using a piece of broken glass.
Miroku slid onto the cement against the wall. "Looks like this is the end…" he muttered. Sango shifted slowly on her feet, her consciousness slipping from her grip.
"No! Don't say that!" Koga yelled. He threw the broken glass to the side. "You're not going to die!"
Miroku let a wry smile escape his lips. "Koga, a bite of a Black Mamba surely means death…didn't you know that?" he explained slowly. Sango closed her eyes and fell unconscious. She fell from standing and into Miroku's lap. He looked down at her sadly. "And I won't have the opportunity to tell the beautiful Sango that I loved her…" His eyes drooped closed and went out cold.
Miroku and Sango woke up and found themselves in the girls' room. Sango was on her own bed while Miroku was on Ayame's. Everyone was there: Inuyasha, Kagome, Ayame, and Koga. Inuyasha and Kagome were shouting about something.
"YOU'RE A MIKO! HOW? WHAT? WHY?" Inuyasha yelled.
"INUYASHA, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL! STOP SHOUTING ABOUT IT!" Kagome shouted back.
Miroku cleared his throat. "Why is everyone shouting?" he asked. Everyone jumped at the sound of his voice since they didn't know that both of them were awake.
"And why aren't we dead?" Sango added.
"Why don't you ask Kagome?" Koga suggested. All of them except Ayame turned to Kagome.
"ok…here's what happened…" Kagome began.
The door opened and Koga came in with Sango draped over his shoulder and Miroku being dragged by Koga. Ayame immediately stood up from the couch and went over to Koga to help him. "Oh my word! What happened?" she asked anxiously.
"A Black Mamba snake bit them on their foot and they might die!" Koga answered quickly. They brought them into the girls' room and set them on the beds.
"Did those girls do this?" she asked.
"Not sure."
Inuyasha and Kagome came into the room, their face filled with concern. "There's nothing we can do. A bite from a Black Mamba on their foot or ankle means they'll die in at least 4hours!" Inuyasha exclaimed. Kagome said nothing. She walked over to Sango and placed her hand on the bite mark.
A white light shone beneath her hand. Kagome removed her hand and to Koga and Inuyasha's amazement, the wound was gone. Kagome did the same to Miroku, the white light shining and then revealing the disappeared bite.
"Both of them should be awakening shortly. The poison from snake's fangs has vanished from their body as well." Kagome replied quietly. Inuyasha stared at her with bewilderment.
"And that's what happened." Kagome finished.
Inuyasha rotated to Ayame and Sango. "Did the both of you know that Kagome was a miko?" he asked. Both of them turned their heads away guiltily. "Why didn't any of you tell us!'
"Oh and what? Is it so vital that we tell you everything about our past life?" Sango asked angrily.
"Sango, it's ok. I'm fine with people knowing that I'm a miko." She said quietly. She faced Inuyasha. "The reason why I'm a miko is because my family are guarders of the shrine back in Japan. My mother and her mother and her mother before her were mikos. I'm not ashamed by it." The three boys exchanged worried looks.
"What's with the looks?" Ayame questioned.
"Nothing." Koga said.
A loud bang came from the basement of the house. Everyone quickly turned their head towards the door. "What was that?" Miroku asked, alerted by the sound.
"I don't know but I'm going to find out." Kagome responded. She grabbed her flashlight and hurried out the door.
