Current Time and Date: December 4, 2004 at 6:55 PM
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Chapter 22: Wide Eyes
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Honeymoon….
Rashi was asleep in the bed. The white sheets were clinging to her naked body. She felt someone stir beside her, and then that someone left the bed. Rashi opened one eye and noticed Sesshoumaru entering the bathroom.
Soon she heard the water running in the shower and awoke fully. Rashi sat up in bed and looked at her hands. 'I'm different now…I can feel it…it's running through my veins…'
Rashi stepped out of bed and her feet groped for her wool slippers. She slipped them on, grabbed a sheet, and wrapped it around her as she opened the cheery wood bureau. She took out her dark blue, silk robe and ditched the sheets.
She ran her fingers through her dark hair, combing out the large tangles. Rashi looked in the full length mirror and gasped. "…" she clutched her heart as she stared at her reflection. "Sessh-Sesshoumaru!" she called frantically. "Sesshoumaru!"
Rashi slipped onto the floor as she heard the door open.
"Rashi?" Sesshoumaru saw Rashi on the floor. "Rashi!" He went over to her and gaped at what he saw. "Oh my God…"
Rashi looked at him. "What happened to me?"
Sesshoumaru stared at her and then brushed a strand of light brown hair from her face. "You've changed…By us joining you became a hanyou."
Rashi wrenched away from his grasp and stood up. "But-but that's impossible! InuYasha's mother didn't become a hanyou!"
Sesshoumaru looked at her frightened expression. "Rashi…I don't know how it happened. We didn't DO anything that could've possibly made you this way."
"Do anything?" she looked at him. "Do anything? We had sex!"
"Sex can't make you a hanyou, Rashi," Sesshoumaru said.
"Well then, what happened?" Rashi snapped as she stared at herself in the mirror. Her black hair was no longer black, but a light brown with a hint of red. Her eyes were no longer a deep brown, but a honey golden color. Her features were more extravagant than before. ((agghhhh my contact…it hurts!!!)) White dog ears were sticking out of her hair.
Rashi clutched the wood with her long nails as she stared in the mirror. "Did sex have any effect on Kagura?"
"No."
Rashi sighed. "What did you do different?"
"Why, do you think it's my fault?" Sesshoumaru grew agitated.
"Because! You're the demon of this marriage!" Rashi turned to him.
"You're making it sound as if that's a bad thing," he said coldly. "It could've been you, you know!"
"What? That I might have had a different orgasm than normal?" she asked sarcastically. "Yeah. I can really make my body do that!"
"Rashi! Get a hold of yourself. Is it honestly that bad to be a hanyou?" Sesshoumaru asked.
Rashi sobbed. "Yes…because you hate InuYasha just because he's a hanyou…and I'm afraid…that…that…you won't…."
Sesshoumaru was surprised. "Rashi, I could never stop loving you." He hugged her close."The blood that runs through your veins is mine and yours combined, which creates a stronger bond between the two of us. If I am gone, know that my blood is still beating within your heart."
Rashi sniffled against his wet bathrobe. "You do love me…still?"
Sesshoumaru nodded. "Yes, I do. I still love you." He leaned down and kissed her.
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Miroku and Sango….
Miroku poured a cup of coffee as Sango entered.
"Since when did you start drinking coffee, Miroku?" Sango asked.
"It's not for me," Miroku grinned. "It's decaffeinated for InuYasha."
Sango sighed. "When will you two stop messing around with each other?"
"Oh…it's just a friendly game of revenge," Miroku said sweetly as he brought her into his arms and nuzzled her neck. "It's not going to hurt him. Just piss him off a little."
Sango closed her eyes, enjoying the feeling of him touching her. "If he gets pissed off, Miroku, I'm not saving your ass."
"I don't expect you to," he murmured against her skin, and then pulled away as soon as he heard InuYasha's alarm clock go off. "That's my cue." He kissed her cheek and, taking the coffee cup in his hands, swept out the doors.
"Why is he acting so…romantic?" Sango asked. "Oh well, he put me in a good mood." 'I haven't been in a good mood for a long time now…'
She put some toast in the toaster and a sick feeling came to her stomach. Sango covered her mouth with her hand, raced to the bathroom, and threw up.
She continued to gag, the bile making it feel as though a fire were running rampant through her throat. Sango heard a tap on the door.
"Sango-chan?" it was Kagome's voice. "Are you all right in there?"
Sango tried to respond, but she felt vomit coming up again and vomited. The feeling went away and she wiped her mouth with the toilet paper. "Hang on, Kagome." She flushed the toilet, feeling exhausted.
Sango rinsed her mouth and then opened the door. "I think I'm sick, Kagome. Really sick. I just vomited three times."
Kagome's eyes widened as she adjusted the baby in her arms. "Sango, you don't think that you could be…pregnant?"
Sango looked at Kagome and laughed. "No, Kagome. I'm still a virgin." But that tone was disbelieving. "I better go see if the toast is ready."
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"Damn it, Miroku!" InuYasha's voice roared in the house, making Chiisuchina cry.
"InuYasha!" Kagome shouted. "Be quiet! You're making Chiisuchina cry!"
Miroku came downstairs and into the kitchen, coffee dripping from his hair.
Sango looked at Miroku and smirked. "He spewed it out on you, didn't he?"
Miroku nodded and sat down at the table.
"Miroku! Get up and take a shower!" Kagome exclaimed. "You're getting the upholstery stained! Up! Now!"
Miroku groaned. "Fine…" Miroku got up and then walked out of the kitchen to take a shower.
InuYasha came into the kitchen, wearing his suit. "Now I'm going to be late, thanks to that monkey, Miroku," he muttered grumpily as he kissed Kagome good morning.
Kagome smiled. "Not if you take your breakfast with you, InuYasha," Kagome said, handing Chiisuchina over to him.
InuYasha smiled at his baby girl. "Heya angel," he kissed the baby and she smiled happily at InuYasha.
"She smiled! She smiled!" Sango pointed out.
Kagome nodded. "She always smiles when Daddy is around."
InuYasha handed Chii back to Kagome, a proud look on his face. "She knows who I am."
"InuYasha, you're already late," Kagome pointed out, handing him his lunch and breakfast.
"Oh, damn!" InuYasha said and took the lunchbox. "See you later." He rushed out to the car and drove down the street, honking madly.
Kagome sighed. "The neighbors will complain…They always do."
Sango picked up Chii. "She's adorable!"
Kagome looked sadly at her hands, stood up, and began to clean the table
"Kagome, is something wrong?" Sango looked at Kagome.
"It's just…when Chii grows up…she'll grow up slightly faster than a normal hanyou, but she'll still grow slowly…I'll die before her and InuYasha. InuYasha can still live a lot longer than me…I'm just human…just a human…" Kagome shook. "I thought about this for a long time. Just recently I became troubled at the very thought of not seeing her when she turns fifteen."
"Kagome," Sango looked at her as she set the baby in the portable crib. "You will live to see her grow."
"She'll need me the most when she becomes a teenager," tears were in her eyes. "I never expected to raise a child that would…that would…be a hanyou…She'll live past a hundred…two hundred…and I'll be dead…just like InuYasha's mother. The loss of his mother tore him apart. I don't want that to happen to my daughter!" She cried.
The jewel around Kagome's neck became warm, almost hot. Kagome yanked it off and dropped it on the floor. It clinked to a roll and scurried across the kitchen floor.
"Kagome-chan!" Sango hugged Kagome. "Don't worry. I'm sure everything will work out for you. It always seems to."
Kagome shook in Sango's embrace. "I feel useless…so useless…"
"Oh, but you're not," Sango whispered. "You're not. You're stronger than most women out there in the world and InuYasha needs you. Without you, he wouldn't be able to survive."
Kagome's legs gave way and she fell to the floor, with nothing to support her except Sango's arms around her. She was sobbing. Tears spilled through her fingers like waterfalls. "I can't do anything except wait!"
"Kagome…" Sango was at a loss for consolations.
"I'll be fine," she said through the choked sobs. "Just leave me alone for a while…"
Sango let Kagome slip to the floor, and there on the floor, was where Kagome spent an hour crying.
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Sango was in the living room as Miroku came down, all nice and clean. "Something bothering you, Sango?" he asked, noticing her furrowed brow.
"Kagome," Sango whispered. "She's been on the floor, in the kitchen, sobbing…for a long time…" Sango was watching Chii sleep.
Miroku looked surprised and headed to the kitchen, but Sango stopped him. "Don't," she said, "she doesn't want to be bothered. Let her cry."
"What has upset her so much?" Miroku asked.
"She feels useless, knowing that she is only human," Sango answered, cradling the baby in her arms, "while her daughter and InuYasha have demon blood running through their veins. She's well aware to the fact that they will continue on living when she has passed. Kagome does not wish to put Chiisuchina through the same pain as InuYasha after his mother's death."
"But InuYasha will be here for Chiisuchina. InuYasha was left alone at a young age, he wouldn't let that happen to Chiisuchina," Miroku pointed out, sitting next to Sango.
"I think…we should leave for a while," Sango said, zombie-like. "We've been staying here for too long. Kagome, InuYasha and Chiisuchina need to be alone."
"Sango?"
Sango turned to him. "I think that's what we all need," Sango said. She stood up and set the baby in the cradle swing. "Or we can just leave for a little bit. Kohaku has been staying with Ms. Higurashi and Souta for a long time. He probably thinks we've abandoned him. At least let's go and bring him back here."
Miroku nodded. "All right, will Chii be okay?"
Sango looked at the baby. "I'll let Kagome know we're leaving for a while and that the baby is in here." Sango left to the kitchen.
Sango opened the kitchen door. "Kagome, we're leaving to pick up Kohaku. Chiisuchina is asleep in the cradle swing, all right?"
"Uh huh," Kagome sniffed.
"Dry those tears soon, Kagome," Sango closed the door.
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Kagome's head began to ache, but she didn't let up on the crying. It seemed as though the world had stopped just to let her cry, even though it was preparing itself to crash upon her.
Kagome had heard Sango faintly, about leaving and that Chiisuchina was in the living room, sleeping. She closed her eyes. Sleep sounded good.
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"Why isn't my full power restoring?" Naraku asked himself as he stood in Kikyou's house. "I took her soul, I took her powers, but they aren't fulfilling."
Naraku looked at Kikyou's lifeless body. She had said that if he got her soul, the power wouldn't come to what he had wanted. She also said that her soul would not fully belong to him, but that was impossible.
When she had agreed to marry him, she had given not only her heart, but also her soul without knowing it. So the soul should have been fully his, unless…Yes, that was it!
"Oh Kikyou, you are a clever priestess," Naraku smirked. "You clever, clever girl. Using riddles, are we? Naughty, clever girl."
Naraku grabbed the small bottle that had held her soul. "Very well, Kikyou, I will play by your game rules." The bottle sucked Kikyou's soul from Naraku's body, the power draining from him. "I need your full soul, including your reincarnated self, don't I?"
He laughed. "Oh, you are a smart one, Naraku. Soon Kikyou's and Kagome's souls will create the core of evil!" He swept towards the fire place. "Is Kagome alone?"
The fire flashed a green, signifying that, yes, she was alone. "Hm," Naraku looked at the fire. "Very well." He stepped into the fireplace and left in a flash.
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Kagome was sleeping on the cold tile, unaware that the fireplace was filled with flames, unaware that Chiisuchina was howling loudly for attention.
Naraku walked through the living room and stared at the baby. "A baby?" Naraku smiled. "This just gets better and better."
He silenced the baby with a wave of his hand. "I'll deal with your pretty little head later, for now, shush." He walked towards the kitchen doors and swung them open, to see Kagome lying on the floor, a tissue clutched in her hand, her black hair like an ocean that had spilled across the floor.
"You are just as beautiful as Kikyou," Naraku whispered. He raised both arms gently, lifting her body with his powers. Her body was floating gently in the air, her head limp as a rag doll.
"Now, give me your soul," he said in a soothing way. "Give it to me. Come now, obey me. Hear my voice."
Kagome's forehead beaded with sweat as her subconsciousness took control of her body and fought for her soul. 'No, I won't go. I don't belong to you!' shouted Kagome's voice inside her head. 'Wake up! Kagome! Save your soul!'
Kagome's eyes lazily opened, still subconsciously battling to awaken. Her eyes were hollow as they stared sluggishly at Naraku. 'Look, it's Naraku! It's him!' the voice became louder in her head.
'But,' she countered softly to herself. 'Naraku is dead. We destroyed him…'
'He came back! He came back and now he wants to take your soul! But he can't! If you say no, he won't be able to steal it! If you say your soul belongs to you and InuYasha, he can't take it! Say it now!'
'I can't…I'm so…tired…' Kagome protested.
'Do it for your baby!' the voice was demanding. 'Now!'
Kagome closed her eyes and they reopened. They were no longer hollow. Consciousness swept over her like a wave of cold water. "My soul does not belong to you, Naraku. I forbid you to take my soul. My soul belongs to InuYasha and myself. No one else. Not you!"
The Shikon no Tama glowed on the floor brightly and soon the light spread throughout the room.
Naraku's red eyes flicked towards the jewel. "The Shikon no Tama!" He reached out his hand towards it. "Come to me, now!"
The jewel zoomed through the air, towards Naraku's hand. It hit his hand and he closed his fist. "It's mine! I now have the jewel!"
"That jewel is a part of my soul!" Kagome said as pink glowed around her. It broke Naraku's grip on her and she dropped to the floor. "I won't let you take any part of it!" The pink glow grew into pink flames and encircled her.
The jewel began to grow hot in his grip, but he wouldn't let it go. "What is this? What is this priestess sorcery?"
"Drop it now!" Kagome's voice was demanding and loud. It boomed through the kitchen. "And leave this house!"
The jewel burned his flesh, but he still wouldn't release his grip. He winced at the pain of the jewel burning. He felt his skin boil and bubble.
"Did you not hear me?" Kagome's eyes flashed pink. "I said 'DROP IT NOW'!"
The jewel burned brightly, created a hole in his hand, and dropped to the floor, blood all over it. Evil, tainted blood. The jewel turned black.
Naraku laughed as he watched the jewel darken. "I win, Priestess Kagome." He reached for the jewel with his other hand, but it zoomed away from him and entered the pink fire.
"No," Kagome said. "You don't. It may have blackened by your hatred, but it still refuses to be with you as my soul does."
The Shikon no Tama was part of Kagome's soul. It had blackened with the evil blood that had been spilled for it. Soon the blood swallowed the pink jewel, turning it black. Slowly, Kagome's soul was turning black. Kagome wasn't aware of this; she wasn't aware that soon she would turn evil if something wasn't done to prevent the jewel from tainting her own soul.
Neither of them was aware of this.
Kagome took the jewel in her hand and it sent a searing pain racing through her palm.. She dropped it and glared at Naraku. "No one can hold this jewel," she said as she flicked her hand towards the China Cabinet. The jewel zoomed into the cabinet and lay on the satin pillow. "And that's the way it should be." She closed her eyes. "Be gone!" Pink flames swirled at Naraku and he was thrust into the fireplace where he was forced out from whence he came.
It was over, or so she thought as she fell to the floor once more, exhausted. Her power had been drained, and she slipped into a deep, coma-like sleep.
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InuYasha opened the door. "I'm back," he called out. He heard the baby crying and looked over to the abandoned baby in the cradle.
"Chiisuchina? Why are you not with Mommy?" InuYasha scooped the baby up and the baby stopped crying. "Come on, let's go look for her." It was unlike Kagome to leave the baby in a room , unattended. Kagome was strictly over-protective of Chiisuchina.
InuYasha opened the kitchen doors to see Kagome, collapsed, on the floor. "Kagome!" InuYasha rushed to Kagome and shifted the baby to one arm, while he turned Kagome over so he could see her face. InuYasha gasped. Her face was pale.
InuYasha opened the refrigerator and grabbed some formula in a bottle. Kagome hated to feed the baby formula. She preferred breast milk, but they kept formula just in case Kagome was sick or away.
He warmed up the milk and set the baby in the kitchen cradle. "Sshh," he said and kissed her head.
He walked over to Kagome, picked her up in his arms, and set her on the couch in the living room, gently. "Kagome," he whispered as he came close to her face. "Wake up."
When she didn't wake he looked around the room. "Sango!?" he called. "Miroku?!" He waited, no answer. Why would they leave?
Chii started to cry as the microwave beeped. InuYasha walked back into the kitchen and grabbed the warm milk bottle. He picked up Chiisuchina and walked back into the living room. InuYasha sat down next to Kagome's legs and fed the baby.
Should he call the doctor? Should he try and get a hold of Sango? Or Miroku? No. He knew which person to call.
After the baby fed he burped her and set her in the swing. He took out his cell phone. "Kaede, something has happened to Kagome. She needs help. She's fainted and she won't get up. Thanks. Bye."
InuYasha looked at Kagome. "Is something wrong?" he asked himself. "Kagome…what happened?" InuYasha touched her cheek. So cold.
InuYasha waited as he held Kagome in his arms.
Moments Later…
Kaede was inspecting Kagome. "Hmm," she would say every few seconds. "Hmm…"
"Hmm? What does 'hmm' mean?" InuYasha grew irritated, "What's wrong with Kagome?"
"She is in a comatose state," Kaede said simply, retracting from her body. "'Tis strange though…" Kaede muttered incoherent words under her breath. "Where is the jewel?"
"The Shikon no Tama?" InuYasha looked at Kaede. "She wears it around her neck most of the time."
"Well it isn't there," Kaede said. "Where is it?"
InuYasha thought. "She lets the baby wear it too." InuYasha looked in the cradle. "But Chii doesn't have it either. And sometimes…sometimes…Kagome puts it in the China cabinet."
"I'll get it," Kaede said and walked off into the kitchen. After a few moments of silence, Kaede let out a yelp.
InuYasha ran to the kitchen and found Kaede holding a small, black marble. "What's that, Kaede?"
"This," Kaede held it up for InuYasha to see, "is the Shikon no Tama. It has blackened with evilness." Kaede inspected it. "If the jewel is touched with evil blood it will turn black. Since this jewel is connected to Kagome's soul, her soul is also being blackened with evil, slowly. If she doesn't come out of that coma soon she is vulnerable to becoming Naraku's partner. I suspect that Kagome or Naraku was unable to hold this jewel while it was black."
"What?" InuYasha looked perplexed at Kaede. "But Naraku is dead and if Kagome or Naraku couldn't hold it then why can you?"
Kaede shook her head. "A man of power cannot die. Especially Naraku. He has so much power that he cannot die as easily as you think." Kaede stared at the jewel. "I am able to hold it because I have no direct connection with the jewel. Kikyou was meant to protect it. Naraku's heart wants it so badly. Me, I do not see any use in this jewel so there fore the jewel sees no reason in harming me."
InuYasha tightened his fists, "'If Kagome was to become his partner,' identify 'partner'."
Kaede shrugged. "Partner in evil. Partner, as in his wife. She is Kikyou's counterpart. Kikyou divided her soul in half, knowing this would happen. If Naraku was to get Kikyou's soul only, he wouldn't be able to come back fully and get the power he needs. If he figured out that someone else had Kikyou's soul, then the world is doomed. Naraku knows that Kagome has a part of Kikyou's soul."
"But it's Kagome's soul now!" InuYasha said. "Not Kikyou's."
Kaede sighed. "Kagome has a part of Kikyou's soul as well as her own soul. They mixed together so her soul is not fully hers nor is it fully Kikyou's." InuYasha growled. He didn't understand. "So all I have to do is get Naraku?"
Kaede shook her head. "Find him, and capture Kikyou's soul. He should hold it in a small bottle. I will try and find Naraku's weakness. Though I don't know where to begin."
"Onigumo…" InuYasha said.
"Onigumo?" Kaede asked slowly.
"Yes, Onigumo was Naraku's old self; his human self. Onigumo was burned, severely. He has the mark of a spider covering the whole length of his back. If Onigumo had a physical or emotional weakness, I'll bet Naraku has it too," InuYasha said.
"All right, I'll start there," Kaede said. "I will also take care of the baby, if you wish."
"Kagome wants Chiisuchina to drink breast milk…" InuYasha said. "But Kagome's unconscious…how can she?"
"Am I not a mid-wife?" Kaede asked. "I know how to do this, InuYasha. You go and do your part."
"Right," he nodded and then left. He went up to Chiisuchina and kissed her forehead. "I'll be back, angel. I promise."
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Miroku looked at the worried Sango as they were driving back to Kagome's house. "Sango, cheer up. Kagome will be just fine," he said, forgetting that Souta and Kohaku were in the back seat.
"What's wrong with my sister?" Souta asked as he leaned over Sango's seat to change the radio station.
"Nothing's wrong with Kagome," Sango stated. "She's just been tired lately."
"With the baby?" Souta asked.
"Yeah," Sango replied, her lip quavered. "She's just fine. She's just resting…" Tears streamed down Sango's cheeks. "She's had a rough time."
"Sango, shit, you're crying!" Miroku slammed on the break and looked at Sango. They were in front of a store. "Kohaku, Souta, go entertain yourselves in the store. Pick something out for Christmas."
"No!" Sango said firmly as Souta was about to open the door. "Stay in the car, the both of you!"
"Now! Get out," Miroku instructed softly. "Kohaku, Souta, listen to me."
Kohaku nodded and opened the door, despite Sango's demands of staying in the car. He knew Miroku wanted to talk to Sango. Souta and Kohaku were soon in the store.
"Damn it, Miroku!" Sango started crying.
"Sango," Miroku took off his seatbelt, looked over at her, and grasped her shoulders. "Calm down. Calm down. Kagome's fine."
"She's not fine, Miroku!" Sango wrenched from his grasp. "She was on the floor, sobbing hysterically!"
"Like what you're doing now?" Miroku questioned.
"That baby…that baby messed Kagome up," Sango said.
Miroku looked at Sango. "What do you mean?"
"That's why…it's bad to get pregnant…" Sango shouted at him. "Babies don't do anything except hurt people. Kagome's in such a bad state, thinking about the baby."
"Sango, what are you getting at?"
"Miroku, damn it! I'm pregnant!" she cried out.
Silence greeted the both of them as the sentence hit Miroku in the face. He looked at Sango's expression. Fear and worry was smeared across her wet face.
"Sango…" he spoke quietly as he stroked her hair. "You're afraid, aren't you? You're afraid of having a baby."
Sango didn't answer. She just cried and shook fiercely. Miroku leaned over and hugged her close. He pulled her into his lap. "Shh, Sango…It's okay…"
"You're not mad?"
"Why would I be mad?" he whispered. "When I told you I always wanted children."
"Not that…" Sango said. "The part where I don't want children."
Miroku hushed her. "Sango, tell me why you don't want children."
"Because…" Sango said. "It ruined my friends' lives. I had a friend in high school who was just fifteen and she got pregnant. She got kicked out of school and her parents kicked her out of the house, so she was on her own. She'd come over to my house and just lay in my bed, sobbing. She committed suicide when her water broke…" Sango cried. "And it happened to a lot of girls in my school. Some of the guys at my school committed suicide because they were in shame…And now…and now…Kagome is…so depressed…"
"Sango…the kids in high school were barely old enough to take care of their kids. Kagome is. The reason why she is so sad is not because she has a child, it's because she fears she won't be there for Chii. She wants to be there for her," Miroku said soothingly, stroking her arm.
"I am scared…" she whispered.
"The reason?"
"My mother was never there…to tell me about what happened to girls when they got their period…or what to do when you became pregnant. She never taught me any of those things. She was so quiet when it came to the subject of sex. My father wasn't much help in that area either. All I know how to do is fight and strategize," Sango said.
Miroku hugged her. "Do you know anything about sex?"
"I learned on my own…but Miroku when you…when we…" her voice was quiet. "When we had sex…I was so scared. I was nervous…"
"You should've told me, Sango," Miroku said. "You should've told me you didn't know."
"Then you would've thought of me as a stupid woman…"
"I could never. I would fully understand your situation, Sango-chan," Miroku said. "And I promise I will be with you every step of the way with our baby. I'll teach you, or if you're uncomfortable with me teaching you about pregnancy, there are classes that teach it for you."
Sango turned to face Miroku. "Are you serious?"
Miroku nodded. "I want to be with you forever, Sango." He reached into his pocket. "This might be a bad time to ask you, but…Sango, will you marry me?"
Sango looked at the beautifully cut, heart shaped diamond set neatly on a golden band. Her eyes widened. This was an awkward moment. Here she was, in the car, her eyes red, and she was on Miroku's lap with the shift stick in her thigh and he was proposing to her after she said she didn't know anything about pregnancy.
She looked up at him. Her face must've been in a 'you-must-be-high' look because he frowned slightly and was about to put the ring up. "No," she said and grabbed his hand, "Keep it out. I will marry you, Miroku." She kissed him then pulled away. "But can you propose to me again in a more romantic area? It's kind of hard to answer 'yes' when the stick shift is moving up my thigh."
Miroku smiled. "Yes, Sango." He put up the ring as she slid off his lap.
They waited for Souta and Kohaku.
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Crisa Rei: Well then…wow…I was kind of leaning towards something else with the whole 'Naraku Rises Again' plot but my friend pointed something out so I adjusted it to this. And I was going to have Miroku ask before they left Kagome's house.
And can anyone tell me which character of InuYasha is not in here? It's a main character, sort of. If you get it right…I'll…well I'll do something. Like give you a sneak preview on the next chapter from here on out. So if you get it right then you get to read a bit of each chapter that are coming up. Does that make sense?
Current Time and Date: December 7, 2004 at 4:34 PM
Thank you Derhellerman for the corrections and suggestions. You did an excellent job. Except...now all I need to do is get used to be corrected....I need to get used to being corrected. It's going to happen in the world.
Bye bye
