Disclaimer: I'm hoping this chapter will be a success! Oddly enough that's all I have to say... and that Hojo is kinda...in love with Sango more than Kagome in this fic!
Chapter Four: Growing Closer
"Now?"
"No."
"Why not? We've done it like four times already, Kagome!"
"So! Let's do it again!"
"AGAIN! I'm getting tired!" Inuyasha growled
"It's the middle of the day!" she sighed.
"FINE!" he sighed, "I wanna eat first."
"NO!" she whined.
"I can't do it on an empty stomach!" he explained.
"Fine. Eat. Then we go right back to it, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah." he said, "I'm starting to hate math."
"But this is history class." she said.
"But I've been helping you with math!"
"It's friday, so cool it." she said.
The bell rang and Inuyasha jumped out of his seat, "YEAH!"
Kagome rolled her eyes and went to her locker. She blinked as a little white piece of paper hung from her door, "Uhh..." she opened it.
Hey Kagome,
You look real sexy today, wanna have some chow with me tonight?
Koga
She sighed as someone spun her around, "Ack!" she fell against the locker.
"Hey, so, you got my note?" he smiled leaning into her.
"Uhm...yeah."
"Well?" his ears twitched, "You're my woman right?"
"What! No! I never said that!"
"Come on, don't be shy."
"HEY!"
Kagome's head whipped around to see Inuyasha and Koga growled, "You again, dog face?"
Inuyasha growled, "What're you doin'?"
"Trying to talk to my woman!"
"Your woman?" Miroku asked.
"He's been in love with her since seventh grade." Sango informed them with a squeal. She gritted her teeth and hit Miroku in the head.
"Sorry." he said.
"Yeah."
"Hiraikotsu!" a male voice called.
She turned, "Yes...Hojo..."
"How about seeing a movie with me?" he said coming up behind her.
'Not AGAIN...' she thought, "I can't Hojo. I've got a date this weekend." she said
"Oh...allright." he said sadly and went home.
"And he's been in love with you?" Miroku asked.
"Sort of. He likes both of us but he tends to ask me alot more questions." she said.
"BUT I NEVER SAID THAT!" Kagome yelled.
"Damn! Why are doing this!" Koga asked her.
"Would ya just leave her alone! She doesn't like you!"
'Is he jealous! No way! He could be... This IS Inuyasha we're talking about...right?' she thought to herself, 'Darn Koga! I told him no like a thousand times!' "I'm going to lunch!" Kagome yelled and stomped down the hallway.
"Uh! Wait!" Inuyasha yelled and hurried after her.
She grinded her teeth and sat down under a tree outside, 'He could just be doing that because he's afraid Koga's like Naraku. But still he knows I wasn't scared. Was he jealous...?' she thought.
"Hey, what the hell!" Inuyasha growled, his ears twitching.
Kagome saw this and couldn't help but laugh really hard. Tears soon started filling her eyes and she wiped them away. Then she just started laughing again going in and out of fits.
"What! What's so funny!"
"Your-" she started laughing again, "Your ears!" she spat out laughing.
They drooped against his head, "What's wrong with them!"
"N-Nothing! Their just so cute and they twitched!" she laughed and was finally able to breathe, "Do they always do that when you're mad?"
"Yeah..." he suddenly felt very subconcious.
"What's wrong?" she felt bad. Maybe he was sensitive about them, "I'm sorry..." she patted the ground beside her.
He sat down, "What?" he said annoyed.
"Uhm... Can I..." she reached up on his head.
"What!" he jerked away.
"Relax!" she said as he sat down again. She reached her hand up on his head and rubbed one, "Oh my gosh!"
"Wh-What?" he said. He didn't know it but his face was very red.
"They're so cute!" she laughed.
He blushed, "Okay, knock it off!" he said putting her hand down.
"Sorry, I couldn't help it." she said and opened her lunch, "Hey where's yours?"
"I fucking forgot it this morning!" he said very annoyed.
"Lucky you." she said reaching in her bag and pulling out a can of ramen.
"Glah..." he drooled.
"Take it." she said handing it to him along with two chopsticks.
"What about you?"
She pulled out a sandwich, "I eat this."
"That's it?"
She nodded, "I don't get very hungry."
Sango and Miroku soon joined them, "Here you are!" Miroku handed Sango something wrapped.
"What's this?" she asked opening it to reveal a small cake with her name written in kanji, "How cute! Tell your mother I said thank you!"
"I made it..." he said.
"How cute!" Kagome beamed.
Sango blushed, "Thank you, Miroku."
He nodded, "Anything for a beauty such as you."
She flushed and looked away, "Thanks."
"I thought it would lessen the tension." he said smiling.
She smiled too.
Later that day...
"Sango! Phone!" her mother called.
"Hello?" she picked up.
"Hello, my dear."
"Hi, what time?"
"Seven." he said, "I wanted to call because I saw Kagura walking down the road past your house."
Her breath caught, "You're sure?"
"Yes, so I think I'll come over now..." Miroku said.
Sango got up to look out her window, "Has she gone already?" she looked over to Miroku's house and her expression soon changed as she saw him wave to her while standing beside a telescope, "Pervert!" she screamed and hung up the phone.
An hour or so later the doorbell rang and Sango answered it looking very ticked off, while hiding behind the door. She rather softened when she took his appearance in. He was dressed in a dark purple button up shirt with black pants.
Miroku sweatdropped and smiled, "Hello."
"Tell me why I should still go out with you?" she tapped her foot.
"Because I'm honest? And I would never spy on you with my telescope."
"Yeah, not while I'm looking at least." she rolled her eyes.
"Come out from behind the door so I can see you." he said.
She shyly stepped out in a long sleeved pink dress, decorated in her hair was a blossom clip, "W-What?"
"Lovely as ever." he smiled and flashed her the tickets, "Shall we?"
She sighed, then smiled at him, "All right."
He held out his arm and she took it as they walked the street together, "Thank you for accompanying me." He took in her fragrance, "You smell wonderful."
"Thank you." she smiled.
He overlapped her hand with his as they reached the theatre and took their seats, "It's a wonderful play. It's about a demon prince who gives up his eternal life to spend it with this women that befriended him. He fell in love with her but she's a preistess in training so he must do everything he can to stay with her, including defying his own blood."
"Wow, that's beautiful." she said.
"Yes...extremely." he said looking at her.
She blushed and hugged tighter to him as the play started.
It was dark out when the play ended leaving it a very nice night for a romantic walk.
"That was wonderful!" Sango rejoiced.
"I told you it would be." Miroku smiled at her.
"Thank you very much for taking me." she smiled.
"And just to think it doesn't have to end here." he smiled.
"W-What!" she asked frightfully.
"I get to walk you home as well."
She hit him, "Ha ha." sarcasm laced her voice.
He took hold of her hand and walked down the street, "But honestly, is it allright if I ask a personal question?"
She thought for a moment, "I suppose so."
He stood in front of her, "Would you mind if I kissed you?"
"Wh-What!" she said, "Uhm...I guess..."
He smirked, 'YES!' He leaned down rather shyly, caressing her lips with his in a soft kiss.
She blushed hotly as she looked up at him, "G-Goodnight, Miroku..."
"Goodnight, Sa-SANGO!" he shoved her away.
"What!" she said as she was thrown to the ground. She spun around and saw Miroku fall over, "Miroku! What's wrong!" she cried. She couldn't see him it was too dark, she could feel some wet substance on his shoulder, "Oh...no... MIROKU!" she cried, "Please wake up!" she shook him.
"A-Ah..." he whispered, "S-Sango..."
"Can you stand?" she cried.
"I don't know..."
She pulled his good arm over her shoulder and began a fast paced walk to Kagome's street. Her parents weren't home and she wanted to see a familiar face. She didn't make it that far as a red car pulled out in front of her, "No!" she cried.
"Hey!" it was the driver, but he sounded familiar.
"Inuyasha!" she whimpered as she saw him exit the vehicle.
"What the hell happened!" he asked taking hold of Miroku.
"What is it you're doing here?"
"I was gunna go to Kagome's she left her history book in my car." he said holding onto Miroku and lifting back the seat.
Kagome had waken up from her nap. Who was yelling! She was trying to sleep! She slid off of her bed and looked out the window, "Sango? Inuyasha?"
"Kagome!" Sango choked.
"Hold on! I'll be right there!" she ran out of her room and sped down the stairs making a leap for the door and ran outside, "What happened!"
"Miroku got hurt!" she cried.
"Get in!" Inuyasha said as the girls hurriedly climbed in the back and they sped off for the hospital.
"The wound's not deep, he'll be okay." Inuyasha said as they rode.
Kagome looked up at Miroku who was in the front seat and then to Sango, "What happened?"
"I'm not very sure. All I know was we were saying goodnight, we'd just gotten back from the theatre when he yelled for me and shoved me down." she whispered as tears continued to swim in her eyes.
"Inuyasha, it had to have been Naraku." Kagome whispered.
"No doubt about it." he said pulling into the hospital. He quickly slung Miroku over his shoulder and they hastened into the building.
An hour later the doctor came out.
"It seems he has a few stab wounds." the doctor told them.
Inuyasha stomped his foot, "That bastard!"
Kagome was holding Sango, "It's gotta be him."
The doctor looked from one to the other, "He'll be perfectly fine. He's just in need of some stitches. I've given him some shots as well to stop infection."
Sango sighed in relief, "Thank you...Can we go in and see him?"
"Of course."
Miroku was getting his last stitch put in, "OW!"
"Oh, you're fine!" the nurse smiled at him and left the room.
Sango's eye's watered and she threw herself into Miroku, "Are you okay?"
He smiled and lifted her chin up, giving her a small peck on the lips, "Fine, and you?"
"I'm all right, do you know who did this, could you see them?"
"I'm afraid not. I just saw a figure looming towards you and I got frightened." he explained.
"So you don't have an idea of who it may have been?" Kagome asked.
"Possibly Naraku. It seemed like it could have been him, considering my confrontation with him earlier this morning."
"You got into a fight with him?" Inuyasha asked.
He nodded, remembering what had happened.
Miroku sat his books down and was about to take a seat when someone hit him. He fell forwards but caught himself on the desk and looked at the boy the attack sprang from, "Having a problem, Naraku?"
"Nothing really important, Kazaana."
"Step off."
"What will you do if I don't?" he questioned.
"There's really no telling, but I don't think you want to find out." Miroku said clenching his fist.
"I needn't worry about you." he smirked smugly.
"Do not underestimate me." Miroku said and sat down.
"That was all." he said.
Sango looked down, "It looks as if we all have a fight on our hands."
AN: SO HOHOHO, whadja think...?
