To Love an Enemy

Chapter 9

I don't own Inuyasha……though I sometimes wish I did.

Sango sighed deeply as she sank into the warm river. She has been travelling all day carrying a heavy back pack. Reflecting on her life, Sango realized that she had never done so much work. Man, have I ever been pampered. Until recently I slept every night in a goose feather bed, ate when ever I was hungry and enjoyed myself. Sango winced as the hot water touched her scars, I still find it hard to believe that after all this time, they still hurt. Sango thought miserably. Hot water is one of those things which makes them act up. Hey wait second, how is this river hot?! Sango sat there pondering how it was possible that the river was this warm, sure it was summer but this river was like a bath!

"Sango!" a voice called timidly. "It's me Kagome, can I come in, or are you one of those nobl- people who like their privacy?"

"No!" Sango called back over her shoulder. "Come on in, the water feels wonderful. It's like taking a hot bath!"

"Yeah," Kagome said as she walked over with her towel and sank slowly into the river. "It's because of the hot springs from the town we're travelling to. There's apparently a huge underwater hot spring or something like that, this is the river that's formed from the hot water there."

"We must be pretty close to the village, though for the water to still be warm though," Sango thought out loud.

"Yeah," Kagome said. "We probably would have made it today except Prince Miroku kept stopping so you wouldn't be too tired….OOPS I mean!"

"It's alright Kagome, I noticed too. Was I really that slow though?" Sango asked not taking offence.

"Well it was obvious that you've never travelled so much, you were just like me, we they first hauled me around. The only difference was that when I got tired Inuyasha just had me climb on his back. Which was really nice of him now that I think about it…."

"I just don't get Miroku though," Sango said in exasperation. "If I'm such a nuisance, they why does he insist on keeping me around? And he didn't have to stop for me. It would have been better for everyone if we had reached the village tonight. And how in heaven did a prince like him manage to become so perverted. I have never met anyone like him before!"

"Well, I don't really know that's just Miroku I guess. I've always just assumed he's desperate for an heir if you know what I mean. If I was him, and that desperate there is no way I would go around trying to get an heir like that. I he asked after knowing the girl then maybe the girl would say yes, after all he is the prince. All he ever gets is a slap and someone yelling 'HENTAI'. My question is doesn't he ever learn."

"What do you mean?" Sango asked sitting up confused. "What does he do to all the girls grope their but or something?"

"No, he does that to them after they say no. I'm talking about his ridiculous opening line," Kagome said grinning.

"What opening line?" Sango asked growing more confused by the second.

"HE DIDN'T ASK YOU!!" Kagome said so shocked she sat up.

"Didn't ask me WHAT!" Sango said.

"Oh Inuyasha's going to go into convulsions when he hears this!" Kagome said squealing in delight.

"What in the world are you talking about!" Sango said.

Kagome simmered down and took three deep breaths before she said, "Apparently every time and I mean every time Miroku meets a beautiful woman doesn't matter if she's a peasant, married, or engaged he always goes up to them and takes their hand while saying "will you bear my child?" Of coarse most women slap him and call him a pervert."

Sango stared at her with wide open eyes. "Are you serious, he actually does that!"

"Just wait until we get to the town, you'll see what I mean." Kagome said winking.

Suddenly there was a rustling of leaves and Inuyasha came through yelling "KAGOME! KAAAAAAAAGOOOOOOOOOMEEEEEEEEEEE! Where are you!"

Sango and Kagome screeched and picked up stones from the river bed and began to hurl them at the unsuspecting Inuyasha (poor Inuyahsa ;)) He instantly turned toward where the rocks were coming from making the two girls screech even louder. They threw the stones harder and faster while yelling "HENTAI!" "PERVERT!!" "GET OUT OF HERE!" Inuyasha being ambushed by rocks and enough high pitched screams to permanently damaged his ears ran away from the river bank covering his head. He staggered a few minutes later back to Miroku's fire pit where the Prince was sitting. "Never" he said venomously sitting down next to the fire and replying to Miroku's raised eyebrow, "wanderinto the area where two girls are bathing. It's hazardous for your health."

Miroku smiled evilly and said, "I'm sorry I missed it!"

"No, your not. I swear those to wenches nearly killed me. And I think I'm going to be permanently deaf in this ear for the rest of my life," Inuyasha said putting a finger in his ear and twirling it around.

"Well did you manage to ask Sango if she would dine with me?" Miroku asked.

"Oh yeah I asked in between the screeching and the throwing of stone. IDIOT of coarse I didn't manage to ask her!" Inuyasha yelled.

"I guess I'll have to ask her myself then, I'll wait a few minutes though, I unlike someone else I could mention know how to deal with women," Miroku said smugly.

"BOUZA, you get slapped more than I do!"

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Sango sat in her tent combing her wet hair with a wooden comb Kagome had given her when she heard someone stop outside her tent. She got up and walked over and walked out of the tent flap. There outside her tent, she found a flustered looking Miroku.

"Yes?" she asked. Miroku gaped; Sango looked so beautiful with her wet hair hanging down. Normally she wore her hair tied back. "Well are you going to stand their like a fish all day or do you have something to ask me?"

"Oh," jolted out of his thoughts he went on. "I was wondering if you would eat with me tonight. Oh", said Miroku and then held out a small red flower. "This is for you I saw it as I was coming to your tent."

Sango looked shocked and then gently took the beautiful flower (like those one's from My Will the ending theme of Inuyasha). "Thank you," Sango said softly. No one had ever given her a flower before. "Of coarse I will join you for diner." She gently leaned down to smell the intoxicating scent. Her eyes though shot right back up the second she felt the prince's hand on her rear. "HENTAI!!! Can you not do anything without GROPING me!" Sango yelled slapping him and storming back into her tent.

"So I'll take that as a yes then?" Miroku said gaily but before she could retort that she had changed her mind he left. Sango sighed but then her gaze fell on the flower he had given her. It was so pretty, and no one had ever given her a flower before. She smiled and leaned down to smell it. Maybe, Miroku isn't as bad as I thought he was. He's no nice….and so handsome….HEY WAIT A SECOND!! Where in the world did THAT come from!" Sango thought shocked and dropped the flower. What is the world was going on since when had she begun liking Miroku. Sango looked sadly at the flower lying now in the dirt before picking it up and sticking it in a glass of water on her bedside table. Oh I'm not falling for the enemy she thought. I'm just being sentimental