Chapter 1: Interlude to a Lech
It was twelve fifteen in the afternoon at Kokurom High. Kagome Higurashi and Sango Tajiya sat down to lunch, as usual. To the right of either girl sat her boyfriend, as usual. To the right of Sango sat Kuranosuke Ida, and Hojo Horithito sat to the right of Kagome. On the left of Kagome sat Inuyasha Taisho and Miroku Houshi, as usual. And both boys were consumed with devouring jealousy. As always.
Both Inuyasha and Miroku were good friends of Kagome and Sango. Hojo and Kuranosuke thought they were good friends with Miroku and Inuyasha as well, but they were wrong. Miroku hated Kuranosuke, and Inuyasha hated Hojo. It had been that way for several years, and that was the way it would remain. Why? Jealousy.
First case: Inuyasha Taisho. Inuyasha wasn't exactly the nicest guy. He was rude and violent to pretty much everybody, even his friends. He didn't have a good reason for his attitude. He was born that way, and he would die that way. He had been attracted to Kagome ever since he knew her, but due to his atrocious behavior, he had never had a girlfriend, much less one of the most courted at Kokurum High.
Second case: Miroku Houshi. Miroku was pretty much the exact opposite of Inuyasha. He was very nice to everyone, even his enemies. He didn't have any more reason for being so kind than Inuyasha did for being so irritable. He was simply a nice guy. When it came to women, he was also parallel to Inuyasha. He was hardly ever without a girlfriend, despite he was a bit perverted and was therefore of a lecherous nature. His relationships never lasted long. If the girl wasn't 'his' Sango, which it had never been, it didn't feel right for him to be with her.
He never noticed the pattern, as was emphasized as his latest, Koharu, stopped by his table.
"Hey." she said giving him a quick peck.
"Hey babe." Miroku replied, pulling her down into his lap, and deepening the kiss into more then a peck.
"You free after school?" Koharu asked once Miroku broke away, which he only did because of air deprivation. This question didn't fair well with Sango. Sango didn't know why, but every time she saw Miroku with another girl, it caused a spark of possessiveness over him. She didn't know why she felt like that, but it always caused her to take action sub-consciously.
"No Koharu, he's not free after school." Sango answered for him. "He's coming over to my house, to help me study for a trig test."
"Oh." Koharu said disappointment evident in her voice. "Tomorrow then?" she asked hopefully. It took all of Sango's self control to keep her mouth shut.
"You know it babe." Miroku smiled back enthusiastically. Koharu gave him another quick peck and took off towards a different table. Miroku followed her with a dreamy gaze until she sat herself down.
"Hey! Romeo!" Kagome yelled, clapping her hands right in Miroku's line of vision, snapping him out of it. "Care to join us back here in reality, Prince Valiant?" Kagome teased him.
"Lay off!" Miroku responded, giving Kagome a light shove. "If you're jealous of Koharu, why don't you go bug her about it?"
"Dream on, perv." Hojo joined the conversation, only too confident.
"I wonder how you do it, man. I don't want to rip on you, but you are a lech sometimes." Kuranosuke piped up.
"Sometimes?" Inuyasha laughed. "Surely you jest. Unless by sometimes you mean twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, three hundred sixty-five days a year."
"In his defense, I don't see you with anyone better dog boy." Sango added, completing the conversation among the six friends.
"I'm glad at least someone pays attention to what really matters." Miroku exasperatedly said. "Whatever works, right?"
"Amen brother." Hojo agreed, raising his fist high in the air.
"Seriously though guys, I think she might be the one." Miroku said. Everyone rolled their eyes at this. "What? Am I missing something?"
"You say that about a quarter of the girls you go out with. Face it dude. You are a grade A one hundred percent ladies' man." Inuyasha said authoritatively.
"I won't deny it!" Miroku declared triumphantly. "By the way, Sango, what was with that ruse about a trig test? You don't even take trig."
"She doesn't know that, now does she?" Sango countered.
"True, but I just want to know why you made it up. Could it be that you're, dare I say…jealous?" Miroku asked with a smirk.
"What? No! Why on earth would I be jealous over a pervert like you?" Sango yelled in protest, more loudly than she had meant to.
"You wish." Kuranosuke added.
"Now Sango, that's nothing to be ashamed of. It's a common problem. I'd be jealous over him to if he wasn't such a lecher. And Kuranosuke. It's not Miroku's fault he is so desirable. He can't help the fact he was born that way." Kagome joked.
"See Sango? There's nothing wrong with it! Besides, you look good in red." Inuyasha added, as Sango began to blush a brilliant crimson.
"Whatever." Sango dismissed the accusation with a wave. "Come over after school anyway Miroku, because if you must know, I have a geometry test and I happened to misspeak." Sango strutted off with her nose high in the air. The bell rang and the rest of the group got up as well.
"You keep an eye on your girl Kuranosuke. Otherwise, Miroku might snatch her from right under your nose!" Hojo continued the relentless bashing of Kuranosuke and Sango.
"I might do just that." Miroku muttered under his breath. Unfortunately, Kuranoskue happened to hear him. He grabbed Miroku by the collar and dragged him over so their noses were only millimeters apart.
"You had better be joking Houshi. I'd hate get blood on my shirt." Kuranosuke growled. A single bead of sweat trickled down Miroku's forehead.
"You wound me. I'm not the type to take someone else's girl. I thought you knew me better friend." Miroku replied coolly.
"Good." Kuranosuke said, regaining his composure and previous demeanor.
"At least not yet I'm not." Miroku thought to himself as a sly grin crept across his face.