Chapter Fifteen: From a Spark Comes a Flame

Everyone had a disappointed look on their face as they waited for the tram to come to take them back to the parking lot. There were a lot of people waiting to get out of the park, and they were in a big group, so they had a long time to wait.

Kagome and Sango were both extremely tired. They hardly had any sleep the night before, and this day almost completely wore them out. They leaned against the railing to prevent themselves from collapsing.

Kouga and Miroku must have noticed. They looked at each other, and then at the girls, whose eyes were almost half-closed. The two of them walked next to them and stood there.

"Hey, you can lean on me if you want," Kouga said softly to Kagome.

Kagome didn't hesitate. She leaned on Kouga and closed her eyes completely. She felt safe.

"You can lean on me too."

Sango's eyes widened and she felt her heart skip a beat. She turned around and saw Miroku there. 'Did he really say that, or am I delirious?' She found herself staring at him. The two of them stared each other straight in the eye for a few seconds.

"You don't have to if you don't want to." Miroku quickly looked away and broke Sango's stare.

'I wasn't imagining it…' Sango smiled and rested her head on Miroku's shoulder. She couldn't see, but he was smiling too.

Apparently, the four of them attracted unwanted attention from the other band members. They all goggled at them. Almost everyone knew about Kouga and Kagome, but Miroku came as the real shocker. He was just the isolated and quiet boy at school, but here he stood with a girl leaning against him, and he didn't seem bothered at all.

For the first time during that day, the four of them were truly happy. And they were comfortable too.

Kagome had fallen asleep on Kouga's arm.

"Wow, that was fast…" Kouga chuckled as he looked at Kagome. He moved his arm slowly so he wouldn't wake her, but he did anyway. She lifted her head a little bit.

"Wha…" She wasn't fully awake yet.

"Nothing. Nothing at all." Kouga put his arm around Kagome as she fell back onto his chest. Kagome let him. It wasn't that she was too tired to say or do anything against it. She liked it. It was like he was trying to protect her, and this time she didn't mind.

Sango made herself stay awake. She thought it was embarrassing to fall asleep in public, although she had done it multiple times. Her head lay against Miroku's chest, and she could hear his heart beating.

"I can hear your heart," Sango giggled.

"Oh, really?" Miroku looked down at Sango. He blushed, and Sango felt his heart begin to beat faster.

She looked away, pretending not to notice. Then she lifted her head off of his chest and she looked at him and smiled. 'I guess he does feel the same way.'

Miroku chuckled nervously, and then returned the smile. 'No sense in hiding it now.' He reached over and embraced Sango.

Sango felt warmth surge through her body. She felt at home in Miroku's arms. Like nothing could disrupt them at this moment.

Then the tram came.

Kouga moved his arm again, this time a little more to be sure Kagome woke up.

Kagome groaned.

"Kagome, the tram's here. We need to go," Kouga whispered.

"Mmm… I don't want to go…" Kagome slurred the words together and clung tighter onto Kouga.

"Come on." Kouga lifted Kagome onto his back and carried her onto the tram. 'Sheesh, woman, you're difficult…' he thought to himself as he smiled.

Sango pulled herself out of Miroku's arms reluctantly. She wanted to stay there forever.

The four of them sat in the back of everyone. Kagome and Sango were in the middle, of course, because they didn't like being on the edge. Kagome was still fast asleep with Kouga's arm wrapped around her.

Sango continued to lean on Miroku. "I'm not hurting you, am I?" Sango asked.

Miroku laughed. "No, not at all," he smiled.

They passed the rest of the ride in silence. Everyone was tired, not just Kagome and Sango. Even Kikyou was caught falling asleep on Inuyasha, but she caught herself and forced herself to stay awake. Sesshoumaru had ended up falling asleep on Kagura, instead of Kagura on Sesshoumaru.

The tram began to slow down, signaling that they were close to their stop. You could hear everyone stirring as they slowly woke up.

Kaede was off of the tram first. "Come on you guys," she called out. "The faster we get off, the faster we can—" She yawned. "The faster we can get back to the hotel."

One by one, they groggily got off of the tram. Kagome was the most annoyed. She had been the one who had slept most peacefully.

The eighteen of them slowly made their way back to the charter bus which had provided the ride for them from the hotel.

The couples sat together, Kouga with Kagome, who had fallen asleep again at once as soon as they sat down, Sango with Miroku, Kikyou with Inuyasha, and Kagura with Sesshoumaru. It was a cute scene. Each pairing had one leaning against the other.

Their Disneyland trip was drawing to a close, and, though they were all tired, they didn't want it to end. Not at all. If they could, they would have stayed there forever. But, of course, they all knew that wasn't possible, and they thought that was unfortunate.

The bus rolled along as everyone rested.

'It's over… It's really over…' Sango sighed. She became depressed.

Miroku must have sensed it. "What's wrong," he whispered.

"N-Nothing." Sango didn't realize it, but tears had actually welled up in her eyes. She sniffed, then pretended to yawn to cover it up.

It appeared that she and Miroku were the only ones awake. Everyone else had either fallen asleep or had their eyes closed.

The bus pulled into the parking lot, and the lights flickered on, waking everyone up. There was a huge period of groaning from being woken up so harshly, then everyone clambered out of the bus and groggily made their way to their rooms.

Miroku and Sango were the last ones out. They had decided to let all the sleepy passengers out first, not that they weren't tired themselves. They just figured that it would probably be better if they were let out first.

Kaede yawned. "Come on, you two," she said to Sango and Miroku.

They got off of the bus, and Sango departed for the stairway. Miroku had to wait for an elevator.

He pressed the button, and Sango made it to the second floor already. She peered over the balcony and saw Miroku standing there. She smiled and disappeared, finally deciding to go back to her room where Kagome, Kikyou, and Kagura were sure to be knocked out.

Miroku looked up at the balcony and saw a swish of hair. He knew it was Sango. He smiled to himself as the elevator doors opened and he got in.

Sango found that the door to their room was opened slightly. 'Good. I didn't bring the key, and I would hate to wake them up…'

She slowly and quietly opened the door, thinking that they were all asleep already. Sure enough, the three of them had merely flopped onto the bed and fallen asleep. They were still in their street clothes.

Sango went over to the empty side of hers and Kagome's bed. She collapsed onto it, and all of them drifted into a dreamland with a wide smile on their faces.

-End-

That's it! It's the end! -celebrates- Thanks for everyone who submitted a review! I really, really appreciate it, especially because this is my first fanfic!

Kouga: So you decided to finish it after all...

Kagome: Kouga! Stop being so rude! She made you a decent character!

Kouga: -scoffs-

Sango: Yay! I get Miroku! -giggles-

Miroku: -smiles-

Kikyou: Hey, I wasn't mentioned all that much...

Inuyasha: Me neither...

Kyo-chan: Sorry guys, I wanted to focus on the other relationships more -anime sweatdrop-. Forgive me?

Kikyou and Inuyasha: -mumbles- Sure...

Kyo-chan: Yay! -grins with glee-

Thank you all again! -bows- To the readers and characters as well. I'm thinking about writing a sequel for this, so don't be sad if you find that this story cut off too suddenly. There should bemore to come! -winks and does a peace sign-