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Miroku walked down the dirt path toward the village where a lord wanted an exorcism, a lord with a daughter said to be as radiant as the sun. It was said that the lord's daughter had golden hair and eyes as blue as the sea and as deep as an ocean.
For the first time ever, the young lecherous monk was somewhat uninterested in seeing a girl said to be beautiful. Not for the fact the girl might have a bit of demon in her, he found those girls to be the most beautiful, but of the other rumors he had heard.
A traveler told him the lord's daughter was worse than homely. That while her hair may be a beautiful shade of black, her eyes were like beads and her lips thin. The traveler told him the woman was as big as an ox and constantly eating.
Miroku was never one to say how beautiful a woman was based on weight, just a few miles back at another village he found a large woman to be beautiful and plentiful with children.
The traveler also told of the lord's daughter hatred for women she thought were more beautiful then herself and how the girl would often befriend them before framing them for thievery.
Miroku hated three kinds of women, traitorous women, pathetic women, and last but not least by a long shot, evil women.
He had dealt with his fair share of traitorous women, and found pathetic women downright disgusting. He meant pathetic as in not even trying to save your own child or using people's pity to earn from another. Evil women he hated the most, they were traitorous and pathetic, evil women he would not even wasted his time with.
"Miroku, did not the rumors of the lord's daughter being beautiful come but yesterday?" Hachi, his shape shifting friend asked.
"Yes," Miroku said and went to explain, "Often a lord will hide his daughter and have a homely woman take her place at public events while he finds a suitor for his real daughter, remember what happened in the village in the north?"
Hachi nodded remembering the account very well, the lord hid his daughter well until Miroku rid the village of demons. He offered his beautiful daughter to Miroku but oddly enough Miroku declined the girl and went to the next village taking only a few prized possessions.
He entered the village and looked around at the peaceful surroundings to see if he could see any demons. He saw none and began to venture toward the lord's castle sensing two demon auras coming from it as it sat on high in the middle of the village.
Usagi sat on the floor enjoying the noddles the lord had brought her in the room the lord had offered to her. Inuyasha sat beside her, helping her eat the large amount of noodles, much to Usagi dismay, as Shippo sat enjoying some fish. Rei had left to search the castle for the demon, she felt its aura and began to follow where it was most strong at.
"You're a priest," the lord exclaimed and Rei hid around the corner listening to their conversation, "Oh, we need one to help rid us of a demon."
"I sense four auras here," another voice said, "All of them quite large."
Rei rolled her eyes, Inuyasha's and Usagi's aura were quite large, but Shippo's and this other demon aura was small compared to theirs. The only difference was that Shippo's aura was growing and the other demon had reached it potential.
"I'll get rid of all four for a small fee," the man said and the lord nodded, "Or your daughter's hand in marriage."
"Yes, of course, of course," the lord said, "If you get rid of all the demons, I shall give my daughter to you."
"I'll need a room to stay in, food and a bath," he said, "Can't fight demons dirty."
Rei revealed herself glaring at the man who looked at her with interest clearly shown in his eyes.
"Is she your daughter?" he asked walking over to her.
"No, she's a guest here," the lord said, "Is there anything you or your friends need?"
"There's only one dangerous aura here," Rei said glaring at the man, "Usagi's half demon, Inuyasha's half demon and Shippo's a full demon."
"Oh that's right," the lord said, "Seems we only need you to get rid of one."
"Touch one of my friends and I'll send you sky high," Rei threatened before going back to the room and slamming the door behind her.
"She has quite a temper," Miroku said as he heard the door slam, "Quite the temper indeed."
"I had to invite her, she's Rei quite a spitfire, her friend Usagi wouldn't have come without her," the lord said and smiled, "I'm hoping to win her favor."
Miroku just smiled figuring Usagi to be an old woman, he preferred younger girls so he wouldn't get in the old lord's way.
"What did you say your name was again?" the lord asked.
"Miroku," he answered before going in the direction Rei had went to distinguish exactly what aura he would be fighting.
He walked closer to a door and felt the three of the four auras he had felt, two were abnormally strong and another was growing. He pulled out his charms preparing to defend himself if needed before sliding open the door quickly.
All the occupants looked up at him before three continued eating hungrily and the only one glaring at him sat about to indulge herself but stood and glared at him.
"I didn't touch," he said calmly holding up his hands and sitting down next to the girl eating noodles at an amazing pace.
Rei's eyes didn't leave him as she sat down and slowly began to eat a fish. Miroku smiled at the blond but it went unnoticed as the girl finished her bowl and sat back with a satisfied look on her face.
"Oh," she said sitting back up straight, "I'm Usagi." She introduced herself and Miroku stared before his eyes roamed over her, it was clear this girl was no old woman.
"Miroku," he said and grabbed her hand kissing the back, "Are you currently being courted?"
"No," Usagi said and leaned whispering in his ear, "Inuyasha likes Rei but he won't admit it."
"I do not like her!" Inuyasha shouted pausing from his noodles to shout and glare at Usagi before starting once more.
"I have but one more question to ask you," he said and stood, "Perhaps I should ask you outside, it is a rather personal question."
Usagi nodded and stood as Rei gave Miroku one last glare, the two left and stood outside in front of the door. Their forms casting shadows which Rei watched closely.
"Usagi, you are a very pretty girl and I need to know something," he grabbed her hands and pulled her close to him while staring into her eyes, "Would you bear my children?"
"Um, well, you see," Usagi stammered trying to take a step back only to find Miroku had skillfully placed his leg behind her to prevent her from leaving, "I'm sort of doing something for my father right now."
"I see," Miroku said letting go of her hands, "You just hate me."
He turned away from her and sighed deeply before beginning to walk off, slowly counting in his head the number of steps he was taking. He had a feeling he was going to use this move a lot in the future with Usagi.
"Wait," she said as he stopped on the number seven, "Maybe after I finish what I'm doing for my father, we can talk about being together?"
"Really?" he asked turning around with teary eyes before rushing up to her and hugging her, "You won't regret this."
Usagi turned red as his hand wandered downward and rested in a certain place, Rei slid the door opened and turned red seeing where the hand was as Inuyasha and Shippo took cover.
"Mars," she began and Usagi began to protest the use of the attack, "Fire Phoenix!"
Miroku awoke several hours later in a slight daze with Usagi tending to him as Rei lied at the far end of the room sleeping with Shippo on her back.
He groaned feeling his body heat above what it should be as Usagi smiled softly at him while dabbing a wet towel on his forehead. He opened his mouth to speak only to be shushed by his blond caretaker.
"You need to relax now," she whispered placing the towel on his forehead and running her fingers through his short hair, "Just relax, I'll take care of you."
He fell into a state of peace and drifted off to sleep as Usagi ran her fingers through his head while whispering promises of protection in his ear.
It's back and possibly better! I couldn't find my disk with the rest of the story so I decided to just try my best to rewrite it. If I ever find the disk I'll email it to those who want it.