Chapter 9: A Time Not Soon Forgotten

"That sun feels so good." Kagome smiled on her way to school.

"Ya. So what did you do over Spring Break?" Sango asked admiring some freshly blossoming flowers.

"Not much. Mostly stayed at home. I got a job, you?"

"I worked at my pre-exsisting job with Kouga. He got Ayame the cutest bracelet ever. He's a really great guy, just a little to protective." Sango giggled.

"So true, but I'd still go out with him if he asked." Kagome laughed.

"Go out with who?" Inuyasha looked heartbroken.

"No one, just girl talk. What did you do over Spring Break."

"Same old, fought with 'Fluffy' and worked." Inuyasha sighed.

"Yea, man our lives suck." Kagome whined.

"Hi Kagome." Ayume and Hojo joined the 3.

"Hi, how's lover's edge?" Kagome asked.

"Good and you?" Ayume blushed.

"Perfect." Kagome hugged Inuyasha.

"Gee, that's just wonderful." Sango sighed and walked fast.

"Hey Sango!" Miroku caught her.

"Hello Miroku, how was your Spring Break?"

"It was awesome! Moushi took me to Florida and to Miami. You should have seen all the girls." Miroku smiled while he daydreamed.

"Great!" Sango said sarcastically as she stormed into the school.

"What's with her?" Inuyasha asked Miroku.

"No clue." Miroku said.

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"Hey Sango, what's wrong?" Yuka asked her.

"Everything." She slammed her locker door shut and walked away, until Kouga grabbed her arm.

"What's up?" He asked her. She had tears flowing down her pinkish cheeks.

"Stuff. I guess I'm slightly depressed, but I'll get over it." She wiped away her tears and walked away. 'I miss dad, and Kuranosuke.' She held onto her charm, but was so lost in her thoughts she didn't realize that Naraku and Kagura were standing in her way, until she ran into him. "Huh, eh Naraku. I am so sorry."

"Yea, whatever. Just move it." His eyes pierced at her soul. Kikyo walked up to him and winked at Sango.

'Are those 2 still dating.' Sango released a small smile.

"Kagome, hello, anyone in there?" Inuyasha asked as the 2 walked into the gym with Kagome, Eri and Miroku.

"Huh, yea, I'm here." Sango snapped out of her daze.

Miroku and Eri were talking and laughing the whole gym class, Sango wondered why.

"Inuyasha." Sango chased after him.

"What is it?" He asked stopping.

"Do you know what's going on between Miroku and Eri?"

"Yeah, they're dating." Inuyasha said matter of factly.

"Oh, I see." Sango walked away hanging her head.

"You alright?" Inuyasha followed her.

"How long?"

"End of Spring Break." Inuyasha felt sort of guilty.

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Sango was walking to work alone. She didn't work with Kouga today, she was solo. Her cell phone rang.

"Hello Sango speaking."

"Oh hello Sango. I am just calling to say that we won't be needing you today, the food court is closed this week due to some health reasons." He boss explained.

"Okay, thank-you so much for calling." She hung up, but not happy.

"Great, now to walk all the way back, at least I get my license this year." She mumbled to herself as her cell rang again. "Hello-"

"Sango, get home now." Kohaku's voice was quick and cheery. She ran home and into the living room. Kohaku jumped up as a familiar man stood to acknowledge the person who just walked in.

"Sister, it's our father." Kohaku hugged her.

"Dad." Sango ran to her father and hugged him. "You're back. Thank-god."

"And I'm never leaving again. Miaka, you've done a wonderful job in raising my children." The 29 years old sister of his deceased wife nodded as the tears spilled from her eyes. "And you are welcome to stay." She just nodded again. Then all 4 family members joined in a group hug. "Now I will make supper and you two shall finish your homework." His children agreed and ran excitedly to their rooms. Sango was still speechless as she looked upon her homework. An essay on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and health assignment.

"I have to call someone." She picked up her cell and dialed the first number she could think of.

"Hello, it's Sango. You'll never believe who is at my house." She said almost flying off her bed.

"Who." Kagome asked just as cheerful, but slightly annoyed since Inuyasha was over.

"MY…" She took a deep breath. "MY DAD!" She pulled the phone away from her ear as Kagome's excited shrill bust over the speaker. It terrified Inuyasha as he landed on his butt falling off of Kagome's desk chair.

"When?"

"When I got home from school. Kohaku called me on my cell because I thought I had to work, and he told me to get home asap, and he was here. O, I gotta go, dad made super."

"Alright, I'm so happy for you." Kagome smiled. "Bye."

"Now will you tell me what that was all about?" Inuyasha had his arms folded across his chest.

"Sango's dad, he came home!" Kagome smiled.

"Really, that's great news." Inuyasha forced a smile.

"Yeah it really is." She walked over to the calendar. "I can't wait until summer." Kagome sighed as Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her waist. She turned around to face him and he pulled her into a deep passionate kiss.

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"Good morning Pumpkin." Morning had come on that Saturday.

"Morning dad." She looked over at her clock to see that it was 15 minutes to 12. "More like good afternoon." She giggled.

"Well there's a boy at the door, umm a Miroku I believe."

"No way! I'm still in my pajamas." Sango freaked.

"Just pull your hair back and pull on your robe." Her father laughed.

"Okay." She did just that as her father sent Miroku up to her loft.

"Hello Sango. Did I wake you?" Noting her messy hair and celestial house coat.

"Sort of. So why are you here?" Sango asked folding her arms.

"I just wanted someone to talk to, I was getting bored at home."

"So why didn't you go to Eri's?" Sango snapped.

"We broke up 2 days ago." Miroku said sadly.

"Oh I'm sorry." Sango comforted him.

"Thanks, so I guess I cam here to give you this." He handed her that same wooden box she'd seen at Christmas.

"What's that?" Sango asked.

"I should probably give this to you before I foget." Miroku smiled.

"Oh, like you have for the past 4 month?" Sango teased taking the box. She opened it, inside was a diamond studded charm bracelet, much like the one she had broken years ago playing tag with Miroku and Ayame. "Wow, it's so pretty. But you really didn't have to." Sango searched her head for words.

"It's alright, I'd thought I'd find a day to give it to you, after all, it sort of was my fault that your old one broke in the first place." Miroku laughed.

"Right, I forgot that."

"Sango. Miaka, Kohaku and I are dining out for lunch, will you be joining us?" Her father called up the stairs.

"No, I'm not dressed or anything." Sango yelled back.

"Alright, dear, we shall see you in an hour or so." Her father called back as they walked out of the house.

"Well looks like it's just you and me." Sango had a major déjà vu. "I'm going to wash my hair and put some real clothes on." Sango grabbed some real things from her room, and walked into the bathroom and locked the door.

When she finished Miroku was sitting in her room, actually sleeping on her bed.

"What are you doing?" Sango asked the sleeping Miroku. He didn't answer. So she decided to poke him or shake him whatever woke him up. "Miroku wake up."

"Huh, Sango. Oops, I must've dozed off there for a minute." Miroku laughed.

"Mhmm." Sango smiled but it soon faded once she realized the reason why Miroku had such a big smiled on his. She quickly smacked his cheek, but it wasn't satisfying enough so she punched him in the shoulder. He grabbed her other arm that hadn't hit him and praised it. She used her other hand to pull her right hang from his, so of course he took a hold of that as well. Before they knew what was happening, Miroku had her pinned to the bed. Sango was in such a daze, she was oblivious to what was happening. Miroku leaned in and sweetly kiss her. She blushed a brilliant pink. Suddenly realizing what was going on, she sprang up and stared at her knees as she crossed her legs on the corner of her bed. "Wha, wha, what was that?" Sango stuttered her wet hear was a mess.

"Umm, I don't know, it just felt like the right thing to do." Miroku sat the same way Sango did.

"You did this once before, when Kagome broke up with you! I'm nothing more than a rebound girl to you." Sango was getting slightly annoyed as the anger bubbled to the surface, but Miroku wrapped his arms around her and she took in a deep breath.

"You are not a rebound! You are so much more." Miroku pulled his arms back as he left her room and sat on the stairs. Sango wasn't sure if she should follow him or wait for him to come back in. she stood up and walked out of her room and towards the stairs.

"Umm alright. Then tell me something, Monk, why do you always do this to me?"

"Umm very funny with the 'Monk' thing, and Sango I will be here to make you smile when you can't, and to help you search for Kirara's collar when you're worried she'll run away." Miroku smiled.

"Miroku…" Sango utterly speechless. What do you say when a guy tells you that he'll be there to help you when you need it? She sat on those hard wood stairs until the phone rang.

"Hell, Sango here. Oh, uh huh, no, if it's alright, could I got out with a friend. Okay, yep I can do that, thank-you." She hung up the phone.

"Who was that?" Miroku asked her walking into her room.

"My dad, they are going to visit some friends, well since he's home, then they're going out for supper, then to a movie. He asked if I want to go but…I said I'd rather be with a friend today. So they'll be home by midnight, same for me." Sango smiled at him.

"Oh wow! You should've gone, I mean he's your dad."

"I know that, but I've spent the last week and half with him." She stood up and walked into her room. "Come here." Miroku stood slightly dazed.

"What are we doing back in here?" Miroku smirked. Sango held Kirara in her arms as she sat on her bed.

"Sit." She said softly patting the area beside her. "What are We going to do today?"

"Let's see, how about an early movie and pizza at the Promenade." Miroku suggested.

"Sounds nice." Sango blushed.

"Alright let's go." Miroku grabbed her hand as they ran down the stairs and got into Miroku's car.

"So why haven't you gotten your license yet?" Miroku asked her.

"Well I flunked my test, something about being to hasty." Sango laughed.

"Hmm, because I noted that awesome car in the garage. Is it yours?"

"Mhmm, my dad bought it for me 5 days ago when he heard I was taking the test again next week." Sango grinned.

"Well that's good. Can you believe it, 2 months and 2 weeks until summer vacation." Miroku smiled.

"No I can't."

"Well, here we are." Miroku said as they pulled into the parking lot and walked into the theatre. They decided on Wedding Crashers. The 2 grabbed some snacks and walked in as the viewing room darkened as they took their seats. The movie played but the 2 barely watched, each had many thoughts running through their heads that they couldn't concentrate on it.

'Can I kiss her, should I?" Miroku thought.

'I wonder if I'll pass my driving test?'

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"Inuyasha?"

"Yea?"

"What are you doing?"

"Moving the lawn."

"well I knew that, but I meant like tonight." Kagome watched the shirtless Inuyasha do his chores under Sesshoumaru's careful observation.

"Umm well nothing. Miroku called me and canceled our plans for today about 20 minutes ago."

"Did he say why?"

"Something came up, that's all." Inuyasha turned the lawn mover off and sat with Kagome in the shade.

"That lawn looks half decent brother." Sesshoumaru and Kagura walked out of the house and got into his car.

"Where's he off to?"

"The movies or the mal." Inuyasha said putting away the lawn mower.

"Interesting, so, does that mean the house is empty?" Kagome felt sort of weird.

"Mhmm, why?"

"No reason. Do you want to go to the movies?" Kagome asked as he pulled his shirt back on.

"Sounds good, but hasn't it already started?"

"Yea, but we can catch another one." Kagome was pleading.

"Alright, let's just see something."

"What?"

"How badly do you want to see a movie?" Inuyasha smiled. Kagome kissed him He opened his car door and instructed her to get in.

They got to the theatre just as the others ended. A flood of people swormed out of the theatre into the mall and out of the parking lot. Sango and Miroku were among that crowd. Sango quickly noticed Inuyasha and Kagome walking their way, but they obviously didn't see them. She pulled Miroku into one of those photobooths.

"Hey Sango-"

"Shh." She opened the curtain slightly to watch as Kagome and Inuyasha sauntered past them and into the theatre.

"What's this all about now?"

"Kagome and Inuyasha, they almost saw us."

"And that's a problem, why?"

"You know Kagome."

"Right. She'll think we're on a date and blab it to everyone. We'll never hear the end of it!" Miroku sighed.

"So this wasn't a date?" Sango blushed from embarassment.

"Don't get me wrong. It could be if you wante dit too, or if I really thought it was and was just confused by you." Miroku scratched his head.

"So then, it was a date?" Sango asked confused.

"It still is, remember, pizza." Miroku grabbed her hand and pulled her towards his car.

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"Inuyasha, isn't that Miroku's car?" Kagome asked as the couple drove past the Promenade.

"Yea, look at the license plate."

It read, MONK, his nickname since he was a Buddhist, and when ever he was in trouble he turned to it.

"Wonder what he's doing in there." Kagome pondered.

"Probably a date with some poor strange girl that he met today." Inuyasha said smugly.

"That' probably true." Kagome still really wanted to who though.

"Miroku that was great." Sango gave him a smile.

"Nothing like pizza and breadsticks after junk food at a movie." Miroku laughed. He swung his arm around her shoulders as they walked out to his car.

"Oh man, it's only 6." Sango sighed.

"Well, what should we do for 6 hours?" Miroku sat back without starting the car.

"We could go to my house for a bit." Sango suggested.

"What about Inuyasha and Kagome, I thought we were going to keep this under raps for awhile."

"Right, I forgot about them."

"What about the observation deck?"

"Yea, sounds good, we could watch the sun set then admire the stars." Sango said happily as they drove off.

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The 2 lay on the grass of a tall hill that over looked their town. The observation deck was much too busy.

"The stars sure are beautiful." Miroku noted as Sango lay on his chest.

"Mhmm "

"Hey you, don't fall asleep. You only have 2 hours left."

"It doesn't matter. This is one night I will never forget, falling asleep wouldn't change anything." Sango yawned and escaped into dreamland.

"I won't either." Miroku picked her up bridle style and carried her to his car and headed back to her house, to take her to her real bed.

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Well there you have it, Sango and Miroku are finally together, but for how long?