A/N: Hey! Here's another chapter for all my eso's, since the last one took me so long. And because I don't have much to do. I might update That Night as well. Enjoy!
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Pointy Objects: I'm glad you're back too! Don't tell the others, but you are my favorite reviewer. Don't blame Ayame too much, besides, you know the skill Miroku has with the ladies that he sometimes take a little too far.
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Hayai-Hakai: That Miroku is a troublesome one all right. Here's your chapter and it must suck to have school start this early. I don't start till the 29th, but I dropped out last year so I'll have to work my ass off this year, since my folks are making me go back. Hope you like it.
Tera McCaslin: I hurried and I hope you're satisfied. Miroku practically invented the dark side; do you really think he wouldn't give in? Only one way to find out.
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College Life: Chapter 3
Miroku had his back against the wall. Should he cheat on Sango and betray the trust he had finally been able to gain? His brain told him not too, but his instincts said otherwise. Ayame decided he would never make a choice if he was left to his own devices. She moved in and wrapped her arms about his neck. She tempted him with a kiss and once again, his mind and instincts gave him opposite signals. He wanted to back off, but his natural reaction would've been to kiss right back. Unfortunately, he didn't really have enough time to think.
Koga and Inuyasha had finally ended their argument in a draw, due to multiple 'sittings' issued by Kagome. Koga was quick to notice both Miroku and Ayame had left. "Hey, where are Ayame and Miroku?" he asked.
"They said they both had early classes so they had to split." Hachi answered him. Koga had not forgotten what he'd had seen and if he knew Miroku (which he did) neither of them would be getting any sleep at all.
"Bastard!" he grumbled under his breath. "I gotta go. I'll see all you guys later. Peace." Koga said as her took off after Ayame and her potential predator.
However, in what was really going down, Miroku was hardly acting the predator. He finally managed to gather himself and gently forced Ayame back. "No. I can't do this. It's wrong and it's only bound to get me in trouble. I'm sorry." Miroku apologized, but in reality he wasn't sorry at all.
Ayame let out a sigh. "If you're sure. If you ever decide to change your mind feel free to stop by." Ayame kissed him again and left with a wink. Even though Miroku hadn't been looking to get laid when he had been flirting with her earlier, he couldn't help but be pleased that he had such capabilities.
"Yup." he confirmed with a grin. "I still got it all right." Unluckily for Miroku though, Koga had seen all that transpired. He briskly walked over to Miroku and tapped him on the shoulder. Miroku turned around and his jaw met a powerful fist. "Ow! What the hell was that for?" he shouted no bothering to look up and see who it was.
"Surprise jackass! Who the hell do you think you are, hitting on my girlfriend like that? You think you can just steal any girl you want? If so, you've got another thing coming!" Koga said authoritatively.
"Hey buddy, you weren't even here!" Miroku protested.
"Like hell I wasn't! I saw everything. Beginning to end!" Koga informed him.
"If so you should know that she came on to me!" Miroku said in his defense.
"Heh, what kind of fool do you think I am? I saw you flirting with her this afternoon! It seems you still don't have enough sense to know to stay away from someone else's girl." Koga growled. "I think I need to beat some sense into you."
Miroku was never the violent type, but he knew there wasn't much he could do to dissuade Koga form beating him into the ground. Doing the first thing that came to mind he swept his leg under Koga's feet, tripping him up. Then he sprang to his feet and ran as fast as he could toward the dorm building. Koga recovered quickly and took off after him.
Miroku glanced over his shoulder and saw that Koga was quickly gaining on him. He had always been unusually fast, but he was a demon after all. "Shit." Miroku swore. At this rate, Koga would catch up with him long before he reached the safety of his dorm room. He looked back again and saw that Koga wasn't even a whole flight of stairs behind him. He cursed the fact that he had been assigned to a room on the third floor. He finally reached the third level and Koga was practically breathing down his neck. He knew he would never get to his room. Fortunately and yet unfortunately, Ayame and Kagome's room was much closer to the stairwell than his own. Seeing as the other option was to get smashed into a pulp, he threw the door open, closed and bolted it shut. He stood with his back against the door, breathing heavily.
Ayame looked up from the book she was reading and smiled. "I had the feeling you'd be back."
"Ayame, this isn't really the best time to screw around. We have a bit of a problem on our hands." Miroku said.
"Who said I was screwing around? And what's the problem?" the red-head asked.
"Koga." Miroku summed it all up in one word.
"Did he see us?" Ayame was afraid of the answer. Miroku nodded in the affirmative. "Damn. All of it?" she continued. He nodded again.
Outside the room, Koga pounded on the door. "Open up you coward! Fight me like a man!" he demanded.
Ayame thought he might leave if she talked to him. "H-hey baby." she said through the door. "What's the problem?"
"Don't you 'hey baby' me! I saw you swapping spit with that perverted jerk-off! If you protect him like this I'm going to give you exactly what I'll give him!" Koga bellowed. Oh well, so much for that plan. Koga resumed pounding on the door. "Let me in damn it! Open up the door or I'll break it in!" Neither Miroku nor Ayame had any intention of letting the furious wolf in.
"Well since we have a locked door and nothing to do for a few hours…" Ayame began.
"No!" Miroku cut her off. "The last thing we need to do is give Koga a real reason to be angry at us!"
"Like he's going to believe you when you tell him we didn't so anything." Ayame reminded him they were both fucked anyway.
"Still that's no reason to prove him right. What about Sango?" Miroku countered.
"He'll tell her. I know she will. And from what I've heard, she's not exactly the most trusting of girls." Ayame said. "Doesn't it ever bother you that she always thinks you're cheating on her?"
"Yes, but I'm not exactly the most trustworthy of guys." Miroku explained.
"You're resisting me now. And I can tell it's not easy for you. Your scent says it all. I can smell lust and desire burning you to the very core." Ayame commented. "Tell me, how many times has she accused you of cheating on her?"
"Twice. Neither of those times was I guilty as charged, mind you." Miroku replied.
"And you put up with it?" Ayame asked. "I'd think a guy like you would be made of stronger stuff."
"I can't blame her. I sorta have a rep for being a player." Miroku pointed out.
"I still think you deserve someone better. Someone who trusts you. Someone who doesn't care about what you may have done in the past. Someone like oh, say…me?"
"Forget it. I'm not tempted."
"Liar" Ayame accused him. "Didn't I already say your scent is a telltale sign of your emotions?"
"I don't need to hear anymore of this." Miroku said, getting up to leave.
"He might still be out there." Ayame reminded him.
"I forgot about that."
"Look I'm sorry I pressured you. It's just when you hit on me earlier it was just so…" she paused as she searched for the right word.
"Tempting?" Miroku finished for her. "Don't worry about it, I often have that effect on women."
"I hope I didn't come off as a slut or anything." Ayame said sullenly.
"Actually you did, but I usually try to get to really know someone before I judge them." he assured her. The pair heard the lock open and Kagome walked in. "Is he still out there?"
"Who?"
"Koga."
"Nope, nobody is out there. Why?" Kagome asked.
"Don't worry about it, it's not important. I'll see you tomorrow cutie." Miroku said his farewell and winked, leaving.
"Please tell me you didn't do what I think you two did." Kagome sighed.
"Nothing happened. Was Miroku really that much of a player?" Ayame asked.
"For a real long time, yes, he was. So if you two weren't doing it, what were you doing?"
"He was hiding from Koga." Ayame explained.
"Why was Koga after him?" Kagome continued to interrogate.
"He saw us kissing." Ayame admitted.
"He kissed you!" Kagome asked in disbelief.
"Actually, I kissed him." Ayame confessed with a blush.
"Why did you do that? Aren't you and Koga together?"
"Yeah, but earlier today when I was moving my stuff in-"
"He came over and hit on you didn't he?" Ayame nodded.
"I hope you didn't take it seriously, her flirts with almost every pretty girl he sees." Kagome told her.
"Yeah, he explained it all. It was so skillful though. He managed to make himself sound so irresistible. You aren't gonna tell Sango are you? Please don't!" Ayame begged.
"I guess not, as long as you two didn't do anything. But don't try anything with him again, he really loves Sango, but he's never been good at turning down an offer for a quick lay." Kagome let her roommate know.
"Gotcha. Now I just got to figure out how to get things straight with Koga." Kagome and Ayame went to bed, both of them trying to think of a way to explain things to Koga without getting Miroku killed.