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"I lied," she said.

"When?" he asked.

"When I said I didn't know why I yelled. Actually, that's part of the truth. I don't really know why, but I feel some sort of weird satisfaction."

"Maybe you like the fact that you are not killed for disrespecting me as anyone else would be."

Sango paused. "Why didn't I think of that?"

"I don't know." 'It's true that I do not kill her. Anyone else would have been dead in an instant. Why do I give her special treatment? Because I love her. Why do I love her? She makes me happy. She is strong. She is smart. She is beautiful...' "You're beautiful," he said, thinking aloud.

She looked slightly taken aback but smiled. "Arigato Sesshomaru-kun. I believe you know my stance on the subject...." She blushed recalling the hot springs incident.

He smiled. "Hai."

The rest of the day went fairly normally. They all went to bed.

Now on with the show!

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"Sesshomaru!" yelled Sango. "Wake up! My friends are coming today!"

"Why does this concern me?" he asked sleepily.

"Because!"

"Because why?"

"Oh just shut up and get moving!"

She yanked him out of his bed and dragged him all the way outside. Inuyasha and company arrived a few minutes later. It was about a month after the first visit and it now a monthly occasion. Sango ran up and hugged Kagome.

"Kagome! How are you?!" she said with excitement.

"I'm fine! How are things going for you?!" Kagome shot a glance at Sesshomaru.

"Things are good..." Sango started blushing.

"Sango!" Miroku ran up to her and hugged her. "I have missed you," he whispered in her ear.

"Miroku..." She gave him a questioning look.

Then, suddenly, her eyes went wide and she started growing red with anger and embarrassment, but mostly anger. She pulled away and slapped him across the face.

"You perverted monk!" she screamed. "You hentai hoshi! You-"

"Ahhhh, was it worth it..." Miroku had a dreamy look on his face.

"You are so disturbed!"

They walked back to the castle with Sesshomaru and Sango in the lead and Kagome and Inuyasha following, telling off Miroku. Kagome at least had a clue and was slightly urged to hint about the new couple but resisted. She didn't want to start a scene when they had just arrived. Sesshomaru and Sango were talking.

"So why were you calling that hoshi a hentai?" asked Sesshomaru. He certainly hadn't ever heard a monk called that before.

"Because he's always a hentai," she said with annoyance in her tone.

"What does he do?"

"He asks every pretty woman he sees if they'll 'bear his children' and he gropes the ones he knows. Unfortunately, that's me."

"He gropes you?"

"Yup."

"What about Kagome?"

"No. Inuyasha would kill him if he did that to Kagome. Plus, she's younger than me."

"Why would Inuyasha kill him?"

"Because he likes Kagome and she likes him, but neither of them would say so. They're so afraid that the other doesn't like them even though it's pretty obvious that they do. Inuyasha will face Naraku head-to-head before he told Kagome that."

"Who does the hoshi like?"

"Kagome thinks it's me. I say the female population of Japan."

"And you said you like him."

"Not anymore." She leaned in closer to Sesshomaru.

"What are they doing?!" hissed Inuyasha, interrupting Kagome's lecture about wandering hands. She looked at Sango and Sesshomaru.

"I'm sure it's nothing!" she said frantically. "I'll be right back!" She ran to catch up to them. She whispered to Sango. "Sango! They're getting suspicious! Do you want them to know?!"

Sango glanced back at the two confused men. "I don't care!" she whispered back. "Maybe the threat of Sesshomaru killing him will make him stop!"

Kagome looked from Sesshomaru to Miroku a few times and back at Sango with an evil smile. "You have a point. That's why I'm spared the lechery."

"Exactly."

"So do you want me to go and tell them?"

"No. It'll be more fun if they figure it out for themselves."

"Ok!" Kagome slowed down back to Inuyasha and Miroku as they approached the doors to the castle.

"So do you know what they were doing?" asked Miroku.

"Hai!" said Kagome smugly. They were a few moments of silence.

"And?"

"And she told me not to tell!"

"What, are they, like, together now or something?" Inuyasha said sarcastically. Kagome remained silent humming a little tune. "Kagome...?"

"Haaiii?"

"They aren't, are they?"

"I told you she told me not to tell!"

They entered the castle. Sesshomaru had gone to his study, but Sango and Shizuka were waiting.

"Kagome! Come on!" yelled the two girls and they grabbed Kagome's arms and dragged her to another part of the castle.

"So where to now?" asked Miroku.

"I'd rather get out of this place," replied Inuyasha. "But how about we ask my bastard brother a few questions first?"

"Good idea."

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They girls arrived at Sango's bedroom and went in. They sat in a circle on the bed.

"So what have I missed?" asked Kagome.

"A ton!" said Shizuka.

"Shhh! I want to tell her!" cried Sango.

"Sorry."

"So?" Kagome pushed for information. This was exactly like her conversations with her friends back home.

"Well, I've been teaching Rin some more complex moves. She's doing really well," said Sango.

"And?"

"Well, Shizuka may have exaggerated a bit. All we did was kiss, go for walks, he asked me to be his mate, hug-"

"WHAT?!!!!!!!"

"I said hug..." A light red was going across her face.

"Before that?!"

"He...um...asked me to be his mate..."

"And you said?!"

"I said I wasn't ready. I don't know him well enough for that, yet. We've only been together for two months. Maybe someday, but not now. He seemed a little disappointed, but he understood."

"Oh." She gave a sigh of relief.

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"Where do you think he is?" asked Inuyasha as they searched Sesshomaru's study. There was no sign that he had even been there.

"I don't know," replied Miroku. "Let's go ask the girls."

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"So do you think Miroku and Inuyasha have caught on yet?" asked Shizuka.

"Part of wants them to," said Sango. "But part of me doesn't. If they have, Miroku will stop groping me. Then part of me doesn't want Miroku to feel sad. That is if he really did like me."

"Yeah, I know what you mean. I think he did like you though," said Kagome.

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Sesshomaru sniffed. 'Damnit!' he thought. 'Here comes my brother and that hoshi! Better leave before they get here.' He rushed away from Sango's door and circled around to go back to his study. (A/N: Bad Sesshy!)

Inuyasha and Miroku arrived a few seconds later.

"He was here," said Inuyasha. "I can smell it."

"Let's see what the girls are up to anyway," said Miroku, trying to get off the subject.

"Ok." They walked in. The girls' heads turned.

"Hi guys!" they all said.

"Hi," replied Inuyasha.

Miroku only noticed one thing when he walked in; a beautiful girl. In an instant, Shizuka's hands were in his and he was saying his famous line.

"Excuse me, fair maiden, but would you have the honor of bearing my children?" He flinched slightly, expecting Sango to hit him. She did not.

"I'm afraid I must decline, sir monk," said Shizuka trying to contain her case of the giggles.

"Alas, it is a shame to see such a kind lady go." He released her hands, but an idea popped into Sango's head.

"Please excuse us!" she cried, dragging Shizuka out of the room.

The group looked at the door and then at Kagome, who had been left behind.

"What was that about?" asked Inuyasha.

"You know, this time I genuinely have no idea," she said still staring at the door.

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"Shizuka! I just got the perfect idea!" hissed Sango excitedly from the hallway.

"What?" asked Shizuka wondering how on earth this could concern her. She was a bit afraid to find out.

"Be with Miroku!"

"What? You mean be his girlfriend?"

"Yes! Then he doesn't have to be hurt that I'm with Sesshomaru!"

"I don't know. You haven't really told me anything that makes me like him too much."

"Well, he can be really nice, and he's saved me dozens of times, even if he does usually stroke my butt afterwards, but I swear he's a good person at heart, so just give him a chance! And he just gave you a compliment!"

"When?"

"When he asked you to bear his children. That means he thinks you're pretty."

Shizuka blushed a bit. "Ok, I'll go along with it. But how can I get a conversation without him acting like a hentai?"

"Ask him about his wind tunnel. Tell him I mentioned it once but you wanted to know more about it. Something like that."

"Ok..."

They went back inside to find Kagome being interrogated. Sango cleared her throat.

"Hi!" she said.

The two men ceased their interrogation. "Hi," they said.

"Um, Miroku," started Shizuka. Sango gave her an encouraging nod. "Um, I wanted to ask you about your wind tunnel. Sango's mentioned it but I wanted to learn more."

Miroku looked surprised but said, "Of course. If you'll step outside, I can show you how it works." The two left the room.

"What did you say?" asked Inuyasha suspiciously.

"I'm pretty interested to hear this myself," added Kagome.

Sango looked at the two. "First Inuyasha has to promise he won't tell Miroku."

"Feh. Fine," he said.

"Ok then. Sesshomaru and I are together and I didn't want Miroku to feel bad so Shizuka's going to be his girlfriend." There was a shocked silence and then...

"That's brilliant!" cried Kagome.

"You and Sesshomaru are...together?" Inuyasha gulped.

"Hai. And yes, Inuyasha, someday we may be in-laws." Sango laughed at the expression on the hanyou's face.

"But Sesshomaru wouldn't take you as a mate, would he? No offense, but it's Sesshomaru..."

The two girls laughed. "He's... already... asked... me!" said Sango between bursts of giggles. Inuyasha's eyes went wide. "Don't worry! I said no! Or rather not yet..."

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"Wow," said Shizuka after Miroku explained about his family curse of the wind tunnel. "So that thing could swallow you up if you don't kill Naraku. No wonder you're working with Inuyasha and the others. Sango's told me about their histories with Naraku."

"Yes," he said vaguely trying not to think of the day when he would be killed by his own hand. "So do you want to see a demonstration?"

"Sure!"

"All right then. Stay behind me." He directed his hand at the forest and cried, "WIND TUNNEL!" He undid the prayer beads and the trees in the forest started creaking and bending towards Miroku and Shizuka. He fastened the prayer beads before any of the trees came completely out of the ground.

"Wow! That was amazing! If you only knew half the story, you would think it was a gift, not a curse! Why can't you use that against Naraku?"

"Samyosho(sp?). I'll get poisoned if I suck them into my wind tunnel and Naraku seems to have an infinite army of them at his command."

"Oh. That's not good. Did you have to learn about their poison the hard way?"

"Unfortunately, yes."

"But it really is amazing."

"But now I have a question for you."

"What?"

"Why are you working for Sesshomaru?"

Shizuka recounted the story of how she came to be at Sesshomaru's castle.

"Well, I guess it could have been worse."

"Yup. So should we go back inside?"

"No, not just yet." 'Why did I just say that? Is it possible that I am starting to have feelings for her? But what about Sango?'

"Then what are we going to do out here?" 'Sango really was right. He is nice. Was the plan for me to genuinely like him? 'Cause I think I do. I'll ask Sango later.'

"Can I ask you another question?"

"Sure."

"Are Sango and Sesshomaru together?"

"I'm... not really sure if I should tell you."

"I just want to know so I can move on if they are."

"Well, in that case...yes. They are."

"Ok." 'Why am I not so hurt by this news? I'm actually happy! I really do like this girl! I did say I wanted to move on. I don't want to tell her now though. I barely know her and the same for her. She might not like me...yet. I'll wait.'

"Miroku! Hellooooo!"

"What? Oh, sorry. Let's go back inside. It's getting dark."

"Right. You're leaving tomorrow, aren't you?"

"I'm afraid so." 'Idiot monk! What must she think of you now?!'

"Too bad..." 'I knew it! I do have a big mouth!'

They walked back to Sango's room where she sat alone.

"Bye, Miroku," Shizuka said at the door. 'Hmmm...' She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, then walked into Sango's room and shut the door.

"I'm guessing you guys had a good time," said Sango.

Shizuka nodded. "I have to ask you something though. Am I supposed to genuinely like him?"

"Do you?"

"Um...yes..."

"Well, now it's part of the plan!"

"Good! I think he might like me, too!"

"That's great! I didn't expect it to work out this perfectly! So what happened?"

"I told him about how I came to work for Sesshomaru and he told me about his wind tunnel. It's really amazing!"

"And the kiss?"

"Compulsive on my part. We both had slip-ups when we were just talking though."

"This is great! I'm so glad you agreed!"

"Me, too! But he has to leave tomorrow."

"Oh, right. I forgot about that. I actually didn't expect you guys to hit it off like you did."

"I'm going to come with you to say good bye."

"Ok."

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"Shitsuree shimasu." Sango hugged all her friends in turn.

"Shitsuree shimasu," they all said.

"Shitsuree shimasu," said Shizuka. She hugged Kagome and Miroku and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

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I swear I'm gonna get so many reviews saying how cute this was! It was though... I needed somebody for Miroku and Shizuka was just there so... Again, I am sorry for the late update! I had a slight case of writers block! But anyway, PLEASE REVIEW! And read my other story! It's good!

Language Guide:

Arigato- thank you

-kun- suffix added to show affection for males

Hai- yes

Hentai- pervert

Hoshi- monk

Hanyou- half demon

Samyosho- Naraku's poison insects

Shitsuree shimasu- good bye