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Chapter Five

Sango yawned and rubbed her head. "Owwie..." While Miroku had been gone she had rolled over to think. A tree above her had become suddenly malicious and dropped a rather nasty looking tree limb on her. She had managed to move out of the way, but an angry twig sticking off of it had made a nasty little cut on her forehead which had bleed quite a bit before suddenly stopping.

She had gotten up and wandered away from the perturbed tree and gotten herself lost. Damn. Now Miroku was going to get all worried when he found her missing and come looking for her and likely end up scolding her for maing him worry so much. She hoped she could find Kagome or InuYasha or anyone before Miroku caught up with her.

There was a road she had found while wandering and she traveled that for a while before pounding footsteps had sounded from somewhere off to her left.

Uh-oh...Run!

She took off at a sprint but slowed and decided maybe it was better to just face him. Maybe he would slow as he neared her and smile then kiss her like he had before and walk back to that little glad and kiss her again.

Yeah...in her dreams...Best to keep going for now.

Whatever had been chasing her suddenly burst out of whereever it had been chasing her from. Sango started to scream but when she saw nothing there let out a sigh of relief instead. It must have just been a small animal...like a bunny.

She turned to walk off again but ran square into someone. Whoever it was, they were built rather nicely. She looked up to see who it was a spotted Miroku. "Oh!" was her startled reply as he grabbed by the arms.

"Sango! I thought you'd been kidnapped. Thank good ness you're all right!" He pulled her tightly against him and she felt him tense. "Though, if I had any sense, I'd kill you for pulling that stunt."

Sango squirmed, "Look, Miroku, I'm sorry. Could you not squeeze me so tightly?"

Miroku's grip on her lessened slightly and he eased her back. "I thought...I feared I might find you dead...or worse. I was scared. So scared." He laid his lips lightly on hers, reveling in the sweetness and warmth she had to offer.

Sango melted into him. It was all so wonderful. Miroku might actually love her. She hoped with everything in her that he could. She desperately hoped he could.

Miroku ran a hand up to her cheek and his lips left hers. He looked at her in a slightly startled way and backed off, clearing his throat. "Let's start heading back towards the well. The sooner we're back with InuYasha and Kagome the better."

Sango's spirits fell. "The...better? Do you really not want to be left alone with me that badly?" She asked on a whimpering whisper.

"That wasn't what I meant. I meant that we shouldn't be alone. I yearn for you and you would be safer having other people around to keep me in check." He sighed and looked into her eyes.

Sango's eyes went wide. So that was why he was acting so weird. He was lusting after her! "I think that's silly. I can hold my own around you."

"Yes. But, the problem is, you want me too so neither of us is really safe." He held her gaze steadily.

"I can protect myself. And I can keep my wants in check." She shot back.

Miroku grinned. "Okay. So you have control over your wants. How about your needs?" He pulled her to him and pressed his hand to her crotch. Her heart slowed momentarily, skipped a beat, then sped up to a thundering pace. Her blood heated up to a boil and her head went wonky.

Okay. So she wasn't in as much control of herself as she thought. "Point well taken, Miroku. Could you move your hand now?'" Sango fought to not slur her words. Miroku's hand moved, but in the wrong direction. Well, it could be the right direction...depends on your point of view.

"There. I moved it. Better?" He murmered seductively in her ear. He had told himself not to do this, but to hell with it. He needed to enjoy his short time on Earth. And Sango sure was enjoyable

He rested his cheek on the top of her head as she simply whimpered. She was so delicate and yet so strong. She was special and it seemed somehow wrong to take her here, with nothing between them but strong feelings.

Miroku moved his hand to wrap his arms around her. All right then, he'd just have to put more between them than a friendship and sexual tension. He wouldn't take another sensual step forward until she declared herself hopelessly in love with him. Yes, that was it. He'd maker her fall in love with him. Then he could show her how much he needed her.

Sango sighed and held him close. They had such and odd relationship now. There was tension and supressed emotions. What was to become of them when they finally took that last step? Because there had to be more.

Would he simply cease to care anymore? When he got what he wanted would he become indifferent to her? No, she wouldn't allow that. Somehow she had to tie him to her so that when they finally lay together, he wouldn't leave her afterwards. She'd make him fall in love with her! It was the only thing to do. She loved him, after all, so was it really that much to ask that he love her too? No. And besides, he was already halfway there. The way he had been so messed up when he caught uo with her on the road was clue enough that he cared. Love was just a small step away.

Miroku let go of her and took her hand. As they walked down the road, they both were thinking up the best ways to make the other fall in love with them.

A/N: w00t. its good...I'll get the next one out soon but not as soon as this one. I've been bad to one of my other stories and I'm making a point of getting a few more chapters of that one out before I hop back on this one. Love on me with da reviews peeps Gaia knows I need it!