Surprisingly Jealous

The next day Sango woke to find Miroku wide awake and staring off into the distance. She stood and went over to him.

"Have you slept at all Miroku?" she asked with a slightly worried tone. He didn't even look at her but replied,

"yeah a little." She was pretty surprised normally he'd be all over her.

"Was it another bad dream?" she asked sitting beside him. He had been having nightmares for a while now and usually he would wake her up and talk about it.

"Yeah sort of" he replied and she wondered what had happened. He was seriously starting to freak her out sitting there like he just saw a ghost or something.

"I saw a girl" he whispered all of a sudden and she turned to him.

"She was going into the lake to try to end her life. I…I had saved her and told her not to do it. Then she disappeared." For the first time since she came over he turned and looked at Sango.

"I stayed up for the rest of the night after that just to be sure…I wasn't dreaming" Sango couldn't help but roll her eyes. This would be about a girl she thought to herself feeling slightly envious.

"Oh I see. Well if that's all I'm going to go make some breakfast." She said and stalked off.

"Fine, I'm going to go walk to gather my thoughts" he replied standing and heading off into the forest.

Miroku walked slowly along staring down at the forest floor. She was so breathtakingly beautiful, he thought to himself. It was as if I was staring at a piece of heaven. As he walked into another area he came to a hot spring. It was pretty big and the warm mist coming from it felt so good. Quickly, he pulled off his belongings and stepped into the hot water. He leaned up against a rock and sighed comfortably. He really needed this. Slowly he moved wading around in the water when he bumped into something. He jumped to find himself face to face with the girl from last night. She screamed covering herself.

"What are you doing this is a private spring." She yelled.

"Oh sorry I didn't know I just came upon it and thought I could…wait a second were you trying to end your life again?" he asked all of a sudden. She blushed slightly.

"No not this time I just came in to relax and gather my thoughts" she replied honestly. Miroku laughed all of a sudden. He just found the whole situation pretty funny. She stared at him like he was nuts then smirked slightly until they were both laughing uncontrollably. When they stopped to catch their breaths she said.

"I'm Mia by the way" He smiled "Miroku and it's a pleasure to meet your acquaintance." She grinned at him. "Same here, I was going to head back now would you like to join me for breakfast?" She asked.

"Of course I would" he replied. Then they went in separate directions to change back into there clothes. For once in Miroku's life he didn't even try to look at her. He wanted to be different with her. When they were both dressed he walked along side her forgetting all about Sango.

Miroku was completely astonished to find out that Mia lived in a huge palace. They arrived after a long walk and went into the dinning hall to find a table filled with all sorts of food. Miroku was practically salivating as he said,

"W…wow" Mia just shrugged. "Go ahead and help yourself to anything you like… I kind of owe you my life anyway right?" Miroku's cheeks burned and replied.

"Well I don't know about that, but I am pretty hungry" Mia sat beside Miroku and put some food on her hand crafted plate. Following her lead he did the same. "So, I'm guessing by now you've realized who I really am" She said eating a breakfast sandwich a strand of her dark hair falling into her eyes.

"Are you a princess?" He asked and she nodded swallowing.

"Princess Amelia Michelle Kauri Houjoki to be exact but I prefer Mia" Just as the words came out of her mouth the double doors opened and in stepped two guys. Miroku knew right away that the one was her father just by the way he dressed in such expensive apparel.

"Father? Kyoto? What are you two doing back so early?" She asked slightly irritated.

"Well dear, while we were gone on our trip, Kyoto here asked my permission to marry you." He replied

"Isn't that fabulous Amelia we will be married in a week" Kyoto addedMiroku's heart dropped.

"What? Does my permission mean anything to any of you?" She argued angrily. Her father smiled uneasily.

"Well of course it does dear but you and prince Kyoto have been friends since you were in diapers I just figured that…"

"Well you figured wrong! I'm twenty two years old I can make my own damn decisions…and I will not marry Kyoto" She yelled then stormed out of the room. The two stared at Miroku.

"Well I'm just going to…" then he got up and ran after her.