Chapter 41

After Sango and Miroku moved near Kagome and Inuyasha, Kagome noticed that their relationship seemed strained. Sango seemed in her own world after the loss of Kohaku and she rarely saw Miroku. Kagome spent as much time with Sango as she could and was upset when she heard that Miroku was spending alot of time in the castle town. One night, she talked with Inuyasha,

"Inuyasha. I think you need to have a talk with Miroku."

"Why?", Inuyasha asked, his mouth full of ramen (he could still be insensitive)

"Because, Sango is in mourning over her little brother and Rin and Miroku, well Miroku is being a ..."

"jerk?", Inuyasha finished her sentence for her.

"Well, yea. He's spending alot of time at the castle town lately."

"Is that so unusual? They have a stall there and their daughter's suitor is the lord of the town."

"He's coming home drunk ... full of sake. She's worried that he might also be ..."

"With other women?"

"Yes. And you need to go down and set him straight, Inuyasha."

"Why me?"

"Because he is your friend and he trusts you.", she said as she began to push Inuyasha out the door, "Now go!"

Turning to look at his wife, Inuyasha raised a finger and said, "One thing, do I get extra tonight for doing this?"

"Extra ... food?"

"HMPH! Extra sex, woman!"

Slamming the door in his face, she muttered, "Horny Dog!"

Inuyasha sighed and began the short run to the town south of them. Entering the town, it didn't take long to pick up Miroku's scent ... and he wasn't at the castle or the market stall. Entering the tavern, he spied Miroku, obviously drunk and obviously back to his lecherous ways. As Inuyasha walked towards his friend, he heard a shout of,

"Leave here, you animal. We don't serve your kind here."

Looking at the tavern keeper, he yelled back, "I wouldn't want your poison."

Inuyasha walked up behind Miroku and put his hand on Miroku's shoulder. Miroku turned around and,

"AHHH! My old friend, hehehehe, Inuyasha, come my friend, meet some of the fine ladies here."

"Miroku, you're drunk. Let's go home."

"No way, I'm fine. Hey Tar, hic, bender - get my friend some sake."

The bartender shook his head and said, "We don't serve demons here. Especially half-demons."

Miroku laughed, "Gee, what gave you your first clue he was a half-demon? The ears?", Miroku pulled one of Inuyasha's ears.

"ARRRGGGHH! That's it Miroku. We're leaving!", Inuyasha pulled the drunk monk to his feet and led him out the door.

"Bye, Ladies. I'll see you, hic, tomorrow.", Miroku yelled back, waving to the giggling girls.

"Not if I have my way, you lecher.", Inuyasha mumbled under his breath.

On the walk home, Inuyasha stopped and let the drunken Miroku stumble to the ground.

"Why did ya do that, Inuyasha?", Miroku asked.

"Because we need to talk.", Inuyasha said, sitting on a rock as Miroku sat cross-legged on the ground, "What is going on with you, Miroku? Sango needs you right now. You don't need to be running into town and getting drunk and messing with the women."

"Sango won't talk to me anymore, Inuyasha."

"Is it any wonder? You come home drunk and reeking of other women's perfumes."

"Inuyasha?", Miroku asked quietly, "You've been with Kagome how long? I mean, you know, intimately?"

"Twelve years consistently - seventeen or so if you include Yasha. Why?"

"How can you stand being with one woman all the time? Aren't you bored sexually?"

Whacking the monk on top of the head with the sheath of Tessaiga, Inuyasha said, "Hey monk, I'm not like you, demons mate for life, at least dog demons do. I don't need anybody else besides Kagome."

"Can I ask you a personal question? What is Kagome like in bed?"

WHACK!

"Ow Ow! That hurt Inuyasha! No, I'm serious. All Sango does is ... lay there while I do all the work. The girls I used to be with before Sango did more."

Inuyasha thought back to a conversation that he had with Kagome over one of the sexual position books that had brought back from her era. She had commented that a girl like Sango would freak over a book like that because girls in the feudal era were supposed to be meek things, unaware of their own sexuality.

"You need to remember, monk, that Kagome comes from a different era. Girls in her time are more, uhm, sexually mature, shall I say?"

"You weren't her first man?"

WHACK!

"I didn't say she wasn't a virgin - she was. But girls in her time are expected to be more knowledgeable about sex."

"Was she your first, Inuyasha? Or was Kikyou?"

WHACK!

As Miroku nursed the multiple bumps appearing on his head, Inuyasha quietly answered,

"Kagome was my first ... and I have NEVER been unfaithful to her.", he said, effectively cutting off any questions about the five years he had spent away from Kagome and with Kikyou.

The men sat quietly across from each other. Finally, Inuyasha said,

"Look, Miroku, obviously you need some assistance with Sango, right?", he said as Miroku nodded,

"Ok, when we get back home, I'll lend you some of the books that Kagome and I have brought back from her era. They're pretty, uhm, explicit, so I wouldn't show them to Sango right away. Try a few things and after she gets comfortable with the "new" you, show them to her and maybe she'll be willing to try some of the girl stuff."

"You would do that, Inuyasha?"

"Sure, why not. I don't use them to much anymore. I've learned to experiment on my own."

"Experiment?", Miroku asked, curiously.

"Yea, different positions and such. You'll be amazed how great a different position feels.", Inuyasha smiled at the thoughts that were racing through his mind. Thoughts about later on tonight. 'Hmmm, I wonder what kind of an argument I can start with her tonight?' he thought, grinning evilly.

"Inuyasha?", Miroku broke his thoughts.

"Let's go, Miroku. I'm hungry and I want to get home. I shouldn't be out here saving your ass and your marriage. You'll owe me big time for this."

After arriving home, Inuyasha went into the bedroom and pulled out his "stash" of books. Choosing 2 of the best, he came out and handed them to Miroku, who briefly leafed through them, eyes wide at the pictures of real people in sexual acts. Stopping at one particularly perverted looking page, he asked,

"Have you done this with Kagome?"

Taking a quick peek, Inuyasha said calmly, "Hell yea! Done all of that book and most of the other. Like I said, don't show that right away to Sango. If Kagome is right, Sango will faint dead away."

"Right!", Miroku agreed, as he stuffed the books away in his kimono, with plans to study them later. "Thanks, Inuyasha, I'll let you know how things go!"

As Miroku walked away, Inuyasha felt Kagome brush up against him,

"Let you know how what goes?", she asked.

"I lent him a couple of our bedroom books.", Inuyasha said innocently.

"WHAT? Inuyasha, Sango needs to mourn not have her brains fucked out!", she hissed.

Smiling at his wife, Inuyasha said, "Well, maybe this will get all of this mess off her mind.", knowing that it would work for him.

"Inuyasha?", Kagome said, sweetly.

"Hmmm?"

"SIT BOY!"

"YOU SIT!"

WHUMP!

WHUMP!

Inuyasha happily thought from his position on the ground, 'Thanks Kagome for starting our argument!'