Kitsuki: -dodges around, peeking past corners to search out danger- Sorry this update took so long, minna! Chiidori-chan and I have been having...issues... -bows- gomen nasai!

Disclaimer:

Kai: -pops up out of nowhere with InuYasha's pants- HiHiiiii!

InuYasha: KAAAAAI! GIVE ME BACK MY PANTS!

Kai: -meeps- Kitsu-chan no own Nii-chan or show! -dodges a furious hanyou- Nii-chan! The readers can see you! Put some pants on!

InuYasha: ...-glares at her before running in the opposite direction...very quickly-

Rabid Fangirls: INUYASHAAAAAAAAA!

Just in case you missed the first one...

!WARNING!

Kai: Wow, you've made it two whole chapters and Ri-chan hasn't tried to kill you yet!

Kitsuki: -sweatdrops- Ri-chan?

Kai: Ya...Chiidori-chan. Ri-chan.

Kitsuki: Ah...well...that may be because I told her I, um, burned it...

Chiidori: What's going on over here? -smiles cutely-

Kitsuki: -hides fic in hakama- Nothing...

Chiidori: ...What did you just stuff down your shirt, Kitsuki?

Kitsuki: -meeps- nothing...

Chiidori: Lemme see.

Kitsuki: No! -runs-

Chiidori: Kitsuki! -lends chase-

-scuffle ensues during which Chiidori-chan gains access to the fic and proceeds to fall over from the shock of seeing even more written-

Kai: -whispers- Warning still applies! Girl on girl action straight ahead mon capiton! -winks-

Chapter 2 dedicated to Lady-of-TormentDeath and Crazy-Punk-Gurl (I LOVE YOU GUYS -wipes tears of happiness from eyes-)

Weeks passed. Due to a particularly frustrating day trying to keep the males in line, the two girls were walking together having banished the boys to the front of the party to sulk as they wished. They talked, as usual, of things that anyone else would care nothing about. Conversation turned to the afore mentioned menfolk, which somehow led to the topic of…themselves.

"Ne, Sango-chan, you're probably going to think I'm crazy for this," the miko said with a smile.

"Try me," she replied, unable to think of anything that might possibly disturb her coming from Kagome.

"Well, I've been thinking…that is, I've thought about…" she glanced forward toward the guys, then lowered her voice conspiratorially. "I've thought about kissing you before."

Sango blinked a little in surprise. "I have too!" she replied, remembering at the last minute to keep her voice down as well. "Well, not about kissing I me /I but about me kissing you…" she blushed slightly, realizing that she'd just said something out loud that she really shouldn't have. But as she glanced back at the miko she witnessed a blush to mirror her own, but also a happy, confidant smile. If Kagome was okay with admitting such things to her, then it couldn't be I that /I wrong, could it?

Although she thought little of it at the time, their conversation turned back to more normal topics soon after that, and a week or two went by with no mention of their confessions, no tense silences, and a surprising lack of awkward bathing sessions.

In fact, with the exception of a relieved (and therefore more relaxed) taijiya, absolutely nothing came of the whispered taboo until late one night some time later. The entire group was walking and had been all day…and the day before that…and the day before I that /i ...

Kagome was tired, sore, exhausted...to say nothing of thoroughly bored. The landscape had barely changed for days on end so there was nothing new to look at and the only thing to listen to was the boys bickering and the taijiya's repeated monk beatings,which (amusing as the latter were at times) did nothing to keep her mind from wandering off to strange thoughts as a way to pass the time. As far as her and InuYasha went...well, she'd been down that road many times before and it kept leading straight to opressively humid bogs, sheer cliffs, large angry youkai, and other things of that sort. It made her head spin, thoughts twisted into more knots and tangles than a family of contortionists playing some kind of extreme twister. She'd bothered to think about her and Miroku, her and Shippou, even her and Kirara, but their relationships were so simple and straightforward that those thoughtlines could only keep her attention for an hour or so. So she'd gone to something far more interesting to tangle out in her mind that didn't stab quite so much as InuYasha's thorns. After a couple days through the barren landscape, her curiosity was at a peak and that night, as they all drifted to sleep, she eyed InuYasha and Miroku suspiciously for any signs of being awake before requesting that Sango accompany her for a short walk.

Once they were a fair distance from the softly crackling embers of the fire, the younger girl reached up and, with no warning whatsoever, boldy pressed her lips against the other's. It was barely a kiss; the poor taijiya had absolutely no experience in such a thing and was so dumbfounded that by the time she thought to respond to such an action it was over. The sable night sky hid her sudden blush for the most part, but the stars twinkled with just enough mischievous light to reveal her fevered features to the only person whose opinion truly weighted on her at that time.

"Aw, kawaii! You're so cute when you're blushing!" the miko said with a smile. "Now why might we be so red tonight?" she teased, hugging Sango to herself. Due to the slight incline they were on, she hit her right at her chest and gratefully buried her face away from sight in the world's safest hidest place (directly between Kagome's boobs) as she returned the gesture, clinging to the safe reality of the girl's uniform in the sudden chaos that had hit her.

"Mm?" Kagome prodded, stroking the coffee-brown locks.

"Well..." she fought to keep the flush from increasing even farther in volume as she sought a reply suitable to the current...situation. "I've never...done that..before..." Mission failed. The blush flared up as high as it had ever gone and showed no signs of receding. She gave a weak laugh that was actually closer to a nervous cough and added in an even quieter voice, "I'm sorry I'm so bad at it..."

The other girl stared down at the top of her friend's head and gave a little smile, shaking her head at the other's insecurities. "S'ok. I've kissed more people than you, after all. I don't expect you to be wonderfully amazing at it all of a sudden. Besides," she paused slightly, allowing a rather large, questionable grin to spread across her face, "this way I get to teach you."

Sango dared to look up at her in disbelief. She wasn't crazy? Kagome wasn't...she wasn't...they weren't crazy? She wasn't dreaming? Thoughts floated through her muzzy brain, bumping into each other, stalking each other, mugging each other...until finally one found its way to the forefront. 'Wait...did she just kiss me!'