Recap: 'I don't need him. Hmph. I guess I could go back to that hellhole they call school… oh yeah… HE's there. I'm sure to get a warm welcome then.' She smiled wickedly.
'I guess I'll just have to come back with a bit of vengeance. It'll be good to see you… Inuyasha.'
Another Life
Chapter 3: Denying
"Everyone can see who you are, take a look at yourself… Tell me why, keep on denying.
Everything you say… denying.
Everything you do, so be a fool to yourself forever more…trying.
Any kind of move, Tell me
So what's it gonna prove?
You ain't fooling nobody…
You ain't fooling nobody…denying.
You aint' fooling nobody but yourself…"
- Denying by the Spice Girls
Today was the first day in a while that Sango had gotten a good night's rest. She woke up on time and even Kohaku could tell that she had a little pep in her step.
After making up with Miroku, a heavy weight seemed to lift itself off of her heart, and it made her feel even better than before she met him.
"What's up with you this morning Sango?" Kohaku asked. "You've been acting weird for the past couple of days."
"Oh, nothing," she responded, and continued to her cooking, humming a cheerful tune.
At school, things were going to be better. Sango would see Miroku in a lot of her classes today. To make the deal of just being friends final, she made a mental note to smile at him a lot today. But then there was that scene she made the other day… damn; she thought this was going too easy. People were going to think that she was using Miroku, and not really his friend, or that they had sex and she was easy. Any way, it looked bad.
'Oh My Gosh! There he is in the hall! What do I do?' she screamed in her brain. She ducked into the nearest girls' restroom as he turned her way.
'Was that Sango?' he thought. 'Ah, well. I'll see her in my first class anyway.' The sound of "Drop It Like It's Hot" could be heard coming from Miroku's pocket.
"Moushi, Moushi. Miroku here," He answered his cell phone.
"Miroku, it's me Sango," she whispered.
"Sango! I thought I just saw you go in the bathroom just now, is everything okay? Why are you whispering?" he asked.
"Shh! I am in the bathroom. That's why I'm whispering," she clarified.
"Sango, I mean, I know we decided to be friends again, but you don't have to talk to me while… you're in there," he whispered back. "Unless…"
"Pervert! I'm not going to the bathroom; I'm just in a stall to hide," she retorted.
"Whom are you hiding from? Is it a secret? A game? Can I play? I'll cover for you…" he trailed off.
"Stupid! It's not a game! Well… not that kind anyway! You remember what happened in the hall yesterday, right? Well, I have to fix it," she responded.
"You already apologized though. I thought we said we were cool. What's going on?" he rambled.
"Focus Miroku. I made a big scene on purpose you dumbass. I have to fix it publicly. Understand?" she said slowly.
"Oh… yeah, but not really. Why did you make a big scene on purpose anyway? I wondered why you seemed so mad and then apologized like it was nothing," he pondered.
"It's a long story, and I'll tell you another time, but now, this is what we're gonna do…"
Sango emerged from the restroom casually and made her way to the place where she and Miroku had their argument yesterday. Now that she thought about it, it was more of just a put down for him and a shout fest for her. tear drop She would have to make this apology good.
When she arrived, Miroku was already there. It happened to be the corner wear two long rows of lockers met, and most of the classes everyone took nearby. As she strolled up, she saw a lot of the same people from yesterday. Good. They were already starting to catch on that something big was going to happen again.
When she finally reached Miroku, she casually said, "Miroku, I need to speak to you."
"Oh, really? The stuck up prude-princess wants to talk to me now, is it?" he backfired.
'Great job Miroku!' she praised him for his acting skills in her mind. All he saw was a smirk as she looked sideways down to the floor.
"I deserved that," she started, "But I came to talk about… more like apologize for my behavior yesterday. There isn't really a valid excuse for it, and I'll understand if you don't forgive me, especially since I was a royal bitch…." she continued.
Miroku could tell that Sango's words rang true, and she kept that slight smirk on the whole time. He actually felt like he had done something wrong again, as if the first apology didn't even happen and his heart sank knowing that Sango actually felt bad all over again. A light bulb went off in his head and he understood…
"So, I just came to profusely apologize and only ask for your forgiveness, even though I know I don't deserve it," she finished.
"Sango, Sango, Sango…" Miroku said as he shook his head, "Of course I'll forgive you. You're a wonderful person and deserve better than I treated you on our date. Forgive me?"
"Um… I… yes." Sango stuttered. Why was he being so nice to her? She was shocked at his response. It was so… romancing. As she blushed a slight pink, she stretched her hand forward to seal the deal with a handshake.
He took it in his hand gently and turned it so her palm faced down. He gently kissed her knuckles as he had the day he had met her, making her cheeks redden even more.
As Sango put her other hand to her face to stifle a laugh and hide her red face, she was suddenly pulled forward and hit a soft, warm, and welcoming embrace. Surprised at first, she accepted it willingly within seconds with an equal amount of force. Burying her face in Miroku's shoulder, she tilted her head towards his ear and whispered, "Thank You."
Miroku rubber the upper part of her back soothingly and whispered back, "Anytime, for you."
At that moment, Sango felt like she could tell Miroku anything. One stray tear fell from her eye as she smelled his masculine, but clean, scent one last time before breaking apart the heavenly arms she didn't want to leave.
The halls were filled with cheers and applauding from all the onlookers. Sango and Miroku jumped at the sound, completely forgetting that they were putting on a show. They smiled at each other and took a bow. While laughing, the happy twosome walked to their class, with each other's arms around the other's shoulders, very palsy like.
When they approached their Literature class, Miroku let his arm loosen on her shoulder and it fell down her back gently. Lower and then lower... Sango whipped around quickly, letting a little squeal leave her mouth before pulling her hand back like a catapult to Miroku's face. He cringed at what he knew was coming, but opened one eye to see a smiling Sango when it didn't happen. She caressed his face at the destination of her slap from the other night and said, nonchalantly, "Don't tempt me. You know how much it hurt last time."
Miroku put his hands up in defense and when she put her hands on her hips, he turned it into a gentlemanly usher into the class. While shaking her head, she headed to her seat.
'I guess he's not changing, I'll just have to get used to him.' She thought. 'For once, I'm perfectly fine with that.'
During lunch, Miroku joined Kagome, Sango, Inuyasha and friends. It was a comfortable atmosphere and there was much merriment and laughter. The girls (Kagome, Sango, Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi) gossiped and giggled, while the guys (Inuyasha, Miroku, and Hojo) conversed about sports and other "manly" things, occasionally looking to the girls when a fit of laughter occurred, proceeded by a shrug from all three of them.
Chemistry was next. Kagome planned the cram session for her and Inuyasha's Big-Chemistry-Pass-or-Fail Exam this Saturday and Sango and Miroku both volunteered to help their friends in need. It was going to be an all day and all night thing, with occasional movie watching and food consuming.
Once seated and the class had settled, three people entered the class, to everyone's surprise. Kagura, Koharu and Kikyo. The KKK had arrived, making an entrance as usual. This was a rare moment, not only were they actually attending class, they all had on proper school uniforms too, not the usual midriff and scantily showing clothes they usually wore. Kagura and Koharu were on either side of Kikyo, both slightly in back of her. Kikyo looked beautiful as ever. When she wasn't playing whore for the day, she was decent, with her long, silky, ebony hair flowing down to the bottom of her back. She took this moment to run her fingers through it, before looking in the direction of Inuyasha and flipping her hair, Bay Watch style. Kagura and Koharu, not only acting as Kikyo's henchman, acted as a tools to make her look better. Though they weren't ugly looking girls, seeing them with their tightly pinned back hair, only exaggerated the beauty of Kikyo's.
"Well, well, well, it seems you girls actually do care about your marks, nice to see you, and in good form. Although you're tardy, I'll let it slide since you're actually here. Please take your seats." Ms. Yomagida greeted.
The three bowed to their teacher and took their respective seats, Kagura having to pair with someone else who happened to be absent, since she had been replaced as Sango's partner by Miroku. Kikyo and Koharu's seats happened to be right behind Inuyasha and Kagome. Kagome scowled as Inuyasha was a little awe stuck seeing his ex-girlfriend, beautiful as ever. Kikyo smiled at him the way she used to, thinking that her plan was working perfectly.
"Oh no…" Sango whispered under her breath.
"What's the matter?" Miroku answered back.
"Well, you see the girl with the long hair that just came in? She was Inuyasha's girlfriend about a year ago." Sango replied.
"Is that a problem?" Miroku asked.
"Of course it is. Kagome is having trouble with him as it is and I don't see this situation helping any." Sango said worriedly.
"I see… she broke it off with him, so he's not really over her is he?" Miroku inquired.
"Right. I'm worried about them both." Sango agreed.
"I'll see what I can do…" Miroku assured her.
Just as Sango had expected, Kikyo was looking for an opportune time to get Inuyasha alone to herself. God she was fickle, only using him for her own gain, for who knows what the hell for this time. Kagome seemed to be giving him the cold shoulder and he didn't seem to know why. Inuyasha had a puzzled face as Kagome stomped off, giving Kikyo time to step behind him a whisper something in his ear to make him turn around. She had her backup team behind her and Sango had to be brave. She quickly but surely made her way over there, with Miroku being pulled along, and made up a quick excuse for the intrusion: "Kikyo, so sorry to butt in, but Inuyasha here needs his tutoring session with me and Miroku. You can catch up another time, maybe if you came to class more often than not."
It was Kikyo's turn to scowl, as this was an unexpected speed bump in her plan, and had to let them leave. Miroku looked back toward the KKK, to see Koharu blush at his stare. It must have been instinct, because he smiled the lecherous smile right back.
Having gotten far enough away, and having grabbed arms of both boys, she hit Inuyasha upside the head. "Ow, what was that for?" he stupidly asked.
"You're hopeless. What were you doing talking to that bitch? Do I need to spell it out for you, or should I mention more discretely why Kagome is mad at you?" Sango half yelled.
"You know what's bothering her? I thought everything was going alright but then she got all mad after class…" Inuyasha trailed off.
This time, Miroku hit him upside the head, harder than Sango had and he said: "Idiot. With you drooling all over that other girl, you're lucky she didn't do anything worse than that," Miroku answered for Sango.
"I wasn't drooling!" Inuyasha retorted.
"It could have been interpreted as such by Kagome. Part of going out is not looking at other girls," Sango had calmly stated.
"She said we're going out?" Inuyasha questioned.
"Um… well, no, but aren't you?" Sango hadn't expected this.
"Well, we haven't had this discussion yet, it's still on the down low, I think," Inuyasha whispered.
"For the love of god. You guys aren't even official yet? Down low? Puhlease… at least the whole school knows about you guys by now," Sango sighed.
"Really?" Inuyasha asked. All this information was new to him, how come he didn't know about all these rules? Gosh, girls were confusing…
"Inuyasha, how many times does Sango have to say it? You have to go apologize to Kagome and make things all better," Miroku summed up.
"But she won't even talk to me, what do I do?" Inuyasha asked worriedly.
"Since, I don't want anything between you guys to get messed up so early in the game, I'll fix things with her. Just steer clear of Kikyo until things are stronger between you guys. It'll be for the best, especially since Kikyo is on a mission to use you again," Sango assured as she went off in search of Kagome.
"She's right you know… but first, tell me more about this Kikyo person Inuyasha…and her friends."
"There you are Kagome. I've been looking all over for you," Sango gasped out, having run all over most of the school.
"Don't even try it Sango, I'm not speaking with Inuyasha," Kagome retorted.
"You know you guys are meant for each other, both stubborn to the core," Sango laughed.
"I am not stubborn!" Kagome yelled.
"Why are you even mad at him, did he even do anything to you?" Sango asked.
"You saw how he was looking at her. I thought he was my boyfriend now, but she's come back to screw things up again. I don't think it's going to work out…" Kagome cried.
It was Sango's turn to let Kagome cry on her shoulder. She patted her head gently as Kagome let her worries run through her tears like Niagara Falls. Notice people switching roles a lot today?
"Shh… Kagome, you know it takes Inuyasha longer to figure things out. You need to go to him when things are feeling rocky, that is the definition of a relationship. Communication is key. I don't even think he knows you guys are official yet," Sango comforted her.
"Well, we're not… but I was going to talk to him today about it. I guess it just feels like he should've known, already. I must look stupid to him right now," Kagome admitted.
"No you don't. You never could to me," said an unexpected voice.
Kagome looked up from Sango's shoulder suddenly to see Inuyasha and Miroku standing a few feet away. She gasped and covered her face from embarrassment. Sango stepped to the side next to Miroku to make sure everything was okay.
"Don't hide from me Kagome. I'm sorry I didn't understand why you were upset. I should have been there for you," Inuyasha apologized.
"No, I'm the one who should be sorry for just being mad at you and running away. Bad habits I guess," Kagome apologized.
"Oh come on now you two. We don't have all day. Let's get to the making up, pronto!" Miroku yelled.
Kagome and Inuyasha scowled at him for breaking the moment and then Kagome looked toward Sango who got the message. She then tugged on Miroku's ear like a mother would her bad son and made him turn around with her.
With no further interruptions, the happy couple embraced in forgiveness. Inuyasha then whispered in her ear: "So it's official?"
Kagome smiled at the thought: "Yes."
"Aw… no better way to christen a new relationship with a little argument beforehand, huh?" Sango interrupted, smiling.
"I guess so," Kagome scowled.
"Hey, she did it this time, not me," Miroku said pointing a finger at Sango.
The happy gang of friends laughed at the awkwardness of all of this and began walking home.
"So, you guys, you know me and Inuyasha have to study for our big exam coming up right?" Kagome reminded.
"Ugh," Inuyasha groaned.
"Yeah, when did you want to start studying for that?" Sango asked.
"Well, I was thinking about this weekend. I'll have the whole house to myself and we can make it an all-day, all-night thing, with food, movies, and of course studying," Kagome suggested.
"Like a sleepover?" Miroku asked, getting happier by the second.
"I don't know about this Kagome, what would I tell my parents? Oh, yeah, Mom and Dad, I'm going to be spending the night at Kagome's with two boys about my own age. You know how their hormones rage. It'll be okay right?" Sango said sarcastically.
"Silly, what I meant by "to myself" was that my mom would get home late and Souta would be staying the night at his friend Shippo's house," Kagome clarified.
"Aw.. way to spoil the fun Kagome," Miroku groaned.
"Pervert. The purpose is to help me and Inuyasha pass, not for you to make your fantasies come true," Kagome scolded.
"What fantasies would those be Miroku?" Inuyasha inquired with a mischievous look.
"Well…" he started.
"You Hentai! I can't believe you!" Sango yelled, slapping his face.
"I can tell this weekend is going to be tons of fun…" Kagome sighed, teardropping.
A/N: Woot! Another chapter is up and I'm very happy with it. Lot's of making up, which I love. It is the next best thing to innocent fluffyness. Hee hee. The next chapter should be lots of fun, seeing is that it will be all about their weekend "studying". Bad author that I am, it will hopefully be up before I go back to school in 2 weeks or shortly afterward. Sorry for taking so long with the update, over a month, but school was being mean. This will be about the average chapter length and I think it will be a long story. Please review!
Extra note: The title "Denying" refers to the character Kikyo. Some things to look forward to in further chapters: Ayame and Koga, sometime later, scandals with Miroku and Sango and another girl, and dreams of their past lives…
I am Miroku- Just wanted to say, or cyber-spacely do this: slap. Well, Sango still is a friend to him after what he says because it's something she just has come to expect/deal with, similar to that of you and me, we're still friends, even though you grope me electronically. That sounded weird. Plus, there are some underlying conflicts with how Sango ACTUALLY feels about him doing that... we'll see. Punk of the pryo- Well, I'm glad you feel drawn to my story now. It makes me glad that you'll be a future reviewer. It's a really popular picture among Sango/Miroku fans and it is what inspired me to write this story. If you have any ideas or requests of any kind, I would gladly take them into consideration and possibly write about them too.
Punk of the pryo- Well, I'm glad you feel drawn to my story now. It makes me glad that you'll be a future reviewer. It's a really popular picture among Sango/Miroku fans and it is what inspired me to write this story. If you have any ideas or requests of any kind, I would gladly take them into consideration and possibly write about them too.
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