If I Could Say What I Want To Say
Chapter 8 – Early Morning Mayhem
Miroku awoke to the sun streaming through the window he had forgotten to pull the shades down over. Yawning he made his way over to the sink in his bathroom where he splashed some cold water on his face and looked in the mirror. He'd gone out clubbing last night and was feeling the after effects of another fruitless womanizing endeavour.
Hearing a large bang and a female voice bark out a rather colourful stream of curses he smiled. It appeared the lovely Sango was up as well. Drying his face with a towel he looked in the mirror and decided that a shave was in order if he was to look his best for his beautiful co-worker. Squirting shaving cream into his palm, Miroku rubbed his hands back and then spread the resulting foam evenly on his lower face and began meticulously shaving his overnight stubble.
Hearing a small voice from the next room Miroku stopped what he was doing to listen but when he didn't hear it again he passed it off as a radio or the TV. Sango didn't strike him as having a boyfriend, too much of a man hater, which was precisely why he was hoping to impress her with his good looks and charm. Maybe he'd take her out to dinner tonight…
A scream erupted from the direction of the bathroom and Miroku jumped. There were only two girls on this floor, one was Ayame and the other Sango. It defiantly wasn't Sango because he could still hear her next door and Ayame never screamed in a pitch that high! Dashing out into the hall razor in hand, shaving cream still on half of his face and wearing nothing but his boxers, Miroku ran straight into Inuyasha.
"What was that?" he asked.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha called frantically leaping to his feet and sprinting off in the direction of the bathroom. "Kagome what's going on!"
Much to Miroku's shock Kagome burst out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel. He was too stunned for a moment to talk and then slowly he picked himself up and walked over.
"A spider!" Kagome screamed pointing at the bathroom. "A spider just fell on me! A big nasty black one!"
Inuyasha nearly fell over. "A spider," he said dumbly. "You screamed like you were being murdered because of a spider?"
"Why Lady Kagome," Miroku said gallantly taking her hand. "You look absolutely ravishing this morning."
"What?" Kagome asked confused and then looked down in horror at her attire. Letting out yet another high pitched scream she dashed back into the bathroom.
"A spider," Inuyasha repeated once more. "I thought she was being assaulted and nearly had a heart attack over nothing but a spider."
"Not just a spider Inuyasha," Miroku grinned. "A big nasty black spider."
"How dare you mock me!" Kagome screeched through the bathroom door.
"What in the name of all things holy is going on out here?" Sango demanded angrily throwing open her door.
"My latest charge was afraid of the spiders which inhabit our floors bathroom," Inuyasha sighed exasperatedly. "She sends her apologies."
"Who's out there?" Kagome asked tentatively.
"A fellow woman who shares your fear of spiders," Sango said dryly shooting Inuyasha a nasty look. "Why don't you come out?"
"I've got nothing on but a towel," Kagome said softly.
"Where are your clothes?" Sango asked pressing her lips against the crack in the door.
"Over where the spider fell," Kagome said embarrassedly. "I'm too afraid to go anywhere near them."
"Give me one second," Sango said walking back into her room and returning moments later with a fluffy pink bathrobe. "May I come in?"
The door inched open just wide enough for Sango to squeeze through.
"Women," Inuyasha said shaking his head in disbelief. "I don't think I'll ever be able to understand them."
"Sango never struck me as the type to be afraid of spiders," Miroku said thoughtfully.
"I may not have struck you as someone who immensely dislikes spiders," Sango replied irately emerging from the bathroom with a comforting arm draped around Kagome's shoulders. "But I am. I'm sure there are things in this world you're afraid of too Miroku. How would you feel if someone made fun of those?" Tightening her grip on Kagome's shoulder Sango said. 'Now how about you join me for breakfast, would you like that?"
Kagome nodded mutely and with one last glare Sango lead the poor girl into her room and slammed the door.
"Your partner's pretty intimidating Miroku," Inuyasha commented gulping. "Even more so than Ayame when she's mad."
"SHHHHHHH!" Miroku hissed leaping forward to cover Inuyasha's mouth,
"What the hell was that for," Inuyasha replied fighting Miroku off and putting a good two feet between them.
"She doesn't know yet," Miroku said quietly. "So shhhh! Don't mention the "p" word ok?"
"She doesn't know?" Inuyasha repeated sounding absolutely dumbfounded. "How?"
"I don't know," Miroku sighed. "I guess Sesshomaru never mentioned it to her, and I sure as hell didn't want to say anything to anger her any more than I already did. I mean that woman has got serious anger issues, did I mention she threatened to castrate me if I took one step into her office?"
"Somehow that doesn't surprise me," Inuyasha grinned. "If I was a woman I wouldn't let you in a ten foot radius of my rear."
"This is no joking matter Inuyasha," Miroku said seriously. "I really do fear for my life."
"You two being forced to work together should prove interesting," Inuyasha chuckled. "Heavens only knows I'm going to need some cheering up after my endless shift as babysitter."
"How was she this morning," Miroku asked. "I heard some screaming a bit earlier but I fell back to sleep pretty quick."
"She had a bit of an emotional bout," Inuyasha said evasively. "She was a touch hysterical but I calmed her down alright in the end."
"Uh oh," Miroku grinned. "Were there tears involved?"
"The word 'tears' hardly serves the waterworks she cried justice," Inuyasha sighed. "My favourite red shirt is absolutely soaked."
"Wow," Miroku whistled and then looked at the door that lead to Sango's room. "Poor kid, you've got to look at it from her point of view though. It must be pretty hard to adjust life styles so fast. She's also pretty young to be in witness protection."
"Oh speaking of changing," Inuyasha groaned. "I forgot, I promised her I'd look into letting her paint her room. What are the chances Sesshomaru will let me redecorate?"
"Well if you promise him a picture of you doing it so he can laugh at your misfortune you might have a shot," Miroku chuckled.
"Come on Miroku," Inuyasha said exhaling heavily. "Stop it with the wise cracks. I'm really not in the mood."
"Not in the mood for what?" a sleepy voice asked. Inuyasha and Miroku turned around to see an exhausted looking Ayame leaning against her door frame.
"Miroku's sense of humour," Inuyasha explained. "You're looking just a touch exhausted Ayame. You sure you should be up? That bedhead is enough to terrify anyone who doesn't know you."
"Oh this," Ayame said motioning to her tousled red hair. "This is nothing, trust me; my hair's so thick there's no controlling it without a lot of gel, and bottles of mousse."
"Sounds like a lot of work," Inuyasha grinned.
"Trust me," Ayame smiled. "It is."
"So why were you up so late?" Inuyasha asked.
"Oh no reason really," Ayame yawned. "It's just that bloody security system you wanted me to install for your new charge. It had a bug in it that I had to fix before I could let her near it. Then a virus attacked my computer so I spent a good three hours trying to stop the attack. I managed to keep the hacker out but in the process I ruined my own hard drive."
"Ouch," Miroku and Inuyasha winced simultaneously.
"Sesshomaru's not gonna be happy about that," Inuyasha observed. "What is that, like the third one this year?"
"You're the one telling me," Ayame smiled weakly. "I'm just glad the office is the one financing my expenses. I would defiantly have been filing for bankruptcy long ago if not."
"Can't deny that," Miroku sighed. "So what's with all the viruses all of a sudden? You seem to be getting one a week now."
"Two," Ayame corrected. "I can handle most viruses without having to blink an eye, it's like child's play to someone who's been dealing with them since they were able to use a computer. The hacker last night was good though, almost as good as me."
"What do you mean almost better than you?" Inuyasha demanded. "What was this guy after?"
"That's just it," Ayame sighed. "I don't know, he was a pro though. I think he was after the codes and blueprints for this building though. I just barely managed to keep the codes for the building and stuff at the office safe. He might have gotten a few though, so I'm going to have a busy few days ahead of me. I can't risk those codes getting out so I'm going to have to change everything."
"Hope that doesn't take too long, for your sake that is. You really look like you could use a few days off so you can catch up on sleep." Miroku said feverentely.
"Sooooo," Ayame grinned. "Enough about my computer troubles, how's your girl doing Inuyasha? I presume it was her I heard screaming earlier."
"She's doing fine," Inuyasha replied. "She's just in Sango's room right now doing heavens knows what."
"Sango?" Ayame echoed. "She's here in this building already? What?"
"She's been here for a while now," Inuyasha said raising an eyebrow. "Which rock have you been hiding under?"
"You're joking right?" Ayame said her eyes narrowing dangerously. "Do you have any idea the hell I've been put through with your charge moving in? Well do you?" When no response was forthcoming Ayame went on. "Before I went to bed last night I hadn't slept in close to forty-nine hours, I'm currently running on four hours of sleep and let me get this right you're asking me why I've been too busy to notice someone moving in?"
"Uhhhh," Miroku and Inuyasha said looking at each other wondering exactly Ayame had managed to miss something quite that noisy. "Of course not."
"Good," Ayame said glaring at them a few moments longer before yawning once more. "Now which room has Sango moved into?"
Miroku and Inuyasha pointed wordlessly at the door across from Ayame's.
"She's right across from me?" Ayame asked delightedly. "Really?"
"Yeah," Miroku said. "Why don't you go say hi, I think I smell tea brewing. If you hurry you might be able to snag yourself a cup."
"Love your demon senses hunn," Ayame said pecking him quickly on the cheek before she closed her own door and walked over and knocked on Sango's. "What would I do without them? Goodness only knows how tired I must be not to smell my favourite drink in the world being brewed only a few meters away."
"Oh Ayame," Inuyasha winced. "Kagome's not aware of our ummmm 'abilities'. I'd like to keep it that way if at all possible."
"Abilities?" Ayame said tilting her head and then gasping. "You mean she doesn't know!"
"No and I would like to keep it that way," Inuyasha said firmly.
"Hmmm," Ayame pouted. "You're just no fun Yashia but I promise to not spill the beans. My bets are she'll figure it out on her own soon enough. She sounds like a bright kid."
"Yes?" a suspicious voice asked from behind the door that sounded to Miroku like Sango's.
"Hi Sango," Ayame chirped happily. "Sorry I haven't introduced myself earlier I've been a little hung up with work lately. Had no idea that you had even moved in till Miroku mentioned you! Mind if I come in for a spot of tea I'd love to meet you and Kagome."
"Umm I guess that would be ok," Sango said opening the door for the redhead who shamelessly walked in even though she was only wearing a pair of fushia pink and orange boy shorts underwear and a Snoopy tank top.
"Yay!" Inuyasha and Miroku heard Ayame say. "A slumber party and a tea party! Can my morning possibly get any better?"
Just as the door was about to close however Ayame's head popped back through and she whispered, "Miroku do you realize that you've still got shaving cream on half your face?"
"What?" Miroku asked shocked instantly putting a hand to his face only to groan as it came back coated in shaving cream.
"Yeah you should probably go wash that off," Ayame said biting her lip thoughtfully. "It can't possibly be good for your skin."
With that the door clicked shut and Miroku and Inuyasha were left standing alone in the hallway.
"Well Ayame's right, I probably should go wash this stuff off," Miroku said.
"Yeah," Inuyasha replied. "I'll see you later this afternoon ok?"
"Sure," Miroku smiled. "If Sango doesn't kill me when she hears the news that is."
"Good luck with that," Inuyasha grinned waving as he turned around to head back to his room.
"Hey Inuyasha," Miroku said causing his friend to turn back.
"What?"
"Is it just me or is Ayame's sleeping attire incredibly sexy?" Miroku asked confused. "I mean its only underwear but honestly she looked hot."
"Miroku," Inuyasha said slowly. "You're talking about Ayame here; she's like our little sister."
"I know," Miroku said shaking his head. "That's why I find it so disturbing. I've never thought of her as sexy."
"That's a first," Inuyasha muttered and then said. "Miroku you know if you lay one finger on either Ayame or Kagome I'll kill you right."
"What about Sango?" Miroku asked.
"She's your partner," Inuyasha shrugged. "If you want to risk ending up in a full body cast that's your choice. Kagome however is my charge and I can't in good conscience let you sexually harass her, even if she does need to loosen up a little. Same goes for Ayame, I don't care if you think she's hot, keep your hands off her. She's like a little sister and I won't stand by and watch you ruin your friendship with her."
"I know, I know," Miroku sighed. "I wouldn't actually do anything, I can risk Sango's wrath but yours is an entirely different matter."
"Glad you understand," Inuyasha said. "Later."
"See ya," Miroku called out opening his door. "maybe pop by the office a little later. Sesshomaru never mentioned you not being able to come in did he?"
"Will do," Inuyasha replied closing his own door.
"Now," Miroku said to himself. "Time to go polish these good looks of mine, need to look my best for my own funeral."
To be continued….
IMPORTANT Author's Note: yes you heard me correctly I will be continuing this story thanks to all you lovely reviewers. I had put this one on hiatus because it wasn't getting many reviews and because I've got two stories right now where I'm averaging around 40 reviews per chapter whereas this story has gotten 35 in total as of right now. Shrugs, sorry peeps but you've got to see where I was coming from. But just because I've been getting numerous reviews as of late I have decided to take it off hiatus for a while but it is conditionally so. If you want me to keep it off hiatus you've got to GOT TO review. I apologize for this demand for reviews but that's how it is. Happy New Years!Love you all shamanic destiny.