Chapter 2: Recovery

4 hours later and Miroku was sitting on the side of Sango's sleeping body. He was putting a warm cloth on her head as she slept fitfully through the night. Never once had he started to doze, for fear of Sango's condition of recovering. Miroku had carried Sango into their hut to dress her wounds. Kohaku had run after the demon and has yet to come back. Miroku now sat battling with his conscious trying to figure out what he could possibly do next. What did that demon take away from my love that caused her so much pain? Sango lightly muttered in her sleep that sounded something like, Where's my bay-? Miroku touched her shoulder in puzzlement.
"What the f was that?" he said to no one. What can she mean by a bay? There's no sea around here! Did I miss hear it! "Then Sango mumbled again, "Where's my ba-...-by!" Now Miroku was really confused! Since when does Sango have a baby, he thought. Maybe it was Kirara? Then the monk saw the sleeping cat demon in the corner of the room. Miroku got up and was about to leave to think when he bumped into Kohaku. (A/n: Kohaku had been running after the demon the entire time. Well, hope you enjoy, faithful readers!)
"Sango, I couldn't get 'you know what' back-!" Kohaku shouted. "Oh, It's you, Miroku!" the boy of 13 realized. "Where's Sango?" Kohaku asked worriedly.
"She's sleeping." Miroku said as he walked passed him. "Try to wake her, I think...I think she might be gone. She's not in her right mind." Miroku left before Kohaku could say another word and notice his tears.
If I hadn't left her, she wouldn't be so delirious...Miroku thought as he sat upon a nearby boulder. I'm so sorry, my love. His thoughts were interrupted by a "Why the hell do we have to go see the perverted monk!".
Miroku smiled at the familiar voice but scowled after realization hit. He stood up and was met with the sight of a furious but still beautiful Kagome with the same ol' same ol' hanyou he knew and, well, loved in a brotherly way.
"Well, Well, If it isn't the cute little puppy and his mistress" Miroku said teasingly.
"I am not a puppy, you monk!" Inuyasha snapped.
"Oh, yes you are!" Kagome pointed out. " Your my puppy!" Kagome smiled. Inuyasha blushed as Kagome kissed him on the cheek. Miroku laughed at the sight and went over to hug Kagome.
"Long time no see, Kagome-san" he said.
"I know, Miroku, I've missed you" Kagome kissed his cheek to prove her point and stepped away. Miroku smiled goofily and turned to Inuyasha who was red with anger, jealousy, and what looked like...happiness?
"I see you still are the same old pervert I knew. Have you and Sango gotten very far yet?" Inuyasha said. Kagome punched him in the shoulder and said politely, "Don't mind him! He's just hungry (feh could be heard in the background) So, where is Sango!" Kagome smiled.
"She's...uh...inside...recovering. Sango was recently in a huge battle with a giant rat demon. It took something from her that caused her a lot of pain, and I think she is still in shock and has gone into a state of delirium. If she says anything, you know,...unusual, then you know why" Miroku stated as he thought to himself Yeah like something about 'our baby'. Kagome gasped, followed by a some what caring "Feh" from Inuyasha.
"Oh my gosh!Is she ok?Why weren't you helping her in battle?When was this?Where were you?Where was this?How did it start?How did it end?Did she win?Did she lose?" Kagome babbled on while Miroku tried to answer the questions.
"Yeah she's...I wasn't...It was...I was...It was...It started...It ended...No...Yes...I CAN'T ANSWER ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS AT ONCE, KAGOME!" Miroku shouted. Kagome jumped as she stopped talking from this sudden outburst.
"Let's go in, cupcake, and Miroku will answer the questions" Inuyasha stated calmly, as if reading Miroku's thoughts.
"You call her cupcake? Is food all you ever think about?" chuckled Miroku.
Yeah! Well she calls me-" Inuyasha began, but was interrupted by a loud 'Osuwarii' (A/N Sorry if my spelling is crappy). This set Miroku into a fit of laughter as Kagome turned the color of Inuyasha's fire-rat robe. Inuyasha scowled as the spell slowly wore off. "But Kagome!", whined Inuyasha," You do call me that when...well you know." Kagome gave him a death glare and Inuyasha instantly shut up. Miroku was now laughing so hard that he couldn't breathe and a steady stream of tears were falling from his eyes. He finally stopped laughing when Kagome threatened him with her now famous death glare.
"Sorry Kagome-san. It was just...so funny that I couldn't help but laughing. I've never seen you two act like this! Wait 'til Sango hears...Sango! She's still in there!" Miroku realized as he broke into a sprint toward their hut, with Inuyasha and Kagome following behind him. As Miroku ran, he mentally slapped himself for having forgotten that she was recovering in the hut, even if it was only for a few seconds. They finally got to the hut and found Sango sitting up in bed, hugging her knees, rocking back and forth while crying. Miroku turned beet red and Inuyasha averted his eyes when they realized that Sango's blanket had slipped and Sango had only been wearing bandages.
"Sango! It's been so long, babe!" Kagome said as she went up and hugged Sango, oblivious as to why the guys were acting embarrassed. "Wow, Sango, you look awful. And your bandages aren't tied properly. Who tied them?"
"I dunno. I remember fighting and Houshi coming up to me after it was over and embracing me, but then I passed out" Sango said weakly.
"I did. I was...trying not to...look or anything so..." confessed Miroku sheepishly while Inuyasha and him still had their heads turned. Sango blushed at the realization.
"Thank you, even if it is a little too tight" thanked Sango. Kagome took Sango by the arm and helped her off the bed.
"Did you wash the wounds out, Miroku? Or did you just bandage them?" Kagome asked.
"I...just bandaged them" Miroku said. Inuyasha groaned.
"Honeybear, can we just move on now?" asked the aggravated and embarrassed Inuyasha. Sango started giggling and whispered to Kagome, "Does he seriously call you 'honeybear'?"
"Just a minute, baby, we have to make sure that her wounds don't get infected." replied Kagome. "Sango, let's go to the hot springs. I've been traveling a long way and it will help clean out your wounds" Kagome suggested to Sango. Sango nodded and she grabbed the forgotten blanket. Kagome grabbed two fresh towels from the closet and they headed for the hot springs to have a long...long talk.

A/n: We hope you like it so far! We were going to make Kagome and Inuyasha more lovey dovey by making them say 'pookie and sweetkins' but we decided to give the manly hanyou a break. Maybe next chapter, who knows. ; )We promise we'll finish it A.S.A.P. Thanks! Sorry if it looks weird, my computer is being mean to me! yells at computer Anyway, I'll try to fix it later.