Dangerous Peeping

Kagome and Sango were walking down a path leading to the hot springs near their camp. The place had a few small ponds located in a forest, trees and boulders separating them. It was a perfect place to relax - the veil of stones and greenery making every pond feel almost as if it wa indoors. The girls made sure to always visit this place every time they were crossing the mountains.

Soon they left the main path to follow the one leading to their favourite pond. To their surprise they saw Miroku walking from that direction. Kagome was sure he had not been there to bathe but to wait for them to come and peep. Sango grit her teeth, preparing herself to lecture the pervert. But when he came cloer they saw his face was pale, beads of sweat adorning his brow, his step stiff and his eyes wide as if he had seen the most horrible sight ever.

"Miroku! What happened?" Kagome asked, worried. Sango reached out her hand and touched his shoulder to get his attention. The monk gasped and looked at them.

"I saw Ginta and Hakkaku bathing," the man explained after hearing the question the second time. "I need to... I have some sake in my bag... Need to forget..."

As soon as Sango let go of his robe the monk started to walk again. The girls looked at each other and decided to go to an another pond. They were giggling almost the whole way there, talking about the poor monk who had made a great mistake.

Probably for this reason they didn't notice the second pond was occupied as well until they entered the little meadow holding it. The second after Kagome registered a familiar set of clothes hanging from a branch of a tree on the other side of the pond the bathing person emerged from under the water near the center of the pond, facing away from them.

The soft light of the full moon and stars iluminated the meadow leaving the bathing person perfectly visible for the watching girls. Long hair were falling like a glistering waterfall down his back, clinging to his shoulders and back, partially obscuring a lean, tanned body. Kagome was unable to do more than stare for a long minute, forgetting to breathe.

It was not like she hadn't seen his chest or back before. It was not like she hadn't touched his shoulder or had felt the muscles of his arms tensing when he was wrapping them around her.

But definetely this was the first time she was able to see not only his (not injured) upper body, but also the rest. And as he was making his way to the other bank of the pond she was seeing more and more of it. She was watching like a hypnotized person the water trickling down his skin, his muscles flexing under it as he was moving his limbs. Sango standing beside her let out a strange noise and Kagome's sight fell down the silvery waterfall of his mane to rest on a part of him she was not prepared to see - his butt.

One of the ears previously pressed tightly against his head swiveled back as it caught the noises from the other side of the pond and shortly after it the whole body turned to face the source of the sound. Sango yelped and covered her eyes with both hands, but Kagome was unable to move for a second.

"Oi! Kagome!" he shouted, scowling and lowering himself in the water to hide. It took a moment for Kagome to register the shout and the scowl. And when she snapped out from her staring the miko covered her burning cheeks with both hands and squeezed her eyelids closed.

"Sit!" She cried out the first thing that came to her mind. Her eyes snapped open when she heard a loud splash. She couldn't locate Inuyasha, there were only circles on the water. "Inu-Inuyasha...?"