A/N: Guys, the baby I spoke about in the last chapter's AN is my niece I babysit. I'm not into kids, but it can't be helped, I have to spend a lot of time and energy with her and let me tell you, that kid is fast!
This story is set not long after Miroku joined the party.
Cure
Miroku was sitting with his back against Kaede's hut's wall. It was a lovely day and he was meditating, admiring the beauty of nature that was Kaede's herbal garden.
The tranquility of the moment was a fleeting thing, he knew it well. He was reminded of that when the warm wind carried to him the sounds of a pair bickering. A small smirk tugged on his lips, his new friends were extraordinary.
Who would've thought he, a monk, could befriend a hanyou?
He had rarely thought about half-youkai before meeting this dog-eared one and with every passing day he learned anew how good people they could be. Hot-headed, brash, anti-social, but good and generous. And the petite, but fiercely stubborn miko was a good partner too, not only fair, but strong and more intelligent that most girls Miroku had met.
She wore the strangest outfit he had ever seen, but she was more innocent than many ladies in multi-layered robes covering their entire bodies. The bright red of the scarf she wore around her neck always drew his eyes to her developing chest.
As the pair neared him Miroku suddenly grabbed his head with both hands and moaned painfully. Immediately they stopped arguing and rushed to him.
"Oi, monk, what's wrong?" barked the hanyou.
"Oh, my head..." Miroku groaned. "My family... We suffer terrible headaches... and no medicine, but one, can cure them... Ah!"
"What's the cure?" Kagome asked, her hand soothingly resting on Miroku's shoulder.
"A compress..."
"A compress?" Kagome inquired in surprise, it didn't sound that special. Miroku lifted his eyes to hers before he dropped them to the knot on hr red scarf.
"...A compress of naked breasts of a maiden fair and-"
As you all can imagine, Miroku really needed a compress after that reveal. Actually, he needed two, since he got two lumps on his head.