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"Are you serious? Congratulations!" said Kagome, hugging her friend. It was just the two of them at the campsite because Miroku and Inuyasha had gone for a dip of their own in the hot spring that was nearby. Shippo and Kirara were back in Kaede's village. Shippo wanted to stay to take a break, and Sango made Kirara stay to help protect Shippo.
Now though, with just the two of the girls right now, Sango was being mauled by her best friend.
"Calm down Kagome," she said, "It's only a birthday." She said. Kagome looked at her in shock.
"But Sango, it's your eighteenth birthday!" she exclaimed, "It's special! It's the day when you finally become an adult! At least in my time that's how it is." Sango merely looked at Kagome with a 'it doesn't really matter' look.
"Kagome, it doesn't really matter that much to me." She said (hence the look). "It's just another day. In my village, sure, we'd have fun on someone's birthday if we could, but most of the time, we were busy slaying demons so everyone just kind of excluded their birthdays." Kagome looked as though someone had just smacked her.
"Well then get ready because next week, I am going to throw you a party! It'll be fun, I promise!" Sango laughed as her best friend began to pace around the campsite mumbling to herself about this thing or that thing about the party. She simply looked at the sunset that was befalling the sky. The birds were flying by and the clouds seemed to be in a perfect position. It was just a beautiful sight.
About twenty minutes later the men returned (to find Kagome pacing). After asking her what she was doing she told them about Sango's birthday next week.
"Really? The lovely Miss Sango's birthday is coming up?" Said Miroku. He looked at Sango who was blushing because Kagome was exploding the news everywhere.
"Well Sango," said Inuyasha, "How does it feel to start becoming an old lady?" Sango gasped.
"Inuyasha SIT!" screamed Kagome. Inuyasha got a big helping of dirt for dinner, though when he was done, he lifted his head and said,
"What the hell did you do that for wench?" he screamed. Kagome began to fume.
"THE WENCH HAS A NAME! SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT!" Five more mouthfuls of dirt were enough to teach Inuyasha to keep his mouth shut. As Kagome cooked dinner around the fire, Miroku looked over at Sango who was brushing her hair with a brush (duh) looking into the fire. Miroku smiled at her, though she wasn't paying attention.
'What should I get her?' he thought. She seemed to already be perfect enough. There really wasn't anything that he could get her that could make her better, at least, not in his eyes. He didn't want to get her anything run of the mill either. He wanted this to be a special present. After all, it WAS her eighteenth birthday.
Sango looked over to him to see that he was staring at her. However it wasn't like a perverted stare, it was more of a loving stare. She began to blush.
"W-what are you staring at?" she asked. He shook his head and got himself out of his little trance.
"Nothing." He said and looked at Kagome who was now finished preparing everyone's instant ramen. She handed a cup to Miroku, then to Sango, then to Shippo (who had woken up to the smell of food) and gave one to Inuyasha as sort of an apology for sitting him so many times, which he happily accepted. As he ate some noodles from his chopsticks, Miroku continued to think.
'Something special...'
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The next morning, Sango was the first one to wake up. Well, she was the first one who was in the camp to wake up. Miroku was nowhere to be seen. Sango got up and grabbed her Hiraikotsu. She was going to go look for him. She was a little worried about him, thought she would never admit it. She headed off into the forest.
She looked for him for a while. It must have been twenty minutes that she was looking for him, until she came across the hot springs that they had found yesterday. She looked at it longingly. It was one of the biggest ones that they had ever found. She looked to the right, then to the left and sighed.
"It's against my better judgment but..." She got undressed and hopped in the spring. She had come without anything to dry herself, but she could get something from Kagome later. She leaned against a rock that was sticking up out of the water.
'Next week...' she thought and laughed.
'If the village had still been around, then...' she shook her head. The past was the past. Now, she just needed to focus on killing Naraku. She began to lightly tap her stiff shoulders with a fist. Carrying such a big weapon like Hiraikotsu was tough on the back.
She heard a splash from the other side of the rock that she was leaning against. There was one person that popped into her head: Miroku.
'So he wants to sneak his way into the bath with me does he? I'll give him a surprise attack. She went to the edge of the spring and picked up her weapon. She dragged it through the water and looked over the rock she was leaning on, just to get a surprise of her own. It was a man in the spring, but it wasn't Miroku. It was a different man with short black hair and a well toned chest. He was leaning against the rock himself so Sango couldn't see his eyes, however, she did hear him talking to himself.
"I wonder where she could be..." he said. Sango thought
'He must be looking for his girlfriend of something. She began to climb over the top of the rock that was about three feet taller than the man. She was now looking over the rock at him, she had left her weapon at the bottom.
"The people in the last village said that she was going in this direction in a group." Sango edged closer over the edge. Traveling in this direction in a group? That sounded like either her or Kagome. Who was this guy, and why was he looking for them? She edged a little bit more.
"But I won't give up! I will find you...my dear Sango..."
Sango was so shocked that he said her name that she fell over the edge of the rock to land on her back in his lap, giving him a full view of her body. Both of them were too shocked to speak. Well, at least until Sango came to her senses and smacked him. She immediately removed herself from his lap, covered her chest and turned away from him.
"Who are you?" he asked. They were both blushing. Sango turned her head to him still covering her chest.
"I should be asking you that! How do you know me?" she said. He made a double take.
"Wait a minute," he said, "You are the Sango of the demon slayer village?" She nodded her head.
"How do you know me?" she said, but before he could answer, she heard a rustle in the bushes. A figure came out dressed in purple and black robes. It was Miroku. He took one look at the scene and couldn't help but think...
"Wait Miroku," said Sango, "It's not what you think!" Miroku simply shook his head.
"Don't worry Sango, I understand." And with that, he left. Sango bolted for her clothes as she began to get dressed. The man had gotten out too, following her example. She took her Hiraikotsu out of the spring and put it around her back.
"Who was that?" he asked. Sango looked at him.
"He's a friend who just got the wrong idea. Now, come with me." She said. He of course followed her. When they arrived back at the camp, Inuyasha and Kagome were up, Shippo was still scarfing down breakfast and Miroku was in the corner just sitting there. Kagome was the first to realize that Sango had returned.
"Hey Sango, where did you...who's that?" she asked. The man was in nice cloths, that of which a prince would wear. Sango shrugged.
"I don't know who he is, but he sure seems to know me." She said. Kagome pulled Sango over for a minute.
"Did you do something to Miroku?" Sango shook her head.
"Well, unless you count the fact that Miroku saw us in the spring together by accident." Kagome gasped.
"It was an accident!" said Sango. Kagome looked over at the man.
"Well, who are you?" she asked.
"And how do you know Sango?" said Miroku who now stood up, and angry expression on his face. Though he was slightly angry with her, he walked over and stood in front of her defensively. The man bowed.
"I am Minoru of the second demon slayer village," he said, "and also, Sango's fiancée"
"WHAT?"
WTF IS GOING ON HERE? Oh wait, I know, but you don't hahahahaha I know, you don't hahahahahahaha (ahem) tune in next time to find out so I won't be the only one rejoicing. WOO REJOICING!