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Minoru, Sango, and Miroku were now heading back to the campsite to eat dinner and get to sleep. They were walking in a horizontal line, where Sango was in the middle, Minoru was on the left, and Miroku was on her right. This whole situation was making Sango uncomfortable. As a matter of fact, she had been blushing the whole time they were walking. She kept her eyes to the ground, though every once in a while, she would glance up at Minoru and Miroku. For some reason, they both had stupid smiles on their faces. She looked over to Minoru.
Minoru was about Miroku's size, but maybe an inch smaller. He had black hair that was pulled into a small ponytail like Miroku's. He had his sapphire eyes locked with Miroku's as if they were waging a mental war for the young taijiya's heart. Minoru's robes were not that out of the ordinary. He wore a blue haori with tan hakama and sandals. You'd never guess he was a demon slayer.
They were approaching the site, when suddenly, Miroku and Minoru stopped. Sango stopped with them and looked from one to the other.
"What are you doing?" she asked. They just kept staring at each other.
"Why do you continue to watch me monk?" asked Minoru. Miroku never broke their eye contact.
"Just making sure you don't try anything funny on MY fiancée. After all, the challenge begins tomorrow morning, and the last thing I need is for you to be touchy feely with her." Said Miroku, though he shouldn't have been one to talk. Minoru laughed.
"I would never grope Sango, she would never take me as a husband if I was a pervert." He said. Miroku countered his laugh.
"Which is exactly why I myself am giving up groping, thus bettering my chances." He said.
"You used to grope her?" said Minoru in a 'you have to be kidding' tone.
"Of course," replied Miroku, "any man in their right mind would want to. She does have a perfect figure after all."
This whole conversation was making Sango blush as if her life depended on it. 'Why is he saying those things?' she thought.
"Well then, since I don't have such a history with her as you do, I guess that ups my chances." Said Minoru with a smirk.
"Well Minoru, it is not an easy battle to win against your own desires. When it comes to things like that about Sango, I just happen to lose."
'That's not the only thing you're going to lose.' Minoru thought.
"Guys, can we get going now? I think Kagome is almost done with dinner." Said Sango. She really didn't want to have to break up a fight right now, not after all that had just happened. She was having a hard enough time processing it all, so violence was the last thing that she needed.
"Yes Miroku, let's head back." Said Minoru, "after all, you said it yourself, the challenge begins tomorrow, so why fight now, when we can do it tomorrow where it counts?" Miroku replied with a simple "Yes I agree" and the three of them headed back.
"What took you guys so long?" asked Kagome as Sango, Miroku and Minoru joined them in the camp area. As Sango had suspected, Kagome was almost done with their dinner. Tonight they were having some fish Inuyasha had caught in the river.
"We were just...talking." replied Sango.
"Yes, talking" replied Minoru and Miroku simultaneously. They were still staring at each other out of the corner of their eyes. Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other in confusion.
"I take Sango?" asked Kagome
"Yeah, I'll get these two." Replied Inuyasha. With that, Kagome got up, took the fish off the fire and put them in a container so they wouldn't spoil, then went over and took Sango's hand, getting her on her feet and taking her to the hot spring.
"Where is she taking Sango?" asked Minoru.
"To the spring where they can 'talk'. I don't ask questions and trust me, neither should you." Minoru looked at Miroku. Miroku nodded and Minoru, well he just sat there and wondered what the girls were talking about.
In the forest, the girls were getting undressed and just beginning to dip their toes into the wonderful water. Once fully settled, Kagome didn't waste any time.
"What the heck happened?" she said. Sango began to blush and looked away as she covered the side of her face with a wash cloth.
"Nothing..." Kagome pulled her shoulder so that Sango was facing her.
"That was great acting, now tell me what happened." Sango sighed and gave up. She told Kagome about Minoru and Miroku's challenge and what had happened in the forest.
"So it's like Minoru is to you what Koga is to me." Said Kagome.
"You know, I never thought of it like that before." Said Sango "How do you deal with it?" Kagome thought for a moment.
"I guess I just them handle it, until it gets to violent of course." Sango laughed. Maybe she could try that do too. It didn't seem like such a bad idea.
"So, who are you going for?" asked Kagome. Sango jolted from the surprise and caused a small splash.
"Kagome! How can you ask something like that?" said Sango. Kagome waved her hand.
"Calm down Sango, I just want to know."
"Well, not even I know." Said Sango. It was so obvious that she was lying, it was sad.
'Of course I'm going to choose Miroku,' she thought, 'after all, he's the one I really...'
"You're going to choose Miroku right?" asked Kagome with a glitter in her eyes. Sango, while slightly frightened, stuttered
"Why...why do you say that?" Kagome just looked at her.
"Sango, you like him, don't deny it." Sango just turned away and began to get out of the spring.
"Why re we leaving?" asked Kagome, following her friend. Sango was putting her clothes on already.
"Sango, I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable." Said Kagome. Sango looked at her now fully clothed friend, as was she, and just smiled.
"It's not you Kagome," she said, "It's just that..." Sango looked down at the ground. Kagome put her arm around her shoulders and patted her on the back.
"It's ok." She said. "Sango, you should do whatever is going to make you the happiest. After all, it's your life, not mine." Sango smiled and gave her friend a hug.
"Thanks Kagome. I really needed that." Kagome merely smiled. She took Sango off her.
"We should get back." She said. Sango nodded and the two friends headed back. With that, they turned heel and headed back.
When they arrived, they found the men all sitting the circle like they had left them. Inuyasha was lying on his side, tapping his hand as Miroku and Minoru were having another staring contest. Kagome walked in first, going into her bag and taking out the fish.
"I'm just going to reheat the fish and then we can all eat."
"It's about time you guys came back!" said Inuyasha, "I've been watching these two stare at each other for half an hour!" Kagome laughed.
"Well then Inuyasha, maybe next time you can come with us!" Inuyasha shot up in surprise.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Kagome laughed again and waved her hand at him, trying to get him to calm down.
"Relax Inuyasha, I was just kidding." Inuyasha gave her a small "feh" and lay back down, putting his back to her, and everyone else, slightly smirking to himself.
'Stupid Kagome' he thought.
Sango had taken a seat in between Minoru and Miroku. She was hoping that they would stop staring at each other, like they were going to kill each other. Sango watched as Minoru cast his sapphire eyes away from Miroku, as though he was an insignificant object in the air, and instead focused his attention on Sango. He was giving her a nice warm smile that any other woman would immediately fall in love with. However, Sango just smiled back awkwardly as Kagome came and handed out a fish on a skewer to each person. Inuyasha turned back around to the group as Kagome sat next to him.
Dinner went by in silence. There really wasn't anything anyone had to say. After they all finished, Minoru and Kagome went off to bed. Inuyasha took his usual spot in the trees to watch over her, but was soon sound asleep. Now all that was left was Sango and Miroku.
Alone.
They both sat there in silence, until Sango got the courage to get up and started to sift through Kagome's bag. After about a minute of searching, she pulled out a beautiful cloth. It looked like pure silk and had a pattern of pink flowers and vines on it. The silk was a nice yellow that could have rivaled the sun. Sango was now putting something in it, then taking it out, then putting it in, and so forth. She was sewing it. No. She was making it.
"What are you doing?" asked Miroku. Sango stopped and looked up, then back down at the silk.
"I'm making a kimono." She said, "after all, my birthday is on the summer festival, so I want to have something other than this to wear." She was blushing a little. Miroku smiled as he walked over to her and sat down. He took the material in his hands. It felt wonderful.
"Sango this is a beautiful material," he said, "it reminds me of you."
"What? How at all does that silk remind you of me?" she asked. He handed her back the material.
"The yellow color reminds me of the brightness of your personality." Sango blushed harder and began to sew faster. Big mistake.
"Ouch!" she said. She had accidentally pricked her finger. There was a small drop of blood forming on her index finger. She put it in her mouth to suck the blood, but Miroku took her finger out. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small blue cloth. He ripped off a long strip with his teeth. He put it around her finger and started to wrap. Sango sat there with her pink cheeks, watching Miroku bandage her finger. He tied a tight knot and let her go.
"You should be more careful Sango. If you're not, you could get more seriously hurt, and we can't have that can we?" He was so handsome, especially when he was smiling like he was now. Sango felt shivers down her body, just from his voice. She turned away from his and held her face.
Miroku lightly laughed at her embarrassment. She was so cute when she blushed. 'One of the many reasons I love her...' he thought.
She continued to work on the kimono as he got up.
"Where are you going?" she asked. He gave her another smile
"I have to get some rest. After all, the challenge starts tomorrow." He said. Sango had forgotten about his little challenge to Minoru.
"Well, goodnight." She said.
"Goodnight." And with that, he turned and settled in a spot underneath the tree where Inuyasha slept. Sango looked down at her beautiful soon to be kimono. Then, she picked it up and placed it back inside Kagome's bag. Miroku had the right idea. Tomorrow was going to be hard and she needed all the rest she could get. She closed the bag and then lay down by the fire. She watched the flames flicker in the night air, wondering what tomorrow would bring, though, it didn't take her long to figure it out.
'Pure hell'
So that's the chapter. What will happen on day one? Not even I know, so if you have any idea, fell free to tell me! However, I have come up with an interesting twist for the end, so keep reading and you'll know what it is. Also, please review, because if you don't then I have no motivation to write, so the reviews are like coffee to me. WOO COFFEE!