---Book of Paradise---
(Part 16)
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Naruto…
Okay! Miroku will finally get something here…I think this will be split up into several parts since I'm going to have a hard to packing it all into one chapter…this is not confirmed though, so don't worry, don't fret.
(Sigh) The story is coming to an end soon…I'm happy how it turned out and how all you readers out there liked the story.
I'm a crossover and INUNARU addict, and you know it! Hehe. …and we start with a very strange beginning.
'…There is nothing in man or nature which would prevent us from taking some control of our destiny and making the world a saner place for our children'
-Ernest Becker
…Saner place indeed.
And I shall rephrase this now…
'…There is nothing in any of us that would prevent us from taking control of a situation and killing the person who started it so people won't suffer knowing that it exists'
Better? Yes.
Thus…Kagome consults to Sango…But before that, we shall take a look at what the citizens of Konoha have been up to…
Outside the Gates of Konoha…
"You're just plain gross, Naruto" Sakura muttered bitterly, shifting away from the campfire.
Sasuke had the urge to do the same, but he had his pride, and refused to move, heart differed from body. He had the urge to do two different things, but Sasuke managed to stay planted.
"I'd prefer ramen, but I heard toasted grasshoppers tasted good, so I want to try" Naruto grinned, a container of live grasshoppers by his seat. He was getting ready to set them on the campfire, "Exotic foods, ne?" (1)
"…We'll just stick to the ramen, Sasuke-kun and I" Sakura replied distastefully, taking a small carton out of her pack, consisting of raw vegetables, sauce, rice and other foods. She cooked this on the fire too, choosing to keep them as far away as possible from Naruto's grasshoppers, "Do you want some, Sasuke-kun?" She offered him a bowl.
Sasuke accepted, taking a pair of chopsticks. His eyes lingered on the poor bugs before turning away to eat in peace.
A voice cut into the silence and the crackling of the fire, "Tsunade-sama requests to know why you are out here"
Naruto looked up, "Shino! We're waiting for Kagome to get back!" He grinned once again.
Shino raised an eyebrow under his tinted glasses, "Kagome?"
"Yeah, our friend, and Kakashi-sensei's girlfriend!"
Apparently, a lot had happened while he was away on a mission… "What are you eating?" Shino resisted the temptation to crinkle his nose at the strong smell. Somehow, he felt as if the crackling 'substance' were screaming for help.
"Aha! Yosh! They're grasshoppers! I heard they tasted good, so I decided to try"
"I see" Shino responded indifferently, "I'll just report to Tsunade-sama that you're doing business with this 'Kagome'" He turned around and walked back towards the gates. As soon as the three shinobi were out of range, a lone tear slipped down Shino's cheek.
What had his precious bugs done to deserve that from the blonde?
Miroku was usually more of a compassionate member of their group, the one with the reasoning and calm personality, but Kagome had long ago ditched that theory.
The Feudal Era…
"Kagome…? Kagome! You're back!" Sango exclaimed happily as she saw her sister figure climb out of the well. The demon slayer frowned though, as she caught the expression on Kagome's face, "Kagome, what's wrong?"
Kagome let out a strained smile, "Has anything…peculiar…happened while I was gone?"
Sango considered all the events that had occurred in the past two weeks and mentioned, "Well…everything's been going normal…but the houshi…Miroku's been strangely suspicious"
"Exactly"
"Excuse me…?"
"Let me show you exactly what that dirty monk has been up to…"
"But Kagome, that's not possible, is it? You haven't been here, so how would you know?"
"I have my sources" The miko growled, "Come on, let me get changed and everything, and then I'll show you…"
"Umm…alright…"
An Hour or Two Later…
"What! Excuse me!" Sango snatched the dirty hentai book out of Kagome's hands and pulled her arm back, ready to toss it across the forest with the strength of a thousand demons.
"Wait! Matte Sango!"
"What? You actually want to keep this stuff?"
Kagome blushed, "Well…not that I'm going to read it or anything, but I got that as a gift from a perverted friend of mine, and I want to return his precious book in shreds to see him wail…and we could perhaps show the evidence to the village maidens to get some teamwork in this scheme…"
Sango paused, contemplating the idea, "Yosh! Nice one, Kagome!" She grinned, "Let's go now!"
The miko shrugged, letting herself get pulled away by the demon slayer firm on revenge.
"Excuse me; miss, but have you heard about the houshi traveling with us named Miroku?" Sango questioned the first lady in the village they passed by.
She stopped, a kind smile on her face, "Why, as a matter of fact, yes, is there a problem?"
There was a twitch, "Actually, there is…are any of your friends nearby?"
The lady's smile turned into a slight frown, "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Well…all we want to do is gather all the athletic and fit women in the village to meet us at the hot springs later on tonight at sunset to talk about something important…"
"Err…sure. Can we tell anybody else?"
"No!" Kagome responded quite quickly. She calmed down, "It's a secret…"
"Okay, I guess I'll see you tonight then"
"Thank you!"
Hot Springs, Sunset…
As Kagome and Sango headed to the hot springs with towels and soap, they could already hear the low murmuring of ladies involved in deep conversations about the day.
"Hey guys, so glad you could come!" Sango grinned along with Kagome.
They stopped their talking to acknowledge the two.
Sango and Kagome entered the hot springs to accompany the many other ladies and started to tell them the reason to the meeting, "You all know Miroku, right? Well…"
And the story started about Kagome's trip to Konoha and the book, bringing out the book itself as evidence and with a red face, flipping through the pages to show more evidence to the ladies.
"…This is injustice!" One shouted, shaking a fist, "And to think, I saw my husband read a script by the houshi! He told me it was a book on religious ways!"
There was a chorus or agreements, and some water splashed wildly as they expressed their anger.
"We have to do something about it!" Another spoke up.
"Beat him up!"
"Drown him!"
"Strangle him!"
Sango and Kagome smirked, sharing a high five and stepped out of the pool, wrapping themselves in their towel.
"While…these all are, undeniably great ideas…I don't think those are the right approaches…"
One of them scoffed, "So you're against this?"
The former woman raised her hands in surrender, "I never said that! I suggest we…torture the monk"
The eldest woman there, who looked to be in her mid-thirties, finished off their little meeting, "Tomorrow, everything will commence! Be ready!"
A chorus of cheers erupted, as they pretended to clash imaginary cups of sake together as a celebration.
Somewhere far away, Miroku gained the sense of impending doom.
Okay! That's the end of this… Sorry for the super long wait accompanied by the short chapter…it was hard to write even this, and I have to still think of other forms of torture…
It's not over yet, you know…
1) Yes, yes, as disgusting as it is, my dad used to eat toasted grasshoppers when he was small for survival. Very disturbing to me, but it gave me an idea, so I used it… Hehe… This was in Vietnam, not here folks. (Scratches back of head sheepishly) Oh yeah, and my dad says it actually smells like barbeque, (blech) but the smell is different in the story.
Anyways, read and review onegai!
Sayonara,
Tenshi-Battosai