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Chapter 5

A week later

"Wake up Miroku." Kaede said.

"Huh?" Miroku said as he lifted up.

"Get up!" Kaede said.

"Oh...sorry..." Miroku said as he smoothened out the wrinkles in his clothes and stood up. "What do I need to do now?" Miroku asked as a soft yawn escaped his pursed lips.

"Make breakfast." Kaede said.

"Are you serious?" Miroku asked as his eyes bugged out. Kaede started to laugh.

"Of course not! You probably couldn't cook well anyways!" Kaede said as she choked on her laughter. Miroku mumbled a few curse words under his breath and walked into Kaede's small yet convenient kitchen.

"Hi Miroku." Sango said as she stirred some rice.

"Hi, how are you this lovely morning?" Miroku asked. Sango raised an eyebrow at him in confusion.

"Fine and you?" Sango asked.

"I'm good, no, great!" Miroku said earning a glare from Kaede.

"Save your breath, you horny monk." Kaede said and slightly chuckled. Miroku blushed at the comment that Kaede said. Sango had a look of fear in her eyes.

"Horny? Miroku? Oooooooooooookay..." Sango said as her eyes rolled a little weirded out by what Kaede said

"Shut up Kaede." Miroku whispered as he elbowed her in the gut.

"Ye need much better manners." Kaede said and walked over by Sango.

"Sango I think that Miroku likes you." Kaede whispered loud enough for Miroku to hear, causing him to fall over anime style. Sango's face grew cherry red at what Kaede said. "Why don't you go sit down Sango? I'll finish breakfast." Kaede said with a sly grin on her face.

"Okay." Sango said as she took a seat at Kaede's poorly decorated table that only consisted of a small vase with two flowers. Miroku casually took a seat by Sango.

"How's it going?" he asked after a thirty second silence.

"Huh?" she asked not hearing the question. Miroku sighed.

"How's it going?" he asked.

"Fine, I'm fine, everything's fine." Sango said nervously as her hands fidgeted under the table.

Miroku noticed this; he didn't enjoy the fact that she was nervous.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing! Nothing at all." Sango said as her eye involuntary twitched. Miroku gave her a suspicious look.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Of course, what would be wrong with me?" Sango said as her body spazzed out.

"Okay, I believe you." he said, eyeing her strangely.

Kagome and InuYasha came in the room and Mirkou stood up and left the hut.

"Wonder what is up his butt."

"InuYasha did you honestly have to say that?" Kagome asked.

"Yes." he blankly replied.

"SIT BOY!" Kagome yelled as she watched the helpless half demon fall face first into Kaede's table breaking it in half.

"I'm going to go talk to Miroku, bye." Kagome said as she slammed the door shut.

"Feh." InuYasha said as he got back up.

"Miroku wait!" Kagome said as she ran furiously after the monk. Miroku stopped and slowly turned around to face Kagome.

"What?" he asked the now sweating girl.

"What exactly happened?" Kagome asked.

"I'm unsure as to how Sango's brother's disappearance has affected her." Miroku said and sighed.

"Go apologize then." Kagome said.

"Since when do you care about me?" Miroku asked.

"Trust me, go apologize." Kagome said. Miroku looked into Kagome's eyes then softly sighed.

"Okay." he said as he made his way back to Kaede's hut.

Miroku opened the door and took in a deep breath.

"Sango, I'm sorry. I don't know exactly what is wrong, but I hope that I didn't do anything to hurt you." Miroku said not looking away from his shoes. Miroku didn't get a response, all he heard was the sound of someone crying...Sango crying.

Slowly Miroku looked up to see Sango standing about two feet away from him. "You shouldn't be sorry, I started to whole mess. You didn't do anything." Sango said as she pulled Miroku into a strong embrace.

Miroku enjoyed the hug. 'Good thing I did apologize or I wouldn't have gotten the chance to feel up Sango.' Miroku thought to himself. "I'm sorry." Sango said and pulled away from Miroku.

"Can we eat now?" InuYasha asked causing everyone to fall over anime style.

"What I'm hungry!" InuYasha said as his stomach growled. "Kaede may we eat now." InuYasha asked.

"Help yourself." Kaede said as she sat down in front of her broken tabled and grumbled. "You owe me a new table InuYasha." Kaede said. InuYasha laughed.

"Yeah right." he said as his eyes soon became fixed on Kagome, who only glared at him. "I mean, of course Kaede." InuYasha said and gulped in fear of what Kagome may do to him.

Everyone then retrieved a bowl of rice and ate their breakfast in silence.

"So where are ye going today, InuYasha?" Kaede asked.

"I don't know, maybe Kagome and me will go looking for a jewel shard again." InuYasha said as a smile formed on his chapped lips.

"Thanks for the invite..." Miroku mumbled under his breath.

"I figured that you wouldn't want to go, I mean after all, you have Sango." InuYasha said and smirked.

Miroku ignored this comment and rolled his eyes. "See ya." Miroku said uncaring about what InuYasha did with Kagome.

"Come on Kagome, I have better places to go than here." InuYasha said and picked Kagome up and slung her over his shoulder, as if she were a dummy.

"InuYasha si-" Kagome started, but InuYasha placed his hand on her mouth before she could utter the three letter word that would send him plummeting. InuYasha then quickly sprinted out the door with Kagome seconds later.

"I wonder why InuYasha wants to be with Kagome so badly, sheesh it's really annoying that he's leaving me behind." Miroku said as he crossed his arms and pouted.

"Well, I'm going to help Kaede in the kitchen Miroku, you want to help?" Sango asked. Miroku blinked twice and cleaned out his ears with his fingers.

"Okay, sorry I didn't hear you very well, could you repeat that?" Miroku asked and smiled.

"I said I'm gonna help Kaede in the kitchen, do you want to help?" Sango asked.

"Oh yes, I will help Kaede...in a million years! Last time I helped I almost collapsed on the ground!" Miroku pouted to Sango.

"Fine, then what are you going to do all day?" Sango asked as her hands rested on her hips.

"You know, sit here all day, and maybe eat some more." Miroku said and sat down. Sango ignored the comment and gathered all the dirty dishes up. "Well, I'm going to take a nap." Miroku said and yawned.

"But you just got up no less than an hour ago." Sango said.

"So, what are you trying to tell me?" Miroku asked blankly, as though he was an idiot.

"Oh never mind." Sango said.

"Night!" Miroku hollered as he went into a room to sleep peacefully.