--Confession--
"Hmm. If I may ask, Lady Kagome..." Miroku glanced over at his companion with concern in his eyes. "Is there something that is bothering you? You seem a bit... anxious." Perhaps anxious was not the right word. But regardless, Kagome was restless, constantly moving, without speaking to anyone.
"You know..." the monk paused again, and smirked almost imperceptibly. "It is said that telling your troubles- confessing your sins, if you will- to a holy man can help to ease the spirit."
Kagome looked him in the eye for the first time, a wary- if curious?- look on her face. "Houshi-sama, you may be right- there is something on my mind." She nodded in determination, and stepped up to the tall monk. He leaned down obligingly, and Kagome whispered a few words in his ear.
After the young girl walked away, Miroku shook his head as if to clear the astonishment that was clouding his thought. "And we all thought she was so innocent..."