Chapter 5 : Does He Really Love Me?

Courtney continued to walking and leaned against a tree.

"are you okay lady courtney?" miroku asked.

"huh? Yeah. I'm fine I just have a headache." she replied with a smile.

" are you guys coming?" sango asked. "its only a matter of time before it gets dark."

"you guys go on ahead." courtney said.

"sango, you go ahead, To kiate's that is. I'll stay here with courtney and make sure she doesn't get hurt, you know how the demons come out more at night."

"ok, I'll see you two there then."

"courtney?" sango called.

"huh?"

"you watch miroku for me ok?"

"ok, I will."

And she left heading to kiate's village, leaving courtney and miroku alone. Miroku looked at her.

"don't go get any crazy ideas. I'm not that type." courtney stated crossing her arms.

"I wasn't gunna say anything."

"sure…… not even will you do me the honors of baring my children?"

"hell no."

"ok then, we can go now."

"what about your headache?"

"what about it, there's nothing we can do about it."

"what about this?" he said pulling out kagome's backpack.

"where'd you get that? What is it?"

"kagome's backpack."

"you stole it???"

"no, she asked me to carry it while you and michelle were fighting."

"oh, what does she have in there?"

"every thing you can think of."

"really? A brush?"

"yep." he said while pulling out a brush. "why?"

"I need it." courtney replied while she brushed her hair. " I also need to wash my hair. Here." miroku took the brush back.

"how about food?"

"No matter. I know she has headache medicine in here somewhere…." he said digging in the over sized bag. "here we go. chewable cherry flavored asprin."

"asprin???"

"for headaches, it hasn't been invented yet."

"then how did she get it?"

"it's a long story. I'll leave it at that."

"ok."

"chew these, it'll help." he said handing her two pink little pills. Courtney chewed them up.

"gross! that's disgusting!"

"I cant help that."

"have any water?"

"sure." he handed her a water bottle from the bag.

"she DOES have everything in there doesn't she?"

"yep."

ABOUT AN HOUR LATER (AFTER DARK)

Miroku finished starting the fire and made dinner, handing her the plate with a slight smile. Then he sat down putting his plate aside.

"miroku? Whats the matter?" courtney asked with concern.

"nothing at all."

"why aren't you eating? You've got to be starving from all the excitement."

"I am a little. I'm still worried about inuyasha and the others."

"why? I'm sure they'll manage."

"that's not what I'm worried about. Its naraku."

"naraku, I've heard much of him. But never really made any sort of contact with him at all."

"really?"

"uh-huh."

"well, you got the lucky side then."

"what do you mean?"

"all of us, especially inuyasha had to much contact with naraku. And inuyasha is always determined to beat the living shit out of him, when really it's he who gets his ass kicked."

They both started to giggle.

"miroku? Why is that bothering you?"

" and its because naraku has my life in the palm of his hands, and if he lets go… witch he can do at any time… I'm through."

"huh?"

"the wind tunnel."

"wind tunnel? Whats a wind tunnel?"

"I am."

"miroku?"

No answer.

"miroku? What ever it is you can tell me."

Bark bark!!!!!

"look courtney, its sky." miroku said pointing to sky who came trotting out of the woods.

"sky? What are you doing? Come here boy!" courtney insisted. The dog came running to her pouncing and barking around her, to miroku, it was the most beautiful thing he ever saw.

MIROKUI'S POV

I kept watching her, by the light of the fire I had made earlier. The glistening glow brightened up her face while leaving it in the dark after a few seconds. Her hair bouncing up and down as she pranced around her dog., like he was a long lost friend. I sat there watching her every move and enjoying every second. Wishing it could last forever.

INU AND MIC

"michelle wait up!!!" inuyasha called out. She stopped and turned around with tears in her eyes.

"what do you want?!?"

"calm down."

"no! I've never been more insulted and sad and angry and……"

"I know how you feel."

"how do you know! You don't feel anything!" she yelled and then stormed off, leaving inuyasha stand there in shock. Michelle kept speed walking. 'how could I ever of said that?' she thought. 'no I didn't mean it. I…..I…..I have to…..' and she turned around and ran to him throwing herself at him when she got there.

"inuyasha I'm so sorry!!" she sobbed.

"its ok. Your going through a lot."

She looked up to him. " why are you so nice to me?" she asked.

"because you're the only one who treated me like a human being."

"I only did that because that's what you are."

"not to a lot of people. And I wanted to thank you for freeing me of the kagome curse. "

"don't mention it. You deserve better than that……… can I show you something?"

"sure."

"you cant tell anyone. Not even courtney or kagome."

"I promise."

"ok. I trust you." she started to breath heavily and put her two hands together. She opened her hands a few minutes later, and out came a butterfly.

"holy shit! How'd you do that!?!"

"my mother was a ….."

"witch?"

"yes."

"that was fucking awesome. What else can you do?"

"I'm not sure, I don't try to do that much."

"can you make things vanish?"

"I don know."

"here, make this disappear." he said hading her one of the enchanted beads.

"where'd you get this?"

"it was caught on my clothes."

"ok, I'll try. But this is it. Then I'm done."

"ok."

She took the bead and placed it in the center of her hand. Waved her hand over it 4 times and on the 5th time, it vanished.

"damn, your awesome! I love you!!!" he said picking her up swinging her in a circle. When he realized what he had said he quickly placed her on the ground and started to blush.

"what?" michelle asked with reddish checks.

"its not what it looks like! I meant I love your magic stuff. Not you."

"uh-huh."

"uh-huh what?"

"uh-huh means yeah. As in ok, sure."

"I know that!"

"then why did you ask?"

''because…… the uh-huh you said sounded like a uh-huh type."