Sorry people, I needed a break from writing, but I'm trying to get some more up before my next break. Hopefully, you'll like it!

Sango lay in her bed on the floor, looking up at the ceiling with both of her arms behind her head, providing extra comfort to her skull. The small demon cat Kirara had placed herself on Sango's stomach, sleeping happily and peacefully. That's what Sango wanted more than anything right now. Just to be able to fall asleep and have some escape from the pain that she was feeling. However, fate had been cruel lately and it had no intention of letting up right now.

Next to her, Kagome lay sleeping as well. Kagome had been quiet all night, which was a relief to Sango, since her father used to snore when he slept. At least she could look forward to sleeping well at night.

If she ever COULD get to sleep that is.

'I can't obsess over him,' she thought, 'Kagome even said that I was just another girl that was part of his perverted game... but...'

Sango sat up. She really needed to think about this. It was really early in the morning she guessed, so most of castle would be asleep. If she was careful, she could probably manage not getting caught and could just get out for a small walk to clear her head. Silently, she removed Kirara from her stomach with a very gentle grasp and set her on the floor next to her. Receiving a small meow from the cat demon, Sango stood up feeling a little light headed from lying down for so long. She tiptoed over to the door over to the door and quietly slid it open as to not wake Kagome, and then slid it closed just as soundlessly once on the other side.

Now that she was out of the room, Sango just had to be careful of any guards that were lingering around this early in the morning. There wasn't any problem getting up the stairs, but climbing a floor wasn't the thing she was worried about.

She quickly hurried to where the front door was located, but stopped short and hid in a nearby room. There were guards at the doors, probably making sure that no one went in or out of the castle. Sango gave a quiet sigh and

slumped a little. Fresh air would have done her some good, but it looked like that was not going to happen. She looked up at the ceiling and rested her head against a wall. Now what should she do? It's not like she could just climb out a window and escape!

'That's it!' she thought, 'A window would keep me in the castle, but I still get to look outside! Just what I need to clear my head.'

She climbed up another flight of stairs, now on the second floor. She looked around to make sure that there wasn't anyone there, and then started to walk down the hall. She remembered from the day before when the man had taken her through this floor, she had seen a hallway where there was a perfect view of the village from a window that stretched the entire hall, and that was where she was headed. She made a couple of turns through the small maze of the second floor, and passed many rooms in the process.

'I wonder if some part of the staff is stationed up here...' she thought, but pushed the thought from her mind for now. After all, she had reached her destination.

Just as she had recalled, the long hallway had a long opening that stretched its entire length with the perfect view of the rising sun and a wonderful, peaceful village sitting below her.

A small sigh escaped her lips as a frown began to form on them, small at first, then growing bigger. She had recalled why she needed the fresh air in the first place.

"I can't believe I fell for it." She said to herself, leaning her body on the sill and crossing her arms on it. She lifted one hand and used it to rest her face on.

"Why would he trick me like that?" she said out loud. The memories of that day suddenly started flowing back to her as though a small dam had broken in her mind. He had seemed so real, so amazing so...

"Genuine..."

She wiped the small amount of moisture that was starting to come forth from her eyes. Why should she be crying about that stupid liar anyway? All he did was trick her and try to get some action from her. He wasn't worth her time, or her love for that matter.

"That's right..." she said, "Not even worth the time of day!" She tried to feel triumphant, to feel like she didn't need him at all, but who was she kidding? Sango had met him only two days ago, and here she was head-over-heels in love with the guy. She felt weak thinking about him, and the thought of how he had acted was enough to get her to blush.

"Damnit, I wish I could just tell him off right now!" she said, pounding both her fists on the sill.

"I really hope you're not talking about me." Said a voice. Sango shot up and look down the hall. Someone must have been listening, because there he was, right down the hall, coming closer.

"W-what do you want?" she spat, a small blush creeping onto her cheeks. He came and stood next to her, giving her a small smile.

"Well, I came here to see the sun rise, but apparently, you beat me to it." Sango turned away from him, trying her hardest not to look at him.

'Show him that he's not worth anything to you!' she thought. Miroku sighed and looked out.

"It's really beautiful, isn't it?" he said. He looked in her direction, waiting for a reply, but unfortunately, he received none. He cleared his throat and took a deep breath.

"Sango, listen, I am really sorry that I didn't tell you about this, but it was the only way I could get you to come close to me!" he began. Sango turned her head slightly towards him to listen to his explanation.

"Most people don't want to talk to me or do anything with me since I'm the lord's son. Everyone's afraid that they'll rub me the wrong way and I'll sick the guards on them, or I'll take their land or something stupid like that! So whenever I go out, I pretend to be someone I'm not, so I can actually meet and talk with wonderful people...like you."

Sango began to shake her head.

"Yeah, wonderful people, you mean wonderful girls that you can lure to work here and then break their hearts! Kagome told me all about what you do! I know that I'm just another victim to your stupid game."

Miroku sighed again.

"Sango, it's not like that. Not this time." He put his hand on hers.

"I will admit, yes I used to sneak out from the castle and go to the other villages looking for beautiful women..."

She quickly pulled her hand away from his and put it to her chest, though it didn't help sooth the sharp pain that just penetrated her heart. He quickly grabbed her shoulder and spun her around to face him.

"But now it's different! I don't want to meet anymore beautiful women, or have any relationships with anyone else anymore!"

Sango gave a small 'heh' at his statement. Did he really think that she was that stupid?

"Miroku, I am no fool! You're going to stand there and expect me to believe that this is the first time that you're using this stupid story? Give me one good reason why I shou-"

She was cut off by Miroku kissing her. 'What the hell does he think he's doing! I should pull away and smack him right out of the castle!' Sango tried to move away, but Miroku just took her face gently in his hands and kept her from breaking away. Sango was beginning to enjoy the kiss, though she tried her hardest to not.

'Don't fall for it!' she screamed in her head, 'He's just using you!'. But unfortunately for her, there was no denying that Sango was enjoying this more and more. She kept trying to scream in her head that this was all a trick and that he didn't really love her, but she lost it when she felt something wet touch her bottom lip.

'Don't...fall...for...oh God..' Sango couldn't help but crack and give Miroku the entrance he was asking for. Sango couldn't help but let a single tear run down her face.

'I want to run away from him...but I can't. I really do love him damnit!'

Miroku pulled his face away from hers, but still close enough that their noses were almost touching.

"I'm not lying. I don't want to meet anyone else because I already have someone special to me." He carefully wiped the small drop of water from Sango's face. He pulled his hands and face away from her.

"Sango, I know that you don't believe me, but I would love for you to give me another chance."

Sango didn't reply to him, and just looked down at the floor. Miroku let out a long sigh. He was about to speak again, when someone came out of the doors to the rooms. It was a man, dressed in armor, a spear in hand.

"Lord Miroku, is something the matter?" asked the guard. Sango looked at the man. 'So it's the guards that reside on this floor.' She thought. The guard looked at Sango with suspicious eyes.

"Is this servant girl with you My Lord?" he asked. Miroku looked over at Sango then back to the guard.

"Yes she is." He said, "I will escort her back to her quarters." Miroku put his arm around Sango's shoulders, making her blush. The guard laughed and turned to go back to his room.

"Alright My Lord, but please, the servants start working soon, so don't take TOO long." The guard continued to laugh as he slid the door to the room he shared with maybe three other guards shut. Sango looked up at Miroku and glared. He gave a nervous laugh and rubbed her shoulder a bit.

"Hey hey, I told you, that was from the past, I don't want anymore relationships with other girls!" Sango looked away from his and crossed her arms.

"However, all jokes aside, I would very much appreciate your answer by tonight. I will be waiting here at sunset for you." He said, turning her towards the end of the hall towards the stairs.

"Should you turn me down, I will remove myself from your life as much as possible." Sango could hear the sadness in his voice, as though it was the worst thing in the world for him, and the thing is, it was. Miroku walked Sango all the way back down to the bottom floor of the castle, where she bowed to him and began to walk away to her room.

"I'll see you later." He said, starting his journey up the stairs. Sango blushed a little bit and began to head for her room. She opened the door and stepped inside, finding Kagome petting Kirara. Kagome looked up as she entered the room, nearly jumping up from the floor.

"There you are!" she exclaimed. Sango gave her a smile.

"It's nice to know that you were worried about me." She said. Kagome gave a sigh and stood up.

"I thought something had happened to you, but I guess it doesn't matter now. We should get going." Kagome opened the door and led Sango out and around the corner.

"It's breakfast time for us, so let's go get some food." Sango laughed since Kagome still seemed annoyed that Sango had been gone for so long. She couldn't help but think about what would happen that night.

'What should I do?' she thought, 'I don't want to get hurt, but if I turn him down and he was telling the truth, then I'll hurt even more. If only I had real proof...'

Sango put her finger to her lips. She was beginning to recall Miroku's kiss. It had been so wonderful, tasted so sweet, and felt so...

"Real." She said out loud. Kagome turned back to look at her, but Sango just laughed and told her it was nothing. When they arrived, Kagome introduced Sango to all of the other people who worked with them in the castle. After breakfast, Kagome took Sango upstairs. Their job was to clean the first floor with about ten others.

"So what do you and I do?" asked Sango. Kagome pulled in a bucket and two cloths.

"You and I have to clean the floor today." She replied, wiping her forehead, "Everyone else will be cleaning in the rooms and on the walls." Sango nodded and took one of the cloths and dunked it in the water.

They had been cleaning for maybe twenty minutes when a couple of others who were cleaning around the first floor began to look at Sango and whisper. She began to feel uncomfortable and told Kagome.

"Really? That's strange. No one is ever usually like that to the new comers... I'll ask, wait here." Kagome got up from the floor and walked into a room where some others were working. Kagome was gone for only a few minutes, when she returned, she had a very strange expression on her face.

"What's wrong Kagome?" asked Sango as her friend came down to the floor and returned to cleaning.

"It's just that I'm surprised."

"Why?" asked Sango worriedly, "What did they say?" Kagome turned to her.

"It's almost impossible to believe. Lord Miroku sent away a woman last night!" Sango was taken aback by this. Miroku did what?

"There is a Lady from a neighboring state that always comes to this castle because she is madly in love with Lord Miroku. However, one of the servant girls who was nearby heard his conversation with the Lady through the wall! Apparently, Lord Miroku told her to get out because she had said something bad about some girl that he was in love with!"

"Are you sure?" asked Sango. Kagome nodded.

"Yeah! She said that Miroku slapped Lady Koharu and said 'Whore, trash, some girl, I'm tired of it! I'm tired of everyone talking about her as if she's a piece of shit I picked up off the street! What you people don't seem to get is that she's not just 'some girl' or 'trash'. She's an amazing person, and the last thing I need is for you to be insulting her, now leave this castle, and don't came back, or I really will hurt you'!

Sango began to smile. Miroku had turned down an elegant woman just to be with her? And the story wasn't over.

"Also, a guard saw the young Lord with a woman this morning. He saw him with YOU to be specific."

Sango felt wonderful. Everything Miroku had said and done were really true!

"So now everyone thinks that you're a whore and you want perks." Said Kagome. Sango's smiled turned to a frown.

"But why? I don't about perks, I just came here to pay my father's debt! I just happened to meet Miroku in the process!"

"Of course I believe you, but it's going to take some convincing to the others." Sango sighed. It was going to take some work, but it would be worth it! After all, she had just received the best news of her life!

The rest of the day went by quickly. After they finished cleaning the floor, Kagome and Sango headed out to the river to start with some of the laundry. They had just finished the last of the sheets when Sango just noticed the sun had been setting and it was almost done.

"Oh my God!" she exclaimed. Sango began to run back towards the castle.

"Sango, what's wrong?" Sango started jogging in place and turned back to her friend.

"I have to go meet someone!" she yelled, then continued to run. When she arrived, she quickly hung up the sheets to dry and ran up to the second floor. She ran through the small maze and came to the hall where she was supposed to meet Miroku.

And there he was.

Miroku was leaning out the window, looking across the village, looking as though he was just taking in the beauty. Sango took a step forward, which caused Miroku to look in her direction. As soon as he saw her face, Miroku lit up.

'So far, so good.' He thought. Sango continued to walk toward him until there was a three foot gap between them.

"I'm glad to see you came to see me again." Sango laughed and replied

"Of course I came. I wanted to see you!" Miroku took a few steps forward and gave her a big smile.

"Oh yeah? Why?"

"Because I heard about what you did to Lady Koharu...for me."

Miroku paused for a minute. She must have heard it from one of the other girls who worked with him last night.

"You gave up a chance to be married to a young princess with plenty of money and good looks...and instead you chose me." Sango was smiling at him, her hands at her sides.

Miroku got even closer to her and took Sango's hand and kissed it.

"Well of course. She was annoying as hell anyway." Sango laughed at his comment, and couldn't help but throw herself at him to embrace him.

"Miroku, let's try again. This time, no secrets." Miroku wrapped his arms around her and returned the embrace.

"You have no idea how happy it makes me to hear you say that."

Meanwhile, in a neighboring state, lady Koharu was thinking up an evil scheme.

"I want you to find out everything about this woman that Miroku is supposedly in love with." She said. The man in front of her gave an evil toothy grin.

"Have no concerns my Lady. I shall do my best to help you." Koharu laughed an evil cackle as she thought of what was going to ensue soon enough.

"Get going, and do not let me down Yuki."

Ok so there's yer chapter (woot) and I really am happy about how many alerts I have for this story! I would really appreciate it if you would review!