I swear, I am suffering from a little writers block for this chapter, but I think that I've got something that will be good. For those of you who might be confused, Kagome is CURRENTLY pregnant, she hasn't given birth yet. Oh, and BTW, can you guys please review?
"Well, it's getting late, and I have to get going." Said Sango. She lifted herself from the floor where she was sitting with Miroku. She straightened out her kimono and waved by to him.
"I'll see you soon ok?" she said to him, as he got up as well. He nodded a little before stealing one last kiss from her.
"Alright."
She smiled at him, opened the door and left.
Miroku watched the door for a few minutes before turning around and walking back into the room. He lay down on his futon and put both hands behind his head. He stared up at the ceiling, just thinking about the girl who had just left the room.
A smile couldn't help but graze his lips as he thought of what they now shared. However, these thoughts also lead to some unpleasant ones as well.
That Yuki character.
What was his deal anyway? Where did he come from? Was he trying to hurt Sango? Was he trustworthy?
Questions one after another began to pop into Miroku's head until he could barely take it anymore. He sat up abruptly and rested his head on his hand. Maybe he should meet this guy, have a man to man talk with him. If he was going to be competition, Miroku needed to nip it in the bud, now.
He stood up and exited the room, walking down the hall to the stairs. He was stopped along the way by a guard, who asked him if he needed something. Miroku shook his head no. He needed to show this 'Yuki' guy that he meant business.
After all, this was personal.
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Sango had returned downstairs, but had yet to find Kagome or Mama. She continued to look around, but she was unable to locate them. She finally gave in and asked one of the other servants. Her name was Kyoko.
"Kyoko, do you have a minute?" asked Sango as she walked up to her. Unlike most of the people Sango worked with, Kyoko was another person who didn't think Sango was with Miroku because it gave her perks.
However…..
"OH MY GOSH! Sango, did you just come back from seeing Miroku? Did you guys make progress? Are you finally realizing your TRUE LOVE?!?!?!?!?"
She was a strong believer in love. A little TOO strong…
A large sweat drop ran down Sango's head as she tried to get her words out again.
"Kyoko, have you seen Kagome?"
Kyoko's normal smile disappeared for a moment. She first shook a little, then she began to cry. Sango started to worry.
"What happened? Did something bad happened to Kagome?"
Kyoko shook her head and grabbed both of Sango's hands.
"No…and even though you're leaving Miroku, I'm so happy that you've found your true love, EVEN IF IT IS WITH ANOTHER WOMAN!!!!"
Sango blushed so much she nearly fainted. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Kyoko began to pat her hand lightly.
"Sango, I won't judge you for your decisions, and I can only hope that you find happiness! It is the spring time of love indeed!" she said, wiping tears from her eyes.
Sango pushed Kyoko off of her and held her at arms length.
"Listen Kyoko, that's not what I'm saying. I still love Miroku…"
"AND YOU DON'T RETURN KAGOME'S LOVE??? OH THE TRAGEDY!!!"
"KYOKO! Kagome and I aren't in love! I just can't find her! Do you know where she is? Direct question, direct answer please."
Kyoko began to laugh. "Oh, why didn't you say so? Kagome's back in the room she was cleaning before lunch...I think she was upset about something though..."
Sango thanked Kyoko and ran off in the direction of the room that she and Kagome had been cleaning before she had left. Why would Kagome be upset? Sango couldn't have been gone for more than a few hours, what could have happened between then and now?
Sango turned a final corner and entered the room. She saw Kagome on the other side, sitting hunched over. Sango quickly rushed in and took her friend's side.
"Kagome, are you alright? What happened while I was gone?" she asked.
Kagome turned to Sango, quickly wiping away any remainder of moister from her face. "Sango, you're back! Did things go well?"
"On my end, but it looks like you had a little trouble while I wasn't here."
Kagome tried to hold back the tears that were coming back. She didn't want to keep Sango in the dark, but...
Would she understand?
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Miroku was now on the bottom floor, and was now searching the rooms for Yuki. He opened the doors of one room, and found him, lying on a futon, sound asleep.
Miroku stepped in and stood over Yuki.
"Wake up." He commanded. Yuki opened his eyes slowly and looked up at the young lord.
"Shouldn't we talk before we start anything?" he said, a smirk dancing across his features. Miroku growled at the man's ignorance and reached down and grabbed him by the shirt.
"Who do you think you are?" he asked. Yuki just continued to smirk at Miroku, not giving him an answer.
"What are you doing to Sango?" Miroku said, a little more aggressively. Yuki laughed a little at Miroku's question.
"I haven't done anything to her. And what's it to you? Why do you care? Is it a law around here that there can't be any relationships?" he said smugly.
Miroku was just about ready to beat the crap out of this guy.
"You can flirt with anyone that you want, but not her!" he said.
"Why? Is she your lover?" Yuki said in a mocking tone.
Miroku stayed silent. He was in enough trouble as it was. He was actually surprised that this news had yet to fully reach his father, but when it did, Miroku was in for a lot of hell. His father knew that he liked to have affairs with the girls of the villages, but if he knew that he was still seeing Sango, he was screwed. The last thing he needed was to give this bastard the confirmation of that.
"What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?"
Miroku threw the man back down onto his bed.
"Just stay away from her alright? She's got enough problems, and you don't have to add onto them."
With that, he exited the room.
Yuki couldn't help but laugh at what had just ensued between him and the young lord. Yuki's mission was almost done, but he needed some proof. He had to figure out some way to get what he needed, but he couldn't just go up to the lord and say that his son was having an affair with on of the workers, because then it would be Miroku's word against his, a risky path that Yuki didn't want to take.
He must have sat there in the room for another hour, before he finally snapped his fingers in celebration.
He had a way to get proof.
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Sango had been surprisingly patient with Kagome. They had been sitting there for a long time, and in that span, Sango had done different things to help Kagome feel better. Sango brought her food, rubbed her back for a while, and even tried to tell her a funny story or two.
It looked like this was all the perfect remedy for Kagome, because she seemed to brighten up. Sango was happy that her friend was feeling better, even though she didn't know the cause of the problem. After all, that wasn't the important part right? What was important was the fact that Kagome was feeling better.
"Thanks for the help Sango." She said. Sango gave her a big smile.
"It was nothing. Now common, we have to finish cleaning this place!"
Kagome happily nodded and the two of them zipped through the rest of the cleaning.
They left the room and headed downstairs to the dinning area. It was almost dinner time.
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Miroku walked very quickly up to his father's room. Miroku was going to do something about that bastard Yuki. There was no way that Yuki was going to mess up what was going on between him and Sango.
He pushed through the doors of his father's room.
"Father, can I speak to you about something?" he said. Miroku's father looked up and smiled.
"Of course son, I have something to talk to you about as well, come sit down."
Miroku was a little cautious about sitting down, having a strange feeling that his father was about to tell him something bad.
The lord told the guards to leave the room as a servant brought them some sake.
"I was about to send for you, but I see you came straight to me." Started the lord.
"Father please, I must talk to you about..."
"No, no, son, please allow me to go first. I think that you'll enjoy this."
Miroku watched his father carefully. He picked up a little bowl of sake as his father began to speak again.
"Miroku, I know how much you've been protesting becoming the lord of this castle, but I think that it's just because you're afraid."
Miroku wasn't listening to this crap.
"So I've been thinking that you need someone by your side that's going to help you."
This caught the young lord's attention like fire to a match.
"You mean a wife?" he said.
"Exactly. That's why I've decided that you will be married in two weeks." He said.
Miroku gulped down the sake he was drinking hard.
"Father, you're saying I need to take a bride in two weeks? Any woman I choose?" Miroku's eyes lit up. There was defiantly one person who he knew would say yes.
"Of course not! I have already chosen a suitable bride for you!" he said happily.
Miroku's happiness dropped. If his father chose, that could only mean one thing:
"Father, you can't possibly mean.."
"Yes! You are to marry Koharu!"
Oh snaps everybody, looky what just happened! I've rally screed myself up here, but I think I can make it all better. Man, I hope I can keep this interesting for you guys! Review please!