Vampire's Silver moon
Discalimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters used in this story. No copyright intended.
Sango and Miroku
The next morning Kagome went to explore her new home. She had done a lot of thinking last night and thought that this place was better because no one knew who she was or the curse that had haunted her.
She peeked into a room and saw it was a kitchen. Her stomach growled. She walked into the warm room in her dressing gown and she was drawn to the smell of breaking bread.
She bent down slightly to see the baking loafs. "Mmm" She sighed. "That smells good" she put her hands close to the oven and warmed them.
I smacking sound made her jump.
"Hentai!" Came an angry woman's voice.
"Sango, must you do that?" a slightly whiney voice replied.
"You pervert!" a girl, about eighteen, with hazel eyes and long tied back brown hair came around the corner. She wore a pink and green dress with black leggings and a blue apron. Her pale face was red and she looked angry.
Kagome flinched from the loud noises and the girl froze when she saw someone new in her kitchen.
"Who are you?" she asked in surprise.
"Ka-Kagome" stuttered the frightened girl. "I'm sorry, I haven't touched anything, there was no one here when I found this room" she quickly explained.
The girl held up a hand. "Slow down. I'm Sango, I'm the cook and scullery maid here at the palace" she frowned slightly and reached behind the corner. "And this" she yanked a young man out by his ear. "is Miroku, he is the messenger boy, the princes personal servant and an all-round lecture"
The man had brown hair that was tied up in a small pony tail he had violet blue eyes and a red slap mark with all five fingers showing on his face. He had black trousers and a baggy purple-blue shirt with a golden belt.
He scratched the back of his head nervously "You make me sound so evil" he sighed "You simply had some flour from sitting down on the barrel and I was just getting it off" he pulled away from her grip on his ear.
Sango sighed "This is Kagome, no groping!" she warned and picked up a metal tong and started to take out the bread from the oven.
Miroku sighed and extended a hand. "Nice to meet you Kagome"
She shook his hand "Same" she replied.
"I hope you'll settle in soon" Miroku said as sincerely as he could. She smiled at the nice man and then hugged her stomach when it growled loudly.
Sango laughed. "Do you like it?" she asked taking the last loaf out.
"It smells lovely" Kagome said truthfully.
Sango smiled and she knew that they would get along well. "So, Kagome, what job have you been given?" she asked, now slicing the loaves into even sized slices.
Kagome cringed "I'm a… a…" she couldn't finish but Miroku knew he put a hand on her shoulder in comfort, mostly.
"She's Inuyasha's new blood slave" he finished and saw Kagome cringe even more.
Sango almost cut her hand off in surprise. "Oh!" she looked at Kagome in pity, she had known what had happened to every slave that Inuyasha had been given, they were all in the cemetery now. "I'm sorry" she said and went to give her a hug.
Kagome felt like her life was simplely to expect death no matter where she was. Sango looked at her neck then she pushed Kagome away slightly and checked the other side.
"He didn't bite you?" she asked confused.
"He almost did" Kagome admitted, her face went slightly red as she remembered the accidental kiss.
Miroku and Sango exchanged a glance. "Well if he hasn't hurt you yet then there is a good chance that you'll be alright with him" Sango said.
Sango saw Kagome eyeing one piece of bread. "Are you hungry?" she asked and gave her a piece of buttered toast.
"Thank you" Kagome said and finished the toast in about thirty seconds. "Mmm, so good" she sighed.
Sango laughed and gave her another that vanished just as quickly. "Kagome when was your last meal?" she asked worriedly when she had finished her fifth slice.
Kagome paused in her eating and thought for a minuet "I don't know, three days ago or something… could I have some water?"
"Three days…" Sango said shocked, "No wonder your starving. I'll get you some water, Miroku could you watch the eggs?"
Miroku nodded and started to move towards the cooker.
Kagome saw how well he worked. "Do you help Sango a lot?" she asked to break the silence.
He looked over his shoulder and nodded. "I've always looked for some excuse to stay near her" he admitted. "I was very pleased when I got a job here, because I could see her every day"
"Do you love her?" Kagome asked a little bluntly.
Miroku paused his job for a second. "Yes" he said at last. "But unfortunately she doesn't think of me that way, and she thinks I'm only after her lustfully"
Kagome frowned, this was getting too personal. "She must like you too" she said. Miroku looked at her hopefully. "She must do or she would have banned you from the kitchen."
Miroku just smiled.
After Kagome had been fed enough food to feed three hungry dogs did she feel her strength return.
"Thank you Sango, it was all lovely"
Sango wiped her forehead, she had just come back from putting more wood in the oven "I'm glad you liked it all… you know, I was just thinking if you got a job here it would be far less likely that you would become a slave again…so" Sango paused. "Kagome, would you like to be my assistant here? I'll look after you" she promised.
Kagome sat in a daze before getting up and agreeing without a second thought. Sango let her hug her for a second then told her to get dressed and to be ready to work in three minutes.