Otose: Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Let's get to the chapter! Gonna be fluffy for Valentine's Day!
Roger: Hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day.
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Kagome gave a small smile as she watched the whirlwind finally leave her sight of line. She turned to face everyone,
"That went well" She chirped as Sango and Miroku nodded. Hakkai looked around the clearing,
"Kagome, since there's nothing to do, how about more training?" He asked, earning him a smile from Kagome.
"Really? Thanks Hakkai!" Kagome said rushing forward to hug him, that when Miroku noticed something.
"Kagome, what happened to your skirt?" He asked, a bit disappointed that she wasn't wearing it.
"Hm? Oh! Well, when I got transported to their world, I got new clothes to travel in better." Kagome said, as she spun around for her friends to see.
"Well, it is more suitable than your school uniform." Sango said, it truly was, now men wouldn't be staring at her like a piece of meat.
"Let's get training!" Kagome said as she faced Hakkai, but hand was put on her shoulder. She looked to see that it was Sanzo's.
"Something wrong?" She asked as she faced him.
"No, but I'm going to train you this time." He said, earning him surprised looks from Hakkai and Gojyo.
"Really? Thank you Sanzo!" Kagome said looking at him, her blue eye sparkling.
He nodded, trying not to smile in front of the others. He led her away to a spot not too far away from the village, but far away enough to not hit anyone.
"So, what are you going to teach me?" Kagome said as, she finally noticed that he had her bow and arrows.
"You said, you had hard time shooting these." He began as he handed them to her, "So, I'm going to help you, Hakkai already thought you how to aim, but you need to aim in a different way."
"Oh, so you want to teach me how to aim, the same way you aim your gun?" Kagome asked as she put on the quiver of arrows on her back, and tightening her bow. Sanzo nodded and pulled his gun out. Kagome watched as he shot at a tree in the distance.
"Now aim at where I hit." He said putting his arm down and staring at her. Kagome gave him a 'are you crazy?' look.
"Sanzo! I can't possibly hit that!" She cried wondering how in the world she was to even know where the bullet hit the tree.
"Just try." He said as he stood next to her, grabbing an arrow from her back and handing it to her. Kagome thanked him and took a deep breath. She put her arrow into place and looked straight ahead, and let go.
A soft pink glow surrounded the arrow and disappeared when it hit the tree.
"Let's go see." Sanzo said as they both walked towards the tree. Kagome frowned.
"I miss." She said as she pulled her arrow out and examined it, she can re-use it.
"No, but you were close, look." He said as he pointed to where he shot and the mark her arrow made. They were only a few inches apart. Kagome smiled; well at least she was close to her target.
"Now, try it again." He said as they walked back to where they were.
Kagome nodded and notched another arrow and let it fly. Sanzo walked over and looked closer, but not a bull's eye. He grabbed the arrow and walked back towards Kagome. Kagome smiled,
"Hey Sanzo? How about we do this some other time?" Kagome asked, Sanzo raised an eyebrow at that.
"What did you have in mind?" He asked, wondering why she wanted to stop. A small blush stained her cheeks.
"Well, I was hoping we can continue talking before Koga came." Kagome said as she looked up at him. Sanzo looked at her, she wanted to continue talking? Instead of training? He sighed,
"Alright, what do you want to talk about?" He asked as they went to sit under a tree.
"Um, well, what was your family like?" Kagome asked as she sat down on the ground. She looked over at him, when she noticed him so silent.
"Sanzo? Sanzo, are you ok?" Kagome asked worried, did her question upset him.
"Sanzo, you don't have to answer, I'm sorry." Kagome said as she faced him. She couldn't see his eyes, his bangs were covering theme.
"Sanzo please say something, I didn't mean to ask something that would make you mad." Kagome said, panicking a bit.
Finally Sanzo spoke.
"It's fine, I'm just not sure how to respond, and no one ever asked me that before." He said as he looked at her, he frowned when he saw her sad look, damn, he had up set her.
He scooted closer to her, and put an arm around her. He sighed and continued as Kagome leaned her head on his shoulder.
"I never knew my family, I was an orphan, my old master Koumyou Sanzo, found me almost drowning in a river and took me in to raise me as his own."
Kagome looked up at him, she gave a small frown, was his child horrible? But he continued.
"He raised as though I was his own son, and he gave me the name Kouryuu," Sanzo said as he looked ahead of him.
"Kouryuu." Kagome said as she tried the name out, so that was his real name, "It's a wonderful name," Kagome said as she smiled at him, hoping to cheer him up. He looked down at her and nodded.
"He was the closest thing I had to a father. I came to love and respect him; he was always there for me it seemed."
Kagome nodded as she listened, now she was starting to understand why Sanzo is the way he is.
Sanzo took a deep breath as he came to the part, the part of which he had nightmares about when he was young.
"One night," He began, grabbing Kagome's attention, "He asked me to meet him, for he had something important to tell me. That night, something horrible happened." He said, his breathing coming out shakily, he had never really told anyone this.
"A group of demons came to the temple, they wanted the scripture my master had, well they found us, and my master died protecting me, while the demons stole the scripture." He finished, the anger in his voice obvious, clenching his fist in anger.
He was brought out of it though when he was hugged by Kagome, who had tears in her eyes.
"I'm so sorry Sanzo, I didn't know." She said as she wiped her tears away. Sanzo looked surprise, no one has ever really cried for him before, save for Goku, but this was something he was not familiar with. Unsure of what to do, he was returned the hug.
"It's fine, strangely though I feel like a weight has been lifted from my chest." He said, Kagome nodded understanding what he was saying.
"Sanzo, thank you." Kagome said as she looked up at him, Sanzo raising an eyebrow, what can she possibly be thanking him for?
"For what?" He asked, wondering.
"For telling me all of this, I'm sure it wasn't easy for you too, but you did and with me no less, so thank you for trusting me with something as personal as that."
Sanzo's eyes widen, she was right he had shared something he never told anyone before. He looked back at her, just what exactly was she doing to him? He smiled at her.
"You're welcome." He said as he stood up and helped her up. Kagome smiled. As soon as they were both up, Kagome hugged him, surprising him by the sudden action.
"Sanzo, I know you must have felt alone back then, but you aren't now, you have Goku, Hakkai, Gojyo and now me. We'll always be by your side." Kagome said giving him on of her best smiles.
Sanzo unsure of what to say, nodded, what she had said was true, he did have all of them by his side, though he would never admit it.
"I guess so." He finally said, as he leaned down to kiss Kagome, who returned it. Even though he wasn't sure about many things in his life, he was sure about one thing, Kagome was a good thing in his life.
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Otose: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter!
Roger: Please review!
Both: And Happy Valentine's Day!