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It Is Not True
Paring: MriokuXSesshomaru
Chapter Nine: Friendly Hostility

Miroku's eye's opened slowly. How long had he been asleep? The sun was still rising, if he had to guess it hadn't been morning very long. He got up and stretched a little. In all honesty he could use a few more hours of sleep. He didn't sleep very well last night. . . and then when Sesshomaru showed he didn't get any sleep at all. Miroku blushed at the memories of what exchanged between the two. Who was he last night? Did Miroku transform into another person, someone who was capable of those actions? And now he had to face the music. He had to go back to Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Shippo and now Kohaku and pretend nothing happened. He hoped that Inuyasha wouldn't mention anything. He hadn't the first time. Sesshomaru did mention that Inuyasha had been there when Sesshomaru kissed him. . . Did that explain why Inuyasha couldn't look at him?

Maybe this was worst than Miroku thought. If Inuyasha couldn't look at him from just a simple kiss, then would this be too much to bear for him? Miroku sighed and started the walk back to Kaede's. The morning was almost just as peaceful as the night had been. With the early morning sunshine and the birds' songs filling the air Miroku was almost able to lull himself into a false sense of serenity. The only thing that kept him on the edge was the terror of his best friends' rejection. He was already rejected by Sango once, another time and Miroku wouldn't know what to do. Miroku slowed his pace as he saw Kaede's getting closer. He stopped walking altogether when he could hear the shouting.

"LOOK! I told you I have no idea where he is! I was getting some sleep, like I should have been doing. Not off running around."

"This be yees fault he's gone! Why didn't yee see him when he left?"

"I told you, you old hag. I was SLEEPING."

Miroku sighed. Just what he needed: an already pissed off Inuyasha. Miroku quickened his pace as not to get the half-human any angrier than he already was. When he entered everyone stopped what they were doing, Kaede and Inuyasha paused mid argument, Kagome had been serving Sango some food, Kohaku and Shippo had been eating, and looked at Miroku. He took a deep breath. "S-sorry, I went to get some fresh air outside and. . . I suppose I fell asleep out there." Well, it was half true, he did happen to fall asleep at some point.

Kagome smiled, "Do you want some breakfast? We just started eating."

"Ah, yee just needed air. . ." Kaede's wise eyes saw more in that sentence than any normal person would.

Miroku kept his eyes on Inuyasha. Everyone went back to what they were doing, but Inuyasha seemed frozen in time. . . or maybe it was shock. "I'd like some breakfast, thanks." Miroku went over and sat down beside Kagome as she started to divvy out some food to him. "It smells wonderful."

"Thank you, I woke up a bit earlier to make it—Inuyasha?" Kagome started staying but was startled when Inuyasha grabbed Miroku and pulled him up.

"We need to talk." Inuyasha glared at Miroku.

"Ah..ha" Miroku nervously laughed. "I suppose we do. If you'll excuse us…"

With that Inuyasha and Miroku left Kaede's, leaving everyone else in a confused silence, before Kohaku broke it. "Things like this happen often here, sister?"

~It Is Not True~

Miroku walked behind Inuyasha as he followed him out to a nice secluded place with no witnesses. He wasn't sure if this should make him worry or not, but he'd figure it out once Inuyasha started to talk. One thing was for sure, Miroku was not going to say a word unless this wasn't about what happened last night. . . even though he was it was. Inuyasha stopped abruptly. Miroku almost bumped into him, but he was quick enough to stop beforehand.

Inuyasha turned around and looked at the monk. "You and Sesshomaru?"

Miroku took a deep breath. "Inuyasha, it just happened. I wasn't even sure it was happening till… it happened. And I know he's-"

"Oh don't give me that shit. Things like that don't 'just happen'. You could have said no. Of all things, of all people. Sesshomaru? When I saw you two kissing… I thought he had forced himself on you. I would have slit his throat…. But you… and now…. Don't you understand, Miroku? Don't you get it?"Inuyasha looked more upset since he could guess what Miroku was going to say.

Miroku wasn't sure what to say. Inuyasha looked upset. He didn't say anything, and only paused to let Inuyasha continue.

"You don't… do you? You think he really feels for you? How can you believe that? He. Has. No. Feelings. He's. Using. You. For what I am not sure. He always has an ulterior motive. Maybe he's using you for… sex … now that you've given in." Inuyasha looked at his friend with the upmost care. He didn't want his friends to be used or hurt in anyway. Emotionally.. or physically.

"No. No.. He wouldn't..You don't know what happened when I saved Rin." Miroku didn't want to hear this. Inuyasha had to be lying. Sesshomaru had told him that he couldn't be with anyone else. . . That meant he had feelings right?

"'No'? 'No'? Now you can say that, can't you…." Inuyasha sighed. "True, I wasn't there when all that happened. . . But I know Sesshomaru. I knowmy half-brother. He doesn't feel anything. . . for anyone." Inuyasha was trying really hard to get this information across to Miroku. Even if he had to admit that Sesshomaru and him were related, which he hated to do.

"I love him, Inuyasha." As soon as the words left his mouth he saw that he had shocked Inuyasha as well as himself. He hadn't said it out loud to himself before and he didn't say it out loud to Sesshomaru either. Miroku saw the shock in Inuyasha's face, and thought that it might mirror his own, but he wasn't going to give Inuyasha another second to say anything negative to him anymore. He quickly turned and walked away from the half-demon and back to Kaede's.

Now that he thought about it, Sesshomaru hadn't exactly told him he loved him either. Had what happened last night just been worthless? Miroku now felt empty as he came back inside and saw that everyone was eating and generally having a nice time with breakfast.

"Welcome back, would you like some breakfast?" Sango asked since she was the first to see him return. "We saved you and Inuyasha some."

"I'm not hungry." He said as he went into the back room. "If you'll excuse me, I'd like to get some rest." Miroku walked straight back into the room he had used last night to try and get some rest. He didn't care if he was delaying the group right now; they would carry on without him for now for all he cared.

~It Is Not True~

Inuyasha watched Miroku walk off with no words. It was impossible for Miroku to love someone like Sesshomaru. He was a killer. He was evil incarnate. Miroku wouldn't find those types of people attractive. He would have ran off with Naraku if he did. This just didn't make any sense. Inuyasha didn't get it at all. He was just trying to keep his friend, his best friend, from getting hurt in any way. He didn't even get to mention the part where Sesshomaru and he were both male. . . Which went against nature or something, right?

"Having trouble with the pack, Mutt?"

Inuyasha turned to see Koga standing off in the distance. Just the person he didn't want to see. As Koga started walking toward the half-breed Inuyasha asked in the most rude tone he could muster."What are you doing here?"

"Found this." Koga held up a jewel shard. "I figure I should give my woman gifts from time to time. Took me a while to sniff her out. Had to look for you instead."

"Look, Kagome's not yourwoman. Just leave her alone." Inuyasha crossed his arms.

"Oh, so you don'twant the jewel shard. Alright. I'll keep that in mind." Koga turned and pretended to start walking away.

"…. Fine. Go present your 'woman' with your 'gift'." Inuyasha sighed, between shards and dealing with Koga, he'd rather leave that horrible task to Kagome.

Koga turned around and walked right up to Inuyasha. "You know humans are all over the place over there. I don't think they'd take too kindly to me. Pass on my message, Mutt. Tell her it's from me."

"Whatever." Inuyasha took the jewel shard and started to walk away. At least from all the horrible shit that's happened so far they got a shard out of all this. That seemed to be a positive way to look at all this. Even if your best friend is sleeping with your evil half-brother and the shard came from Koga, who's trying to steal Kagome.

~ It Is Not True~

That Afternoon

Miroku woke up with a headache. He wasn't sure what caused it. Maybe it was the odd sleeping, or maybe it was the over thinking he seemed to be doing so much lately. He sat up trying to remember what it was that he was supposed to know right now. The only thing he knew right now was that he was hungry. He remember skipping breakfast. Suddenly, at remember that, he remembered why he skipped breakfast and why he had something he should remember. Inuyasha was upset with him, and though it was uncalled for. Miroku understood why he'd be angry. Sesshomaru and him never really got along. He took a deep breath. He had to start the day anyway, and then face this head on with Inuyasha until they either came to an agreement, or Inuyasha stopped being friends with him. . . or Sesshomaru throws him out. He came out of the room to find Kaede nursing something in a pot over a fire. She looked up at him come in and then back to her pot.

"This be not ready yet. If yee are hungry, Kagome's got something for yee." Kaede looked up at Miroku again and watched him walk more into the room. He was moving oddly and he wasn't like how he normally acted. "Of course, if yee have something on yeer mind. I'm always open to talk to."

Miroku paused on his way to ask Kagome if there was something he could eat and looked at Kaede. Did she really have something to say to him? Could she possibly have some advice? What could she know? Miroku didn't want to tell her everything that happened. . . But what if she did have a golden nugget of information just in her holding and he was too scared to get it. He sighed. "Well, let's say that I knew this guy."

"Hmm. Is he a close friend?" Kaede pretend to be intently looking into her pot.

"Uh, yeah. I suppose. I know him very well. Anyway. He. . He was in love with this girl, but she turned him down. And. . . He. . . Had this friend who was there and saw it happen. Later on they met again in a strange place and .. To make a long story short, he comforted him and then, well, my friend now likes that guy like he liked the girl. But the guy happens to be an enemy of his other friend's. And well, my friend is scared it's going to ruin the friendship and then ruin the relationship. . . But he wants to keep both." Miroku somehow moved closer to the old lady as he unloaded this "story" on to her.

"Ahh. Sounds to me like yee have too many friends." Kaede inwardly laughed at her own joke. "Most people like to have everything they can get their greedy little fingers on, Monk. Hold this for me." She handed Miroku a bowl. "If I were yeer friend, I'd tell my friend that I'd love who I love and he needs to accept it." She ladled some soup into Miroku's bowl. "Taste that will yee. Of course, if yee have to pick between friend and lover, that would be very hard on yee. Especially with a friend like Inuyasha. He's a stubborn one. But I'm sure once he sees how happy yee are with… who are yee with again?"

Miroku just finished taking a sip of the soup, which tasted really good. Maybe it was because he was so hungry. "Sessh- Ah!" He dropped the empty bowl when he realized what he was saying. He looked in shock and horror at the old lady who was simply smiling at her own wit.

"Ah, Sesshomaru, eh? Who would have thought? Try not to drop my bowls anymore, boy." Kaede reached over and picked up the bowl. "Yee sure know how to pick them, don't yee?"

Miroku was shamed into silence and it clearly showed on his face.

"Now, don't be giving me that look. It's not shameful to love. You can't help it, that's how it's supposed to be. With Inuyasha on the other hand, yee got yeeself into this mess, Miroku. With it being Sesshomaru, I am not sure Inuyasha is going to be okay with this. Much less the others. I take it only Inuyasha knows. . . He most likely chooses to keep it that way." Kaede added a few items into her soup.

Miroku was about to say something but there was a noise outside that made both Kade and Miroku look to the door like they could be able to see through it, and of course, it was Inuyasha's loud voice.

"What are YOU doing here? Oh I KNOW it's my business."

"Something tells me yee should be out there." Kaede said rather surly.

Miroku didn't bother to say anything as he walked to the door and walked outside. What he saw both filled him with excitement and dread. Inuyasha's back was facing him, and he seemed to be facing Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru's eyes moved from Inuyasha to behind him, where Miroku was. To Miroku he could almost hear, "Ah, there you are."in Sesshomaru's voice. He didn't even notice where Kagome and the others were. He resisted the urge to just walk up to Sesshomaru and instead walked the few feet to Inuyasha touched his shoulder.

Inuyasha turned around to look at Miroku. "Ahhh." It was more of a sigh, then a noise. "Go talk to him then." He paused for a second. "Talk." He said again hoping that Miroku would get the hint.

"Thanks." Miroku walked passed Inuyasha and toward Sesshomaru. When Sesshomaru turned and started walking somewhere else, Miroku wasn't sure where he would be going, but followed nonetheless. He assumed he didn't want to talk around Inuyasha. And Inuyasha didn't want them to talk around him anyhow. They walked for quite a while. Miroku was still kind of hungry since he hadn't had any breakfast and just a bit of soup before, but it didn't matter. He was with Sesshomaru now and they could talk. Miorku still wasn't sure about what happened that night. Miroku knew his feelings for Sesshomaru were genuine, but where Sesshomaru's? Did he even feel anything? He did say he'd be back. . . but was this just another chance to have sex with him and then coldly get dressed and leave Miroku alone? Miroku bit his lip in thought, this wasn't going to be easy.

When Sesshomaru stopped walking, Miroku did too. He stood there awkwardly for a few seconds before Sesshomaru turned. "How did it go with Inuyasha? I assume not well."

Miroku could tell by the tone in Sesshomaru's normally monotone voice that he was right. This wasn't going to be easy, but most things weren't. Getting over Sango wasn't easy. But he did that with Sesshomaru's help. Miroku took a deep breath before he would ask this question. If the answer was something he didn't want he'd go back and apologize to Inuyasha for betraying his trust like that and leave Sesshomaru forever. He just couldn't have someone toying with his emotions like Sango did. "Do you love me, Sesshomaru?"

Hi!
Please don't hate me for leaving it like this. =P
I wrote more than I normally do! So be happy for that. xD
Anywho. I added a bit of a side-story if anyone caught that.
How do we feel about InuyashaXKoga? :O
If we hate it, I won't write anymore on it. :] Since this is
majority a SesshomaruXMiroku fanfic, I'd understand if you
just hated the idea of me sneaking this couple on you.
To tell you the truth I had this idea when Inuyasha was
peeking at Sesshomaru kissing Miroku a few chapters back.
Tell me what you think!

This chapter went nicely. Took me a while to write.
But I like the way it's headed. It's about time that
monotoneic man of steel said something like "I love you."
Don't you think?
Thanks for the R&Rs!

Oh, and if anyone noticed the name of this chapter
is similar to a webcomic, I love you. End of story.
Let's go make babies. Friendly Hostility is one of
The best webcomics ever.

:3
Much Love,
Maddening Shroud.