Miroku

Meeting



Shippo dangled the watermelon over the top of the pile and started the process of teasing the merchant. He waved it about and made ridiculous sounds, while Miroku stole a watermelon from right behind said merchant. The man stole the watermelon back from Shippo just as Miroku swung to the roof of the stand. He cracked the watermelon and gave half of it to Shippo. “And we have breakfast, Shippo!” he said exuberantly; the two of them munched on the fruit quite happily.



Meanwhile, Inuyasha was wandering around the stalls. He was trying to evade the calls and invitations of the merchants to buy things. He didn’t have any money; in fact he had never held any money of any kind because his father always took care of that.



While trying to avoid some fish merchant, Inuyasha backed into a fire breather trying to entice a crowd, causing the material covering his head to fall and reveal his ears, and the man to swallow the stick in surprise. “Sorry” Inuyasha grimaced and walked away while putting the material back over his ears.



What he didn’t see was Miroku on the rooftop, suddenly noticing his ears. Miroku began to watch him with his eyes. What cute ears, I wonder if they are soft. He thought while watching the silver-haired beauty. All Shippo thought was, Typical Miroku.



Inuyasha looked to his left and saw a poor little boy trying to take an apple off a cart. Inuyasha walked over to the boy and handed him the apple.



“Here kid” he said simply, walking away.



“Hey, you better be able to pay for that!” the man shouted, while he grabbed Inuyasha’s forearm. Inuyasha was confused, he’d never thought about actually having to PAY for the apple, or anything at all for that matter. “There are consequences for nonpayment…”



Inuyasha said simply, “If you let me go I can get some money from…the demon Lord” he urged. Inuyasha didn’t want to kill this man after all.



The merchant pulled out a sword and slammed Inuyasha’s wrist on a block of wood. “No one steals from my cart!” He began the swing down…



And a dark-haired man appeared out of nowhere to catch the man before the blow hit. Though Inuyasha was about to attack anyway. However at the moment the man who had suddenly appeared was shoving Inuyasha away. Inuyasha only caught a bit of the conversation.



“He’s my brother…see a doctor….” Miroku bullshitted rather quickly while still backing away from the man.



“He said he knew the Demon Lord!”



“Well, he thinks the fox demon there is the Demon Lord, really confused sometimes…”



Miroku began walking away as Shippo bowed, and a large number of gold coins and apples fell out of his kimono.



“Hey!” The three of them began to run off down the streets of the town.



In the Palace, Naraku was using a rather difficult youkai techniques to create miasma in a small confined space, he ran some power through the pendant on the necklace he had acquired yesterday and an image began to form of a dark haired young man climbing up a ladder.



“There you are, my diamond in the rough…Well we shall have to go get you now won’t we…”



At the time Miroku was helping Inuyasha up a ladder, not that Inuyasha needed help but he didn’t want to let on exactly how strong he actually was. He did however let Miroku help him over the top of the building. Which caused him to land quite comfortably in Miroku’s arms.



“Sorry about that” Miroku said grinning, while his hand slowly made it’s way to Inuyasha’s behind.



Inuyasha yelped and smacked him across the face. It wasn’t a hard blow; it was more playful than anything. “ I never did thank you for stopping that jerk earlier…”



“Oh, don’t worry about it. I will be happy just to know your name.”



“Oh yeah, It’s Inuyasha.” Miroku picked up a large pole.



“I see; that is nice. Is this your first time in the market place isn’t it?” Miroku leapt over the gap between the roofs they were on.



“Is it that obvious?” Inuyasha shouted over the rooftop as Miroku threw down his pole to make a bridge.



“Yep, you don’t seem to realize how dangerous this area is” Inuyasha leapt over the building and landed behind where Miroku was adjusting his pole.



“I am a very quick learner.” Inuyasha tossed his pole into Miroku’s arms. Miroku then led them into a small abandoned room. “You live here?” Inuyasha asked.



The walls were chipped and degraded and there was broken pottery and other such articles all over the place. “Yeah, me and Shippo have lived here for awhile. It is better than a street corner. And we have a beautiful view.” Miroku opened up the cloth that was covering and opening in the wall to reveal a scene of the palace. “I bet it would be nice to live there, food always available, a warm bed, and servants…”



Inuyasha sat down on a step, “Yeah and they are all telling you to how to behave and dress.” He said sarcastically.



“Better than here, trying to find food and running from guards, sometimes I feel so…”



“Trapped.” They both said. They smiled at each other and Miroku passed Inuyasha one of the apples Shippo had filched earlier.



“So where are you from?” He asked.



“Does it matter, I ran away and I am not going back.” Inuyasha said forcefully.



“Really, Why?”



“My father wants me to find a mate…” Miroku sat down next to Inuyasha.



“Well that sucks…but a mate…I thought only demons had mates.” Inuyasha uncovered his ears for a moment.



“My mother was human, but…”



“Oh I see. I don’t think it makes a difference. Shippo is a demon too. And you are quite entrancing…” Miroku leaned in and was about to kiss Inuyasha, when an exclamation was heard outside the door.



“There you are!” Guards had appeared outside the doors of the room. Both Inuyasha and Miroku stood up and exclaimed.”



“Shit they are after me!” They looked at each other “Wait after you?” Miroku looked frantically around as the guards got nearer to them.



“Do you trust me?” Miroku said stepping up to the hole in the wall and putting out his hand for Inuyasha to take.



“Yes!” Inuyasha replied while taking the proffered hand.



Miroku pulled Inuyasha over the side of the building; the two of them fell, after a nice long fall they managed to land in a conveniently placed pile of sand.



They began to run, Miroku directing Inuyasha in one direction while being ready to head off in another. However before they separated Miroku stole a kiss on Inuyasha’s cheek.



During that time, the guards arrived and one of them grabbed Miroku. “There you are boy. To the dungeons with him!” The main guard shouted as he threw Miroku into the arms of the other men. He walked over towards Inuyasha. “Looks like the little urchin managed to find himself a girl.” He chuckled.



“I am NOT a girl! Let him go!” Inuyasha growled.



“Haha! Right like a little urchin is going to beat me!” The guards laughed.



“I said to let him go.” Inuyasha growled again “By order of your Prince.” Inuyasha said this with venom that would have made any ruler proud. At the same time he removed the coverings from his head and hair. The guards immediately recognized him.



Miroku was in complete shock. He hadn’t expected this. I KISSED the PRINCE on the cheek, and felt him up! Crap!



“My prince!” he bowed “ I would release him, however my orders come from Naraku, you will have to take it up with him.” The majority of the guards backed away, however some stayed to escort the prince back to the palace.



“Don’t worry, I will.” Inuyasha glared at the men the entire way back to the palace.





To be Continued…



I figure this is a good place to stop, and this is currently the longest of my chapters. Though you lucky people get TWO chapters in just a day…maybe you should review to show your gratitude…(hint hint)