Disclaimer:
-sigh- still not mine
Author’s
Note: Chapter III finally up! Sorry to keep you all in suspense, And thank you
for the reviews! I’m working on the whole Sango being weak thing, I realized it
after I had already posted the first two chapters, anyway! On with the…story…!
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Drown
It Out
By:
Taiji-Ya
Chapter
III: As It Should Be
Dark
had started to fall on the poor little apartment building, but in the misplaced
room 218, darkness seemed very far away. Laughter spilled from every crack,
with enough warmth and light to go around.
“…I
swear! It was like having a second head that’s always nagging about where I’ve
been. And it’s not like she didn’t know, I couldn’t go anywhere without her.”
“And
that’s what? Girlfriend number…”
Kagome
and Shippou watched, delighted as Miroku and Sango laughed and joked like old
friends. It had been a long time since Kagome had seen her this happy. She’d
been with Naraku for so long that Kagome had forgotten how Sango laughed. It
sounded good.
“…I
ran!”
“You
ran?!”
Sango
was nearly choking from the effort of trying to drink her cocoa, while at the same
time making comments and laughing at Miroku’s story. Kagome saw a connection
between the two, and that sparked a plot in her twisted little mind. Shippou
looked at her questioningly, noticing the grin that had spread across her face.
She simply shook her head and continued to watch the two. It was hard to
believe that this was the same girl that had cried herself to sleep at night.
Kagome knew, her apartment was right next to hers.
“So…”
Miroku took a deep breath, exhausted from laughing and story-telling, “What’s
your history on boyfriends Sango?”
Both
Kagome and Sango’s heads snapped up, staring at Miroku. His grin remained but
Sango’s was gone. Lost inside herself once again.
“I
have to go…” she murmured and quickly scurried towards the door.
“What
is your problem?!” Kagome smacked Miroku hard on the arm.
Miroku
opened his mouth to defend himself but was cut off by a small squeak of terror
from the hall. He rushed to the door, faster than Kagome or Shippou could even register
what was going on.
“I can
explain! Please, I swear I can!”
“Hey!”
Miroku’s shout, entwined itself with Sango’s scream as Naraku’s hand connected
with her face.
Naraku
glowered at the girl, curled up on the ground, Kagome and Shippou at her side,
then turned his gaze apon the new offender. He sneered, practically growling as
he rubbed his hand.
“Wench
has a hard face. Good bone-structure. What it should be”
He
was delicate looking. But past his outward appearance Miroku saw something that
sent a chill down his spine and stopped his words in his throat.
“There’s
a lot of things about that are just as they should be,” he continued, pacing
around her, like a cat guarding it’s prey, “Her dark hair accents her soft skin
rather well, and her eyes always match her clothes. I make sure of that. But of
course the most obvious thing, is that she is with me. Right where she should
be”
Miroku
could tell these words were meant as a threat, but before he could react to
them, a weight was thrown against his body, pinning him to the wall. Claw-like
hands about his throat. Eyes now staring strait into his. Cold dark eyes.
Kagome gasped, holding Sango in her arms.
“But,
if I am to come home and she’s not where she should be,” his dark eyes darted
to Miroku’s apartment door, then switched back into the painful glare, right
into Miroku’s eyes, “Then you might just end up not how you should be”
* * *
“Kagome?”
She
tucked the blankets under his chin, forcing a small smile, “Yes Shippou?”
“Why
does Sango-chan let him do that?”
“Because…”
she sighed, her smile disappearing as fast as it had come, “ I really don’t
know…Shipou…I really don’t know.”
Leaning
into kiss his forehead, she heard him mumble something, “Hmm?”
“I said,
‘Why doesn’t Miroku do something?’”
“I don’t
know that either”
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Author’s Note: Sweet little Shippou. Anyone hate Naraku yet?! Well, now I get to mess with your heads a little, hehe. I’ve already got the ending figured out, now I just gotta write the rest. Next chapter coming soon! Please e-mail me or R/R