Disclaimer: I stand corrected, it is a woman…still don’t know her name and I still don’t own anything

 

Author’s Note: I am terribly sorry and annoyed about the weird typos in the last chapter. Just ignore them and I hope I’ll do better this time. And does anybody know what Kagome’s friends’ names are? Cause I have no idea. Anyway. On with the show!…er…chapter…

 

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Loving Warfare

 

By: Taiji-Ya

 

Chapter II:  Cherry Blossoms

 

“Your friends have too much energy,” Sango laid on Kagome’s bed, staring up at the ceiling, obviously exhausted. She was dressed in pink. All pink. Not what she had wanted but the mob had said that it all matched her eyes.

 

“OMIGOD! Sango! Kagome! Over here!”

 

Sango found herself being pulled by the hand into a store that she really didn’t feel comfortable in. The walls were covered with, what had Kagome called them? Oh yes, pictures, of strange looking people with paint all over their face, and the people that Sango had assumed worked in the store were dressed like-wise. With very little modesty.

 

She turned to see Miroku walk in close behind them, minus Inuyasha and Shippou. His eyes were huge as he watched the strange array of women walking around. She frowned.

 

“Where did you leave them?”

 

“Leave who?” he didn’t even turn to look at her, he was too busy trying to look at everything else that he didn’t normally get to see without a good hard slap.

 

Sango cleared her throat irritably and glared at him.

 

“Shippou and Inuyasha. Where di- would you look at me?!”

 

“Huh? Oh, sorry,” he grinned and pulled her close, remembering the situation they were in, “Are you jealous?”

 

She glared at him, but decided to play along, not wanting to get showed up by him.

 

 “Jealous?” she intertwined her hands in his hair and leaned against him, “No need to be. I know you can’t live without me”

 

She tilted her face up to his but was interrupted by a giggle.

 

“I found her!” one of the giggly girls called out.

 

Miroku pulled himself away and grinned, that annoying hentai grin at her.

 

“Little feisty today aren’t we? I left Inuyasha and Shippou in the food court. Meet us there when you’re done.” He walked away, leaving Sango to fend for herself, Kagome was somewhere else in the store.

 

“Sango! We found the most kawaii outfit for you!”

 

They rushed her into a dressing room, handing her the clothes. Inside she sighed and started changing, knowing that’s what they wanted. She absentmindedly slipped into the clothes, while thinking about the place she was in. She had to be openly in love with Miroku. Big deal, wasn’t that what she’d always wanted? She shook her head, no, she didn’t want Miroku, he was just a perverted houshi who liked to play with girls.

 

She stumbled out of the dressing room, feeling awkward. She wore a pink skirt, similar in length to the one Kagome always wore. It was straight cut with darker pink cherry blossoms embroidered on the hem. Her shirt, also pink, had quarter sleeves with the same cherry blossoms in random places. They let her keep her shoes, and her hair in the same style, but she was sure they’d change their minds soon.

 

“They do have quite a bit,” Kagome admitted, folding her new clothes and tucking them into her dresser, “But you had fun right?”

 

Sango snarled at the ceiling but controlled her voice long enough to smile and answer the question, “It was an adventure. That’s for sure”

 

Kagome smiled and stood from the ground, patting her friend’s leg. Come on, let’s go get the guys and find some place for you all to sleep.

 

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Author’s Note: Phew, hard work. Next chapter is a bit more of the mall flashback, a bit from Miroku’s point of view this time ^_~ please R/R! or e-mail me and tell me what you think!