Tuesday, June 7, 2005

I’ll Be Watching You: A Quiet Interlude
*episode 3*

Kagome has been playing with Shippo and Sango has been watching them out of a partially closed eye. Eventually, Kagome tells the fox-child, “Shippo, I want you to go tell Miroku to layoff the sake. He won’t listen, but he needs to be reminded that we have to leave tomorrow. Ok?” He nods and she smiles. Intent on his mission, the fox scampers out of the room. Kagome walks to her friend. “I know you’re not asleep.” she says. “What’s the matter with you? You’ve been acting weird for hours.” Sango sits up and says, “Kagome, I’m embarrassed about earlier, and I’m sorry.” Kagome sits down and asks, “What’d you mean?” Her friend says, “In the cave, Inuyasha and I were…well you saw for yourself.” Kagome says, “What, you mean huddling together to keep warm? That’s nothing to apologize for; you were just trying to stay alive.” The mighty demon slayer blushes. “It was more than that.” she says. “We were thinking about…other things than just staying warm.” Kagome says, “Oh. I gotcha. Inuyasha told me about that night in the tree.” Sango looks shocked, “He did?!? And you haven’t…I mean I expected…aren’t you mad at us?” The school girl smiles, “No Sango, I’m not mad. I’m not about to step out of the way and push the two of you together, but your feeling attracted to each other is something you can’t help. He’s not two-timing, anymore then usual, and you’re not trying to steal him so why should I get mad?” Sango thinks for a moment. “God, he’s beautiful.” she says. Kagome nods and grins, symbolizing that this has just become girl time. Sango continues, “He’s good with our brothers, so let’s say he’s good with kids. When he wants to be, he’s kind and considerate. He’s strong and, for all his talk about becoming a demon, he uses his strength to help others.” Kagome says, “And don’t forget those ears.” Sango gives a small giggle. She says, “He’s a great guy and I won’t say I don’t want him. But you and he have something which he and I don’t. We’re both exactly the kind of person the other should fall in love with and, given time, we probably would. But you two were in love the moment I met you. I expect you were in love from the moment you met. He and I could be happy together, but not as happy as the two of you could be. Besides, if I was his alternative, there’s no way he’d choose me over Kikyo. But I really believe that you have a chance of convincing him not to die.” The two sit there enjoying a special intimacy all their own. Suddenly, the moment is broken by a drunken monk. With Shippo trying to steady him, Miroku stagers into the room. He walks to Sango and falls to his knees. He says, “Thango I was won-er-ing if you would do me the han-er of bor-ing my chi-ren.” Smack! Sango’s slap knocks him over and his grasp on consciousness is too thin. He falls asleep where he fell. Shippo says, “I don’t know what they were drinking, but I don’t think it was sake.” Kagome gets up. “Sango, I need to borrow Kirara for a minute, ok?” Sango nods, and Kagome and the flame-cat leave. Shippo has an idea. He hurries to Kagome’s bag and pulls out a new kind of drawing stick she called markers. After he tells Sango his plan, she smiles naughtily and nods.

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