InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bed Ridden ❯ World Wide Warped ( Chapter 4 )

General Info: Round Robin #1 of Monk_and_Miko

Title: Bed Ridden

Summary: He's lived through a cursed hand, demons, and a hanyou with an attitude-but can our sixteenth century Houshi live through the stimulation of the twentieth century? (MK)

Rating: PG-13

Chapter Author: Crash

Chapter Summary: Miroku discovers the world of the internet. And what is this mysterious site he's been spending all his time at?

Disclaimer: I hold no rights to Inuyasha in anyway.

Warning: Slight adult content at the end of the chapter. Still very PG. PG-13 at the most.

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Chapter 4: World Wide Warped

Kagome was amazed. Miroku caught on quite quickly. In just three days, he had learned how to operate almost every appliance in her house, including the rather complicated computer. Originally, she hadn't planned on showing him, but he had spied her starting it up, so she could do some research for a project, and hadn't stopped bugging her until she showed him how to work it. Fortunately, at the same time, she had managed to do enough research that she finished her project that night.

At least she had told him he couldn't get on the computer or internet without someone of her family being with him, so he wouldn't stumble onto any inappropriate sites. She shuddered at the mere thought of Miroku floating happily around some porno site. She'd never get him off the computer again if he ever found out about that.

As it was, he spent most of his free time on the computer now. Between meditating with Jii-chan, playing video games with Souta, and helping `Auntie Risa,' as Miroku now called Kagome's mother, in the kitchen. He would even help Jii-chan in the shrine's shop on occasion. But the rest of the time, he and Souta were goofing off on the computer. Most of the time when she saw them, they were playing some pinball game.

A few days later, Kagome came home from school, wanting to get on the computer so she could do some research for yet another report she had to write for class, this one a history paper. She sighed as she kicked her shoes off at the front door, calling out a quick `tadaima' and headed for the computer to get started on her schoolwork. If only the paper had been on the feudal era, she'd be all set. No, it had to be on WWII and Japan's involvement in the war.

Stepping into the room, she expected to see the computer sitting there, shut down and covered, like it was suppose to be. Instead, there sitting in front of the monitor was Miroku. By himself. As she walked up behind him, she peeked at the monitor, hoping she wouldn't see some grotesque image of sex on the screen. Instead, she was shocked when she saw no flesh at all, but the background of the computer screen. Apparently Miroku had closed whatever he was doing, because it suddenly disappeared from the screen and he turned to face her with his usual expression in place. No happy lecherous smile. Not even a lecherous twinkle in his eyes.

"I thought I told you I wanted someone in here with you when you're on the computer," Kagome began. "What if something had happened to you?"

"Ah, Kagome-sama, it warms my heart when you worry for me as such. But I assure you, no harm would have come to me simply sitting here," he told her. "Besides, Auntie Risa said it would be fine for me to be in here alone."

Kagome wanted to growl at the monk. He had gone over her head, and gone to her mother. She almost whimpered. Her mother didn't know Miroku like she did. Hopefully, he would refrain from corrupting her brother until Souta was much older. Preferably, when Souta was about a hundred and three.

"So, what were you doing in here before I came in," Kagome asked. She was just glad she hadn't shown him how to erase the history of what site's he'd visited.

"Oh, just this rather humorous site I found while, what did you call it, surfing," he replied.

Well, he certainly was learning how to speak in the future. But she still found it rather disturbing how well he just slipped into her life. "Well, you'll have to show me sometime if it's so funny. But right now, I need to use the computer to do some research for another class report. So, if you could leave me to my work for a while, I'd appreciate it. I'm sure Jii-chan would love some help out in the shop," she said as she pulled the wheeled chair Miroku sat in away from the computer.

"Before I leave, Kagome-sama, I have a question," he said, and mentally grinned when she nodded for him to continue. "Do you sleep on your stomach," Miroku questioned.

Kagome raised an eyebrow at his weird question. She had almost been expecting his usual `will you bare my child' line. This was something entirely new.

"Uh, no, not really," she replied, trying to maintain eye contact with him and watch where his hands were as well. Oddly enough, they stayed on the arms of the chair.

"In that case, may I," Miroku replied.

Kagome was totally confused now. "May you what?" She all too late noticed the lecherous twinkle in his eye and the cocky grin that now inhabited his lips.

"May I sleep on your stomach?"

Kagome's eye twitched. "Miroku," she said in a singsong sweet voice.

Miroku fought the urge to flinch at the tone of her voice. That was the tone she used when she was about to sit Inuyasha. "Yes," he replied, sounding innocent.

"As soon as you're completely healed," Kagome said.

"Yes."

"I'm going to beat you bloody," she yelled at him before she pulled him from the chair and pushed him into the hallway, slamming the door on his nose.

"It was just an innocent question," Miroku muttered silently as he turned and made his way out to the shop, intent on helping Jii-chan.

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Inside the room, Kagome was fuming. `The nerve of that perverted monk,' she growled mentally. She allowed her anger to burn for a few minutes more, until she decided she needed to get to work on her project so she could finish it and hand it in early.

Sitting herself down in front of the computer, she quickly connected to the internet, and clicked the history button when the browser came up. She was shocked to see only two sites visited, the preset homepage, and another that she didn't know what it was. She clicked it, and was taken to the page.

"The Most Complete and Most Useless Collection of Pick-Up Lines," Kagome read the title out loud. "Oh Kami-sama. That's what he's been doing on here. Reading pick-up lines." Kagome covered her face with her hands and groaned.

~*~

Hours later, Kagome emerged from the computer room, a large stack of papers in her hands, her bag over her shoulder, as she made her way to her room. She placed the papers on her desk with a slight yawn, put her bag in her chair, and went down for dinner with her family.

Wearily, she entered the kitchen, grabbed the dishes she needed, went into the dining room, and set the table before taking her seat at the table.

Moments later, Souta and Miroku came in from the living room, where they had been playing another exciting round of Super Undead Ninja Vampires, or so it seemed to Kagome, since she could hardly make out Souta's excited chatter. Jii-chan came in after closing up the shop for the night, and Kagome decided to go help her mother bring the food out to the table.

After everyone was seated and they began eating, the conversation began. For a while, the conversation concentrated on Souta. But after a while, his chatter turned to his video game, so Miroku, when Souta paused to breathe, turned to Kagome.

"Did you get all the research you needed done?"

"I think so. I printed out a lot of information. It should be enough for me write my report," Kagome replied.

"What is your report on dear," her mother asked.

"Japan's involvement in WWII," Kagome answered, and immediately yawned afterwards. "Too bad it wasn't on the feudal era."

Kagome spied Jii-chan opening his mouth, looking like he was about to start in on another one of his `historical importance' speeches, but she cut him off. "Well, I'm really tired, and I've still got some schoolwork to do before I go to sleep tonight," Kagome said as she stacked her dishes and stood up. "So, I'm going to go to bed." She carried her dishes into the kitchen, and then headed towards her room.

A while later, a light knock came at her door, startling her out of her thoughts. She turned towards the door and called for the person to come in, expecting her mother, or possibly her little brother to come in and say their `goodnights' to her before they went to bed. She did not expect Miroku to open the door, walk in, and close it firmly behind himself before crossing the room to stand next to her desk.

She watched him as he crossed her room, swiveling her chair to keep her eyes on him as he stood next to her desk. Kagome patiently waited for Miroku to speak up.

He placed his palms on her desk and leaned back against the wooden object. "You know, you never really answered my question earlier," he said after a minute, looking her in the eye.

Kagome looked at him curiously for a moment before remembering the incident in the computer room earlier, causing her to blush slightly. "Really, I thought I made it pretty clear before," she replied. She tried to reach around him, trying to reach her books she had abandoned when he had knocked, but he slid over slightly, blocking her way.

"No, you just said that after I was healed, you would beat me. I don't remember hearing a definite answer to my question. So, I ask again, may I sleep on your stomach? I'm sure it would be quite pleasurable for us both," Miroku said, looking rather respectable despite what he was implying.

Kagome stood up rather abruptly and glared at the monk. "No, you can't sleep on my stomach," Kagome hissed, "for several reasons."

Miroku took one step closer. "Name one reason why not," he demanded, his _expression becoming completely serious.

Kagome stuttered for a moment, trying to think, not expecting him to actually demand to know. "Because, my family would hear," she said.

Miroku smiled, really smiled. It wasn't one of his charming-your-pants-off smiles, or one of his conning-you-out-of-your-money smiles, or even one of his half-there smiles. It was a real smile. The first she had ever seen grace his lips. He took one step closer, still smiling.

"Is that all? I know of a way to keep quiet," he said, his voice velvet smooth.

And with that, he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulled her to him, and kissed her firmly on the lips.

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End Note: For those that would like to know, the pick-up lines site is real. Here's the link for it: 1. http://linesthataregood.com/

Oh, and yes, Risa is a real Japanese name.

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