InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love's Lessons ❯ Miroku and Inuyasha - Rivals ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter 6: Miroku and Inuyasha: Rivals

 

As the group continued on in their travels Inuyasha began to spend more and more time with Hissori and less and less time with Kagome. It happened so gradually that at first no one really noticed, not even Inuyasha.

 

Miroku was the one to finally notice first and he began to get jealous. He and Hissori had become close during the time they spent practicing her fighting skills. He had found her to be a great student. She usually remembered quite well the moves he was trying to teach her within a few tries.

 

In fact, her almost photographic memory was a survival skill. Her pervious lord and his son only giving an order once and expecting it to be obeyed to the exact letter; she had taught herself to be very observant and remember anything that was told to her almost word for word. She had learned her lesson young not to have to be told twice.

 

Miroku had come to really like her. She could not speak but she got her point across quite well with her facial expressions and hand gestures. He found she was quite intelligent and fun to be around so he looked forward to the time he spent with her. He had not tried to grab her ass, although he had wanted to, surprising himself in his wish to be taken seriously by her. Her new outfit, he thought, was pretty great on the eyes. She was beginning to fill it out quite nicely with all the food she was able to eat and the exercise she got with working with her staff kept her body quite toned. Her eyes now sparkled with the joy of living. So when Inuyasha began to take up more of her time, Miroku knew it was time to put a stop to it, not just for himself but for Kagome too. He knew the girl from the future loved the hanyou and he certainly didn't want his friend to be hurt yet again.

 

“Inuyasha, what are you doing?” Miroku asked when he had a chance to talk to his friend alone.

 

“What do you mean, what am I doing?” he asked, not quite sure what Miroku was talking about.

 

“I mean with Hissori, you spend a lot of time with her.”

 

“No I don't, where did you get that idea from?” Inuyasha wasn't about to admit that he liked talking to Hissori.

 

“Yes you do, don't you think the others are going to notice? You practically ignore Kagome now.” Miroku thought that by mentioning the raven haired girl Inuyasha would feel guilty.

 

Inuyasha did start to feel guilty. He had not carried Kagome on his back now for quite some time and if she was busy and not bothering him, he would go off with the other girl. He had not carried Hissori either but for some reason he couldn't explain, he did not want the quiet girl to see him with Kagome like that.

 

“What are you, her father or something? What's it to you?” Inuyasha was beginning to get angry that Miroku was making him feel guilty about this. It's none of his damn business, he thought.

 

Miroku ignored the questions and boldly said “One would think you like Hissori better than Kagome.”

 

Inuyasha eyes closed slightly in anger. Do I? he asked himself, wondering. “Watch your mouth monk,” he growled to Miroku instead, in a low, dangerous voice.

 

Miroku saw that he wasn't denying it and he began to get angry. He's got a good thing with Kagome and he doesn't even see it, he's broken her heart enough with Kikyo, now he wants to do it with Hissori? “You do know that Kagome loves you, you idiot,” Miroku shouted angrily, clenching his fist at his side. He badly wanted to thump some sense into Inuyasha's head.

 

Inuyasha knew that this was probably true, but he didn't really know how he felt about it. He mostly just tried to pretend that she just wanted to stay to help get the shards and that she wanted to be his friend. He figured he'd worry about it after the jewel was completed and Naraku defeated. His anger at Miroku for pointing this out to him made his do something he never thought he would do. He punched Miroku right in the mouth. Miroku fell back on the ground, surprise and shock written all over his face and put his hand to his now bleeding lip.

 

Miroku looked up at Inuyasha furiously. He couldn't believe he had just hit him. He got to his feet, “Inuyasha, you are a real asshole,” he then turned and stalked away.

 

Inuyasha immediately felt guilt and shame at what he had done and ran after Miroku. “Hey, I'm sorry, you just got me so mad,” he apologized to his friends retreating back.

 

Miroku stopped and turned to face Inuyasha. “What would you say if I told you I liked Hissori?” he asked, still angry and hurt that his friend would hit him.

 

Inuyasha just stared at him. He decided he would not like that at all. “Do you like her?” he asked cautiously.

 

Miroku, still upset, blurted out “Yes, I like her…a lot.” He emphasized `a lot'.

 

“What about Sango?” asked Inuyasha, he was surprised that he hadn't noticed how Miroku felt about Hissori. Usually the monk made it quite plain whom he liked as he was normally chasing them around grabbing their butts. He knew Miroku hadn't done that with Hissori because he had been watching.

 

“Sango isn't interested in a relationship like that,” Miroku retorted, surprising himself that it didn't bother him to say that as much as he thought it would.

 

The way he said that made Inuyasha start to get angry again. “And you think Hissori would be interested in a relationship like that?” He sure hoped not, at least not with Miroku anyways.

 

Miroku sighed; he had not even made a pass at Hissori and actually had no idea of her feelings for him. “I don't know,” he replied honestly. “But I think I'd like to find out. He hesitated and then asked, “What about you Inuyasha, do you like her that way as well?”

 

Inuyasha wasn't sure; his thoughts were confusing to him. He really did like Kagome and didn't want to hurt her, but did he love her? He wasn't sure. Did he love Kikyo? He thought he did but since he had been spending time with Hissori he didn't even think of the undead miko. Even Kagome had not had that effect on him. He only knew he was completely comfortable with the mute girl, able to tell her anything without shame or regret. Did that mean he loved Hissori? He didn't know that either but thinking of her with someone else made him feel empty inside and he didn't like that at all. He as well had no idea of how Hissori felt and that was a problem for Inuyasha, he didn't know how to find out. Seeing as he didn't want to be rejected by her, he certainly wasn't going to come right out and ask her.

 

The silence lasted so long that Miroku thought Inuyasha wasn't going to answer and began to turn to walk away when he said, “I don't know how I feel, it…it's so confusing,” he mumbled out, with his head down and his bangs hiding his eyes. “I just know I like being with her…she understands me.”

 

He had said this so quietly that Miroku almost didn't hear. When it registered he said, “If this is how you truly feel, you must tell Kagome, she has the right to know.”

 

Inuyasha said nothing, he just drooped his ears. How was he to tell Kagome that he liked Hissori and her and Kikyo, it was just not something he could do. Miroku sighed again feeling sad for his hanyou friend, but he wasn't going to miss a chance with Hissori waiting for Inuyasha to figure things out. He then realized that he and Inuyasha were heading down a path that could split them apart.