InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love's Lessons ❯ Miroku and Hissori: Engaged ( Chapter 10 )

Chapter 10: Miroku and Hissori: Engaged

 

They had just finished battling another demon and had managed to acquire the two shards it had in its arms. Hissori was elated, she had been able to help and had kept the monster occupied with her staff, Miroku beside her, while Inuyasha and the others had brought him down and taken the shards. She had a huge bruise on her shoulder where the demon had been able to get in a hit and Miroku was quite concerned. She shrugged it off; bruises were nothing new to her so she tried to tell him not to worry.

 

Sango had realized that Miroku and Hissori were together. At first, she hadn't minded because she thought that Miroku was just doing it to get her jealous. And even if he wasn't, it wouldn't last, as he would be off chasing other women as always.

 

As time passed, she came to see that Miroku didn't even look to other women at all. Even when they stopped at a village, Miroku using his charm to get them a place to stay for the night, he ignored one girl that was flirting with him openly in favour of Hissori. Sango began to feel hurt. Why couldn't he have done that for me? I would have married him, bore his children. What was wrong with me? Sango tried to hide her feelings as best as possible but Kagome noticed her friend's unhappiness.

 

“Sango, what's wrong?” asked Kagome one day when they were alone.

 

“Have you noticed how Miroku is with Hissori?” she asked back to Kagome.

 

“Does that bother you? I thought you didn't want to be with Miroku any more?”

 

“I thought I didn't either, but I'm not sure,” mumbled Sango, tears beginning to form in her eyes.

 

“Oh, Sango, I'm so sorry.” Kagome put her arms around her friend. The young girl had noticed how close Hissori and Miroku were getting and had been glad for the two of them but she didn't want to see Sango unhappy.

 

“I want Miroku to be happy, but I just wish it could have been with me,” Sango uttered sadly, wiping the tears from her eyes.

 

Kagome continued to hold her friend until she felt better, neither noticing Hissori who had been coming to find them, and had heard the whole thing.

 

Hissori felt terrible, she had no idea that Sango liked Miroku in that way. Any time she had seen them together Sango had been formal with him or had slapped him in anger when he had grabbed her ass. Hissori could see the reason behind slapping him in the face for that, but then she began to wonder. Maybe Miroku did that because he liked Sango. He hasn't even tried to do anything more than kiss me a few times, maybe he still has feelings for her.

 

Even though Hissori had wanted to take things slow with Miroku she had begun to be more willing to go a bit further with him and had tried to let him know that. The last time he kissed her, she had wrapped her arms around his neck and had brought her tongue up to his lips to encourage him to kiss her deeper. He hadn't responded and it had left her feeling a bit hurt.

 

Miroku, in fact, had wanted very badly to do more, but was afraid she would pull away so had decided to hold himself back for a bit longer until he was sure it was what she wanted. He had been thinking about it a great deal and tonight he was going to talk to her about it when he could get her off to himself.

 

Later that evening, Miroku sitting by the fire with Hissori, had again told her how much he wanted a family when all the fighting was over. He asked “Is this something you would be interested in?” foregoing his usual `will you bear my child' spiel, as he really wanted her to take him seriously. He had learned his lesson the hard way with Sango and didn't want a repeat.

 

She looked at him with her blue eyes full of sadness. How can I tell him this? She thought to herself. He noticed her hesitation and frowned slightly.

 

She put her hand on her belly and then shook her head, large tears beginning to escape from her eyes.

 

“You do not want children?” he asked confused, he saw how she was with Shippo and had thought she would make a fine mother.

 

She nodded her head to tell him that yes she would love to have children, she then reached out and picked up a leaf, she held her belly and then tore the leaf to pieces, shaking her head no as she held her arms up as if she was holding an infant. Her breath was now hitching in her chest trying to hold herself back from crying.

 

Miroku's eyes went big and round, “You cannot bear children,” he said quietly, taking her hands in his and looking sadly into her eyes.

 

Hissori lowered her eyes and cried silently. Now he won't want me. This thought just made her cry more and her shoulders shook with her sobs.

 

Miroku put his arms around her feeling her pain. He did want children someday but there were so many orphans that maybe adoption was the way to go. He wanted to be with Hissori, he had come to love her and hated to see such misery upon her. “Well maybe we could adopt some children,” he smiled, holding her back so he could look at her.

 

She looked at him hopefully. Did he say `we'? She wiped her tears and smiled up at him nodding her head. Miroku looked deeply into her eyes and then brought his lips to hers, this time when she asked with her tongue to enter he willing opened his mouth and took over the kiss.

 

When they broke apart, Hissori looked up to him her head spinning in a lovely hazy way. There was something she needed to know before they went any further. She stood, as he looked at her in confusion, and pretended to throw a boomerang drawing a question mark in the air.

 

“Sango?” he questioned looking at her trying to figure out what she wanted to know.

 

She nodded yes and then pointed at him and again drew her question mark.

 

“You want to know about me and Sango?” She again nodded yes and sat down looking at him, waiting for him to talk.

 

He told her about how he had asked the slayer in the past to bear his children and become his wife. He also told her how he hadn't taken her answer seriously and had chased after many women without worry of the young woman's feelings and how that had hurt her. He told Hissori that Sango didn't want to be with him so he had decided to carry on with his life. He then hit her with a bombshell, “I love you, Hissori I want you to be my wife. Will you say yes? I promise you'll never regret it.”

 

Hissori was shocked but so happy, she tried to laugh, but of course no sound came out, as she flew into Miroku's arms nodding up and down so fast that she began to get dizzy. Miroku laughed for the both of them as he returned her hug. For the moment Hissori forgot what she had heard between Sango and Kagome as Miroku's lips claimed hers once more.