#(ic. Miroku)

[museguided]

"In times like this, nothing is ever certain. There's plenty of people out there that want for nothing but safety and reassurance. As a man of the cloth, it is my duty to help soothe their worries. So, if telling a small lie allows them to sleep comfortably tonight, could it truly be immoral?"

[blossomingbellflower]

Smash or Pass: Miroku

𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐃 “𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐇 / 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒 (𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐒) 𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒” + 𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐘 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐘

🏹 "Pass.", she answered with no hesitation. "While he does have admirable qualities, I do not find him attractive in that sense. He is a man devoted to walk the path of a monk. As such, my ultimate wishes and desires would never align with what he wants to achieve." Whereas Kikyou wanted nothing more than to lay down her bow, one dedicated to monkhood had to be devout to the principles, which included celibacy.

Even if there was a semblance of attraction, she did not believe it would be her place to sway him from his course. If he chose to do so, it would be of his own volition. And even then, she would be uncertain if she was pulling him away from a higher purpose or calling. Far be it for her to come between a man and priesthood after all.

[yamiyonolions]

@museguided asked:

“why do you have that look on your face?” [ Sango to Miroku ]

--

This was normal. And yet even in normalcy, Miroku found beauty. It was in the minutiae - or perhaps, its familiarity is what brought the dopey smile to his face. I'm lucky.

And maybe if Sango doesn't look too closely, at a first, cursory glance, she might think he's up to something lecherous, or otherwise waylaying his thoughts near bottom-rung. But that wasn't quite right; Miroku, instead, had been thinking about how beautiful Sango looked while polishing her weapon. Not just her appearance, but-- her confidence. Her certainty. How capable she was in wielding something so dangerous and lethal. And maybe, even, there was a quiet part of him that was envious.

-- but isn't that vulnerable? Caught staring, he instead blinks up at her with cobalt eyes and a flash of wit to cover it all up. A smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes pulls the look together.

"Because you're in front of me. Can't a man watch?"

[jewel-shard]

Shortcake

Summary:

One sneeze. That’s all it took for Kagome to end up caught between a bike and a half demon with a ruined leather jacket, a half melted sundae, and a cocky smirk daring her to make it right.

❤ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 🩷❤ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 🩷❤ 🧡 💛 Happy Birthday @justafewsmallsteps You make the world such a beautiful place! Thank you for sharing your light and color with this fandom! Wishing you a wonderful day and all of the joy!

Rating:

General Audiences

Relationship:

Higurashi Kagome/InuYasha

Additional Tags:

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Biker Inuyasha, Bad luck meet cute, Slow Burn, Kagome is a style ICON, Miroku is just here cause she needed Sangos helmet, That awkward moment when you baptize a hot biker in ice cream

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[inuyashapridemonth]

Inuyasha Pride Month: Holiday Edition 🌈

Calling all Inuyasha fans! Winter is coming, and we’re bringing Pride Month with us. From December 15th – 24th, we’re hosting Inuyasha Pride Month: Holi-Daze. The idea is simple – show up! Everyone gets a seat at the table, no matter who, what, when, where, why or how they choose to present. If you’re not sure which direction you’re headed in, that’s perfectly fine; we’re just glad to have you as you are. We have a handy list of prompts below the cut to help you get started, but the creative freedom is yours. Because Pride is a state of mind, and we’d like to celebrate you!

One Fandom. Ten Days. Anything goes.

Tag us @inuyashapridemonth and use the hashtag: #IYPMHolidaze when the time comes!

Love, The Mods ♡

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❄ Choose Your Own Holiday ❄

Need ideas? We’re here to help. Below is a list of characters, ships, and scenarios to help writers and artists along the way.

List of Inuyasha characters Here.  List of identities/flag colors Here. Inuyasha LGBTQ+ Ships: We’ve listed some m/m and f/f fan-favorites and a few rare pairs to help you set sail. Het-facing LGBTQ+ ships are more than welcome, but we’ve left them off this list for brevity’s sake. If it’s not listed here, don’t sweat it! Everyone is welcome.

Inuyasha x Koga

Inuyasha x Miroku

Sesshomaru x Naraku

Koga x Sesshomaru

Kagome x Sango

Kikyo x Kagura

Sango x Kikyo

Shiori x Rin

Mioku x Bankotsu

Bankotsu x Jakotsu

Inuyasha x Bankotsu 

Inuyasha x Naraku 

Sango x Midoriko

Shippo x Sota

Sesshomaru x Bankotsu

Kagura x Sango

Ginta x Hakkaku

Kagura x Kagome 

Scenario Prompts:

Snowball Fight

Under the Mistletoe

Secret Santa

Home for Christmas

Stocking Stuffer

Snowed In

Hallmark Movie

Decorating

Ugly Sweaters

Ice Skating 

Baking 

Candlelight 

Presents 

Sledding 

Christmas Village

Christmas Cookies

Lighting Candles

Holiday Cleanse

Setting up the Altar

Date 

Silent Night

Holiday Engagement

We hope to see you there! Until then, take care ♡

[inukag-on-ao3]

Breaking the Ice

by Pipistrellus

UPDATE! CHAPTER 6 NOW AVAILABLE HERE!

Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M

Fandoms: InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale

Relationships: Higurashi Kagome/InuYasha, Higurashi Kagome & InuYasha, Miroku/Sango (InuYasha), InuYasha & Kikyou (InuYasha)

Characters: InuYasha (InuYasha), Higurashi Kagome, Kikyou (InuYasha), Miroku (InuYasha), Sango (InuYasha), plus 6 more

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Ice Skating, Competitive sports, Angst with a Happy Ending, Slow Burn, plus 9 more

Summary: Inuyasha Taisho and Kikyou Inoue are one of the best competitive figure skating pairs in all of Japan. Pushing the boundaries of the sport, Kikyou is injured, ruining their shot at competing in the Japan Figure Skating National Championships. That is until their coach, Miroku, finds Kagome Higurashi, an up an coming singles skater who might be able to fill in as long as Inuyasha's gruff attitude do...

Words: 13,882 | Chapters: 6/? | Language: English | Private: Yes

[casliveblog]

Custom Toonami Block Week 152 Rundown

Spy X Family: After the foreshadowing last week we introduce Fiona properly and the r34 kinda spoiled this one for me because the joke is supposed to be that she wants in on the big operation and she’s seen as a glory hound but it’s really that she likes Loid and is pissy about not being picked to be his wife the one time he needs a fake marriage. I don’t know if I’d have figured it out before the punchline but it’s still pretty funny to watch Anya read her mind and hear here thoughts SCREAM about how much she loves him while she’s wearing a stoic face. She picks at Yor’s insecurities about her home ec skills and tries to not so subtly talk to Loid in code about how Yor isn’t a good fit for the mission despite everyone telling her him suddenly getting a new wife out of nowhere would be massively sus, like we just saw Fiona vent. Also Anya gets some really good moments of propping Yor up and affirming her love for her when she finds out Fiona wants to go Tiger Mom on her and I really wish Anya got more of this instead of ‘she’s bad at everything but it’s okay because she’s cute’ like it’s way more interesting to see her leverage her unique advantage from mind-reading in her own limited way than just kinda bungle through things. Still the episode does a good job of making Fiona’s feelings sympathetic without putting her in the right, like it’d be a problem if we thought she was a heartless witch or if she really was better than Yor for the mission but neither of those happen and she’s able to see Loid has genuine affection for his new family and for now is willing to step back a bit, though she decides on the new mission she has with Loid that she’ll try again. Also the whole ass end credits play before the B-plot kicks in so idk but it’s a cute little vignette about Bond ripping up Anya’s stuffed animal and them making up after a spat, it’s pretty cute and shit.

Inuyasha: More Kohaku action this time and he is forced to kill all the castle guards and steal The Baby back before Sango comes by and is like ‘shit, not again bro’ and he’s conscious for it the whole time and actively crying about it. Meanwhile Abi’s fighting Inuyasha still and is just like ‘oh shit guess it was a normal human castle, oh well god my blood, gonna peace out’. Kohaku suddenly remembers that Sango is his sister and that he killed his parents, getting over the memory block he’s had for half the series and getting past his grief by deciding to take his chance to try and kill Naraku to atone. Sango’s back to mulling over her options because even if she gets Kohaku back there’s no telling if Naraku will still be able to control him or if he’ll even want to live (spoiler, rn he doesn’t) so she decides agaian to try and kill him herself despite deciding that was a bad idea the past few times at the last second but she runs into some of the villagers Kohaku saved and takes solace in the fact there’s still some good in his heart. Both Inuyasha and Kagura’s group come to the same conclusion around the same time that the Baby is Naraku’s heart that was split from Hakudoshi. Miroku and Sango have a nice wholesome moment where he deliberately doesn’t undercut it with a fondling joke Naraku also dispels the barrier around Abi’s nest which Abi didn’t even know was there until her mom pointed it out but yeah now Inuyasha will be able to sniff her out and come get her but Kikyo sends her little cherubs out to warn him it’s probably a trap.

Yu Yu Hakusho: This one’s all about Hiei’s backstory, in a nutshell Hiei’s tribe are like the Gerudo and he’s the Ganondorf of the bunch except instead of making him king they murder him as a baby and slutshame his mom. Apparently Hiei’s just that badass that he was born with full consciousness like Ray from Promised Neverland and he grew up wanting to burn down his hometown which is hard because they’re a bunch of floating ice nomads but both Yukina and his mom’s friend Rui are on board for Plan Hiei Revenge Genocide Mk3 because throwing anyone with testicles off a cliff is not exactly a stable form of government. Hiei’s also looking for his birthright, the jewel of his mother’s tear from when he was born and now carries the same from Yukina, this is a lot of sidequests for Hiei in the last like ten episodes but we’ve got some character building to do I guess. Meanwhile Mukuro has set 500 A-class demons on Hiei and considering Hiei himself is supposed to be an A-class at this point I’m really starting to think the letters don’t mean a damn thing or every time they throw them around to sound important they really mean ‘bottom of this class so we can kinda sound tough’ like theoretically every demon on that list should be stronger than Toguro and somehow I’m not seeing ‘lizard guy with a mace’ as beating Toguro. Either way it’s been six months of Hiei carving his way through nominally strong guys and getting about as much sleep as I did in college and Mukuro’s like ‘okay for real this time just one more strong dude and we’re done and you can be in my inner circle’. Turns out it’s the doctor that gave Hiei the Jigan eye because that’s the only other thing we’ve fleshed out about him at this point and he needs to be haunted by all his demons at once damnit. Like it just feels kinda weird to retcon that Hiei actively made himself weaker when he got the surgery for all the eye has done for him over the course of the series (pretty much jack shit) and then also half-retcon that the doctor told him to not tell Yukina he was her brother because he just gets off on that I guess, no idea how you run a demon back alley doctor’s office on monkey’s paw promises but sure, like Hiei mentions he wouldn’t have told her anyway but it seems like a weird thing to throw in like we’re trying to explain why Hiei was only every exactly as strong as he needed to be to look cool at any given time but it translates his growth into recovery meaning all the power of friendship and relying on others has done for him all series is sorta slightly helped him get back to where he was without it a little faster.

Jujutsu Kaisen: Now we get the Oceans 11 montage of how Mahito pulled off the Finger Heist (also a few other cursed thingies that will probably be important later) basically long story short they keep the fingers in a dimensional maze and Mahito spiritually peed on the finger they confiscated from him so he could smell his spiritual pee to find the right door and sneak into the vault and take all the fingers. So I guess that takes the ‘why don’t we just jam fingers into Yuji till he’s strong enough?’ question off the table, and also like several people are dead and Coatrack guy is just talking about coatracks so he isn’t much help. Still Todo brings up a good point that being all sullen won’t help anyone and pretending they care so much about faceless mooks they didn’t know is hypocritical so we get to the real meet of the collab event: baseball… wait, baseball? Yeah apparently Gojo sensed we needed a filler episode so he slipped baseball into the Goblet of Fire which results in me getting to see Nobara in a baseball uniform which is one of my secret fetishes so I am literally game. It’s a fun little wrapup though like just kinda putting a cap on the relationships that came to a head during the arc, getting some really funny jokes in and alleviating the sense of anti-climax that happens whenever bad guys jump into one of these Chunin Exam arcs like the people who really wanted to see the end of Sasuke vs Gaara. But yeah, Tokyo wins at the end of the day and it’s kind of ironic that The Boondocks kickball episode had more anime bullshit than an actual bullshit anime baseball episode like for the most part everyone’s just playing fair.

Zom 100: Akira’s still in his zombified state under Neo Capitalism but luckily the series is smart enough to not beat us over the head with that for the whole episode so we get the theme by proxy by finally getting Shizuka’s backstory. Her dad was… uhhh Gozaburo Kaiba I think, but yeah he’s the one that put the ideas of success by any measure, to the point where he even said her marrying wasn’t necessary (idk bro seemed like he did it at some point unless he reproduced asexually) and yeah he also killed her puppy because if you thought the adorable puppy was gonna survive the backstory this must be your first anime backstory. But yeah they make it very clear that the balance between ‘need’ and ‘want’ is the theme of the episode and the whole series really. Shizuka finds the bucket list and surprisingly Akira’s boss is willing to let her and Tencho go while gaslighting Akira into staying which is actually more decent than I thought he’d be like given he’s basically eyehumping Shizuka I thought for sure he’d be like ‘nah everyone stays’ given there’s no logic to his leadership anyway and if this was the Walking Dead this guy would have a broken bottle in his neck like a week ago. But yeah Shizuka gives Akira back the list and inspires him to be like ‘yeah thanks for everything but we’re going now and if that’s not good enough for you kindly fuck off, thanks.’ And of course as a climax the truck stop gets a zombie outbreak that Akira gets to sort out and save his boss’s life while demolishing any respect anyone had for his leadership ability and everyone gets to get the fuck out of dodge while Shizuka gets to give a good speech about enjoying the moment to show off her character development so that’s cool. I think her switch happened a little fast but I also kinda like that the way they pull her out of her mindset is by watching someone else make the same mistakes since you’re more likely to give someone else good advice than take it from yourself because psychology is a bitch.

Ranking of Kings: The time has finally come for the final battle, Bosse!Daida vs Bojji! Bosse gives Miranjo his apologize and then an ultimatum to everyone else, swear loyalty to him under his real name or die for the sake of Daida’s kingdom he had for like three days. Everyone reflects on their tragic backstories and the love they’ve shared and watched as Bojji’s grown and unanimously decide to stand by his side and reclaim the real Daida. It’s really cool how when Bojji looks around at them he sees the weakest parts of each of the Big Four, Sword Guy’s mechanical hand, Shield Guy’s missing foot, Spear Guy’s trembling knees from his torn loyalty, and he reflects on the tenderest parts of each of them as they fought for what they loved and decides he’s gonna fight Bosse solo. Everyone’s kind of nervous but Bojji FUCKING OWNS Bosse!Daida, bro can’t even TOUCH Bojji as he’s Attack on Titaning around and busting up his weapon and disabling his body he doesn’t even land a fucking hit on Bojji bro, eventually Bosse has to admit defeat and tries to smash Miranjo but Bojji’s able to stop him so they can reflect on what has to be done properly. Apparently the only way to get Daida back is to kill Miranjo which I don’t really understand since the Dad Shake she had Daida drink didn’t really have any direct link to her but I guess it’s more dramatic. Also there’s a plot about the demon also having the key to fixing Ouken but we don’t get any more on that just yet. But yeah, Bojji promises to save Miranjo from the demon and breaks her mirror, sending her and Bosse’s souls free but her’s is dragged into the demon’s stomach to be tortured by the demon’s stomach demons for all eternity.

Vinland Saga: We find out that Leif’s been making as much money as he can to buy and liberate as many slaves as possible but given that slaves are really expensive and all you have to do to get one is capture some dude he’s not really making a dent. Meanwhile he’s in York while Canute is making his entrance for the big meeting he’s gonna have with King Daddy when he gets shot. But aha! Askeladd’s pulled a beginning of Attack of the Clones on everyone and instead of effeminate Canute it’s slightly more effeminate big titty female slave Canute that took the crossbow arrow. Meanwhile Thorfinn tracks down the assassin and murders him in front of Leif with all the chance meeting grace of a high schooler falling on a titty. He begs Thorfinn to come back and see his dying mother but Thorfinn’s just like ‘yeah how’s that fairy tale world you told me about doin’ huh?’ still Leif says he’ll stay in town if he reconsiders. Now we get the full extent of Askeladd’s plan which is like five layers of ‘but he knows what I know that he knows what I know that he knows’ and essentially they wrapped up the king in the Chains of Commanding and make sleighting Canute a bad look while making Canute seem important and feeding his spy info that will make him complacent and put up a false sense of security. Now for the final scene we have a pretty cool deal of Thorfinn getting his duel with Askeladd again but meanwhile Thorfinn still has a broken fucking arm, now I have two theories as to why Thorfinn’s pushing for the fight right now (aside from just wanting to get it done because he’s a revenge-driven murder monkey). 1. He just saw Leif and is genuinely wanting to get the revenge out of his system so he can take Leif up on his offer and return with him under the false assumption that killing Askeladd will heal all the turmoil inside him. 2. Seeing Leif reminded him of how little progress he’s made in the past eleven years and he’s just an angry little pissbaby with the encounter refreshing the pain and memory of his father’s death that has at least dulled somewhat into a low heat of hatred in his heart. But either way Askeladd has some other shit to do first and Bjorn’s off his deathbad long enough to be killed by Askeladd’s hand, saying all he wanted was to be Askeladd’s friend even if it was a lie in the end. He did it not because he wanted to go to Valhalla because I’m pretty sure Valhalla still counts as long as you got the wound in battle even if you die days later, but because Askeladd was the ideal man to him and that’s how he wanted to die. Askeladd admits Bjorn was his only true friend, maybe sincerely, maybe just to put him at peace before he dies, but he puts his second in command to rest either way. Then he fucking turns to Thorfinn and basically goes ‘okay I got my adulting done, guess I have to deal with your petty childish bullshit now huh?’.

[museguided]

@fierymiko sent: "How are you holding up?" (Inuyasha ^^)

Inuyasha's response is a grumble with one dog ear flicking in annoyance. At the very least, Kagome's voice stopped him from bouncing his leg in his restlessness, much to the relief of everyone residing in the hut with him. Even with his moody temperament, he stilled long enough to take stock of himself. His fever caused from the heavy amount of poison in his body from the last battle had been reduced. As a result, the wounds he sustained should be on their way to healing; he could still feel an unpleasant soreness stretching across his back and chest, but it wasn't unbearable.

But instead of being helpfully informative of his own wellbeing, he huffed and drawled, "I dunno. My so-called friends all decided to keep me prisoner and trap me in this musty-smellin', rickety storehouse for the last two days—and these bandages itch like hell!"

He's a grumpy dog.

[homemademustard]

Intro post

Hello and welcome to the blog I made just to promote the silly stories that I somehow came up with so that I don't spam on my main blog, although it's not like I'm popular there anyway.

The last time I wrote fanfiction was back in 2012 just when I started university. By then, my experience with fanfiction in English (as it's not my first language) was reduced to drabbles or very short ficlets in general with some rough grammar. University sucked the life out of me, so I also stopped reading fiction (both "pro" and fanmade) for pleasure on the regular. So forgive me if my wording isn't very rich, if my descriptions are lacking, or if my flow is awkward. It's been quite a while, as you can see.

I always like to joke that the moment I stopped being 15, I lost the ability to write anything longer than a one-shot --so keep that in mind!

I have many, many ships, but I'll showcase the ones that have meant a lot to me over the years (can't promise I'll actually write a lot of content for them though): Miroku/Sango (InuYasha), Daniel/Charlotte (LOST), Anasui/Jolyne (JJBA), Neville/Hannah (Harry Potter), Wolfwood/Milly (Trigun).

Fandoms, besides the aforementioned, include: X-Men (Comics), the other Rumiko Takahashi works, A Song of Ice and Fire, and whatever I feel like consuming content of.

[only-you-sango-week]

😍😍😍 So romantic! How thoughtful of Miroku to get Sango such a meaningful gift! The way he pays attention to her and remembers every little detail of her! It's so sweet! And that ending was the icing on the birthday cake! 💜💜💜

Unexpected Treasures🎊🌸🎉

Happy Day 6 of Only You Sango Week! Thank you to @only-you-sango-week for hosting such a wonderful birthday celebration for our favorite demon slayer! 🎉

To celebrate Sango's birthday today, @skyelara & I are so happy to give you our newest one-shot, 🌸 Unexpected Treasures🌸, available on Ao3 today!🎊

Summary: On her first birthday since the slaughter of the slayer's village, Sango finds some unexpected comfort from her closest travel companion. 🫶

Preview below the cut 😘

“Thank you, Miroku.” Her voice was barely above a whisper. Barely audible over the sound of the waves crashing around them.

“Happy birthday, my dearest Sango.”

She snapped her head up to meet his gaze again. She opened her mouth to protest, to deny, to ask him how the hell he knew, but stopped. An emotion she didn’t recognize flickered in his dark, turbulent ocean eyes. The affectionate grin on his lips softened as her eyes searched his, stealing the air from her lungs all over again.

He would be the death of her. Or maybe bring her back to life.

“How did you know?” she breathed out.

“Well, I didn’t know for sure, but I knew it’d be around this time, and I had a hunch after seeing you so down the last couple of days.”

At her questioning stare, he continued. “I remembered you told us the story about your twelfth birthday. When you finally got into solo combat for the first time. Based on what you told us, I pieced together that it must be in this season.” He paused for a moment, fingertips brushing against hers. Testing the waters. “I thought it might be hard on you this year, with everything that’s happened. I thought you might be missing home. So, when you were quieter the last few days, I thought it must be close. Then, you left to go out on your own so I had a feeling it was today.”

Her head was spinning. Mind reeling. He noticed that much about her? He remembered that story she’d told late one night, campfire light flickering around them? Did he…care that much about her?

Shyly, she asked with confusion lacing her voice, “You…you remember that?”

“Of course. I remember everything you tell me.” He paused to look over her briefly, a grin erupting on his face before continuing. “Especially the important things,” he added with a wink.

[ms-tillus]

Valentines Day Collage! Sorry its late haha

[fatestouch]

@soullphrase​

Miroku trying not to laugh in the background

“Shut the fuck up before I kick your ass--”

[witchygirl99]

your kagome/inuyasha fics are so wonderful! have you considered ever doing any miroku/sango ones? you'd do a great job characterizing them

I’m not going to lie, this is highly convenient. I could not have envisioned a better timed, nor better phrased ask.

PRESENTING:

A BIRTHDAY TEASER FOR @sapphirestarxx!!! 

Happiest of birthdays, darling. I am so, so sorry that I couldn’t finish this for today, I really tried! But this fic kind of exploded in the sense that what should have been like 10 scenes is now well over forty. So I need a bit more time. FORGIVE ME.

But please have this snippet for now and know that it is coming exceptionally soon, I promise you. This is possibly the most Canadian thing I’ve ever written. And before some of you go pffftttt ice dancing, may I present you with these:

So yes. Know that in this fic, Miroku is 100% horny on main and this is only rivaled by, you guessed it, the yearning. If interested, read on below.

The thing was–

The thing was that Miroku Tsujitani was very good at his job.

He’d been skating since he was ten, since his newfound guardian had absolutely no idea what to do with him and Miroku desperately needed some sort of distraction after the death of his father. There were plenty of other sporting opportunities, other hobbies, but Mushin didn’t know much outside of his tiny little town, and that tiny little town basically had one recreation centre with skating activities throughout the entire winter season.

It was good though. Miroku liked challenges enough that skating was something to dig into, and as it turned out, he was pretty good at it. Decent enough that the coach there, an older lady by the name of Kaede, thought it would be hilarious to partner him up with one of the girls for a duet.

Her name was Sango Kuwashima and she was tiny and fierce like a baby lion. She was quick to smile, but even quicker to punch, if Miroku did anything dumb. It was…revolutionary, considering all of his other friends had been treating him like he was about to break at any second. And at the time, maybe he was. Maybe he was only one good ribbing away from losing it completely.

But Sango didn’t seem to care, mainly because she didn’t know. And that made things infinitely better. Miroku started to prefer going to the rink more and more, spending time on the ice with the brisk air and Sango’s challenging gaze upon him. She was only a year younger but far more skilled. He had to work twice as hard to keep up.

And it paid off.

Like, it actually paid off.

Fast forward to twelve years later and Miroku was still ice dancing, still partnered with one Sango Kuwashima, and the two of them were sitting in the Kiss and Cry section at the 2018 Olympics, watching their scores appear and knowing, deep in their bones, that it wouldn’t be enough. There were six other performances. The chances of maintaining even a bronze would be nigh impossible. It was their debut Olympic year, and despite placing fourth and succeeding expectations, it was a disappointment all the same. It was heart-wrenching. After twelve years of blood, sweat and tears, of practicing for ten to thirteen hours a day, nearly every day, it was—

Well. He’d leave it at heart-wrenching.

Miroku still remembered the look in Sango’s brown eyes, haunted by their mistakes as she tried to breathe out the instant, negative reactions that always cluttered her brain. It was then, tucked away behind a curtain right before they’d be forced to speak with media that Miroku cupped her face, stared her dead in the eyes, and made a vow.

Next time, he had told her. Next time, it’ll be gold. Miroku had faith: in them, in their dedication, their skill, and their chemistry.

Because here was the thing:

What most people tended to forget was that part of their job was telling a story. Ice dancing was no different than shaking it on a stage, just with different shoes and a chillier atmosphere. They were two dancers in sync to a relentless beat and a tale begging to be told.

And yes, many of those stories were intimate. Intimate in the way of lovers, most commonly, but also intimate in friendship, in hatred, in wickedness and euphoria and every emotion in between. They were ice dancing partners: whatever she did, Miroku would be there, a personal consequence to the undeniable catalyst that was Sango Kuwashima. He would always be her counterbalance, her rock. He would be there to lift her, throw her, catch her, hold her. Miroku and Sango had grown up together, had been there for firsts and seconds and everything that lay after. They had cuddled in the backseat of minivans as Sango’s father took them to practice at six in the morning. They had cried together after losing their first major competition, hands clenched tightly together.

They displayed a form of intimacy in nearly every avenue of their lives together, intimacy built on trust, on ambition, on a partnership they had dedicated themselves to since they were fourteen.

So Miroku understood, really, when people looked at them and thought: oh, you must be together. Together-together. Not just…together. Romantic versus intimate, though very few knew the difference. Again, Miroku understood. The way he danced with Sango, the way he touched her— It wasn’t like regular people did that. They were trained to look at each other at all times, to maintain eye contact, to check-in constantly with the other. It was for their partnership, which meant it was for work. They were selling a story and they were so good at it that nearly everyone was a buyer.

Still, even when they tried to explain their near-perpetual singledom, other people didn’t get it. It’s only a matter of time, they said. Why haven’t you both just confessed, others demanded.

No, Sango would tell them, firm. No, it’s not like that, not between us.

And if Miroku maybe didn’t answer, or stared a little too long, or held on a little too tight, well…

Like he said: Miroku was very good at his job.

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Breaking the Ice

by Pipistrellus

UPDATE! CHAPTER 3 NOW AVAILABLE HERE!

Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M

Fandoms: InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale

Relationships: Higurashi Kagome/InuYasha, Higurashi Kagome & InuYasha, Miroku/Sango (InuYasha), InuYasha & Kikyou (InuYasha)

Characters: InuYasha (InuYasha), Higurashi Kagome, Kikyou (InuYasha), Miroku (InuYasha), Sango (InuYasha), plus 6 more

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Ice Skating, Competitive sports, Angst with a Happy Ending, Slow Burn, plus 9 more

Summary: Inuyasha Taisho and Kikyou Inoue are one of the best competitive figure skating pairs in all of Japan. Pushing the boundaries of the sport, Kikyou is injured, ruining their shot at competing in the Japan Figure Skating National Championships. That is until their coach, Miroku, finds Kagome Higurashi, an up an coming singles skater who might be able to fill in as long as Inuyasha's gruff attitude do...

Words: 5,373 | Chapters: 3/? | Language: English | Private: Yes

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prompts meme // open

@archeracrosstime​ asked: [ WOUND ]:          upon noticing a recent injury on the receiver’s person, the sender carefully moves closer, running a thumb (or hand) across the wound in a gentle, troubled manner.(You know what lets send this to the resident monk boy who always pushes himself too far with that wind tunnel, shall we?)

It was another moment of do or die and he chose the former, it’s clear to him that the safety of his friends far exceeds his own although he does take heed to not be TOO stubborn but if he had to lay down his life for any of the outstanding people that he’s met along this journey then it was a task he would do without thinking. Majority of his injuries felt internal and whatnot, sure there were scrapes and the like over his hand but of course it was something he could handle. 

Sitting against a log the monk began wrapping the bandage along his hurt hand until it was completely covered, the canine demon and slayer Sango left into the woods in order to search for firewood and food to catch as well. Whilst it was a shame that they couldn’t find that peculiar demon that tormented a nearby village, it was still nice to know that they’ve gotten rid of a menace that would prove to be trouble in the near future.

Out of nowhere he felt a gentle touch along his hand, it hurt..badly. He must have been hurt more than he thought but of course the monk did not want to worry her. So, what better way than to get her mind off his injury than a little round of shenanigans. Gently Miroku took Kagome and brought her close for a rather chummy hug as a single arm was slumped around her. “Oh Ms Kagome, to know that your heart of everlasting light had the smallest of compassion for my well being truly means the world to me.