Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha

Just as a note, if you've read my other IY fic, you'll see that he hooked up with Kagome. I wasn't an IY yaoi fan in the beginning. However I read a few good ones, and found that I have nothing against it. I am a yaoi fan for certain things *cough heero/duo and tas/chi cough* and while I think that Inu/Kag and San/Mir make great couples, I'm not opposed to some yaoi. So I figured, why not try my hand at this? I wrote some a while back for Gundam Wing, maybe I'll clean that up and post it someday, so its not my first yaoi, but it's the first one other ppl have read. Right, enough rambling.

R & R please!

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It was a quiet summer evening. The darkness slowly settled upon the forest. A small fire belonging to a group of travelers could be seen through the trees. It was just another evening.

"Hentai!"

The girl's shout, followed by the sound of flesh hitting flesh, cut through the silence.

Sango lowed her hand and moved around the fire to sit by Kagome. Kagome gave her a small grin as she sat, then returned to stirring the ramen in a pot over the fire. A little kitsune pup sat on her shoulder, giggling. On the other side of the fire, was a monk with a large hand shaped bruise on his cheek. Blinking, he lowed his hand from where Sango's butt had been a moment before.

"Feh, can't you keep your hands to yourself lecher?" InuYasha asked, dropping out of a tree and landing by the fire. "Such beauty should be appreciated." Miroku said, rubbing his bruised cheek. "Look but don't touch." Kagome suggested. "I said DON'T touch! Osuwari!" She yelled as InuYasha tried to sneak a taste of the ramen. "It's not ready yet." she scolded. "Bitch." came a mutter from the hanyou on the ground.

It was just another evening.

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"When will he learn?" Sango asked with a sigh, the next morning. She pulled her hair up above her shoulders and sank down in the hot pool. Kagome slid into the water and squeezed some shampoo into her hand. "Maybe he's afraid you'll reject him." she said. Sango laughed. "Reject him? All he does is grab my butt and ask girls to bear his child. Who wouldn't reject him?" as she finished, she dunked her head under the water.

"You like him don't you?" Kagome asked, as Sango's head emerged from the water. Sango looked away, hoping Kagome would think the pink flush on her face was from the hot water. "I just wish he wasn't such a pervert. What about you?" Sango said, quickly changing the subject. "I've seen the way you look at InuYasha." Kagome blushed. "If only I didn't have to worry about Kikyou." she said softly. "Here." she said quickly, and held out the shampoo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Miroku watched InuYasha, sitting on the other side of the burned out fire, out of the corner of his eyes. He wondered what InuYasha would do if he went over and kissed him. That fairly innocent thought led to less innocent ones. Miroku stood up and stretched, trying to put the thought of removing InuYasha's hakama out of his mind. "Don't even think about it." InuYasha said. Miroku looked over at the hanyou in shock. "Think about what?" he asked, nervously. InuYasha smirked. "Spying on the girls bath. Sit back down." he said. Miroku sat in relief. "Don't want me to accidentally see Kagome-sama naked?" he asked teasingly, glad InuYasha couldn't have been further from the truth. InuYasha looked at him in annoyance. "Why would I care if you saw her naked? I'm more worried about getting sat if you do." he said. "But you love her, don't you?" Miroku asked, a strange note in his voice.

InuYasha looked startled. "Love her? No. Like maybe, but I don't love her." he said as if it was obvious. "You love Kikyou-sama then." Miroku reasoned. InuYasha glared. "What is it with you humans and love?" he asked. Now it was Miroku's turn to be startled. "And demons don't love?" he said curiously. InuYasha shrugged. "It's hard to explain." he muttered. "So try anyway." pressed Miroku. InuYasha took a deep breath.

"Demons have lovers, and mates. But they are different. A male will find a female that he thinks will produce strong offspring with him. But demons are built to breed. When we mate, the female will become pregnant, there is no way to stop it. And so the demon will find other mates and if he is lucky he may even find a lover.

The lovers will be by their sides, and be devoted to them. The mates are only for procreation and it is not uncommon for both lovers to have several mates. Almost like humans, 2 human lovers marry, and some humans hire geisha's. Demons may have feelings for their mates, but the mates are only for when the demon wants offspring." InuYasha paused, wondering what else to say.

"But if there's no way to stop the female from becoming pregnant, then the lovers don't mate?" Miroku asked. InuYasha shook his head. "No, the lovers can mate all they want." he answered. Miroku frowned, still confused. "But don't they end up having children too?" he asked. InuYasha blushed. "They can't, because - -" he trailed off. "Because why?" Miroku pressed. InuYasha shrugged. "I'll go see if the girls are done, I could use a bath." He stood up and rushed off into the trees before Miroku could stop him. He frowned. "Why wouldn't he tell me?" he whispered.

"Wanna know?" asked an eager young voice. Miroku jumped in surprise and turned around. Shippou had been hidden in Kagome's sleeping bag and had woken up and crawled out. "Sure kid, tell me." Miroku said. Shippou hopped over to him and sat down in front of him. "I'm not sure why, they said I'd understand when I was older." Shippou began. "But mom was dad's mate. And dad had a lover too, but they couldn't have kids." Miroku rolled his eyes. "I know that, but why not?" he pressed.

"I dunno. But when I grow up, I'll have a pretty kitsune girl as my mate, and a cute kitsune boy as my lover." Shippou said. Miroku's eye's widened. "You mean a girl as your lover right?" he asked sharply. Shippou shook his head. "No, demons boys always have boy lovers and girl mates. That's how it works."