Tears of the Sea

Chapter 13

  Two days later, Sanosuke and Miroku were hanging out at home while Shippo laid on the floor taking a nap. They were right in the middle of a game of cards when Megumi came dancing     through the door.

“I’m back!” She appeared so suddenly, they both dropped their cards on the floor. Shippo was so startled he jumped right up to his feet.

“Geez, Megumi! Try to give us all heart attacks why don’t you?!” Sanosuke stated as he picked up his cards.

“Oh you’ll get over it.” She said with a big smile on her face.

“What are you so giddy about?” Miroku asked. Smiling, Megumi held out an envelop.

“Tadah! I have our pictures from the mermaid kingdom developed!” Miroku and Sanosuke smiled.

“That sure was fast.”

“Gotta love the overnight development deal.” Taking out the photos, Megumi spread them along the table.

“Awe! Look at this one of Ayame and Suzume. Aren’t they so cute?” Sanosuke rolled his eyes.

“Sure whatever you say. This is what I’m talking about.” He grinned as he held up a picture of Kikyo, Kaede, Philia, and Tae. Megumi slapped her hand over her face.

“Sanosuke, you are such a pig.” Sanosuke's face turned bright red.

“I am not!” Miroku just smiled as he looked at the picture of Sango. He was surprised how well they all turned out. Megumi and Sanosuke just stared at him smiling. Miroku finally looked up.

“What?”

“Oh nothing.” Sanosuke held up a picture.

“Hey check this out.” Miroku and Megumi leaned forward.

“Oh, it's the picture I took of King Makoto and Queen Yumi. Don’t you think Queen Yumi has such a sweet smile?” Megumi pointed out.

“I sure do. Especially for a mother of 13. I bet any human mother wouldn’t be sane after having that many children.” Miroku pointed out.

“I know I wouldn’t.” Megumi stated blushing. Miroku picked up another photo.

“Hey, here’s a picture of the mermaid's tear.” Sanosuke and Megumi peered over his shoulders.

“Wow! That turned out a lot better than I thought it would.” Sanosuke stated.

“Not very many people see such a big pearl. I can only imagine what the investigation agency would do if they found out we know where it is.” Megumi stated.

“They’d freak out that’s for sure.” They all laughed at Sanosuke's comment. Just then, something caught Miroku's eye. He reached over and pulled out a photo. Suddenly, his face turned bright red.

“What is it, Miroku? Whats wrong?” Megumi and Sanosuke peered over his shoulders.

“Oh boy.”

“Oh dear.” It turned out to be a picture of Miroku and Sango hugging each other.

“Someone want to explain to me what this is doing in here?” He said with his face bright red. Megumi looked up at the ceiling while Sanosuke turned away and started whistling. Miroku flared up.

“You two were spying on us weren’t you?!” He shouted staring directly at his sister.

“Oh well, it wasn’t exactly spying. We were just keeping an eye on you that’s all.”

“How is that any different?!”

“Take it easy, man. It's not like the two of you ever had anything to hide. Besides, we couldn’t even hear what you were talking about so we weren’t really spying.” Sanosuke stated. Miroku turned his attention to him.