Heart To Heart - Chapter One
Learning

A pleasantly mild summer day found Sango and Kagome seperated from their male companions, taking additional salvage from the heat in a cool pond they had come across. The surroundings were pleasingly quaint; the small, somewhat shallow body of water was surrounded by rocks and a few feet of plush grass on all sides before giving way to forest. There was no sound but the occasional chirp of a bird or a splash as one of the two moved in the water, adding to the relaxing, lazy atmosphere. Well, it should have been - but as she sat on a large stone toward the middle of the pond, cupping water with her hands and dribbling it over herself, Kagome sensed Sango's unease beside her. The taijiya was sitting a few feet to Kagome's left, squirming in the water and nervously tracing circles in the surface of the pond. Kagome's voice seemed to take her by surprise.

"Nani, Sango-chan? Is something wrong?"

Sango let out a pent-up breath and opened her mouth to speak.

"Um...no, nothing, Kagome-chan...thank you."

The two caught each other's eyes for a few seconds, and finally Sango caved under Kagome's questioning stare.

"Well, it's just that...well, I've been doing some thinking. Naraku's dead, I've avenged Kohaku and my parents' and my whole villages' suffering...everyone else seems to be happy, and I suppose I should be too. But it's just...I feel like I still, well, um, I still want something more." She let out an abrupt and mildly uncharacteristic chuckle before continuining. "I'm definately not trying to deny it any more, my feelings are so clear that I'd be an idiot to not admit to myself that I have them. It's just...awkward sometimes, feeling the way I do...feeling the way I do about Houshi-sama..."

Sango turned to Kagome to find her smiling softly back at her, understanding and an undertone of relief in her eyes. "I've known for a long time, Sango-chan, that you felt strongly for him. You may not have admitted it to yourself, Sango, but your actions showed it a long time ago." A small blush graced Sango's cheeks. She couldn't find anything sensible to say at the moment, so she just smiled weakly back at Kagome and quipped, "You can notice that so well, and yet you can't notice how Inu Yasha feels about you?" This time Kagome blushed. She set her chin in her hands and couldn't help smiling in slight embarrasment. "Thanks, Sango-chan." was all she said.

A rather awkward silence followed, and Sango finally broke it by saying, "It still feels kind of strange...I feel like I'm not supposed to feel that way about Houshi-sama. I shouldn't like him in that way." Her voice feel for the next statement. "...When I'm just another warm female body for him to grope." Kagome squeezed water out of her hair, and Sango fixed her eyes onto the ripples that the waterdrops made, avoiding Kagome's eyes as she answered. "I don't think so, Sango-chan! I've seen the way Miroku-sama looks at you. It's different from the way he looks at other girls. Whether or not you believe it, I think he has some feelings specially for you." Sango looked up to Kagome at that. She blushed lightly again as she spoke.

"Heh...thanks, Kag. I hope...it's still kinda weird though, you know? He's the first guy I've ever genuinely been in love with." Kagome's eyes closed for a moment, then opened halfway, her lips curving into a shy smile as she answered, "Yeah, I know exactly how you feel. I felt the same way when I first realized how I felt about Inu Yasha. But now, loving him is just another part of my day." A few second passed and then Sango said, with her blush strengthening to a crimson color; "Also...well...I don't have any experience. Ever since I could walk, I was taught to be a skilled taijiya, and that's the way I lived by. I never had time for a boyfriend. I wouldn't...heh...know how to please him." Kagome's brows furrowed in thought at the last comment, and slowly she inched closer to her friend. Then, without warning, Kagome reached a hand out and grasped Sango's hand, pulling Sango the rest of the way to her.

Sango gasped quietly as Kagome drew her up onto the rocks surrounding the pool and moved to sit behind her. The gasp grew in strength as Sango suddenly felt a plane of hot skin stretch against her back, and two hands reaching under her arms to cup her breasts. She looked down to see Kagome's hands softly toying with them as she pressed herself into Sango's back, a few random wisps of wet black hair tickling Sango's cheek and shoulder. Kagome's voice came as soft, slow whisper. "Well, I've never been touched either...but I've had a lot of dreams where Inu-kun would touch me real gently, kinda like this..." Sango's breath caught in her throat as Kagome pinched a nipple between her thumb and forefinger, before continuing. "I'm sure Miroku-sama wants to touch only you like this."

The only vocalization Sango could manage was a hoarse whisper. "K-Kagome...I don't know..." With this, Kagome released Sango's breasts and turned her so that they were facing each other. Her voice was confident. "Sango! I know her cares about you. I say you take the chance and just..." Sango had barely noticed Kagome's hands coming up to rest on her shoulders, until one of the hands quickly moved behind her neck and drew Sango forward, crushing her lips against Kagome's. Kagome said nothing, and did nothing but softly kissed her, leading not with experience but simply instinct. Sango felt herself going rather pleasantly numb as Kagome's tongue shyly poked out from her mouth, licking her lips and unwittingly causing Sango to open her mouth against the other girlss, allowing Kagome to softly touch Sango's tongue with her own.

As Kagome pulled away, her head was dipped down and her bangs covered her eyes in shadow, but Sango could hear the sincerity in her voice. "Sango...I know Miroku has feelings for you. You may not have seen how he looks at you, but I have. Trust me, Sango." Sango didn't know quite what to think as she felt herself smiling. "I just...thanks, Kag. I've had so many dreams too..." she trailed off and Kagome moved herself to sit beside Sango. She raised herself up to her knees and pushed herself against Sango, placing a hand on her arm. That hand trailed down her arm, over to her stomach and ever-so-slowly downwards, until Kagome was making soft, horizontal strokes directly above the patch of black hair at Sango's crotch. Her voice was airy and light, but still sincere. "Learn from them, Sango...act on your deepest desires. We can both learn..."

Sango stiffened slightly at the advancements, quickly closing and reopening her eyes as she whispered, "Kagome..." Her friend's voice remained steady. "Just relax. You're my best friend, Sango-chan, and I wanna learn with you...but tell me if you want me to stop." Sango's brain formulated a response, which came to her lips faster than she realized. "No...go...on..." So Kagome continued her soft stroking, leaning her head in closer as she shifted to be in front of Sango again, and dropped her lips to Sango's collarbone. She placed a soft kiss there, then trailed her way over Sango's pulse and to the top of her right breast. In a few seconds, Sango felt a shocking, electric sensation as Kagome's lips tentatively closed over her nipple, taking into her mouth and sucking slightly. Sango's hand flew up from it's resting place on the ground, finding it's way the back of Kagome's head and tangling the fingers into her hair, holding the girl down to her chest. The sensation was overwhelming. And incredibly wonderful.

Kagome continued to run her tongue languidly over Sango's nipple, squeezing the similar peak of the other breast in her fingers. The blood was running to Sango's chest, and gathering at the tips of her breasts to perk her nipples and shift their color to a darker shade of pink. Sango moaned almost inaudibly as she ran her hands through Kagome's hair, holding onto her as she switched breasts and gave the left one equal treatment. The unexpected pleasure ended all too soon, however, as Kagome lifted her head from Sango's chest and took a deep breath. She looked intently at her friend with a small smile playing across her features, and a hint of a blush starting on her cheeks and nose.

Sango returned Kagome's smile, and felt Kagome take a hold of her wrists to gently push her down to the ground. Sango's back hit the soft grass, and Kagome settled herself atop her, her hair falling as a black curtain around her and Sango's faces. Kagome balanced herself on one hand and lifted the other to stroke Sango's stomach, sweeping down from right below her breasts to her lower abdomen. Sango involuntarily gasped and closed her eyes, lips pursing to hold back a moan. Kagome slightly shifted their position once more, so Sango was half-sitting up against a large rock behind her, and Kagome's knees were settled on the ground between Sango's legs. Sliding down some, Kagome brought a hand to the lower regions of Sango's stomach again, this time continuing downwards to stroke her mound through the soft curls.

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