I'm happy that people enjoyed the 1st chapter! I actually haven't finished the story yet. But it is coming along really well. I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as you liked the 1st one! Thanks for all the cool reviews everyone!

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Chapter 2: An Adventure at the Hot spring

The warmth from the sun brushed across Sango's face. She sat up, momentarily forgetting where she was. Then it hit her like a ton of bricks. The game, the bet, Sesshomaru. She looked around and saw Rin, Jakken, and Au-Un. Sesshomaru was missing.

"Well..he's probably getting food or something." Sango thought.

"Good morning Sango!" Rin said as she ran over to her.

"Good morning Rin." Sango replied. Sesshomaru returned a little while later with breakfast. He prepared breakfast for everyone. After eating, Sesshomaru looked at Sango.

"We're going to be traveling today." he said to her as he started toward the West. She followed him without question. After traveling for sometime, Jakken spoke.

"Lord Sesshomaru, Rin would like to take her bath today." Without saying a word, Sesshomaru changed his path and led them all toward a hot spring.

The hot spring was surrounded by smooth rocks and pillow soft grass. Rin eagerly ran over to the hot spring and jumped in. Sesshomaru decided to think about what he had gotten himself into, so he made his cloud and took to the sky. Away from it all. Sango was about to sit down when Rin called to her.

"Sango! Can you help me wash my back?" she asked.

"Why not? Sango thought. A dip in a hotspring might be just the thing to cure Sango's confusion. Sango quickly undressed and slowly made her way into the hot spring. She grabbed a washcloth Rin had and washed her back. Then Rin looked at Sango and asked her,

"Sango, are you gonna be Rin's new mommy?" Sango was shocked.

"Er.. Rin-" Sango started to say, but was cut off by Rin's scream.

"AAAAHHHH! WOLF DEMON!"

Sesshomaru was floating on his cloud. His feelings, these strange unfamiliar feelings, were growing stronger.

"Why her? Why did I insist on making that stupid bet?"

He was angry with himself. He didn't know what to do. He had to let out some steam. He flew farther away as fast as he could, as if flying away from the problem would make it go away. Then, he heard a scream from the direction of the "problem" he was desperately trying to get away from.

"Rin!" he said and flew as quickly as he could toward Rin. Rin was all he could think about. Was she hurt? Who hurt her? Whoever was causing Rin to scream would pay. As he came closer, he sniffed the air.

"A wolf demon? Oh no." Sesshomaru said, knowing Rin was terrified of wolves ever since Koga's wolves had killed her.

"AHHHHH!" Rin screamed, running out of the hot spring. She grabbed her kimono, wrapped it around her, and hid behind Au-Un. The wolf demon had long black hair, like Naraku's, glowing red eyes, and huge fangs that glistened in the light of the sun. He let out a low growl, his sights were set on Rin. Jakken was running around in circles, screaming for Sesshomaru. Meanwhile, Sango had gotten out of the hot spring and picked up her boomerang.

"HIRAIKOTSU!" Sango yelled as she hurled it at the demon. It hit him, but only knocked him down. He was quickly back on his feet and charging at Sango!

"SANGO!" Rin yelled and closed her eyes.

She couldn't bare to watch. Neither could Sango, who had her eyes closed, awaiting her fate. When Rin didn't hear Sango yell, she opened her eyes. Sesshomaru had swept down from the sky and picked up Sango just in time. Sango opened her eyes and looked up to see Sesshomaru carrying her. He quickly placed her down away from the demon and went over to Rin. He held her tightly as she clung to him and took to the sky once again. Sango looked down and blushed. She quickly grabbed a kimono and covered herself up. Then she grabbed Hiraikotsu and finished off the wolf demon. He let out a mighty roar as his life was ended by the beautiful demon slayer.

Sesshomaru came back when he saw Sango had killed the demon. Sango looked at Sesshomaru. She realized how much he cared for Rin.

"He might not be so emotionless after all." she thought. Sesshomaru looked at Sango,

"Thank you for protecting Rin in my absence and ..sorry for invading your privacy, but it was a matter of life and death." he said, commenting on picking her up while she was...exposed. Sango blushed.

"Uh..it's okay Sesshomaru. I should be thanking you for saving my life."

Sesshomaru didn't say anything. He place Rin down and started setting up camp. Later on, Rin yawned and spoke,

"Good night Lord Sesshomaru. Good night Sango. Thank you for protecting me."

She went over to Sango and hugged her. Sango, surprised, hugged her back.

"Your welcome Rin, good night." Sango said. Rin looked at Sango and Sesshomaru and just smiled. Then she went to bed.

Sango stared at the fire as the golden reddish flames danced acrossed Sesshomaru's icy face.

"Maybe staying with him might not be so bad." she thought. "He is actually quite caring when you get to know him. He's also kinda cute. Wait. What am I saying. I don't... No..."

Sango was confused. She couldn't possibly like Sesshomaru. Although she hadn't even thought about Miroku while she was with him. He did save her life.

"Why did he save me? He could've let me die and saved Rin instead. But he saved me. A human. I thought he didn't like humans. That's almost, kinda, sweet of him. What am I saying? A demon and a demon slayer could never have a relationship, especially a demon like Sesshomaru." She knew she had some feelings for him, but she had to suppress them. No matter what.

Sesshomaru was having his own thoughts as well.

"I saved her life only because she protected Rin. If she hadn't risked her own life for Rin, I never would have saved her."

Sesshomaru was trying to convince himselfthat there was nothing between him and Sango.

"She is just a human, right? I mean, she is an impressive fighter and she did save Rin, someone she barely knows. And even if I did like her, I could never tell her. What would she say? My reputation would be ruined. I swore to myself I would never end up like my father or Inuyasha, falling in love with a mortal. It's absurd. I could have any female demon, but I don't want any. Dare I say...I want..." Sesshomaru looked up at Sango who was staring at him.

"Yes Sango?" Sesshomaru asked.

Sango hadn't realized she had been staring at him.

"Uh. sorry I didn't realize I was-" Sango said as she looked up at him. Their eyes meet. For the first time, Sango was seeing the real Sesshomaru. His eyes weren't cold as they usually were. They had a soft almost loving look to them. Sesshomaru knew his expression was saying it all. He knew Sango had feelings for the monk, but he had to see if they were still there. It was now or never and he wasn't going to let this opportunity pass him by. As he gazed into her big chocolate colored eyes, he spoke softly.

"Sango. I've never been good at expressing my feelings, so this is very hard for me. I-"

"Sesshomaru, are you saying you have feelings for me?" Sango interrupted, while gazing back into his frosty auburn eyes.

Sesshomaru hesitated. "Yes." was all he said.

Sango blushed and said in a whisper, "Me too."

Then Sesshomaru did something completely out of character. He flashed Sango a smile. A warm smile that seemed to melt his icy expression. Sango was shocked. All she could do was smile back. She knew this would be a rare occurrence. Then Sesshomaru's smiled faded as he asked.

"What about the monk? Do you still care for him?" Sesshomaru asked, bracing himself for the answer.

"I... He will always hold a place in my heart. I will always care about him, but not in the same way I care about you, Sesshomaru." Sango said with a smile. Sesshomaru smiled again.

"Good night Sango" and with that said, he went to sleep.

Okay that's all for now. Yeah, I know the relationship developed quickly, but I couldn't wait. (Hehe ). I hope that didn't ruin my story. There is a lot more to it. Hint: Miroku is going to get invovled in the upcoming chapters! Oh, the drama! What will happen? Please review on this chapter. Thanks!

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