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Chapter Two
Questions Left Unanswered
Ah-Un and Moro had flown for hours across the land, and Rin was getting a bit tired and sore. Slowly, she began to fall asleep, and Moro was forced to fly slower than before to help lower the risk of her falling off. Getting just out of earshot, she eased her pace to a more gradual step. Jaken, who had been looking down upon them, turned to Sesshomaru and asked, "Lord Sesshomaru, why did you let the filthy human and wolf to join us?" "They came on their own accord," replied Sesshomaru, keeping his gaze ahead. "Huh," said Jaken, looking back. "That wolf," thought Sesshomaru to himself. "Only wolves of the northern tribe can fly like that. Yet..." he drifted off and looked back to see Rin slung over Moro's shoulders like a doll. "They were killed over a hundred years ago. Every single one of them."
Realizing that they had reached their destination, he urged Ah-Un down from the sky and landed in a clearing, with Moro joining them not long after. It was a small clearing with tons of mud all around and a few trees. A little hut could be seen at the edge of the woods. There was no fire, making it look like a desolate building standing there with no purpose. Jaken was first to jump down from Ah-Un's back to look around, giving Sesshomaru the opportunity to stomp on him as he dismounted. "Ack!" he cried as his face was smashed into the endless mud. Rin, too tired to even laugh, gave a sort of weak little smile. The landing had woken her up, but not all the way. "Come," ordered Sesshomaru as he headed for the hut. Moro nodded and followed, leaving Ah-Un to sniff at the odd thing sitting in the mud.
After lighting a fire and setting up a decent camp, Moro sat down by the fire, letting Rin rest her head upon her paw like a pillow. She was alseep before Jaken could even pull out what little food from Ah-Un's saddlebags they had. Moro snorted at the meager morsles before slowly getting up, so as not to disturb Rin. Walking towards the forest, she looked back to Sesshomaru and bowed her head slightly before starting off in a light jog into the trees. Sesshomaru cocked an eyebrow at the sight of a wolf bowing its head, but he discarded the thought and watched as Jaken cooked the food for himself.
Only moments later, Moro came back, a young fawn's neck in her mouth. It was freshly killed, and the blood's scent was enough to drive any normal predator wild with hunger. She trotted over, carefully avoiding the mud to keep the kill clean, and set it down before the fire. She took one bite, chewed it, then left the rest to go and lay down by Rin. Once again, Sesshomaru was curious of her actions, but he kept it to himself.
After Rin had been set in the hut with Jaken to watch her, although he was probably asleep himself, Moro and Sesshomaru headed out to sit outside, Sesshomaru by the fire and Moro by the door. For hours, they stared at each other, occasionally turning away to follow the quick movements of gnats or the choppy swish of the moth. Sesshomaru, so full of unanswered questions, did not mutter a single word. "Who is the wolf exactly? Why did the Tenseiga incline me to save Rin? And why do they follow so?" Questions like these, left with no answers, continued to haunt him until he finally spoke.
"You run after that human like a tame dog. You cannot be an ordinary wolf," he stated, simple as that. It was a rude comment, yet a starter none the less. Moro looked at Sesshomaru with revered silence as he was losing his patience. "Tell me, or your life will disappear as quickly as the human's was restored." She cocked her head a little in confusion, still silent. Sesshomaru began to growl menacingly, lifting his claws threateningly. Moro, out of shere intelligence, finally said, "Would it be better if I were demon?"
This startled Sesshomaru for a moment as registered her ability to speak. "So, you can talk," he said out of annoyance. "Apparently," she replyed with slight sarcasm. Sesshomaru didn't like the tone, but he couldn't do anything, for Moro stood up and left to the woods. Sesshomaru looked on after her, glaring to his heart's content.
Moro returned by late dawn, immediately seeing to Rin before anything else. Finding that she was still asleep, Moro nudged her with her muzzle and said, Rin, wake up. Rin's eyes opened slowly at first, but when shee noticed Moro hovering over her, she sprang up and yawned. "Good morning, Moro!" she said brightly. Good morning, little one. How was your night? "Oh, it was wonderful! I had a dream about us flying high up over the sky!" Sounds exciting. Come, Jaken is cooking breakfast. I believe we are to leave soon, said Moro, looking out the doorway. "Ok! I'll be right out!" Moro nodded and left the hut, and as Rin watched her go, she noticed that Moro was now slightly taller than before.
After breakfast was served and eaten, everything was packed and put away into Ah-Un's saddle bags. Sesshomaru began to mount the dragon as Moro spoke with Rin. Rin, there is something that I need to take care of. Go, and I will find you when I need to, said Moro. "Rin, come." "Yes Lord Sesshomaru!" Moro waited for a moment to watch Rin climb up on Ah-Un's back before darting into the woods.