A/N: I do not own the Inuyasha characters. Any others are mine though.
Chapter 3: A Simple Talk
She woke again later pulling a strange warmth closer around her. A stronger heat soon became noticable from nearby as she opened her eyes to see a fire not far from where she lay. With a tired yawn she stretched her tired muscles and sat up letting the snow white pelt fall from her form. She looked again at the pelt with a start before she remembered what had happened. What she didn't understand was why Sesshomaru would cover her with his pelt. She ignored the pelt for now as she would probably never get a real answer anyway. Sesshomaru never gave a real answer for anything. She mentally shook her head before looking around the small clearing to find no one in sight.
A frown reached her lips as she sat there wondering why Sesshomaru would leave her here with his pelt. After a moment she gave a shrug deciding she would think about it later. That was when she heard the rustling in the trees nearby making her tense and look around for some kind of weapon. It was probably useless at this point. If she could hear them then they were already too close. Before she managed to find something a person dressed in white entered the clearing. She did not relax as she looked up but nor did she panic when she saw him. She was almost certain that Sesshomaru would not harm after letting her sleep with his pelt.
"Goodmorning, Sesshomaru-sama," she greeted quietly. She made sure to add the honorific as there was no chance in sight that she would ever be able to tell his current mood. He stood silently watching her.
"Hn," he responded after a moment. It was all anyone really got out of him anyway. He dropped a skinned rabbit beside the fire near her before moving to sit against a tree on the other side of the clearing. She stared at the hare in shock for a moment before moving toward it.
"Thank you," she whispered as she began to clean off the dirt and prepare it for cooking the best she could. He had already done the task of skinning it so that was not a problem. She was thankful for that. She disliked that part of hunting for food in this era. It had taken her a while to learn what to do with it in the first place. In only a few minutes she had the small rabbit cooking over the fire. She watched it quietly to make sure it would not burn.
"I will return you to my half-brother after you have finished." She heard him say it and openly cringed at his words. Realizing what she did she looked up hoping he had not noticed. No such luck though. He sat there with his gaze locked on her with a slight tilt of his brow. She gave a soft sigh before returning to the hare. "This displeases you?"
She looked up sharply at his words. She had never thought he would care what she thought. He never had before. Heck, he had never even spoken to her before. It was strange just being in his presence without Inuyasha there and them fighting. She watched him for a moment before giving a soft sigh and answering, "Yes."
He said nothing and just sat watching the girl. This was the first time he had ever spent time with her when his brother was not around. The impression he had from the hanyou was that she was his intended. He knew she was not already his mate as her scent was still pure. She said nothing more after he answered his question. He did not expect her too. He was soon to find that this girl was full of surprises though.
"He never pays attention to me," she started talking not even paying attention to the fact that this was Sesshomaru and there was no way that he would actually care about what she had to say. "All he ever does is run off to Kikyo whenever her stupid soul catchers are nearby. And then he still has the gall to tell me that he's done with her. He didn't go off to her for a whole six months. He had asked for me to mate him and then the same night that he asks me he goes and mates with the damn corpse instead." She paused for a moment. It was only long enough to take a few short breaths though. She was not even looking at the taiyoukai.
"I catch them in the act and he has the gall to sound confused. As if he actually thought he was mating with me. The damn hanyou thinks it's hard to tell the difference between the two of us. He even thought I was her when he first saw me at the Goshinboku. I hadn't even been here for more than a day and already I was being mistaken for a dead bitch. Later he even had the gall to tell me to change clothes because I looked like her. He didn't say that was why but I knew. There was no way I couldn't when all he did for the longest time was compare me to her. There's no way I would ever want to willingly go back to that insufferable mutt," she finished. She hadn't even realized she was speaking so harshly until she pulled her clenched fists up forcefully and brought some grass with them. She blushed slightly before she remembered who was in the clearing with her. Her blush darkened as she looked up to find the demon lord still regarding her. If she didn't know any better she might think that he was even interested in what she had to say.
"Why do you not just leave him then?" he asked surprising them both. Somehow this human intrigued him enough to merit his curiousity. He had never thought he would be participating in a conversation with his half-brothers' wench.
"Because I have to finish collecting the shards." He could smell the honesty of her answer. He could also scent the determination to complete her task. A small sense of respect for the woman came to him as he realized her sense of honor. He stayed silent for a bit after her answer waiting to see if she would say anything else.
"Why do you not do so one your own then?" He mentally cursed the miko as he realized he was still continuing a conversation with her. He couldn't seem to help himself though. It seemed it was necessary for him to talk with the woman for some insane reason. He watched as she looked up with a timid expression. She was blushing again. He had to admit she looked quit good that way. It took him a moment before he registered the thought and mentally kicked himself for thinking such a thing.
"I can't defend myself," she answered in a rather quiet voice. He heard it of course but it surprised him enough that he was almost tempted to say what and have her repeat herself. He knew she had actually said it though and refrained from making a fool of himself. He sat quietly regarding her for a while as the hare he had given her finished and she began eating. It seemed he had to change his plans of what he would do with the girl. She did not want to return to the half-breed and she could not be out on her own. With a harsh mental sigh and another mental kick he made his decision swearing that he knew he would regret his decision. The only good thing from it would be he would have another reason to kill Inuyasha.
"I will teach you," he said. She looked up shocked at her words. She had the thought the conversation finished and now he comes at her with this? The best she could do for a long time was just stare at the demon lord in complete shock.
A/N: Ok I know that this is actually a really long time coming for the next chapter of this one. I actually hate when I do this but I just could not figure out a way to continue this for the longest of times. This just randomly came to me though. Let me know what you all think. I hope it's good.
