30 minutes later Aeron woke up and noticed that Casey was gone. "Where the heck did she go now?"
"Hate is a strong word, but I really, really, really don't like you." Aeron looked up when she heard Casey's cell ringing, the song signaling that their friend Dana was calling. "Aww man! Now I have to go find that girl!" Aeron went over to Casey's bag and pulled out her cell. "Hey Dana"
"Aeron? Why are you on Casey's phone?"
"Because I am with her right now."
"Well then let me talk to her."
"Alright, hang on; I have to go find her." Aeron walked out the door and through the castle halls, not paying attention until she ran into a hard chest and fell back on her butt. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry." Aeron said as she stood up and saw Sesshomaru. "Oh, hey Sesshomaru, do you know where Casey is?"
"Who is Sesshomaru? Aeron! Tell me!" Aeron ignored Dana as she looked at Sesshomaru.
"I believe she is out in the garden."
"thanks" Aeron said before she ran off down the hall, slightly confused as to where she was going but she eventually found the stairs that lead to the first floor and the front hall. She ran out the doors and around the side of the castle until she came across a large garden full of roses of all colors. She looked around for her friend and saw her laying on the ground next to the blue roses. "Hey Case, Dana is on the phone."
Casey didn't even open her eyes, she just held up her hand, Aeron placed it in her hand and she brought it to her ear. "'ello?"
"Hey Casey, who is Sesshomaru?"
"Umm, he is just a guy."
"Where are you guys? You weren't at school today and normally you are always at school."
"Sorry, we kind of won't be back for awhile."
"Well what's going on? Why won't you guys be back for awhile?!"
"Because we are just doing something Dana, calm down!"
"Alright, I got to go; mom is calling me to do more chores. Talk to you later!"
"Later Dana" she hung up the phone as Aeron laid down beside her.
"So what did she want?"
"Just wanted to know why we weren't at school and then I told her we might not be back for awhile and she started freaking out. Doesn't surprise me though, what would you do if some of your friends told you they weren't going to be back home for awhile."
Aeron looked over at her, "I'm still tired."
"I know what you mean, this place is just so peaceful and quiet you could easily go to sleep." Aeron nodded and they both closed their eyes. But their sleep didn't last long before a shadow was cast over them. They each opened one eye and looked up to see Sesshomaru standing above them along with another man. He had long dark blue hair and golden yellow eyes; he wore a long black coat, black pants, and a white shirt. "Hi" Casey said as she raised an arm before letting it fall back to the ground.
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes but the other man smiled, "hi, my name is Leon; you must be this Casey that Sesshomaru is telling me so much about lately."
Casey raised an eyebrow before she rolled over onto her stomach and propped her head up on her arms. "Oh really now."
Sesshomaru just looked away as Leon looked at Aeron, "and you must be Aeron, the one who randomly showed up yesterday with Inuyasha and demanded to see Casey."
"Yup, that's me! Casey can't seem to do anything unless I am there." Aeron replied as she put an arm around Casey's shoulders.
"Hey! That is not true!" Aeron laughed as she stood up and took off running away from Casey who had gotten up to chase her. They ran around the garden as Sesshomaru and Leon watched, Sesshomaru with a raised eyebrow and Leon with a smile on his face. They finally stopped running after a few minutes because Casey was starting to feel tired.
"Anyway, we came out here to talk to you, not watch you chase each other." Leon said before he grabbed the back of Aeron's shirt because she hadn't seemed to notice her friend was running out of energy.
"We came out here to tell you that you will be trained on how to use a weapon because this is a very dangerous era." Sesshomaru said as he held onto Casey's arm to make sure she didn't fall down.
"Cool, always wanted to learn how to use a sword." Casey said as she clutched Sesshomaru's shirt while she caught her breath.
Sesshomaru looked down at her as she let go, "are you alright now?"
"Yes, sorry, even with my medicine I still get tired easily." Sesshomaru guided her over to a bench, Casey sat down and looked up at him. "Thank you, you know Inuyasha said that you were a heartless demon that hated all humans and half-breeds, I don't see that side of you, you just seem like a nice person to me. If you were heartless you would have left me in the forest when I first passed out and you wouldn't have let me and Aeron stay here." Casey looked over to where Aeron and Leon had been standing to see that they were gone. "I wonder where they ran off to." Casey said as she tried to stand up but Sesshomaru pushed her back down.
"You need to rest here; I will stay with you for awhile." He said as he sat down next to her.
"Thank you."
10 minutes later Sesshomaru stood up, "come, we need to get you some new clothes, you can't wear the same thing everyday."
Casey smiled and stood up as well, "that would be good." Sesshomaru lead her over to a set of stables and had her wait outside as he went inside. Casey didn't have to wait long before Sesshomaru returned with a two-headed dragon. "Wow, mom would love to see this, she loves dragons." Casey said as she walked over and reached out her hand for the dragon to smell.
"His name is AhUn" Sesshomaru said as he watched her. The dragon sniffed her hand for a second before one of them rubbed their heads against it. Casey smiled and reached up her other hand so she could pet both heads at once.
"He is really friendly"
"Only to those who I deem as worthy to be in my presence."
"Sounds like someone has a big ego." Casey said with a smirk.
"Just get on the dragon." Sesshomaru replied. Casey walked over to him and he picked her up and placed her on the dragons' back before he got on as well behind her. "You will want to hold on."
"To what?!" Casey replied but Sesshomaru just smirked before he nudged the dragon's sides and it rose into the air at an alarming pace. "Holy crap" Casey said as she grabbed Sesshomaru's arms which were on either side of her. Sesshomaru chuckled as they continued flying. Casey looked around and Laughed lightly, "this is really awesome after you get past the take off." Sesshomaru smirked again.
They continued flying for a couple minutes before AhUn slowly started to descend to the ground. Casey looked ahead of them and saw a village. "Is that where we are going?" Sesshomaru nodded as the dragon touched down on the ground. He jumped down from the dragons back and held out his arms for Casey to jump down. She jumped and Sesshomaru caught her.
Their bodies got close and they were just looking into each others eyes. Very slowly, their faces started to get closer together but before their lips touched AhUn snorted and they jerked away from each other. "Sorry" Casey said as she looked at the ground. She was 18 and never before had she felt butterflies in her stomach when she got so close to a man.
"Let's go" Sesshomaru said before he turned and walked into the trees. Casey followed behind him and they walked through a small patch of trees before they came out of the forest and saw the village. They walked into the busy streets and to a shop that displayed expensive looking kimonos.
"Sesshomaru, you can't possibly be thinking of buying me some expensive kimonos are you?"
"So what if I am?"
"You can't, I am not worth spending that much money on!" Casey replied as she stepped in front of him right as he was about to go into the shop.
Sesshomaru leaned down so his mouth was level with her ear, "yes you are." Casey was shocked for a minute but that gave Sesshomaru enough time to move her aside and walk into the shop and start talking to the woman. Casey came out of her shocked state and went into the shop after him and looked around at all the amazing clothes. "We will need regular kimonos along with a couple of training outfits that she can fight in." Sesshomaru said to the old yet very tall woman.
The woman nodded and looked at Casey, "come here, I need to get your measurements." Casey slowly walked over to the woman and they walked behind a screen as the lady took out a tape measure. She quickly measured and wrote down the sizes before she told Casey to go back to the front of the shop and pick out material and a couple kimonos that she could wear.
Casey walked over to the large rack that held all the possible materials and looked through the colors and patters. Her eyes stopped on a bolt of black silk with a blue/silver lining. She picked it up and ran her fingers over the soft material. "Wow" she whispered quietly to herself.
Sesshomaru came up behind her, "that material would make a lovely kimono." Casey jumped, she had not noticed him walking up behind her. She turned to look at him and noticed he was hiding something behind his back.
"What are you holding Sesshomaru?" Sesshomaru smirked before he brought out a beautiful black silk kimono that had large blue roses on the sleeves and smaller ones placed in other places on the kimono along with a blue/silver obi. Casey gasped and set down the material she was holding, "Sesshomaru, this kimono is beautiful!"
Sesshomaru leaned down to her ear again, "I think it would look even more beautiful if you wore it."
Casey looked up at him, "I couldn't"
"Yes you can"
"This would be the most expensive piece of clothing I own"
"It is a present from me." She was still shocked for a moment before she nodded and walked into another room and put it on. She also twisted her long black hair up into a bun and placed the black chopsticks with blue jewels hanging down from the ends that Sesshomaru had handed her along with the beautiful outfit. She slowly walked out of the room and looked up as she heard a slight gasp that normal people wouldn't notice. She saw Sesshomaru looking at her as if she was the most beautiful thing on the earth.
"You look stunning." Sesshomaru said as he walked up to her. Casey blushed and looked at the floor "thank you" Sesshomaru grabbed her chin gently and lifted up her head, "no need to be ashamed of your beauty."
She blushed again and tried to turn her head away but his hand kept it from going anywhere. "I'm not ashamed; it's just that no one has ever called me beautiful before you."
"Well then you have a lot of blind people in your time." Sesshomaru let go of her chin and they walked up to the counter, "I already picked out the materials for your kimonos while you were changing."
"Okay" Sesshomaru looked up at the woman, "we will take this kimono along with these" he said as he laid down about 5 more on the counter. Casey was shocked that he was spending so much money on her. The woman nodded and told him how much it would be and he paid her.
She folded the kimonos and placed them in a basket and handed them to Casey, "your other kimonos will be ready in a week, you may come pick them up then."
"Just have them sent to the castle." Sesshomaru replied and the woman nodded. Sesshomaru and Casey walked out of the shop and back to AhUn. Sesshomaru gently placed Casey on the dragons' back before he got up in front of her, "since you have to ride side-saddle I have to sit in front of you so you can hang on since you can't hang on with your legs." Sesshomaru said as he saw the slight sad look on her face. She nodded and wrapped her arms around his waist as the dragon lifted up off the ground.