Hello again, round 4, this is my last update till next weekend so enjoy. DP
Kagome gave a heavy sigh as she stoked the fire in the small hut she was confined to, it had been two days since that leopard demon's appearance, though she was fairly glad for it, she wasn't so thrilled about being stuck here, how would anyone ever find her out in this Iceland? She was pulled from her line of thought when a thud was heard outside, the door to the cut flung open and the leopard demon basically flung poor Rin into the room. "Get in there you human brat." He seethed and then was gone, the door closed behind him. Kagome had caught the girl from landed roughly against something, Rin was near in tears. Kagome ran her hand along the young girls back to try and sooth her. "Are you alright Rin? You are not hurt are you?" Rin burst into tears, in between heart breaking sobs the girl explained her situation. "They stole me from Lord Sesshomaru, he was in trouble." She angrily wiped tears away, trying to make herself stop.
"They also stole his sword, I'm okay, though he was mean to me when I almost escaped." Rin quieted down her sniffles, still drying her tears rapidly as they fell on her small cheeks. "Rin, were you awake the whole time he brought you here?" She watched the little girl nod as she caught her breath. "It's okay Rin, I am sure Sesshomaru will be here soon to get you back, don't worry he is a strong demon." She watched Rin nod again, her tears finally stopping. "Kagome how long have you been here?" Kagome thought a moment. "Well, I think three days, I don't know how long I was out though, could be four. Rin, I need to think, while you were traveling with that demon, if you could see around, can you guess how far we are from a village? We might be able to walk out of here while there is no one here to stop us." Kagome didn't believe they were that far away from civilization, there was villages everywhere, she figured the leopard was just using that as a tactic to keep her there.
She watched the young girl scrunch her nose in thought. "Probably two days travel to the west. We were traveling about the speed My Lord and I travel, when he carries me sometimes." Rin said a little shyly. Two days toward the west, we would have to spend the night out doors, and figure something out to better keep ourselves warm as we traveled. Kagome released a sigh. She had been thinking about that for a couple days. Only thing she came up with was take some hay from the roof and stuff their clothing, and she thought she might be able to strip the material from the bedding she had been stuck sleeping on last couple days. "Rin tomorrow will we try to escape, well as long as that demon isn't around, besides Sesshomaru is probably coming from the west, we might run across him hopefully before anything else finds us."
So the two girls started their work, Kagome stood on the pile of wood to reach the roof on tip toes gradually tugging chunks of hay down until she figured they had enough, staring at the bedding afterward picked at the seams of the covering over it, she could get it off, it was thick like a shawl, so she could split it easily between her and Rin. Kagome worked determinedly picking at the seams with a sharp ended stick and after a couple hours she had the seams loose, and soon two thick pieces of material they could wrap themselves in. Kagome refused to be here a sitting duck, tomorrow morning, they would try to escape, and hopefully make it out. *****
The dawn had just broken and Kagome stirred Rin from her sleep, the girl soon up and about pacing nervous like, though they stuffed their clothes thoroughly with the chunks of hay, and Kagome wrapped Rin up good in one of the material pieces. The priestess also stuffed her pockets full of kindling for a fire to be built tonight, along with several dried meat strips. They both ate before Kagome cautiously opened the door to the outside winter wonderland. Kagome slowly shuffled outside into the snow, looking around to make sure no one was in sight. She waited a couple minutes and motioned Rin to follow. Kagome had thoroughly stoked the fire in the hut to make it look good that they were still there. That would buy them some time if a demon did show up. Taking Rin's hand they quickly began moving but not running to not burn all their energy up quickly. Kagome was kind of glad it was snowing so the new fallen snow would cover their tracks up, as for their scents Kagome had raised a barrier up, she could hold it for at least a mile or so, hopefully enough distance to get them out of smelling range, giving them better chance at escape.
Several trees came into view which were iced over, Kagome prayed they could find some sort of shelter tonight so they wouldn't freeze to death out here. Rin was huddled close to Kagome's legs as they moved along their way, Kagome figured if they took it easy on the meat they had enough to last about three days, which should be plenty as long as they stumbled across the village Rin spoke about. Kagome figured by now they were a good mile away, she had been kind of counting steps and she was around six thousand besides she'd rather conserve energy in case they really needed a barrier for protection. "Kagome this hay is so itchy…" Rin whined lightly. With a sigh Kagome looked down at her knowing the feeling but they had to keep it, she wasn't taking chances, besides could help build a small fire tonight so they wouldn't freeze when temperatures dropped.
"I know Rin, but we have to have it to keep warm until we find either the village, or Sesshomaru finds you. Though I do hope he won't mind giving me a ride to nearest village." Kagome scrunched her nose, she hoped the demon lord was in a giving mood when and if they found them. "I'm sure he will Kagome, you've helped me, taking care of me, and I'll ask him." Rin smiled at the older woman as they trudged on.****
A few hours later they were leaning against a tree, and snacking on a couple of pieces of the dried meats. Kagome figured they had about another hour of traveling before they had to start looking for a decent place to bed down for the night. They were currently in a dormant forest, which seemed so unnatural, she didn't even hear one bird cheeping, and it was fairly creepy. After their couple minute break they began walking again, all signs looking good for not being followed so far, or being found by something else. She must have sent up ten prayers by now in hopes nothing found them, and they found the village first, especially tonight. As time went Kagome began looking around carefully, this place was fairly hilly and maybe just with any luck she'd spot a small cave they could cram in for the night, as for a fire she didn't know, firstly could give away their position of someone was stalking them, and B finding wood in this kind of environment that would be dry was very unlikely. Kagome near wanted to celebrate ten minutes later when she spotted a fairly large cave in perfect spot for cover, fairly hidden among some dead bushes and brush. She guided young Rin to it, who had been slowing down a lot over last hour of walking, Kagome knew the girl was getting tired and figured this would have to do. She flared her energy to sense out making sure the cave was vacated as they approached, she left Rin right outside as Kagome slowly ventured in, she was glad she had left her lighter in her pocket from the night before when she had been stolen from Inuyasha, lighting it, the small flame flickered shadows against the stone walls, Kagome discovered something had been living here at one point because there was an old sort of bedding here, with dried leaves and brush, among scraps of bark that had been gathered, she hoped whatever it had been wouldn't come back anytime soon.