Chapter 7
Sesshomaru starred sideways at the rising sun and tried to occupy his thoughts with killing Naraku but a certain human girl kept flashing in and out of his mind. Finally he gave up and turned his head toward Jaken and Rin. They were sitting by the fire eating, well Jaken was, and Rin looked less like she was eating food and more like she was testing poison. As Sesshomaru pondered the thought Jaken took notice to the way Rin was eating and spoke up.
"Rin why do you eat so little?" he had asked and Sesshomaru tuned his ears to make sure he heard all their conversation. He saw Rin pause with hesitation before answering in a voice that sounded tired,
"Oh I was just testing to make sure it was cooked enough…otherwise I might get sick from eating raw meat…" Sesshomaru could tell she had made that up on the spot but what puzzled him more was why Rin had lied In the first place. Of all his months of knowing her he had never once believed she was lying especially since there was no reason to lie in the first place. He was interrupted by Jaken's remark,
"Foolish girl why would you doubt my cooking skills after all the time we have traveled together!" he sounded like his usual self to untrained ears but Sesshomaru knowing Jaken for centuries knew he was hurt by Rins comment. Watching as Jaken turned away he heard a sudden growling noise. At first he thought it to be a demon nearby or maybe even a half demon but when he sniffed that air he only picked up his three followers and nothing else besides a rabbit or two. He had almost forgotten about the noise when he heard it again this time he pin pointed it to Rin. "she must still be hungry" Sesshomaru thought easily even though his instincts told him it was more complicated than that he chose not to worry about it and just returned his gaze to the horizon.
As they traveled along the road Sesshomaru became increasingly worried about Rin and her well being. Ever since they left camp he had noticed that she had been riding on ah-un instead of skipping around picking flowers. This didn't bother him too much until he noticed how quite she was, in fact she hadn't spoken a word not even to Jaken who had been constantly blabbering about stuff neither of them cared for.
He glanced back at her keeping his features emotionless but it was difficult to hide his worry as he saw that she was laying down as if sleeping and yet they had only just begun there day's journey. How could she be tired already? I witnessed her sleeping throughout the night so why did she sleep now? Did the event yesterday tire her that much? Sesshomaru pondered this as he shifted his gaze forward again, eyeing the upcoming river. A slight panic shot through him as he thought of how Rin would react to another river but it was settled as he knew she wouldn't make the same mistake twice, she was bright for her age after all.
As they approached the river Sesshomaru slowed his stride so he walked beside ah-un and Rin.
"Rin" he said and saw her form shuffle. She only grunted in response which slightly annoyed him but he continued on anyway.
"There is a river ahead do you wish to stop for a drink?" usually he didn't ask such thing but he felt he had to this time. He watched her turn her head to face him but remained in a laying position.
"I'm not thirsty…" she answered plainly as she starred at him with tired eyes or was it just his imagination? Her words sunk in not thirsty? Since when was Rin a mortal human not in need of water?
"Are you sure?" he defiantly never did this, and now Rin even started to notice. She sat up and eyed him curiously before answering.
"Do you wish me to drink?"
"Yes" he answered coolly as he turned his face away from her large brown eyes.
"okay" Rin said with a sigh which disturbed him since usually Rin seemed to cherish every word from him with a smile on her face or at least a giggle or two, but no Rin only hopped off of ah-un and strode over to the water dropping somewhat limply at its edge. He was concerned at the way she moved so sluggishly but how would he explain a great demon festering over a mortal girl. So he simply watched as she scooped some up in her hands and sipped it gradually as if it would hurt her to drink too much.
He was beginning to accept that at the rate she was drinking that it would take awhile and was about to settle himself when she stood up and slumped back over to ah-un. Before she even got there she stumbled on several clumps of grass and rock, but each time she barely caught herself from landing face first in the dirt. Once at ah-un she attempted to climb onto his back and normally she could do it all by herself but this time she slipped and landed hard on the grass. Sesshomaru flinched slightly as it happened with a sharp feeling of worry wash over him. He heard her let out a groan and try again this time with ah-un using one of his heads to nudge her up the rest of the way.
Once they began walking again Sesshomaru made sure to stay next to ah-un just to make sure Rin didn't fly off again. After a few minutes he saw that she could hold herself on the two headed dragons back and gradually strode farther and farther away until he was back at the front of his group. Maybe she had just slipped…he thought as he questioned why Rin had fallen in the first place. He refused to believe there was something wrong with Rin and just kept walking as if it were any other day. But it wasn't another day since any other day Rin was singing and running and picking flowers, not tripping and sleeping. A demon as great as himself would not dare admit that he was worried for the health of the girl but couldn't deny it to himself forever could he?
finally sesshomaru shows some concern XD sorry it took so long but oh well its here now, it might take longer to update chapter 8 since i will actually have to type it, 1-7 i had pre-typed before i even posted anything so yeah i apolize ahead of time for however long it will take. love your reviews!
