Chapter7


Sunlight ebbed its way into the sky, creating a clear morning. Rin, ever so childishly fascinated, woke up to smile at the beautiful sight of early dawn. The young girl looked around to see that Jaken, Reitana and even her beloved Lord Sesshoumaru was still fast asleep, but he soon woke up as he felt the child's eyes resting on him.

His golden gaze moved to see that Princess Reitana had fell from resting against his arm to her head resting on his leg. Huffing only slightly, he nudged the woman awake and told Rin to stir Jaken. Reitana awoke with a giant yawn ready to start her day.

Convinced that everyone was in a good condition to travel, Sesshoumaru rose to his feet, helping the blind princess stand and announced their departure, but Reitana refused to move. The frustrated taiyoukai snapped his head to look down at the woman.

"Why do you not budge?" He hissed out.

"A princess must never go unclean. My brother always made sure I had proper hygiene." She responded matter-of-factly.

Keeping his thoughts to himself, Sesshoumaru acquiesced to staying a little longer and escorted her to a nearby river. Rin, the only other female in the group offered to help the Princess.

"It will be just like the time when mother and I bathed together!" Rin beamed, excited to be reminded of the good times from her old home.

Sesshoumaru - accompanied by a jabbering Jaken - sat within the bushes, his back turned to the river while he waited for Rin and Reitana to finished bathing. The princess had insisted that he stayed within sight of Rin, but he must not look upon her. Scoffing, the demon lord grumbled to himself; as if he would ever waste his time watching a human bathe. Sesshoumaru knew no such mortal urges.

His mind then wandered over to last night, remembering the thin cloud of smoke north of their location. Pondering, he made mental guesses as to who was destroying these villages. Whoever it may be, the attacker was making sure his progress was seen from miles away. And the more Sesshoumaru thought about his arrogant sign of victory, the more concerned he became with the protection of his own territory. He was absent from the homeland, and sidetracked from his previous mission to escort the insufferable princess. Who knows? The pillaging demon could have passed them by now. Time was working against him.

"My Lord Sesshoumaru, we are finished!" Rin exclaimed from front of the bushes.

Sesshoumaru looked up to see, Reitana holding the young child's hand. Standing up, Sesshoumaru figured the princess would be content with traveling by Rin's side-

"Sesshoumaru, I wish to take a place by your side again." She suddenly said.

Or so he thought she would be content.


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