A/N: Ok, here's the next one. A little later than I'd hoped, but oh well. I have up through chapter 9 of this written now, and I'm not sure if it's close to ending or not xD I need to think of an ending first. It was funny cause while I was writing chapter 9, I realized I was in a fluff writing mood, so it turned out kinda fluffy. Heh, didn't mean for that to happen, but oh well. So if you like fluff look forward to chapter 9 ^^ and a little bit next chapter as well actually. My fluff-urge isn't over yet though, so I may end up writing some random oneshot to get rid of it so I can focus better xD

Aaaaaanyway. Thank you for the reviews ^^ Hope you enjoy this chapter.

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Chapter 6

~Len's POV~

We'd probably travelled about a mile when Rin poked my back and pointed at a distant stream to our right. I silently nodded a thank you towards her and slightly angled the horse towards it. If we made a too direct turn, it would be suspicious, but if it seems like we just happened upon it, my idea would be more believable. As soon as we reached the stream, I jumped off and helped Rin off.

"What are you doing!" She nearly shouted as I quickly covered her mouth.

"Move things around, make it seem like we stayed here for a while. I'll go make a false trail." Without waiting for an answer I took off into the woods and kicked up dirt randomly, leaving a 'trail' for the people to follow. I rushed back and we jumped back onto my horse and took off through the stream, where the horse couldn't leave any prints.

"Hopefully that will lead them off the trail for a while. If not, we're in for a rough time." I stated, urging the horse through the shallow water. She nodded against my back and held on to my waist tightly to make sure she wouldn't fall off. It felt nice to have someone hanging on to me; someone depending on me. I smiled as she squeezed a little tighter and nuzzled her face into my back. I hope that when we get to somewhere we can actually stay, she'll stay with me.

We traveled a long ways, and any time we stopped for a break, we'd just keep walking slowly. We could not afford to stop, even if we did manage to throw them off of our trail for a little bit, they'd be sure to figure out eventually that we went into the stream. We had travelled for longer than I usually did, and then decided to stop by a large tree next to the stream to sleep for the night. We definitely couldn't afford to make a fire, so it was going to be a cold night. We set up the sleeping bags, and me being the nice person I am, I gave her the spare blanket. I would hate myself if I had caused her to get frostbite by selfishly taking the blanket. I could deal with being cold. We bid each other a good night and went to sleep.

The next morning, the sun woke us up bright and early. We had made sure to sleep where the sun would hit our faces early so we could get an early start. I began to stir in order to get up, when I realized that I could hardly move. I had gotten so cold in the middle of the night that I nearly got frostbite. I noticed that Rin had gotten up quickly, so she was fine. Good. That means that the blanket served its purpose.

"You gonna get up any time soon?" She looked at me and asked. I smiled sheepishly.

"It seems I got a mild case of frostbite. Hopefully the sun will warm me up." I explained. Her eyes widened.

"It's because you gave me the extra blanket, isn't it?" She exclaimed, "You get the extra blanket tonight!" I opened my mouth to argue, but she cut me off. She really seems to like doing that. "No buts!" She seems to like saying that too. She walked over to me and pulled me out of the sleeping bag, helping me lay out in the sun in order to warm up my legs. The sun began its job, and I was able to move again soon after. I smiled at her gratefully.

"Thanks." I looked at where the sun was. "They're sure to have figured out that it was all just a trick by now… We'd better get moving." She nodded her agreement and we quickly packed up and made it look like we were never there. Who knows? We could get lucky and they'd see no camping spots here, then they'd think we'd gone the other way down the river. That would buy us even more time.

The day of walking through the stream was pretty uneventful. Rin and I spent most of the time just talking and telling stories of us when we were little kids. It was actually a pretty fun day over all. I learned that she absolutely loves oranges, and pretty much anything that rolls and can smash stuff, such as boulders. It's kind of funny to think that such a cute, small girl enjoys smashing things like that; but hey, it's one of her charms. I also told her about how my favorite food was a banana, and how I had nearly gotten trampled by a pig, and still ended up extremely muddy about a year ago. It was actually a pretty funny story now that I think of it. It definitely wasn't funny to me at the time; though my parents' thought it was hilarious. We walked late into the night, trying to stay as far away as possible from the people chasing us.

We finally decided to camp out for the night when the moon was high in the sky. The horse collapsed happily, glad to be getting a rest after such a long day. I grabbed the sleeping bags and blankets from its back and handed Rin hers. We set up our sleeping bags and I tried to give Rin the extra blanket, but no matter what I did she wouldn't take it. We both began to get frustrated as we argued with each other for a while, before she finally just threw the blanket into my face and dragged her sleeping bag right next to mine. I looked at her in confusion and she just smiled at me.

"There, now we can share. No more arguing." I blushed a little bit, but smiled nonetheless.

"That's a good idea." I agreed. We both lied down in our sleeping bags, facing the sky. I pulled the blanked over both of us. We both snuggled down into the sleeping bags and went to sleep. Just before I fell asleep, I remember thinking that I hoped nearly every day of our travels would be like this one. It had been a good day. I smiled as I fell asleep.


A/N: Alright, next chapter should be up by Friday, maybe earlier if your lucky ~^ Review please! See ya!

~Chika