Rin had woken up to muffled noises

It was dawn

Last night, she recalled

They all had settled down and camped in the forest

It was uncommon for Sesshomaru to choose staying on land

for he rarely liked to stop moving

Strange


She was comfortable and warm finding Sesshomaru's throw draped over her

She smiled lovingly as she felt its soft fur

She then set out to find where the noise was coming from

MFFFNG MMNFF!

Ah Un snored on the opposite side of the campfire that had burned down to embers

Jaken was squashed underneath him

Rin eye's flew open now wide awake

"Jaken!" she ran to his side

Ah Un was deep asleep and would not budge no matter how hard she tried

"G-gert Sesh-oma-ru sama!" Jaken squaked

Rin flew to find their disappeared lord


Shessomaru was restless, too many thoughts prisoned his mind

He sought refuge alone

Since he had not cleansed himself during the day

He had gone to a small waterfall near their site

And let the cool water rush over his head, through his silver hair

Down his powerful back

He slammed his hand against the rock at his reflection showing through the running water

Everything was the same, his kimono wrapped around his waist, the markings on his skin

His armor that lay near the pools edge

And yet his eyes shown something different

They were softened… they held emotion

Too much to be comfortable with

It was

For her


Sesshomaru spun around at Rin who stood surprised upon finding him suddenly

They stared at each other in silence before she started to blush rapidly

She hid behind a nearby tree and timidly spoke

"M-my aplogies L-Lord Sesshomaru but Jaken needs our help."

Sesshomaru was surprised as well and did not speak

"H-he's trapped under Ah Un my lord" Rin tried to explain the situation more

Sesshomaru slowly made his way out of the water

To where Rin was

She pressed so close into the tree she didn't notice him coming beside her

He leaned against it and whispered to her

"Rin"

She drew back startled, her face now flushed a deep pink

It was his soaked hair

It was his glissening body

His eyes

She didn't know where to look!