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Sesshomaru stared out over the horizon in deep thought. He was roused from his thoughts by a soft moan. The woman was beginning to stir. They should have been moving by now, but he had decided to let her sleep in just this once.
After the fright she'd had the night before she found it difficult to settled down and go back to sleep. And she'd slept fitfully, tossing and turning. Her kimono had twisted up around her thighs, exposing her pale legs. The green and red of the rose design had not faded or smeared at all. Sesshomaru realized he was staring and looked back out over the horizon.
She turned again, yawned, and raised a hand to rub the sleep from her eyes. Then she pushed herself up to a sitting position, still rubbing her eyes. Her gold hair reminded Sesshomaru strongly of a hay stack when he looked back at her. Whatever she said as she looked over at him it sounded much friendlier than her usual morning greeting.
It wasn't long before she'd finished her morning routine and they got moving. Soon she started pointing and naming the things she'd learned last night. She remembered quite a bit. Once she'd run through those she started pointing to things that had not been visible the night before. Sesshomaru indulged her for a while, then turned the responsibility over to Jaken. Though he kept part of his mind on her lesson, knowing Jaken had a tendency to go off on tangents that the woman wouldn't be able to understand.
Around noon they stopped so the woman could fix her noon meal, humans ate so often. She had made a fire and was wading through the shallows of the cold river. The fish were hiding today, but she was patient. Sesshomaru had wandered off but she had a feeling he hadn't gone far.
She finally saw one small trout, but when she tried to stab it she missed. She turned when she heard him say her name. He was on a stone behind her and when she turned he held out his right hand in which he held a rabbit. A live rabbit. He was curious to see what the woman would do with it.
She took the furry creature in her arms and cooed over it's cuteness. Then the animal, trying to escape, clawed and bit her arm. It wasn't quite as cute after that. She snapped it's neck and cooked it for lunch. As she dressed it out she sang Little Bunny Foo Foo.
The rest of the day alternated between her asking the names of random objects she spotted and her singing to herself. Her songs were not simple little songs thought up on the spot as Rin had sung however, but complete songs with multiple verses and repeating choruses. Sometimes when Sesshomaru would look back at his companions he would catch her dancing to the songs she sang, shimming and wiggling in a manner that was down right indecent but very entertaining to watch. However the instant she caught him watching she would turn red and stop. All in all it was an enjoyable day.
Later that night the woman sat looking at the fire with a contemplative, sad look on her face. Sesshomaru cold only imagine what was going through her mind. She looked worried and lost. He wasn't sure how long she sat staring at the fire.
Jaken was off on some tangent again, about what Sesshomaru neither knew nor cared. He'd told Jaken to be silent, but Jaken seemed incapable of following that simple order. He'd fallen silent for a moment, then started ranting to himself again.
Suddenly she stood up and looked around the camp, as though looking for a distraction. Melissa saw Sesshomaru was watching her and came over and sat beside him. She started scanning the camp site, looking for some object he hadn't asked the name of yet. Sesshomaru thought of one first.
"Rock." He told her, picking up a nearby stone roughly the size of his fist.
"Rack?" She asked.
"Rock." He corrected.
The woman licked her lips and tried again. "Rock?"
Sesshomaru nodded. "Throw." He informed her flinging the projectile at Jaken. It connected to the back of his skull with a satisfying thwak. Melissa's eyes went wide and she started to ask Jaken a worried question, but he got up and was perfectly ok. That's when she laughed just a little.
Sesshomaru picked up another stone, he placed this one in Melissa's hand. "Rock." He told her again.
"Rock." She repeated.
"Throw." He pointed at Jaken.
"Throw?" She pronounced carefully. Sesshomaru nodded and she flung the rock in Jaken's direction. She missed on purposed and Jaken cringed in fear as the rock flew harmlessly by him.
Sesshomaru picked up another rock and placed it in her hand and they repeated the process. This one sailed by Jacken on the other side, once more scaring the poor Kappa. Then Jaken breathed a sigh of relief, they were out of rocks to throw. That is until the woman jumped up and retrieved them.
She handed two to Sesshomaru but kept one. "Rock, Throw," She mimed the action, "Jaken." she pointed to Jaken, then waited.
A small smile formed on his face as he realized what she wanted. "Throw a rock at Jaken." He said slowly.
"Throw a rock..."
"Throw a rock at Jaken."
"Throw a rock at Jaken?"
"Yes, throw a rock at Jaken."
She smiled then. There was a mischievous, even wicked, glint in her eyes. She turned to face Jaken with her feet slightly apart. She rolled her shoulders then drew her right arm back. She lifted her left foot then her body snapped forward as she released her rock. It was not a throw, it was a pitch that sent the little youkai tumbling end over end.
She turned back to Sesshomaru grinning. She crossed her arms and lifted her chin. "Throw a rock at Jacken!" She said proudly.
