A/N: One of you asked what the picture was that Inuyasha saw. That's a good question. Guess what, though? It's up to you guys to decide. Alrighty then, you guys. Now we're just getting to the good stuff, okies? >:D. Just read it and see…
Water and Blood
"I can really get into trouble if I do this…" he muttered, his hand scratching the back of his head.
"And he can die if you keep it up," Kagome added in. She heard a sound come from Inuyasha at her words, but she didn't look over at him.
"Fine," he said finally, breaking the tense moment.
Kagome smiled at his words. 'I feel awful for Sesshoumaru…' she thought. 'And Inuyasha…what's wrong?' A smile came to her lips. He was concerned, this she knew.
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Kagome shuffled lightly as she sat in the van. She looked at Inuyasha for probably the 50th time since they'd gotten into the car, taking note that not even ten minutes had even passed yet. The poor thing was tightly holding onto the armrest as he stared out side of the window, his other arm tightly wrapped around his torso. He was pallor from the effects of never being in a car before.
"Are you sure you're fine?" she asked quickly as they hit a bump and Inuyasha seemingly melted into the chair, a sour look upon his face.
"If you have to ask me one more—" They hit another bump. "—Ugh…" he moaned. He'd kill Kagome when they got back to the feudal era, though. Either that or he would let some giant deranged youkai rip her limb from bloody limb, and he'd enjoy watching it. This thing was torturous, evil.
Kagome gave him a slight smile, joyously remembering how she and Hojou had to practically con him with bowls of steaming ramen before he got inside of the revved car. Before that, he'd obstinately argued that he wouldn't step foot inside of the 'veehikle' as he called it.
She wasn't presently wearing her school uniform, thankfully remembering how Takana offered her some clothes that their mother used to wear. Hojou had changed as well. Takana said that it would cut down the suspicion.
"We're close," Takana muttered over his shoulder, staring at the unpaved road in front of him. "Don't forget, when I get to the booth, don't make a single sound back there or the cover is blown. And cover yourselves up with the black sheet or else the guard will see you." He turned into another road, unpaved with trees here and there. "This place is always on guard for spies…"
"Takana-niichan," Hojou started, "exactly how are we supposed to even walk through the hallways if there are cameras everywhere?"
"Don't worry. I have access to the control room of the whole warehouse," Takana answered, his eyebrows drawn inward. "I'll freeze the frame and make it seem that the hallways are just empty."
"Wow…" Kagome muttered in amazement. Her stomache already churned from the situation. She felt like she was about to break into some sort of classified place full of guards here and there with danger lurking nearly ever corner that she would turn. Then again…she was.
"…You're controlling and freezing whose house?" Inuyasha asked out of the blue.
Everyone remained silent at his question. Takana slowed down a little. "Get under the sheets now. And don't make a single noise or else we're busted. I'm reaching the booth right now." He stopped to talk, slowing a little more to give the three more time in order to get under the darkened sheets. As he reached the booth, he gave a smile to the guard there, giving him his I.D. card and a sampling of his finger print.
After he drove past the first booth, he finally reached the old, broken down warehouse, making sure that he was far enough away from the booth just to play it safe. "Alright," he said softly. "You guys can get out now."
"Wow," Hojou started with a smile. "I can almost hear the American secret agent music playing in the background somewhere or another."
Inuyasha stared at him before snorting loudly. "Hojou-kun," Kagome started, "stop joking around. It's serious what we're doing. Don't make light of it!"
"I wasn't though…" he muttered softly, ducking his head low.
"If you two would stop quarreling," Takana stated. He handed a walkie talkie to Kagome. "There are camera's outside of the warehouse as well. After I take freeze the frames of the cameras, I'll tell you that it is safe to come. But you have to wait for when I tell you. And make sure that the guard at the booth doesn't see you. When you get to the warehouse, walk in and go straight until you reach the end of the hall. After that, walk down the stairs to your left, not your right. Got it so far?" he asked.
Kagome stared at Takana for a few seconds after he spoke. "Uh…yeah…" she said with a weak smile.
"After you go down the stairs, and it's a long flight, you get to a door with a code number pad on them. They change every seven minutes so you can't open them. I'll have to give you the code number. But if I don't get you back, just stay there until I reach you again."
"Kay…" Kagome said in amazement. Maybe this situation was too complicated. 'Yeah,' she thought sarcastically, 'I'm able to battle against youkai and some hanyou bent on taking over the world, but I can't follow a few simple rules…My life just sucks…'
"After I get you guys in through those doors, you just have to follow me into the control room. We'll plan something after that, you with me?"
"Yup," Kagome answered. "Alright. Go, go. We'll wait."
Takana shrugged after looking at the three of them (and looking at Inuyasha rather suspiciously) and then opened his door. After he stepped out, he walked toward the warehouse.
"Hm…" Hojou started, "I would think that a place of scientists would be more efficient that some run-down warehouse…" he muttered.
"I agree," Kagome muttered. She turned to Inuyasha.
"Was he speaking proper Japanese?" Inuyasha asked in confusion.
"To you its improper, Inuyasha. But to us, we're used to it…" Kagome answered.
The three of them sat silently in the car, waiting for Takana to give the green light. Inuyasha looked around rather impatiently. "When is that bastard going to tell us to come?" he asked.
"Patience, Inuyasha," Kagome said after Hojou threw a glare at the hanyou.
Minutes later, the walkie talkie in Kagome's hand buzzed, making Inuyasha nearly jump away from her. Hearing Takana's voice on it, he inched toward it again and then glared at the device. "Alright, you guys, it's safe now."
At that, the three got out of the van quietly and ran inside of the warehouse so as to not be seen. "Alright," Kagome said to Takana through the device. "We're in. Just go straight down?" she asked. She looked at the two other hallways that branched at either of their side.
"Just straight down," Takana confirmed. "And go down the stairs to your left. Don't forget to wait for my next signal."
Inuyasha stared at the device again, his mouth agape. He followed Kagome as she did as told. When they reached the bottom of the steps, they waited.
"Takana," Dr. Mukai called at the retreating man.
Takana calmly turned around and gave a smile. "Ah, Mukai-san," he said. "Is there anything you want of me?"
"Well, not really, I was just going to tell you that in less than half an hour the General will be leaving with Sesshoumaru." The old man crossed his arms as he turned around to stare at the door that the youkai was in. "It'll be a pity; that is for sure, Takana."
"Why is that?" Takana asked, trying to keep up with the conversation so as to not sound suspicious of anything.
"Well, there were still so many things that we could have found out about our project, you know?" he asked. "This week seemed to pass by so very quickly.
"Yes, yes it has," Takana quickly answered, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion. Why was Asako slinging inside of the youkai's room? "I agree; there was probably something else we could have found out about Sesshoumaru."
Dr. Mukai gave a weak smile. "Well then…" he said as he smacked Takana's arm. "I'll be going into the laboratory to speak with the general." He walked away quickly after that. Takana breathed out a sigh of relief. Walking toward one of the doors, he hid behind it and stared at the room that Sesshoumaru was in, watching in suspicion as Asako walked inside.
Seeing it as nothing, he started walking toward the end of the hall, turning to his left and walking on until he reached the large metal doors.
He put his thumb print against his I.D. card and waited for the number to come up. He pressed the number into the code pad on the door and opened it.
Kagome nearly screeched as the door had opened, but when she realized it was Takana, she simply clasped her hand over her heart and stared at him. "Takana," she muttered. "You scared the crap out of me…" Inuyasha himself wasn't doing to well with the metal door. He was slightly hiding behind Kagome, his claws extended.
"Shh," he shushed them and then made a sign for them to follow. After getting checking at all if anyone was walking in the hallway, he sped into another hallway and into the control room with Inuyasha, Kagome, and Hojou following closely. He locked the door behind them and turned on the light. "This is harder than I thought…" he muttered. "I need the help of one other person…"
"Yeah, but who else can you trust to be on this side?" Hojou asked. "Everyone here works for Mukai-san, right?"
Takana paused for a while. "…The only person that I can trust is Asako…" he muttered.
"No, no! Women are the worst schemers when it comes to things like these!" Kagome practically yelled. The three men looked at her warily. "Ano…press on…" she muttered.
"We have to do this as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Word is that Sesshoumaru will be gone from here in less than 25 minutes from now."
"Where?" Inuyasha suddenly asked, his eyebrow cocked up in confusion.
"I'll explain it to you probably later, but right now, we have to get this done and over with.
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The lights shut off.
The door opened and closed.
"You really are an interesting…specimen, youkai…"
Sesshoumaru's ears twitched at the woman's voice. Her sultry voice irked him. Her heels clicked toward his directions until she stopped in front of him. He could smell her human stench, even his sense of smell had weakened.
What Sesshoumaru could make of his senses practically screamed at trivial danger. He rattled the chains to somehow avoid the oncoming danger. His hair was wrenched almost tightly, but only a weak growl escaped from his lips. He was able to do nothing else. "So beautiful…" she muttered.
Asako began to tousle the clump of hair softly, taking in the natural, silky feel of it. She suddenly brought up the sweet smell of his clean hair to her nose. Pulling his hair from the side of his neck and pushing it behind his back, she stuck the syringe gun in his neck and pressed on the trigger softly so that only a little bit of the substance went into his blood stream. She waited for a few seconds as he began to calm slightly. "…Would you…listen to every…word I have to say…?"
Sesshoumaru slowly brought up his head and had vacant eye contact with her. "Yes…"
She blushed at his tender voice. "Please…" she started softly. She put her hand behind his neck and loosened the muzzle from his face before letting it fall to the ground. "…Kiss me…"
He couldn't stop himself as his face leaned toward hers, her warm breath stopping as she came closer to him in fear. He didn't want…this. His lips came to hers softly, so softly.
So soft…it was like she was kissing a pillar of feathers with the warmth of the sun. She nearly began to melt onto him. He pulled away seconds later. "Again…" she pleaded. She shut her eyes tightly. "Please…I just want to know…" She licked her lips.
"Y—"
She did it more forcefully to him this time. Her hand expertly trailed from his jaw line too his tail and clenched onto it tightly. The first time she had kissed him…, it was lovely…This time, it was electrifyingly painful; a 'look, but don't touch' feel. Her eyes clenched tightly when he whimpered quietly; she could practically feel his pain…, his anxiety…, and his desperation of not wanting to be here, of not wanting to be in this situation.
He had feelings like any normal being would. It hurt her that she was trying to take advantage of it. It hurt her that he was like a caged human being, not knowing where he was, what was going on, what was going to happen to him. It answered her pensive questions.
She ripped herself away from him in disgust with herself. "I'm sorry…" she said softly. "I'm so sorry…" she repeated. She stood up, distressed as he looked away from her in shame. She didn't want to see him in such pain that he was in now.
She'd be glad that he'd be released from this place come later in the day…or maybe she could do something else. She stood up and, after clasping the muzzle back over his mouth, walked to the door, furtively opening it in case someone was out there. When she saw that the coast was clear, she began to walk down the hallway.
She passed by the control room, thinking deeply about what she should do. She quickly whipped around as the control room opened and closed. "Takana!" she nearly yelled, her hand over her chest. "You scared me…"
"Nee, Asako, were you just in the room with the youkai?" Takana asked, emphasizing on her name. He didn't know that she was passing the control room, but this was the perfect opportunity.
"…Possibly…" she answered. "Why?"
"I was just wondering…" he answered. "What were you doing in there?"
"…Nothing really," she said, breaking eye contact from him. She took a few steps toward him and started quietly, being that she didn't know that the cameras were frozen, "Takana…I really don't think that it's safe for his health to become Kobayashi's little lap dog…" she muttered softly. "I can tell that he's just like any other human being."
"…I agree," Takana said, looking at her with nearly wide eyes. "And what are you going to make of it?"
She paused for a moment before looking around for a few seconds. "…I know that it's…taking a pretty big leap in chances. But…I'm thinking that…the only way to get the youkai out of here permanently and safely is to…eradicate him in the simplest way possible. Like putting him to sleep…"
Inuyasha's ears perked forward as he listened to the conversation on the other side of the door. A low growl came from his lips. He cursed under his breath.
"What is it, Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered in concern.
"I'm the only one who's going to kill that bastard," he muttered in a low voice.
"What do you mean?" she asked, her heart pacing quickly. "They're planning on killing Sesshoumaru?" She didn't like the inu youkai when it came down to it, but he wasn't as bad as he made himself. He actually proved to be helpful in times of need, surprisingly. So there was no chance that she wanted him dead. Especially not like this. Besides, she had Rin to think about.
Having mastered the many ways to open the futuristic doors, he nearly ripped the knob off as he opened the door quickly and stepped out. Before the woman could even let out a scream of horror, he grabbed her and hopped right back inside of the control room in near perfect agility, Takana following him closely and shutting the door.
The lights finally turned on fully, Asako's back was slammed against the door from Inuyasha's anger. "You have Sesshoumaru's scent all over you," he said quickly, his claws extending. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't rip your head off right now."
For some reason or another, Kagome and Hojou thought his tone was more threatening now than it was when he was threatening Hojou at the school in the morning.
Asako stared at Inuyasha with a pallor face, her breath quickening. "Wh—What's going on?" she asked softly as she stuttered.
"You have to trust us on this, Asako," Takana said calmly. "Let go of her, Inuyasha."
"Inuyasha, just do what he said," Kagome said, grabbing onto his haori.
Inuyasha turned to her angrily, a glare set about his eyes dangerously. "She has Sesshoumaru's scent all over her! Why shouldn't I kill her right now?!" he barked angrily.
Kagome looked over at Asako suspiciously. She looked like trouble. "Fine…" she muttered. "But don't kill her."
Inuyasha's claws came near her face before she spoke. "I can help!" she nearly screamed. "I can help you!"
"Stop, Inuyasha," Kagome nearly screamed.
Inuyasha's claws stopped mere millimeters from her face. She breathed deeply.
"Can we trust you?" Kagome asked.
"Of course," she muttered. "Please get him off of me…" Instead, Inuyasha voraciously pushed her into the door again before letting her go. She turned to Hojou. "Aren't you Takana's little brother?" she asked.
"Hai," Hojou answered.
"Off with the trivial crap," Inuyasha said. "There are some other things to handle right now."
Asako suddenly looked at Inuyasha, and then at the two triangular tufts of fur coming from the top of his head. Something compelled her to quickly touch one of the things and that she did.
"Oi!" Kagome screamed. 'Those are my ears to touch only!' she thought. "Don't touch the ears!"
A growl came from Inuyasha. Asako pulled back. "I'm sorry…" she muttered. "I have this tendency with wanting to touch furry things…"
A curse came from Inuyasha's lips. "Why are we wasting time?" he asked angrily.
"All right, all right. I have a plan," Takana muttered. After Kagome had told him that Inuyasha was probably the only one that could touch Sesshoumaru's swords without being in pain minutes before Asako was pulled into the room, something had come to mind.
He gave his plans and everyone listened intently.
"You got it?" he asked. Everyone gave a nod of understanding. "Alright." He opened the door and calmly walked out after setting up the cameras quickly to see if anyone was roaming in the halls. After confirming that no one was going to be in the hallways anytime soon (other than the fact that the hallways were totally empty, suspiciously enough), he froze them again.
Kagome remained inside of the room as Hojou, Inuyasha, Asako, and Takana walked out. Asako walked the opposite direction toward the exit of the downstairs building with Takana's car keys in her hand and Hojou following her closely. She slipped the keys into her pockets before opening the giant medal doors (after pressing in the code) and closing it behind Hojou.
Takana had Inuyasha following him quickly and closely. They passed by a few doors before Takana stopped at one of them and used his I.D. card to open it up. After Inuyasha went in, he shut the door behind him and then went to the room that Sesshoumaru should have been in.
He looked opened the door quickly, then cocked up his eyebrow in pure confusion. He looked at his watch quickly. Why was the room empty?
"Takana?" Dr. Mukai said as he stood at the entrance of the room.
"Mukai-san," Takana said with worry etched in his voice. This changed everything. "Where is the youkai?"
"Oh…" Mukai said as he paused. "He's upstairs now. General Kobayashi has him now. They're pulling him to his Hummer."
'Crap…' Takana thought. 'We may be too late.' "Why are you down here then?" he asked in confusion. "Shouldn't you be up there as well?"
"Oh yes," Mukai answered. "I'm just here to get Sesshoumaru's swords and clothing. They won't leave without those items."
Takana panicked quickly before trying to think up something. At least it brought him time if Mukai didn't have the items yet. He nearly fainted in horror as Mukai stepped away from the entrance and walked toward the room with Sesshoumaru's items in it. He ran after Mukai and stopped as the old man got ready to open the door. Inuyasha was in there!
"Mukai-san!" he screamed.
"What?" Mukai asked as he cocked his eyebrow at the younger scientist.
"Uh…why don't you, uh…Go upstairs to General Kobayashi," he started. Mukai was about to object as he pointed to the door. "It's fine, I'll bring those things up."
"…Fine then," Mukai said with a short smile. He then walked from the hallway to the next.
Takana waited to hear the sounds of the metal door closing before he let out a breath of relief. He quickly opened the door and saw Inuyasha standing there with the aforementioned items in his hands. "Things have changed," he muttered.
"How so?" Inuyasha asked.
"General Kobayashi is leaving right now," he said, walking away from Inuyasha and going to the control room to open it for Kagome. He repeated what he said to Kagome.
"But that means that we don't have any time, then!" Kagome said in panic. "What about Asako? Isn't she there in the parking lot? They'll catch her and Hojou!"
"No, she's not in the same parking lot. Kobayashi parked on the other side of the building in the forested area," he answered.
"So what are we going to do?!" she asked. "We don't have any time."
"No, we have time," Takana said. "Kobayashi won't leave without Sesshoumaru's items." He pointed to the things in Inuyasha's hands, which was rather ironic.
"So what do we do?" Kagome asked. "Kami-sama…" she muttered, "this is definitely harder than fighting any youkai…"
Takana chose to ignore her statement. "Now…we just hit them head on…" He looked at Inuyasha. "How strong are you?" he asked.
"Stronger than Sesshoumaru," he stated proudly.
Kagome jabbed him in his side with her elbow. "Just because you cut off his arm doesn't mean anything," she muttered. "Don't be such a hot head. He could have killed you three times by now. And you know he let you off the hook."
"Keh," Inuyasha said as he turned away. "Lies."
"You two," Takana started. "Back to what I was saying, we may have to hit them head on. And if you're stronger than your brother, then that'll be of great help. How high can you jump, by the way?"
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Sesshoumaru turned toward the warehouse building obstinately. Maybe his nose was playing with his senses, but he could smell that bastard brother of his as well as his human wench. Either way, he knew that it was kind of late now. He stopped walking (or what should have been called weakly stumbling), pulling against the two leashes that clasped tightly to the collar around his neck. He couldn't stand correctly without feeling as if he would fall straight to the ground. He felt weakened.
General Kobayashi swiftly turned around, a scowl on his features. He forcefully tugged on the leashes in his hands, making Sesshoumaru nearly stumble. "Don't stop walking," he said angrily as the youkai turned in his direction again. "Such disobedience," he muttered after a while, tugging on the leashes again.
Sesshoumaru stared behind the warehouse at the city in the distance which he'd made wreckage of some time ago. That cursed well did this to him. If it wasn't for those two blasted shards he wouldn't have ever been in this situation. He should have killed Kagura instead of taking his chances with those two shards. A painful tug from the collar around his neck brought him away from his thoughts, his neck nearly snapping from the force.
Seconds later, a sting at his neck brought him to turn around almost calmly. As his mood began to mellow and his eyes took up vacancy, the thoughts in his mind came to a halt.
Kobayashi tugged at the leashes again after putting away the subjugation syringe gun. "Follow," he ordered tersely as he continued walking on. When he felt no opposite force, he smirked. He made sure that he gave Sesshoumaru a large, concentrated dose of the subjugation formula. He clasped the two leashes onto the back of his pick-up Hummer* truck and then pointed to the back. "Get in."
Sesshoumaru suddenly looked up at the trees as he did as told unwillingly and weakly. Something was up there. He could smell it. He looked down from the trees to the human suspiciously, who was placing his weapons and other clothing on the back of the pick up. The human (Takana) had an odd scent on him…oddly familiar.
If not seconds after the engine of the vehicle was revved up and the back of the pick up was closed, a figure clad in red and white landed on the ground from above, sliver hair waving familiarly. Another figure clad in red and yellow hung off of his back.
A commotion began.
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*I don't own the Hummer. Although I wish I had one…
A/N: Wah~~ This chapter was reaaalllly hard for me to write. I mean, it was ridiculously hard to write. Hehe~ >:D. That scene with Asako and Sesshoumaru was something that I had planned from the beginning of this whole story. I'm glad to have finally used it. She like…lip raped him >_> *kill*. Well anyway, action in the next chapter. And uh…probably some blood. ~_~. Just you wait. >:D.
crystal singer: Thanks :D I try. Going berserk around Inuyasha…may happen…
Tsume Yamagata: I know, I'm evil >:D. Well anyway, I'm thinking only two more chapters before I'm done with this story, maybe three, thankfully. And uh…let's have some sort of…like…agreement. We'll share Sess, half and half :D. *steals his head, clothes, and tail* You can have the rest of him >:D
fireash: Yah, I think we're all glad :D. Sess needs to be freed from this place *sigh*. And Inuyasha just doesn't want to seem like he cares, but he definitely does…
marnika: Hehe~ You'll have to wait and see >:D.
RedHerring: Yah, I just had to write the pendulum part o_o;; And Inuyasha luvs his big brother…then again…they practically fight to the death in the third Inuyasha movie (but neither of them die.) Hm…Sessh as a psycho would probably grate me emotions for the rest of my life ;~;
Lord Fluffly: Thank you~ *glomp* The scientists are to be handled. Soon. Very soon. As in next chapter soon >:Dv.
Keika no Kaiyou: Nee~~, Sesshoumaru-sama, Keika-chan knows where you live…
Kitsune Bi 123: It's okay that you didn't review :D. It's not like I'm gonna penalize you for that now or something…o_O. Yeah…uh…it's such a shame that the torture ended…o_O;;. Yah, I've read a good number of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru brother to brother fics. Some of them are pretty good. Other ones turned into yaoi oh so slowly X| *hates yaoi*.
Evil-Miyu: No, they'll attempt…probably. But they won't catch him. That'd prolong the story too much…
bearmoon: Hehe~ ~_~. It's up to your imagination to think of what was in the picture >:D. Yah, I realized that there wasn't a single scene with Sess in it at all…and I was appalled! Sesshoumaru is the main character of this story XD. But uh, yeah…hehe ~_~. I'm just the one to write this…nothing came to my mind of torturing Sesshoumaru *coughs and looks away* Okay, so the scientists made me do it…And I'm falling in love with my chemistry class XD. Thanks! Our midterms might be pushed back one week though. You'll figure out why if you read my bio o_O. Anyway, I learn Japanese from a community college. I'm a high school student challenger. And I get credits o_O;;
anhimals: Thank you :D. I try :D. Nee~~! Fluffyshipping forever! >:D. No Kag/Sess!! Ew XD. Yah, I'm finding time >:D *does homework at school as much as possible*
ShiAne: Pwee~~ You like…reviewed a good number of chapters! *hugs glomps and more hugs* XDXD. Why did you tell me what masochism and sadism is? You're…you're a masochist, aren't you?! You take joy in Sesshoumaru-sama's pain! *runs away crying* And what do you mean, "I love character torture as long as the resist?" I dun' understand X3. And what's a hemophobe?? Did you mean homophobe?? Yah, I'm homophobe in a way too, and my imagination was bouncing off the walls when I wrote the 7th chapter =_= x_x. And I didn't understand the end of your chapter 8 review. Please elucidate. And finally, yes, Hojou has some depth to him. He's not as stupid as people portray him. There's an anime that reminds you of this?? What? What?! I WANNA KNOW XDXD
Miharu210: Thank you XD. *plays secret agent music in backround* Dadada~~ dadada~~ dadada~~ dada! I agree. Hojou is cute. But he definitely needs to figure out that Kagome doesn't like him. Other than that, he's okay to me :D.
porifra: Nee~~ *glompies* XD. I know, it was rather cruel of Inuyasha, but what can I say…I'm not THAT evil, am I? >:D
Shapeshifter Keioko: …:D. I don't know. What did I do wrong?! All I did was answer a review! *runs away crying*
Sesshoumaru: Keh…I live everywhere and nowhere.
W. Ramen: And that would be…?
Sess: *embarrassed* The forest…
Pwee~ ~_~ I'm getting so many reviews for this story now. Over 15 reviews for one chapter o_O. I think I might have a heart attack o_o;; Oh, oh, please read my story, Silent Echoes, which is a Rin/Sess pairing fic. As well as Cry in the Dark, a remake of one of my older stories that I decided needed to be redone (=_=), and Black Heart, a Sango/Miroku pairing fic, and Come What May, a Kikyou/Suikotsu pairing :D.