Chapter 13

Rin looked up at the sky it was going to be dark in a few hours, she looked ahead at Sesshomaru it didn't look like he was planning on stopping for camp anytime soon, a small smile began to show on Rin's face. Sesshomaru stopped walking and looked behind him, Rin was walking around humming a song picking up sticks.

"What are you doing?"

"Making camp"

"You can make camp later"

"If you're in such a rush go on ahead"

Sesshomaru started to grow frustrated at Rin but she ignored him and continued about her work, Jaken started to wander over to Rin when Sesshomaru growled at him, Rin looked over at Sesshomaru and sighed.

"I'm not a demon, I'm a human and unlike you I need to sleep sometime so we are making camp ok"

Sesshomaru grunted and walked off into the forest, Jaken went over to Rin to help her start the fire, once Rin had everything ready for a fire she started to draw in the dirt and mumble to herself.

"If we were here….. Then we must be…. So that means"

Kirara looked down at what Rin was drawing and mewed, Jaken was sitting by the fire relaxing when Rin gasped.

"THAT'S IT!" Rin shouted jumping to her feet "Come on Kirara lets go"

"Where are you going Rin?" Jaken asked confused

"Oh I'm going to catch some fish you can come if you want Jaken" Rin smiled

Just as Rin was about to jump on Kirara's back Sesshomaru came out of the forest and threw some fish onto a huge leaf, Rin looked at Sesshomaru shocked, since she met Sesshomaru he made it clear that she was responsible for finding her own food and now he had found some for her.

"Th... Thankyou"

Sesshomaru turned away and sat down leaning against a tree in the shadows, Rin watched as Sesshomaru closed his eyes keeping his hand over his sword in case of danger. Rin, Jaken and Kirara ate the fish then got ready for bed, Kirara transformed once again for Rin but this time Jaken had managed to get close enough to Kirara to lie on her tail, Rin laid down and looked over at Sesshomaru, his eyes were still closed but Rin knew better then to think he was asleep. Rin turned away from him and looked at her sword remembering what had happened that afternoon.

"I wonder if his hand is ok…"

Rin sat up and sighed, she felt bad for hurting him, Rin slowly started to walk over to Sesshomaru not wanting to disturb him. Sesshomaru heard Rin walking towards him even though she was trying to be quite he could still hear her, he opened his eyes and looked at her when she was close to him.

"I'm sorry, I.. I didn't mean to disturb you" Rin apologized with a small bow

Sesshomaru looked at the tree in front of him while Rin slowly crept closer.

"Lord Sesshomaru… I'm sorry"

Rin sat down next to Sesshomaru with her head down, Sesshomaru opened his eyes once more and looked at the girl knelling next to him.

"Is… is your hand ok?"

"It is fine"

Rin griped onto her kimono and looked at Sesshomaru with her child like eyes, he could tell she was worried so he put his hand in front of Rin and turned it over so she could see. Rin gasp at the burn marks on his hand she didn't notice how much damage she had really caused, Rin fought back tears and started to scurry around on the floor searching for something. Rin pulled a small plant out of the ground then went to her satchel and held the shirt of her priestess clothes in her hand, Sesshomaru heard Rin ripping something then she quickly came back over to Sesshomaru and sat back down next to him. She placed the torn strip of clothing and the plant next to her then looked at Sesshomaru, she hesitantly grabbed Sesshomaru's hand placing it on her lap. Rin picked up the plant and pulled of the leaves leaving the stem completely bare, she wrapped the cloth around the plant then held it tightly in her hands. After a few seconds Rin unwrapped the now damp cloth and picked up Sesshomaru's hand once more, she wrapped the cool cloth around the burnt hand then tied it off gently. The whole time Rin did this Sesshomaru watched her carefully, she had such a gentle touch and it was with such care that she wrapped the cloth around his hand. He thought about stopping her but the damp cloth did feel nice on his burning skin and he liked it when Rin was holding his hand in hers, still he wondered why she had done this especially after everything that had happened. Once Rin had let go of Sesshomaru's hand he sat up straight against the tree, Rin could see him better now that he was sitting up straight, she was happy sitting by Sesshomaru when something caught her attention. She slowly started to lean over Sesshomaru trying to get a look at what was hidden in his chest armour, Sesshomaru watched her with wondering eyes until she nearly fell on his leg.

"What is it Rin?"

"Oh well I was just wondering…."

"Yes"

"Well it's just that…."

"Tell me what it is"

"What's that?"

Rin pointed to the small corner of the scroll that wasn't covered by his armour, Sesshomaru had all but forgotten about Nakajima's scroll until Rin had mentioned it. He pulled out the scroll and handed it to Rin, she took the scroll from him and held it on her lap.

"It is for you"

"Me?"

"A gift from some human"

"Who could it be from?"

Rin unravelled the scroll and saw the drawing of herself, a gentle smiled showed on her face she knew this could be from only one person.

"Nakajima" Rin chuckled

Sesshomaru looked at how happy Rin was to get something like this he didn't understand how such small silly things could make humans so happy but it was good to see her smile, watching Rin carefully roll the scroll back up reminded Sesshomaru of the note he had found.

"Rin"

"Yes Lord Sesshomaru"

"What were you thinking?"

"Thinking? About what?"

"In that drawing, what were you thinking?"

"Oh well umm"

Rin started to blush and couldn't look Sesshomaru in the eyes, this made him more courious as to what was on her mind at the time.

"Well I was thinking about you"

"Me?"

Rin nodded as her cheeks turned into a bright red, Rin placed the scroll down next to her and moved so she was sitting next to Sesshomaru.

"I was thinking about being by your side again"

She looked up at Sesshomaru and smiled then lent her head on his shoulder with a yawn, Sesshomaru stiffened as Rin wrapped her arms around his waist.

"That's all I'v wanted… to be by your side" Rin mumbled drifting off to sleep