Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha.
"So..." I scratched my neck and looked at the ground. "How will I know you won't run off into the night with some boat made from palm leaves and bird dung?" He looked up from where he sat on the ground digging through the chests.
"If you are so worried about that, just sleep here tonight." He went back to work sorting the jewelry into two piles, mine and his.
I paced a few steps before stopping and going to sit next to him. I crossed my feet under me and waited patiently as he weighted each piece with a scale and lie it down in its respective pile.
"We could move all of our stuff to the small pool that you showed me. It's hidden and it's easily protected-" Sesshomaru dropped the earring he had been weighing and grabbed my shoulders in mock happiness.
"That genius, why didn't I thing of that? Oh yes, because only one person can fit thought the opening." He said sarcastically and I crossed my arms over my chest and shot back a snarky response.
"Did you think to float the things down the waterfall, oh mighty smart ass? The drop is small and I don't think anything would break because of it." He froze and looked over at me in wonder. "I do think once in a rare while, thank you very much!"
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"That all of it." I muttered, wiping the sweat from my brow. I patted my barrel of food and Sesshomaru's bundled hammock which had been tied in a small ball. "Are you finished with the latter?" I yelled so he could hear me over the slightly loud sound of falling water.
"Catch!" The rope latter shot up and I dropped his bed and snatched the handle mid-air. I quickly tied it to the tree we had both deemed strong enough to support the required weight.
I rolled over onto my stomach and looked over the ledges edge to give Sesshomaru a thumbs up. He smirked up at me and pointed to the things piled behind me. I complied and started sending them down the river.
The food went first. It made the twelve foot fall easily and Sesshomaru hefted the creates over his head and arranged them accordingly. Mine would hold all food because they were still waterproof, while Sesshomaru's would hold all equipment.
He climbed up the ladder and inspected the remaining things. Most were clothing and materials that couldn't get wet or that we're to defecate to make the drop.
"I will take these down by hand, but I need you to do something for me." I looked up at him with skepticism. "Make some sort of watchtower to look for incoming boats." He lifted his hammock over his shoulder and started back down the ladder.
I huffed in annoyance but did as I was instructed. I was stomping through the underbrush looking for the tallest tree when I found one that seemed to just peek out of the emergent layer of the jungle, I scaled it and plucked the leaves off nearby treetops. I made I small little seat and rested my hands on my knees, which I had pulled up to my body. From here I could see Sesshomaru moving things. His shirt rested on the last little box and I blushed before averting my eyes to the sea. I got lost in thought.
"This is what you call a 'WatchTower'?" Sesshomaru questioned with an eyebrow raised."I can watch from this tower, now can't I?" I looked back out to the ocean."Come down, I made supper." He waited till I had positioned myself to jump out of the tree before raising up a hand to stop me. "A fall from that hight will break your legs, jump into my arms."
I looked at him like he had grown another head.
"Excuse me?"
"You have one of two choices, fall and crack your leg or get a little flustered from being so close to perfection." He smirked up at me and I blew my hair out of my face. He held out his arms and I huffed."If you drop me I swear on my fathers grave, I'll hunt you down and kill you." I readied myself for the fall."I thought your father was alive?" He questioned smirking."He'll be dead soon enough, I will be going after him after I kill you. It was his fault for dragging me out onto that floating deathtrap!" He chuckled and wiggled his fingers, telling me he was waiting.
I closed my eyes and pushed off the bark and fell for only a short time before Sesshomaru's arms wrapped around me. I peeked out and was startled at how close we were. He smirked.
"Well princess, fancy meeting you here." I wanted to smack him but something stopped me.
The smile slipped off his face and instead he started to move his face closer to mine. I knew I should push away but I instead stood completely still and as a his lips brushed mine-
Something exploded.
Not figuratively like in some girls fantasies, something literally spontaneously combusted. In our camp.
Hehehe *Incert best evil laugh here*. This is like the only cliffhanger so far, clue to everyone who reads this stupid authors note, the explosion is something really stupid. ;)