Chapter Three: Ai Kara Celeste, Love from Heaven

The next day they continued their travels in the same manner they had the day before, silence, except for jaken mumbling to himself, and the occasional verbal scolding he gave to Ai for walking to slow, and claiming how she wasn't worthy enough to travel with his master. Ai didn't notice him though, she was too busy studying sesshoumaru, still a little wary of him and his unpredictable behavior (afterall he had almost tried to killed her). The silence was absolutely unbearable, usually she could talk for hours, but Ai decided it best not to talk this strange man's ear off. Still there was something about him though; he was so mysterious and good looking to. Ai began to blush but quickly stopped herself from turning one to many shades of red.

She couldn't take it anymore so she decided to break the silence "Um sir, you never told me your name?" There was a long pause before he answered "Sesshoumaru". "Ai Kara Celeste," she hold out her hand and watched as he stared at her blankly, Ai quickly withdrew her hand and could feel her cheeks get hot out of sheer embarrassment. Something wasn't quite right, and then it came to her. She had read about this place before, she was no longer at home but in ancient feudal Japan. 'Well at least I'm safe, right?' Sesshoumaru sensed her uneasiness and figured she was smarter than she looked.

They continued walking again 'How boring' she thought, until sesshoumaru finally decided to say something "You're name it means love from heaven." Ai smiled at him and they both sat and looked at the hazy pinks and yellows that followed the slowly setting sun. The strange light making the young girl's soft features even more prominent, so much so that even sesshoumaru had noticed. Even though it was the last week of winter the nights were still relatively cold, at least tonight was. Ai's cheeks started to turn pink from the slight cold and she watched Sesshoumaru as he stood up, his eyes still fixated on the sky, but soon the thoughts of making camp quickly replaced those of the ever-changing landscape.

She ate what was given to her putting aside her own vegetarian lifestyle. If she didn't eat she'd probably starve to death and besides she was in the past and there was no use in explaining to Sesshoumaru what a vegetarian was. She sighed and laid down on the ground while she tried to lull herself to sleep, her clothes offering no protection from the cold night air, despite this she still managed to drift off into sleep. Sesshoumaru looked over at the girl and draped a piece of cloth over her watching the blood rush back into her cheeks. He continued watching the girl from his spot against the tree with eagle precision eyes. Occasionally hearing her talk about someone named elios, her father most likely. The moonless sky left him with many unanswered questions about himself and the girl. He didn't need sleep but right now it seemed like the only thing that would put all these thoughts of his to rest.