Chapter Five: The calm before the storm
"Who does she think she is, leaving us like that?!" Inuyasha growled under his breathe. "She's gonna get it when she comes back."
"What makes you think she has any intentions of returning, Inuyasha? Yes, she didn't seem eager to leave, but I still don't think she's going to come back."
Kagome nodded at Miroku's comment while Inuyasha only glared at him and growled more.
"Kagura, come here."
The wind sorcerous stepped timidly up to Naraku and bowed. "What is it, my lord?"
"I want you to keep a close watch on Inuyasha and his friends."
"May I ask why, Lord Naraku?"
"You are out of place to question me, now go."
Kagura nodded and left the room. Naraku laughed as he went over his plan in his head.
Sesshomaru stopped and turned to Jakken and Kina. "We will stop and sleep here tonight."
Kina looked around and shrugged slightly. "Doesn't look too bad."
"Jakken, set up camp."
Sesshomaru turned to Kina and took her hand as Jakken did as he was told. Sesshomaru led her to a nearby spring and started to take off her kimono top, but she pushed him away.
"Aren't we moving a little too fast?"
"Foolish girl. I'm not going to do anything more then help you bathe."
"Oh..." She looked at him suspiciously. "Are you sure? I don't know if I can trust you yet."
Sesshomaru scoffed and turned to leave. "If that is what you wish but let me assure you. I am aware of the strength you have and I wouldn't try anything with you because you can kill me. Besides, you aren't at all sexually desireable in my opinion."
She scoffed. "Well that may be what you think. But a lot of other people want me."
"You are one to jump to conclusions quickly. That sounds like something you would assume to be what everyone thinks."
"Hey, you just met me, how can you know any of that? Sounds to me like you're the one jumping to conclusions quickly."
Sesshomaru turned to her and decided to change the subject. "Tell me. Why is it that you have been evil... yet you have not been good?"
Kina smiled slightly. "Well inside of me good and evil are fighting it out. Evil, being stronger then good, is obviously winning. I should be helping one of them, but I'd rather just be myself..."
"I understand. I would rather you be yourself as well."
She looked at him and he smiled widened. "You do care."
"No. I just think you are in your weakest state when you are yourself. I won't have anything to be afraid of if you are who you are."
"Oh... Well, thanks. That would have been a nice compliment if you hadn't have said anything."
She turned away from him and slipped her kimono off her shoulders. Sesshomaru watched her with no expression on his face as she stepped slowly into the water and swam into the middle of the spring and turned to face him.
"Go away, I like to bathe in private."
He allowed another faint smile to cross him before he turned and went back to were he left Jakken.