He went to the big oak tree in the forest and found Mai lying by the oak tree. Sesshoumaru walked over to her. Mai was unconsious again, and vulnerable. Sesshoumaru picked her up and walked over to a river. He submerged her head under the water for a minuet until she became consious again. Sesshoumaru brought her back over to the big oak tree again and lay her down. She looked up at him and smiled.
" So I take it you read the note?" Mai said. Sesshoumaru looked at her, then turned his attention to the demons sitting in the bushes. He set them on fire and watched them burn. Then he turned his attention back to Mai.
" Do you realize how vulnerable you made yourself in this kind of situation? Those demons were going to take atvantage of you had I not come in and intervined," Sesshoumaru said. Mai looked at the ground and fiddled with a piece of grass. Then she stood up and looked him in the eye.
" Do you realize that I saved you from dying? I had the choice to not tell you about the herb being a poison, but I was nice because I thought you had sympathy on me. But I can tell that you don't care about me anyways. So, I'll be on my way." Mai got up and walked off from his side and off into the forest. Sesshoumaru was going to attack her, but he felt that it was a waste of energy. So he walked off in another direction, leaving silence and curiosity in their minds.
" Even though I won't admit it to his face, he did save me from those demons. But he makes me sick. I wouldl've enjoyed watching him grobble at my feet begging me to save his high uptight ass." Mai mumbled to herself. She had been walking for about a day now.
She wasn't paying attention as to where she was going, because she walked into a villiage. When she realised where she was at, she bumped into someone. Startled, she looked up and seen a pair of amber eyes and silver hair. She moaned.
" Not you again, Sesshoumaru! Stop following me!" Mai yelled. It wasn't Sesshoumaru. It was his younger brother Inu Yasha. When Inu Yasha heard Mai call him Sesshoumaru, he looked down at her and deathglared her into shock.
" Do I look like Sesshoumaru! I'm NOT Sesshoumaru!" He growled. Mai jumped back. She stared at Inu Yasha for a very long time. He looked very different from Sesshoumaru.
His hair was wild, his eyes were wider and he didn't have a tail. But sure enough, he had that cocky ass additude." I'm Inu Yasha! Damn girl! Get it strait!"
" Inu Yasha! That was rude! Apologize!" A female told him from a distance. Inu Yasha turned around and looked at her with a " Do I have to listen to you" look on his face. She put her hands on her hips." Fine then. Sit boy!"
Inu Yasha went sailing to the ground face first. Mai winced. The girl walked over to Mai and scratched her head.
" Sorry about that. Inu Yasha can be a pain at times. Hi, I'm Kagome. Who may you be?" Kagome asked. Mai smiled and cocked her head to the side.
" I'm Mai. I didn't mean to call him Sesshoumaru. From what I can tell, their brothers. Am I right?" she asked. Kagome shook her head and helped up Inu Yasha.
" Kagome! Is everything alright?" A man called from the distance. Kagome looked over to where the voice was coming from. A young monk and a foxboy was coming from a hut, running twoards them.
" Yes Miroku, everything is okay. Hi Shippou!" Kagome ran over to the little foxboy and hugged him. Miroku walked over to Inu Yasha and examined his head. Inu Yasha waved him away from him, so Miroku walked away from him. But he stopped in front of Mai. He turned his head to look at her, and Mai was looking at him. They stayed like that for a while until Kagome broke their staring contest.
" Miroku, this is Mai. She called Inu Yasha Sesshoumaru on an accident. My guess is, she ran into him, he asked her to do something for him and she did, but she left soon afterwards. He kept bothering her though and he said something that she knew was true and didn't want to admit it to him. So she walked off. Am I right?" Kagome asked. Mai was dumbfounded.
How did she figure that out? Is it that obvious? She nodded blankly.
" Well then. I wonder if it was fate?" Miroku asked. They all looked at him blankly. Miroku grabbed Mai's hands and enclosed them in his hands. He looked deeply into her eyes and she looked nervously back. " I wonder if it was fate, for Mai to come to us, so she could bare me a child?" he finished. Kagome, Inu Yasha and Shippou fell over. Mai stared at him blankly. Miroku began to hug her.
Mai was lost now. Then she came back to her sences when he groped her butt. She pushed him away and slapped him in the face. Miroku rubbed his cheek.
" Well, I tried," he said. Kagome looked at Miroku. He looked back and smiled sheepishly.
" Must you ask every female that?" Kagome replied. Inu Yasha and Shippou got up and slapped Miroku in the back, making him fall on Mai. She tried to push him off of her, but he was too heavy for her at the time. Miroku got up and helped Mai to her feet. Thats when he seen the braid that was around Mai's waist unravel to reveal a tail. Miroku was dumbfounded and shocked. Inu Yasha seen it and was shocked. Shippou seen it and was surprised. Kagome seen it and thought it was pretty. But when Mai seen it, she was embarrased. She tried to braid it back up, but it stayed in it's regular poof.
" You have a TAIL?" Inu Yasha asked.