"Lord Sesshomaru has not always been such a saint," Rin said quietly to herself, "but he is not such as monster as everyone sees him to be…"
Kaori looked over at her. Rin had knelt down in the grassy surface and had her hands lain gently on top of her thighs. She held a stare down on the grass and was deep in thought. Her brown eyes were slightly glazed with tears as she looked down on the ground. He just stood there, towering Rin as he watched the poor girl just sit there and think. She's…beautiful, he thought. But why would she want to be with such a villan like Sesshomaru? She can do better. He shook his head and then looked away. She could be with me…
Some short time had passed but the sun was beginning its decend. Kaori walked over to Rin and picked her up her arms.
"Come on. We have to get going and find a place for the night," Kaori told Rin firmly.
Rin shot him a look, but followed as he took hold of her wrist and lead her away from the small clearing. His grip was tight and firm as he pulled her into the forest. She had no idea where he was leading her, but since she was his prisoner, she had to follow his commands. They stayed silent until they had reached a rocky ascent. Her eyes had traveled up from the base of the mountains to the peaks. She hopes she did not have to climbs those to go where he wants to take her. Even though she is quite fit from traveling all over the land with Lord Sesshomaru and Jaken, she still did not want to climb that steep ascent on the mountains. As she was looking up at the high peaks, which were slightly covered with the sun-kissed clouds, Kaori kept on pulling her towards them. Rin had finally looked down and noticed he had led her to a mouth of the cave. She hesitated at first when he wanted to go in. She held back and he roughly jerked her out of her stance and pulled her in. He was too strong for her to dig in her heels; she almost went flying down onto her face when he tugged her.
"There is nothing in there, Rin. I don't smell any trace of demons or humans, just an old musty smell of an old den of a pack of wolf demons," Kaori told her as he turned his head back and told her. Rin's heart skipped a bit when he turned his head to direct the comment to her. How the sun's setting rays hit his hair, and touched his icy-blue eyes, it was breath taking. Also, he had not directly said anything to her for the whole journey and she was touched. As he turned his head back, she meekly looked down her cheeks flushed a rosy red. Thank God he doesn't notice, she said to herself.
They carefully walked into the rocky cave. Rin stumbled here and there, but Kaori made sure to catch her when she did. He then had instructed her to stay put as he walked farther down into the face. His eyes were better than hers in the dark, so he could easily find an area where they could rest for the night. So he had left her all alone in the dark. She shivered and it ran up and down her spine. Goosebumps appeared on her arms and she idly rubbed them. She was slightly cold because the air was cold and damn…must be water in there somewhere and because it was in the shade. Also, it was frightening to stand in the darkness and not see her surroundings. She kept on hearing shuffling in the darkness and it did not help calm her nerves. She tightly clenched her eyes shut and wished she was with her father, in a safe location. She shivered violently and wrapped her arms tightly around herself. She wanted to curl up on the ground, but she was frightened of what she might find. Rin just stood there, terrified. She wanted it to all go away. She wanted to scream and run away and not be in there. Her body shuddered and tears brimming her eyes. She let out a small cry, and suddenly, she heard a voice. Oh please let that be Kaori, she pleased.
A hand touched her shoulder and she jumped and screamed.
Kaori jumped back slightly and Rin opened her eyes and saw his face in the faint glow of the torch he held. She clung to him and was still shivering. Kaori was caught aback by her response and, slowly put his free arm around her. They stood there for a little while and then he told her they should get some rest. He took her hang gently and led her to a place where there was a small waterfall and a place with not so many rocks. He made a small fire already and before he had brought her. They sat around it and Kaori caught a couple fish from the nearby stream with a harpoon that he made from a long stick he had found. He roasted them over the fire and they feasted on the trout.
Rin was growing tired and she began to yawn. Both were silent and left to their own thoughts. The silence was too much and it made her weary. She curled up not too far from the fire, and rested her head on her arms. She had soon fallen into a deep sleep. Her body was sore and tired from traveling so much as of late and it was finally catching up to her. Plus, the stress of the day of being kidnapped by a boy of a half-demon that Lord Sesshomaru did not like, and wanted Kaori revenge. But the revenge Kaori wanted was not happening. He wanted to kill Rin, but he seemed hesitant to do so. His heart was not as cold as he played it up. He gently watched her as she slept. She shivered slightly and he threw his one shirt over her. He gently ran his fingers through her sleak black hair, and she stopped shivering. Kaori sat close beside her, still in his thoughts.
I couldn't killer…She's…I can't even explain it…How can you kill someone if you have some sort of feelings for them? My heart melts when she just tucks her hair behind her ears. My knees quiver when she just looks at me. It's all so very strange…I am not sure why I still have her with me if I do not intend to kill her…Maybe I am just scared of what Sesshomaru would do to me. I want her though. I want her to be my own…But I have fucked it up. She would never consider it. I just took her from her so called "father" and slightly injured her. Why would she want me?... Kaori sighed to himself, and he himself, had soon feel asleep.