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Scroll #13:

"A sudden crush?"

THUD

WHACK

"Be Careful You Toad! THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED 'DELICACY'!." I yell, furious.

"Shut Up, You Filthy Bitch!."

"You Wish!."

I hear a loud slam. I sit and blow some steam for a few seconds. Then, I stand up and walk to the door to open it, but I can't. I can't open this door?. Must be seal! Oh Gods! I'm lock in here!. Alone for worst, because I know that this isn't little beast's room.

Little beast's room is two doors away from here!.

Damn Toad! I was this close of the gardens and he got to appear and spoil everything. My God! He beat the lights out of me this time! What did possessed him?. My whole body hurts!

I, Mikami, have no time for worrying for my body. what I need right now is to know where I'm… the walls will give some idea… and maybe I can find windows. The door opens. I rush to the door, maybe I can kick Jaken on his baldhead and make my way out of here.

WHACK

I didn't count with the wooden staff. Jaken hits me with it and I fall to the floor, feeling a lot of pain. I wonder how I haven't broke any of my bones. I touch my nose. I'm bleeding… again.

"Stay here and keep quiet. That's my lord's orders."

"Cause me a nosebleed is an order too?." I ask bitterly.

"Hmpf. Here, you can change that outfit now."

I hear another slam. Once again, I pick myself from the floor and walk to the door. Its close, big surprise.

I better check the damage in my body. I caress my nose… and my lip, I caress my entire face. I got a few bruises, my lip is getting better, but hurts when I talk, and thankfully, my nose isn't broken, wonder why. I had never received so many hits before, damn that taiyoukai!… hey… he hasn't hit me since… well… since I started to travel with him, but a few incidents. The toad is guilty one for the hits.

My hands are fine. They need a little bit of attention, but that's all. Another thing are my right wrist and elbow. They hurt a little, like my ankles. Maybe I got some bruises there, like in my left arm, but there, I had no pain.

If my okaasan were able to see this… she will come into my aid. And hug me, and tell me that everything is going to be fine. How I miss her! I couldn't say goodbye… I want to cry :tear:. I need to cry :more tears:. I will cry :burst into tears:.

… :several sobs: Maybe I, Mikami, am a little too old for this, but I really want okaasan:several sobs:…

… Someone lift my chin. The taiyoukai:several sobs: In which moment did he get in here?. I backs off until I get to the wall and curls myself there, in the floor away from him.

He kneels by my side, I backs off again, but he stops me. Maybe he is here to kill me or worst. I have to get away from here now!. I stand up and walk again away from him :sobs:. I don't want him near.

I crash into something. Oh My! It's him! How? I don't know. He grabs my wrists and tries to prevent me from struggle.

"Easy."

Again that tone. The same than last night. I freeze, waiting for the final blow… which never came… What?… blood, but isn't mine: my nosebleed had stopped already. His finger touches my lip and I feel tickles. He let me go and he puts something in my hands, a fabric most likely. Then, he is gone.

Where is he? Where did he go? Where did he go so fast?. Ok. He is a taiyoukai, but… but… :tears:. I'm terrify! This situation is overwhelming. I got to get away!…

¿…?

What is this?. A kimono. A new kimono?… Ah, yeah, I get it: after our encounter in the forest near my house:sneeze: an earthquake, an attack from 'lesser' youkais, a fire, after I fell down onto the ashes of my house and a sudden travel to who knows where on top of a mountain, my kimono must be… a mess. My looks must a mess too!. He remarked me that this morning. But, Why did he give me a fabric?. And… this is silk?. Silk! If I'm suppose to be a slave, why did he give a fabric made of silk?.

I don't know if this is made of silk. I know the textures, and this isn't cotton or anything alike. My kimono is made of it and this isn't cotton. This is the silk?… is the most beautiful texture ever! I had never imagined this!. Soft, delicate, cool, elegant… no wonder why the nobles keep the silk for them. I use to describe some things as 'silky' before, but that was when I had my own idea of 'silky'. I never expect this.

I put the kimono down. I can't wear that! No matter how hard I want to feel this silk dressing my body. I just can't do it, because my life is waiting outside the castle's grounds and if I want a normal life, I need to forget about the pathetic, arrogant and handsome asshole who took me as his slave 3 days ago, who had beaten the lights out of me, scared me out of my wits and :sneeze: left me in the solid and cold floor when I fainted last night.

Liar.

He didn't left me there, I woke up this morning at little beast's room, lying in a futon. And he hadn't hit me since… well, since quite a while. Actually, since they told me that we were near the castle, he hadn't hit me. Jaken had beaten me, not Sesshomaru-san. And last night… even when he got angry and I thought that he was about to do it… he didn't.

Did I, Mikami, called him by his name:sneeze:

He follows me last night, I know that, and he follows me today. Is he suspecting something :sneeze?. He asked me about why I touched his face. He touched my face. I think that he is handsome, but he can see me. What does he see me?… he must see a cripple, a blind human. :sighs:. But I got an advantage over him: I can still feel his features in my hands. I felt them like fire this morning, and I still feel them that way… I never want to stop feeling his face :sneeze:. Eyes can't keep the images.

No! I need to stop thinking about him that way!. I need to shake him out of my head!. A taiyoukai in a human's mind is a disgraceful thing. Youkais are wild beings with no reason at all. You can't reason with them, they are bloodthirsty creatures:sneeze:…

Not this one. I feel knowledge in him. I felt a wonderful person trapped in the depths of his fear… yes… fear of showing emotions… how come a person can fear that?.

This room is cold. Is this I or the temperature is really cold?

Part of me doesn't want to leave him. Maybe if I got the chance, I can do something for him. Only if he gives me the chance, but I really doubt that, still, I know that I could do something for him, but and I know that I must leave him, because I, Mikami, want a normal life. I want to come back to my village to bury my parents, if I find their bodies, to honor them. I need to… :sneeze:.

I want to return to my village and to the life I left there, where my friends are, but I want to stay here, not as a slave, beside the taiyoukai, with cold sexy voice.

ARGH:shakes head frantically: I, MIKAMI, AM CONFUSE!. I got to get away! Now. I drop the kimono and I walk to the door. Maybe I can burst through the shoji paper, like I did at the :sneeze: room with the vases. Maybe if I try…

What?. The door is open?… Be careful, Mikami, I don't like this.

"You aren't wearing the kimono."

Just what I need it. His cold voice… his sexy voice.

Damn!

"I can't use that, isn't my size. And slaves don't use silk."

THAT is the best answer that came to me?. I don't recognize myself! What a shameful answer!. I don't know me!.

"… oh."

Walk, Mikami. Go to the gardens, and go to the fountain, and then… go to your freedom… He grabs my right wrist. I flinch. That's the one who is hurting. He let me go at once.

"Where are you going?."

"Am I confine to that room too?."

"Yes."

"Why?."

"…"

"…"

"…You are mine."

And that's his best answer!. I take another step. And another, and another. I keep walking. and walking. And something stops me.

"You are cold." He grabs my right wrist. "And hurt."

"No thanks to my clumsiness!."

"…"

"Let me go."

"Why?."

Oh, please. Not that tone!.

"Because I had better things to do instead of…"

"Instead of what?."

Kami, Why do you hate my luck?.

"… Be here."

sniff, sniff, sniff

"What are you doing?."

"You smell funny."

"¿…? sorry, you don't smell nice either!."

"You can't smell."

"I can!."

"Prove it!… Tell me how I smell… if you can." His voice is cold, but isn't threaten anymore… is a little bit sexy and cajoling.

What did I do to deserve this? I can't be thinking about him that way, he is a taiyoukai, and he can kill you in any minute… And Why, IN SEVEN HELLS, That doesn't seem so terrible all sudden!.

"… woodsy." I say, after a second. "… and like a forest after a rain… I think… Happy?." He let me go.

"Not bad. Get back to your room and change you clothing."

"…"

"…"

"…"

"Forgive us for the bad treatment, Mikami-san."

"I don't care… I didn't knew you care. The damage is done!."

He leaves. He leave me alone. I hear him walk away.

I stand still. Trying to figure out why my heart feels so funny. This can't be right. I have to get away from here. I need to breathe… no, I can't faint right now:slaps herself: get pull together!. Walk! No, run to the gardens, you know where they are! Quickly!.

I get here. The doors are close. I open them, get out of the manor and close them immediately. UUUY! I didn't knew that the weather was this bad! Is really cold out here! I, Mikami, think is going to rain.

Who cares?

I run to the fountain, it take me minutes to find it, but I did. From here on, and according to little beast, I will be out of Sesshomaru-san's reach. I cross the fountain and take a few steps.

Wait a minute. Did he called me by my name?.

Yes! He called me by my name! He called me 'Mikami-san'!.

I hold my heart! My heart beat feels funny. I don't know why! I don't want to leave this place all suddenly. Why? I don't belong here… I don't know… he called me by my name! He really did!. I need to know… after that, and depending of his answer, I will leave or stay… Why my heart..? Why is he pounding so fast!. I need t go back.

I need to know!.

… I stop. I need to meditate this. I really want to come back?… go back to that place full with youkais and a sweet little human child?.

I turn over my heels, without paying attention to the weather, which is getting colder and colder. I don't care. One more step and I will be back in the castle grounds…

… But… Where is the fountain?.

THUNDER, rain starts to fall.

Oh Great!. Just What I Need!.

To be continue.

By

Misao-CG.