When Rin had waked up, every thing was packed, and breakfast was ready. Kohaku had woken up before her. She got up silently and joined him to eat. She ate in silence, reflecting on the past few days. One day she had gone from being all alone, wishing she'd meet up with someone. And the next this boy saves her, and they begin to travel together, rather then alone.

They got their thins together and left soon after they finished eating, thanking the lady of the inn as much as they could before they left.

"So, which way are we going today?" Rin asked, trying to break the silence.

Kohaku squinted off into the direction of where they had come from the previous day.

"That way." He pointed into the direction opposite of that that they had come from.

"All right then. Sounds good." Rin nodded. "How far off from any other towns are we do you think?" She asked, curious.

"About two or three days. That's just a guess though. Could be wrong. Oh well, I like to camp out. The stars are so much better the farther away from the town lights you get." He smiled and kept on walking, Rin following close behind.

They walked on until lunch in mostly silence with the exception of a few laughs about past experiences they've both had on the road.

When they stopped for lunch, Rin ate in silence, as she thought about things. We've barely just met, and we have quite a bit in common. She smiled to herself. I'm just glad to not be traveling alone anymore. She thought, then flopped back down onto her back, looking up at the clouds.

She closed her eyes for a moment as she once again thought about the past few days. We hadn't even met yet, but he still saved me. I'll have to come up with a way to repay him… but how? She scrunched her eyes closed as she pushed that thought away for a while, she'd think of something, later.

She opened her eyes again as she heard Kohaku lay down on the grass as well.

She saw him lift his arm to point straight up.

"See that cloud?" Rin gave a small response. "What do you think it looks like?"

Rin thought for a moment. "I think it looks like a stag."

Kohaku laughed. "No way! It doesn't look at all like a stag! It's a tiger."

"Nuh-huh, tigers are my favorite animal, along with any other of the feline species, and wolves. I'd know a tiger any day, and that's not a tiger. It's a stag."

"It's not a stag. Stags are my favorite animal, as well as wolves, and that is not a stag. It's a tiger!"

Their argument continued into well after the cloud shape had changed shape so far from where it was when the argument started.

"I used to be scared to death of wolves." Rin murmured a while after they had settled on the fact that they saw it from different positions so the cloud looked different to them.

Kohaku laughed. "Scared of wolves? Why ever would you be scared of wolves?"

"Hey! Don't laugh! I was a little girl! I'm not afraid of them anymore!" Rin glared at him. "It was because a man in my village when I was little used to tell scary stories about wolves, say his scary wounds were caused by them. It wasn't until I was older that he told me they were all made up stories, and wolves weren't at all like he had described them to be."

"Sorry, but it was funny." Kohaku smiled at her, but she glared back. He hung his head for a while as they continued on in silence.

Soon the sun began to sink down, hinting they should make camp. They set up camp, made food, and ate in silence again.

After Rin had finished eating, she went to flop down on the grass and stare at the stars for a little while, while lying next to the fire for warmth on the chilly night.

Soon Kohaku joined her, his head next to her's, but he was laying the opposite direction.

"See those three stars?" He said, pointing to three stars in a row. "And the five going in the cross direction at the end of the three?" He paused for her to find them. "Those are the bow and arrow of Lady Kikyo. She was a priestess, protecting her little village. May not seem like much, but to them, she's a hero. I heard it when I stayed in that village, or it might have even been a neighboring village. But she was pretty well known in that area. Maybe we'll cross that area, and you can hear some of the amazing stories about Lady Kikyo yourself, for in no way that me telling them could do her any justice, with the way these people tell the stories." He laughed.

"Wow." Rin whispered through the quiet night. "I want to hear stories about her." She smiled. Even though he couldn't see her smile, he could sense it.

Soon after she had said that, she drifted off to sleep. Kohaku sat up and looked around, realizing neither of them were in their bedrolls. He grabbed a blanket and put it over her, then one for himself, and went back to lay with his head next to her's once again. He fell asleep soon after the last crackle of the fire.