Ch.6 Sesshomaru's destination.
Julie woke up later in the early morning. She couldn't move much. She tried to fight against whatever was holding her.
"Have you not learned you're lesson about running off?" came Sesshomaru's cold and angry voice.
Julie opened her eyes. The reason why she couldn't move was because Sesshomaru had resumed his usual habit of practically using her as a mattress when he slept.
"I wasn't trying to get away," said Julie. "I was half-asleep and I couldn't tell what was holding me down."
Sesshomaru was practically nose-to-nose with her. "I don't trust you at all."
He sent Jaken to fetch food for Julie. Julie ate a good breakfast. Then Sesshomaru sent Jaken off for a while.
Sesshomaru got very close to Julie to speak to her. "Now do you know why it's not a good idea to run away? No matter what, I'll find you. Secondly, there are all kinds of demons that would love to have you for dinner. You're not much use to me dead, now are you? From now on, don't ever try to run away. And I'm sure you value your life."
"Yes," said Julie quietly. The cold fury in his voice was extremely unpleasant.
Apparently, Sesshomaru had used the sash she had been holding to wrap up her arm and leg. He had ripped it in half and used the larger half for her leg wound because it was worse.
"Um, thanks for bandaging me up," said Julie.
Sesshomaru said nothing. "You need to take a bath."
"Um, yeah, I guess I do," said Julie, looking down at her blood-spattered clothes.
Sesshomaru suddenly began removing his armor and kimono. Julie blushed and quickly looked away, wondering what he was doing.
"Don't worry," he said. "I'm wearing under robes." (An under robe is like a kimono but not so big)
Julie looked back at him. He was wearing a plain white under robe. He set his armor down and tossed Julie his kimono. "You can wash that while you bathe in the lake. While I was carrying you, you dripped blood onto me. Now go take a bathe. I won't look."
There was a spot in the shallow area of the lake that had a lot of tall rocks. It looked like a good spot to bathe in private.
"Oh, and you can wear this when you get out while the clothes dry," said Sesshomaru removing the upper half of his under robe. "That should be big enough for you."
"Uh, thanks," said Julie. She blushed because she could see his broad chest. He certainly had some nice muscles.
She quickly turned around. "Um, see you."
She washed the clothes in the lake. She felt like a maid. But they couldn't go around filthy.
The bloodstains came out of the clothes and she flung them over a rock to dry in the sun. She relaxed in the water for a while.
She wore Sesshomaru's upper under robe. It covered her good and she tied it with his purple and yellow sash that was almost completely dry after a good bake in the sun.
She went back to camp.
There wasn't much to do that day. Sesshomaru kept a close eye on her. Jaken sat around.
Often, Sesshomaru just stared ahead. She could tell he was thinking deeply about something. She wondered if it was the plan.
"Sesshomaru," she said. His eyes lazily slid over to her. She could tell he didn't want to be bothered. But she pressed on. "What plan are you doing that requires me?"
"You'll know later," said Sesshomaru.
"But I want to know now," said Julie.
Sesshomaru merely looked at her and didn't even reply. Julie began to feel angry.
"I want to know," said Julie. "The plan involves me, right? So I should know."
"I said, you'll know later," replied Sesshomaru, flexing his claws and cracking his knuckles.
Julie stood up, not really caring what he did next. She was too angry. "Whatever your plan is, I know it's something to hurt my friends! I won't allow you to hurt them."
"And what do you plan to do about it?" queried Sesshomaru, standing up. He stood over her. "I'm a powerful demon. You're just a mere mortal. I could kill you in a second." He flexed his claws and bared his fangs. "Remember that." He ran a claw along her neck.
When they went to sleep that night, Julie and Sesshomaru hadn't spoken another word to each other. She had quietly gone to get their clothes. She dressed behind some trees. Sesshomaru put his clothes back on but left his armor off because they would soon be going to sleep.
Jaken fetched food for Julie. Sesshomaru merely watched her eat. Julie quietly offered some of her food to Jaken. He only accepted a little fruit. Julie had offered him because he was no nice to get her food all the time and she never saw him eat. And Jaken didn't seem that bad after all. He was just Sesshomaru's servant. He hadn't done anything bad. He just did what he told because he was scared to do otherwise.
They went to sleep that night. Sesshomaru once more assumed his usual habit of put his arms around her and one of his legs over her so she couldn't scoot off in the middle of night.
She found it particularly difficult to sleep with him all over her like that. She kept squirming around.
"Quit moving around," Sesshomaru growled low.
"Well, I'm finding it rather hard to sleep when you're cuddling me like some teddy bear," Julie growled back.
"Deal with it." Sesshomaru voice was cold. "I don't want you running off. And just so you know, if your friends find you, I know you'll try to escape from me. I'll be ready. You're not going anywhere until my plan is done."
Julie gulped. He was right. If her friends found her, she wouldn't hesitate to escape with them.
They traveled on the two-headed horse again.
Julie had hardly slept the whole night. Sesshomaru holding her like that at night was getting more and more irksome. How could anyone sleep like that when your practically being smothered because there is no other way to make sure you don't run away at night?
Julie couldn't sleep because of all the sunlight. By nightfall, Sesshomaru pointed and said they had arrived at their destination. Julie was too tired by this point to care.
A few minutes later, the horses came to a stop. Julie slid down and stared at a house.
This house has been abandoned for years," said Sesshomaru. "I took it and I come here now and then to rest."
"Finally, a real bed to sleep in," said Julie stumbling toward the house.
"You will eat first," said Sesshomaru.
Julie was too tired to even notice what she ate that evening. She was too tired to care about anything really except going to bed. Sesshomaru helped her to bed and she collapsed on it and fell asleep.
Several days passed. Julie wondered when Sesshomaru would put his mysterious plan into motion.
Julie tried to be nice to him since he had saved her life twice: from being stabbed to death and from falling to her death.
She couldn't stand the monotony of this life anymore. Sesshomaru was very unsocial and she thought she might lose her voice from lack of use. So she finally decided to show him her farting machine.
"Look, Sesshomaru," she said. She pulled the farting machine out of her pocket and handed it to him.
"What's this?" he asked. Jaken looked over in interest.
Julie took the special button that was separate from the main machine (there was a special button so that you stick the machine under someone chair and press the button from far away to make it go off).
Julie pressed he button. The machine went off in Sesshomaru's hand with a rip-roaring fart that made Jaken gasp.
The puzzled look on Sesshomaru's face was priceless. Julie busted out laughing. She laughed so hard, Sesshomaru raised his eyebrows.
"The look on your face!" Julie managed to gasp. "That was so funny!"
"I see you find this object...amusing," said Sesshomaru. "Where did you get this? You're time I presume?"
"How do you know I come from a different time?" asked Julie.
Sesshomaru gestured at her clothes. "You wear clothes similar to that of Kagome. She is from your time." He plucked at her sleeve. "Tell me, do many of the people from you're time find this thing amusing?"
"Well, yeah," said Julie. "People like to use it to play pranks. Although some people prefer to use Whoopee Cushions."
"What's that?" asked Sesshomaru.
Julie was thoroughly enjoying herself: explaining how these funny things worked. "It's like a rubber balloon. You put one on someone's chair. When they sit on it, all the air goes out of it, and it makes a noise like a fart."
"The things you humans come up with," said Sesshomaru.
"Well, it makes our lives more fun," said Julie. "Instead of all quiet and calm and collective like you. You never laugh or smile."
"What nationality are you?" inquired Sesshomaru, ignoring her last comment.
"American," said Julie. "So are my two friends. We come from Florida. That's in North America."
"Where's that?" asked Jaken.
"It's across the ocean from Japan," said Julie. "If you were to travel along the ocean to the East, you would eventually come to North America. There are three major countries in North America: Canada, which is huge. The United States of America, which isn't quite as big, and Mexico, which is even smaller. Then there are a few islands. I live in America in Florida."
"Interesting," said Sesshomaru coolly.
Julie rested her chin in her hands. "I want to go home."
She told Sesshomaru all about the manga books she had read about him and his half-brother and how she was surprised that he really existed.
"Rosemary and me loved reading about Inuyasha and you," said Julie. "I used to l-"
She stopped herself before she said, "I used to like you." She didn't really like him anymore. Ever since he had gone and kidnapped her, she had lost her feelings for him.
Sesshomaru was looking at her, expecting her to finish the sentence. Julie looked at him and wondered what to say.
"Are you going to finish what you were saying?" asked Sesshomaru.
"Um, I forgot what I was going to say," said Julie quickly.
"Hmm." Sesshomaru looked at the farting machine again. Julie made it go off. It sounded like a wet one. Julie thought she saw a very tiny smile as he handed it back to her.
Julie pocketed it.