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Chapter Six: Savior

I woke early the next morning, sitting up from the soft path of grass I was lying in, and stretched.

"Oh…yeah." I breathed, looking at the sleeping Rin lying not far from me, the sleeping Ah Un beside her. "I'm here."

What would happen to me, now that I was with Sesshomaru?

I had found out the day before that I could not leave, it had almost cost me my guitar when I'd tried, so I had no choice but to stay and wait for Inuyasha.

But…if Inuyasha showed up, Sesshomaru would kill him for sure.

I don't know if I could let Sesshomaru do that.

All I had to do was get away from Sesshomaru in any way I could.

Now would be good.

Quietly, I grabbed my guitar from beside me and got to my feet, straightening my skirt.

Sesshomaru was nowhere to be found.

Where is he? I wondered, tiptoeing silently past Rin, Ah Un, and Jaken, careful not to wake them. He must be out somewhere…probably looking for more people to kill.

I smirked to myself and slipped past the sleeping group and into the forest.

I was home free.

I grinned and sprinted through the forest. That was way too easy.

I had no idea where I was going, no idea at all, but at least I was free from Sesshomaru. That way Inuyasha wouldn't have to die on my sake.

I ran through the forest, my feet pounding on the soft grass, my hair whipping behind me, my heart racing in my chest.

Really, I wanted to know where Sesshomaru was, just so I knew whether or not he was following me.

To make sure, I stopped running, the silence of the forest greeting me.

Nothing. Not the sound of footsteps, not even the sound of the wind.

I smiled. "Home free."

I turned and began to run again, only to slam into something. Loosing my balance, I fell backwards onto the ground, dropping my guitar in the process.

"Oh!" I smiled, laughing nervously. "S-Sesshomaru! What brings you to this neck of the woods at this time in the morning?"

He frowned at me. "Were you trying to escape?"

I laughed, getting to my feet, my ankle was almost one hundred percent better, dusting myself off. "Oh no, of course not! I was, uh, looking for you."

"You are lying." He hissed.

I looked up at him, he was at least two heads taller than me. "Of course not! I know that I can't escape from you."

Well, at least I knew now.

He glared at me. Obviously there was no trust between us.

"Stupid girl." He growled, grabbing my arm. "You can not escape me. Did you learn nothing from yesterday?"

"Sure I did." I said, contemplating weather or not kicking him between the legs would do anything or not. "I learnt that you have no emotions and that I can't escape you."

"So why do you try?"

"Because I can." I smirked.

Then I yanked my arm away from him, catching him off guard, and darted off.

I left my guitar, too.

Hell, I had three more at home, I think I'd be okay.

But if I stayed there, I wouldn't.

So I ran, as fast as I could go under the circumstances, being in a skirt and all, through the forest, half aware of the demon that was chasing after me.

I really had to stop pissing him off.

I kept running, though. Even though I knew he'd probably catch me, I ran anyway.

But something other than Sesshomaru stopped me, to my surprise.

A large, no huge, demon, that suddenly appeared out of nowhere in front of me.

It was huge, at least three stories tall, with two beady red eyes and long, sharp fangs, dripping with saliva.

I gasped, backing away from the creature. I would much rather have Sesshomaru catch me, thank you.

The demon smirked down at me, it's breath hot on my body. "What do we have here?"

I stared, horrified, up at it. It could…talk?

It looked like a bat, literally. It was like this huge-ass bat demon.

"Holy…shit." I breathed, backing away from it.

It swung it's wing out so it landed behind me. The force from the wing on the ground made me loose my balance and tumble to the ground.

I was scared. No, I was terrified.

"What's a pretty mortal like you doing all alone in the woods?" The bat laughed, leaning in towards me, his eyes as big as my hand. "And without a weapon, too."

Damn. Why did I have to drop my guitar?

And Sesshomaru was probably watching from the bushes, laughing it up.

"I-I'm running away." I stammered. "So I s-suggest you get o-out of my w-way."

The demon laughed, his voice booming through the forest, the sunlight shining off his fangs.

Why did he have to have fangs?

"A human with a tongue, willing to lash it at a demon?" The bat smirked. "I've never seen such a thing."

Were all the people in this era wimps?

"Are you not going to beg for your life before I eat you?" The bat asked.

I gaped at him. Eat me? What the hell! What did I ever do to it?

"N-No." I said defiantly. "I won't. I'm not afraid of you."

Wow, that was only the biggest lie I'd ever told.

The bat laughed. "Let's see how brave you are when you're inside my belly."

Then he leaned forward and tried to bite me.

Seriously, bite me.

But I was too quick for him, and quickly rolled to the side, watching as his fangs sunk into the dirt in front of me.

"Not quite as tasty as flesh is it?" I laughed, getting quickly to my feet, darting to the side.

I didn't, of course, get very far. For bats had more than one wing, and the second one lashed out of nowhere, hitting me off my feet and into a nearby tree.

I gasped on impact, landing with a thud on the ground.

Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.

Bastard.

I winched, trying to push myself put from the ground. It hurt, a lot.

Damn.

The bat demon chuckled, his shadow moving over me. "It's all over for you now, human."

I started up at him, a small trickle of blood dripping from the corner of my mouth. "B-Bastard."

He growled down at me. "Prepare to die."

Then he leaned forward, his mouth open, those huge fangs bearing down on me.

So I screamed. It was the only thing I could do at the moment. Scream.

Suddenly something was in front of me, blocking me from the demon, hitting the huge beast back.

The demon growled, flying backwards into a few trees, landing, hard, on them.

It snarled, getting up. "Who are you?"

I looked up, only to see the familiar form of Sesshomaru.

He…saved me? I thought, amazed, staring wide-eyed at the demon Lord.

"Who I am is not a concern of yours." Sesshomaru said acidly.

"Leave us be." The demon snapped. "She is mine, I found her. Go find your own."

I choked. What, did he think Sesshomaru wanted to eat me, too?

God, I hoped not.

"She belongs to me." Sesshomaru growled., unsheathing his sword, holding it out defensively at the large demon, who was easily five times bigger than himself. "So back off, unless you want to die."

Now normally I would have slapped him, or something, for saying I belonged to him. But hey, he'd just saved my life, I think I'd throw him a little slack…for now.

The bat demon laughed, really he laughed. "Like you, such a small demon, could defeat me."

Wanna bet?

Then Sesshomaru did something that totally, and utterly, amazed me.

He smirked.

Though it was small, it was totally huge for him.

So he did have emotions.

I stared blankly as he raised his sword so it was extended beside him, his amber eyes cold on the bat. "You give me no choice. Die."

And then he swung his sword.

Just one swing, that's all it took.

A bright blue light exploded from the sword as he swung it towards the demon. The light, the energy, flew at the demon and hit him head on.

Seconds later, there was nothing left of the demon, nothing but his mangled cries, still echoing off the trees.

And I lay there, staring wide-eyed at the place the demon had been.

He barely moved. I thought, my breathing coming in short gasps. His power…it was amazing. He barely swung the sword and the demon was totally destroyed…that was hot.

I was broken from my thoughts however, when Sesshomaru turned to me and said. "Get up, we're leaving."

I sighed, there was really no use in running away now. "Okay."

So I got up.

Almost.

Halfway up I fell back down, a sharp pain rushing through my body.

I fell with a gasp, back onto the ground. "I-I'm sorry…I can't."

I half expected his to chastise me, or get angry, but he didn't. Instead he leaned down and picked me up, surprisingly gently, into his arm.

I felt my breath catch in my throat as I looked up at him, his face inches from mine, his breath hot on my cheeks.

"You will not run away again." He said, looking down at me. "Or next time, I will not help you."

I nodded, ashamed. "Okay. I'm…sorry. Really, I'm sorry for the trouble…I'm not usually so much trouble."

Wait. Yes I am!

He nodded. "Then you have learned your lesson."

Yeah, I think so.

He didn't walk then, as I'd expected him to, but instead began to float into the air.

Oh my God, the bastard could fly!

Why couldn't Inuyasha do that?

I shrugged it off, staring in wonder down at the trees below us. Everything looked different in the air.

I looked around at the Feudal Era. I couldn't see the village that I was in before, with Kagome and the others. Sesshomaru must have taken me far.

Damn.

Though, even though I'd almost gotten killed, I don't know if this would be my last escape attempt. I'm sure there would be other chances for me to run.

Besides, I had to get out of here, out of this world, before I got too attached to everything.

Finally we landed in the small clearing that Rin, Jaken and Ah Un were in.

Instead of Sesshomaru setting me on my feet, like I'd wanted, he carried me over to Ah Un, who was sitting under a tree nearby. Then he set me, gently, on the soft ground beside the demon.

That hurt. The setting down part, I mean.

What did that demon do to me? I couldn't feel anything broken, and yet my whole body was in pain.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin grinned, running up to us. "Lady Ayu! Where have you been?"

Sesshomaru, as usual, didn't answer.

Rin frowned down at me. "What happened Lady Ayu? Why are you bleeding?"

I smirked slightly. Bleeding? Great, perfect, that's all I needed right now, more injuries.

And I'd lost my guitar, too.

"I'm fine Rin, thanks." I smiled at her.

"Leave us, Rin." Sesshomaru said.

Rin nodded, slight curiosity in her eyes, and turned and ran back to Jaken.

I started up at Sesshomaru, why did he ask her to leave us?

I guess I'd find out soon.

Sesshomaru knelt in front of me, leaning forward, his face inches from mine.

What was he gonna do, kiss me? No! No! No! Yes! No! No! No!

Wait. There was a yes in there somewhere.

But he didn't kiss me, instead his face stopped inches from mine and his hand lifted, wiping the blood from the corner of my mouth and chin.

That was all? He had to get that close to wipe off blood?

God he was creepy.

But then he added another level of creepiness to himself, when he suddenly ran his hand down my arm, then the other one.

Okay then…

He moved back a bit, running his hand down my leg.

That's when I all but screamed. "What are you doing!"

He looked up at me. "Is it not obvious? I am checking for broken bones."

No! It's not obvious you tard!

I felt my face heat up, regardless of my anger. The last guy who'd touched me like that had ended up with a music stand in the face.

He kept running his hand down my leg, then the other one, and then he leaned forward and slid his hand down my side.

Now that, was going to far.

I grabbed his wrist. "That's enough, Sesshomaru."

"You have two broken ribs." He said, moving his hand away from mine, continuing his search.

Finally, after a few more totally embarrassing minuets, he was done.

"Two broken ribs, that's all." He said. "You will not be able to move very much for a few weeks."

Oh joy. Now those few weeks would be fun.

Not.

Then, as if he hadn't just been inappropriately touching me, he stood up, and walked away into the forest.

I stared, blankly, after him, my cheeks still warm.

That had been sufficiently weird…and yet…no, that would be wrong. I did so not like the feeling of his hand running over my body.

Nope. Not at all. Because that would be wrong, wrong, wrong!

Okay, maybe I liked it a little bit.

But still…it was wrong.

I was supposed to hate him, right? I mean, he did try to kill me, then kidnapped me, and gave me the nice scar on my arm.

But he had saved my life…

Damn, it was getting hard to hate him.


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