This chapter is REALLY fluffy. Well, for me, anyway. I usually don't write fluff, so, all you fluff lovers, there you go.

Chapter 21: The Dance

At dusk Kyoumi stood up from the campfire as clouds came in from the south. It looked like it was going to rain. Kyoumi turned to her friends and said, "I'm going to go for a walk."

She walked over to the river and jumped on a couple rocks getting across it easily. She turned around and looked at the water seeing a couple fish swim by. Kyoumi transformed into her water youkai form and made a ball of water with a couple minnows and a large fish inside it rise up to her eye level. They swam around and the large fish dared to jump out of the ball of water and landed safely in the river. Kyoumi dropped the water and returned to her normal youkai form.

Kyoumi walked away from the river and into a very small clearing with the rock in the middle of it, next to a large pond. How the river was so close to the pond, but how they never touched was a miracle, but Kyoumi didn't question it.

She sat on the rock and thought about her friends and what she was going to do once the whole Jewel was found when it started to rain.

Kyoumi didn't bother to change into her water youkai form again, she found it nice to sit in the rain, and she didn't want to ruin mother nature. Ever since she found out she could control elements of nature she found out what it does to help the world, and how it can destroy it. But she also figured out that she can't get in the way of mother nature, because the would would be in chaos if she did.

Kagome is very nice, she cares a lot about her friends. Including me. I saw her face after I got hurt by Naraku, thought Kyoumi. InuYasha is like a brother to me. He is so nice to me, but he doesn't seem as nice to other people. Heh. At least he doesn't treat me like his own brother. Sango is kind too. She seems to like Miroku, and he doesn't say much to me, but when he does speak it's usually either wise or perverted. Shippo is so cute! He seems pretty smart too, and looks up to Kagome. Kirara is to hard to understand... And Mitsu... I don't know! At first I didn't like him, but now... I'm not sure. Kyoumi put her head in her hands and looked at the surface of the water never staying still because of the rain.

I've been with these guys for about two months. I've made lifelong friendships with them, but why can't I figure out my relationship with Mitsu? Kyoumi asked herself.

Then she heard a rustle in the bushes and turned around as fast as she could. She sniffed the air and smelt... Mitsu?

Mitsu walked out from behind the bushes and smiled.

Kyoumi gave a weak smile and returned to looking at the surface of the water saying, "What are you doing here?"

"You've been out for a couple hours, and I was wondering if you had died," Mitsu said.

"Har har. Very funny," Kyoumi answered sarcastically.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"Just thinking," answered Kyoumi. She continued to look at the surface of the water. It was still raining, so she couldn't see anything reflected off of it. Kyoumi transformed into her water youkai form and made the water still, looking at the reflection of the sky, but not being able to see anything but dark clouds.

"Why did you do that?" Mitsu asked as he walked over to the edge of the pond.

"I wanted to see the reflection. Some things you can't see if you look at it directly... Unfortunately, this was not one of those things," Kyoumi said, walking to the edge of the pond as well.

Mitsu put a foot above the water and Kyoumi smirked. Mitsu put his foot down slowly, as to make the water ripple, but when it hit the water, his foot didn't go under, but it stayed on top. He smiled and said, "Nice trick."

He turned to Kyoumi and held out his hand. "Care to dance?"

Kyoumi blushed and said, "I don't know how... Sorry."

"You don't need to know how. You just dance," Mitsu said, taking her hand and leading her out on top of the water. He put his hand around her waist and held her other hand and led her in a slow dance. The rain was their music, but the water beneath them didn't ripple or move at all.

"The others are probably watching us," muttered Kyoumi, blushing even more, but keeping her eyes locked on Mitsu.

"Let them. We watched Kagome and InuYasha, remember?" said Mitsu in a whisper.

Kyoumi gave a small laugh and beamed.

Mitsu spun Kyoumi, making her swirl water around them, but it never touched them. The only water that touched them was the rain.

Mitsu slowed even more and held Kyoumi closer, making Kyoumi's heart beat faster.

He then looked down at her and kissed her passionately on the lips.

They stayed like that for what seemed like hours, which in truth was only a half minute.

Mitsu came away from the kiss and said, "Now I must make my leave." He slowly walked away, disappearing into the forest, leaving Kyoumi to stand on the smooth water.

And Kyoumi could have sworn he heard Mitsu say, "Hi guys."

I bet all you lovesick people loved that! Heh heh heh. Now I must edit the next chapter for you to read! Away! -runs to edit next chapter- angel61991 - Do you say anything other than 'interesting please update soon'? I'm just wondering.