Chiro Mitsumune and The Toxic Flower Claw
Chapter Four
Chiro's dream: Chiro was back in Tokyo and was sitting in school. The teacher called her name and told her that she was to go to the office and retrieve a new student. As she neared the window of the office, she saw a face she recognized. It was the face of a boy and he had golden eyes and long silver hair. "It's you..." she said in her dream. "Do I know you?" he said to her mumbling. "I don't know who you are. Stay away from me," the words he spoke stung her so bad as she realized that the boy was Sesshomaru and he didn't know her...
Chiro sat straight up and observed her surroundings, finally resting on the one who had laid beside her. Sesshomaru was laying with her and he seemed to be sleeping. "What is wrong? Why are you awake?" he mumbled quietly, not moving from the ground. In answer, as if to say that nothing was wrong, she laid back down, this time facing Sesshomaru's back and watching him breathe as he went back to sleep. Chiro's breathing fell into sync with his and she fell asleep, this time dreaming peacefully. Before she had fallen asleep, Chiro realized what the dream had meant. She knew that she would be more than upset if something happened to Sesshomaru and herself. What would she do? Dismissing the ideas, she drifted off... Waking at dawn, she saw that Sesshomaru was already up, sitting across the embers of the left-over fire, staring at her. "I'll be back. I'm going to go take a bath," Chiro headed into the forest in search of the nearest pond. Soon, she found a small pond and removed the beautiful silken kimono that Sesshomaru had left for her and entered the water. "That's strange..." Chiro pondered why the water was warm instead of the cool temperature that usually accompanied a morning swim. Ignoring this odd fact, Chiro continued to cleanse herself of the foul stench of dirt, until she heard the splash of water across the pond. "Who's there?" Chiro called firmly, covering her extremities the best she could. No one answered and she moved to leave the pond and get dressed, when someone grabbed her ankle and pulled her down. Doing the sensible thing, she took a deep breath when she was pulled down and held her breath. As she opened her eyes under the oddly crystal clear water and her gaze turned to a glare. She went back up to the surface for air and cursed and yelled. "You! How could you do that! You scared the hell out of me I am going to kill you!" Chiro yelled as a smirk played over Sesshomaru's mouth and Chiro realized as she blushed deeply that she was no longer covering herself. Then the second thing hit her-Chiro looked at Sesshomaru and realized that he wasn't wearing a shirt. He had a very chisled body, which made Chiro blush. Sesshomaru was looking at Chiro's body too, though she was wearing even less than he. He said, "You are very pretty, Chiro."
Heading back to the camp, Chiro was still blushing and Sesshomaru commented as he noticed this. "Why are you blushing so much? You did not see anything..." "Now how can you be sure of that?" Chiro turned the tables and Sesshomaru blushed ever so lightly and the subject was dropped. "I didn't really see anything, you know," Chiro added quickly as Sesshomaru had fallen into an embarrassed silence. "I never knew you could get so embarrassed," Chiro said, breaking the silence. "I am not embarrassed. I am simply...thinking...," Sesshomaru replied. "What are you thinking about?" Sesshomaru did not answer Chiro's question but stopped walking and stared into her eyes. "You are very beautiful, Chiro," Sesshomaru told her. Chiro blushed and looked away. "Are you gonig to stay with me? Forever?"his gaze seemed to ask her.here"Yes. I am going tostay here forever."Sesshomaru and Chiro walked back to the camp, again in silence but not an embarrassed one, a happy silence. They both knew that they would have plenty of time to talk later...
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