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Chapter 3: Dr. Fluffy And A New Enemy

Sesshomaru looked behind him and stopped walking. It had been a very long time since the young girl (that he now knew to be called Adriel), had ceased talking. To his surprise Adriel was walking with her eyes closed. Sesshomaru muttered something like "Stupid human" and resumed walking. He then remembered what she had said earlier.

Flashback

"Where are we going?" Adriel asked with great interest. Sesshomaru said nothing but continued walking. Adriel tried a new question. "How long will it take to get there?" Still Sesshomaru said nothing. "Are we just walking around in circles until we find something?" Adriel asked sarcastically, knowing that that question would strike a nerve. "Must you know everything?" Sesshomaru answered not showing the annoyance in his voice.

'Yreka!' Adriel exclaimed in her head. 'Finally he talks'. "Asking questions is how you learn things," Adriel said informingly. "Can you learn to shut up?" asked Sesshomaru. Adriel glared at him. "Stupid cotton swab," Adriel muttered under her breath. Sesshomaru heard the comment but ignored it. "Let me ask you a question then," Sesshomaru said stopping. "Okay; shoot," replied Adriel. Sesshomaru ignored the strange lingo. "What are you?" he asked. "What is that suppose to mean?" Adriel asked. "Back with the snake demon you said you weren't human. So what are you?" Sesshomaru repeated. Adriel was silent for a few minuets. "Well; I'm not sure what I am, but my father was a human and my mother was a genetically altered human or Abh," Adriel answered. "You are still a human if you ask me," Sesshomaru said. "I'm not asking you," yelled Adriel.

End Flashback

Sesshomaru turned around to see Adriel still sleepwalking. He ignored her once again. Standing there he surveyed the surroundings, deciding that this would be a good place to set up camp. While he was standing there, Adriel ran right into him and fell backwards. "If you're going to stop, choose somewhere else other than the middle of the road!" yelled Adriel. "I can't help it if you're not looking where you are going," replied Sesshomaru in a calm voice. "What do you- Was I sleepwalking?" Adriel slumped down. 'That only happens if my strength is weak' Adriel thought worriedly. Suddenly a sharp pain pierced Adriel's side. Adriel fell to the ground in pain holding her side. Sesshomaru smelt sulfur mixed with blood. The smell made him want to hurl but he decided against it. "What's the matter with you?" Sesshomaru asked calmly. "Nothing," Adriel said in pain gritting her teeth. "Your side is bleeding. Are you aware of that?" Sesshomaru asked. Adriel shut her eyes in anger and annoyance. 'Of course not you stupid feather duster,' Adriel thought sarcastically.

"Let me have a look at it," Sesshomaru stated making his way over to Adriel. Adriel backed away. "No possible way," Adriel replied, blushing. "You have better let me or you might die," Sesshomaru said. Adriel shook her head and turned away. Sesshomaru felt his anger rising. "You will let me help you," Sesshomaru yelled. Adriel looked at him. 'I'm so infuriating. Why do I want to help this human?' Sesshomaru thought. An image of Rin flashed in his mind. A small sound grabbed Sesshomaru's attention. "What?" "I said okay. Are you happy now?" Adriel yelled blushing. "Finally; some cooperation," Sesshomaru said. "Lay down." "What? Why?" Adriel said nervously still blushing. "It is your side in pain is it not?" Sesshomaru said calmly. Adriel laid down on her stomach trying hard not to blush her way into a 3 degree burn. Sesshomaru rolled up her shirt exposing her side. Adriel shivered. Sesshomaru was surprised to see what he saw on Adriel's side. A brown substance oozed from a medium sized hole in her side.

Sesshomaru was slightly amazed that a mere human could go for so long with this kind of wound and not even complain about it. Sesshomaru could see that it traveled to more than just her side, but to her back as well. Using his claws he tore the shirt off causing a loud shriek to escape from Adriel's mouth. Adriel stood up. "What the hell are you doing?" She yelled blushing madly. "I thought you were trying to help me not-." She pointed a finger at him. "I'm not staying here another minuet!" At this point Adriel's shirt completely fell off showing off her undergarments. Adriel screamed and covered her self with her arms, falling to the ground. Tears fell from her eyes and a large blush stained her face. She turned away from Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru just stood there. "You stupid wench," Sesshomaru stated angrily. "I was not trying to look at you I was merely looking to see if the wound had spread to your back which indeed it has."

"Just give it a rest would ya?" Adriel yelled. "First you treat me like I'm your property, make fun of me, and now you…you." Adriel wiped her tears away, stood up, and looked at Sesshomaru with such hateful eyes that Sesshomaru felt his hand reach for the Tokigen. "I hate you," yelled Adriel. "I hate you." At that she grabbed the rest of her shirt away from Sesshomaru and ran off into the forest crying. "Stupid girl," Sesshomaru said. "What was she rambling on about?" He then remembered Adriel blushing and acting nervous as he told her what to do. 'Great,' Sesshomaru thought. 'She thinks I'm a pervert.'

Adriel stopped running and tied her shirt around her chest like a towel. Tears fell freely from her eyes. She sank to the ground. 'Why can't I go home?' Adriel thought sadly. 'Why am I here?'

"Finally; I thought your faithful dog would never leave," a deep voice came from the shadows. Adriel stood up and got into a fighting stance. 'Just cause I'm down doesn't mean I have to stay down,' thought Adriel. "My, my; aren't you a feisty one," the voice said full of malice laughing. "Who are you?" Adriel asked angrily. Suddenly Adriel's side began hurting again. She fell to her knees. To her it felt like fiery knifes and acid tore at her flesh. "Ahh, I see that I do indeed have power over you." "What?" Adriel yelled in pain. "You see, I placed a part of my flesh in that wound of yours, when that snake demon had you in its grasp. Surprisingly you destroyed that demon along with all the other's that I sent. Lucky for me you already had a wound on you." Suddenly a figure stepped out from behind the forest."Who are you?" Adriel repeated again.

"Call me Naraku".

Well did you like it? Yeah it was sort of an emotional chapter but it will get better. Please review. Thanx a lot,

Amree Takahara