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Falling, Falling… What, no Splat?
I was in shock. Sesshoumaru was kissing me AGAIN. 'What the hell is he doing? Why is he kissing me?' I pushed away from Sesshoumaru and hit my back against the wall. He took a step forward and I punched him on the cheek.
"You don't listen to others. You do what you feel like doing. Jayden, you and I are alike."
"Don't let it go to your head Sesshoumaru," I said a little coldly as I lifted my hand and wiped my mouth with it.
"I need to attend business elsewhere for a few days. You will be left in Jaken's care. While I am gone, I wish that you will make your decision on whether to become my mate or not," he said as he lifted his right hand to feel his cheek.
'That probably didn't hurt him all that much. If those wounds don't hurt him, then that punch would hardly faze him.'
My legs gave out from under me and I sat against the wall while crossing my arms on top of my knees.
"Whatever. I'm used to being alone. Work always comes first doesn't it?" I laughed without humor as I didn't look up.
There was a small chuckle from Sesshoumaru and he turned toward the door.
"As long as you are in this castle, you are my first priority."
'That's what they both said. Of course there was no way in hell that it was true. They left for that stupid business trip, hardly saying anything. "Your father and I are going to Canada for business. We'll be back in a week." Some notice…' I hid my face in my arms so no one could see it. I waited until Sesshoumaru left the room and was a little away from the room.
Tears slowly fell down my face. I remembered all the times that my parents had left and didn't really say goodbye. 'Damn it… I hate it when I cry. There isn't even a damn point to it.' I grabbed my pant legs and closed my eyes.
"They probably won't even notice if I'm gone from home. If I stay here… will they even care that I'm gone?" I whispered to myself.
The words hurt more than anything. I knew ever since grade six that they didn't really want me as their daughter. I hadn't resented them for it… never hated them. It just felt like my heart was ripped apart when I found out that Seth already knew something I didn't. 'Well if Sesshoumaru wants his reply… he's going to get his damn reply. I'm staying here, whether I have to mate with him or not. That should teach them how it feels to be left out of something.'
Suddenly the tears stopped flowing and I felt cold hearted again. That hadn't happened often, though it was only when I felt like being a normal girl. Getting to my feet, I went to the door and opened it slowly. 'I wonder if Sesshoumaru left already. I really don't want to get left here alone with that stupid toad. If Jaken knows what's good for him… he'll stay away from me.' I thought as I walked into the silent hallway.
There were hardly any people around, and when I saw some they immediately stopped talking and silently walked by without making eye contact. There was a growling noise from down the hallway and it grabbed my attention.
"You stupid dragon, get out of the castle!" Jaken cried with annoyance.
There was a grunt from the dragon and then a thump. 'Hey, maybe if I'm lucky Jaken got squashed by that dragon and it killed him.' I smirked at the thought and ran toward the noise.
The room was bigger than mine at home. There was a balcony that let the sun in and now there was a two headed dragon trapped in the room.
"You know, he probably doesn't like that you're not being nice to him you little toad," I said with some mockery.
"Jayden!" Rin cried happily when she saw me standing in the doorway.
I smirked when the imp looked at me with anger. The dragon had almost sat on him while he had been trying to get it out the door.
"Why are you out of the lord's chamber? Lord Sesshoumaru will not be pleased to hear that you were moving around the castle while he told you to remain in his chamber," Jaken cried with frustration.
'He didn't tell me anything. He never said that I couldn't leave the castle either. If I could get that dragon out of here - if it can fly - then we can go after Sesshoumaru.'
"Hey little toad, if I don't listen to my parents, then what makes you think that I'll listen to you or Sesshoumaru?"
A laugh escaped Rin as she wrapped her arms around me. She was small and only reached my waist.
"Jay, you're funny. I can see why lord Sesshoumaru brought you here. I bet he admires your sense of humor even though he doesn't show it very well," the little girl laughed.
"Rin do not encourage her!"
"I wasn't talking to you master Jaken!"
"If you let go Rin, I'll get this dragon out of here," I said thoughtfully.
"Ah-Un has been very tired lately. He doesn't seem to want to do anything with me anymore," Rin said with a small pout.
"Then we'll just have to make him happy again!"
I walked past Jaken, knocking his feet out from under him along the way, and out onto the balcony in front of Ah-Un. 'This dragon is so cool! I've never seen one like this. Every dragon in a game I played always had wings. Ah-Un has to know how to fly to get up here, especially since he can't fit through the door I just came in…'
"Hey Ah-Un, why don't you be a good dragon and come on out of there? Do you want to be stuck in there for the rest of your life and never get the chance to ever fly again?"
With those words, the dragon got to its feet again and then squeezed itself through the balcony door.
"Way to go Jay! You did it!" Rin cried happily, excited about Ah-Un's freedom.
Jaken merely cursed hatefully and then crossed his arms to a pout.
"Rin, I'm taking Ah-Un for a ride. If Sesshoumaru gets back before I do then tell him that I'll be back tonight."
Jumping on Ah-Un's back, he took off and started flying towards a forest that seemed far off. 'This place is awesome! The mountains, the trees, the rivers… they're everywhere! I love it! Screw the castle, I'm staying out here for the rest of my life!' I thought with a grin on my face.
We were high above the ground; not seeing anything but birds and some huge things flying from the mountains. 'All those things must be demons… I've never seen a bird that large before.' The thought of everyone who lived in this strange world being demon crossed my mind. 'That'd be really strange. What if they all stare at me? I hate it when people stare…'
I clenched my right fist in frustration at picturing all the eyes of unknown people staring at me.
"Ah-Un, do you know where Sesshoumaru went? I need to find him," I wondered as I looked forward at the two head of the dragon.
They shook their heads but then descended toward the trees.
I listened to them growling softly but then realized how close we were to the trees. 'That can't be good!'
"Can you two please pay attention to where you're flying?"
At my words, both heads looked back at me and I sighed while shaking my head with disappointment. Ah-Un hit a tree right between their two necks, causing the part that we hit to crack and fall off the rest of the tree.
The unconscious dragon didn't notice that I was flung off its back into deeper underbrush. I had landed on something rather soft and warm. 'Why can't people ever watch where they're driving? Wait, this thing is breathing!' I unsteadily lifted my head to see the face of a very angry weasel.
"Oh crap…" I whispered with a nervous laugh, "H-hello."
A loud growl escaped the weasel as I started into the hate filled red eyes.
"I'll just be on my way now. Uh, bye!"
Jumping off the weasel's face, I ran through the trees as fast as I could to get away from it. Ah-Un was unconscious with the tree between the two heads. 'Stupid dragon… Who taught it to argue while it's flying? That's a frigging huge weasel!' The weasel chased after me with an upset face.
"You shall become my dinner!" it growled with amusement.
'Now it can talk?!'
"Hey weasel guy, I bet you can't swim with all that fur on you," I laughed mockingly as I saw a river up ahead, "Wait, maybe that's not fur, but your stomach."
'Hopefully this idiot will fall into the river and be sucked down stream. Then I'll stop and watch him flow away.' I thought with a smile as the river came closer and closer.
It looked fairly deep and like it could hold the size of the large weasel. When I heard the mammal's footsteps, I took a step to the left to get out of the way.
"Get back here you little titch!"
"Hey, look down!" I laughed as I watched him slide out across the air.
'Stupid.'
"Well, see you later. That is if you can drag yourself out of the fast moving currant."
"I'll get you for this you little human wench! I'll find you for this you little worm!"
'Worm, titch, llama, it doesn't matter to me. I've heard lots of names and none of them bother me anymore.'
"Yeah, tell that to the fish at the bottom of the river!" I shouted back while turning and walking away toward the trees.
The wind blew gently as I tried to remember where Ah-Un had crashed landed into the tree. What I didn't know was that I was heading in the wrong direction. 'Why do I still hear the river? Shouldn't I be moving away from the water?' The large sound of something continuously crashing against something filled my ears.
"Is that a waterfall?" I whispered to myself.
I ran toward the sound and saw a fairly large waterfall crashing its heavy water onto more deep water.
"Sweet!" I gasped with amazement.
'I want to jump off this thing! It'd be so much fun! Screw not having dry clothes, I'm gunna do it!'
With a proud smirk on my face, I took a step toward the cliff. It seemed like a long way down, but it would be fun nonetheless.
"I don't care how many times I was told not to do this. As long as I don't dive off I should be fine," I said calmly, looking at the moving water as it flew off the waterfall.
I took a few steps back to get a run at the waterfall so I could land away from the pounding water. 'Here goes nothing…'
"Bonsai!" I yelled as I jumped off the cliff.
I cannon-balled off the high cliff and caused a large splash to form. Some fish that had been gathered around the area swam away with fear. 'That was so much fun! I want to do it again! Too bad this current is too strong for me to climb out right away.' I came up to the surface of the water for air and tried to swim to shore as best I could.
"Aw crap!" I whined as I was swept back underwater.
'Alright, I'm heading to land. All this water is starting to get a little annoying by sucking me underwater all the time…' When I came up for air again, I then swam to the shallow water.
"Why did you leave the castle? Were you trying to get back to that well?" a rather cold voice asked when I reached shore.
I coughed a few times from sucking up too much water. 'Is that Sesshoumaru?' I hadn't realized that the bandage for my arm had fallen off or the pain that coursed through me.
"You left and I wasn't going to stay with that annoying Jaken all day. I got Ah-Un out of the castle and decided to come and look for you," I laughed nervously as I lay down on the grass off the riverbank.
'Well it was fun while it lasted. I wouldn't mind doing it again if the current wasn't so strong…' I laughed to myself as I felt the rays of the warm sun.
"…You came searching for me? Jayden, you should not be so foolish as to harm yourself further."
"Hey, I'm fine. I'm just tired from running away from that stupid weasel," I explained with a small yawn.
My heart was racing so rapidly that it hurt to breathe. I could feel my blood pounding through me as I rested on the soft grass. Sesshoumaru sat down next to me. He was silent until he looked toward the sky.
"So… you have your decision?" he found himself asking with a quiet tone.
"I've made my decision. Mind you not with careful consideration, but I've made it all the same," I laughed as I felt the warm sun against my face, "My parents can't keep me from making a choice when they are on a different continent."
"Then you wish to stay with me?" Sesshoumaru wondered as he didn't dare to look away from the sky.
With a small grin on my face, I felt happy that he wanted to know my decision so badly. 'I think I'll only ask one thing from him though.'
"Yeah, I'm staying with you. On one condition!"
At those words, Sesshoumaru looked at me with interest.
"And what would that be?" he asked with a slightly cocked brow.
"You only have to smile once for me. If you can make me smile, then I want to see you smile. It can't be one of those half hearted ones either! It has to be a happy smile!" I demanded as sternly as I could as I started to get comfortable where I was.
'I only want to see it once… He said he had no reason to do it, so now he has a reason.'
"As you wish Jayden. Though you must let me pup you in return."
"No taking advantage either. I have agreed, but only when I'm ready," I said calmly.
"Until then, I can touch you and hold you in my arms."
I closed my eyes and sighed. It was perfect how the weather was warm and sunny and how everything was so peaceful. 'I love this… When we used to go camping all the time I used to run off and climb trees.'
Then Sesshoumaru's hand was on my forehead, underneath my wet bangs.
"Were you mad when I kissed you for the first time?" Sesshoumaru asked, gazing down at me.
Thinking about it for a few minutes, I looked at him with curiosity. 'Why would he ask that now? Why wouldn't he ask it before when he and I were alone?'
"I guess I was. You were just some stranger and then you kissed me before saying that you thank me. Then everyone started to stare because they said that I kissed you. So yeah, I was a little mad."
I heard a small chuckle come from Sesshoumaru. 'He's laughing?' At the sudden change in sound, I looked at him with some confusion.
"What's so funny?" I asked, seeing a small smile on his face.
"They thought you had kissed me. What a foolish thought," he said as he stopped laughing.
Rolling over, I got onto my knees and looked at Sesshoumaru with suspicious eyes. When his hand fell onto the ground, he looked at me calmly. 'Is he mocking me?'
"It's because I'm a tomboy isn't it? That's what makes the thought so funny to you," I said with a small smile on my face.
Sesshoumaru took hold of my wrist and then flipped me onto my back. Before I could use my free hand to push him away, he had hold of it as well.
"It took the thought of your brother hurt to make you cry and to come to me for comfort. If those humans think that you - a tomboy - would kiss someone you do not know, then they are foolish."
His face was close to mine, our lips were only a few millimeters part. I started to blush slightly at the closeness and felt the heat coming to my face.
"Come on, knock it off Sesshoumaru," I said with a nervous laugh.
I turned my head to the side slightly, trying to avoid his warm gaze as he was only holding me down by my arms. Other than the fact that our faces were close together… there wasn't any other touching.
"Does this still embarrass you?" Sesshoumaru whispered as he looked into my eyes.
"Are you kidding? I don't get embarrassed, I'm just-"
I was cut off by Sesshoumaru as he captured my lips in a kiss. This time I didn't push him away… didn't fight against him… didn't resist. It only lasted a moment and then Sesshoumaru pulled away. Getting to his feet, he pulled me onto mine. 'That was strange… but I enjoyed it. Yeah, I can live with that. What comes later, comes later and doesn't affect how I feel now.'
With a small smile on my face, I looked at him with happy eyes. My clothes and hair were half dry, but that didn't bother me at all.
"Now why did you jump off that waterfall?" Sesshoumaru asked, gently pulling at my left sleeve.
"I don't know, something to do. Maybe I figured I could get you wet too," I laughed with a small grin.
I ran ahead of Sesshoumaru and then he quickly caught up with me. 'I haven't done anything like this in a long time. Mom and dad never seemed to have time to go camping anymore… Seth and I never got our chance to do all the fun things we used to do.' A slight sting started to come from my left arm and I chose to ignore it until Sesshoumaru took hold of that arm and stopped.
"You are bleeding," he said with some worry.
"It's just a scratch, don't worry about it. It'll heal over."
My words weren't enough to stop Sesshoumaru. He lifted the sleeve with his free hand and then placed his mouth over the wound.
"What are you doing? Leave it. I'm sure that it will heal on its own," I said with a small laugh, finding the feeling awkward.
When he stopped sucking the blood from the wound, he looked it over to make sure that it was alright.
"I cannot have you attracting other demons with the scent of blood. Once human blood catches their nose, they wish to fight."
'Other demons? If there are other humans around, now would be the time to ask.'
"Sesshoumaru, are there other humans in this world?"
"Humans are everywhere. Every village is full of them and they always have wars against one another," Sesshoumaru explained, letting go of my arm and continuing on.
'At least I'm not the only human around here. If they have wars against each other, does that mean… I'm in the past?'
We reached Ah-Un, who was now conscious but trying to find a way to get away from the tree. 'Why don't they just back up?' I wondered, cocking an eyebrow with some amusement. Sesshoumaru commanded the dragon to back away from the tree and that's what it did.
He looked at me, wondering what had happened without saying anything. 'Damn… he looks so different from how he used to. Now I can't imagine him without those markings on his face.'
"Ah-Un crashed into the tree and then I got chased by a huge weasel," I said with a laugh tracing my voice.
"Very well."
"Hey Sesshoumaru, where were you going anyway? Was there someone that you needed to meet?" I wondered, jumping onto the two headed dragon's back.
"We shall go together, that way I can keep an eye on you."
Ah-Un took off and we rode through the sky once again. Flying was exciting. I had never been in a plane before, so I had no idea what even being in the air was like. I sat in front of Sesshoumaru, and he sat right behind me. 'Seth, I really wish you were here with me right now. I know that we fought a lot, and we ended up play fighting all the time, but you would have loved this place. Together we would have had the times of our lives.' I thought with a grin on my face as I watched the huge demon birds fly around.
"This place… this place is beautiful. This is way better than that damn old city," I said with a laugh.
"Your world was interesting as well. Do you think you will be able to live without your games?"
"I can probably handle it…" I replied quietly, starting to get dizzy.
'What's happening? Why is everything suddenly spinning like this?'
The moment I thought I was going to be sick, my body slowly started to slide off of Ah-Un's back. Sesshoumaru had tried to grab me but I had just slipped out of his grasp.
"Ah-Un, land," he demanded as he too jumped off the dragon.
Everything was black and silent. The only thing I knew at that moment of my life, was that I had fallen off of Ah-Un. In my unconsciousness, I couldn't tell anything that was happening.
Sesshoumaru had caught the unconscious form before it had hit the ground and seemed to float before landing.
"…Jayden? Jayden!" he called, shaking her body to try and wake her up.
It was at that moment in his life that he had felt fear, and he didn't like the cold grip it had over him.
Sesshoumaru had two choices. He could go to where he was supposed to go and hope that the person knew what was wrong, or he could take a detour to a place he would rather not go to.
"If that old treedoes not know what is wrong, then I will be forced to take her to Inuyasha."
End of Chapter 6
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