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Sesshoumaru solemnly stared at the girl dressed in his inner kimono. It had been a long time since he had found someone who was in someway attractive. Not that he would do anything since she was human, because he still thought humans rather inferior to youkai. He noticed that she came back empty-handed. "Woman, where are your clothes, and the cloth I provided you with?"

She blushed furiously realizing that she abandoned them after she donned herself in his wardrobe. "I'm sorry, I'll go get them."

"No," he implied. "I'll get them." And he walked off towards the riverside. Once there, he allowed his thoughts to wonder about the taijiya. He wondered where were her friends, and what was it about the monk that had been troubling her so. What is it about her that draws me, I wonder. Is this the way father felt when he first laid eyes on Inuyasha's mother? Is this how he felt before he ultimately disgraced youkai kind? Sesshoumaru felt so conflicted by his thoughts of his father and the taijiya that he didn't notice when the girl was staring him in the face. "What is it, human? Why do you stare at me?"

"N-nothing. I-I just, I'm sorry." She couldn't tell him how she felt, about Miroku. He's the bad guy for crying out loud. So why does he look at me as though he wants to--gasps. He's looking at me the way houshi used to. I can't slap him and call him hentai. She shook her thoughts of houshi away and looked up at the youkai she had just walked to.

"Why do you still come to me when I told you to stay?" He didn't quite understand this human; why she seemed to sort of trust him. "Do you not fear me, human?"

"Well, seeing as how you were just nice to me for some unknown reason, I'll say no. I fear Naraku more than I do you at this moment. And I came because I wanted to say thank you."

"Thank you for what?" He was confused. Other than Rin, he'd never heard those words spoken to him before.

"You didn't just leave me by the tree; you picked me up and gave me your cloth to clean with. Not to mention that you gave me your kimono—

"Borrowed!" He sharply interrupted. "This Sesshoumaru gives nothing to anyone. You will stay with me until tomorrow. You can wash your clothing in the river now and let it dry overnight. You will stay with my camp tonight. Tomorrow, we shall find your friends, and you can return with them."

Sango moved to wash her demon exterminator outfit in the river, wondering if there was any way she could reason with him. "What if I say no?"

"What do you mean no? No one has ever said no to me and lived to tell about it."

"I mean, what if I don't want to go back to my friends," not wanting to go back where she would be surrounded by reminders of Miroku. "What if I want to stay here with you and your group? I know you wouldn't want another human trailing you, nor do you probably need someone to help you in battle. You could think of me as being company for Rin." Pushing back thoughts of Miroku and Jakotsu.

What if I want to think of you as more than just company for Rin? He gazed at her with a little more intent than he meant. Stop it! He forced himself. It wasn't the time to be taking on a mate. He had a pack already, and a task to kill Naraku. "I will say that if you want to accompany me, you may, if you can prove yourself worthy. I understand your not wanting to be around my brother."

"Why is it that you love to insult your brother so much? What has he ever done to you?"

Sesshoumaru ignored her, not wanting to be bothered with that topic.

"Ok, fine, so you won't answer that question. Let me ask you another one. What about your missing arm? Have you ever tried to use your Tensaiga to revive it?"

"Don't you think I have, human. And if it has not happened, then it was not meant to be."

"What if, for some reason, I was able you to figure out a way to bring your arm back? Would you consider working with Inuyasha and helping us kill Naraku?"

"You know human," he began, "you ask too many questions." A human who actually wanted to help him. That was a first. Well, after that one time when he first met Rin.

Sango followed Sesshoumaru as he began walking down the path along the riverside. The air was calm and still, which was very unlike the way it would have been a day ago. Anytime they saw him, it meant battle. Not now, not after what had just happened. She grew quiet thinking of just how much her life had changed. It hasn't changed that much. I can still help them find the rest of the Shikon shards and defeat Naraku. I have to avenge my village, and try to get my brother, Kohaku back. I'll just have to deal with the fact that Miroku won't be mine right now.

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