With Honey and Venom
"What hast thou done to me,
Girl, with the dream in thine eyes?
Brightened the sun to me,
Lightened the skies;
Made there be one to me,
One only sun to me Not in the skies.

What hast thou done to me,
Girl, with the dream in thine eyes?
Darkened the sun to me,
Blackened the skies;
Made there be none to me,
Nor star nor sun to me,
Only black skies."

-"Et Melle Et Felle," Anonymous

What prompts people to fall in love? Is there truly such an emotion so vivid as to allow two different people to come together and care for one another so deeply as to be monogamous?

In my experience, there is no such thing; lust is the only factor in any relationship, and it depends solely on the strength of it to determine whether the two are monogamous or not. So far, there has never been a monogamous couple. The man will stray eventually, seeking out other bed-partners.

Love has never existed in any relationship.


V...Perverts in the Hot Spring


It's been at least three days since I woke up in the well, and I've had several panic attacks within that span. But, I've also learned a bit about myself: like how cowardly I am. For a long time, I thought myself a brave, strong type of woman. I guess you really don't know how brave you can be until you almost get eaten by a demon, or have your life threatened. But, that didn't make me feel good, not at all. It was almost kind of like the feeling you get when you suddenly realize that you've been lied to all your life, or that Santa Claus isn't real. That feeling was very familiar to me as of late, but that didn't mean I had to like it.

"Damn, damn, double damn!" I groused, scratching viciously at my itching back. "Ohhhh, why did I wind up sleeping in something itchy!" Rin was giggling as she watched me dance around, scratching wherever I could get at. Well, I guess it was pretty funny, but it was definitely no fun for me! Dammit, I was itching like crazy!

"You should have looked where you were laying before falling asleep, girl," Sesshoumaru smirked, also watching me dancing about while scratching my back.

"Gah! How was I supposed to know? Dammit, if you don't have something to contribute, leave me to my scratching!" I whined, peeling the haori out of the pants of my priestess garb, reaching under the layers to scratch my skin fiercely. Finally, I was able to get rid of some of the itch, but only because it was replaced with pain. Just one of the reasons why I sometimes dislike the wilderness. "Owwies...now it hurts."

"If you're quite finished, we will be leaving now."

"Yea, yea, whatever." Grousing, I tucked the haori back into the dark-blue bottom of the outfit, straightening it so that my t-shirt didn't show. Might as well keep up the image of being a shrine priestess, or whatever.

So, we all got up and left the campsite, Rin riding that big dragon/horse thingy again, led by the toad guy, who I really hadn't gotten much time to talk to. He seemed kind of...interesting, in a freaky sort of way. Yeaa...and I just happened to thing freaky things like him were the cutest EVER...hey, that's how I was able to watch It, okay? It's sort of a survival instinct, to think that scary and creepy things are adorable. Now, puppies and kittens are still cute, but this toad guy was right up there, at least in my book.

I wonder if I could make a plushie of him to take home?

"Wah! Wait up for me!" I called, hurrying my step to not be left behind...or choked.

We walked along for a while, following path through the forest before it gave way to a field. It was beautiful, and it was even near a mountain! Wow, I'd probably get to see snow, if I was lucky enough. However, before I could begin to enjoy the thought of experiencing actual snow, I felt a pain lance through my midsection.

"Owwwies..." I grumbled silently to myself, pressing my stomach inward, trying to lessen the pain. I don't know why it'd been delayed, but it would seem that my allergic reaction to the fish had finally struck. It hurt so much that I wanted to cry, but I never cry in front of others. Ever. But, I was sweating like crazy because of the pain; I gave in a tad and let a few whimpers escape my throat, wincing as that only served to strengthen the pain a tad more. "Dammit...this day is going from bad to worse," I grumbled beneath my breath, hoping that the pain would go away soon.

"Is Onee-chan okay?" Rin called, hoping off the dragon/horse thing to come walk beside me. "Onee-chan looks like she's in lotsa pain."

"Y-Yea," I admitted, wiping my sweating forehead. Had my allergies worsened again? Last time I'd eaten fish, it hadn't been this painful; of course, it'd been almost five years since I'd last eaten fish, and my allergies had worsened in that span. Grrreeaaat. "It's just...my allergies, no worry, Rin-chan."

"All...ergies? What're those?" She asked, her cherubic face looking very concerned for my health.

"Ahh...basically, my body can't stand some things, and rebels against it, kind of like being poisoned," I said in a rushed breath, shivering as my body went from hot to cold, and back again.

"Onee-chan is poisoned?" Rin gasped, looking doubly worried.

Shaking my head hurriedly, I laid a hand on her shoulder. "Ah, it's no problem, Rin-chan. It's something my body will work through, eventually...I just...need to tough it out." I gave her the best smile I was capable of: unfortunately, it was laced with the pain I felt in my midsection.

Her big brown eyes still watched me worriedly, and the toad guy was barking from up front for us to hurry up, or we'd be left behind. Not much to worry about there, since I could feel the choking begin every time I was a good distance away from Sesshoumaru.

After that, the day pretty much passed with me being in pain, Rin walking beside me, and lots of walking and half-jogging to catch up after slowing down because of the pain. Of course, my luck got better after that, since Rin later told me that we would be stopping by a hot spring to relax. Steaming hot water was the perfect thing to relax the pain in my stomach, so that was good, at least. But, I wondered if the hot spring had dividers for women and men.

Unfortunately, as soon as we stopped for that night, I discovered that it was just a natural hot spring, and not one for tourists at all. Hell, there wasn't even a divider. So, the toad guy (Rin had told me that his name was Jaken), Rin, and I decided that the ladies would go first. It really sucked, though, that I had to ask Sesshoumaru to be somewhere nearby so that I could breathe while I soaked. Of course, I came up with the excuse that Rin and I would be defenseless otherwise, so he agreed after a few minutes of convincing (read "begging").

So, after three days of suffering from jet lag, panic, food allergies, and itchiness, I was finally able to soak away my troubles.

"What's that you're wearing , Onee-chan?" Rin asked innocently, pointing to my chest.

I looked down: she was talking about my bra. Looking at her confusedly for a second, it took me about three moments to figure out that she didn't know what a bra was. "Oh...uhm...well, once you reach a certain age, you'll start to become a woman, Rin-chan," I said, daring to hope that she wouldn't ask me about 'the bird and the bees' next. I'd never had that talk; I'd learned all I knew about sex from talking with friends, and reading smutty romance novels. Otherwise, I was as virgin as they come. "This is what I wear to keep my breasts from bouncing everywhere and getting in the way."

"Ah, I see, because they're so big!" Rin chirped happily, nodding in understanding while I just blushed at her observation. It was one thing to know your boobs were big; it was entirely different to have a little girl call it to your attention.

Sighing, I just continued removing my clothes, folding them neatly about a food from the water's edge so they wouldn't get wet. Then, I slid into the water beside Rin, and sighed in relief as I sank down into the heated spring. It was heaven-on-earth, but it only came up to my waist; that was deep enough for Rin, but definitely not for me. This was just one of the many things that spoiled because of my height.

Moving carefully through the water, I headed toward where a big rock had cut through half of the large spring before stopping in the middle. Hopefully, there'd be deeper water over there, so I could properly stretch my legs out and soak.

"Where're you goin, Onee-chan?" Rin called, sounding a bit worried.

"I'll just be over here, Rin-chan," I called back, turning to smile at her and wave a little. "Don't worry, I'll be back in a few."

Once I reached the other side of the spring, I began searching for my deeper water, moving carefully about with my feet. I was several feet away from the giant rock when my foot poked something solid, something that most definitely wasn't a rock, or soil. Paling, I slowly looked down through the bubbling water, cold despite the heat. It was...it was...

"A corpse..." I shivered, tears of panic springing to my eyes as I stumbled backwards in fear. My voice had vanished, and all I could manage was a hoarse, soft cry as my feet slid out from beneath me, and my head became quite intimate with the giant rock.

Everything went black after that.

A drum beats in the darkness...

I was pretty sure hell wasn't physically painful, so I must've survived getting my head whacked against a big rock. It hurt worse than all of hell, but at least it confirmed I was alive. For now. If I didn't die from gagging out the water I'd swallowed from the spring. Who knew what kind of heat-loving bacteria I'd swallowed! Probably a whole bunch of cyanobacteria, the kind that gives you yeast infections and such. I shudder to think what kinds were swimming in my lungs right now!

"You were foolish to have fallen and hurt yourself, girl," came a masculine voice from somewhere around me; I wasn't so sure, because my head hurt just enough to make thinking VERY painful.

"Uhhhghhh... You don't have to tell me: I lived it," I groaned, weakly reaching up to brush back my wet hair as I attempted to open my eyes. It was still dark, so I couldn't have been out for long. I rolled over and glanced up at the golden-eyed man. His hair was wet...? "Did you save me?"

"Rin asked it of me," he said, almost defensively, looking away from my querying sky-blue gaze.

I sat up, holding the back of my aching skull. "Ugh... Thank you...I think."

"You...think?"

"I might have just swallowed a whole bunch of nasty microscopic organisms that'll kill me in a few days," I groused, burping to emphasize my point. "Death by drowning while unconscious, or death by getting sick from almost-drowning? Ya know, there really isn't any contest which kind of death I'd pick if I had a choice." It was a lame attempt at a joke, but it reassured me that I was going to be okay, at least in a few hours. That's the way I know I'm okay: if I crack a lame-ass joke after something bad happened, every single thing is A-oh-Kay.

He didn't look amused, though. "You will be fine," he said, as if it had already been decided. "Get dressed; Rin will be worried if we are not back at camp soon."

"Okay...wait..." I looked down. "YOU PERVERT!" I screeched, trying to cover as much skin as possible while I glared at him, wishing him dead on the spot. "STOP LOOKING AT ME!"

The corner of his mouth kicked up in amusement, although he tried to look uninterested. "You have nothing that I haven't seen before...even if they are big."

"GAHHHHHHHHH! PERVEEEEERRRRRTTT!"


End Chapter


Post Scriptum Author's Note: -clutches her stomach while laughing- Oh, god, as soon as I finished writing that last scene, I was muttering to myself "I want to end it right there." Lo and behold! I'd already reached my target word-count so I could end it right there at the pervert comment. Oh, come on! Don't tell me you haven't imagined Sesshoumaru cracking a perverted comment? Seriously, he's too serious half the time NOT to. Hehehe. But, yea, I enjoyed writing that scene. PervertFluffy-sama...wow, now THAT would be an interesting picture...I wonder if I should attempt to draw it? It'd be chibi, though... Too lazy to draw full-body.
Anyways, I drew another picture of Adele. This time, I was able to put in a background! Yay! Actually, it's my first successful background EVER, so be proud of me, dammit! So, yea, check it out here (but delete the spaces first:
www .deviantart .com/ deviation/ 35504018/
On another note... This is the third chapter I've done within two days. Ain't ya'll proud o' me? But I want more reviews!I will try to be faster and type up two chapters within the same day, if ya'll give me more reviews. Remember! A happy BGF-chan types faster.