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It's Saturday morning and you wake up to the barking of a dog outside. You roll over and look out your door to see Shessomaru pass by, busily putting on his armour over his kimono thingy. (If anyone is really sure what his white clothes are called, please message me. Oh if you know what that puffy thing on his shoulder is, I'd like to know about that to.)

You crawl out of bed and put on your bath robe. "Hey, Shessomaru." You say and yawn as you hug him from behind. He turns around, with a stern face and says, "Please put on one of your kimonos so we may leave immediately." You nod and wander back to your room. he's become his old self again.

You slip on your priestess' kimono, and grab some medicine and first aid supplies from your cabinet in the wash room. "This should help Rin." You say to yourself as you gut different medications in your bag. You start to grab everyday things from around the house, like zip-lock bags, batteries, your mp3 player, portable speakers, a flash light, instant noodles, macaroni and cheese, Kleenex, ext, ext…

You grab your Monday homework and barely manage to stuff it in your bag with all that stuff, then meet Shessomaru at the door. He doesn't speak as he opens the door and exits the house. You lock the door behind you and set the security system, the catch up to him. Your watch says its 8:47 am. Kagomes house was quiet and none of the lights were on. Shessomaru doesn't even look around before he steps out into the yard.

You lead down the well. When you immerge on the other side you can hear Inu-Yasha and Shipo yelling at each other a ways off. There's no wind so you do not fear your cent being carried. You dash to the woods with Shessomaru on your heels. He catches up to you and asks, "Is that a… priestess' garb?"

You nod as you run, your hair sailing like a banner behind you, "Yes, my some-odd great grandmother made me the priestess of our families shrines and temple. I learned the ancient arts of our demon family and most of the powers and incantations of a priestess." He nods and runs ahead of you. He reaches the edge of the woods and walks up to the house.

You reach the yard yourself as Jaken scampers out of the house, "Welcome back Lord Shessomaru! Welcome back! Rin is in better health than when you left! I hope you are well pleased! I took the liberty of cleaning the house, as well, while you were out." Then he jibbers on until Shessomaru interrupts him, "Very good Jaken." Of course, spurred on by such a "compliment" Jaken goes into a tizzy and starts explaining in detail all he had done.

You peak in the kitchen and see that indeed it is clean. You open the cellar door and walk down the earth steps, and step onto the freezing cold floor. The rotten and old food is gone and fresh vegetables and stacked or hanging, along with some preserved, or salted meats.

You hear voices up stairs, "I just enslaved many weak humans and they did all the work for me." Jaken brags as you ascend the stairs. As you summit the stair case he stops then addresses you with the grimmest voice, "Greetings Tabitha." Shessomarus eyes flicker to yours and pause for a moment before he continues on his way to inspect the rest of the house.

You unpack most of the contents of your pack into an empty cupboard, except for your homework. You grab the Tylenol and head towards Rins room. She is awake when you come and her face alights with the happiest smile when she sees you. "Tabitha! You're back! I missed you so much!" Rin exclaims, but des not stand.

You drop to your knees beside her bed and give her a hug. "It's good to see you again Rin." You glance out the window and note that, according to the suns location, it's about 11:00 on this side of the well. You turn back to Rin and open the Tylenol bottle, "Rin I need you to swallow one of these, I'll get you something to take it with. Have you eaten yet today Rin?"

She answers, "No, Jaken was just going to get me some food when you and Shessomaru returned. After the food you left ran out he's been serving me boiled vegetables. Yuck." She sticks out her tongue at this comment. You nod and smile, "I'll be right back." And you scamper off to the kitchen. You boil some water and pour it into an instant "cup-o-noodles." You grab a fork and return to her room.

"Take a sip of the broth and swallow the pill with it." You instruct her, which she follows very well, although she does comment on the bad taste of the pill. She eats hungrily, after you convinced her it was ok. She had never seen a Styrofoam... anything! "This is really good Tabitha! You must be a wonderful cook!" She compliments you.

You shrug, "I just boiled some water and poured it in the "cup-o-noodles." It's nothing special." Even though you explained this she was still very impressed. Shessomaru enters the room as you are chatting, with Jaken close at his heels. You take the cup back to the kitchen and Shessomaru sits down next to Rin and asks, "How are you feeling Rin?"

While in the kitchen you make her some "Neocytran." (Neocytran is a cough and cold medication that you serve as a hot beverage.) You return to her room with the mug in hand. You hand it to her as you sit done on the opposite side of the bed form Shessomaru. "It's hot, so be careful." You warn her as she lifts the mug to her mouth. The room is awkwardly silent as Rin drinks her tea.

Shessomaru and Jaken sit silently as you and Rin chatter away to each other. Jakens eyes constantly flicker to Shessomarus face, and sometimes to yours. Shessomarus eyes are distant and unfocussed, he is thinking deeply about something." You talk about anything and everything with Rin, She asks a lot of questions about your era. You keep expecting Shessomaru to add in his comments, but he continues to sit in silence.

In the late afternoon it has gotten quite warm so you decide that it would probably be ok for Rin to come outside. "Rin…" You ask, "Would you like to have a picnic outside? It's really nice out today." Rins eyes light up and she answers, "Oh, yes! Lord Shessomaru, can we eat outside? Can we? Please? He looks at her for a moment, then silently nods his approval. "Great!" You say and clap your hands together, "I'll just be a moment preparing." And at that you get up and leave.

You go into the kitchen and search the cellar, but find nothing suitable. You just put the water onto boil to make another "cup-o-noodles." While the water is boiling you rush down the river with a sheet and spread it over the grass. "What a perfect view." You sigh, then turn around and return to the kitchen.

You pour the water into the Styrofoam cup and go back to Rins room. On arriving you announce, "Ok, it's ready!" Rin stands up slowly and you hand Shessomaru the cup and crouch down to speak to Rin, "How about you ride on my back, so you don't have to walk." She nods and climbs on your back. It takes a lot longer to get there this time, because you ran the first time. (Remember, you have the speed of a dog demon? Actually I like that, because it's more like gliding because you move so fast.)

Rin doesn't mind the long walk. She points out different things along the way, obviously excited to be outside again. She holds out her finger and a butterfly alights on it. (That means it lands on it, by the way.) You glance up at her and comment with out thinking, "I thought that only happened in movies." The butterfly takes off again and Rin leans down to your face and asks, "What's a movie?" You don't know how to explain it, but you try your best, and in the end she still doesn't quite understand, but you hadn't expected her to.

You finally reach the site and sit down together. Jaken sits as well, but Shessomaru remains standing. He looks out over the horizon, and you wonder what he's thinking so tirelessly about. You take the noodles from Shessomaru, who still does not say anything, and hand them to Rin.

"I get magic noodles again!" She exclaims happily and you laugh and answer, "If that's what you want to call them." Rin eats her noodles quietly and you stare at the river, thinking, I wonder what Seyuki is doing right now. I won't be home if he calls; what if he thinks I'm ignoring him? I'll have to go to his house early Monday morning for sure. I guess I'll have to leave on Sunday evening then. Shessomaru won't ever be alone with me, so how am I to tell him… I'm pretty sure he won't like me going back early.

Rin leans on you and looks over where you are looking, and asks, "What are you thinking about Tabitha?" You look down at her with a blank expression on your face then look back at the river, answering, "I'm thinking about one of my friends at home. I wonder about how he's doing."

You catch Shessomaru looking at you, but don't say anything more. Rin does not answer you, but you don't mind. She's resting with her head on your arm, so you put your arm around her to make her more comfortable. Is Kagome over here now? I hope she's ok. I smell something funny in the air.

You stare at the river, watching the sun in the reflection. The day is ending; the sun is just reaching the horizon. You look at Rin and she is asleep. You look at Shessomaru and say, "We should probably return no. Rin is already asleep." He nods in response and says, "Jaken, gather and clean the sheet."

Jaken does not retaliate, as he had the first time you were there, but glares at you with utter disgust. You wander back to the house and Tuck Rin in to bed. Shessomaru enters the room, "You were thinking about Seyuki, correct?" You stand up, for you had not expected him to speak. "Yes, I'm a little worried about what happened yesterday. Shessomaru I have to go home tomorrow evening."

He stands still for a minute then says, "You may, but I will stay here two days longer." You nod and walk towards him. You whisper in his ear, "I smell something vile, something is coming." He turns his head to face you and replies, "Yes, I know. I will not be sleeping tonight, so you may rest." He does not smile although you do.

Taking your hand he says, "I'll protect you." He raises your hand to his lips, kissing it lightly. You look back at Rin; she is still asleep. You turn back to him and comment, "We have to tell them sometime, you know." He looks you deep in the eyes and brushes your hair out of your face, "Yes I know. Jaken thinks you have me under a spell."

He smiles as he recollects, "I did not try to explain to him why I was going. I know that if my willingness to go made him assume I was being controlled he would never believe the truth, but he is of the least consequence." You laugh lightly, trying not to be to loud and awaken Rin. He presses his lips against your hand again, then says, "Tabitha, sleep here tonight. If anything happens I'd like you to stay with her." You nod and answer, "As you wish."

Gathering your bed, you carry it back to Rins room and lay it out beside her. Shessomaru is sitting silently at the head of your beds, with his eyes closed. You sit down next to him and he opens his eyes. "Will you be staying here?" You ask him. he shakes his head, "No I will be patrolling the grounds."

You are a little disappointed and sigh, "Oh…" Then there is silence. After but a moment he speaks, "Jaken is away, cleaning the sheet." HA wraps his arm around your waist and pulls you against him. You lean on him and say sarcastically, "Is that a hint?" He smiles and kisses your forehead, "No not really I just wanted you to know." You close your eyes and yawn as you lean on him, thinking, This is really nice, just so long as Jaken doesn't come back and go into shock.

Shessomaru nudges you, as you had fallen asleep. You look at him and he says, "The sun is down, I'll be leaving here now." You nod and stand up, "Be careful ok?" He smiles and stands beside you, "I wont be hurt." He kisses you and looks it's your eyes, "Ok?" You nod and reply, "It's much closer now." He leaves and you lie down next to Rin. You close your eyes, but you don't fall asleep.

After a while you are SO bored so you walk to the door and look outside. You don't hear anything, or see any movement. When you know it's completely safe you dash to the kitchen, grab the flashlight and some batteries then run back in under 30 seconds. You pull your homework out of your bag and start jotting down answers to questions, careful not to shine the light in Rins direction and wake her up.

Finishing your chemistry homework you pull out your Transactional Focus homework. You complete the first question when you hear a shriek in the night. You drop your books and rush to the door. Ascending from the sky is a legion of lower class, inferior demons. None of them were formidable alone, but together, if the cooperate properly, the could be a problem.

You wrap Rins covers around her and dash into the woods surrounding the property. There is a large rock and you take cover behind it. You can still see what's going on, but in the cover of the trees you should not be found easily. You study the hoard carefully and conclude, They are just hungry and full of blood lust; average demons doing something stupid again.

The seem to be heading towards the house and you see them flying to bits as yellow flashes of light cuts into the gaggle (a gaggle is a group of flying creatures, like ducks or geese, or in this case, demons.) Then you see Shessomarus figure arise to meat them. he isn't using his sword, for the tensauga only brings life, but his acid claws are very lethal.

The group scatters as some are cut in half. The scent of burning flesh is anew in the air as Shessomaru returns to his former position on the ground. They regroup and charge at the house again. Suddenly fire appears in the sky and engulfs most of the demons. Jaken stood on the ground holding up his staff, which was ushering fire from one of its heads. Jaken proudly bares his weapon, obviously hoping to impress Shessomaru.

As most of the legion disintegrate in a cloud of ash a large one veers off course and shoots at an incredible speed in your direction. At this you abruptly stand and shout a priestess incantation, without even knowing the words that pass through your lips, and thrust out your left hand. A bubble like barrier appears, surrounding you and Rin. The demon hits it head on, and as it collides with it, it explodes into tiny bits of burning flesh.

The explosion takes out most of the surrounding foliage and the part of the rock that was not in the shield. The flesh smokes on the ground and seeing all danger has ended you lower your arm and the barrier disappears. You look at your hand wondering, I… did that? I've never seen it used before, I could massacre any one who touches me… how terrifying.

Shessomaru is walking quickly across the yard to where you and Rin are, with Jaken running ahead of him. You sit down and curl up beside Rin, who is crying. For a human it would be quiet a shock to endure a lot of this. Shessomaru approaches and says, "Are you alright? Are you hurt?"

You stand up with Rin in your arms and answer, "No, we're fine." You see blood soaking in his kimono, just below the armoured spikes that encircle his shoulder. You exclaim, "Your shoulder! That's a gaping wound!" He looks at his shoulder and Jaken starts to lecture, "Though for a human that might be fatal, Lord Shessomaru will heal with in 14 hours. Blah la blah, blah, blah, blah…"

As he jibbers on you start to walk towards the house, with Shessomaru beside you. "I'm relieved that you were not harmed. I heard the explosion and thought the worst." You interrupt as you reach the house, "I'm going to bandage your wound. I know that it will heal quickly, but I do not want it to get infected."

He sighs, "I don't have any say in this, do I?" You shake your head and lay Rin in her bed. She's not crying any more, and her eyes are closed; she's almost asleep again. You drag Shessomaru down to the kitchen and grab your first aid kit from "Your" cupboard. Then you proceed to the bedroom you had slept in the time before. You lay out the bed that was in there, folded by the wall, and you both sit down on it.

"Ok, please take off your shirt." Jaken comes in as you say thins and spazzes out, "You can not tell Lord Shessomaru what to do! You dare to be so impudent! Stupid woman! You…" Shessomaru then interrupts, "Jaken, go stay with Rin." Jaken clams up, put the expression on his face speaks volumes. If looks could kill, you'd be dead right now.

He leave and you say again, "Please remove your clothing." Shessomaru gives you a funny look and you specify, "The upper layers of your clothing." You take his armour off for him and set it against the wall. When you turn around he has taken his shirt off and is waiting.

You pour some rubbing alcohol on some gauze and warn him, "This is going to hurt a little." He nods and you start to dab at the exposed, raw flesh. He does not move, he does not flinch through out any of this.

There is a pile of red gauze balls by the time you have the whole wound clean. At this point you take one of the clean sheets and rip it into large strips, as you know you don't have nearly enough bandages to fix his shoulder. You wrap from the top of his shoulder to under the other arm, the back to the top of the shoulder, and then under the injured arm and back to the top of the shoulder.

You repeat this with every length of the sheet that you have gotten, until you think it will hold and tie the end of it. "There, keep that on until your shoulder heals. This way it will not get infected." He moves his arm around and you watch his rippling muscles flex up and relax as he does so.

He stands up and so do you. "This seems suitable." He says and picks up his coat. (the coat of his kimono thingy, duh.) You take it from his hand and say, "I'll wash and mend that for you." And at that you toss it with his armour. he nods and comments, "You are very accomplished."

It's a rather old fashioned compliment, but you blush never the less, answering, "Thank you." He lets his fingers drift across the small of your back, sending tingles down your back as he holds you, "I really was worried about you." he says. You place your hands on his shoulders and answer, "I'm not completely defenceless." To which he answers, "I know."

He leans down and pulls you towards him, with his hands on your back. He kisses you passionately, varying pressure and speed. he licks your lips and you answer his request by letting yoru lips slip open. You run your hands down his arms and pull him against you by his elbows. He brings his hands to the front and slips them inside your kimono. His hands are warm on your back, and very strong. You place your hands on his head and run your fingers through his hair. You can feel every muscle in his body. Eventually you're on the ground, you know, on your bed.

You end up making out there for quite some time before you both fall asleep in each others arms.