Hello everyone. I know what you're thinking, oh my god she updated! Lol. : ) : ) Well it's really late and my brother had a party for one of his friend's birthdays so he invited like thirty people to it and I'm stuck in the house because there's no way I'm going out in the garage! I really can't wait to go to bed though. Yawns I've been working on this chapter all night since like 7:00 p.m. and it's now 1:50 a.m. So you all better be proud of me. : ) : ) Thank you all for your wonderful reviews. : ) : ) I really do enjoy them and that they say good things about this story! I'm just gunna do this now so I won't have to do it later. Sorry about the spelling mistakes if there are any because I'm really tired and want to go to bed so I didn't check the story over. Don't worry though, I'll fix the mistakes later whenever I get around to it. : ) : ) Anyway, enjoy this chapter!

Trusts and Suspicions

When morning rose I could feel warmth against my body. I was still half asleep when I started to wake up. 'Is that the sun?' I wondered with a tired yawn. Then when a few moments passed I realized that there was someone breathing against my neck. Opening my eyes with shock, I looked over at my right shoulder. It felt like my heart had stopped when I had seen the side of Sesshoumaru's face. 'What is he doing here? Why is he… is he there?' My right eye twitched slightly from both fear and annoyance. Then I saw that the lord's hoari was covering my body and that my shirt was hanging from a tree branch.

"What happened last night?" I whispered to myself.

'I remember falling in the river and running from him, but after the river I don't really remember anything.' I felt the lord's arms tighten around me slightly and then he opened his eyes. 'Ah, he's awake and I can't run away from him!' I thought with some panic. My body started to shake from both the cool breeze that sent a chill through the air and not being able to move.

"Why did you run yesterday Fox?" Sesshoumaru asked me as he lifted his head and looked away from me.

His voice was calm and soft which surprised me. 'Isn't he gunna get mad at me? Or is he just gunna pretend to be nice so he can punish me later?' I wondered with suspicion towards him.

"Was it because of what I did?" the lord whispered, as if dreading the answer.

"I don't really know. I guess it was because of that and partially that I don't belong in your lands," I replied, still shaking.

'I need to get away from him. This is driving me insane. Why is he even here when I ran away?' I stared forward with an annoyed face.

"Uh, lord Sesshoumaru, w-why am I not wearing my shirt?"

My words made him look at me as I didn't dare to look at him.

"You fell into the river. When I heard you trip and saw you lying on the ground, you were shivering."

"You could have just left me there! It's not like I can catch a cold," I said with a small growl.

"I didn't look at you, if that's what you're thinking," Sesshoumaru whispered into my ear.

'Of course that's what I'm thinking! How else do you get off someone's shirt if you don't look?' I didn't dare look at him as my cheeks slightly became red. 'Damn it, why am I blushing?' Still my body continued to shake for reasons I wasn't sure of. Sesshoumaru laughed slightly to himself and pulled me a little closer to his chest.

"Still you shiver," he whispered softly.

"L-lord Sesshoumaru I am not cold so please release me and allow me to get my shirt."

"Not until you stop."

Back at the castle…

Reiku came walking down the stairs with a yawn and stretch. No one else seemed to be awake yet. As she walked down the hallway to the lord's chamber, she noticed a note stuck between the wood.

"A note," she whispered, taking hold of it and reading it.

She laughed slightly to herself, finding what was written amusing. Jaken and Ming came walking down the stairs with one another which was very unusual.

"What is so funny lady Reiku?" the imp wondered as he came up to her.

"Yeah, what could be so funny on a piece of paper?" Ming yawned with her hand covering her mouth.

"Here Jaken, read this. I shall be leaving now and don't tell the lord I have departed," Reiku replied with a small chuckle.

"Aye lady Reiku, have a fair trip back to the northern lands!" Jaken said with a slightly happy tone as he took hold of the note.

Both Ming and the imp watched her leave and then turned their attention back to the note that was now in their possession.

"Jaken, Fox has fled the castle. I have taken after her trail to find where she is going. Don't dare to follow, for I do not intend to return for some time," Jaken read the note aloud so Ming could hear.

They looked at each other and then started bawling.

"I can't believe he went after her!" the two of them cried.

In the forest…

'What is Sesshoumaru planning? I know he's trying to punish me for running from him, but will he do what he did last time?' A chill was sent down my spine, causing my body to shake more than it already was.

"Why won't it stop?" I whispered to myself.

It bothered me that I didn't know what was causing my shivering. What bothered me more was that Sesshoumaru was keeping some distance between our heads. He was leaning back against the trunk and looking over to the right, as if thinking something over.

"This is driving me insane!" I whispered again, trying to stop shivering.

"Fox, let it pass on its own. This lord will not try anything as long as you do not wish it," Sesshoumaru said in a low voice as he only looked at me with his eyes.

'As long as I do not wish it. Okay, now I know he's gunna pull something!'

"I'm not cold so just let me go!" I said, turning my head to the left.

I felt him move slightly from behind me as he pulled me against his chest. 'Aha! I knew he was planning something!' I thought with a small smirk before realizing that there was only his hoari separating us from each other. 'Crap, crap, crap, crap, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn!' I became frozen still, realizing that he could easily do something.

"Fine, whatever, don't listen to what I say. As if care that you only want me dead," I cried with a small laugh in my voice, dreading what might happen.

'What do I care what he wants from me? The only thing that matters is trying to get away from the western plains.'

"You shouldn't assume things," Sesshoumaru said softly into my ear.

"What do you mean assume?"

A small chuckle came from the lord as I felt him turn me to face him. 'Now what is he doing?' I wondered as I looked up at him with somewhat trusting eyes.

"Don't think things when you know they're not true!"

There was only about an inch between our mouths as he spoke. Not even a second passed and then nothing was left. I felt him take my breath away as he held me in the kiss with one hand on the back of my neck and the other around my back. At first I was really surprised by his actions but snapped out of it when I felt his tongue enter my mouth. 'Damn, he's such a cheater!' I felt something rising within me as the lord didn't release me. 'What is this feeling?' I asked myself as I was about to push him away. I shut my eyes and jerked away from Sesshoumaru as I pushed away. In doing so the lord's hoari dropped to the ground.

"You should not be so foolish," he said as he took hold of the soft fabric and handed it to me.

I looked at Sesshoumaru suspiciously as he just stared at my face like nothing had happened.

"I will not have you wear wet clothing in y presence," he said in a low tone.

"Well doesn't someone think highly of himself," I replied with a smirk on my face, daring to take a chance of mockery.

'Sesshoumaru can't expect me to trust anything he says after what just happened.'

"Rather brave, even in your loss of clothing," the lord laughed to himself quietly.

Giving him a small glare for speaking the truth, I slowly took hold of the hoari he held out for me. My body had stopped shivering only moments before. After I had slipped it on and got it to cover my chest, I got to my feet.

"As soon as my clothes dry, I'm out of here!" I said with a cold tone as I went away from him.

"You will not be going alone."

"Oh let me guess, you intend to follow me!" I snapped at his words.

Sesshoumaru's eyes became colder and I could feel his anger growing. 'I should really learn to keep my mouth shut sometimes!' I blinked once and then found the lord standing right in front of me with his eyes piercing down on me.

"Your anger shows no bounds, neither does your tongue!" he growled, taking a firm hold of both my wrists.

'Yeah, that really wasn't the smartest thing to do. My rage is small compared to his!' I swallowed nervously at what I knew the lord would do.

"I will not have you raise your tongue to me!" he said in a low voice with another sharp growl.

"Then kill me!" I cried with my own growl.

Sesshoumaru fell silent but his face held his coldness and rage. 'If he's planning something then there's no way I can trust him. How can I not be suspicious when he doesn't show anything except anger?' My red eyes looked away from him as silence filled the air.

"Screw this! As if I can waste my time and not spent it following the scent of that demon!" I said without as much anger.

As I was about to turn away from Sesshoumaru, I felt his hands slide down my wrists to my hands.

"Travel alone if you wish, but I shall follow," he said as his voice returned to normal and he let my hands go.

I walked towards my clothing with my back turned to Sesshoumaru. 'He can do whatever the hell he wants but he has to stay away from me!' Without a care that the lord was still watching me, even with my back turned to him, I dropped his hoari from my shoulders to the ground. I took hold of my shirt and put it on, aware of its cold dampness. Then taking hold of my scarf, I bent down and grabbed the soft white hoari.

"Do what you want, I'm following that scent to wherever it came from," I replied with a shrug as I handed it to him.

"Why follow a lesser demon's scent?" he wondered with his cold eyes staring straight at me.

"It's something you or anyone else wouldn't understand. As if anyone would notice me gone anyway. Who cares about the troublemaker, right?" I said with a fake laugh, trying to make it sound amusing.

Sesshoumaru didn't answer. Taking his silence as a sure why not, I turned back around to where the river was. 'Who really would care about what happens to the likes of me?'

"Anyway if you're gunna follow me then I'm out of here. I need to make the distance between us," I explained with a solemn tone before running off towards where I had fallen into the river.

I ran as fast as I could through the forest and stopped just before the river. 'Damn it, that demon boy reminds me of something and I don't know what! I'll follow this scent wherever it may go, even through a village if I have to. Those mortals might freak out and attack me but oh well!' Just before I turned to follow the scent, a fresher one hit my nose.

"What the," I whispered, a little more than confused.

'It's his scent but if Sesshoumaru killed him, how could it be so recent?' Ignoring the older scent, I chased after the newer one, knowing that the demon couldn't be too far ahead of me. I jumped onto an old tree stump and high into the air above the tree line. 'He's around here somewhere! If he's alive then he can't be too far ahead of me.' Slowly the harsh pull of gravity pulled me towards the ground as I felt like I was floating. When I landed on the ground I started to run in the same direction. The demon's scent started to become stronger until it had stopped at a single tree.

"Why are you following me? I figured that where you were was your home."

My red eyes looked up at him as he sat in the tree, staring down at me.

"You know something about me and I want to know what it is!" I said with a small growl.

"Don't you remember anything other than wandering around that forest?" he laughed at me.

At that moment I caught an up close glimpse of him. His right eye had been ripped across the skin by what looked like a whip. His arms and chest were the same. 'This guy must have escaped Sesshoumaru before he had the chance to kill him.'

The demon jumped down from the tree and looked at me intently.

"You don't remember, do you? All the things the elder told you to do, the things about your life, you don't remember any of it, do you?" he laughed again.

"I don't remember anything because my life was at Sesshoumaru's castle!"

"So you wish for me to just tell you what you were alive to do, little fox?"

'All right, that's it! This bastard is gunna get it!' With a strike of anger I punched the demon across the face.

"I see, continue to follow me then if the demons don't kill you first!" he said with another laugh as he threw a poison powder bomb.

'What the hell is this stuff? That smell is horrible. I think I'm gunna pass out!'

"It's a poison that knocks you out for a while. More like a few days if you breathe enough of it in. Hope you enjoy your travels Fox, finding my village won't be as easy as you think it is!"

'That little bastard, where is he? I can't see him through this purple gas!' I closed my eyes to try to clear my vision. I jumped high into the air once again to escape the poison. 'Damn, I can't see properly! Everything is spinning. I think I'm gunna be sick.'

When I was about to be caught in the line of gravity, everything fell silent and I started to fall to the ground. Before I had reached the top of the tree line, someone flew by and caught me in their arms.

"So you're trying to find your village. An unknown past is something that should never happen," they whispered to me.

I had heard their voice in my slight unconsciousness.

"L-lord Sesshoumaru," I wondered, smelling his warm scent.

"Still you are foolish outside the castle grounds," he replied with his usual tone.

"As if a little poison can take me out…" I whispered with a laugh before fully passing out.

The wind blew gently, even though we were high above the ground. My wet clothes were soaking the water into the lord's hoari.

"It seems you have some trust in me Fox. Your scent shows little fear of what it used to," Sesshoumaru whispered almost to himself.

The wind had suddenly stopped when the mountains came into sight. Sesshoumaru landed and placed my unconscious body on the ground.

"A barrier," the lord said as he looked over the barrier carefully.

A few hours passed and I woke up coughing, trying to take a full breath of air. 'What happened? The last thing I remember was the poison bomb and Sesshoumaru talking. Oh, Sesshoumaru!' I opened my eyes and sat up at the thought of Sesshoumaru rescuing me. I saw him just sitting across from me, staring towards the mountains through the trees.

"So you're awake," the lord said as he continued to stare at the barrier.

"As if that poison was going to take me out for more than a few hours. What's a little poison going to do anyway?" I laughed nervously with a smirk on my face.

The lord merely grunted to himself without moving anything but his amber eyes. I could feel his stare and looked back at him with my own stare.

"Does any of this place remind you of anything Fox?"

Hearing his words I looked around at the trees. 'This is the forest where Sesshoumaru had found me wandering around. If I'm right, there used to be a barrier right here.' I thought as I remembered once turning around and almost getting fried by it.

"Just things I already knew. Now I'm about to attempt getting fried by a barrier!" I said as I got to my feet and took a few steps towards the barrier.

I was about ten inches from the barrier and I raised my hand out to touch it. 'I'm about to be killed by a barrier and here I thought it would be Sesshoumaru to kill me.' I laughed to myself.

"Don't be so sure that you would die by my hand," a low taunting growl came from beside me.

"What?"

I froze when I saw Sesshoumaru standing right there with his emotionless face looking down at me. He took hold of my wrist so I wouldn't touch the barrier. A chill was sent down my spine from his touch.

"Still my touch is new to you," the lord whispered into my ear as he took hold of my other wrist.

The warmth of his breath sent another chill down my spine. There was something he knew that I didn't, and that was probably what was doing it.

"What are you talking about? What are you going to do?" I asked him with a slightly worried tone.

Sesshoumaru took a few steps forward, pinning me against a tree.

"Have you not noticed the change in my scent? Or the change of your own scent?" he said with a low growl in his throat.

'The change of his scent? What is he talking about?'

Sesshoumaru pulled my arms towards him, causing my body to slam against his. He wrapped his left arm around me so I couldn't pull away from him. I could feel his right hand gently slide down my side to the edge of my pants.

"Your change of scent will soon become strong enough for even you to scent."

Bringing his hand back up to my neck, he pulled off my scarf and threw it to the ground. 'What the hell is he doing? I don't understand this! Is it because I ran away from him?'

"I've waited for you to want me so I could have you willingly. I'll continue to wait for you until you except me. This will be a test of how long you can hold back your desire to be claimed," Sesshoumaru whispered into my ear.

He placed his right knee in between my legs and then against my entrance. He pressed his lips against my neck, sucking gently at the flesh as his right hand slid through the hair at the back of my head. Heat started to pool at my entrance where Sesshoumaru's knee was pressed more against it. I couldn't help but allow the arousal to seep through. My body wasn't listening to what I wanted it to do. It wanted Sesshoumaru to claim it, wanted him to pup me. 'I can't take this, I need him to get away from me!'

"Lord Sesshoumaru, please let me go. I don't wish to mate. As I've said I have at least five hundred more years to live, why waste the time of life finding a mate so early?" I said as I raised my hands to his chest.

Sesshoumaru removed his knee from me and stopped kissing my neck.

"Very well. If you do not wish for me to touch you, then never again shall I do so unless you allow it."

"How can I trust your word if you keep pinning me like this?"

"Fox, I always keep my word."

End of Chapter 4

Hello again! Haha, I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. As I've said, I worked really hard on it! Well kind of. Sorry it's so short. I would have made it longer but I couldn't come up with anything else for this chapter! I'm sorry! I swear that I'll try to make the next chapter longer, better, grammar fixed, and funnier than all the others. : ) : ) It depends on what I can come up with. I'll let you in on a secret... It has to do with the incident that happened four years ago where Sesshoumaru should have killed Fox but he didn't. Reasons will be given in the next chapter but only if you read it. : ) : ) Okay, since I'm really tired, I bid thee ado. I think… Yeah. So please R&R and I'll try to update as soon as I can. Again I apologize for any errors made in spelling! I will get around to fixing it! Scout's honor! Tch, like I'm a scout!