Chapter 7 Nights Watch, A Slap, Taken Again!

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I kinda changed some stuff in chapter 5, so you might want to reread it…

Thanks VarekaiSoleil…

I don't own Inuyasha, Kagome, Sesshomaru and his gang, or anything else like that. The plot and some of the characters are mine…

Yay me!

Sesshomaru sat against a tree while Gallaya washed his deadly shoulder wound. He couldn't find the energy to tell her to leave him be. There was no one around to see anyways. Inuyasha had gone to find Jaken and Ah' Un while Kagome had taken the children and Rin to find food, leaving Gallaya alone.

Sesshomaru's armor had been removed and his sleeve was pulled down to reveal the large gape that the demon had left. His pale skin shone as bright as snow.

He watched her as she worked. She had removed foreign bodies from his bite, such as twigs and leaves. She had just finished gently washing it with a clean rag that had been constantly dipped in warm water. She pulled out a sowing needle and thread. At this he stopped her.

"You've done enough. My body will heal fast enough." He put his uninjured right hand on hers, causing her to lower it.

"But, mi' lord, you will heal even faster without it." She told him, adverting her eyes.

"I do not need it." That was the end of the discussion.

She put the equipment away. He had a thought, "Is that what you did to your arm, sowed it like a piece of ripped cloth?"

"Yes. It was the only way for it to heal smoothly."

"Has it?" he asked, not knowing why or even if he was concerned.

"Well, it's been five days, even though it seems like a lifetime ago, but it has gotten much better. All signs of infection are gone." She told him, putting more wood on the fire. It was only about five in the afternoon,so they didn't need a fire, but they would when the others came back with diner.

"Good." He said, then stood.

"Where are you going?" Gallaya asked, alarmed.

"To wash. And fix my clothes." He told her, raising an eyebrow. He was not used to people asking where he went.

"Well, be back in time for diner." She told him, turning back to the fire.

"I do not eat human food." He told her, annoyed.

"Well, you're wounded. It'd nice to have something to give you energy, I thought you might be hungry." She shrugged.

He walked away.

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Inuyasha returned, followed by Ah' Un and an annoyed Jaken, shortly after diner was finished. He sat and started to chow down. Jaken sat against a tree and started to sulk. Gallaya brought a leaf with cooked fish, bread from the village, and fresh berries over to him. Jaken pretended to ignore her, but next time she looked over, she saw that it was all gone.

They all climbed into their sleeping mats. Gallaya was surprised to find that Rin only had a blanket to cover with. Gallaya gave to girl her mat (Which was in her bag that was still draped on Ah' Un's back when they had returned), and taken the blanket. She argued with Rin, telling her that she was a growing girl and that she didn't mind sleeping under the blanket that was to small for her for one night.

Inuyasha and Kagome slept with their two children between them on one side of the camp, while Rin slept with next to the two headed demon horse. Jaken slept against the tree to the left of where Rin lay and Gallaya slept by the one to the right.

The night was silent, other than the sound of chirping crickets and night time animals, when Sesshomaru returned to the camp. His armor and clothes were miraculously fixed, and his stiff arm was the only indication that he had been drastically wounded.

He was surprised to see Rin in the warm traveling mat that belonged to Gallaya, and Gallaya covered with the small blanket that Rin used. Rin had been outgrowing and he had planned to find her another one, but he hadn't expected Gallaya to give up her own.

A breeze kicked up and he saw Gallaya shiver and pull the blanket to cover her shoulders, but revealing her bare feet. Sesshomaru felt pity for the woman, but gave the emotion to the fact that she had taken Rin's blanket.

He walked over to her and saw her face turned towards the tree, her blue eyes shut in a peaceful sleep. Another gust of wind cam and that peacefulness shifted into that of discomfort.

Sesshomaru glanced across the camp, and seeing that everyone was asleep, took off his armor and undid his shirt, revealing his plain white undershirt (A/N: I don't know what else to call it!). He pulled the blanket down to cover her feet fully before draping his heavy garment over her. It almost covered her a little pass her knees, due to him being over a foot taller than her.

He noticed her flinch. It was then that he realized she had not been asleep.

Gallaya had felt the wind blow over her. She pulled the blanket up. She was surprised when a hand pulled it down over her feet before putting something heavy, thick, and warm over her body. It smelled like Sesshomaru.

She knew that he had seen her flinch when his hand was jerked away like something had burned him Sesshomaru knew she knew when he saw her flinch.

He stood there, running his options through his mind while she lay there, her heart pumping away. They chose to ignore each other.

Sesshomaru couldn't believe that he had been so stupid. He didn't even know why had had the urge to put his shirt over her. He cursed himself for taking such a stupid action. He set against a tree a few feet away.

After a few minutes, Gallaya curled up and burrowed into the shirt, smiling before she fell asleep. Sesshomaru watched her through the night.

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Sesshomaru was stood just an hour before dawn's sun rose above the horizon. Already the sky had turned from a dark blue to a sickly grey. He went to where Gallaya had slept and removed his shirt from around her.

He began to slide it on before she awoke.

"Wait. Let me check your wound." She said, yawning and pulling her hair back in a sloppy ponytail.

"No. I don't need it." He said.

"I just want to look at it." She said stubbornly, getting up and pulling on his sleeve while his back was to her.

He spun around and his hand shot out across her face. She gasped, putting her hands to her left cheek where a large red mark was appearing. Sesshomaru turned back around, ignoring the betrayal in her eyes, and left.

"I will be gone for a couple days. Tell Rin and Jaken. I will return for them in three days time." He said in the moment before he stepped into the dense trees.

Gallaya grabbed her bag, took out the servants dress she had bought before she found Sesshomaru (she was currently wearing a dress given to her by the family she had staid with), along with a couple other things and went to the stream.

When she got their, she gazed into the water and saw that two long slashes marked her face. It was no doubt left by lord Sesshomaru's fingernails. Gallaya rinsed it with fresh water, but it had already started to swell. She sighed.

She removed her clothes and unwrapped her bandages and quickly examined her marks. She had a huge wound on her left shoulder from the demons that raided her village, she had a long scratch on her right thigh that went from her knee to her hip, an abrasion on her abdomen left by the fight with the large spider, and two bleeding welts with the surrounding skin bruising from Sesshomaru.

She slipped into the water and let its morning crisp refresh her. Gallaya turned when she heard movement behind her.

"I thought I'd find you here." It was Kagome. The older woman removed her clothes and slid into the water. "What happened to your face?"

Gallaya reddened, emberced. "Nothing, I just made lord Sesshomaru angry."

"I have something that will help your marks. I don't see why you follow him. He was always so cold." Kagome said.

"I know that's how it seems, but he did save my life, so he can't be all that cold and heartless." Gallaya wrapped her arms around herself.

Kagome shrugged. They washed using the strange substance that Kagome had brought with her, it was called shampoo.

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Gallaya stepped out of the water and put on her dress. Kagome followed her. They caught a couple of fish and sat and talked for a few minutes more as the sun rose and it was about seven in the morning.

"You, Jaken, and Rin are just going to stay here while Sesshomaru is gone?"

"I don't see where else we can go." Gallaya said, picking up the fish.

"You could always come and stay with Inuyasha and me." Kagome offered, following Gallaya back to the camp.

"Thanks, but-." She cut off when she heard a scream, followed by a couple more.

They dropped everything and took off to the camp. They each pulled out a small dagger that they had been carrying. Kagome had left her bow and arrows at the camp. They ran into the clearing.

It was under attack. Ah' Un ripped the head of a short black demon. Rin, Souta, and Kella coward against a hollow in a tree while both Jaken with the staff of two heads and Inuyasha with Tetsuseiga stood before them, warding off oncoming demons.

The two women sliced pass demons as the ran to their friends. Kagome took the bow and arrow that Rin was holding and slung it across her back, unable to use them at close range. Gallaya didn't know how to fight properly, but she did the best that she could.

"Jaken, call Ah' Un." Gallaya told him. The imp did such.

The beast came, fighting its way to them. Gallaya put the children on while the others fought.

"Hold tightly." She told them. She turned to the others, "We need to get out of here."

Inuyasha nodded, "You two get on the horse."

They obliged as he held of the demons, "Windscar!"

The attack swept the tide back, but it seemed that the hoard never ended. Jaken jumped onto Ah' Un's back, between Rin and Gallaya who were in the back. Gallaya was afraid that the demon wouldn't be able to carry their combined weight, but her fears went unfounded.

"Go!" Inuyasha cried as the demons over took him.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried as they took off.

The demons followed them as they galloped along the forest's path and cleared the trees. They made it to a hill and climbed up it. The demons were clawing at their feet. Kagome, Jaken and Gallaya batted them off.

Rin screamed, "Ah!"

Gallaya watched in horror as the girl was pulled off of Ah' Un's back.

"Rin!" she cried. She turned to Jaken, "Master Jaken, find lord Sesshomaru."

Kagome called her name as Gallaya threw herself from the beast's back and rolled down the hill through the crowd of black, goblin like, demons.

Gallaya pushed herself to her feet, ignoring the small claws ripping at her hair and dress. She ran to Rin's unconscious body, but was not able to reach it when the demons bound her and carried her.

Kagome watched as Gallaya was taken from her sight

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What's going to happen to Gallaya and Rin?

I don't know either…

Yeah I do…

I'm not going to tell you…

Sucks to be you…