Disclaimer: None of the Inuyasha characters belong to me. However Ami and
Malon do.
W_W - I apologize for any miss spellings there not intentional.
Chapter 8 - Cliffs -
The next morning Malon insisted that he join up with Ami and Sesshoumaru, And so the duo became a trio.
Ami kept a hold of Malons darts and blowgun. Turns out she was a pretty good shot with them too. He didndt argue after she gave him a look. Apparently she still didn't trust him fully.
Sesshoumaru was all for killing the boy, but he let Ami have do as she pleased. She could keep Malon in line almost like a cattle dog did a cow. And with the threat of those poison darts gone he didn't have anything to worry about anyway. Besides, Ami pointed out to him later that week, they had gained a valuable ally if they ran into trouble.
The trio quickly set up a new order for the night watch. Ami, took the first watch just as she had before, Malon, took the second shift, and Sesshoumaru kept watch from the end of Malon's shift till dawn.
Malon was prod of his new post as a watchman but he quickly noted that Ami, even when her shift had ended and his began, she slept lightly and wakeup when ever something mad a strange noise or the busses rustled. She did this all through his shift, but when Sesshoumaru took over she seemed to relax and fell asleep quite soundly until dawn.
This, being a man, hurt Malon's pride a little. She didn't trust him enough to take his turn on watch. He approached Ami with this and told her how it made him feel a bit useless.
She explained kindly that when he had attacked Sesshoumaru that night she had been the one on watch and she felt ashamed that she hadn't noticed Malon in the bushes before it was to late. She was making sure that the same thing didn't happen again.
"Besides," she said. "I noticed you've made a habit of staying awake during my watch too, so were even."
That settled the argument and he felt a little better.
Days turned into weeks and they finally came to the foot of one of the western mountains.
They sat around a small fire that eveing and Ami and Malon eat what they had collected that day. Ami had found some sweet wild grapes and had decided to try and get Sesshoumaru to eat one.
"Come on Sesshy! Just one!"
"No."
She was sitting next to him trying to push one into his mouth, which he kept tightly shut. The comical pair ended up falling backward and Ami perched on Sesshoumarus chest.
"Come on! Just this once!"
"NO."
Malon watched as he ate, smiling wildly.
"Open your mouth!"
"NO."
She tried to force it into his mouth again when he opened it to say "No" again.
The grape slid past his teeth and down his throat.
He came up, coughing and sputtering, knocking Ami off his chest.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!"
Ami whacked him hard on the back. Sesshoumaru had a disgusted look on his face as the grape finally went down.
"Are you ok?"
Sesshoumaru raised his hand to keep her off.
Malon, who had kept his laughter suppressed up till that moment, finally burst out laughing. Ami and Sesshoumaru looked at each other then at the laughing youth. Ami started to giggle and then broke out into fits of laughter as well.
Sesshoumaru turned away from the giggling teens.
After they had finally calmed down Ami took over her watch. Malon slept soundly till she awoke him to take over which he did. She still slept lightly in case she was needed but fell into a sound sleep before his shift was over.
The night was cold. Autumn was coming there was no doubt. And autumns in the mountains are more like early winters.
When his shift ended he awoke Sesshoumaru with a quick whisper. The cold didn't seem to affect the demon.
Malon took a blanket out of his little pack and lay there for about an hour, not able to sleep. He turned over to find Ami shivering against the cold.
Her cloths were in worse condition then his own. She had finally ripped off the bottom half of her pants, below the knees, and now they were shorts. Her green t-shirt was brown with dirt and was missing a sleeve. He looked down at his blanket and was about to get up and cover her with it, when he heard the clanking of armor.
He tilted his head to see Sesshoumaru taking off his armor.
'What's he doing?'
Malon lay there bewildered.
Sesshoumaru walked over to Ami's shivering form and draped his kimono top over her, then turned and walked back to his tree to continue his watch.
Malon watched as he stood there, bear chested, not even a muscle shivered against the cold.
'Well.. .' Malon thought to himself. He never thought he'd see Sesshoumaru worry about anyone. Apparently he cared about Ami more then ether of the two humans could have guessed.
Malon drigted off to sleep and awoke when Ami roused him for breakfast. Sesshoumaru and donned his shirt again and was standing against a tree in full armor once more.
Ami handed a mixed handful of fruits and nuts, then sat there chattering with him.
Malon was about to touch on the subject of what he'd seen last night when he caught a cold stair form Sesshoumaru. Obviously he knew he knew and impressed it upon the teens life to keep quiet.
The started their climb soon after. Ami, of corse, started singing almost immediately.
"I'm, gunna take that mountain!"
"Aint nothing gunna slow me down!"
"And there aint no way around it!"
"Guna leave it level with the ground!"
She taught the chorus to Malon and they sang as they climbed until the trail got to steep. Then they needed all the breath they could get.
The trail finally evened out and went up the mountain in a slow circling fashion. The thing was, the trail was incredibly narrow.
Sesshoumaru wasn't nervous and just kept plotting along at his fast pace. Ami had apparently climbed a mountain like this with her family once for a vacation. Why anyone would want to climb a mountain for fun was beyond him. He was a nervous wreck. Ami held fast to his hand as they walked to insure that he dint freeze up.
Their trip went well, until they walked under a tree that grew out of the side of the mountain. When they walked under it a bird cam furiously at them. Malon, who was at his wits end already, panicked and tried to wave the bird away to keep it form scratching his face.
"Malon! Stop! Your guna..!"
To late, He backed into Ami and she slipped over the eadge.
"EEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
Sesshoumaru whirled around quickly and grabbed for her hand but his claw mealy scratches her, she was already out of his reach.
"Sesshoumaru!"
Ami's panicked cries slowly faded as she fell further and further.
"AMI!!!!!" Malon yelled after her.
"Damn It!" Sesshoumaru swore loudly.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ W_W- ok no foolin' today
Sesshoumaru- Ha Ha you fell!
W_W -* smack*
Sesshoumaru- Ouch! HEY!
W_W - Hays for horses.
Sesshoumaru- give us a review!
W_W - Ja Ne!
W_W - I apologize for any miss spellings there not intentional.
Chapter 8 - Cliffs -
The next morning Malon insisted that he join up with Ami and Sesshoumaru, And so the duo became a trio.
Ami kept a hold of Malons darts and blowgun. Turns out she was a pretty good shot with them too. He didndt argue after she gave him a look. Apparently she still didn't trust him fully.
Sesshoumaru was all for killing the boy, but he let Ami have do as she pleased. She could keep Malon in line almost like a cattle dog did a cow. And with the threat of those poison darts gone he didn't have anything to worry about anyway. Besides, Ami pointed out to him later that week, they had gained a valuable ally if they ran into trouble.
The trio quickly set up a new order for the night watch. Ami, took the first watch just as she had before, Malon, took the second shift, and Sesshoumaru kept watch from the end of Malon's shift till dawn.
Malon was prod of his new post as a watchman but he quickly noted that Ami, even when her shift had ended and his began, she slept lightly and wakeup when ever something mad a strange noise or the busses rustled. She did this all through his shift, but when Sesshoumaru took over she seemed to relax and fell asleep quite soundly until dawn.
This, being a man, hurt Malon's pride a little. She didn't trust him enough to take his turn on watch. He approached Ami with this and told her how it made him feel a bit useless.
She explained kindly that when he had attacked Sesshoumaru that night she had been the one on watch and she felt ashamed that she hadn't noticed Malon in the bushes before it was to late. She was making sure that the same thing didn't happen again.
"Besides," she said. "I noticed you've made a habit of staying awake during my watch too, so were even."
That settled the argument and he felt a little better.
Days turned into weeks and they finally came to the foot of one of the western mountains.
They sat around a small fire that eveing and Ami and Malon eat what they had collected that day. Ami had found some sweet wild grapes and had decided to try and get Sesshoumaru to eat one.
"Come on Sesshy! Just one!"
"No."
She was sitting next to him trying to push one into his mouth, which he kept tightly shut. The comical pair ended up falling backward and Ami perched on Sesshoumarus chest.
"Come on! Just this once!"
"NO."
Malon watched as he ate, smiling wildly.
"Open your mouth!"
"NO."
She tried to force it into his mouth again when he opened it to say "No" again.
The grape slid past his teeth and down his throat.
He came up, coughing and sputtering, knocking Ami off his chest.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!"
Ami whacked him hard on the back. Sesshoumaru had a disgusted look on his face as the grape finally went down.
"Are you ok?"
Sesshoumaru raised his hand to keep her off.
Malon, who had kept his laughter suppressed up till that moment, finally burst out laughing. Ami and Sesshoumaru looked at each other then at the laughing youth. Ami started to giggle and then broke out into fits of laughter as well.
Sesshoumaru turned away from the giggling teens.
After they had finally calmed down Ami took over her watch. Malon slept soundly till she awoke him to take over which he did. She still slept lightly in case she was needed but fell into a sound sleep before his shift was over.
The night was cold. Autumn was coming there was no doubt. And autumns in the mountains are more like early winters.
When his shift ended he awoke Sesshoumaru with a quick whisper. The cold didn't seem to affect the demon.
Malon took a blanket out of his little pack and lay there for about an hour, not able to sleep. He turned over to find Ami shivering against the cold.
Her cloths were in worse condition then his own. She had finally ripped off the bottom half of her pants, below the knees, and now they were shorts. Her green t-shirt was brown with dirt and was missing a sleeve. He looked down at his blanket and was about to get up and cover her with it, when he heard the clanking of armor.
He tilted his head to see Sesshoumaru taking off his armor.
'What's he doing?'
Malon lay there bewildered.
Sesshoumaru walked over to Ami's shivering form and draped his kimono top over her, then turned and walked back to his tree to continue his watch.
Malon watched as he stood there, bear chested, not even a muscle shivered against the cold.
'Well.. .' Malon thought to himself. He never thought he'd see Sesshoumaru worry about anyone. Apparently he cared about Ami more then ether of the two humans could have guessed.
Malon drigted off to sleep and awoke when Ami roused him for breakfast. Sesshoumaru and donned his shirt again and was standing against a tree in full armor once more.
Ami handed a mixed handful of fruits and nuts, then sat there chattering with him.
Malon was about to touch on the subject of what he'd seen last night when he caught a cold stair form Sesshoumaru. Obviously he knew he knew and impressed it upon the teens life to keep quiet.
The started their climb soon after. Ami, of corse, started singing almost immediately.
"I'm, gunna take that mountain!"
"Aint nothing gunna slow me down!"
"And there aint no way around it!"
"Guna leave it level with the ground!"
She taught the chorus to Malon and they sang as they climbed until the trail got to steep. Then they needed all the breath they could get.
The trail finally evened out and went up the mountain in a slow circling fashion. The thing was, the trail was incredibly narrow.
Sesshoumaru wasn't nervous and just kept plotting along at his fast pace. Ami had apparently climbed a mountain like this with her family once for a vacation. Why anyone would want to climb a mountain for fun was beyond him. He was a nervous wreck. Ami held fast to his hand as they walked to insure that he dint freeze up.
Their trip went well, until they walked under a tree that grew out of the side of the mountain. When they walked under it a bird cam furiously at them. Malon, who was at his wits end already, panicked and tried to wave the bird away to keep it form scratching his face.
"Malon! Stop! Your guna..!"
To late, He backed into Ami and she slipped over the eadge.
"EEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"
Sesshoumaru whirled around quickly and grabbed for her hand but his claw mealy scratches her, she was already out of his reach.
"Sesshoumaru!"
Ami's panicked cries slowly faded as she fell further and further.
"AMI!!!!!" Malon yelled after her.
"Damn It!" Sesshoumaru swore loudly.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ W_W- ok no foolin' today
Sesshoumaru- Ha Ha you fell!
W_W -* smack*
Sesshoumaru- Ouch! HEY!
W_W - Hays for horses.
Sesshoumaru- give us a review!
W_W - Ja Ne!