Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Inuyasha characters, but I do own Ami,
Malon, the strange cat girl and Karinkshin.
Sorry for any miss spellings.
Chapter 14 - Solitary Tear -
The morning after Sesshoumarus nightmare Ami was still a little shaken; but Sesshoumaru, though he kept his neutral, emotionless face, was even more concerned. What seamed to worry him most was that the cuts in his back still hadn't healed by the time they stopped and made camp the next night.
Malon and Koga kept away from him as much as they possibly could that evening. He was quieter than usual and that couldn't be good.
This fact however, made Ami worry about him even more. That night Ami and Sesshoumaru took watch together. They sat on the hill above camp.
During the day, they had collectively decided to take watch in pairs; Ami and Malon had pressed the motion.
As Ami sat next to the demon lord, listing to the night's silence, she noticed the gleam that the moonlight gave the blood that shown through her partners hair.
"Sesshoumaru?" She said with a little gasp.
"Hn." He turned toward her slightly.
"You're still bleeding!" She said as she leaned back and moved his hair to one side to get a better look.
He stayed silent hoping she'd leave it alone, but he knew better. Ami's hand ran along the armor as she unhooked it and slid it off. He turned his back from her and scooted away.
He heard a sharp exhale of air from her, then heard her reposition herself carefully so as not to hurt her leg.
His subtle hint hadn't work so as she reached to slide off the top of his kimono he growled darkly, and his fangs glinted in the frail light.
"Don't." He snapped
Ami, being the type of person she is, ignored him and when she placed her hands on his shoulders and he continued to growl, she flicked him in the ear.
He jolted slightly, he'd not been expecting that..
"What..." his question was cut short by a sharp flinch.
Ami had pulled down his kimono (TOP!!) and the blood that had dried against the fabric was ripped away.
He snarled but only received another flick in the ear.
Ami ran her hand softly across the scratches and then looked at her blood smeared hand. She looked up at him worriedly.
"Sesshoumaru? Why hasn't this healed up yet, something this minor shouldn't even leave a scar."
"T don't know." He said in his blandest voice.
She crawled around so she could see his face.
"What was the dream about?"
Sesshoumaru just looked at her and didn't say anything.
"Pleases Sesshoumaru! How can I help you if you don't tell me!"
"I didn't ask for your help."
"But!"
"Leave it alone."
"Sesshoumaru!"
"..."
Sesshoumaru pulled his kimono (TOP!!) back over his shoulders but didn't bother with the armor just yet.
Ami sat and looked at him for a moment longer then turned and sat cross- legged and looked at the moon.
'It's not fair, he has helped me so much and he wont let me get close!' she paused in her thoughts.
'That's not true, If anyone else had tried to shove grapes down his throat or pulled out his hair to use as fishing line he'd have killed them.'
She smiled as a song popped into her head. She couldn't remember all the words but she closed her eyes and sang what she could.
"A few cards and letters and one long distance call,"
"We drifted away like the leaves in the fall."
"Year after year I come back to this place,"
"Just to remember the taste!"
"Strawberry wine, Seventeen, hot July moon, saw everything!"
"My first taste of love, wahooo, bittersweet, strait off the vine..., like strawberry wine!"
Ami hummed the tune over and over as she rocked her head back and forth. A single solitary tear rolled off her cheek.
It wasn't a sad tear and it want happy either. It just was.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
WW:: AHAH
Sesshy:: What are you giggling about! You made me look like some kind of sissy, flicking my ear like that!
WW:: Oh get over it! Have you ever flicked and animal in the ear? Horses, Dogs, Cats? They all twitch and stop what there doing, I was just using common knowledge!
Sesshy:: So! I'm a dog DEMON, not a dog!
WW:: but you are related *smirk*
Sesshy:: grumble grumble
WW:: Hm?
Sesshy:: ...
WW:: Anyway, Give us a review!
Sesshy:: Ja Ne...
Sorry for any miss spellings.
Chapter 14 - Solitary Tear -
The morning after Sesshoumarus nightmare Ami was still a little shaken; but Sesshoumaru, though he kept his neutral, emotionless face, was even more concerned. What seamed to worry him most was that the cuts in his back still hadn't healed by the time they stopped and made camp the next night.
Malon and Koga kept away from him as much as they possibly could that evening. He was quieter than usual and that couldn't be good.
This fact however, made Ami worry about him even more. That night Ami and Sesshoumaru took watch together. They sat on the hill above camp.
During the day, they had collectively decided to take watch in pairs; Ami and Malon had pressed the motion.
As Ami sat next to the demon lord, listing to the night's silence, she noticed the gleam that the moonlight gave the blood that shown through her partners hair.
"Sesshoumaru?" She said with a little gasp.
"Hn." He turned toward her slightly.
"You're still bleeding!" She said as she leaned back and moved his hair to one side to get a better look.
He stayed silent hoping she'd leave it alone, but he knew better. Ami's hand ran along the armor as she unhooked it and slid it off. He turned his back from her and scooted away.
He heard a sharp exhale of air from her, then heard her reposition herself carefully so as not to hurt her leg.
His subtle hint hadn't work so as she reached to slide off the top of his kimono he growled darkly, and his fangs glinted in the frail light.
"Don't." He snapped
Ami, being the type of person she is, ignored him and when she placed her hands on his shoulders and he continued to growl, she flicked him in the ear.
He jolted slightly, he'd not been expecting that..
"What..." his question was cut short by a sharp flinch.
Ami had pulled down his kimono (TOP!!) and the blood that had dried against the fabric was ripped away.
He snarled but only received another flick in the ear.
Ami ran her hand softly across the scratches and then looked at her blood smeared hand. She looked up at him worriedly.
"Sesshoumaru? Why hasn't this healed up yet, something this minor shouldn't even leave a scar."
"T don't know." He said in his blandest voice.
She crawled around so she could see his face.
"What was the dream about?"
Sesshoumaru just looked at her and didn't say anything.
"Pleases Sesshoumaru! How can I help you if you don't tell me!"
"I didn't ask for your help."
"But!"
"Leave it alone."
"Sesshoumaru!"
"..."
Sesshoumaru pulled his kimono (TOP!!) back over his shoulders but didn't bother with the armor just yet.
Ami sat and looked at him for a moment longer then turned and sat cross- legged and looked at the moon.
'It's not fair, he has helped me so much and he wont let me get close!' she paused in her thoughts.
'That's not true, If anyone else had tried to shove grapes down his throat or pulled out his hair to use as fishing line he'd have killed them.'
She smiled as a song popped into her head. She couldn't remember all the words but she closed her eyes and sang what she could.
"A few cards and letters and one long distance call,"
"We drifted away like the leaves in the fall."
"Year after year I come back to this place,"
"Just to remember the taste!"
"Strawberry wine, Seventeen, hot July moon, saw everything!"
"My first taste of love, wahooo, bittersweet, strait off the vine..., like strawberry wine!"
Ami hummed the tune over and over as she rocked her head back and forth. A single solitary tear rolled off her cheek.
It wasn't a sad tear and it want happy either. It just was.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
WW:: AHAH
Sesshy:: What are you giggling about! You made me look like some kind of sissy, flicking my ear like that!
WW:: Oh get over it! Have you ever flicked and animal in the ear? Horses, Dogs, Cats? They all twitch and stop what there doing, I was just using common knowledge!
Sesshy:: So! I'm a dog DEMON, not a dog!
WW:: but you are related *smirk*
Sesshy:: grumble grumble
WW:: Hm?
Sesshy:: ...
WW:: Anyway, Give us a review!
Sesshy:: Ja Ne...