Chapter 7
Your P.O.V. you kept floating in between darkness and consciousness. Currently you felt sharp pains in your side and knew you were conscious. You breathed in and a familiar yet pleasant aroma aroused your senses. Then you noticed your head was resting against something soft and warm, it too had the arousing scent. You snuggled in closer to the warmth but your peace was disturbed by Jakken's complaining about how you were slowing them down, and according to him you were making their journey even slower than Rin normally does. You sighed, "Toad will you quit your complaining you're making my headache even worse with that scratchy voice of yours." You decided to open your eyes and you were suddenly staring straight into Sesshomaru's golden eyes. Your cheeks grew hot and you were pretty sure that they just turned pink along with your eyes. 'I wish my eyes didn't do that, they make my emotions sooo obvious. ' quickly you looked to the side so he could not see your face, "I give you my highest gratitude Milord, but I think I am well enough to walk now." You thought it best to lie and not tell him the truth of how you were still slipping between darkness and consciousness and how your side felt like there were a thousand knives in it. He stopped to let you down, still looking at you. You chose not to comment on his staring; after all he did save you from that dreadful woman and from spending the rest of your life as Arbassa's slave. "Thank you Milord." With that you bowed and walked back towards Au-Un where Rin was sleeping. Jakken continued to complain for what seemed like an eternity until you could no longer take it. "Toad, I swear if you do not shut that trash heap of a mouth of yours I will take my blade and shove it down your throat. Do you understand me!?" The defiant look on his face told you he was not going to give up without a fight. "You are a mere slave, wench! Do not threaten me you mutt!" He hit a nerve with the mutt thing. You withdrew your Ise Burade and brought it up above your head. "Ahhh, Milord the wench has gone out of control!" with his plea you whapped him hard on the head with the thick of the blade. "Fine, I won't threaten any longer, I will just do as I please." you snapped your fingers and ice began forming over Jakken's lips, sealing them shut. "Ah! Now isn't that much better, I think this is going to be a peaceful trip now." You laughed and started to walk a little farther ahead than Jakken. You could've sworn you heard chuckling from Sesshomaru but you just forgot it, letting your thought preoccupy your mind. 'I wonder if Sesshy still holds a grudge against me for what I did. It wouldn't surprise me, and I guess I deserve it, but its been nearly over a hundred years since that incident. He still seems pretty cold hearted but something has changed. At least changed a little, I guess my vision was true. It was a good thing for Rin to go to Him. But I wonder if he still loves me as I do him, hm….' Sesshomaru disturbed your thoughts, "Jakken, tie Au-Un up, we are making camp here tonight. Alira, you are to make our dinner. Get Rin or Jakken to help you." With out even turning around to tell you this he walked over to the nearest tree and sat down to rest. Jakken tied Au-Un up and went to wake Rin up. "Jakken, I can do it, why don't you just rest and try to melt the ice off of your mouth." You chuckled silently at the last part and walked towards Rin. Shaking her gently you woke her up, "Rise and shine my little angel, its time for supper." Her eyes popped wide open and she jumped from Au-Un, attaching herself to your abdomen. You laughed hole-heartedly for the first in a long time. "It's nice to see you too my darling, did you sleep well?" You smiled down at her as she hugged you tighter. "Oh mommy, I was so worried about you, there was just so much blood, and every time I changed your bandages when we'd make camp, they just never seemed to be better. But I am so glad you are okay. I've missed you so much. Especially your cooking." She laughed as her stomach grumbled at the thought of food. You felt light hearted in the presence of your little girl. She always knew how to make you forget your pains. "Come Rin; let us go get herbs and meat for supper so we can satiate that hunger of yours." You squatted down and waited for her to mount your back. "Jakken we will be back in ten minutes to make dinner. Build a fire while we are gone please. Well we are off." With that you ran towards the forest with Rin riding piggy back. End your P.O.V.
Sesshomaru's P.O.V you couldn't help but look at her beautiful figure and face from under your eyelashes. She was breathtakingly gorgeous; there were only a few whose beauty compared to hers, your mothers' beauty and that of the Unicorn race. But Alira and your mother were of Unicorn decent, it makes sense that they were probably the two most beautiful beings to ever exist in this world. 'What am I doing, she is not worth my time. She is a mere servant, and a mutt at that.' You couldn't help but remember her from your childhood. You could remember all the good times you had together, and the bad times just like it was yesterday. She was always there for you when you were hurt, or if you were afraid. She was there when you needed her, and that meant a lot because fear was a constant thing for you due to the fact that you were the 1st child in a family of fifteen. You were always afraid of betraying your father's (who was the Western Lord at the time) expectations. You were always stressed at the fact that all of your younger siblings looked up to you and leaned on you for support. In a family of fifteen that was a lot of weight on your shoulders. Whenever it got too bad you two would run off and lie in your meadow and relieve each other's problems. She was your first love, and you were hers. But she betrayed your trust and broke your most sacred promise. She left when you most needed her, not even a goodbye or a warning. She up and left with your mother just before your whole entire clan and family were killed. You barely survived from the dragon who slaughtered everyone. But what made it worse was that you found out that she knew it all was going to happen, and she still left you. What made the pain even worse when it all happened was, that she came to the battle field standing at the edge of all the bodies and blood. She stood there with her eyes filled with tears, staring at the mess she looked up at you, crying uncontrollably. Then you saw your mother walk behind her and lay her hand on her shoulder, trying to pull her away from the painful sight. That was when your heart fell away never to heal again. That scene was forever imprinted on your memory. What always bugged you about it though was that she was crying when she saw everything. She had a knowing look in her eyes as if this had happened before, like in a vision but she looked so torn. 'She looked as if she wanted to run to me. Run into my arms and make everything better, like she wanted to apologize and explain. She would have too if it weren't for my mother, who didn't even glance back at me as she walked away from it all, from me and her past.' You shut your eyes and sat peacefully waiting for her to come back with the food. You sat pondering about reasons as to why she never told you or warned you about what was to come. 'I shall ask her one day and end this uselessness of her running through my mind.' You quickly fell into a peaceful sleep, dreaming of her and Rin running throughout the castle, getting farther and farther away as you try to catch them. "Lord Sesshooommmarrruu…. Milooorrrd… a voice, soft as the wind called you back from your dream. You opened your eyes to see Alira holding out a bowl filled with rice, meat, and vegetables. "It's supper time Milord." She smiled at you and your thoughts from before your nap came to mind. You took the food without word and decided to ask her about it all tonight.