Camping With Sesshomaru

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That evening, the group set up camp in the forest. Rin was cuddling up close to Jakin, who was feeling quite smothered by this time. Kikyo was sitting in front of the fire, contemplating how she was going to get out of this mess. If she had refused Sesshomaru's offer to travle with him, he would have followed her to the ends of the earth. She really did have much of a choice in the matter. She breifly glanced over at Sesshomaru, who was sitting on the ground, leaning up against a tree. He appeared to be very calm most of the time. But whenever he got close to Kikyo, he became love sick. Right now, Kikyo was making a list of ingrediants for her antidote. She would search for them in the next village they came to.

Jakin yawned. "Well, it's been a long day." He stood up, causing Rin to tumble over a little bit.

She smiled. "Yeah, you're right." She grabbed Jaking before he could get too far away and kissed him on the cheek.

Jakin began to feel sick. "Yes... Now let me go so I can get to my tent!" He wriggled away.

Sesshomaru stood up and nodded. "Indeed, it is time for bed."

"I'll sleep out here," Kikyo said right off the bat. She knew what Seshsomaru was thinking in the back of his mind that there was no way she was sharing a tent with him.

"Alright, that's fine," was his reply.

Kikyo was slightly surprised. Maybe the love potion hadn't taken on full effect. From what she was told, Inuyasha and the others were falling all over the girls, ready to do anything. But then again, Sesshomaru had always been a very strong warrior. He could battle pretty much anything that came at him. She watched them as they piled into their seperate tents. Sesshomaru's was bigger, of course. He was fully grown, while Rin was just a little girl and Jakin was an... imp. Kikyo leaned up against a nearby tree, just as always did at night for sleep and closed her eyes.

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"Kikyo?"

The sound of someone saying her name aroused her from her sleep. Kikyo blinked a few times before she sat up. She found Sesshomaru, sitting beside her, holding her hand and smiling. "Um, yes?"

He sighed and began to stroak the back of her hand. "Jakin and Rin are sleeping now."

She gave him a cautious look. "What about it?"

"Well, you can stop pretending now and come to bed."

She gritted her teeth and sighed. "Sesshomaru, I was serious about sleeping out here."

He shrugged. "Well, alright." Once again, he stood up and went back into his tent. Kikyo still kept her guard up. That was a little too easy. And sure enough, out he came with a large blanket. "Um, thank you Sesshomaru, but I--" He sat down next to her and wrapped the blanket around the both of them. He rested his head on her shoulder, smiling with his eyes closed.

"Sesshomaru, I told you. You're under the influence of the love potion that you ate," Kikyo explained for the third time today.

He slowly shook his head and opened his eyes to look up at her. "Kikyo, you're actually a very wonderful woman." He nestled himself closer to her. "For you, I would do anything... even stay like this forever, love potion or not."

Kikyo looked away for a moment. For the first time in a long time, her heart was pounding. It was pounding the same way it did whenever Inuyasha was around. But now, he had become a complete turn-off, so this had to be something different. Could it really be that she was falling for Seshsomaru? No! It couldn't be! She promised herself a long time ago that she would never get that close to anyone again. It would lead to nothing but heartbreak and betrayel. But Sesshomaru's eyes were filled with such warmth and confort right now. Looking at him felt so much like home. And she was liking the way they were cuddling. She sighed and shook her head. "I've got to give him the antidote and fast!"