~Twists of Love
Author: Sam Kline, aka Thesamislame
Editor: Angelica Andres, aka luckylyra827
Copyright for editing: © January 2010

He woke up to the sound and touch of Rin. Slowly opening his eyes, he straightened himself up and looked down at her.

"Rin made you a cookie. See!" She handed him the cookie that was supposed to be him in his true form. "It's you."

He did not see how it could possibly be him. All he saw was a disorientated blob. But he could not say that to her. He leaned over, despite the sharp pains from his wounds, and took the cookie out of her tiny hands. "Thanks, Rin."

She climbed up onto the couch next to him and watched him eat it with a smile on her face. "Do you like it, Sesshoumaru?"

"Hn." He nodded, not really sure what to think of the cookie. "Rin," he said after finishing the last bit of his cookie.

"Yes, Lord Sesshomaru?"

"Tell me," He paused for a second, then soon continued. "Do you like it here?" He did not look at her, because he feared if he did, she will see the pain in his eyes.

"I do Sesshoumaru! Why do you ask Rin?"

"I just want to make sure, is all."

I went up stairs to try to study, but my mind would not focus on my schoolwork. It was in a different place, next to Sesshoumaru on the couch. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't keep him out of my mind.

This is silly. I told myself. He's InuYasha's brother. And let's not forget, he wants to rule this world if we don't get him back in time. I need to hurry up and change his mind somehow.

I picked up my pop just to find out it was gone. Great. I got up from my desk and started walking downstairs.

"Tell me, do you like it here?" I heard Sesshoumaru's voice halfway down the stairs.

"I do Sesshoumaru! Why do you ask Rin?" He was talking to Rin.

"I just want to make sure, is all." I heard him say, he looked like he was about to say something else, but he stopped once he saw me coming down the stairs.

"I shouldn't have gotten you any white clothing." I said once I saw patches of red liquid on his shirt. "Follow me, let's see if we can find something else." I went back upstairs into my bedroom with Sesshoumaru shortly following me.

"Here's a black long sleeved V-neck Eri picked out for you." I handed the V-neck to him, already taking off his shirt.

"Eri?" I heard him muffle as his shirt went over his head.

"She's one of my friends." I informed him. "Do you need help?" I asked once I realized he was struggling to get the shirt over his head and off of his arms.

"Meh."

I couldn't help but giggle. The great Demon Lord of the West has trouble dressing himself.

"I can hear you laughing."

"No, you can't. Not with that shirt over your head like that. Let me help you." I took a step towards him, putting down the black V-neck on the dresser, to assist him. I could feel his body heat on my face, even though I was a foot away from him. I could smell his scent too. It was nothing like InuYasha's. He smelt of dirt and sweat most of the time, but not in the disgusting kind of way. Sesshoumaru smelt more on the side of the forest when it had just rained.

I didn't know I'd be so shaky and nervous touching his bare skin, even if it was with just the tips of my fingers. I lifted the shirt above his head and slid his sleeves off of his arms. I caught myself wanting to touch him more, to feel his heat on my fingertips for another moment longer.

I tried my hardest to ignore it and handed him his new shirt. I knew thinking like that is nonsense. Plus, I love InuYasha.. Even though he's still in love with Kikyou.. It's forbidden for me to even think about liking his brother. Cause I know one day, InuYasha will come to his senses and come to me, leaving Kikyou forever behind.

"Thanks," He murmured under his breath, putting on the new shirt.

"I think you look better in black anyways. Makes your face stand out more. And your eyes." I didn't realize I was flirting with him before it was too late to take anything back.

An awkward silence broke through, I didn't know what to say, and he just stood there staring at me as if I had just asked him if he were gay.

"Hey sis," I heard Souta call from my bedroom door.

"Yes!" I answered, a bit too quickly.

"Your friend, Eri, is on the phone for you."

Without looking back at Sesshoumaru, knowing he was still staring at me, I ran downstairs to answer my phone call.

"What the hell happened? I called you like six times! And then when I thought you had answered no one was there. If you didn't want to come over, the least you could do is say so." Eri yelled from the other side of the receiver.

"I'm sorry Eri! It wasn't me who had answered. It's a long story really."

"Well you better start explaining!"

I took a deep breath. "It was Sesshoumaru who had answered. I'm guessing he got too shy and didn't know what to say to you, so he hung up. And, um. He didn't tell me about it 'cause he felt stupid from getting nervous. You know how men are." I was never good at lying.

"Oh. My. God. How adorable is that?! How old is he? Is he the guy we went shopping for?!"

How old is Sesshomaru? Well. He was about 500 in the feudal era. Making him 1000 in my time. Wow. "He's 20." I answered. He doesn't look like a teen, nor does he look much older than 25. If I were to say he was 25 though, Eri would be yelling at me saying he's too old and might actually call him a rapist. I don't think he would think kindly of that.

"Ooooh. You like them older then, huh? Is he hot?! Can I meet him?!"

"NO! Er.. Well, he's sick, so I have to take care of him. I don't want you to get sick, so it's better if you didn't come over."

"Oh, alright then. Tell me when he recovers, all right? I want to meet him and I think the other girls would love to, too. Until then, later!," she hanged up.

"I'm not one to get nervous over talking to a woman." I heard Sesshoumaru say behind me. I jumped and swerved around. Was he there this whole time?

"It's not nice eavesdropping on a phone call." I glared at him, wondering if he could also have heard Eri.

"It's hard not to when your both yelling into the phone like little school girls." He replied sitting back down on the couch.

"And it's also not nice sneaking up on people. You could have at least told me you where behind me."

"It's not nice lying, either." He looked over at me from the corner of his eyes, for a second I thought I saw a smirk on his face. Maybe I just imagined it.

I sat down on the couch, as far away from him as I could. Silence fell between us.

"What did she want?" Sesshoumaru asked, even though he had perfectly heard the other end of the phone.

"She wanted to yell at me 'cause she thought I wouldn't answer her calls. Thanks to you."

Before he could say anything else, I reached over and grabbed the remote from the coffee table and turned the TV on. I got a glimpse of Sesshoumarus' face while straightening myself back out. He seemed amused by the people talking through the TV and not quite sure on what to think of it.

"So, humans rule this world." I heard him say slightly under his breath.

"That reminds me. Does Rin have any other clothing than what she has on now?"

"She does not. I was meaning to get her some, but a demon buying clothes in a village is hard to do if you don't want any kind of conflict with them."

"Well then, tomorrow I think I'll go shopping for her. And you could take them back to the feudal era so she'll have something else to wear."

"I shall assist you then."

"But your wound-"

"It's only a wound. I can manage."

I don't think I could be able to win this fight. So I'll let him come. Let's just hope nothing bad happens in the middle of Tokyo.

-Sorry this wasn't up a lot sooner. My computer hates me. But I got it back up and working.. for now.

-Well there it is. Chapter 8. I'll even try to upload Chapter 9 tonight also. Since I've been away for a few days.

-Hope you enjoyed it.