The sky seemed clear as the group traveled onward, occasionally having to stop to help Luna back onto the dragon. The sun beamed down hard on Luna's head, making her wish she had brought a hat. 'I just know my ears are fried...'
"Luna?"
"Yes, Rin?"
"Is something wrong?"
"Huh? Oh... Not really, but thanks for your concern."
"Your skin is red..."
Luna, upon hearing this, touched her cheek and nearly screeched in agony as she realized what Rin was pointing out. She had a sunburn! 'Should have brought sunscreen... Wait... who brings sunscreen when they think they're just looking in a closet?' "I should get out of the sunlight... maybe find some aloe for this sunburn..."
Sesshomaru signaled for Jaken to stop. "We need shade." Watching as Jaken pulled the two-headed dragon over to a nearby tree, Sesshomaru sniffed. 'This Sesshomaru has no idea what she asked for... but at least this Sesshomaru knows there's some herbs here... Maybe one of these is what she needed...' His memory flashed back to the various times when he had been sunburned. He knew that it could really hurt and realized that part of him actually felt sorry for the half-demon girl. "Luna, watch Rin." Sesshomaru hurried off, leaving Luna, Rin, Jaken, and the dragon.
There was complete silence for a bit. Not even the birds chirped. Luna watched as Rin curled up slightly. "Perhaps I should be the one asking you if there's something wrong..."
"My belly hurts..."
This caught Luna's attention. "Where?"
Rin pointed at her lower abdomen. Luna, processing this information quickly, took awhile to figure out what to tell her. "Well, this just means that you're getting closer to being a woman. When Sesshomaru-sama gets back, I'll talk to him for a minute and make arrangements to make this transition more comfortable for you."
Luna paused to try to figure out how far away Sesshomaru had gone. Off in the distance, she could hear his nearly silent footsteps. "He'll probably be back in a few minutes."
Rin smiled. "So, I'm going to be a woman just like you?"
"Um... well... not exactly like me... You are a human, after all."
"When I'm a woman," Rin looked up at the half-demon, "I want to be just like you!"
"Well... thank you." Luna smiled, surprised that the girl thought that much of her.
"You're slowing Sesshomaru-sama down, you filthy mutt!" Luna narrowly dodged Jaken's staff as he swung at her head. "And, you, Rin, should not consider her a role model!"
"Jaken." A deep voice made the demon flinch and drop his staff.
"Sesshomaru-sama, you're back!" Luna smiled, "I have something we need to discuss... after you get done, of course."
Sesshomaru tried his best to keep his emotionless expression, but his eyes betrayed him yet again. "Yes, of course, but first..." Sesshomaru, keeping his regal appearance, kicked Jaken in the head. "Unless this Sesshomaru tells you to, don't threaten Luna... or Rin, for that matter. Now, we may speak, Luna."
Luna calmly stood up and followed Sesshomaru over to a nearby tree, not far from where they had left Rin and Jaken. "Have you noticed something, Sesshomaru-sama?"
"Hm?"
"Rin's becoming a woman... and we have no supplies..."
"Supplies?"
'Oh god... Please tell me I don't have to explain how a female body works to him...' "Well, you see... when females reach a certain age... they bleed. Humans call it a period." Upon seeing his confused expression, she added, "Demons refer to it as being 'in heat'."
"Oh... That... Lovely..." Luna could tell that she had just royally embarrassed the royal demon as he tried to cover his face with his hand.
"Well, you have me to help. We need supplies though..."
"For what?"
"For the blood. I just said that..."
"Oh... What supplies?"
"Cloth. I believe that women from this time period use cloth."
Sesshomaru blinked, then nodded. "This Sesshomaru will bring cloth for Rin."
"And one more thing..."
"Yes?"
"Why do you speak in third person? I've never understood that..."
"Because, it makes this Sesshomaru unique." He smiled at Luna. "Does it bother you?"
"Only slightly. Probably because of hearing everyone else speak like I do... But it's ok. I was just curious."
"It's ok." Sesshomaru calmly took something out of his armor and handed it to Luna. She could tell from the scent that it was aloe. "This Sesshomaru found that for you. It should help with the sunburn..."
For once, Luna was glad she was sunburned because it hid her blush quite well. "T-thank you, Sesshomaru-sama..."
Authoress: No more fluff! I've written fluff for a few chapters, so next chapter will have a fight! But who will fight? Review to find out! Or... you could just wait a bit. It isn't finished yet... Oh well, Sayonara for now!