The Hot Spring

Sesshomaru and the others decided to camp out for the night. It was supposedly near a few hot springs, which made Kagome very excited. She loved hot springs, for they reminded of baths back at her home.

"Sesshomaru, I'm going to go look for a hot spring to bathe in." Kagome grabbed her large yellow backpack and swung it on to her shoulders. She also grabbed her quiver that contained her arrows and her bow. The miko stood there, awaiting Sesshomaru's response.

He was sitting up against a tree while Rin and Jaken were a few feet away from him. His eyes had been closed, but he opened one to look at Kagome. His gold eye gazed at her before closing again. "Go ahead, Miko. Just don't get yourself lost in the woods."

The hot springs were rumored to be among the woods in their area, though it did make Kagome slightly nervous to go in the woods alone at night.

With Sesshomaru's blessing, she headed straight into the woods.

An hour had passed and the miko was still not back. The taiyoukai thought it was rather odd that she hadn't returned, for she usually came back within 30 minutes when ever she went off somewhere.

Sesshomaru got up from his seat against the tree. Rin and Jaken both looked at him, wondering if he was going somewhere. "Where are you heading, Sesshomaru-sama?" Rin grinned at him and rubbed Ah-Un's neck.

"I'm going to look for the miko. Jaken watch Rin." Sesshomaru turned around and made his way into the woods without waiting for a reply from them.

In the very back of his mind, he was a little worried for the miko. He had grown attached to her during their travels together. Some would say he's going soft, but he would have to disagree.

A few minutes passed as he saw steam among the trees. He could smell the miko and the sulfur coming from the hot spring. He continued toward the rising steam until he saw water. A branch was blocking his view, so he pushed it out of the way.

In front of him was Kagome. A naked Kagome. And she was looking right at him. All of a sudden she let out a high pitched scream as she started digging out stuff from her backpack and throwing it at him. "You pervert, Sesshomaru! Get out!"

Sesshomaru quickly avoided the projectiles and fled the hot spring. He was on his way back to the campsite with only his pride keeping him together. He could feel his cheeks burning up from imagining the miko naked again in his mind. The taiyoukai sighed inwardly. That miko could be so difficult sometimes.

Well that was the 2nd chapter! I hope you enjoyed it! xD I didn't want to wait on the hot spring part either so I just went along and wrote it. Also, thank you for all the reviews! :3 It made my day!

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