24—Alternate Route
"You're making things difficult," Sesshomaru growled.
"I'm sorry!" Kagome cried as she kneeled over the brook, one hand tightly clutching her stomach. "I can't help it. It's motion sickness from the air travel yesterday."
Sesshomaru watched her greedily drink the water, rinsing her mouth from the taste of her stomach contents.
"Please," Her pale face begged between gulps. "Can't we just walk a while?"
Had she not grabbed his arm and meekly called his name, he wouldn't have landed on time and she would have retched on him.
Sesshomaru sighed with a secret shudder of disgust. "It cannot be helped."