Chapter 6: Sesshomaru, Wolves, and a Little Girl.
Small splashes started coming from the water a couple of feet away from me. Every so often I saw a white head pop out, and small muffled screeches. I panicked. Whatever it was, was drowning. I lunged forward to grab whatever it was and lifted it out of the water. It was a small ice wyrm dragon. I hurried out of the water and ran to my pile of clothes. I used the cloth part of my dress to dry the dragon off. Its scales looked a little red. Ice dragons do not belong in hot springs! I stood up, with the dragon in my hands with its eyes closed, and looked around. A small fire dragon popped its head out from behind a tree. I walked over to it and bent down. "Did you do this to this dragon?" I asked it. It backed away and looked down. It looked like it felt ashamed of itself. Then it turned around and took off. I stood back up and looked at the ice dragon in my hands. "Let's go find some herbs to heal your burns." I smiled down at it.
I walked back to my clothes and set the dragon down, then got dressed. I picked the dragon back up and wandered around the woods in hopes to find the correct herbs to help a burn. After searching for a few minutes, I saw Sesshomaru leaning against a tree. His eyes closed. I found him… He's resting. Excitement went through me. I walked closer to him and saw that he was injured. What happened to you? I looked him up and down and felt concern towards him. He turned his gaze to look at me, which caused me to stop in my tracks. "Sesshomaru? What happened?"
"It's none of your concern," he stated emotionlessly.
I glared at him. "Well I'm going to go find some herbs for this dragon. When I get back, I want you to let me help you." I turned and walked off. Not far from him I found the herbs needed. I walked back to Sesshomaru and set the dragon down beside him. I walked to the springs close-by and soaked the herbs in the water. Going back to Sesshomaru and the dragon, I gently across the burns of the dragon. "There you go, little one." I smiled downwards. I could feel Sesshomaru staring at me the entire time I was helping the little dragon.
"Not that I care, but what happened?"
I looked up and met his gaze. "A fire dragon through him into the hot springs I was bathing in." I looked around and noticed food was sitting by Sesshomaru, and I could smell a human scent on it. "Did a human bring you food?"
"Yes. But I have not seen her in a while." He looked away from me.
"Sesshomaru… I uh… Naraku…" This caught his attention and he looked back at me. "Naraku, he tricked me. He destroyed my village, blamed a half-breed named Inuyasha, and then took my younger sister hostage until I killed Inuyasha and his gang. When I met the gang, they had saved me from Kagura. Told me all about Naraku and how he manipulates people to do his dirty work, and well… I was wondering if I could stick by you, for help… Maybe…" I looked down. I felt pitiful for having to ask for help. In my family, we never needed help from outsiders. My family is feared by us, but I left before my training was complete.
"If you get in my way, or slow me down, I won't hesitate to kill you or leave you behind," He said coldly.
I winced at his words and nodded. "I won't do either. Thank you." The ice dragon looked like it was starting to feel better. It slithered over to me and curled up in my lap. "Well look at you, you heal fast. Warming up to me already?" I gave a warm smile. It looked up at me and rubbed it's face on my stomach, snuggling up to me. I let out a small giggle and saw Sesshomaru get up.
"Let's go. I need to get back to Jaken and Ah-Un." He started to walk.
I quickly wrapped my arms around my newly acquired dragon, and stood up and followed behind him.
After a few hours of walking, we came to a clearing and saw that little green toad sitting on top of the same, sleeping, two-headed dragon.
The toad jumped off of Ah-Un, ran up and said, "Milord! You're back!" then looked at me with an evil glare. "Why is she here?"
"Jaken, quiet," Sesshomaru demanded.
A small snicker left my lips. I stuck my tongue out at Jaken.
"B-but Milord! She can't stay with us! W-what if her family comes looking for her?!" Jaken screamed out frantically.
I almost kicked him again, but Sesshomaru spoke up, "Then I will give her up, if that is what she wants. Her and her family are no concern of mine."
I felt like I just got stabbed by his words. I took in a deep breath and exhaled. No need to get all worked up. He doesn't even know me. I would have said the same thing.
"Milord," Jaken started, "before I continue servicing you, were you really testing your sword on me?"
A breeze came by and I could smell the scent of blood. I did not say anything because it was not unusual to smell blood amongst the breeze. I looked to my left and noticed Sesshomaru seemed interested in the scent. "That blood, I recognize it." He turned, and we walked back into the forest, following a path. The scent continued to grow stronger until we reached a little girl laying on the ground. I panicked and ran up to her and knelt down.
"It was wolves, Sesshomaru." I sniffed the air. I recognize this scent.
Suki was back at the village playing with the other children. She enjoyed spending time with them even if they were just mere humans. I decided to take time to myself. I was washing in a spring when a breeze tickled my cheeks. Amongst the breeze I could smell the scent of blood and wolves. I got an uneasy feeling and stood up. I turned to look behind me to see a man standing there. I blushed and immediately shot back down into the water to cover my body. I gazed over him. He had long black hair tied in a pony tail and a fur headband. Blue eyes. Chest armor, with fur shoulder armor, fur arm warmers, fur leg warmers, and a fur skirt. Tied to his waist is a katana. "Who are you?"
He scoffed, "Koga. Who are you?"
I was quiet for a moment. "Kasumi. What do you want?"
"My wolves need to eat. We were coming for this village that isn't far from here," he stated.
My eyes widened, "No! Not this village. Please!" I stared into his eyes. I wanted to get up, but I was embarrassed.
"Why not?"
"This is my home. I protect them."
"What do I get for not sending them to your village?"
I looked around, "are you interest in the sacred jewel shards?"
This caught his attention. He walked to the edge of the spring and knelt down. His face near mine. He reached out and cupped my chin into his palm. This irritated me greatly, but I needed to keep my calm so that my village wouldn't be attacked by these hungry wolves. "How many?" He asked.
"Look in my clothes over there, by the tree. I found one when I fought a giant lizard demon." I narrowed my eyes towards my clothes.
"And why didn't you want it?"
I averted my eyes back to his. "I have no use for them. I would rather use my own strength."
He stood up with a smirk plastered on his face. He walked to my clothes and did as I said. Just as promised, there was a shard. He took it and put two fingers to his forehead and smiled at me. "Thanks! Catch ya later!"
"We have to bury her, Sesshomaru." I looked back at him. His gaze looked so inquisitive. What is he thinking about?