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Crescent Moon	By : FlameWolf666 Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 14740 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or anything from Inuyasha. Nor do I profit from writing this story. This is just for fun.

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Author's Note: We have a long way to go. This fic is just getting going. Buckle in and hang on guys! :3
Chapter Six: Protection
The next morning Flame awoke alone for the first time since she came here. Blinking, she looked around, only seeing that her clothes had been left for her. Wherever he had gone, he was going to be gone a while. Slightly afraid, the pale female got dressed in the bushes. When she came back to the clearing, Sesshomaru still hadn't come back. Maybe something was wrong. She decided to wait a bit longer before trying to find the giant demon.
Fine minutes passed until she couldn't stand it any longer. Sesshomaru had never left her alone for this long. Nodding to herself, she circled the clearing. She looked for any sign of which way he had gone in the bushes and trees. Surely something that huge had to leave traces. To her relief she saw a small swatch of white fur on a bush close to the camp. She entered the woods, keeping an eye out for more fur or knocked over trees.
Thankfully plenty of trees had been bumped or had fur caught on their bark. As she followed the trail she heard loud snarling suddenly come from ahead. A pained yelp made her heart jump in her throat. “Lord Sesshomaru!” She cried, breaking into a sprint. It sounded like the taiyoukai was in a fight and losing. As she ran more roars and snarls came from ahead.
Suddenly a tree was falling right at her. As quickly as she could, she rolled out of the way just in time. She broke into a clearing of wrecked trees as she saw Sesshomaru grappling with a huge bear youkai. The hulking, six eyed beast reared up, roaring so loud Flame had to cover her ears. The monstrous, brown ursine swept at the bleeding taiyoukai. Sesshomaru jumped out of the way in barely enough time to avoid another serious injury. Blood poured from several slashes in his white hide. His upper lip was pulled back from his dagger like teeth as the huge canine roared in response.
As she watched, Sesshomaru leapt at the mountain sized bear. The equally huge dog buried his teeth into the beast's thick neck. The bear let out a pained roar loud enough to cause Flame pain. The furious creature threw the dog demon away. Sesshomaru tore a huge chunk of the beast's flesh out as he went. As soon as he landed, the panting youkai dropped the steaming pile of flesh and leapt at the ursine again.
This was a battle to the death and it looked like the bear was overpowering the western lord. Flame brought her hands to her mouth as Sesshomaru was hit away it midair. The mighty taiyoukai was flung back into a group of trees, crashing through them. The large canine gasped and wriggled, trying to regain his breath and get back on his feet. The bear had knocked the wind out of Sesshomaru and incapacitated him temporarily.
Without thinking, the small female ran into the fray, placing herself between herself and the wheezing lord. She heard Sesshomaru weakly growling at her, trying to get her to stay back. Ignoring him, she stood her ground, making herself seem as big as she could. She hoped she could bluff the giant bear into leaving. She doubt it would work since she felt like a flea compared to the thing.
The mountainous bear youkai growled low, walking towards the two of them. The ground shook as it approached. Flame bravely stood her ground as Sesshomaru's weak growls steadily grew in intensity. She knew he would be able to move in a few moments but she wasn't going to move. Instead she started yelling as loud as she could, clapping her hands hard. She hoped all the nature shows she watched would apply to the beast.
The ursine stopped but only seemed to be watching her instead of intimidated. Flame didn't dare back away and kept clapping and yelling. The bear narrowed its six red eyes and raised a huge, clawed paw. It took everything in her small body not to flinch and stand her ground. It was then that Sesshomaru leapt out of the debris he had been in. The giant canid latched onto the bear's fur covered arm, snarling loudly.
Stupid wench! Why didn't she run?! Did she want to die?! Sesshomaru was absolutely livid with his human. She was risking herself unnecessarily when he had everything under control. Even now she still wasn't running to the woods. She was still standing there. Suddenly he was thrown free again into more trees. The huge canine yelped as he hit the trees hard.
The bear ambled toward the struggling dog on four legs. It growled low in its chest, strings of bloody drool dripping from its jowls. Flame put herself between the raging bear and Sesshomaru. The giant taiyoukai snarled at her, as if to tell her to get away. Flame ignored him, starting to yell and clap her hands. Once again the bear stopped to watch her. The huge ursine seemed confused by her behavior.
After a few moments, it glared at her and the dog demon behind her. It stood, letting out a loud roar before going back on all fours and ambling away. It had enough fighting for one day. Flame let out a breath as it disappeared, only to freeze as she heard Sesshomaru's deep growls. She turned to see the bleeding youkai glaring at her with his blazing red eyes. As she watched he shakily stood to his feet, still glaring at her intensely.
Sesshomaru was pissed! His human had almost gotten herself killed! Growling low in his chest, he approached her in an almost stalking manner. Blood flowed freely from his many wounds as he moved toward her. To her credit, she didn't budge as he came close. Still growling he looked her in the eyes. He used everything he could muster to make his message clear. She was never to do such a fool thing again.
Flame looked at the ground shamefully. She knew it had been foolish but she thought the bear was going to kill Sesshomaru. If her protector died, what would she do? She also hadn't wanted him to get anymore hurt than he had been. “I'm sorry. I thought you were going to die,” she whispered. As the words left her mouth the growling stopped. She looked up at him with a weak smile.
“Lets see if we can get you fixed up. Do you know anything about healing herbs?” she asked.
Sesshomaru noticed the female was looking rather dejected. What she had said about him dying made him stop and think. She had been trying to protect him. The thought should have made him rather angry with his small human. Instead he felt strangely touched by the gesture. She had put her life at risk for him out of concern for him. He nodded to her question and led her into the woods.
Flame watched as the huge dog sniffed around. He gingerly plucked and handed several small leaves and herbs. After a while of gathering, Flame had to make a pile on a huge leaf. The piles was getting bigger than her. She sighed, supposing it made sense since Sesshomaru had so many injuries. Next they gathered several large leaves to make poultices.
Once everything had been gathered, Sesshomaru began to stomp on the pile of herbs. His woulds had stopped bleeding and were beginning to scab over. He was sore all over from the claws cutting his flesh. He kept stomping the leaves until they became a fine paste. Once that was done, he slid a leaf over, smearing some of the fluid onto it. Gingerly, he slid a paw under the coated leaf and laid it over a nasty wound in his shoulder. He hissed slightly as the sunk stung a bit at first but the sting quickly faded.
Flame nodded in understanding, beginning to smear the paste on another large leaf. Sesshomaru laid down to let her apply it, shutting his eyes. The young woman's brow knitted in concern as she gently applied the large, floppy leaf onto a huge gash on his right side. As the fluid made contact with his injured flesh, the giant canid's muscles flinched in pain. Wincing, Flame backed up to look at all the damage. Poor Sesshomaru was in for a long day.
One by one Flame applied the various poultices to his wounds. Every time a new leaf was laid down Sesshomaru would flinch or growl softly. Finally, after two hours, all the wounds were coated in the leaves. Sesshomaru almost looked like he had green stripes from how many leaves were on him. Sighing in relief, Flame looked up at the taiyoukai. Sesshomaru met her gaze evenly, standing to his feet. “Lord Sesshomaru, you're far to injured to go anywhere!” Flame protested.
Sesshomaru looked down at his ward blankly. His wounds would be healed in an hour with these poultices. As it was he was ready to move on. He had spent enough time dallying in these woods. He picked her up with by her shirt, tossing her over his head and onto his back. She had let out a small scream as she flew through the air, making him grin slightly. Once she had settled in, he ran off towards his castle. The galloping youkai went even faster than usual to make up for lost time.
Flame clung to his back for dear life as he ran. What he had done earlier was a dirty trick. If she wasn't sure he would kill her, she would yell at him for tossing her like that. Right now it was all she could do to hang on. The wind beat at her face harshly as Sesshomaru zoomed through the forest at impossible speeds. The small female buried her wind beaten face into his neck fur, hoping to protect it from the cutting wind.
Sesshomaru couldn't keep up the pace and slowed down after an hour of full speed. Slowly the leaves peeled off his hide, showing undamaged fur and skin beneath. He suddenly felt very itch and wanted to shake off the remaining leaves. With a quiet wuff he lowered himself for his human to get off.
Flame slid gingerly off him, wondering why he had wanted to stop. The daylight was only just beginning to dim so it wasn't time to stop for the night. She got her answer as the huge youkai stood and shook out his fur. She ducked ad several leaves flew off Sesshomaru in every direction. To her amazement, he no longer had a scratch on him. Not even a scar. As she stared, he lowered himself to the ground to let her back on.
Sesshomaru stayed still until she had climbed on and was settled. Then he stood and resumed his running. He wasn't going to pace he was but he was still making good time. Tomorrow night they would only be a few hours travel from his main gates. Deep down he was happy to be getting home to Rin. He had been gone for months before he met his companion and had been heading back home. Despite how distant he was with Rin and Jaken, the might taiyoukai considered them a part of his pack. It began to dawn on him that he might be starting to accept the small female on his back as a part of his pack.
Flame was grateful he was going a bit slower than before. The winds might not have bothered the youkai but it had felt like knives to her. Sitting firmly in his neck fur, she observed the passing scenery. The forest was beautiful as always. Beams on the setting sun shone through the trees making the forest seem almost ethereal. The woods around them made her think of her own forest back home.
She owned a fairly nice property by a lake and some woods. Her home was fairly modest with a basement and two stories. She lived alone, enjoying the quiet of solitude. Her favorite thing to do was to take a sketchbook into the woods and just draw. The quiet was very soothing to her. Flame often found herself doing her best works out in her lonely forest. But her forest was nothing compared to the majesty around her.
Sesshomaru kept going until the sun had set. Finally he stopped, laying down to let his human slide off his neck. Once she slid off, she grabbed her clothes and went to look for a hot spring. The several story tall canine followed beside her until she found what she was looking for. Sesshomaru turned his back while she undressed and began to bathe.
Flame soaked, lazily looking up at the stars. The sky was so clear she could swear she could see the galaxies out in the darkness. Steam rose up around her as she rested her head on the warm rocks around the spring. “Lord Sesshomaru, what's going to happen to me?” she asked quietly.
Sesshomaru started at the question, almost turning to face her. How could he answer such a question? After a few minutes of silence, the small female asked, “Am I going to stay with you?” She had sounded almost hopeful. He gave a soft wuff in reply. Of course she would stay with him. Once other demon lords heard she was from the future, he would become well respected. Yet deep down he knew he wanted her to stay because he found himself not wanting to let her go.
Flame smiled at the soft wuff, relaxing visibly. She had hoped he wouldn't just abandon her once they reached his palace. She found herself always wanting to be by the taiyoukai's side. She found her crush growing into full blown love. Thought made her stop cold. Love? Sesshomaru would never love her. She was just a human, something the powerful lord hated. Still, if he hated humans so much why was he so kind to Rin? Why was he allowing her to do things he would never have let anyone else do? It was a conundrum and it was making her head hurt. Shaking her head, she got out of the hot spring and changed into her pajamas.
She tapped his back to signal she was done and began to walk back to camp. Once back to camp she started a fire with Sesshomaru's help. She sat, warming her hands while the huge canid stalked off into the forest. She stared into the fire, thinking about her home again. Her hopes for ever getting back were fairly low. Sighing, she closed her eyes to try to remember something about her woods.
It was a cool, spring morning. Birds were chirping as a sweet breeze blew through the tall grass. Flame closed her hazel eyes with a smile as she breathed in the clean air. It was a perfect morning to get some sketches done. Whistling to herself merrily, she went into her home to grab her sketchbook and pencils.
Once she had grabbed these items she skipped out her door, heading toward the forest. Her forest was always quiet. The animals that lived there seemed to have no fear of her, never hesitating to play in close proximity to her. There was a pair of squirrels that especially seemed to love her attention. They seemed fond of running off with her pencils, forcing her to chase them. She hoped the little scamps showed up again today. Still whistling, she sat on a large boulder and began to sketch.
She had only been sketching a few minutes when she heard a soft whimpering somewhere off in the forest. Blinking, she placed her sketchbook and pencils down. She strained to hear the noise again, fearing an animal had gotten hurt. It didn't take long until she heard a faint whimper. She immediately stood up and began moving slowly in the direction the noises came from.
Not too far into the woods she saw a fox pup with its paw caught in a snare. The small cub was whimpering pitifully while tugging at the wire around its right paw. Its little black paw was bleeding and dangling at an odd angle. Afraid the poor kit would hurt itself more, Flame had crouched low to the ground and moved forward slowly.
When she got close enough to help, the fox kit noticed her and hunched away. The small woman mad soothing noises as she began to reach for the wire. Thankfully the cub seemed to sense she was trying to help and stayed still. Gently, she tugged the thin wire loose until the bleeding paw was free. As soon as it was free, the small fox limped away into the woods while she watched. Ever since, the little fox and her had become close friends. Sometime he even let her pet him.
With a jolt she came back to herself from nearly being shoved over by Sesshomaru. The mammoth canid stared down at her. “Its okay, I was just think about home,” she remarked bashfully, waving him off. Sesshomaru reluctantly backed off while she prepared the meat. Once the meat was done, Flame ate in silence. She was wondering if her fox friend missed her now.
When she had finished eating, Flame laid on her back to gaze at the stars. The Milky Way stretched above her as she was lost in her thoughts. There were so many things she had left behind. So many things she would never see again. She sighed before deciding she had to let it go. She would never see her home again and she had to make peace with that. She would go insane if she didn't.
Sesshomaru watched her neutrally as she went through a variation of emotions. He moved closer to her, turning his head up to gaze at the stars. The sky was full of millions of the tiny lights. As he stared up at them, he felt the small female snuggle into his fur. He looked down, his crimson gaze meeting her hazel one.
Flame smiled at her white guardian, giving his side a small pat. She nestled into his warm fur and yawned. The emotional roller coaster the last few days had been draining. It wasn't too long until Flame was fast asleep, nestled in his fur. As she slept Sesshomaru watched her. This small human had been full of surprises. Now that she was asleep he could do something he had felt an urge to all day. Gently, he licked her cheek.
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