InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fire Meets Ice ❯ Sleepover ( Chapter 4 )

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Fire Meets Ice

Chapter 4: Sleepover ;D

It was the morning after they had escaped from the Youkainokoori Gang, and Sesshomaru and Kaene were still passed out where they had fallen the day before. Sesshomaru was the first to stir, and feeling the dead weight on his chest realized the most embarrassing position they were in. He was laying on his back, and she was sprawled out on top of him. She began to stir a little, and Sesshomaru felt a slight blush creeping to his pale face. `How did we end up like this?' he thought to himself, she didn't wake up, but only snuggled closer, `I really hope she doesn't wake up mad…actually I hope she stays asleep for a little while, its really nice being this close to her…what am I thinking, I barely know her-' His thoughts were cut off as she woke up.

"Where am I and what am I lying on?" she inquired groggily.

"You're in the middle of the forest, and you're laying on me," replied Sesshomaru.

"Ae!" she squeeked as she flew up the nearest tree. "Sorry sorry." She said from her perch.

"No problem really, it's not like I minded."

"Perv!" she said playfully, smirking at him.

"You're no better, snuggling up to me the whole time like that."

"Well I was asleep."

"One can only wonder what you were dreaming about."

"Oh shut up `Sesshy'."

That did it, Sesshomaru hated nicknames, so he took out his whip and cut down the branch Kaene was perched on.

"I always did like to wake up to a good spar," Kaene said as she leapt off the falling branch and landed lithely on her feet, "but one rule, no weapons."

"Alright," he agreed, dissipating his energy whip.

"The let's go!" she shouted, launching herself, claws first at his left. `The looks like his weak side,' she thought to herself, noting his lack of a left arm.

`Dammit, why do they always think that since I'm missing my left arm, that's my weak side?' Sesshomaru thought to himself while easily blocking the strike.

As the intense spar raged on, the movements of the two demons couldn't be followed by the untrained eye, but if it could have been seen, the onlooker would have noted that Kaene insisted on staying toward Sesshomaru's left.

`This attempted weakness exploitation is really starting to piss me off. She seems to be getting tired though, so I think I'll just pick it up a little and end it,' Sesshomaru thought to himself. However, she was more exhausted then he had realized, and when his attack finally made contact, it caused a large amount of damage to Kaene's stomach, tearing her top to pieces in the process.

Kaene fell to the ground, clutching her stomach, and Sesshomaru quickly ran to her side to assess the damage he had done. Pulling her into his lap, he saw that it was merely a flesh-wound that would only need minor dressing, and the majority of her problem was her fatigued state. He tore the remaining tattered cloth of her shirt off so he could properly dress the wound, and proceeded to tear a long strip of cloth off of his sleeve and used it to bandage the slash marks. He then removed his shirt and put it around her to make up for her lack of a shirt, other than the sports bra-like top she had had on under the other top.

A few minutes later, they both stood up, Sesshomaru supporting Kaene because she was still a little weak.

"Well I guess we have to go back to my cave now so that I can get a new shirt," she finally said, breaking the awkward silence. "Oh, and incase you're wondering, I'm not mad at you for hurting me, I knew you were gettin' sorta annoyed about the whole left side thing, its just that you were so cute when you were pissed off looking that I couldn't help it…I just said that out loud didn't I?" She blushed.

"Yea," he said smirking. `So she thinks I'm cute does she, well that's a new one. Most girls are just scared and timid around me, but she's so bold and playful…so different, could I be falling for her? No, no way, never, maybe…' he trailed off as he heard Kaene talking.

"So by the way, how did you loose your arm?"

"My half-brother cut it off during a battle for my father's sword."

"Oh, that must have hurt," she said thoughtfully.

"Yea, it did…thank you for saying something so obvious."

"Well you don't have to be mean about it," she said as she bent down to pick up her sword, which she had just noticed laying near where they had passed out, `I must have been carrying it in my mouth when we escaped.' "Well, we had better get going…oh and by the way this is for taking such good care of my wound," she laughed and ran up and hugged him around the neck. Noting his blushing, she added, "And by the way, I think I found your real weakness."

Kaene led the way to her cave, which luckily they were only about a mile from. Along the way, other than a few forest animals, which Kaene struck down to use for dinner, they met no one and nothing even remotely tried to bother her. Since Kaene was still tired, they decided to walk rather than run, and Kaene decided that she felt like leading Sesshomaru by the hand, which surprisingly he didn't object to.

When they reached her cave, which Sesshomaru could see quite clearly, Kaene let go of his hand and went back to her bedroom. Sesshomaru just followed and sat down on her bed when they reached the room.

"OK, no get OUT! I am not getting dressed in front of you!" she screamed at him.

"All you have to do is put a new shirt on, and I bandaged your wound, what am I going to see that I haven't already?"

"That's not the point, it's the principle of the thing, perv."

"Well I'll turn around, but I don't feel like leaving."

"Alright," she sighed, quickly changing into a new shirt, identical to the one she had been previously wearing, "Done."

"Now we have to figure out where you'll be sleeping. Ummm…how about the floor in here?" Kaene asked.

"Sure," he agreed.

"OK, I guess I'll go and make something for dinner…I'll just roast those things I caught in the forest."

After preparing and eating the strictly protein meal, they decided that it was time for bed, and turned in for the night. Sesshomaru promptly fell asleep, shirtless because it had been decided that his shirt was thoroughly ruined. Kaene however was restless. All she could think about was Sesshomaru and how much she wanted to be close to him. She felt a slight breeze blow into the room, and noticed Sesshomaru shivering slightly.

`Well I guess that's as good of a reason as any to go down there and keep him warm tonight,' she thought to herself as she slid out of bed and down onto the floor. Snuggling up close to him she thought to herself, `Goodnight Sesshy. I think I like that, from now on, that's what I'm gonna call you…I think I've finally realized something, I love you' Finally being able to fall asleep, she promptly did so and slept soundly for the first time since escaping for the lord's palace.

When he awoke in the morning, Sesshomaru was surprised, but oddly contented finding Kaene snuggled up against him. "She really is different from any woman I've ever met. She's just what she seems, openly affectionate, playful, and sort of stuck up. She's just like a cat, not surprising being that she's a fire-panther, but still I don't think I'm anything like a dog," he said aloud, not realizing it.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," Kaene said, waking up, "By the way, I didn't know you felt that way about me. Oh, and about the dog thing, you certainly are loyal, and more playful than you know," He smirked playfully at the last comment, and surprised her by flipping her onto her back and quickly pinning her beneath him.

"I guess I can be playful," he said, his smirk remaining on his normally emotionless face.

"Well," she said, throwing him off of her, and then sitting up on her knees, pretending to lick her hand like a cat would its paw, "We already established I can be equally playful, so…," she began while launching herself at him in order to pin him, "Let me have my chance to play too."

She successfully pinned him, but was quickly thrown off and again pinned under him. This time, instead of throwing him off, she merely laid there purring.

"So you like it when I sit on you like this."

"Yup, but get off now because I wanna discuss what we're gonna do now."

"I think we can do that fine just like this," he said suggestively.

"Ok, stop being a perv now, and get off," she said, sliding out from under him. He sat back against the wall looking dejected, so she purred lightly and went and sat in his lap. "How `bout this," she said rubbing up against his bare chest, "I'll just sit here instead, but no funny business and we seriously have to talk about what we're gonna do."

"That's fine," he agreed.

"So, first of all, I guess you have to get a new shirt, because no matter how much I like you without it, you'll get cold, and I can't keep you warm all the time like I did last night."

"So that was your way of keeping me warm."

"Yea, what do you think it was?"

"Well-" he said, but she cut him off before he could finish.

"Never mind, I don't want to know. Now seriously, where are you going to get a new shirt?" she asked.

"Well I suppose I'll have to go to my tailor up on Mt. Rengakyo."

"You have a tailor on an active volcano? Well I guess I should have figured, knowing you…you do realize I'm coming with you, right?"

"Why?"

"Because I finally found somebody I like being around, and I'm not just going to just stop being around them all of the sudden. I like staying with you, please don't just cast me out like this," she pleaded, looking very sad.

"No, you can't come!"

"Fine then, I'm not talking to you, but I'm coming anyway." She sounded like she was just messing with him, but she felt seriously dejected by his refusal.

"I'm only trying to protect you, it's dangerous there."

"Exactly, so you need someone to go with you, plus…I don't want to leave you."

"There's no way for me to convince you against it is there? Well then I guess you can come, but please try not to get hurt." With this he held her tight against his chest and placed his chin on her head. "I don't want you to leave me either."

Kaene looked up at him in disbelief, never imagining that he could act like this, and then rested her head against his chest again, savoring this moment of closeness. "Sesshy," she purred contentedly against his chest, "Now why would I ever even consider leaving you?"