A Demon of a Woman /Sesshomaru Calls\

Chapter 5

A Demon of a Woman /Sesshomaru Calls\*

Chapter 5

"He's just over here!" Rin cried excitedly, gesturing just beyond the bushes in front of us. Rin was definitely happier now that we were closer to her 'Lord'.

Moving ahead of her, I grabbed a bush and pushed it aside for her to step through. "Thank you" She replied sweetly. My head followed her tiny little body under the low hanging branch and into the gathering.

I looked around anxiously to see this Lord. My eyes landed on the body and I gasped. Unconsciously, I started to step back and away for a second. But then I glanced at Rin and forced myself to go forward.

"This is Lord Sesshomaru" Rin introduced quietly. The happiness in her voice from arriving finally drifted away when she looked over to the unconscious bloody figure that is her Lord.

'So, he survived after all...' I thought. That did seem like quite the impressive feat. I don't know if I could have survived a blow such as that, but then again, I've also never been tested in battle.

Kneeling next to him I took in a quick survey of his injuries. No point in doddling around, right?

"Jaken, I'm going to need your help." I called out to him, causing him to jump in place.

"What is it? Anything for my Lord! I am at your service." He spittled out, going all gooshy and starry eyed.

I turned my head to him, "Well first, I can't really get a good look at some of these wounds until we clean them up. Do you have anything you can carry water in?" I asked.

He nodded with a 'mhmm' and ran over to some creature I had only just noticed. And by 'some creature' I mean a two-headed dragon of behemoth proportions...'I'm really not the strangest creature anymore...' I watched in surprise as this creature I've grown up with being depicted as a wild dangerous beast laid on the ground, compliant as Jaken rifled through the sacks hanging from its back.

"Got it!" He piped up, holding a bucket he had found in a pouch above his head in triumph.

"Good. Now what I need you to do is go back to the river we just passed about 5 minutes back and fill it with water. Also, I noticed by the river that Berberis was growing. You must pick that as well." I instructed him.

He nodded again, lips pursed in determination. He disappeared behind the bushes instantly, then reappeared a second later. "Umm...what's Berberis look like?" He questioned, rubbing the back of his head nervously.

"It grows off the trees and hangs in vines of yellow flowers. Pluck the budding flowers." I informed him and then turned back to Sesshomaru, not wasting time to get started. Sesshomaru half-laid against the tree, his body battered and bruised.

From what I could tell, his legs and part of his upper left shoulder looked to be the only parts of him not bloody. The rest was covered in so much blood it was hard to tell which parts were hurt.

For the most part, he looked like he was unconscious and would probably stay that way for quite some time, so I went ahead and knelt beside him as close as I could get to him. I wrapped my arms as gingerly as I could around him without touching the blood or his wounds. Grunting along the way, I tried and slowly but surely, lifted him up and propped him into a sitting position against the tree momentarily.

After some struggling to figure out to unclasp the armor around his shoulders, it fell off his body and hit the earth with a thud. My hands made their way down to his waistline and started pulling next, tugging his top up his now bare back and over his head.