Miko and Taiyoukai by Silent Taiyoukai

In the Mist

I have no idea where I'm going.

The forest was shrouded in an unnaturally think mist, and Kagome could barely see a few feet in front of her. She had been separated from her friends, and after a few minutes of wandering, had no choice but to admit that she was lost.

She panicked. Her heart raced and every shadow hid a dangerous youkai. She whimpered and took a cautious step backwards, screaming when her head banged into something sharp. A pinprick of blood fell down her neck as she turned to see what she had run into.

"Sesshoumaru?"

The tall youkai stood there with her blood on the tip of one of his armored spikes. He cast a cold glance down at her and turned to walk back the opposite way.

"Wait! Can you help me get out of here?" she called and ran after him.

He said nothing, and made no objection to her trailing along behind him. She stayed close to him, even grabbing onto his sleeve when she heard something rustling in the trees. She could not say why, but even though Sesshoumaru had once tried to kill her and her beloved hanyou, she trusted him.