Warm Fuzzies All Around

InuYasha sat under a tree, ignoring the cold rain that fell around him. He rarely cried, and almost never cried in the open. Now he let the tears fall. He didn't know what he did to anger the girl, but she was pissed. The seven "sit's" in a row told that fact. His whole body hurt, but his back hurt the worst.

For some reason, they argued. He didn't know what made them start, just the fact she screamed her word and left. He sniffed, and brushed away a few tears.

"Damn, I love her!" He whispered to no one in particular.

Miroku and Sango had gone off in a mushy haze. They were so wraped up in each other, neither noticed that Shippo had followed them. InuYasha was alone, so alone.

He felt as if they all had turned their backs on him. Even now, in his blue mood, it all hurt. The physical and the emotional combined into one hard knife stab to the heart. He wiped more tears away and gave a great sniff.

A pristine white silk handkerchif appeared befrore his face. Without looking at who offered it, he took it. Wiping away the rain and tears with the warm cloth.

Warm? It was dry, too. Speaking of which, the rain had ceased too.

No... wait.. it was still raining, but around InuYasha was dry, and the air warm. It was as if someone had a barrier around him. Someone or something. He tired to sniff the air, but after the storm of secret tears, he could smell nothing.

He heard the sound of someone building a fire and turned to the sound. Sesshoumaru sat building a small fire. It had been a long time since InuYasha severed his left arm. Two years had passed, and now Sesshoumaru now had both limbs intact. His left hand finally regenerated just a few months ago. InuYasha had never noticed it till now.

"Take those wet clothes off and dry them by the fire. I am making sure it's warm in here without the smell of the fire in here. This camp will be undetected for now."

Sesshoumaru's voice had changed! It didn't carry the cold edge to it. No hard, deep-seated hate. It was rather gentle and tender.

Before InuYasha could move, Sesshoumaru pulled him into an embrace that felt so warm and gentle. All the hurt of the day melted away into non existance.

(A/N: Yay!! first chappie up. This story will be slow in getting to the lemons, but I promise you, they will come.)