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Knock knock knock knock

Sesshomaru's foot rapped against the front door to the Aishino household as his hand rested on his hip. Why was he at the household rather than being at the center as he usually did? Because he had resolved that now that his young prodigy had reached toddler hood, it was time to put her up against the first obstacle in her life.

And that was surviving in the good ol outdoors. He wasn't about to let her get spoiled on the convinces of human life style. Oh no he was not. He stood there waiting impatiently for someone to come answer and hand over the young pink haired child. As if every second she was allowed to stay in that house was a second that could bring Lucy onto a life long addiction to playstation and fruit roll ups. Urgh. He hated fruit roll ups.

Sesshomaru stood there looking down at the woman as she answered the door. If he where more sarcastic or friendly of a person he would of smiled, but instead he just kept that same chizzeled marble expression of 'who knows if I feel anything.'

"I'm here for Lucy. I am taking her camping." He said so matter of factly. No question in the matter on if the girls mother was okay with this. No, just a fact. He was there. Lucy was in there. And he was taking her out of there.
"We will be gone roughly seven days and I will bring her back in one piece." he said, deciding it would be best to take the 'hopefully' he was originally planning on using off the end of the sentence. And it was there, that Sesshomaru continued to stare, his gold eyes idly darting into the house to see if he spotted the pink haired girl.

Sesshomaru shook his head as he picked up the toddler with his arm and held her against his chest.
"We're going camping, Lucy. I need you to put on clothes that will last you for seven days, and a deers stomach to keep water in." He said, before he set her down and gently pattered her back. "You go fetch those things, and I will be here waiting for you." he said, before he stood up straight again and looked at Rein.

"I assume you keep a tanned deers stomach for these instances, correct? Or will she be needing me to provide her with one?" deep down the high and mighty pompus b*****d that Sesshomaru was, was really quite the minimalist.

Sesshomaru reached down and set his hand on the toddler's head as she clung to his leg.
"You do not have to fear for her. Anything that crosses her path shall be met with a swift and painful death. By the hands of me or otherwise." Sesshomaru 'comforted' to the older woman. He then turned around and began to walk down the path to the sidewalk, looking behind him.
"Come Lucy." He called out. Tenshi was waiting for them a block down in her station wagon. She would drive them to where they would be camping, so Sesshomaru wouldn't have to pollute his lungs with that city air any longer than necessary.

It took roughly 45 minutes for the group to get back to the Kuronaho estate in the long gas-ifficent car. The entire trip not one word was uttered by Tenshi, but Sesshomaru talked to Lucy from time to time. Mostly explaining to her that he would be teaching her how to survive on her own out in the woods without the aid of man's comfort.

Once Tenshi pulled up the long gravel drive way to the Kuronaho household, she clicked off the ignition and went back into the house, again without a word. She had other things she had to do than wish her now well capable 'son' a fond farewell. After all, it was now the norm for him to disapear for weeks on end without warning. And the same could be said about her as well!

Sesshomaru helped the toddler out of the car and thought for a few moments. Well, he supposed he could teach her how to tan her own water container while they where out, but it would be best to get a spare to start her off with.
"Come Lucy, we shall go inside to get a few things before we head out." He said, he imagined this would be Lucy's first time in the house he had been calling home for his entire exsistance on Gaia.
"Please ignore any idiots who try to speak to you while we are in there." he said, reffering to everyone in the house that wasn't Tenshi.

Thankfully over the years the Kuronaho household was growing more and more empty. Rooms where left unused as more children grew up and went on their own way. Ancelin's room? Empty. Onii's room? Now only Arukoru's. Gabriel's room? Now a forbidden room to anyone in the household. The nursery? Being converted into Damien and Dominic's hell room.

Sesshomaru lead the toddler threw a spacy living room that had a worn down couch and some old cheap saw dust furnature. There was a large dome TV set in a wooden entertainment center, with some toys scattered here and there on the navy blue floor. In the right corner of the room a doorway leading to a dining room and kitchen could be seen, and then a walk way that cut off leading to a bathroom and three bedrooms. Sesshomaru's room was up stairs.

The older man lead her up the spiral case and then down what seemed to be a small maze. Right off the stares where three bedroom doors. Around that corner was a large room, Tenshi's, and then around another corner where three more doors. Sesshomaru went to the one most tucked away and opened the door, before he flicked on the light for young Lucy to enter.

His bedroom didn't have much. In the back center was a large canopy style bed with red velvet and silk sheets. A couple tables with only a lamp or two set upon them, here and there a skull or a random bone from animals, demons, and humans he had killed. A chair here, a bean bag there. But for the most part the room was barren aside for that large elaborate bed.

Sesshomaru left the small girl to look around while he walked over to a very large red-oak wardrobe that took up nearly an entire wall. He pulled one of the doors open to reveal folded over and pressed yukata's and kimonos. He dug around idly, as if he was trying to find something.
"Where did I put it.." he muttered, searching.

Sesshomaru dug around, grunting with frustration as he went threw each folded shirt and pant. This was so much easier when he still had two arms. Still, he eventually found what he was after. He suddenly flung a leather sack Lucy's way, expecting her to catch it, before he closed the door and turned to face her.



"That is what you will be keeping your water in for the entirety of our trip. You must learn to carry very little that will hold you down. Just what you need to survive." He said, before he walked to the other side of his room where there was a writing desk.

He opened a drawer and shuffled around various items. Small ribs, charms, even a small scalp. Finally when he found what he wanted, he pulled out a small knife and held it out to the girl.
"Here Lucy, this is for you." He said as he held it handle out.



"You'll need this to prepare your meals and make shelter. Take good care of it, for it's going to be a very important tool for your survival."

Sesshomaru let out a pleased smirk to the girls reaction, before he thought over if there where anything they where missing.. He was dressed, as was she. Both had containers for water. Both had weapons. Somewhere on Sesshomaru's person he kept a flint. Nope. He had all they needed for the seven days they would spend 'surviving'.

"Very well, we are ready to set out, Lucy. Tell me, have you ever gone camping before?" he asked as he lead the child out of the room, and eventually out of the household. Without waiting, Sesshomaru started down a path he had already made over his years of living by these woods, his hand idly swaying against his side.