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This is part of my iy.no.kakera claim of Jaken and Rin (platonic) for Set #2.
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Indeed Something
The small little imp that waited alone in the woods that evening had not been abandoned, in case you were wondering. No— Jaken was quite the prized commodity to his lord. In fact if it were up to the little thing then he was nothing less than lord Sesshoumaru's right hand. True he had been used for personal gain on several occasions, but even as Jaken considered defiance all changed when he saw a certain familiar figure come out from the shadows to meet him.
It was about that time when he first saw her. The girl lay in the retainer's path and with exuberance he considered disposing of the mangled body permanently so as his lord was not forced to abide with the stench of blood any longer. He was refused and watched with amazement as his lord in one swipe— the very one that he had once believed to have killed him— commanded the girl's breath back into her.
Jaken could see the girl's vacant eyes open from his margin of safety behind the lord's hakama just as she could see his beady little yellow eyes staring back at her. She gave him an untoothed grin soon after which had Jaken feeling quite sickly over the entire ordeal. She was a human— a child perhaps, but no less filthy and demeaning to a demon's reputation to have aided one. Perhaps his lord merely wished to cease the awful scent of the blood, but if that were true then his attempts were highly mishandled, though he would never speak so. The blood still ran thickly through his nostrils and naturally only more so through a dog's, but the bleeding had stopped at least.
Jaken then smiled and the small girl's smile only widened upon seeing it. Foolish girl he thought. His smile was not out of joy, but out of malicious intent. If he knew his lord then the killing perfection had only brought the girl's life into his clutches so that he himself might take it away. The beaded eyes boggled and the beak like mouth sprang open however when his lord simply began walking off back the exact way they had come. Was he just to leave the girl there? Her own unwit was enough to get her killed once more, but Jaken did not sense any foul play when he had left her there. His lord had simply taken on indifference and so with a quick jump Jaken ran happily after him, leaving the girl still on the ground in a daze and confusion.
Jaken was happily back at his lord's side when the two heard the sounds of the girl getting up. Lord and servant were not far away and so when she began stumbling slowly after them Jaken watched and followed his lord, as they made no attempt to elude her, merely walking steadily onward.
The girl continued to follow until finally the lord placed her beside him. In doing so, as Jaken was forced to stand beside the child who stood equal to his own height, the small imp felt demeaned. The familiar wisps of youkai spun around the three and his lord then led them off in whichever mysterious direction he pleased. Seeing the ground grow even farther away, Jaken could not help but think strange thoughts as the child leaned a slight shoulder affectionately against his lord. Her eyes squinted tight and her fingers bruised tightly to the fabric upon his leg. Truly this was an interesting start for his service under lord Sesshoumaru, that he should be matched with a human. Indeed, it was the start of something painful and demeaning.