"Master Jaken, I'm bored."

"Well what do you want me to do about it? I'm not your toy!"

Rin tilted her head looking all cute. "I thought you might know of a game we could play."

"Can't you leave me alone, you stupid girl? My only purpose in life is not to entertain you! I'm no filthy human's babysitter! OOFF!!" Jaken fell to the ground at a sudden impact with a rock to his face. He quickly righted himself. "Me Lord!" he exclaimed, bouncing around, all flustered at his Lord's return.

Rin turned around excited. "Lord Sesshoumaru! You're back!" The little girl ran toward him, gazing up at the one person she admired the most. Sesshoumaru said nothing as his bone-headed servant ran around like a chicken with its head cut off, apologizing profusely for his behavior and pledging allegiance to his Lord and Master.

Sesshoumaru looked down at the tiny girl who was all smiles at his return from a long journey. He showed little emotion for this human girl on the outside, but his love for her ran deep. And he wasn't going to let that pathetic toad, Jaken, treat her like she was a half-breed like his useless brother, InuYasha. "Rin."

"Yes, Lord Sesshoumaru?"

He turned his back to her, but her smile didn't fade. There was a short pause. "Go down to the river and catch yourself something to eat."

Rin began jumping around with excitement. "Yay, fishing!" She ran down to the river, Jaken still carrying on like raving baboon.

Rin had just caught at least six fish and was about to take them up to Sesshoumaru and Jaken when she saw a strange little whirlpool in the water. She watched it as it turned into a mixture of colors like purple, green and yellow. She stared into the tie-dye pool as it spun round and round, becoming mesmerized.

"Hey, Kagome, I'm hungry."

"Huh?"



"Don'cha got anymore of that rice? Or what about some of those noodles?"

"No. You ate them all for lunch yesterday. I told you not to gorge yourself but you didn't want to listen. Now we have nothing to eat besides these potato chips."

"Then I guess I'll settle for those. Hand'em over."

"Oh no you don't, InuYasha. What if we need these later? You're not gonna' horde everything to yourself."

"Aw, c'mon, I'm hungry!"

"You should have thought about that yesterday," sang Kagome sweetly as they continued on their journey.

"Aw, c'mon, please!"

"Nope."

"Please!"

"Sorry."

"Please!"

"InuYasha!"

"PLEASE!!"

"Grrr, SIT BOY!!"

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!

Before he knew it, InuYasha was flat on his face on the ground, his little dog ears twitching. He lifted his head grabbing the beads around his neck. "Stupid Beads of Segregation!" He looked up and saw Kagome's retreating figure. "Kagome!" He shot to his feet. "Wait up!"

InuYasha and Kagome arrived at the river a half an hour later. Since they had nothing else to eat, they had decided to go fishing for their lunch. Kagome sat down on the bank and looked in her back pack for some bait, InuYasha standing over her shoulder. She paused her search. "Do you mind?"



"What? I was just watchin'."

"Don't you know what personal space is?" InuYasha looked at her with a blank expression. She sighed.

Kagome continued her search for the bait. "Ah, hear it is!" she said holding it up. Then she saw a figure on the opposite bank. "Huh?" She studied it more closely. "Hey, isn't that Rin?"

InuYasha now stood with his arms crossed looking in a different direction. "I don't know. Who cares?"

"InuYasha," sighed Kagome, exasperated. She watched the little girl for a while and noticed something was wrong.

"Hey, Kagome, could you hurry up? I'm gonna' die of starvation," complained the impatient half-demon. Kagome didn't answer. "Kagome?" Still no reply. He bent down beside her and waved a hand in front of her face. "Earth to Kagome."

"InuYasha, stop it! Something's wrong. See?" She pointed to Rin sitting across the river.

"She'll be fine. Sesshoumaru's probably around here somewhere."

"We have to help her," said Kagome rising to her feet.

"Didn't you hear what I just said? If she's in any trouble, I'm sure Sesshoumaru will come and rescue her like he always does. Hypocrite."

"Well I'm going."

"Huh?" InuYasha turned around. "Wait! Kagome!"

Rin was still peering into the tie-dye pool when Kagome came running up, a smile on her face. InuYasha was keeping good pace just walking.

"Rin!" called Kagome. She came to a stop beside the little girl. "Hey. What'cha doin'?" When there came no reply, Kagome became worried. "Rin?" Kagome kneeled beside her and gently turned her away from the water to face her. Rin's eyes cleared and she looked at the black haired girl blankly for a moment. Then she recognized who had her and a smile lit up her face.



"Oh hey, Kagome!"

"Rin, what were you doing?"

"I was fishing and…" She seemed to have forgotten. Kagome looked down into the water and saw the strange whirlpool.

"What's that?"

Rin followed her gaze and frowned. "I don't know."

"I knew you were around here somewhere!" Rin and Kagome turned at the sound of InuYasha's exclamation and saw Sesshoumaru walking towards them, Jaken at his heels. Sesshoumaru stopped at the sight of his half-breed brother and the mortal girl, not exactly pleased to see them. When Jaken saw them, he went on a tangent again.

"It's you! You pathetic, worthless mutt and this putrid human! How dare you show yourselves in my Lord's presence-OOFF!" Jaken collided with the ground again after being hit with another rock. There was a short silence.

"So, it is you. I'd know your scent anywhere, half-breed." Sesshoumaru showed little care as always.

InuYasha grabbed the hilt of the Tetsiga but did not take it out of its sheath. "Why you!"

Sesshoumaru merely regarded him with lack of interest, then turned to Rin. "What happened here?"

Rin stared at him before she answered. "I was fishing…and then this weird whirlpool appeared." She turned her head to address the object of conversation. Sesshoumaru looked down at the water and saw it. He walked closer and peered down into the multi-colored surface. His eyes narrowed. It was quiet. Too quiet.

Then the water seemed to pulse. Then again, then again. Then a shaft of light shot up from the whirlpool, blinding all but Sesshoumaru whose eyes remained open as if unseeing. Kagome held Rin close to her as a strong wind seemed to be trying to pull them to the shaft of light. Jaken, who had been unconscious, now awoke at the brightness. "Huh? AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!"

Soon they were all engulfed in the white light…



A/N: Man, this is gonna be hilarious! I can't wait to write more! Me and my friend Ruth came up with this. It'll be kind of cheesy and a bit dumb, but it'll still be funny, which is the whole point. I hope you like it. Please Review! PLEASE!! puppy dog eyes