As she silently followed him, she thought back ten years ago at the first day that she met him, when he was injured and healing. She reminisced about all the places where he saved her from dying, and the numerous times when she surprised him with the curious things that would come out of her big mouth. She mused over the thought as they wordlessly walked along the walls of a great canyon, in search of Naraku.
"Rin."
"Yes, Sesshomaru-sama."
"This is where we will stay for tonight. Go with Jaken and find some firewood."
"Yes, Sesshomaru-sama."
She could not understand Sesshomaru's incessant coldness with her, but in addition to that the unfathomable look his beautiful eyes emit whenever she is in danger of dying. Her heart skipped a beat when his marble features appeared in her mind.
"Thinking about Sesshomaru-sama again, Rin?" Jaken taunted lightly as he followed her into the clearing.
She blushed lightly and strode a little faster than usual, causing Jaken to have to run to keep up, and whined like a little girl. "Jaken-sama, please stop making fun of me. You know one day I would die of old age, and you and Sesshomaru-sama would remain young and grow strong." – Jaken beamed— "Sesshomaru-sama would…would never want such a frail piece of junk like me. He only keeps me around because he knows that I have nowhere else to go." She said that with a heavy sigh, and started picking small sticks from the ground to break her dampened mood, but couldn't stop a tear from falling onto her outstretched hand.
Jaken knew that the beautiful young woman has fallen in love with Sesshomaru, but he also knew that he would break her heart one day simply by remaining emotionless to her. He shook his head. Rin is so beautiful that arrogant kings with many beautiful wives would leave all of his most prized possessions immediately and marry her. But why a demon? Rin can have all the men in the world, yet chose to love a demon with no emotion.
Rin stole a look at Jaken as she picked up the last stick of firewood they would need for the night. It was not like Jaken to stay hushed, and his look of concern disturbed her. She stood up and began to walk away.
"Rin! Rin, you little –"
Jaken sighed. Rin was still Rin, no matter how grown up she was. He decided to follow her with no rude remarks, but felt an unbelievably strong urge to slap that little brat. When he has the chance, he would to inform Sesshomaru about Rin, and leave the situation for her to handle. He knew he would be horribly trampled by Sesshomaru, but he also knew that he can't afford to have an innocent girl's heart be shattered.