I do not own Any InuYasha characters, I merely borrow then for my own demented purposes, so don't sue me!
Sesshomaru walked along the sun-lit trail as silent as ever. He was listeneing to the sounds behind him. The sounds of grass and dirt under his dragons claws. The frustrated squawking of his imp. And of course the young woman humming on the dragon's back, his little Rin.
They came across a wide meadow with a stream running through. It was the best camping spot for miles and the sun was already low on the horizon. The great deamon stopped and Jaken, not paying attention, ran into his leg and recieved a stern kick for his carelessness.
"Are we stopping for the night Daddy?" The girl asked slipping from Ah Un's back and trotting up beside the deamon
"Yes Rin." He replied glancing over his shoulder at the girl who had been calling him daddy since she was nine. She had been tossing and turning hir sleep, fight a horrible night mare. When she had woken up screaming for her daddy Sesshomaru had been at her side. She had called him Daddy and buried her face in the fur on his shoulder, then realizing what she had called him, she had pulled away and looked up in to his face. His lips twitched and a mix of love and surprise had shone in his eyes. He had been Daddy ever since.
She smiled and quickly found herself some wild vegitables and caught a fish in the stream while Jaken made a fire. After eating she had decided to take advantage of the last of the light by picking flowers.
Sesshomaru watched her. It seemed that just yesterday he had found the 7 year old dead in the forest and restored her to life. Now she was 14 and she was beautiful.
His arm was across his lap and his hand rested lightly on the hilt of a sword, the third one. He had Totosia forge it after his sensitive ears had over heard some young men makeing off color comments about his daughter while they passed a villiage. He had summoned all his will power to ignore their jokes and comments, but if any had come near they would not have lived to regret it.
Sesshomaru looked down at his swords. Tokijin was far to powerful to be used against a human and Tenseiga, the sword of life, could not harm a human. That is why Totosia had been asked to forge this third one from Sesshomaru's own fang. When Rin had first seen it she commented that it shined like a star and the sword had promptly been named Hoshi.
Sesshomaru almost cringed. Hoshi, a girl's name. Why had he let the child name it? Because he was a hopeless fool, just like his father before him. Then again why not? The sword had been forged to protect a girl, so why not a girl's name?
As he sat thinking his little Rin return to his side. She presented the best of the flowers to him as a gift, it was such a common thing between them it was almost an inside joke. She picked the best of the rest to weave into her long raven locks. Then they sat and looked at the stars, niether speaking much.
Finally Rin lay back and stretched out. "I love you Daddy." She mumbled as sleep over took her. Sesshomaru felt a smile tug at the corners of his mouth as he watched the girl sleep.