A/N: Here's another one.
Title: Flames
Summary: Rin makes a friend.
Pairing(s):Soten/Rin
Rin wondered to herself when Lord Sesshomaru would be back, watching the flames of her campfire. She wished that at least Jaken had stayed..
She laid back against her two-headed dragon companion, Ah-Un.
Rin stared at the flames, watching as it looked particularly red.
'Red is a nice colour.' Rin thought to herself, picturing various different things that were red.
Rin decided to make a game out of it, 'Hm.. Lord Sesshomaru's outfit has some red on it.. So does Inuyasha's...'
Rin remembered the girl who travelled with Inuyasha, who wore strange clothing that included the red.
She continued wondering about things that were red, but she was running out of ideas.
Standing up, she went to go catch fish to cook.
There was some water close by, and she hoped to find fish.
She walked in the direction, a short distance, leaving Ah-Un to watch the fire. Ah-Un was responsible enough.
The gentle sound of her feet entering the nearby pond went unnoticed by her, yet not by a young demon.
"Huh?" A young voice said, and a faint sound of movement was heard.
Rin was just about to reach down and grab a fish, but the noise distracted her.
"Hm?" She stared.
"Who are you?" The young child asked, staring down and taking notes on Rin.
'She looks easy to overpower.. Kind of cute..' The child thought, a small blush across her cheeks.
"Me? I am Rin!" Rin exclaimed joyfully, attempting to grab a fish, "What's your name?"
"Soten." She said, moving a bit closer, having previously backed away.
'Childish. Unlikely to be quite as smart as I am.. But I suppose it would be hard.'
Rin didn't seem to know who she was dealing with, as she got out of the water and used some rocks as a passage across the lake.
"What are these?" Rin asked, noticing Soten's little treasures on the ground, beside her paper.
Soten quickly snatched them out of Rin's view, "Nothing!"
"Oh. Okay."
Soten assumed the girl to be human, and wondered why she was so fearless.
"You seem unafraid. Do you underestimate me?"
"Huh?" Rin asked, "Should I be afraid?"
"Yes! I am Soten, of the Thunder brothers tribe, and the last remaining! I am a strong demon!" Soten exclaimed, "Do you not fear demons?"
"Nope." Replied the human, carelessly.
"..." Soten was speechless.
After a small moment of thinking to something to say, Soten said the first thing she could think of,
"Why not?"
"Hm?"
"Why aren't you afraid of demons? You are human, right?"
"Mhm! I'm scared of some demons, but you haven't given me any reason to be afraid, right?" The girl says, "You don't really look scary, as you are no bigger than Rin."
Soten blushed, unsure of how to reply.
"But I am scary! I am a strong demon!"
"Are you going to attack me?" Rin questioned.
"...N-no.. I don't plan on it." Soten said, blushing harder. 'Maybe if you weren't such a cute human..'
"Then I'd find that comforting." The girl stood up, and walked back to the water.
Soten watched the cute girl catch some fish.
"I should get back to Ah-Un, if you want to come for a bit." Rin offers.
"..Sure."
She follows the young girl across the water, almost slipping on the rocks.
Rin leads her to a campfire, with a two-headed dragon demon sitting next to it.
"I'm back, Ah-Un." She says.
'She's not even afraid of that..' Soten thinks to herself.
She continues to observe, as the girl cooks the fish she caught.
"Want one?" Rin offers, giving Soten a fish.
"..Sure. Thank you." She says, taking the fish. She takes a small moment to congratulate herself on remembering her manners.
As they eat the fish, not a word is spoken.
That is, of course, until Rin breaks the silence.
"Red!"
"Huh?"
"Your eyes are red. I just noticed that. Wow, they are really pretty, too."
Soten was glad there wasn't a follow-up comment about her face being red.
