kittykritik, I'm not sure where I'm going with this lol It was going to be an original but your Q brought up a good idea. I'm not really sure which way it'll go now.
Rin was glued to Ada's side. Ada loved the attention and to be able to talk to someone was such a relief. She kept picking Rin up every chance she got. The two of them spent hours picking flowers as well. She never got the courage up to decorate everyone with Rin, but she loved to watch the child do it. Even the fearsome lord allowed the girl to drape him in her flowers. She doubted he would be as tolerant with her.
The only one that ever complained about it was Jaken. Of course he had to be the most insufferable creature alive.
"oh Master Jaken!" Rin chirped to him, she had just finished twining a bunch of flowers together and was eagerly looking at him. His eyes bulged out of his head and he jumped up, swinging his staff around.
"Rin! You will stop this at once! I will not tolerate your nonsense anymore!" He threatened and backed away from the girl. She laughed loudly and pounced on him, forcing the necklace of flowers around his neck. When she was done she sat on his chest and admired her work.
"You look so handsome Master Jaken. You should allow Rin to put the flowers on you more often, you know?" She flashed her smile at him and took off again. Lord Sesshomaru was standing and looked like he was ready to continue on. Rin danced her way over to Ada, where she was bathing in the sun.
"Ada! We must go, I think Lord Sesshomaru is leaving soon, "she grabbed the older girl's hand and tugged. Ada stood up and stretched. After staying with the Sesshomaru-tachi she had been feeling much better mentally and physically.
She didn't normally address the lord, but today she felt it was required. She jogged over to his side and flashed him her best smile before she got nervous and looked away.
"Sesshomaru-sama, I wanted to thank you for allowing me into your group. I'm not sure I would have survived If you hadn't."
He merely nodded to show he heard her and walked away. Ada fell back to where Rin was with Au-un and decided to ask, albeit quietly, "Does the Lord speak? Or is he always this quiet?"
Rin opened her mouth to reply but Jaken, having overheard jumped in.
"My Lord has better things to do than converse with silly human girls!" He was leading Au-Un and looked back to shoot them a dirty look.
"Master Jaken is always rude like that!" Rin shot back and threw a pebble at him. It hit him in the back of the head and the imp fell down dramatically. Rin stated to giggle and then showed Ada a small brown pouch full of pebbles. "I keep a lot of them to throw at Master Jaken, he's so mean. I think he deserves it for picking on Rin and Ada. "
Ada simply laughed and watched Jaken struggle to his feet. His new tactic seemed to be feigning deafness.
"Kohaku is returning, Rin," Sesshomaru's voice cut through the laughter. Rin screamed with delight and slid off Au-un.
"Which way is he coming from? Rin wishes to run up and great him!" she was dancing back and forth on her feet ready to dart in the direction he pointed. He nodded to the east and she was off bounding across the field. A young man in green and black stepped out into the field and waved to them. Rin came up on him and knocked him down with the force her hug.
"RIN MISSED YOU KOHAKU!"
The rest of the group walked over to greet him as well. Sesshomaru roughly pushed his head down and examined his neck. Blood was smeared on his neck and down his back.
"Naraku," he growled and was gone in flash. Kohaku stumbled forward when the lord released him. Rin was still attached to his leg.
"Kohaku, did Naraku come after you again?" she asked, her eyes filling with tears. He smiled down at her and offered his hand to help her stand.
"More or less, it was another of his reincarnations. It was too easy to get away from. Sesshomaru-sama should have it taken care of easily."
Suddenly the sky grew dark and the warmth in the air was gone, leaving a chill in the air. They all grouped together close and looked around. Rin started to whimper and Kohaku hushed her, then placed his poison mask over her face and held it there. Miasma was starting to fill the field.
Ada had to resist her temptation to grab the children and run. Her voice was lost as well. She jumped when a hand grabbed her shoulder. Turning she saw it was Kohaku.
"You should take Rin; we'll try to protect you both. Just don't let anything happen to her," he passed the girl over to Ada. Jaken, Kohaku, and Au-un circled around them and waited. Ada placed the girl on the ground and held her close, hoping to shield most of her with her body.
"Ada, what is going on? Why is everyone afraid? Lord Sesshomaru will save us. He always does," the girl said matter of fact. Her little voice was muffled from the mask and she brought her hand up to pull it away, "it's hard to breathe through this!"
Ada slapped her hand away and pushed it back on, "If Kohaku wants this on you, you better leave it on," she warned, "I'm not sure what's going on, or where Sesshomaru-sama is Rin. "
"Damn!" Kohaku exclaimed as the first minor demon charged him; he easily tore it apart with his Kusari-gama. Jaken was sweeting already and appeared to be muttering something to himself as he turned the staff of heads around to consume the next oncoming demon with the flames.
A fierce voice over took the other sounds in the field, yelling, "Who do you think I am?!" and a blinding blue flash of light covered the field. The small group covered their eyes and backed up to each other. Once the debris had fallen they could see none of their enemies stood. Lord Sesshomaru was standing in front of them with a disgusted look on his face.
Before Ada had time to register what had occurred, Rin had hopped up and was hanging on Lord Sesshomaru's leg. She squealed with delight, "Rin told them, Lord Sesshomaru! Rin told them you would save us!"
