Recap:

Sesshomaru opened his eyes, "Rin." He began seriously.

Her shoulders fell.

"...If she wishes to follow, she may."

Rin's eyes lit up like a star, and she leapt to her feet, filled with joy, flinging her arms into the air, "Thank you, milord!"

Jaken opened his mouth wide, almost speechless, but not quite. "ANOTHER human?!" He squeaked. "Rin already gets into enough trouble! Lord Sesshomaru!"

Sesshomaru ignored him, smiling in amusement, eyes closing again as Rin celebrated in the background, the quiet girl's eyes locked onto his face. "You..." He spoke softly.

She tilted her head.

"Your name is..." He paused in thought. "Kira."


Chapter 2:

Kira took care of him quietly, the youkai's eyes trained on her the whole time. Her silence was certainly something he was grateful for. Although Rin knew when to be quiet around him, she would often ask nonsensical and whimsical questions on impulse. He didn't know what he would do with TWO small children squeaking questions at him all the time. When one was silent, the other would be chatting.

Rin seemed glad for Kira's quietness as well. She had someone to talk to, another girl her age, (Although Kira looked slightly older.) and babbled nonstop to her newfound friend. And Kira, of course, was a very good listener.

Kira seemed amused, and not at all put-off by Rin's constant jabber. She gently dabbed herbs onto Sesshomaru's quickly healing wounds, leaning back once in a whole to curiously observe the way the wounds would hiss, letting off a small spout of steam as they closed. Rin talked in the background, and Kira's eyes revealed that she was taking in every word. Her eyes were always deep and observant, like a hidden lagoon surrounded by myths of mermaids and magic.

He rather liked her deep eyes. He'd always despised those simple-minded humans, but she seemed far from that sort.

Kira finally stood, dusting off her hands, content with what she had done with her "patient", and took one last look at Sesshomaru's form before casually padding off to dump the basket's contents into the ferns.

"Are you done, Kira?" Rin asked, grinning. She liked the fact that Kira now had a name bestowed upon her by Lord Sesshomaru himself. She also liked the name, "Kira. Kira. Kira. Kira." Rin did a cartwheel, and Kira looked like she was giggling, fingers covering her smiling mouth. "Kira-Kira-Kira-Kiraaaaa."

"That's enough, Rin." Sesshomaru chided, also amused, and stood up.

"Yes, milord!"

Kira fidgeted, looking up at Sesshomaru with wide eyes, mouthing the word 'tall'.

He was indeed, towering above all of them like a majestic castle. It was almost intimidating.

Sesshomaru gazed down at her, "You are free to follow us, if you wish." After all, I've given you a name. It would be unfortunate if there was no one to call you by it.

Kira nodded, shuffling her feet as she reached out a hand to grip his pants in a display of loyalty. She smiled, eyes bright.

He gave a small smile in return, looking to the sky. The wind always seemed to blow when he looked to it, tugging at his hair to send it flying up past his face. Sesshomaru's hard eyes softened as he fixated on the clouds up above that were softer-looking than the boa hanging at his shoulder.

Rin tugged on his other pant leg, "Lord Sesshomaru?"

"Yes, Rin?"

"Where are we going?"

He narrowed his eyes, watching as a cloud transformed into something resembling a dog. The youkai closed his eyes.

"I don't know."


Sorry for the short chappie. XD But, hey, at least I'm updating. XD