Chapter 2: Rin's day out
I don't own Inuyasha or any other character from the manga "Inuyasha".
I am not Japanese, I have tried to use a few Japanese terms to try and preserve the flavour of the story. So if there are any mistakes, please forgive me and do point out the necessary corrections with the right meaning.
Rin was in an impatient mood today. Sesshomaru-sama had promised to take her fishing today as a reward for learning to read and write under Kaedae's tutelage. She was excited about this trip as it had been a long time since she got to spend some time with Sesshomaru-sama, Jaken and Ah-Un. Today was going to be so much fun. She wore a pink kimono that Sesshomaru had bought for her during his previous visit. Kagome and Sango smiled at each other as they watched Rin skipping around. Shippo was disappointed that Rin was going to have fun without him and was sulking; but then his relationship with Jaken was nothing short of volatile.
Sesshomaru arrived as usual in a flash of light when anyone would least expect it. Inuyasha growled low in his throat; this was his usual way of greeting Sesshomaru to which Sesshomaru responded with his characteristic "Hn". Kagome and Sango repressed their giggles on seeing the scowling Inuyasha while Miroku stepped in to play the role of a mediator in case the brothers started to trade insults.
Rin ran to Sesshomaru crying out "Sesshomaru-sama you have come!" Sesshomaru smiled one of his rare smiles (which seemed to be exclusively reserved for Rin). The sight of his smile brought a sigh from Sango and Kagome for although the girls had given their hearts to their chosen partners, the sight of a smiling Sesshomaru could cause a flutter in the heart of even a 90-year old grandmother let alone two young girls. This earned a fierce scowl from Miroku and Inuyasha who had not missed the response of their girls, though the girls did not pay heed to them (talk about adding insult to injury!). However, Sesshomaru was unaffected by all of this and without wasting any time, hoisted his ward onto Ah-Un and prepared to set out on their journey. Rin saw Shippo sulking by the bushes and called out to him. "Sesshomaru-sama, Shippo is Rin's playmate. Can he come with us today? Pleaseeee pleeeeease Sesshomaru-sama, please let Shippo come too…". Sesshomaru could never refuse little Rin anything when she set her heart to it (and the sweet child never demanded anything from him), so he agreed. In his heart-of hearts Sesshomaru was aghast that he would now have to baby-sit two frisky children instead of one. Then he saw Jaken lurking around and decided to foist that unenviable duty onto him. Jaken saw Sesshomaru smirk and with a sinking heart realised what his master intended to do. He started to splutter in protest… but to no avail. A glare from Sesshomaru concluded the so-called discussion. The strange party consisting of a powerful demon lord, a little toad demon, a two headed dragon, a fox-demon kid and a human child set off to a stream in the mountains for the fishing trip.