disclaimer: I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters. Just the girl mentioned in the porlogue.
There, now that's that's over...
ON WITH THE STORY! XD
"Lord Sesshomaru! Look what Rin made!" Rin ran towards his direction with something in her hands. He glared at the unseen object, bracing himself for the humiliation soon to come. It was Rin's little tradition to find the "prettiest" flowers she could find, make them into a large ring, and then place it on his head. He didn't mind it as much when she made it out of white flowers because it blended with his hair, but this time it was worse.
It was pink, the color of true evil.
"Lord Sesshomaru? Where are you?" She hadn't seen him yet, he still had a chance. He quickly stood up and started to walk behind the tree he was leaning against. "There you are!" He inwardly cringed, then turned around. "Rin made this one just for you!" She beamed, holding up a ring of large pink flowers.
He sighed in defeat, then got down on one knee so she could put it on his head. The only sign of his exasperation was the slight decline of the lines on the sides of his mouth. Why did he do it? It must have been the look she gave him the first time he turned one down.
Flashback
"Look what Rin made Sesshomaru! Isn't it pretty?"
"Beautiful." he said without opening his eyes.
"Here, lemme put it on you so you can be pretty, too!" She reached up towards his hair.
"Surely you jest, Rin."
"But-"
"No."
"But-"
"NO."
Then came the face.
She looked as if someone had just told her that she was the ugliest creature on the face of the earth. Her eyes grew to the size of saucers, and her lower lip trembled as tears rolled down her cheeks. Sesshomaru had witnessed wars, droughts, famines, and slaughters, and yet this was the saddest, most pittiful thing he had ever seen.
"…Why don't you give it to Jaken? Surely he would benifit more from it..."
She sniffled, "Nothing can make Jaken pretty! Rin wants you to wear it…"
He was about to protest again, but she was still crying, so he couldn't bear to look at her.
"……Fine…"
End of Flashback
Ever since then he had given up trying to refuse her flower rings. It wasn't worth seeing the face. Besides, it didn't seem fitting to kill a child, even a human child. She didn't know better. At her age, one doesn't realize that if anyone saw the Lord of the Western Lands wearing flowers on his head, it would cause certain... suspicions to arise.
"…Thank you Rin…" He mumbled.
"Rin found this too!" Then she held up yet another pink item, but this was different. It was (yep, you guessed it!) a jewel shard. He looked at it for a second. If these were in fact the jewel shards his brother was so determined to locate, it might come in handy as bait…
"Rin, where did you find this?"
"Found it on the ground by the well. Rin thinks it belongs to-"
"SESSHOMARU!" the two looked in the direction of voice, knowing fully well who it was.
"Inuyasha…" He almost smirked. His brother had saved him the trouble of searching for him. Kagome came out from behind Inuyasha, holding a small bag with a hole in the bottom.
Well, there's chapter 1! Please review and tell me what you think! Also, feel free to add any suggestions for the next chapter.
Wesl