Forgot my disclaimer last chapter so…
Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha at all. Wish I did…
Now on to Chapter 2!
Rin's 11th birthday
Rin shrieked with joy and rolled out of her tent into the wonderful white world. Snow had come early that year and when Rin woke up on her eleventh birthday, the whole world was completely white.
The little human girl threw on her coat and in seconds was rolling around in the snow. Sesshomaru looked up from where he was sitting near the fire and watched her. The demon couldn't understand how this cold white snow could hold any pleasure for the girl. He sighed, yet another mystery about humans that he didn't know.
Jaken stumbled out of the mini tent her had slept in and blinked in the glaring sun, "What in the world are you doing, useless human?" he demanded hotly as he waded through the snow.
Rin just laughed and dived back in again. "Oh, Jaken, it snowed just for my birthday!" she cried gleefully. With that said Rin scooped up a big handful of snow and began to pat it into a thick ball.
Realizing what was going to happen too late, Jaken backed up and had half lifted up his hands in defense when Rin's snowball caught him squarely between the eyes. Jaken went down spluttering and cursing at the laughing youth.
Struggling to his feet, Jaken proceeded to throw his own snow at the girl. She dodged and before long, the two were locked in a vicious snowball fight.
Sesshomaru watched them for a while before closing his eyes. Watching two people through snow at each other could only be entertaining for so long. Demons didn't exactly "sleep" but they did rest and Sesshomaru was doing just that when he was rudely interpreted by a wet snowball breaking on his face.
The great demon lord very slowly opened his eyes and looked forward. Jaken was cowering several yards away and Sesshomaru ignored him. Instead, he looked around for his little human ward. She was only a small ways off. Rin had one hand over her mouth and her eyes her wide with shock.
Sesshomaru stood up slowly and then walked over to where Rin stood, shivering. He stood over her for a long moment before reaching down. Rin flinched and closed her eyes, but instead of a strike from a fist, Rin was hit by a huge handful of snow.
She went down and stared, blinking, up at the unsmiling Sesshomaru. Rin grinned as her own fist clenched up snow.
The next hour sped by unheeded. Finally, the girl fell down, breathing hard and grinning like an idiot. "That was so much fun!" she cried to her two demon companions. "Even if Jaken wouldn't throw snow at Sesshomaru-sama," she thought privately to herself.
Sesshomaru sighed and said, "Clean up, Rin, I want to get some travel done today."
This ward nodded and a few minutes later, they were on the road again. They traveled all day and Rin enjoyed seeing the white landscape. Finally they stopped again when night fell and after dinner, Rin settled down to sleep.
Jaken had fallen asleep while Rin pitched her tent. The girl glanced over at her lord to see he was leaning against one of the trees, watching her carefully. Rin took a deep breath and stood up, going over to her lord.
"Thank you for the wonderful birthday present, Lord Sesshomaru," she said, smiling shyly up at him.
Sesshomaru glanced down at his young ward and said softly, "I haven't given you a present Rin."
The girl grinned knowingly up at him and said, "Oh yes, you did! I've never had a real snowball fight before and you helped give me that! That is a present in itself; I had a lot of fun today!" With one final smile, Rin skipped over to her bed and slipped in.
The demon watched the girl for a long time after that, until the steadiness of her breathing told him she was asleep. He then got up and went over to the sleeping human.
Reaching into his fur, Sesshomaru withdrew a small object. It was a tiny shell, pale pink and glistening. Placing it gently next to the girl, Sesshomaru walked gracefully back to his tree. She could find his real gift in the morning. Something told him that Rin would like it better than even a snowball fight.
There's chapter 2! Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, I'm glad everyone liked it so much! REVIEW!