Unexpected Love

Love can Happen at the Strangest Times...

By: AD1 (Me! :D)

Bankotsu: *hic* I'm back!

Me: o.o drunk?

Bankotsu: *pouts* How'd you know? *hic*

Me: Lucky guess xD I don't own anything!

Bankotsu: *passes out on the floor*

Me: o-o

The Next Morning...

"Raiden..." Sora whispered, poking him.

He mumbled something and turned over on to his back.

"Raiden-sama..." Sora whispered a little louder.

He groaned and opened one eye a little. "Yes?" He asked tiredly.

"We're about to go to the market..."

He nodded and turned over, going back to sleep.

"...I heard demons might come out today since it's time to harvest crops..."

Raiden jumped up and pulled his shirt on. Sora blinked and giggled. She went to the front room to let him get dressed. Humming, Sora put her straw hat on.

"Morning Sora!" Chie said happily, coming inside the hut with Haru following.

"Morning Chie, Morning Haru-chan." Sora said, smiling at them. "Where's Mother Mai?"

"She's going to see if the church is okay..." Haru said.

"Oh..."

Everything was silent for a while until Raiden came from the back room, fully dressed.

"Morning Raiden-san!" Chie smiled at him.

"Morning...Umm...I don't think I've learned your name yet?"

"I'm Chie, This is Haru," Chie said, pushing Haru forward.

"Nice to meet you!" Haru said happily, bowing.

"You too," Raiden said, bowing in return.

"Good Morning Everyone!" Mai said, ecstatic. "The villagers all decided to help rebuild the church!"

"Really?" Haru and Sora asked.

"That's wonderful, Mother Mai!" Chie said, hugging her.

Raiden stayed quiet during the whole exchange.

"C'mon Can we go now? Please?" Sora said, trying to push everyone out the door. They laughed and started walking towards the market.

After a while of talking while walking, Sora looked around and spotted Raiden all the way behind them. She stopped as the other kept walking. She started walking again when she was next to him.

"Why are you all the way back here?" She asked after a while.

"I'm not needed up there..."

"Yea but, we enjoy your company..."

"..." Raiden stayed silent and Sora sighed. She latched onto his arm and ran up to the others, dragging him along with her. She smiled at him when Chie and Haru started asking him questions.

"Is that streak natural?" Chie asked.

"Yea..."

"Aren't you hot under all that black?" Haru asked after.

"Not really..."

"What do you do for a living?"

"Do you have children?"

"Do you have a wife?"

"Have yo-"

"Guys!" Sora said loudly.

"Sorry..." They said laughing with Sora and Mai.

A few minutes later they arrived at the market.

Mother Mai, Chie, and Haru all went to go buy some food while Raiden and Sora just walked around and looked at everything. Sora stopped suddenly.

"Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

She paused and heard soft singing.

"That..." She gasped softly. Raiden turned his head towards an alleyway. Sora looked as well and saw a young girl, looking to be 9 or 10, with a small imp demon with a staff.

"In the mountains, in the breeze
In the forest, in my dreams

Lord Sesshoumaru where are you?
Jaken is serving under you, too

I will wait for you on my own
Please return to me waiting all alone..."

"Rin! Stop that infernal song!" The Imp said, sounding like a chicken.

"But If Rin stops singing then Sesshoumaru-sama won't here Rin!" She replied happily. Sora smiled and walked into the alleyway.

"Hi there, my name's Sora, what's yours?" Sora asked, pretty much guessing her name was Rin.

"Rin's name is Rin, Nice to meet you, Sora-chan!" Rin said, standing up.

"You too. Why are you here alone?"

"Rin's not alone, Rin has Jaken-sama." Jaken 'humph'ed'

Sora giggled and asked,

"Are you waiting for someone?"

Rin nodded. "Rin is waiting for Sesshoumaru-sama."

"Who's that?"

Rin was about to speak but Jaken beat her to it.

"Stupid Human! Sesshoumaru-sama is the one and only Lord of the west! He could destroy ten puny villages like this! He-" Sora quickly put a hand over his mouth.

"Shh! Do you know what people do to small demons in this village? She whispered loudly.

Raiden had walked over to Sora and whispered in her ear,

"Some villagers are coming, quick hide the demon."

Sora nodded and pushed Jaken behind Rin and whispered, "Just hide, Imp, and Pretend he's not there Rin-chan, but make sure he's hidden Okay?" Rin nodded. Jaken grumbled but nodded. Sora quickly grabbed his staff and gave it to Raiden who hid it in his coat.

They then pretended like they first found Rin.

"Found You!" Sora said, laughing as the villagers came and demanded,

"You! What are you doing out here?"

"We were playing hide and seek with our daughter and she wandered a little too far off." Raiden answered calmly, wrapping his arm around Sora's waist. "Isn't that right, sweetheart?" He asked Sora, smirking a bit.

Sora blushed and nodded. "Yea, but now we're gonna take her back home, we have to go make dinner right honey?" Sora said, glaring at Raiden who chuckled and nodded.

"...Alright..." The villagers said, almost reluctantly. "Be careful!"

"We will!" Sora called as they ran off.

"Phew..." She said, and started laughing. "That was fun."

Raiden started laughing as well and soon Rin and Jaken were laughing too. (Who knew Jaken could laugh?)

"Well we have to go now, Rin-chan..." Sora said, handing Jaken back his staff, who promptly hit her on the head with it, grumbling.

"Ouch..." She said, rubbing her head.

"Bye, Sora-chan!" Rin said, hugging her legs.

"How long do you think Sesshoumaru-sama will be though?" She asked, showing him respect even though she didn't know him. Rin shrugged.

"Do you want us to stay with you?" Sora asked. Rin shook her head and said, "Rin has waited for Sesshoumaru a lot of times before, Rin will be fine, plus Rin has Jaken-sama with her!" She replied happily. Sora nodded and smiled.

"Hope I can see you again, soon Rin-chan!" Sora called, walking out of the alley. Rin waved to them and Sora and Raiden smiled at her before heading back towards where they were wandering before.

"There you guys are!" They heard Haru exclaim. They turned around and Haru grabbed onto their arms and dragged them to Chie and Mother Mai. "Come on you guys, We're gonna go find some clothes now!" Haru said. Sora laughed and walked next to Haru.

A few minutes later everyone had split up again. Sora stopped in front of a jewelry stand. She stared at one necklace, the stone was blue and looked like it some yellow and pink in it. It was in the shape of a rain drop. The chain was a sort of soft cloth. (This is the link: www .baccarat. com/ image. htm? id= 89666 (remove spaces) I only changed chain since I'm pretty sure they didn't have those like we do now back then)

Raiden looked at Sora then the necklace. He pointed to the one she was looking at and gave the man some yen. The man smiled and gave the necklace to Raiden, who then put the necklace around Sora's neck and tied it so it was secure there.

She gasped and looked at the necklace and looked at Raiden who smiled and said,

"You looked like you really wanted it." He shrugged. Sora smiled at him and said, "Thank you Raiden."

"I-It's no problem" He stuttered. She giggled and hugged him.

He blushed and she laughed. "Let's go the others might get worried." He said. She nodded and they walked back towards everyone. The sun was already starting to set and Sora was sure they were done shopping already.

Suddenly, They heard a loud scream.