Dedicated to kagome13cdj, for the idea of a JinxRin pairing. This is strictly friendship, because a romantic pairing between Jin and a five year old girl is just plain wrong.

Enjoy!

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Jin was taking a break. He was powerful, yes, but with power came responsibility and burdens. He was tired.

And besides, Jin thought, he deserved this.

He was sitting alone, in a meadow, just relaxing. Listening to the ningen going about their simple, uncomplicated lives in a nearby village. Feeling the wind tickle his skin. His ears twitched contentedly. Yeah, this was the life. His eyes drifted shut…

Only to snap back open, when a footstep…footsteps…sounded in his meadow-haven.

He scanned the clearing.

There. It was a two-headed dragon, a young, ningen girl, and a green toad…thing.

He winced, and his ears ceased their movement.

A green toad-thing, with a rather shrill, annoying voice. The wind master stood, and approached the odd group.

"Oi! Would ye shut yer gob, ye chatterin' beastie?" he snapped, grabbing the toad-thing by the scruff of it's neck.

"Put me down!" it squawked. "Do you know who I am?!"

"No. Nor do ah care, so cease yer yammerin'!" Jin growled.

"I am Jaken! Loyal servant of the great and powerful-"

"What's your name?" the little ningen interrupted.

Jin looked down at her, and couldn't help but grin back at the gap-toothed smile she offered him. "Mah name's Jin, little lassie." he told her, dropping the still-spluttering Jaken with an audible 'thud'.

Her smile widened. "Jin's name matched Rin's!" she cheered excitedly, before remembering her manners, and bowing. "Rin is Rin." she told him solemnly.

His ears twitched in amusement. "Well, now, ain't that the darndest thing!" he said.

She nodded. "Yup! And Jaken-sama already introduced himself, and that's-" Here, she pointed to the dragon. "-Ah-Un!"

Jin frowned. "Rin, darlin'…" he said, voice serious. "Meanin' no disrespect t' yer friends, but ain't ye got somebody else t' take care of ye?"

Rin resembled a bobble-head at this point.

Not that Jin would know that, bobble-heads not being invented yet.

"Sesshomaru-sama takes care of Rin!"

"Rin." a deep voice spoke.

Jin's head shot up, and he met the impassive, golden stare of the Lord of the Western Lands.

The girl was by the taiyoukai's side in an instant, Ah-Un following more slowly, dragging an irate, struggling Jaken with him.

She waved. "Bye, Jin!" He could only watch dumbly, as they walked away.

"That was Jin, milord! Our names match!"

"Hn."

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Message from Goth Lolita!

So, there it is! My attempt at a meeting between Jin and Rin! I want to know what you guys think!

And, seriously, what pairings do you want to see? I'll even do repeat pairings, if I have a new idea for them.

And, as always, READ and REVIEW!