A series of drabbles on Rin and Sesshomaru
Inuyasha fanfiction
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters, I only own the plot of this story
Warning: Contains Jaken bashing. Don't like, don't read.
Author's Note: I'd like to thank my two good friends for inspiring this fanfiction. I hope it fills your expectations!
Jaken's Girlfriend
His muscles burning, Jaken followed Sesshomaru up the inclined path until they finally reached the village. Why Rin was allowed to ride on Ah-Un while he was forced to walk, he would never know. Exhausted from the trek, the toad youkai didn't even bother to complain about anything before he collapsed on the ground.
"Master Jaken" Rin called, "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine Rin!" he barked indignantly.
How dare she believe that he, the honorable Lord Sesshomaru's vassal, was tired from such a small amount of exercise! Proceeding to tell her as much, Jaken didn't notice the eyes that followed his every movement.
"Jaken" Sesshomaru ordered, "Find us a place to stay for the night."
After the fifth time he got stepped on by another demon, Jaken had resolved to hate youkai villages almost as much as human ones from there on. In human villages he was at least feared and respected, despite the fact that the humans were simply weaklings. In youkai villages, he was at the bottom of the food chain. Eventually, his calm musing was interrupted when he began to feel as if he was being watched.
"Who are you and why are you following me?" the indignant toad youkai demanded
"I'm..." came a soft, timid voice, "so sorry for following you. It's just..."
"Come out now! I'm the honorable Lord Sesshomaru's most trusted vassal. If you dare anger me, you are angering the Lord of the Western Lands!" Jaken ordered, bluffing through his teeth.
Despite knowing that Sesshomaru would probably ignore any injustices done to his vassal, his bluff had apparently done the trick as a figure as small as he walked out from the shadows.
"I've just never seen another youkai as small as me before" the youkai appeased as she saw Jaken's temper rise, "And especially not in so important a position"
"Well, it took effort and loyalty, however..." Jaken began to go off on a tangent, recounting multiple adventures fraught with danger that he had lived through at Sesshomaru's side.
Eventually, the young praying mantis demon invited the group to stay at her house for the night in exchange for more of Jaken's tall tales. She seemed to be eating them up and Jaken was adoring the attention. Sesshomaru was hesitant, however Rin's excitement at their sleeping arrangements had sealed the deal. Later in the night, after Sesshomaru and Rin had gone to bed, Jaken was still telling tall tales to the youkai female.
"...and then Lord Sesshomaru used his incredibly devastating poison whip and disintegrated all of the demons that were threatening Rin!" he said, gesturing wildly, "It was amazing!"
Eventually, Jaken ran out of exaggerated stories to tell, though the adventure where Rin was revived was actually rather closer to the truth than some. The toad demon was completely content and when an idea ran through his head he didn't hesitate to blurt it out.
"You're such a good listener!" he praised, "Exactly what I'd look for in a mate. You must be wanted by so many respected youkai."
"You would want me as your mate?!" the youkai female's eyes shone as she continued, "I would be delighted! I have been ever so lonely after my previous mate's death."
Noticing something in her eyes, Jaken asked, "What happened to your previous mate?"
Calmly turning around, Jaken could see the hunger in her eyes as she said, "I ate him."
When he heard those words, Jaken felt his blood run cold. The second after he ran like there was no tomorrow, desperate to escape the female's grasp. By the time morning came, he ran after the departing Sesshomaru like he was being chased by a hungry demoness, which he was. Eventually catching up with him, he heard the other youkai's voice behind him.
"I'll be waiting for you, my love!" she called, "Return to me soon!"
There was a pause as Rin and Ah-Un turned around to wave back. The young girl shouted back, "Thanks for everything nice youkai lady!"
About an hour later, while they were traveling, Sesshomaru noticed Jaken's apparent depression and took the opportunity to torture his vassal a little.
"Did you wish to remain there, Jaken?" he asked, unable to keep the smirk off his face
"Why would Master Jaken want to stay?" Rin questioned, "This Rin thinks that Master Jaken loves her very much!"
"Just be quiet Rin!" was the indignant reply, "I definitely did not love her!"
"Yet you use a past tense" Sesshomaru prodded tortuously, "Are you hiding something from me Jaken?"
"No Milord!" Jaken replied a little too quickly.
"If you say so Master Jaken" Rin sang as she went off to play with Ah-Un, "Jaken has a girlfriend! Jaken has a girlfriend!..."
