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I have to apologise though, I thought I had mentioned that Shippo had a crush on Rin in the first chapter but obviously I didn't :P so sorry if anyone was a bit confused :)
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Chapter 9 – Day Two
Yet another night went by and luckily no demons had attacked them during the night.
The sun had risen now and almost everyone was awake.
It had rained during the night and everyone apart from Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were wearing rain coats. The cart Ah Un was pulling was now covered in a waterproof cover so their belongings wouldn't get wet.
Due to the rain from last night everyone was feeling miserable. In fact even Rin wasn't smiling . They knew Sesshoumaru's castle was only a couple of hours away though which brightened their spirits.
As they walked in silence a sudden noise from a certain half-demon's stomach made everyone turn their attention to him.
'It's not my fault! We ran out of ninja snacks last night.'
A slight blush emitted onto Inuyasha's cheeks.
'Well maybe if you hadn't eaten all 3 bags of potato chips we were keeping for today you wouldn't be complaining.'
Kagome sounded irritated towards him, most likely due to her hormones. She had been feeling cramps during the night which was not a good thing. The baby wasn't due yet and having a premature baby during the feudal era did not sound like a good idea to her.
'If you want I could go and find you some berries if you'd like? There usually are some in these kinds of bushes.'
Inuyasha looked towards Rin with an amused look.
'You don't honestly think a great demon like me can live on berries do you?'
He let out a laugh which got cut off almost as it started.
'You're a half-demon, and you're hardly great.'
Inuyasha unsheathed his tetsusaiga and faced it towards Sesshoumaru.
'I could take you down no problem!'
Everyone just sighed knowing that Inuyasha would never win in a fight against Sesshoumaru, though both brothers were too proud to ever stop a battle.
A high shrieked laugh came from behind them all gaining all their attentions towards the green imp rolling around on the ground.
'Honestly Jaken, you never learn.'
Miroku raised an eyebrow at the imp before seeing a red flash and then an unconscious Jaken with several bumps on his head.
Rin just giggled from beside Sesshoumaru, she was used to seeing Jaken getting beaten up but it never ceased to amuse her.
'Well I'm hungry, Shippo do you want to come help me find some berries?'
Shippo smiled at her obviously believing that Kagome had finally rubbed off on her.
They both walked off into the bushes leaving the group on the path behind them.
Kagome watched with a sad smile before catching a look of concern on Sesshoumaru's face for a slight second. She stared at him a moment longer but nothing else was shown on his face other than the cold emotionless façade he usually held.
Rin skipped off in front heading towards a rather large bush covered in berries.
A young Rin ran through the forest pulling off her berries from every bush she could find.
Lord Sesshoumaru had only recently told her to fend for herself, so she was excited to find new food she wasn't aware of.
After filling her pockets full of berries she ran back to camp where Ah Un and Jaken were sleeping. Sesshoumaru had gone off somewhere by himself like he usually would.
She giggled slightly thinking that now she could keep all the berries for herself. She started off with the purple berries, they were juicy and would explode in her mouth causing some of the juice to drip down her chin and staining her red kimono.
After she finished the purple berries, she ate the blue ones, and then the red ones and finally the orange ones. Finishing the berries she lay down on her back tapping her belly lightly, feeling full. She noticed a bulge in one of her pockets and pulled out another berry she didn't realise she had.
It was green, almost the same colour as Jaken and felt like it was full of juice as she squeezed it gently, smiling widely.
'Last one!'
She opened her mouth biting into the green berry and feeling the juice explode into her mouth. It burnt her tongue causing her to spit and cough.
Rin shivered with utter disgust, the taste of the berry was nothing like anything she'd ever eaten before.
Her stomach rumbled, surprising her because she felt so full.
She pulled herself to her feet instantly regretting it, her stomach grumbled and she felt sick, she could feel herself about to throw up, so she ran to one of the nearby bushes bending over and coughing up the remains of her dinner.
Jaken woke up shortly after, babbling to her about how much of a fool she had been and how Sesshoumaru would have his head for allowing Rin to be sick.
Rin laughed at the memory, gaining the attention of Shippo. It was that incident that caused Lord Sesshoumaru to buy her a new kimono as well.
'Just avoid juicy green ones, anything else just show me and we can find out.'
She smiled at him gaining a grin back.
'So what made you choose me then Rinny?'
Shippo's voice was as cocky as anything, Rin bit her lip in irritance at being called 'Rinny'.
'What do you mean?'
'Well you chose me, you could've easily gotten help from Kagome, she'd be much better at this.'
'Kagome-Chan couldn't pick berries Shippo, she's too big to bend down remember.'
Shippo rubbed the back of his head hiding the blush on his face.
'Of course, she's pregnant isn't she.'
Rin just raised an eyebrow towards him and smiled awkwardly.
'Actually Shippo I wanted to talk to you about something.'
Shippo put a purple berry into his pocket then sat on the ground crossing his legs much like Inuyasha did.
'Go ahead.'
'Well Kagome spoke to me last night. She told me that you still…have feelings for me…'
Shippo looked away in embarrassment nodding his head.
'Shippo…we've had this conversation before, I'm sorry but I don't feel the same way, you know you're like a brother to me.'
Shippo smiled sadly at her giving her an understanding nod.
'I tried but it seems no one is able to sway your heart from him.'
Rin looked towards the ground with a blush on her cheeks.
I'll be rooting for you Rin!'
He smiled and picked himself off the ground patting her on the shoulder.
'Come on we should be getting back.'
Shippo quickly ran past Rin and back towards the path. She smiled sadly towards him knowing that he was plainly trying to hide his real feelings about the matter from her.
She noticed that they were in her Lord's territory now as she walked back, she found a line of bushes holding while lilies with a golden inside and a blue stem.
It was her Lords marks so she had to take one for herself. She picked one that looked like it was starting to wilt and placed it inside her pocket.
Her attention was then taken back towards where her friends were standing.
It was an unfamiliar voice she could hear with them so she quickly walked back hoping that it wasn't another demon that was attacking them.
She jumped from the bushes and onto the path startling the rest of the group.
Next to Sesshoumaru stood another person, like Sesshoumaru he wore a similar kimono with the same flower pattern except they were coloured blue. His hair was the same colour but was only down to his shoulders. His eyes were almost exactly the same except they held more emotion and had a tint of silver around the rim of them, on his face he had no maroon stripes, but Rin guessed only those of a royal bloodline held them, on his forehead was a small star, the same colour as Sesshoumaru's crescent moon.
'Hello. You must be Rin, my name is Keji, Lord Sesshoumaru's royal advisor.'
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