Chapter 11
I do not own Inuyasha.
Kagome squeezed the flowery smelling shampoo onto her palm, humming a little ditty. Rin was right in front of her, sitting on a rock and kicking her feet happily.
"Close your eyes really tight" Kagome checked to make sure Rin did before lathering the little girls long black hair with suds. Kagome grinned lightly as she remembered the look on Sesshomarus face when she had walked out of the bushed with her flower patterned swimsuit. Rin, of course, has been ecstatic.
"Is Kagome a flower princess?" Kagome laughed as Sesshomaru lifted an eye brow, clearly surprised yet again.
"No, I'm just wearing a swimsuit Rin. It's so I can go swimming without worrying about Miroku peeking on me!" Rins eyes widened as Kagome pushed back the worry and sadness that came wih mentioning her friends name.
"Miroku is a bad person?" Rin asked, confused. Kagome grinned.
"Only when there's a woman around" she stole a glance at Sesshomaru, and he stared right back at her, seemingly unperturbed.
"Can we go take a bath now?" Rin interrupted the moment excitedly, bouncing up and down. So here they had all ended up, Kagome lathering Rin with attention and futuristic pretty products. And so they had ended up, with Sesshomaru lounging against a tree trunk and blatantly staring at the two females, emotionless looking as ever. Kagome watched him out of the corner of her eye as she washed Rins hair. He wasn't rude about watching them, if anything he seemed curious. Of course, she mused, it was impossible to ever be confident in guessing his emotions. She turned her full attention back to Rin as the girl tried to him the time Kagome had been humming first.
"It's a lullaby, my mother taught it to me" Kagome surprised Rin with the explanation.
"Oh" Rin nodded and fell silent, suddenly brooding. Kagome frowned, then smiled in an apologetic way.
"I can teach it to you" Kagome could almost smell the happiness radiating off Rin at the offer, and judging from Sesshomaru's reaction she was right.
"My little flower up on the hill"
Rin stared to relax back into Kagomes relaxing touch.
"Standing so straight and standing still"
Kagome gently rinsed the shampoo from the young girls hair, and smiled when Sesshomaru shifted positions, opting for a more comfortable one.
"With your colors so bright and the grass so green, whoever saw such a lovely thing" Rin closed her eyes and smiled as she drifted into a light sleep.
"Mom will be your sunny shine, and dad with be the gentle rain"
Kagome felt one tear make a trail down her cheek as she remembered her own family, and as she remembered singing the lullaby to Shippo many times.
"My little flower on top of the hill, I will always love you, yes I will"
Kagome looked up at Sesshomaru, who was staring at her with a look in his eye she hadn't seen before. "She's asleep. Will you take her back to camp while I take an actual bath?" She lifted Rin up with a large towel wrapped around the sleeping girl as Sesshomaru got up gracefully and stalked over.
"Do as you please" he responded curtly, lifting Rin out of her arms and turning on his heel to walk away without another word. Kagome scowled in hi direction. Couldn't he read the mood for once?
Tee hee :D