30 Shards of Jaken

by Amara Anon

Move over, Inuyasha. Perpetual sidekick JAKEN takes center stage in this collection of 30 short stories. All genres. Ch 30: Father's Memento: How Sesshomaru acquired Tenseiga and another seemingly useless memento named Jaken. COMPLETE.

21. Fate and Little Youkai

Theme: Fate

Genre: Poetry

Rating: K

A/N: The first poem is a nonet, which consists of nine lines. The first line starts with nine syllables and descends to one syllable in the last line. Since it's short, and I don't want you readers feeling gipped, below it is a separate poem not written for the 30shards themes. It is an acrostic poem, meaning the first letter of each line spells out a word or phrase.

Fate

Perhaps Fate brought Jaken to this place?

A vassal to a mighty lord,

And caretaker to a girl

And a once lonely boy.

Or was it simply,

As in his heart

Love blossomed,

Friendship

Grew?

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Little Youkai

Louder than his stature suggests, he screams,
Irate, as the little girl ignores his calls,
Trailing off into the dark wilderness.
Traipsing after her on squat
Legs, he worries how his lord will
Eviscerate him if any
Youkai should harm her.
Over a hill, he follows her tracks,
Underneath the arms of trees, trusting
Karma to reward him for his vigilance.
Arriving by her side at the edge of a lake, he
Is pacified to see her safe by the still waters.