Italics: Kagome speaking/ Sesshomaru's thoughts
BOLD Italics: Sesshomaru's beasts' thoughts
Chapter Twenty-One: Beginnings of a Plan
"Ever since they came back, they've been really quiet." Shippou whispered to Rin as they sat on top of the two-headed dragon, making flower crowns. Rin nodded in agreement as she sat her flowers down and carefully scooted next to Shippou, using her hand to motion him to come closer.
"I think that Sesshomaru-sama professed his love for Kagome-chan and she rejected him!" She admitted. Shippou looked at her with wide eyes, clearly in disbelief.
"That's stupid! Mama loves Sesshomaru-sama! If anything were to happen, it would be that mama told Sesshomaru-sama she liked him, and he rejected her!" Shippou confessed. Rin shrugged her shoulders and sighed, looking over to her father like figure.
"I don't know. Sesshomaru-sama isn't really all that close with people... except me, and Jaken. He kicks Jaken more, though..."
"Sesshomaru-sama kicks you?!" Shippou gasped in disbelief. Rin covered her mouth quickly, realising what she wanted to say came out differently than what she thought she said. Shaking her head, she grasped her flower crown tightly in her pudgy hands.
"No! I didn't mean it like that! Sesshomaru-sama has never laid a hand on me!" She said, blushing lightly at her embarassment. Shippou made an 'o' face as he put his flowers down, then turned more towards Rin.
"That's good. 'Cause I'd have to show him a lesson with my fox fire!" He defended, chest puffing in pride. Rin giggled and shook her hands at the kitsune - flattered that he would defend her so haughtily.
"No! He might hurt you, Shippou-chan!"
"I can take him..." Shippou muttered, crossing his arms at the girl. She continued giggling before picking up her flower crown once more, as she began to weave the stems together.
"What I meant to say is that I don't think that he told her anything like that."
"Well, do you think he likes her?" Shippou asked as he started back on his crown. "'Cause I know mama likes him."
"Did she tell you?" Rin asked curiously. She secretly hoped she did. Rin loved Kagome like a mother figure.
"No. I can tell, though." Replied Shippou. He knew Kagome too well; the only people that ever made her act in anger were the ones that she liked, or the ones that liked her... though with Koga, she was more embarassed than angry.
"I can tell that Sesshomaru-sama is thinking about her." Rin admitted, finishing her crown and putting it on the kitsune's head. Shippou looked up to her with hopeful eyes before smiling brightly.
"How's that?" Shippou asked, placing his finished crown on top of Rin's head. She giggled and slide herself around so that she was sitting with her feet dangling off of the dragon.
"Well..." Rin started, lightly kicking her feet, "Normally when he doesn't say anything, he ignores everybody, but can still hear what you're saying. Whenever he's thinking really hard about something, he still ignores you, but it's harder to get his attention."
"How does that tell you he's thinking about mama?" Shippou asked, confused.
Rin shrugged her shoulders. "He looks to her every so often." Shippou seemed to think about what Rin said for a moment, before grinning ear-to-ear and turning to kick his legs next to Rin's.
"Great!" Shippou cheered, clapping his hands together. "So Mama likes Sesshomaru-sama, and Sesshomaru-sama may like mama! Now all we need, Rin-chan, is a plan."
Oh no, children have plans. Good, or bad? Well... I'm pretty sure you all know!