Title: If at first you don't succeed...
Author: Hairann
Prompt: Stay
Rating: T
Genre: Drama
Word count: 298
Characters: Jaken/Sesshoumaru, Lord and servant relationship, not a BL story.
Summary: Part 52 of Jaken's Ballad.
Won first place for Stay prompt.
Certain not a trace of his breakfast remained, Jaken waded his way back across the lake and began heading back toward where he was sure Sesshoumaru was already waiting. A minute later he found himself rushing to catch up to the demon lord who had begun walking the moment he spotted his small ward arriving back at camp.
"Where are we going, Lord Sesshoumaru?" Jaken ventured after a few minutes of silence had passed since they started out, finding himself wondering if he was planning to continue their journey throughout the incoming winter or find them a place to stay for the duration.
"I have already told you," Sesshoumaru informed him, thoroughly confusing the shorter demon and as Jaken tried to figure out what he was referring to, he realized the demon lord had said very little to him in regards to where he was going or what he was doing in the short time they had been traveling together.
An hour passed and then another as the two remained silent, the older of the two still trying to figure out what his lord was referring to without having to inquire again. Jaken was sure Sesshoumaru would not appreciate having to repeat himself. Finally, just as he was about to give up and take his chances, Sesshoumaru plan for taking over Japan came to mind. "You're going to try and find the sword?" Jaken ventured shattering the silence. "How are you going to find it if the tree demon won't tell you where it is?"
"Totosai."
"What is a Totosai?" Jaken wondered completely confused.
"A sword smith." And that was the end of the conversation and Jaken, noticing the signs warning him to be silent, wisely opted to do just that.
