Playful passtime chapter 6
Yups, still on vacation! Just got a funny idea from Rena (my best friend) for this chapter ^_^
Disclaimer: Sesshoumaru, Rin, Jaken and everyone else from the Inu Yasha series are copyright Rumiko Takahashi,
not me. I just have fun writing these stories.
~....~ = thoughts
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Trotting along after Sesshoumaru in the high grass Rin did her best to keep up. It was going to get late soon, and she
knew that sooner or later they would rest for the night. Yesterday the lord of the western lands had decided it was time
to patrol his territory again. It was kinda tireing to have to walk all day, but as long as she could be near her
Sesshoumaru-sama, she didn't care. Plus, when he noticed that she was about to be plagued by fatigue, he would lift her
up and settle her ontop of Ah-Un's back. But today she had been strong, managing to keep up with the youkai and
showed Jaken-sama that she wasn't as weak as she looked!
Suddenly Sesshoumaru halted, his eyes wandering through the forest. Then he looked over his shoulder at Jaken.
"We're staying here for the night."
"Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama!" Jaken bowed, then began scurrying around insearch of firewood.
The little girl watched the toad youkai for a moment, then looked up as she heard her caretaker's deep voice.
"Rin, find some food before it gets too dark."
"Can we play after that, Sesshoumaru-sama?"
He gave her a slight nod, and she smiled at him before turning to run into the forest.
With a sigh Sesshoumaru settled down, removing his armour for now. What kind of game would the pup ask for today?
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"I just hate this," grumbled Inu Yasha while glaring at the fire.
"We know, but it's nothing we can do about it. The sun is about to set soon, and you'll turn human. It's best
not to go searching for that Shikon shard Kagome-sama sensed earlier today, Inu Yasha," Miroku said patronizingly
with a slight smile.
"Miroku-sama is right," nodded Kagome and poured some of the soup they had made into a bowl before handing it over to
the hanyou after tossing some noodles into it. With a slight humph Inu Yasha accepted the food and started to eat.
The group had decided to settle down early for the night. So now they sat there gathered around the fire, Inu Yasha,
Kagome next to him with Shippou settled in her lap while munching on a candy bar, while Sango tried to scoot
a little further away from Miroku, Kirara on her shoulder.
After picking some berries Rin was still hungry. She had to admit that she missed the food she got whenever they stayed
at Sesshoumaru-sama's mansion, but there was no use complaining as long as she didn't starve. Suddenly she perked up,
her nose catching the scent of food nearby. It smelled delicious! Carefully Rin headed towards the smell, and while
crawling up behind some bushes she noticed a gang of travellers. Not able to contain her curiousity she stuck her head a
little further up. Two girls, a little fox demon, a cute kitty, a priest, and... someone who looked like Sesshoumaru-sama?
The eyes were the same, he had long silvery hair too... these people didn't seem too bad, and their soup
smelled so delicious...
Just as Rin was about to pull back, she stepped on a twig, and Inu Yasha jerked his head towards the source of the sound,
his dog ears perked up.
Then in a matter of seconds he had jumped the distance, grabbed ahold of Rin and pulled her out from her hiding place.
"HEY!" Inu Yasha barked, narrowing his eyes and sniffing at the kid, only to notice that his sensitive nose was failing
on him. Damn the night of the new moon, he thought.
"A little girl?" Sango blinked, getting up from her seat while Miroku forgot to eat his soup.
Kagome got to her feet and walked over, laying a hand on Inu Yasha's shoulder.
"Where did you come from? Are you lost?" she asked Rin, who was trying to wriggle out of Inu Yasha's grip, still a little
shocked from getting caught in such a way.
"N-no, Rin's not lost, Rin's just looking for food..." she meekly said, looking up into Kagome's tender eyes. That girl
seemed nice, Rin decided.
"What's a kid like you doing out here in the forest?" Inu Yasha demanded, cursing himself for not being able to smell
as good as usual. The sun was going to set soon, and it was bad enough that the rest of the group saw him turn human!
"....." Rin didn't respond at first, then eeped as she was let down on the ground.
"Now now, calm down Inu Yasha!" Miroku smiled, walking over and crouched down infront of Rin, watching her, "it's just a
little girl, and there is a village not too far away. You know how kids are, ne?"
"Plus she is hungry!" Kagome added, then turned to Rin, "you said your name is Rin?"
Rin nodded, looking up at the girl in the strange kimono. Maybe she was a miko?
"Do you want some of our soup, Rin-chan?"
Rin nodded eagerly, following Kagome over to the fire and sat down next to Shippou, blinking. Shippou watched Rin too,
then leaned close to sniff at her. Giggling, Rin pulled the kitsune close for a hug.
"You're cute!" she beamed while Shippou eeped and tried to squirm out of her grip.
"That's Shippou-chan," Kagome smiled, then pointed over to Sango, "that's Sango-chan and her cat Kirara, she's a demon
exterminator. That man over there, Miroku, is a priest," she continued and pointed over to Miroku who gave Rin his
biggest smile, then Kagome pointed at the grumbling hanyou.
"And he's Inu Yasha, he's a half demon. My name is Kagome."
Rin smiled brightly as Sango handed her a big bowl of soup with noodles.
"Arigatou!"
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Why was the pup late? Sesshoumaru growled for himself, his eyes staring off towards where Rin had run off to. She never
used this much time to eat, plus he couldn't believe she would be late when he had promised her that he would play her
silly human games with her. Not that he was looking forward to it, he was just conserned that... no. He? Conserned?
What a foolish thought. He just didn't want her to come stumbling back later and whine because she had gotten lost in the
forest. If that happened, it would take forever for her to fall asleep, which meant he wouldn't get much sleep either.
Deciding that he couldn't tolerate this any longer, the youkai got to his feet, making Jaken pull back.
"S-s-sesshoumaru-sama??"
"Wait here, I'm going to look for her," Sesshoumaru said sternly, stalking off into the forest as the sun set behind
the mountains, colouring everything red and orange.
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Rather curious and confused Rin leaned closer, blinking up at the now human Inu Yasha.
"Your hair turned black...?" she asked and reached a small hand up to stroke his dark tresses.
"Yes, Inu Yasha is a hanyou, and one night a month they loose their powers and turn human," Kagome nodded, fishing
out some candy out of her bag.
"Yeah yeah," Inu Yasha grumbled, pulling away from Rin a little.
"Do you want some candy, Rin-chan?" Kagome asked and held out a chocolate bar for Rin, who blinked at the treat.
"What's that?"
"It's chocolate, it's very good, you open it like this," Kagome said as she unwrapped the bar, then handed it to the
girl. After watching the others eat their chocolate, Rin bit into the candy, and her eyes went wide before she
hungrily ate some more.
"It tastes good!" Rin beamed widely, and Kagome smiled.
Not too far away Sesshoumaru silently made his way through the bushes, on constant alert. He heard voices not too far away,
humans if his nose wasn't mistaken. And of course it wasn't. He had to frown as he recognized a few more of the scents,
Rin, the delinquent priest, the demon exterminator, the kitsune cub, his stupid excuse for a half brother's wench, and...
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed. A human scent he didn't know. It smelled familiar through...
His eyes went wide in concern however as he spotted the source of the strange smell.
Inu Yasha... was human! which meant that this was the night that he lost his powers. Turning his head
Sesshoumaru looked up at the starlit sky, watching the new moon. Hmmm, which meant that he was most likely not going to
get spotted by them if he didn't get too close. But... how to get Rin back?
For the moment she seemed to be alright. She was getting fed by Inu Yasha's strangely clad wench, she was warm and safe,
which was important. But of course, sooner or later they wouldn't care properly for her, plus his stupid
half brother was always getting involved in fights. As careless as Inu Yasha was, he would surely forget to leave the pup
behind and she would get hurt.
Without noticing it Sesshoumaru growled silently, crouching down some more while glaring at his now human half brother.
Rin belonged with him. He was the one who had saved her, cared for her and taken care of her all this time. It was him
she snuggled up next to when it became cold during the nights, him she turned to whenever she wanted to play, him
whenever she needed to feel safe.
"Kagome-chan?" Rin asked, looking up at Kagome after finishing her bar of chocolate.
"Yes Rin-chan?"
"Can we play?"
Inwardly Sesshoumaru snarled, moving closer to the fire so he could hear them better.
"Sure we can," Kagome smiled, "any ideas?"
"What about that card game, Kagome-chan?" asked Sango while stroking Kirara's fur while the demoncat slept.
"I think that's a little hard for Rin-chan to understand," Miroku objected.
"Hey, I got it!" Kagome said and picked up an empty bottle, "spin the bottle!"
"Spin the bottle?" everyone else said, blinking at Kagome.
~Spin the bottle?~ Sesshoumaru wondered, not remembering Rin mentioning that game before.
"Yes, it's quite simple. The ones who are playing it sit in a circle, like this, then one person spins the bottle like
this," Kagome explained and spun the bottle as she continued, "then that person can ask the person that the bottleneck
points at 'truth or dare'. Then the person has to either answer a question truthfully or do anything he or she's asked
to do. And keep the things non-perverted since there are children present," Kagome added while giving Miroku
a warning look. The priest blinked as the others, with the exception of Rin, glared at him.
Then everyone's eyes moved to the bottle, who pointed at Inu Yasha. He blinked, then looked over at Kagome.
"What?"
"Truth or dare, Inu Yasha?" Kagome asked, and he grumbled, looking at the ground.
"... dare," he snorted out, not feeling like having to answer questions in front of so many people.
"I dare you to... jump around the fire on one foot as you cry out like a rooster!"
Blinking once, Inu Yasha snorted.
"Keh!"
"You have to do it, Inu Yasha," Miroku chuckled, and Sango nodded.
"Come on now!"
Rather hesistantly Inu Yasha rose to his feet, then began jumping around while trying to do his best impression
of a rooster, which sounded quite comical. Everyone laughed, and Rin nearly fell into Kagome. These people were so
funny! She wished she could hear Sesshoumaru laugh for once, she wished he could show that he was having fun more...
In the bushes Sesshoumaru smirked. It was quite fitting for that moron to make a fool of himself, he thought as he
watched Inu Yasha jumping around on one leg.
After Inu Yasha finished his task, he sat back down, a blush covering his face.
"What now?"
"You spin the bottle, then ask the person truth or dare," Kagome instructed.
As said as done, Inu Yasha spun the bottle, and everyone watched it intently as it slowed down... pointing at Miroku.
"Oy, Miroku, truth or dare?" demanded Inu Yasha at the priest, who seemed to ponder that for a minute.
"Dare," he said after a while.
"I dare you to not grope the girls for a week," he said with a smirk, making the priest's face go a little pale.
Sango on the other hand smiled, Kagome giggled along with Shippou. Rin however blinked, tugging at Kagome's sleeve.
"Kagome-chan, what does 'grope' mean?" she asked innocently.
From his spot in the bushes Sesshoumaru made a face, having to fight back a growl of disapproval. He didn't want Rin
to learn about such things, she was way too young for that!
"Oh, it's... something which ain't that nice," Kagome said quickly, then looked at Miroku, "it's your turn to spin
the bottle!"
Miroku did as instructed, and this time the bottle stopped at Rin.
"Rin-chan, truth or dare?" Miroku asked sweetly at the girl, who tilted her head, thinking for a moment.
She was starting to get a little tired now...
"Truth," she finally said.
"Rin-chan, would you," he asked and reached for Rin's small hands, but he was interrupted as Sango had swung her massive
Hiraikotsu straight onto his head.
"Don't you even DARE ask her about that, she can't be more than 7 years old!" Sango snarled, eyebrow twitching.
Inu Yasha snorted.
"Man, and I thought you couldn't get worse, Miroku..."
Not fully understanding this, Rin blinked.
"Now pull yourself together and ask her another question, Houshi-sama," Sango demanded and pulled Miroku's face up from the
ground.
Sesshoumaru sat down on the ground, his eyes glued on Rin's small form. Why the priest had been attacked by the
demon exterminator, he had no clue, all he wanted now was for the pup to return to him. It was getting
really dark soon, and Jaken was without doubt waiting for them both to return.
But... he just couldn't simply walk over there and fetch her, his reputation would be injured as well as his pride.
What would his dimwitted half brother say when he saw him, the great Sesshoumaru, come to retrieve a human pup?
That he, the lord of the western lands, cared for something as inferior as a little girl? It was simply
out of the question. He couldn't reveal this dark secret to anyone. But still, Rin usually slept at this hour, snuggled
up into his tail... these people surely didn't know how to take care of pups!
Sniffing the air to make sure nobody else was around, Sesshoumaru watched as the group obviously was having fun with
the silly game.
Maybe he should just leave her here... it wasn't fitting for him, a youkai of his status, to be bothered with a human
whelp anyway... she was a human and was meant to be among humans, wasn't she? She would forgive and forget him,
find a mate and grow old, not remembering that he, Sesshoumaru, had saved her life when she was a pup, taken
care of her, fed her, taught her everything she needed to know... shaking himself out of his thoughts, he snorted.
Who was he trying to fool anyway? She was his, and he wasn't leaving without her. Even though he had to wait for them
all to fall asleep.
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A/N: The next chapter is finished, I will post it within the next 3 days if I get enough reviews ^_^
Yups, still on vacation! Just got a funny idea from Rena (my best friend) for this chapter ^_^
Disclaimer: Sesshoumaru, Rin, Jaken and everyone else from the Inu Yasha series are copyright Rumiko Takahashi,
not me. I just have fun writing these stories.
~....~ = thoughts
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trotting along after Sesshoumaru in the high grass Rin did her best to keep up. It was going to get late soon, and she
knew that sooner or later they would rest for the night. Yesterday the lord of the western lands had decided it was time
to patrol his territory again. It was kinda tireing to have to walk all day, but as long as she could be near her
Sesshoumaru-sama, she didn't care. Plus, when he noticed that she was about to be plagued by fatigue, he would lift her
up and settle her ontop of Ah-Un's back. But today she had been strong, managing to keep up with the youkai and
showed Jaken-sama that she wasn't as weak as she looked!
Suddenly Sesshoumaru halted, his eyes wandering through the forest. Then he looked over his shoulder at Jaken.
"We're staying here for the night."
"Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama!" Jaken bowed, then began scurrying around insearch of firewood.
The little girl watched the toad youkai for a moment, then looked up as she heard her caretaker's deep voice.
"Rin, find some food before it gets too dark."
"Can we play after that, Sesshoumaru-sama?"
He gave her a slight nod, and she smiled at him before turning to run into the forest.
With a sigh Sesshoumaru settled down, removing his armour for now. What kind of game would the pup ask for today?
***********************
"I just hate this," grumbled Inu Yasha while glaring at the fire.
"We know, but it's nothing we can do about it. The sun is about to set soon, and you'll turn human. It's best
not to go searching for that Shikon shard Kagome-sama sensed earlier today, Inu Yasha," Miroku said patronizingly
with a slight smile.
"Miroku-sama is right," nodded Kagome and poured some of the soup they had made into a bowl before handing it over to
the hanyou after tossing some noodles into it. With a slight humph Inu Yasha accepted the food and started to eat.
The group had decided to settle down early for the night. So now they sat there gathered around the fire, Inu Yasha,
Kagome next to him with Shippou settled in her lap while munching on a candy bar, while Sango tried to scoot
a little further away from Miroku, Kirara on her shoulder.
After picking some berries Rin was still hungry. She had to admit that she missed the food she got whenever they stayed
at Sesshoumaru-sama's mansion, but there was no use complaining as long as she didn't starve. Suddenly she perked up,
her nose catching the scent of food nearby. It smelled delicious! Carefully Rin headed towards the smell, and while
crawling up behind some bushes she noticed a gang of travellers. Not able to contain her curiousity she stuck her head a
little further up. Two girls, a little fox demon, a cute kitty, a priest, and... someone who looked like Sesshoumaru-sama?
The eyes were the same, he had long silvery hair too... these people didn't seem too bad, and their soup
smelled so delicious...
Just as Rin was about to pull back, she stepped on a twig, and Inu Yasha jerked his head towards the source of the sound,
his dog ears perked up.
Then in a matter of seconds he had jumped the distance, grabbed ahold of Rin and pulled her out from her hiding place.
"HEY!" Inu Yasha barked, narrowing his eyes and sniffing at the kid, only to notice that his sensitive nose was failing
on him. Damn the night of the new moon, he thought.
"A little girl?" Sango blinked, getting up from her seat while Miroku forgot to eat his soup.
Kagome got to her feet and walked over, laying a hand on Inu Yasha's shoulder.
"Where did you come from? Are you lost?" she asked Rin, who was trying to wriggle out of Inu Yasha's grip, still a little
shocked from getting caught in such a way.
"N-no, Rin's not lost, Rin's just looking for food..." she meekly said, looking up into Kagome's tender eyes. That girl
seemed nice, Rin decided.
"What's a kid like you doing out here in the forest?" Inu Yasha demanded, cursing himself for not being able to smell
as good as usual. The sun was going to set soon, and it was bad enough that the rest of the group saw him turn human!
"....." Rin didn't respond at first, then eeped as she was let down on the ground.
"Now now, calm down Inu Yasha!" Miroku smiled, walking over and crouched down infront of Rin, watching her, "it's just a
little girl, and there is a village not too far away. You know how kids are, ne?"
"Plus she is hungry!" Kagome added, then turned to Rin, "you said your name is Rin?"
Rin nodded, looking up at the girl in the strange kimono. Maybe she was a miko?
"Do you want some of our soup, Rin-chan?"
Rin nodded eagerly, following Kagome over to the fire and sat down next to Shippou, blinking. Shippou watched Rin too,
then leaned close to sniff at her. Giggling, Rin pulled the kitsune close for a hug.
"You're cute!" she beamed while Shippou eeped and tried to squirm out of her grip.
"That's Shippou-chan," Kagome smiled, then pointed over to Sango, "that's Sango-chan and her cat Kirara, she's a demon
exterminator. That man over there, Miroku, is a priest," she continued and pointed over to Miroku who gave Rin his
biggest smile, then Kagome pointed at the grumbling hanyou.
"And he's Inu Yasha, he's a half demon. My name is Kagome."
Rin smiled brightly as Sango handed her a big bowl of soup with noodles.
"Arigatou!"
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Why was the pup late? Sesshoumaru growled for himself, his eyes staring off towards where Rin had run off to. She never
used this much time to eat, plus he couldn't believe she would be late when he had promised her that he would play her
silly human games with her. Not that he was looking forward to it, he was just conserned that... no. He? Conserned?
What a foolish thought. He just didn't want her to come stumbling back later and whine because she had gotten lost in the
forest. If that happened, it would take forever for her to fall asleep, which meant he wouldn't get much sleep either.
Deciding that he couldn't tolerate this any longer, the youkai got to his feet, making Jaken pull back.
"S-s-sesshoumaru-sama??"
"Wait here, I'm going to look for her," Sesshoumaru said sternly, stalking off into the forest as the sun set behind
the mountains, colouring everything red and orange.
**************************************
Rather curious and confused Rin leaned closer, blinking up at the now human Inu Yasha.
"Your hair turned black...?" she asked and reached a small hand up to stroke his dark tresses.
"Yes, Inu Yasha is a hanyou, and one night a month they loose their powers and turn human," Kagome nodded, fishing
out some candy out of her bag.
"Yeah yeah," Inu Yasha grumbled, pulling away from Rin a little.
"Do you want some candy, Rin-chan?" Kagome asked and held out a chocolate bar for Rin, who blinked at the treat.
"What's that?"
"It's chocolate, it's very good, you open it like this," Kagome said as she unwrapped the bar, then handed it to the
girl. After watching the others eat their chocolate, Rin bit into the candy, and her eyes went wide before she
hungrily ate some more.
"It tastes good!" Rin beamed widely, and Kagome smiled.
Not too far away Sesshoumaru silently made his way through the bushes, on constant alert. He heard voices not too far away,
humans if his nose wasn't mistaken. And of course it wasn't. He had to frown as he recognized a few more of the scents,
Rin, the delinquent priest, the demon exterminator, the kitsune cub, his stupid excuse for a half brother's wench, and...
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed. A human scent he didn't know. It smelled familiar through...
His eyes went wide in concern however as he spotted the source of the strange smell.
Inu Yasha... was human! which meant that this was the night that he lost his powers. Turning his head
Sesshoumaru looked up at the starlit sky, watching the new moon. Hmmm, which meant that he was most likely not going to
get spotted by them if he didn't get too close. But... how to get Rin back?
For the moment she seemed to be alright. She was getting fed by Inu Yasha's strangely clad wench, she was warm and safe,
which was important. But of course, sooner or later they wouldn't care properly for her, plus his stupid
half brother was always getting involved in fights. As careless as Inu Yasha was, he would surely forget to leave the pup
behind and she would get hurt.
Without noticing it Sesshoumaru growled silently, crouching down some more while glaring at his now human half brother.
Rin belonged with him. He was the one who had saved her, cared for her and taken care of her all this time. It was him
she snuggled up next to when it became cold during the nights, him she turned to whenever she wanted to play, him
whenever she needed to feel safe.
"Kagome-chan?" Rin asked, looking up at Kagome after finishing her bar of chocolate.
"Yes Rin-chan?"
"Can we play?"
Inwardly Sesshoumaru snarled, moving closer to the fire so he could hear them better.
"Sure we can," Kagome smiled, "any ideas?"
"What about that card game, Kagome-chan?" asked Sango while stroking Kirara's fur while the demoncat slept.
"I think that's a little hard for Rin-chan to understand," Miroku objected.
"Hey, I got it!" Kagome said and picked up an empty bottle, "spin the bottle!"
"Spin the bottle?" everyone else said, blinking at Kagome.
~Spin the bottle?~ Sesshoumaru wondered, not remembering Rin mentioning that game before.
"Yes, it's quite simple. The ones who are playing it sit in a circle, like this, then one person spins the bottle like
this," Kagome explained and spun the bottle as she continued, "then that person can ask the person that the bottleneck
points at 'truth or dare'. Then the person has to either answer a question truthfully or do anything he or she's asked
to do. And keep the things non-perverted since there are children present," Kagome added while giving Miroku
a warning look. The priest blinked as the others, with the exception of Rin, glared at him.
Then everyone's eyes moved to the bottle, who pointed at Inu Yasha. He blinked, then looked over at Kagome.
"What?"
"Truth or dare, Inu Yasha?" Kagome asked, and he grumbled, looking at the ground.
"... dare," he snorted out, not feeling like having to answer questions in front of so many people.
"I dare you to... jump around the fire on one foot as you cry out like a rooster!"
Blinking once, Inu Yasha snorted.
"Keh!"
"You have to do it, Inu Yasha," Miroku chuckled, and Sango nodded.
"Come on now!"
Rather hesistantly Inu Yasha rose to his feet, then began jumping around while trying to do his best impression
of a rooster, which sounded quite comical. Everyone laughed, and Rin nearly fell into Kagome. These people were so
funny! She wished she could hear Sesshoumaru laugh for once, she wished he could show that he was having fun more...
In the bushes Sesshoumaru smirked. It was quite fitting for that moron to make a fool of himself, he thought as he
watched Inu Yasha jumping around on one leg.
After Inu Yasha finished his task, he sat back down, a blush covering his face.
"What now?"
"You spin the bottle, then ask the person truth or dare," Kagome instructed.
As said as done, Inu Yasha spun the bottle, and everyone watched it intently as it slowed down... pointing at Miroku.
"Oy, Miroku, truth or dare?" demanded Inu Yasha at the priest, who seemed to ponder that for a minute.
"Dare," he said after a while.
"I dare you to not grope the girls for a week," he said with a smirk, making the priest's face go a little pale.
Sango on the other hand smiled, Kagome giggled along with Shippou. Rin however blinked, tugging at Kagome's sleeve.
"Kagome-chan, what does 'grope' mean?" she asked innocently.
From his spot in the bushes Sesshoumaru made a face, having to fight back a growl of disapproval. He didn't want Rin
to learn about such things, she was way too young for that!
"Oh, it's... something which ain't that nice," Kagome said quickly, then looked at Miroku, "it's your turn to spin
the bottle!"
Miroku did as instructed, and this time the bottle stopped at Rin.
"Rin-chan, truth or dare?" Miroku asked sweetly at the girl, who tilted her head, thinking for a moment.
She was starting to get a little tired now...
"Truth," she finally said.
"Rin-chan, would you," he asked and reached for Rin's small hands, but he was interrupted as Sango had swung her massive
Hiraikotsu straight onto his head.
"Don't you even DARE ask her about that, she can't be more than 7 years old!" Sango snarled, eyebrow twitching.
Inu Yasha snorted.
"Man, and I thought you couldn't get worse, Miroku..."
Not fully understanding this, Rin blinked.
"Now pull yourself together and ask her another question, Houshi-sama," Sango demanded and pulled Miroku's face up from the
ground.
Sesshoumaru sat down on the ground, his eyes glued on Rin's small form. Why the priest had been attacked by the
demon exterminator, he had no clue, all he wanted now was for the pup to return to him. It was getting
really dark soon, and Jaken was without doubt waiting for them both to return.
But... he just couldn't simply walk over there and fetch her, his reputation would be injured as well as his pride.
What would his dimwitted half brother say when he saw him, the great Sesshoumaru, come to retrieve a human pup?
That he, the lord of the western lands, cared for something as inferior as a little girl? It was simply
out of the question. He couldn't reveal this dark secret to anyone. But still, Rin usually slept at this hour, snuggled
up into his tail... these people surely didn't know how to take care of pups!
Sniffing the air to make sure nobody else was around, Sesshoumaru watched as the group obviously was having fun with
the silly game.
Maybe he should just leave her here... it wasn't fitting for him, a youkai of his status, to be bothered with a human
whelp anyway... she was a human and was meant to be among humans, wasn't she? She would forgive and forget him,
find a mate and grow old, not remembering that he, Sesshoumaru, had saved her life when she was a pup, taken
care of her, fed her, taught her everything she needed to know... shaking himself out of his thoughts, he snorted.
Who was he trying to fool anyway? She was his, and he wasn't leaving without her. Even though he had to wait for them
all to fall asleep.
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A/N: The next chapter is finished, I will post it within the next 3 days if I get enough reviews ^_^