A/N : This chapter is horrible : short, little developed and not interesting…gomen…blame the hell I have for school…chapter 4 will be a lot better, I swear it^_^ Happy reading!
My Human Pet
Chapter 3
Sesshoumaru installed the young girl on the other seat of his two places car and put her the safety belt with a brief "do not move".
And indeed she did not move even one finger during all the way, too absorbed by the landscape which ravelled by the pane, so different from the countryside to which she was accustomed. Sky-scrapers, concrete as far as the eye can see, the horns of the roadhogs, and the noise! So much noise that she covered her ears with her hands.
Sesshoumaru had a small amused "hmmpf". At least she wasn't deaf…but she needed to take a bath. Without thinking he grabbed the cellular integrated in the dashboard and composed his manor's number.
-Jaken? Prepare a warm bubble bath. I will arrive in ten minutes. Oh, and something nourishing, too.
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Sesshoumaru took the young girl in his arms and entered the manor. First, to make her take a bath. It was out of the question that he lets her walk on his rug, she, her odor and her heap of bacteria. And then he should disinfect her wounds suitably.
The child opened large eyes by discovering the interior of his residence, and Sesshoumaru was not able to drive back a vague feeling of pride. There was something to be proud: all his house was decorated Louis XIV style, giving an incredible feeling of luxury. Multiply this impression by 36 rooms and you will have the image of humble residence of Inutaisho's son.
Jaken appeared and looked at the human with a critical eye. This one, when she saw Jaken, clunged desperatly to Sesshoumaru, who smirked.
-I think you scare her, Jaken.
-Good! These things need to know who is the master.
-But NOT to make nightmares the first night. Come on, be nice for once. Is the bath ready?
-Yes Master. But you are not going to wash it, are you? said a very horrified Jaken.
-You want to do it?
Jaken had a burial look.
-Don't worry, I think it can do it by itself.
Sesshoumaru went upstairs to the now stricly reserved to the child bathroom, and drop her in front of the enormous bath tub overflowed with foam. He pointed the tub.
-Wash yourself and notify us when you'll be done. Undertsand?
She made a bright smile. Sesshoumaru got out and came down join Jaken in the living room.
Soon both heard a joyful splish splash.
-So Jaken, what do you think of it?
-When I'll be over fatten and educate it, plus eradicate this horrible scent, you'll have the most adorable human pet in the entire town.
-You surprise me, Jaken…I was waiting for a long detailled list of its defects, you who wouldn't stop repeating me that humans are the rottenness of the planet.
-I try to see the positive side. This will make you an excellent publicity for pro-humans groups.
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Sesshoumaru mentally tried to organize his schedule. First to make her eat, when she would get out of the bath; then to take her physical measurements and other data, then to put her to sleep. It would be already enough for the day.
Suddenly, an idea crossed his mind. The young children, if his memory was good, needed a family setting which encouraged them and loved them to blossom correctly.
-Jaken…what have you made for it to eat?
- Fruit puree and peanut butter sandwich, with milk. Excellent for the growth, said Jaken, very proud of him.
-Good. Make two other rations of that.
-Master want me to prepare some in advance?
-No. That's what we're going to eat too tonight. Oh, also, we're eating together.
-WHAAAAAAAAT?
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She had an alarming appetite. It was like someone had deprivated her to eat since weeks. She swallowed sandwich over sandwich, making pass the whole with the help of puree and milk glass.
A bit terrorized, Jaken and Sesshoumaru looked at her, chewing their own sandwiches abstractedly.
-Ma…Master….it's going to cost a fortune in food…
-It must be a phase…In any case I hope so…
She finally stopped to eat, a sated look on the face, and turned to Jaken, the two thumbs up in the air, smiling ear to ear. Jaken emitted a small "ah-mmm" of pride. If he liked something above all, it was to be praised for his cooking.
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-Ok, listen. This is your room. If there's any problem, I'm in the room next to yours.
Jaken had really done good work. The room was rectangular and had an immense window on the East side. The ceiling and the top of the walls were painted pink, and bottom in equal rectangles of white and pink. A flowered wallpaper band separated both. The ground was covered with carpet of a butter color, and a twin bed have pride of place in the middle of the room, covered with a eiderdown representing tulips and hearts A chest of drawers, a night table and a small white melamine desk supplemented the whole.
Jaken had also bought some clothes and had left a yellow Hello Kitty pyjamas on the bed ( it was of the latest fashion, he said).
-Do you like?
She looked at the room, turning on herself and had an immense smile, hopping on the spot, eyes brilliant of joy. Without any warning, she threw herself on Sesshoumaru and hugged him with all her forces.
Sesshoumaru was ill at ease. He was not accustomed to exuberant affection demonstrations, especially not one coming from a little human.
-Yea…look…if you want to please me, let me take your measures, said Sesshoumaru, trying without success to remove her from his leg.
He measured all: size of the arms, the legs, the body, the waist; her weight, her reflexes, noting each time the result in his book. She let him do whatever he wanted with a surprising docility.
Then he put her to bed and closed the light, before locking himself in his own room and go back to his studies. But his head wasn't there* . He only thought of the "experiment".
"It will be necessary to find it a name…otherwise it will be awkward to call it…and this appetite… it was surprising…but in a way not…surely it wasn't able to eat enough in the petshop… And then to find it a talent. Which talent? What does a 8 years old child can make? To braid baskets? To sew? No, not to sew, that is too complex….Maybe some simple food…If it could speak I could teach her a counting rhyme…I must check that out… Hmmm. But at least I'm doing well for the affection and the trust part…I believe."
Sesshoumaru allowed himself a small smile. He was thinking again at the moment when she instinctively turned to him to "protect" her from Jaken. Maybe he should develop that….No, no. She had to feel secure in the house.
Really, this experiment was a dream. With a subject like this, there was no way he could fail.
Sesshoumaru laid down, and for the first time since months, longed for tomorrow. Who knows what does life with his human pet will bring to him?
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* his head wasn't there: another french idiom. It means he was daydreaming.^_^
WARNING! HUMAN ALLIANCE IS GATHERING!!!
It's confirmed: Human Alliance truly exists, and its number is increasing day by day.
You want to be a member of the Human Alliance too? Nothing's more simple^_^ Copy the formulary below and send it to me by review or e-mail.
1) Name
2) Short physical description (max 3 lines)
3) Short character description (bold, timid, etc. max 3 lines).
4) Before joining the Alliance, you were: A) a human pet B) a free human
5) If you ansered "A" to question 4, give me some details: does your master treated you well? What youkai race was he? Were you in love with him?
6) In the Alliance, I want to be: (ex: general, nurse, warrior, spy, weapon specialist. Etc.)
7) Why do you want to join the Alliance? (max 2 lines)
Candidatures will be accepted until october 31st, date of release of chapter 4 ^_^ 1,2,3, write to me! Ja!