Disclaimer: Inuyasha is the property of Rumiko Takahashi. However, the story concept is entirely mine.
Jaken paced restlessly back and forth, senseless mutterings leaving his mouth. His Lord and Master had been gone from the castle for far to long. What should he do? What if Lord Sesshoumaru was wounded somewhere in the forest?! What if he never returned!? Nonsense, he quickly berated himself. Lord Sesshoumaru was invincible! Unbeatable! In fact, he was one step away from being a God! He was deserving of worship and sacrifices.
Sacrifices! What an interesting idea. When his Lord Sesshoumaru finally returned, perhaps he should bring up this marvelous matter. The petty human villages that were in their Western Lands should be forced to pay homage to their Mighty Lord. Indeed! A young, virginal maiden would do nicely! Mm. Tasty.
Jaken was unfortunately caught up in his ponderings and wild imagination when he finally took notice of the sound of skipping and a small child's voice humming. "Jaaaaaken, where aaaaare yooooouuuu?" Crooned the small child.
Blasted! The Evil One was coming to find him! He was caught in the hallway as well. There was nowhere for him to hide! She did this on purpose, he just knew it! She waited for Lord Sesshoumaru to leave his castle before she had her real fun with him. The child was the Devil's spawn. He was sure of it! If only there were someway for him to prove it.
"Hi, Jaken! Rin found you!" She giggled delightedly. "Play with Rin!"
Jaken slowly turned around, a murderous glint entering his eye. This child was now the bane of his existence. But, Lord Sesshoumaru was not here. What if, by chance, the spawn of Satan was to mysteriously disappear? Surely his Lord would be able to find no fault with him!
Although, Lord Sesshoumaru had told him to keep an eye on Rin. But he could lie! Tell him his imbecilic brother Inuyasha came and kidnapped her. No, Lord Sesshoumaru would never go for that one. The half-breed was simply to stupid to even pull off a stunt like that. His Lord would see right through that lie.
What if he told him a hungry demon had devoured her. Better yet! What if he could persuade Ah-Uhn to eat little Rin?! This was another brilliant idea from him! If he kept this up, perhaps heshould become Lord.
"Eh, Rin. Very well, I will play with you." He smothered a snicker. "Perhaps you would like to play that human game of Hide-and-Seek?"
She happily clapped her hands together, bouncing up and down. "Rin like! Rin like!"
"Calm yourself, child!" Her enthusiasm always irritated him. He would be elated once she finally left the Land of the Living. "Okay. You start counting, and I will go hide."
She nodded her head, flashing him a sweet, gap-toothed smile. "Rin count now!" And with that she turned around and covered her eyes, calling out numbers in nothing close to their respective places.
Stupid child. Lord Sesshoumaru was having her schooled. But she had only learned how to count up to ten as of yet. After that point, all hell broke loose. Jaken shook his head at this kid he had learned to fear, and then turned around, quickly running down the hallway and towards the balcony where he knew Ah-Uhn to be sunning. This would be all too easy. As he increased the distance between himself and Rin, he could still hear her disjointed counting.
"Seventeen, eleven, fourteen, fifteen, twelve... Uh... Twenty! Ready or not, here Rin comes!" She spun around and began to happily skip along, sure in the knowledge that she would win this game. Jaken just didn't seem to know how to pick out good hiding places. She giggled. Silly toady!
Jaken walked through a pair of doors, and out onto a wide and spacious balcony that Ah-Uhn used to sun in comfort. The two-headed dragon was currently lying down, its massive heads resting on the concrete, eyes closed in content.
Smack!
"Wake up, Beast!" Jaken exclaimed after having landed a mighty blow to the dragon's head with his staff. "Rin is coming and I need you to eat her!"
Ah-Uhn lifted its heads, a very, very enraged roar erupting from its throat. Jaken backed up quickly, a nervous laugh escaping him. Perhaps this... Hadn't been the brightest of ideas...
"Jaken, Rin sees you!"
Oh, no! She was already here! Damn that child. How did she always manage to find him so quickly?!
Jaken turned hopeful eyes back to Ah-Uhn. Well, the dragon was awake now. Maybe they were hungry after their long nap? He stepped closer to the dragon, luring the unsuspecting Rin even closer to Ah-Uhn's jaws. He stopped only when she was within eating range.
"Ah-Uhn, I command you to eat-- !?"
Ah-Uhn swung its heads down, and one of the open jaws scooped his small body up and commenced to chew on him. This wasn't supposed to happen! It was supposed to eat Rin. Not him! Jaken rolled around inside one of the dragon's heads, slowly being gummed and alternately chewed to death.
"Ah-Uhn, release Jaken," a cool voice commanded.
Jaken was immediately spat out, battered, bruised, and dripping with saliva. But he was alive. Unfortunately.
"Master, you have returned to me!" He joyously cried. "How pleased I am!" He threw himself at Sesshoumaru's feet, groveling and kissing them.
"Jaken, why were you in Ah-Uhn's mouth?"
"Ah.. Well, you see..."
"Never mind. I believe I don't want to know the answer to that," he said, cutting Jaken off. He stared down at his retainer, the ever-present emotionless visage in place.
"Sesshoumaru!" Rin's voice exclaimed. She ran up to her father figure, wrapping her tiny arms around his waist, hugging him. "Jaken was playing with me. We were playing Hide-and-Seek! Wanna play too?"
For one moment, an almost panicked look entered Sesshoumaru's eyes at the very thought of being reduced to playing child's games. And then his golden eyes settled upon his still groveling retainer.
"Jaken, cease your groveling and go entertain Rin." Sesshoumaru eyed Jaken closely. "And be sure that nothing happens to her."
"Hurry up, Jaken!" She excitedly said. "We're going to go and pick flowers!"
Jaken groaned. After all that, he was still doomed. Jaken stood up and followed Rin out the door, entertaining the notion of throwing himself back into Ah-Uhn's jaws and letting it finish eating him.