Here it is: The SESSHOUMARU chapter! Yay! (Everyone jumps up and down) Some of you might not be that excited, but I am! I don't want to give you the wrong impression; Sesshoumaru isn't going to be with the rest of them in this chapter, not until number 5. After this I might take some time off to work on an AU I've been thinking about. I have it all planned out (well up until the point that everyone's mad at each other) and I want to work on it.

Disclaimer: I depend entirely on my parents. I own nothing, least of all people. Sue my parents, not me.

Chapter 3

Traveling

JAKEN

Rin bounced over to me. "Do you think Sesshoumaru-sama is in a good mood Jaken?" she asked, "Do you think if I bring him flowers he'll play a game with us? Do you, do you, do you?!"

I glowered at her, "He may play with you, but I won't. Now go away and leave me alone."

She looked behind where I was standing and giggled. Then she pushed me into the swamp. She laughed outright when I sat up then ran off and started picking flowers.

"Master Sesshoumaru!" I yelled, "She's doing it again. She pushed me into the swamp!"

Before he could say anything she ran over to him, flowers in hand, "I brought you flowers Sesshoumaru-sama."

I scowled, he wouldn't punish her now. It was so unfair, the way he treated her. He let her push me, his trusted and faithful servant; into swamps just because of the stupid flowers she brought him.

"Come here Jaken." He said coolly, "We're going to play- what did you call it?"

"Tag" that little brat was smirking at me.

"We're going to play tag with Rin."

"Yes m'lord"

This was so unfair, she was going to push me over and beat up on me while she and Sesshoumaru had fun. It wasn't fair! And why tag? We'd played that before, and it was awful, all people did was hit each other and chase each other. I could refuse to play, but then master Sesshoumaru would hit me, and I'd get bullied into playing anyways.

Suddenly someone hit me. "You're it!" yelled Rin then she giggled and ran away. I started chasing after her, and caught her, hitting rather harder then necessary because I was so mad. But I slipped and fell down. Hard. Sesshoumaru looked as if he was holding back a laugh, but Rin didn't even try. I glared at her. What right did she have to go laughing at me? She was supposed to be dead! Why hadn't Sesshoumaru just left her lying there instead of letting her ruin my life?

"Go make Rin some supper, Jaken." directed Sesshoumaru.

"Yes m'lord."

I decided that I would make it spicy, as a punishment. It wasn't like Sesshoumaru was going to punish her, so why couldn't I? And I knew as a fact that she hated spicy food. Sesshoumaru couldn't punish me for this, could he?

It worked. She shrieked as soon as she took a bite. It was worth the thump Sesshoumaru gave me to see her face.

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The next morning he was up before Rin and me as usual. Normally he would have let us sleep in, but he kicked me in the side. "Get Rin up." He said.

"Get up brat!" I yelled at her "We're leaving!"

She stuck her tongue out but sat up. I tossed her some food from last night, "eat it. Sesshoumaru wants to leave soon."

Within minutes we were moving. Rin was on Ah-Un, and I was struggling to keep up. I didn't dare ask why we were in such a hurry, I just kept walking. Maybe he'd smelled Inuyasha? No, he would leave Rin behind if he had.

By noon we'd reached a little village. Sesshoumaru sniffed the air and headed toward a hut near the edge of it. As soon as he stepped in side he gasped. "No"

I slipped in after him and found myself looking at a dead wolf demon.

***I'm evil, I know. You'll find out how the wolf demon died in the next chapter, I promise. I want reviews! Moonweaver****