"Please tell me that the slab of cooked animal carcass in front of me is not lunch." Mell stated as she covered her mouth and nose. Just the smell of it made her want to gag. When she had been a toddler, her father had gotten her a rabbit. Then, two years later, he killed, skinned, and cooked it. What he didn't know was that little Mell had seen it from start to finish. To this day she couldn't abide the smell or sight of meat.
"Sorry Mell. Here, I'll trade you these green things for your animal flesh." Trinity said as she held out her 'plate'. In reality, it was just a giant leaf. But she had to admit it served it's purpose rather nicely.
"Do we know what the green things are?"
"Nope."
"Sure, what the hell." shrugging her shoulders, Mell shoved most of her food onto Trinity's plate then forked over the small amount of...green stuff onto her own. Looking over at Collen's leaf, she noticed he had some fruit. Biting her lower lip, she gave him her best puppy dog eyes. Tears even started to gather in her eyes as she continued to stair at his food.
Cursing under his breath, he dumped the remainder of his meal onto her plait. Grunting when she told him he 'didn't have to' he glanced over at Rin. The little girl was more playing with her food then eating it. He also noticed that on more then one occasion she glanced longingly at them before lowering her gaze.
As if Mell was reading his mind, she called for the child to join them. They had just finished when Sesshomaru walked back to camp. "If you are done feeding, we will go. Inuyasha and his group has gotten closer then I thought they would."
When he finished talking, Mell's stomach growled in protest. Laughing nervously, she blushed slightly, then stood up. "Why leave? Kagome is with him. Which means we should wait here for them -- if not meet them half way. I mean, we did come to Japan to visit her."
"Your companions are welcome to leave at any point. But you are not. We have unfinished business you and I." he casually sniffed the air as he spoke. Noting that the sent of meat did not cling to the air near Mell, the golden eyes narrowed. "Why did you not eat? Do you this just to thwart my planes?"
Mell's face turned bright red and she refused to answer. Looking over at Collen and Trinity instead, she silently asked for help. Trinity came to her rescue by informing Sesshomaru that Mell had eaten everything before her.
When questioned about the meat, all went silent. No one liked to outwardly lie to anyone but their parental unites. A light bulb flashed above Mell's head. "All the food given to us was eaten. Right guys?"
before anyone could say a word, he turned toward Rin. "Do they speak the truth Rin?"
"Part of it Ser. Mell started turning shades of green when she saw the roasted animal you gave her. She then traded most of her food for a small portion of Trinity's and Collen's."
"Well I'll be damned. The kid CAN talk."Collen muttered as he looked over at the girl. She had barely spoken a word since they had meat her.
Rin looked over her shoulder at him and glared. "Of course I can. I'm not a baby or anything." with that haughty response, she spread her arms wide and started to run around in a circle. Everyone but Sesshomaru and Mell seemed shocked by the girls out burst.
"Wow Collen, can you please ANY women?" was all Mell was able to get out before falling to the ground laughing. Trinity soon joined her, and even Sesshomaru had a slight smile on his face. The only one who didn't seem pleased was Collen.