The Kitten that Adopted Rin ----
The first rays of sunlight peeked through the trees and shined into the sleepy eyes of Rin and her fuzzy companion. Yawning heavily, she sat up and looked around to see if Jaken or Sesshoumaru were around. Usually when she woke up they were nearby waiting for ample daylight time to travel, but this morning she did not see them anywhere.
Looking down she saw the grey and white fuzzball sleeping contentedly in the grass by her side. Fear overtook her for a moment when she realized that Sesshoumaru and Jaken had probably seen the kitten when she was asleep, and that was the reason they weren't around.
Looking around frantically, she spotted Aun grazing a few yards away. Instantly she calmed, but she still worried that Sesshoumaru might have been angry.
"I wonder where Sesshoumaru-sama went."
Standing, she wandered into the forest in search of something quick for breakfast. Maybe some berries or mushrooms if they were available. She forgot about the cat momentarily, her attention on more immediate things like food to quell the aching in her stomach.
Wandering off into the woods, she left the fuzzy, sleeping mini-beast to fend for himself. And fend for itself it did when the inu taiyoukai came looking for his young ward moments later, waking the kitten up.
"Rin, it's time to-"
Walking into the clearing he was surprised to find not his young ward asleep in the soft bed of grass, but a tiny feline staring up at him with curious blue eyes. Both seemed to regard each other with caution, neither making a move from their spot. To anyone watching, it would seem as though they were locked in a battle of will to see who could outlast the other.
Sesshoumaru was the first to make a move, reaching his hand up to point very sharp, very venomous claws in the kitten's direction. He would intimidate the creature from a short distance and make sure it ran away.
The kitten reached his own hand up and began to lick at his paw.
Sesshoumaru's hand twitched slightly, making a move to reach over and grip the hilt of Toukijin. He would destroy the bothersome creature effortlessly without having to even make physical contact.
The kitten's tail twitched and it ran straight at Sesshoumaru.
The taiyoukai took a step to the right just in time to let the creature run past his feet and right into the next thing there: Jaken.
"Ahhh!!!"
The imp began to bounce back and forth, waving his hands wildly in the air in fright as the monster sunk its claws into tender green skin. The screaming did nothing to help the situation of either, as the louder his screaming got, the more ferocious and frightened the kitten became. Thus the cycle moved on until Rin came running from the forest to help.
"Stop screaming, Jaken-sama," she said, trying to dislodge the cat from Jaken's head.
The cat would have none of it, and only sunk his claws in deeper in a desperate attempt to hold on.
"Let – go – Kitty!!" Rin said, yanking hard with each accented word.
"Get it off! Get it off!" Jaken screamed, hopping back and forth.
"Stop jumping, Jaken-sama!"
Eventually the kitten retracted its claws and both cat and girl went flying down onto the ground at Sesshoumaru's feet.
"Uh oh," Rin said as she looked up at her lord.
Sesshoumaru was scowling down at the girl and the bothersome animal clutched tightly against her chest. He had told her once to leave the beast, but here it was, as vexing and troublesome as ever.
"Sesshoumaru-sama," she began. "The kitty followed us here…"
"Save your explanations, I do not need them," he sneered. "Just get rid of it, get it out of my sight."
Scrunching up her nose as Sesshoumaru turned his back to walk away, Rin picked herself up off the ground. She glared down at the now-innocent-faced kitten.
"You got me in trouble," she accused. "And you scratched Jaken-sama's face!"
"Meow."
Frustrated with the lack of response to her accusations, Rin turned away from the feline and walked over to help Jaken clean up the scratches on his face.
"Gomen nasai, Jaken-sama," she offered while dabbing at the cuts with a small bit of cloth that she had snatched from the imp's hand. "I didn't think the kitty would attack you."
"Ningen no baka!" Jaken yelled, his face horribly contorted in rage. "You should know better than to defy Sesshoumaru-sama! That animal should be killed and fed to the crows!"
Rin took a step back, dropping the splotchy-red cloth to the ground.
"Jaken-sama…"
"Dispose of it at once, or I will dispose of you!"
Her bottom lip trembling at having been the focus of Jaken's anger, Rin turned and ran back into the woods. She couldn't see where she was going for the tears had clouded her eyes, and when she tripped and fell on a stubborn tree root, she did not pick herself up off of the ground.
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Ningen no baka – Stupid human(s).
Next Up: Tears, tails, and taiyoukai's. Whoever said curiosity killed the cat didn't take into account that it has nine lives. And kitty's going to test each and every one of them with the stunt he's going to pull…
a/n: The genre for this was changed from humor to general, as I figured that this is more of Rin's longing for fuzzy companionship. Of course everyone likes a laugh, so I've thrown in a couple of those as well. Thanks for your kind words in the reviews, they really encourage me to get on with the writing.
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