Christa: walks in with Kanna and Sesshoumaru-sama Now, Kanna, disclaimer please!
Kanna: … does nothing
Christa: glares Kanna….
Kanna: …
Christa: sigh Okay, Sesshoumaru-sama, you'll have to do the disclaimer then.
Sesshoumaru: And why should I?
Christa: Because you are a main character. TT Just do it, for kami's sake!
Sesshoumaru: … Christa does not own Inuyasha or any other characters. All of this belongs to The Powers That Be, aka Rumiko Takahashi..
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Night fell, bringing a list mist that slightly obscured everyone's vision. The air became colder and colder. Soon, Rin began to shiver, but did not want to say anything in case she irritated Sesshoumaru-sama. Jaken noticed but did not care, merely uttering a sound of disgust and ignoring her. Finally, it grew so cold that Rin was forced to speak up.
"Sesshoumaru-sama, I-I'm cold…" She said softly.
Sesshoumaru turned and glanced at the poor girl, then lead them to the base of a large tree. "Then we shall camp here for tonight." He replied. "Jaken, build a fire," He ordered, pointing a clawed finger at him. Jaken grumbled but said nothing else, busying himself with gathering firewood. Rin ran off to help Jaken, thinking that some exercise would help to warm her up. Besides, she felt slightly sorry for Jaken.
Sesshoumaru was left alone with Ah-Un. Not that he minded. He looked around, eyeing the surrounding area. They seemed to be surrounded by several tall trees, all of which were probably at least a hundred years old. They were set at quite a distance from each other. It looked like Jaken and Rin would have to travel quite a bit to get firewood. Sesshoumaru frowned. Jaken had better not let Rin get endangered. Or else… he might…
Wait.
Why was he so concerned over a mere human? Did she really matter to him so much? Maybe. Maybe… But he would not ponder about this tonight. His mind was tired already very tired of that subject.
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"Jaken-sama! Wait for me!" Rin shouted at Jaken. It was very dark in that area, she couldn't see very well and felt somewhat frightened. Jaken turned and glared at Rin furiously. "Quiet you stupid child! There are other youkai wandering around the forest at night! Do you want to get eaten?"
"Sesshoumaru-sama will save me if anything happens." Rin replied with complete faith in Sesshoumaru. Jaken just looked even more annoyed. Rin smiled at him and put a finger to her lips, "Okay, Jaken-sama. Rin will be very, very quiet." She said. Jaken snorted and began to gather up sticks and twigs, helped diligently by Rin.
Several moments passed uneventfully, although there were a few uneasy glances mostly given by Rin. Something in the shadows moved, and Rin, noticed it. Curious as ever, she began to walk towards the source of the movement. Eh? What's that? She thought.
The next thing she knew, she was being grabbed by a pair of birdlike feet, complete with razor sharp claws. A huge crow youkai had seen her and had decided that it wanted Rin for a late night snack. "Jaaaaken-saaamaaa!" She screamed in fright, struggling to get free from the grip that the giant crow had on her.
Jaken saw the huge crow and paled. Oh no, he thought. If Sesshoumaru-sama sees that I let Rin get hurt, my life will be gone before I can even say anything! With these cheerful thoughts, Jaken tried to use the Nintoujou to get the bird to release Rin, to no avail.
"Help me!!! SESSHOUMARU-SAMA!!!!!" Rin screamed even louder and struggled even harder as the crow began to fly away, tired of dodging the flames from Jaken's staff.
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Sesshoumaru had just begun to sit down on the grass and relax when suddenly there was a high-pitched scream. Rin?! He thought, feeling alarmed, and immediately began to move towards the scream as fast as he could. He arrived in the area where Jaken and Rin were, only to hear Rin shriek his name out loud while being clutched in a bird youkai's claws, which was starting to fly away. He cursed himself for letting Rin go off with Jaken and went in pursuit of the crow.
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"Sesshoumaru-samaaaaaaa!!!!" Rin screamed again. By now, the crow had begun to get heartily sick of her voice and flew off the edge of a nearby cliff, threatening to drop Rin if she would not shut up and keep quiet. Unfortunately, Rin wouldn't listen.
"SESSHOUMARU-SAMA!!!!" she shrieked again, causing the crow to flinch and start reminding himself that he would have to go hungry if he dropped her. Focusing on that cheerful thought, the crow increased its speed.
Only to be hit straight in the back by Sesshoumaru's whip.
It uttered a squawk of surprise, and turned to see Sesshoumaru standing on the edge of the cliff, eyeing it balefully. In its clawed grip, Rin screamed again.
"Sesshoumaru-sama!!" She cried out, struggling violently once more.
The crow squawked and snapped. "She's MY prey!!" It screamed out at Sesshoumaru. Caught up in its rage and instincts to protect its spoils, it ignored the fact that Sesshoumaru was probably a hundred times stronger than it was.
Sesshoumaru did not care. He raised the whip again and brought it down.
The crow sensed its impending doom. Before the whip came down upon it, it released Rin from its grip, deciding that if it cold not eat her, then no one else would have anything to do with her again.
Rin, suddenly found herself falling, and falling. "Sesshoumaru-sama!!!" she screamed desperately, "HELP!!!" She stretched out a hand, trying to reach out to the fading image of him. No use. She fell on and on, until everything went black.
The whip sliced through the crow, and it uttered a triumphant squawk, the last sound it ever made as it died and its body began to disintegrate.
All that had occurred in the passage of a few seconds. Even though it seemed that time had slowed down to allow for this to happen.
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Sesshoumaru looked down over the edge of the cliff, his keen eyes desperately searching for any sign of Rin. He cursed himself for letting her fall, for not being fast enough. Damn it all. He thought.
This girl… what was she to him? He could just leave her possible dead self and just go on his way, but he would not. The very idea of her being dead upset and disturbed his usually emotionless self. Something he was not very used to. But it did not matter now.
A tentative call made him turn around. Jaken quivered, standing some distance away from him. Sesshoumaru unsheathed Toukijin, and Jaken began to stammer and mumble, pleading desperately for forgiveness. He put the edge of the blade to Jaken's throat and smiled a wicked smile.
"Get Ah-Un, we are going to look for Rin." He ordered.
Jaken hurriedly got to his feet, thankful that his life had been spared…. For now. But it seemed like he spoke too soon.
"Oh and Jaken?" Sesshoumaru said, still smiling the somewhat creepy smile. "If we find Rin and she isn't alive…." He paused, savoring Jaken's look of pure fright.
"I will personally make sure that your death is slow… and painful." He continued, "Now go."
Jaken dashed off to comply with Sesshoumaru's orders, he already had much to be thankful for and did not want to incur his lord's wrath any further.
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Author's note: Yay! Chapter two is up! If you read this and you think its good, please review! And tell your friends to read and review as well! I'll give all reviewers cookies!