Author's notes: Anyways. This is the last chapter and I hope you enjoy it… I take this chapter from Jaken's point of view . Review and flame if you want, I don't care. Misao loves any kind of review (and about flames… as long as they are constructive).

Disclaimer: If you gave me just a coin for each disclaimer I put and read… I will be rich by now. And NO, Inu-Yasha isn't mine. He belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, THE GREAT, and that's a bless!

Scroll #15:

"This is only the beginning."

Cough, cough, cough!

Hmpf…

My master's family is cursed!. First, my lord's departed father fell for a human, then, my lord adopted a human cub and now… And Now This!.

He saved a blind filthy human!. A blind, filthy, human female at that!. My master's family is curse and there is no doubt about it. I can stand, at certain point, the presence of Rin, but this blind wench is… is… is… Unbearable!.

What I'm doing? One might think that I'm jealous. Hmpf. This was expectable, my lord's father fell in the same way… no, he liked humans long before he met Miyu-sama, he referred to them as amusing little creatures… of course, somehow, his opinion changed the day he came back with my master after a battle, saying something about a beautiful human muse, blushing, and questioning my lord about how he found her… I must say, my master was only 7 at the time.

Cough, cough, cough

The wench isn't going to survive another day. If only my master decide to stand and get the hell out of here. There is a sick stench filling the room and this woman doesn't seem to be getting any better…

C'mon, I said the same three days ago, when my master returned home after he found her, both drenched like fishes… bad sentence.

Actually, no matter how high her fever was, even higher than the brat's, she manage to survive until now. I don't know why my master is doing sitting in the entrance of the guest room since he changed his clothes. I presume that he is waiting for something forbidden to me to say… maybe to use Tenseiga, but I'm not sure.

And believe me, I don't want to ask!.

Cough, cough, cough!

I believe that the wench is going to wake up soon. My master rises from his spot and enters to the room. I get close to the shoji door, in case he might need me. I know, he barked something about don't want to be disturbed at all, but you never know… I just know that this attitude of mine is going to get me troubles some day. That's why I keep a good distance.

What's going on in there? Looks like the wench finally wake up. I wonder what's my master thinking right now…

"How long…?." She whispers.

"4 days."

She sounds surprise. This human is interesting… sometimes she notes my master, Rin or me immediately, and sometimes she don't. It looks like she sits up suddenly… If only I could look inside!

"Who is :cough, cough: there?."

"Feh!."

"Sesshomaru-san?."

"What you did was the stupidest thing ever."

"Hmpf…"

"How are you?."

"My chest hurts, but I'll survive. I think that my ankle is better too… Thank you for getting me out of that mess."

"Feh… I shouldn't have!."

"But you did. You aren't the psycho that I, Mikami, first thought."

"And you aren't the weakling that I, Sesshomaru, first thought either."

I really don't like that tone of voice in my master. He just said that in a cold, but much nicer voice, and the last time he used that tone he… he… :shudders: picked up Rin from a bloody mess. I think he kneels by her side… Hmpf… I really don't like this…

"You are stronger than I thought. Other humans would have died easily. Lay down: you need your rest."

That's confusing. Maybe my master got a bit of fever…

"Are you ok?."

"Feh." He says. "I'm always ok… you… and you?"

He sounds nervous. Oh no… my master's dear father sounded the same when… when… he talked about Miyu-sama… and…this is the first time I hear him ask her about her welfare. No!. This is the second time this day.

"I'm fine, thanks you." She says. He stands up. "Can I ask you two questions?."

"Ask…"

"Why did you save my life and take care of me if I, Mikami, am, to your eyes, just a slave?." She asks in a row. Good point. This wench got some brains. "And why do you keep me alive…?."

"Those are 3 questions, not two."

"You got the point."

"You aren't a slave anymore, Mikami-san. But, if I, Sesshomaru, keep you alive because you are mine… You belong to me."

"I'm yours, but I'm not a slave? What I am then?."

"You are mine…"

"That's the best explanations you figure?."

"…"

"Sesshomaru-san?."

"…"

The door got open and I fall, eagle like. I look up, in fear. My masters growls at me and keeps his way, stepping on my back of course. I look to the wench: she is lying in the futon, under a pile of blankets, yawning and snuggling against the covers. I snarl as I stand up, and I leave her be…

"Jaken."

Oh My.

"Master." I say, bowing.

"I think I told you not to be disturbed."

"Forgive me, master, I thought you might need me…"

"I don't pay you to think."

"Forgive me."

"…"

"Sesshomaru-sama?."

"Get everything ready for our travel next week. And get Mikami-san something to eat and a few extra kimonos. And be nice… she is going to stay with us a while."

A while! Rin is still staying with us! And he said the same about her!. What the hell, I nod before my master gets crankier and after he disappears, I stand up and walk to the kitchen.

I return to the wench's room and I kick it open. The wench jumps on her feet and assumes a guard stance against me. I grunt in disapproval, if I do such thing like hit her, its going to be painful tomorrow morning.

"You mortal!. Get back to the bed." I say. "I bring you something to eat."

"Nani?."

"And a few kimonos. You'll need them if you want to travel with us next week."

"Travel? To where?."

"… Hmpf… you don't need to know." I say, leaving her behind. Actually, I don't know where we are going…

"Thank you very much, you are very nice!." She says with sarcasm.

My life was so easy before Rin and this wench. Hmpf. I have better things to do instead of…

"Jaken-chan? Mikami-neesan is all right? Sesshomaru-sama told me that she is awake now! Can Rin go to see her? How is she? She already hit you with a rock?."

Great. Now this. What can be possibly be funny? I don't know why Rin enjoy so much when that wench hits my face… I really don't know.

"Go to bed Rin, is too late."

"No, is not. The sun is still in the sky…"

"Get lost."

"No. The last time you told Rin to got lost…"

Unhappy memory alert…

"What do you want Rin?."

"Can Rin go to see Mikami-neesan?."

"No, you just recovered from the fever you got in our last travel and the fever might attack you again."

"So, Rin can't…"

"Get out of the way, Jaken. Hi Rin-chan!."

"Hi!."

What? She is fine already?. That's no woman at all. Where is she going, jumping in one foot, fuming all the way… She is going to Sesshomaru-sama's room… Oh I don't like this… I better get there before her.

Too late, she already is in the room. I almost tackled her! Damn this short legs!. It looks like she woke up lord Sesshomaru… he isn't going to be happy with that… I look inside the room, in fear. He doesn't seem very happy, but he is still, in a sitting position. The wench is sit in front of him, still fuming.

"I'm not a slave, but I'm yours, I had some licenses, but, I can't go wherever I please. Tell me, why you are been nice to me, Mikami. Can you explain me that?."

"You are upset because I, Sesshomaru, am nice to you?."

"Why?."

"Feh. A few days ago you was wishing a better treat from me…"

"You just give me extra kimonos, A few days ago you saved my life. BUT… but… I… You want me dead! What's going on?."

"I never wanted you dead… well, except a couple times, but… Feh."

"…"

"…"

"A Neko got your tongue?."

"Never!… I, Sesshomaru, am not going to allow that any of my properties is… is…"

"Is, what?."

"…"

"I understand! Geez! You have an incredible sense of protectiveness! That's something usual among your kind?."

"…"

"…"

"Only in Inu-youkais."

"Oh… Can I, Mikami, ask… What the hell… what did you see in me?."

Nani? How dare you to ask that, you filthy mortal?. Sesshomaru-sama is going to have your head for that insolence!.

"…"

"Don't be a coward and answer me!."

"…A strong spirit."

"…"

"A neko got your tongue?… What did you touch in me?."

"… Chivalry. Among other things."

"Which are?."

"… Guess. Sesshomaru-san:cough, cough: (sorry) Can we make a deal?."

"…"

"Can we?."

":blink, blink: What kind of deal?."

"I know that I make you promise to kill me after Rin-chan's recovery…"

"I never agreed that. You followed me by your own choice… you almost died in that storm, and that was your choice too."

"Let me finish!… You aren't a good chat partner!… Well, I realize that I have no place to go, and none would accept me, mostly because of my blindness, and… other things… I want to know what use you see in me?. To know what I have to expect from you…"

"…"

"… according to you, I'm your property. Tell me, I'm not going to repeat it, never, I promise over my parents graves (if they have one)…"

"You are like Rin. You belong to me now. To my pack."

"Why?."

"Because I said so."

"Why?."

"Don't act like a child!. You belong to me and to this pack and this is the end of this discussion!"

"Why me?. A blind."

"…"

"…"

"… I don't know and don't stare at me like that!."

"I can't stare, remember? Sorry, anyways… so, you have a pack?."

"… Yes. It's a little one: just Rin, you and I, Sesshomaru."

"So. I belong to your pack. That's why you saved me… That's what I have to expect from you?…

"I guess…"

"We are some sort of comrades?."

"If you want to call it that way…"

"Oh… Can I ask you a favor, Sesshomaru-san?."

"…"

"I don't like to be called 'property'. Can you call me friend, instead?. That wouldn't change things. Can we be friends?."

"… I don't have any friends…"

This wench isn't human, she is a witch and she is trying to put a spell… Yeah, right. Anyways, I think this is a very bad sign… my lord is seeing how the woman searches for his hands, and do nothing. :gasp: She got my lord's hands in hers!

"Please?."

"…"

"I repeat. Please?."

"… Fine. Why not?." He say calmly, ad he adds. "The only expectation I have from you is a little trust. You can trust me and…"

What an INSOLENCE! The woman suddenly is hugging my master's neck and she is embarrassing him!. What! HE IS HUGGING BACK!. Not even Rin got that kind of hug… well… she is too little I think…

"Hey! What are you doing?."

"Taking you to your room! You are still sick!."

"Put me in the floor, then! I can walk perfectly!."

"You walk too slow. If I carry you, we'll be there in a moment."

"I barely know the castle! Let me a day or two here and I will know it perfectly (as long as you don't move the furniture!) and then, I will walk as fast as you! But if I don't walk, there is no way of…"

"For a cripple you talk too much!."

"Oh, shut up!."

"By the way, you have to eat more, you are the thinner human I've met!."

"…"

"Cat got your tongue?."

"No, I was wondering when you were going to remark that!. Everybody in the village remarked me that."

Ups. Better go away. My master just stood, taking the wench with him. They pass by my side without paying attention to me. I follow them, hesitantly and stop by Rin's room. The brat is still sitting at the entrance, and like me, she seems surprise.

"See, Jaken-chan?."

I hate when she call me 'Jaken-chan'

"See what?." I grunt.

"Looks like Sesshomaru-sama got Rin a new Okaasan!." She says with a wide smile.

Oh no!. Please, not again!

The End.

By

Misao-CG.

PS: If I was bad at grammar, forgive me. Feel free to torch me.