Title: Rin's Four Legged Obsession

Authoress: Liko-chan

Warnings: Language, fluff, OOCness, TWT, humor

Summary: Rin gets a puppy from a village after they find out that she's Sesshoumaru's charge. As Rin cares for the puppy, she eventually becomes so in love with it, she practically forgets about her Sesshoumaru-Sama. In time Sesshoumaru begins to miss his 'Rin moments' and wants the 'mutt' gone... but Rin won't let it go...

Disclaimer: Inuyasha does not belong to Li-chan.

Rin's Four Legged Obsession

Chapter 7: Rin's Temporary Illness

Sesshoumaru scrunched up his nose in disgust. That filthy mutt had its smell all over the his bed, his room, and his custom-made silk sheets. And, of course, his Rin.

He couldn't inhale the smell anymore. Instead of tearing the sheets up until they were little, bitty, pieces of scrap, he decided to trash them, maybe give them to Rin. Maybe.

She smelt enough like the hound, already.

Walking out of his room, Sesshoumaru finally decided that he wanted his property more than he cared for Rin's pup. His castle, his silken sheets, his Rin, the pup was taking too much.

Stopping in front of Rin's chamber's door, sesshoumaru lightly knocked. Although it was his castle and no one in it could hide anything from him, he had decided about a year ago that Rin deserved privacy. After all, she is a girl, a growing girl, and she needed her privacy.

Who knew when she would become...more womanly? That was the reason he had hired a care taker--a female human, who could teach Rin, properly. He didn't want to deal with that awkardness anytime soon. And the smell! His nose twitched, all the females in the castle had the stench every month, but he managed to cover the scent. Most of the time.

Ever saw inu youkai, coyote youkai, kitsune youkai, and wolf youkai train and play-battle for hours on end in the hot sun and not bathe for days? Probably not, but the smell was MUCH worse. Of course, he couldn't do this every month, so he sent most of the women away.

But he had no intention of ever doing that to Rin.

Getting no response, he opened the door. Rin was on a thick blanket, on the floor, near the balcony. The sunset shining on her and the pup. She was lying on her side, slowly stroking the Fluffy's tummy.

"Rin?" Sesshoumaru asked, although he knew she was not sleep.

Rin lifted her hand to silence him. Sesshoumaru was a bit shocked by Rin's blunt order and decided not to obey.

"Rin?" he said, a bit more annoyed.

Rin turned her head slightly to face him. She looked exhausted, maybe it was the pup tiring her out? Maybe he should get rid of it?

"Rin?" Sesshoumaru called once more.

Rin decided to answer, knowing she'd wake the pup. "Yes, milord?"

"You look ill, are you feeling well?"

Rin nodded, but Sesshoumaru sensed her illness coming up. Coming up and out her stomach, out her mouth, and onto the floor.

Stepping back, not wanting to inhale the vile scent of vomit, Sesshoumaru walked back towards to the door.

"Jaken!" He called.(of course made the toad clean the vomit!)

The pup had just waken up and was itching to get rid of his hyper active energy. Sesshoumaru cringed his nose up, the dog and the vomit and the dog again, it was all sickening.

The pup barked, looking over to Rin, who was now doubled over holding her stomach. Instantly he knew something wasn't right. He whined.

"Out of the way!" Yelled jaken as he skidded into the room. He slipped on one of Rin's teddy bears that was, grossly enough, covered in dog drool.

Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes. "Move." He said to the puppy, sliding it aside with his foot. Annoying little...

Rin allowed Sesshoumaru to lift her up and carry her to her bed(or futon). He stopped half way, and growled at the pup, who was gnawing on his pants' leg.

Sesshoumaru didn't hide the disgust on his face, when he carried her. Her vomit didn't exactly smell like she did, of roses and various fragrant flowers, and she was panting and blowing her rancid breath near his face.

But you get the bad with the good, so you accept it all for those you lo--those who belong to you.

Then the pup came along and bit onto his pants' leg, making it a hell of a lot harder to walk without kicking him out the balcony. The urge was awfully strong though.

Jaken stood over Rin in shock as his lord set the girl down. She looked bad. She was sweating and gasping for air, and even coughing a little. Every once in a while, she'd clutch onto the sheets, indicating she was in pain.

A nurse--the female human that had been taken in as Rin's care-giver, walked in and escorted Jaken out. She dared not kick Sesshoumaru out, but she did manage to get the pup out. She placed a cool wet cloth on Rin's forehead, and begin to ask the girl questions, only hoping Rin would answer.

:Outside Rin's Room:

Ryo had spent most of his day in his dog house. That was what he called his chamber. He shared his room with other demons from his coyote pack, but only because they wanted to, not that they had to.

Finally getting over his traumatic experience with the pup, he manage to leave his room with no fear. (And his tail not between his legs).

"Oi, you! Get away from me!" Jaken yelled.

Ryo smiled evilly. "Oh-ho! Jaken!" He howled.

Jaken ignored him. "Get off!"

Before Ryo had a chance to identify the scent of Rin's pup, he was knocked off his feet by the aforementioned hound.

"Dammit, nooo!"

"Serves you right!" mocked Jaken.

Most of Ryo's comrades came out of the room, drawn by the sound of their leader's howl. Ryo struggled trying to get the pup off his ankle. He growled, kicked, and even bit the pup, but nothing seemed to work. Of course he didn't hurt the pup, that would be asking for death. It would upset Rin, which would, in turn, piss of Sesshoumaru...

Finally releasing Ryo, the pup took off down the hall, to who knows where. Ryo ran behind him, with most of his pack behind him. Jaken came running last.

Ryo stopped at a fork in the hall. Dammit! The pup's scent was almost everywhere, but so was Sesshoumaru's and his, and his pack's. Along with Jaken's, Rin's, and random members of the staff.

"Too many canines in this damn place!" He growled.

"Well, you foolish mutt, what do we do?" Asked Jaken.

Ryo just growled, then barked, telling the rest of the pack to go down one of the halls, while he and the toad, went down another.

"WHAT!?" Asked Jaken, who after so many years around dogs, still didn't understand dog-tongue.

Ryo just punched him upside the head. "Shut it!" He hissed to Jaken. Turning to his pack, " GO, tell me when you find the pup!" Ryo yelled to the pack.

They ran off, and Ryo waited for Jaken to regain consciousness, before they took off down the other hall.

Jaken tripped a few times on the way, and fell in something mushy and smelly.

"Oh no!" Jaken groaned. "There's no way..."

Ryo laughed. "Oh yea! That's gonna leave a shitty stain!" He joked, "Get it? Shit-ty?"

Jaken didn't laugh. Ryo's jokes either sucked or were used at bad times, like now! "Ugh, dogs! You all annoy me!"

:Back in Rin's Room:

Sesshoumaru spent all of his time sitting beside Rin's bed. Of course, he wouldn't ket her know that when she woke, but it was comforting to know that she was beside him. Her sickness had deteriorated and she only had a slight fever now, but that was also leaving.

She slept, peacefully. Her sickness was only from prolonged exposure to the spores of a deadly-demon plant, which was now uprooted, burned, and cast into a bottomless pits of blackness.

Just as Sesshoumaru drifted back into thought, he heard a faint scratching sound on the door.

Sniffing the air, he realized it was that oh-so annoying pup. Maybe if I ignore the sound, he'd stop and go away...

Rin moaned. "Pup...py?"

Sesshoumaru frowned. Figures she'd call his name...

Rin opened her eyes and smiled instantly. Must admit, he did miss that smile, even if she was only out for about 4 to 6 hours, he wasn't keeping tract anymore.

The scratching continued, then came those-oh-so-sickening whines. Go jump off a cliff and die already...

The pup would bark every now and then. Saying to let him in and other similar things, and a few bad words, which Sesshoumaru was sure that lil' pup had picked up from Jaken. He'll have to punish Jaken for his imitatible bad language.

Rin sat up and looked at the door. "Ano...what's that?"

Sesshoumaru ignored the sounds coming form the door again. "Nothing important. Rest."

"But Rin cannot sleep with such loud noises. And where is Fluffy?"

Sesshoumaru cringed at the name of the pup. How? Why? Ugh! "Fl...your pup..." Sesshoumaru silently bit his tongue.

None of the words fit, they all were too... he closed his eyes a moment. Damn the human language!

"Milord?" Rin asked, worried.

"The pup is fine, he is. . . busy with Jaken. Ignore the noise, it will fade." Sesshoumaru announced.

Rin smiled and laid back down. If Sesshoumaru said her pup was fine, then her pup is fine! She would always believe her lord.

Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes, and walked towards the door once he head Rin's light snores. He opened it and just as the pup tried to zoom in, he grabbed it by the rough of it's neck and carried it out.

"I want speak to you. Privately." Sesshoumaru practically growled.

The pup just squirmed, and tried to bite Sesshoumaru hand, but eventually realized, his efforts were futile.

The pup whined.

"Humph!" Sesshoumaru sounded, carrying the pup the down hall by the rough of it's neck.

A.N- Hey, I'm back. Sorry I took so long, but ya kno how school can be, right? Well anyhow, thanks for reviewing, you guys are the best! Really, thank you all so much, but I'm having a really hard time trying to decide whether to actually add a plot to this, or leave what I got? I was thinking about letting Rin hit puberty in a small time skip, but I changed my mind.

Edited: 2.22.08. Corrrected grammar and spelling. Added sentences and such.