The Third Family
Dragon Man 180- Jaken? Read on! Kyo's not that lucky.

Wolf of Fire- Disney world?! Lucky! I've never been there. But it stinks that you're sick. :(

LiL:.CaT:.AnImE- I will check out gaia IF you give me a website. I can't do much without it. I haven't updated in a while because I've been in the mountains hiking. (dies) I was not fun unless you count the camping we did. -.-;

Lenipez sideshow- Haru-kun's (you did get it wrong. It's Haru, not Haa) cool, but my favorite character's a tie between Master cross dressing rabbit, Momiji and the semi-perverted snake, Ayaa. Ayaa looks like Sesshy!!!!

animecraze11- Thanks! Sorry I didn't update soon.

ZeldaAlly- Wow! It's a history of favorite colors!

ThunderingWolfDemonOfTheNight- Well what else is he going to do Sesshy's smart. He doesn't want to annoy Mikoto. We can have a homework bonfire at the end of June! Then we won't get in trouble!

Cirrus- Sorry! I haven't updated in a while. :( I've been on a trip into the mountains. -.-;

Mystic Bynd- She'll have her chance to be cold to our favorite taiyoukai!

KG the oven mit fanatic- Don't drip the dip on Sesshy! You don't want him getting all irritated!

lil'killer- (Moves computer into room) Now you can't destroy my room!! To tell you the truth it was going to be purple but then I decided to keep it pink. (It was pink when I moved in)

Sorona- Mara? Cool! You're in my story!! (catches cookies)

DarkPirate-510- Yes, but fortuneatly it doesn't happen that often. Yes! Trickster's Queen!!! I went over to Borders the day it came out, but they didn't have it. :(


I walked Rin to the dining hall. She talked about all the adventures that she and Lord Sesshoumaru had been in together. These included the fights with Inuyasha and the rest of the group. The kid didn't get it that I had been there for those too, but I smiled and listened politely anyway.
As soon as I slid the door open to the dining room, a little green toad came running up to us. "Rin!" it exclaimed, "Where were you! If Lord Sesshoumaru-sama learns that I lost you I'm sure my life will be shorted by at least a decade!" "Jaken-sama you worry too much!" Rin said sitting down at the table, "Come eat with Lady Kyo and Rin!"
This Jaken toad guy eyed me. "And who is this?" he asked scowling at me. "That's Lord Mikoto's mate." Kallani answered walking in. The toad's eyes bugged out and he dropped a bow. "I'm very sorry my lady!" he said, "I didn't know you were the lord's mate!" Jaken looked up at me, trembling. I thought he looked sort of pathetic.
"He's waiting for you to kick him." Rin told me. "Should I?" I asked. The girl nodded. I didn't really kick him. I just sort of prodded him a bit with my foot and he fell over. Rin giggled. "You're being nice to him." she said, "Sesshoumaru-sama usually kicks him so hard he goes flying!"
I sat down next to the girl. Kallani sat down on my other side. "Who's that?" Rin asked me, pointing to Kallani. "That's Kallani." I replied, "She's Mikoto's cousin." "I'm Rin." the kid said smiling at Kallani. "Nice to meet you, Rin." she replied. Jaken finally recovered from my dainty kick and stood up. "Join us." I invited. Jaken sat down next to Rin, watching us suspicously.
Maids came in with food. "Rice!" Rin exclaimed happily when one of them put a bowl in front of her, "Rin only gets rice when Sesshoumaru-sama stops in a village. And he almost never does that!" "So then Rice is a treat for you." Kallani said, "At this palace we get it ever single day! It gets boring after a while." "Rin'll never get bored of rice." she declared. Kallani and I giggled.

We were almost finished with the second, and last course of breakfast, toast, when Mikoto and Lord Sesshoumaru walked in. Rin jumped up and ran over to her protector happily. "Go back to your seat Rin." the taiyoukai said calmly. "Okay!" she replied running back and sitting next to me.
"What's for breakfast?" Mikoto asked sitting across from me. Sesshoumaru sat across from Rin. "Rice, toast, and water." Kallani replied. "I trust you did not let Rin have too much to eat." Sesshoumaru said eyeing me. "She's had one bowl of rice and two pieces of toast." I replied. "That is enough Rin." he said turning to his charge, "Do not eat anymore." "Alright!" Rin said grinning, "Will you show me the castle Lady Kyo?"
Though I had not finished my breakfast yet, I didn't dare say no with Sesshoumaru in the room. "Okay." I replied, "But maybe Kallani should come too. I don't know my way around the castle that well yet. I just got here a few days ago." "Rin would like that a whole lot!" I noticed that Kallani hadn't finished her breakfast either but she also agreed to go. Rin jumped up. "Let's go!!" she said happily, "Rin wants to see everything!" Kallani and I got up and led the girl out of the room.
"So what do you really want to see?" Kallani asked as soon as the doo was closed. "Rin wants to see the gardens!" she said. "Really?" I asked, "It's the middle of winter. None of the flowers will be out and it will be cold." "Rin likes the outdoors no matter if it's cold or there's no flowers.
"Well then before we got out we'll get you something so that you can stay warm." I said walking towards the library where I had found Rin the first time. "What are you going for?" Kallani asked. "There's a pretty blue blanket in my library." I replied, "It's a little small so it'll be perfect for Rin." "Rin saw that blanket!" she said happily, "Rin likes it. It's pretty!" I nodded. "Then let's get it for you.

Ten minutes later Kallani, I, and a bundled up Rin walked out of the castle and into the garden. "Where's the nearest village?" Rin asked. "It's about a two or three days journey." Kallani replied, "Why do you ask?" "Why's the castle so far away?" the girl asked, "Don't you rule the people?" "No." Kallani said, "That's a human village. Mikoto rules over the demons, not the humans. "So is there a demon village around?" "Demons live where ever they like." I told the girl, "They don't stay in villages."
Rin took off through the gardens, while Kallani and I chased after her. She seemed to be having a great time even if she was completely covered in the blue blanket. The kid stopped running when she got the the waterlily pond. She just stopped and stared at it. "You like waterlilies?" Kallani asked, walking up behind her. "Rin wants to go swimming!" she said happily, pushing the blanket off.
"No!" Kallani and I said at the same time. Rin looked at us with her great big eyes. We could see that she was upset. "Why not?" she asked, "Rin really really wants to swim!" "You'll get sick if you do." I said putting the blanket back over her, "We don't want you getting sick. Then Lord Sesshoumaru wouldn't be happy." "And this pond isn't for swimming in." Kallani added, "It's for the waterlilies to live in."
"So if Rin swam here the water lilies would get hurt?" Rin asked. I nodded. "Then Rin won't swim." she said, "Rin doesn't want to hurt anything!" "Why don't we go inside and play games." Kallani suggested, "Even if you don't swim, you can still catch a cold if you stay out here too long." "What kinds of games?" Rin asked, sounding interested. "Hand games." I replied, "Games with a board, dice, and playing pieces."
"What's a dice?" Rin questioned, "Rin's never heard of playing gieces either." "And neither have I." Kallani said nodding, "I know that means we don't have them in the castle. So Kyo's going to have to make some of these 'dice' and playing pieces'." "Okay." I said picking up a thick stick from the ground, "I think I can manage.


Inuyasha: Where the hell have you been?!?! It's been forever since you've updated!

Clear Waters: I know and I'm sorry.

Inuyasha: You'd better be.

Shippo: Where were you?

Clear Waters: Well last week I was hiking in the mountains, and the past few days I've been doing my homework.

Sango: What's homework?

Kagome: Nasty stuff made to give people my age breakdowns.

Miroku: Interesting. Isn't a breakdown a bad thing?

Kagome: Yes.

Miroku: Than why do they give you and Clear Waters this 'homework' that in turn gives you breakdowns.

Clear Waters: The people who give us the homework don't think about what sort of long term damage it'll give us.

Sango: That's not good.

Clear Waters: No. It isn't.

Kagome: How in the world are you going to have Kyo make a dice? And a board and such?

Clear Waters: Easy.

Shippo: I've played board games before! But how are you going to make the pieces and stuff.

Clear Waters: You'll have to wait until the next chapter! R&R everyone and I'll try to get the next chapter out sooner!

Inuyasha: You'd better.

Kagome: Oh come on Inuyasha! You know what homework is and what a pain it gets!

Inuyasha: Yeah, so?

Kagome: You're hopless.