claimer: I own this story! Yay! It's mine, it's soooo mine! As for the charas…well, I guess you can't have everything…

warnings: uh, my first fanfic, so don't expect perfection to jump at you out of these lines…also, I'm no native speaker. My mother tongue is German. So: be kind, ignore the faults…

I don't know when I'll be able to update so, if u like my story pleeeze be patient. I'll try my best but school has to come first…strangeness and OOCness ensued, though on Sesshoumaru´s part it can't be helped really (you'll see why)…enjoy…


Looking after Sesshoumaru

It was a beautiful day in medieval Japan: the sun was shining the birds were singing… (well, you get the picture don't you?). In fact: so nice a day it was that even Inu Yasha and Shippou (who were currently having a picnic with the others) weren't fighting.

"hey brat! That was MINE!"

"Not anymore, he, he, heee-AI! ITEEEEE!"

Fine! Scratch that, but at least they were more peaceful than on other days… Besides, it's not as if it would be of any importance what THEY were doing (or not doing), for some miles away a certain little girl was giving a certain little toad a hard time. Again. Why? Well, because he was stuck with babysitting duties. Again! Sesshoumaru? Sesshoumaru had gone away to take a bath. AGAIN! (well, he's a very clean demon…) To Jaken´s aggravation. He wouldn't have minded so much, if (IF) Rin hadn't been singing that same song for almost two hours now. Well, at least she CLAIMED it to be a song, only that it was merely some random melody. There weren't even lyrics! It just went la la la the whole time. Jaken was about to commit murder when finally, FINALLY she ceased her so called singing to turn around and ask:

"Why isn't Sesshoumaru back already? Even HE can't take two hours for a simple bath!"

"Shut your mouth, brat! Don't you dare question his motives!", Jaken retorted, although he secretly had wondered the same thing. Yeah, sure, Sesshoumaru-sama held cleanness high – but TWO HOURS?

"Jaken, Jaken let's go search for him! He may be hurt!"

The last part came out as a frightened whimper. Jaken was about to comment on the fact that the picture of HIS Sesshoumaru-sama being hurt was a paradox (well, unless it involved a certain brother of his but that was a wholly different matter!). Anyway, he was about to tell Rin just how unlikely, if not unrealistic it would be for Sesshoumaru-sama to even get so much as a single hair cut off (A/N and SUCH fine hair) when he realized that she had already scampered off. Jaken, though a little put out over the lost opportunity to give one of his countless Sesshoumaru-sama praise speeches, had no choice but to follow her, as he didn't want to have the you-will-wish-you-would-have-died wrath of Sesshoumaru directed upon him (A/N although Sesshoumaru looks soooo cute when he's scowling), which would definitely be the case, if something happened to Rin (Jaken still couldn't fathom what exactly his master saw in this skinny human girl, unless he suspected him of being a paedophile bastard. Not that he would ever think that of his master). So he followed.

It was only after they had walked for about five minutes, or, more appropriately jogged as Rin was anxious something might have happened to her beloved Sesshoumaru (ha, just the mere thought was ridiculous!) that Jaken reckoned that perhaps it hadn't been the wisest of ideas to have brought Rin along. After all, Sessshoumaru-sama was bathing (or at least that's what he SHOULD be doing), meaning he would probably be without clothing (A/N probably, PROBABLY? Of course he's naked! Why should Sesshoumaru (or anyone else for that matter) be bathing with his clothes on?). Not that Jaken minded, his master looked terrific, no matter what he wore (or didn´t wore in this case). Rin however, was now no longer five years old but eleven. It could lead to some "situations" where she would surely ask all sorts of QUESTIONS and, knowing Sesshoumaru, Jaken could only too well imagine who exactly would be the one to have to answer them. The horror!

"Rin!", he cried, "stop at once!"

No use. While Jaken had been deep in thoughts Rin hadn't slowed down and was now just disappearing into the forest where the lake was in which Sesshoumaru-sama would presumably be bathing which in turn could lead to said situation.

"Gaaah! Rin, wait for me!", Jaken screeched and hurried after her.

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Meanwhile, the little picnic was in full swing. Well, this is to say Inu Yasha was happily munching away, while Shippou was still a little put out over the earlier "incident". He was pouting while licking a lollypop.

Kagome and Sango where sipping tea and were enjoying the quiet. Or, more accurately, they TRIED! Though it isn't an easy thing to do with a dog demon wolfing down food and a perverted monk constantly babbling about how nice and warm it was and if Sango and Kagome wouldn't like to go bathing. But it was peaceful. Or, at least it had been until suddenly:

"Ha!", Inu Yasha exclaimed spilling the content of his mouth over Miroku in the process.

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't shove this staff of mine into that now hopefully empty mouth of yours!"

But Inu Yasha wasn't listening. Instead, he had jumped up and was sniffing the air.

"I can smell Sesshoumaru", he mumbled.

Collective exasperated sigh.

"Not again!", Kagome complained. "You've had a fight with him just last week!"

Secretly she wondered, whether this whole I-hate-my-brother thing wasn't just a cover up. After all, it was convenient: No need for friendly word exchanges, a constant reason for fighting, And of course, they didn't have to bother with sending birthday presents and stuff back and forth…Yep! Veeery convenient!

"Yeah, I know that! But something's amiss!", Inu Yasha´s voice brought her back to reality.

"Amiss? What do you mean?", Sango asked.

"Dunno!", Inu Yasha answered and then got into one of his philosophical modes. Another collective sigh.

"His smell is….. different. Can't explain it. It's definitely his scent but there's something strange about it. Yet somehow it's familiar! I know I've smelled this before but I can't remember when…"

"Well, if you've finished your musings, can we get this over with?", Miroku interrupted.

"course! Let's go!"

"Do they really HATE each other?", Sango wondered turning towards Kagome.

"Yeah, good question. I've asked myself the same. The way they always want to fight makes it look more like they'd really LIKE each o-"

"No! I HATE HIM!" Inu Yasha shrieked. "This jerk! He ruined my childhood! I'll NEVER forgive him!"

"On second thought, maybe they DO hate each other!", Kagome went on, sweat dropping.

"Yeah", Sango whispered, "but what on earth did Sesshoumaru do? Must've been terrible…"

"None of your business", Inu Yasha snapped, getting a little red in the face.

"Huh?", went the group. They marched on with everybody thinking but one thing: "What the hell DID Sesshoumaru do?"


That´s all folks (at least for now)! Hope y´all liked it...reviews would be nice (hint, hint)

Ja ne!