I don't own any of the characters from the Inuyasha anime series; Rumiko Takahashi does. I just own Yume. Constructive criticism welcomed bashers ignored! Got it? Good!
Translations:
Fukai Mori - Deep Forest
Youkai - Demon
Sama - Lord, Master
Hanyou - Half demon
Haori - Shirt top (originally warn in Japan)
Hai - Yes
Chapter 6
Outside of Sesshoumaru's castle; Jaken was working; pulling out weeds from the ground with his hands as punishment for the mistake he made earlier having to do with Rin.
"Ughhh…Master Sesshoumaru…" Jaken whined as he fell back on his butt from pulling out a stubborn weed.
Sesshoumaru merely turned and glance at Jaken with his emotionless eyes striking fear into Jaken's heart. What had happened last night in the Fukai Mori was still on his mind.
"Gah…!" Jaken coughed. "M-my Lord…"
"Getting tiered of watching Rin?" He questioned; showing his back to the toad youkai.
"Ehh, no! No! Where would you get such a?-"Then why did you allow her to come into the Fukai Mori when I specifically told you to watch her?"
"Ehhhh….oh boy…" Jaken went on nervously.
"Well Jaken? Explain yourself." He continued; his hand lightly gripping one of his swords.
"M-my Lord…Rin…she…is such a fast girl…and clever too, and!"-"More excuses Jaken?" Sesshoumaru asked in a neutral tone of voice.
Jaken remained silent; his eyes full of fear as he watched his master keep a firm hold on one of his weapons.
"What would you have done if that creature came after Rin?"
"I! I!" He cried; his mind frozen by fear as his master unsheathing the deadly sword from it's holder. "Please! Master!" Jaken begged as he got down on his knees.
The reflecting light from the moon shines off Sesshoumaru's sword as it is completely sheathed from it's holder.
"DON'T! Please don't kill me! I'm sorry! I never meant for this to happen! It's just!"
"I've had it with your foolishness…" Sesshomaru muttered in a low voice as he slashed Jaken in his face.
"My Lord…! Sesshomaruuuuu!" He cried in his mind as he fell back onto the ground.
"My Lord!" Cried Rin.
Sesshomaru turned and his stern gold eyes met with orbs of complete innocence.
"Good morning!" Rin announced excitedly.
"Rin..."
"My Lord Sesshomaru! She jeered. A smile illustrated over her face as she hugged him. "Ummm…if I may my Lord? Is Jaken okay? He looks flustered. Did you reprimand him again?" Rin asked innocently; seeing the toad youkai on his backside with an illustration of shock present on his face. Snickering at her question Sesshomaru turns his attention to the shock-stricken youkai.
"Get up Jaken. You are unharmed." Sesshomaru replied; a slight smirk on his face as he stared at Jaken who laid on the ground with his mouth gapping wide open in shock.
"WHA?" Jaken muttered in surprise; getting to his feet.
"You aren't dead Jaken-sama! Hurray! Lord Sesshoumaru was just using you as his test subject again!"
"NO! NOT AGAIN! NO WAY!" He watched Sesshomaru sheathing Tensaiga and the girl hugging him tightly with a grin on her face.
"She's awake?" Jaken blurted out in shock. "And I'm alive!"
"Hee hee hee…Jaken your so funny!" She smiled as she returned her attention to Sesshomaru.
"Good morning Rin…how are you?" He asked calmly as if nothing were wrong.
"I am well rested and ready to go on another adventure with you and Jaken-sama!" She replied excitedly.
"Good." He replied. Getting up and walking out the door to the palace; his human pup Rin by his side while and his retainer Jaken was behind. As the door to the palace closed slammed Jaken in his face; Rin's innocent voice could be heard.
"Can we go to the field today?" Her eyes full of hope as she awaited an answer.
"The field?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"The Field of Ignorance! That place?" Jaken asked as he slowly opened the door.
"Yes! The very one!" She replied excitedly.
"For what?" He asked; running a hand through his silver locks as he glanced down at the child.
"I…want to pick flowers…"-"Your kidding!" Jaken interrupted. "Lord Sesshoumaru doesn't have time to pick flowers with you."
"Shut up Jaken." Sesshomaru growled.
"Master!"
"Jaken, Rin. We shall go to the Field of Ignorance." He replied as he exited the room.
"Yay!"
"Rin go and find AhUn." He ordered as he looked out at the rising sun over the horizon.
"Yes Master! Rin replied happily as she ran off after AhUn's resting spot under the tree near the castle; (literally) dragging Jaken with her.
"How can this be! My Lord was about to punish me with his wrath and then all of a sudden she enters and he forgets all about punishment! Test subject? Amusement?" "This girl…what has she done to you my Lord?" Jaken wondered as he dragged on.
AhUn; the two headed dragon yawned as Rin untied his reins from the tree and walked him over to Sesshomaru.
"Infernal beast!" Jaken growled; noticing AhUn's sluggishness.
"Stop teasing AhUn, Jaken! He's just waking up!"
"Silence brat!" Jaken yelled; smacking Rin upside her head with his two headed staff.
Rin glared at him angrily while rubbing her sore head. "Jaken-sama!" She whined. "That hurt!"
"You got what you deserve Rin! For being so ignorant!"
"Ignorant?" She complained. "I was only defending AhUn!"
"Why defended this dimwitted beast? It doesn't care! It has no feelings!" He replied as he whacked AhUn's backside with his two headed staff.
"That's not true!" She protested. "Silence!" Jaken growled; swinging his staff only to miss and whack AhUn on the butt.
"Now move it!" Jaken commanded in an uncaring tone to the two headed beast.
Both of them gave a dragonly grin to one another. A spark of lighting came from Un's muzzle and struck Jaken. It was not enough to kill him, just enough to fry him a little.
As they approached Sesshomaru; the Lord of the Western Land couldn't help but join in Rin's chuckle fest as his eyes laid upon the site of a barbequed Jaken.
"Yes, go on Rin! Laugh it up! I know you think I'm very amusing!"
"As does Lord Sesshomaru!" She added; noticing the slight grin meet his usually stoic lips.
Jaken only growled as he went to go get something from the castle. As he made it out he saw AhUn prepare to take off.
"Wait! You blasted beast! Don't leave without me!" He begged as he hurried over to his Master's side.
"C'mon Jaken! Your slowing us down!" Rin replied; sitting in Sesshomaru's lap as she watched the little imp barely make it over to her and her Lord.
"I'm what? Why you selfish little…!"-Jaken…" Sesshomaru's cold gaze starring back into Jaken's round orbs.
"Ehh heh…yes My Lord?" He uttered nervously; sensing his Master's anger.
"If you fail to watch her today…I won't mistake Tensaiga for Tokijin the next time I decide to punish you." He replied sternly as he grabbed the reins and readied the demonic beasts to take off.
"Hai, Master…" He answered in a respectful tone.
"Ahhh…another beautiful day to relax." Miroku smiled as he stretched out on the grass.
"Or to find the other remaining shards…" Inuyasha added.
"Inuyasha…" Shippou muttered.
"Why can't you just relax for once?"
"We've gotten so far Inuyasha!"
"I don't care! Yeah! We got the jewel shard and the nearly formed Shikon jewel…but it all seems so suspicious!"
"Can't you worry about that latter!"
"No! It might be a trap!"
"Give up for once!"
"It all seems too suspicious if you ask me…"
"Well…no one was asking you now were they Inuyasha?" Kagome asked as she appeared onto the field with her yellow backpack on her back and green towel in hand.
"Kagome? Hey! Where are you going?"
"To the hot spring…Sango is there waiting for me."
"Another bath? Don't you get tiered of getting wet and prunny?" He asked as he began sniffing her face and neck.
"It's better then smelling like a stinky dog all the time Inuyasha!" Kagome growled; slapping his nose away from her face.
"What! How dare you! Come say that to my face you scrawny little…!-"SIT boy!"
!CRASH!
"Ka-Kagome….!" Inuyasha whined; dirt and tears flowing out of his eyes as he arose from the imprint in the ground.
"Don't stay in for too long now Lady Kagome."
"I won't Miroku."
"Have a nice bath Kagome." Shippou replied cheerfully.
"I will! Thanks guys! Sango and I will be back soon!" She smiled as she went down the path into the spring.
"Ughhhh….you guys…!"
"Sorry Inuyasha." Shippou apologized.
"You're always taking her side!"
"You should learn to consider her feelings a bit more often Inuyasha." Miroku suggested.
"What?"
"Yeah! I bet if you do that she won't tell you to "Sit" anymore…or as much." Shippou added.
"Right…like she'd do that…"
"Huh? Whada ya mean Inuyasha?"
"If you'd learn to behave properly around Kagome I'm sure she wouldn't scold you like she does."
"Oh shut up Miroku! She enjoys treating me like a dog…so I doubt she'd give up on telling me to "sit"…like one."
"Iunyasha…"
"You're so stubborn Inuyasha…" Shippou replied.
"Just like his Father…"
"Geh…!" Inuyasha coughed; feeling something pinching his neck he slapped his hand right across the irritating itch.
"Ughhh…Master Inuyasha…!" Myoga cried as he fell to the ground like a feather.
"Who asked you to get involved in our conversation Myoga?" Inuyasha growled as he stared down at his flea like advisor.
"I'm only telling the truth…!" The flea demon whined as he picked himself up from off the floor.
"I didn't ask you though." Inuyasha growled.
"Come now friends…" The monk began; wrapping his arms around his friend's shoulders. "There is much to be done on such a wonderful day."
"Oh yeah?" Shippou asked.
"Like what?" Inuyasha asked in an uninterested tone of voice.
"Well…for one thing we can either: Check up on Sango and Kagome at the hot spring…
"Miroku…" Shippou began.
"…Spy on the girls at the hot spring… Miroku continued.
"Miroku…!"-"Or…we could ALWAYS ASK THE GIRLS IF WE CAN JOIN THEM IN THE HOTSPRING!" Miroku answered excitedly.
"AHHH!" Miroku whined as he felt a fist come down on his head.
"Perverted monk…" Inuyasha growled as he stared down at the stunned monk.
"Your almost as hopeless as Inuyasha…" Shippou muttered.
"What was that runt!"
"EIIIYYYAAAHHH!" Shippou cried as he struggled to free himself from Inuyasha's grasp.
"Good morning all." Kaede replied happily as she greeted the three characters.
The boys only muttered they're "good mornings" to the wise old priestess.
"What is the matter? I sense hostility from the three of you."
"Nothing to worry about milady…only a foolish argument amongst men." Miroku answered as he got to his feet and dusted the dirt off of his cloak.
"What is on your mind Inuyasha?"
"Kagome…" He muttered in a low voice.
"Of course." Miroku
"That's nothing new." Shippou answered sarcastically.
"You two got a problem with that!" Inuyasha growled in a threatening tone to the fox demon and perverted monk.
"NO!" They cried in unison.
"Not at all!" Mirkou answered.
"I don't know about you Inuyasha…but I must say…I am surprised." Kaede smiled.
"Ehhh? About what?" Raising an eyebrow to the wise, old priestess.
"Well…about how you have been acting around Kagome." She continued.
"What…what are you getting at old woman? Trying to say I've gone soft?"
"No…this is normal for men of your age." Miroku answered.
"Wha! What are you talking about?" Inuyasha asked nervously.
"You're over protective of Kagome-sama." Miroku answered.
"And you always get so jealous when she is around Kouga!" Shippou added.
"I do not!" The hanyou protested.
"Right…sure ya don't…" Shippou jeered sarcastically.
"Yup…it's obvious…our dog demon is…AHHH!" Mirkou cried as he felt Inuyasha's fist thrust itself into his gut.
"Say another word and I promise you that the next time I hit you I'll make it so you won't be able to ask another woman if she could 'bear you're children'!" Inuyasha growled; threatening Miroku as his fist was near an inch below his belt.
"Everyone! Please…Inuyasha I wasn't referring to anything of the sort." Kaede replied quickly.
"Y-you weren't?" Inuyasha stuttered.
"No."
"Uhhhh…" Nervousness overcoming the hanyou at his mistake.
"What did you think I was referring to?" Kaede asked curiously.
"Never mind." Inuyasha answers; blushing for a moment.
"Last night Kagome had told me about the incident between you, and Sesshomaru involving the sacred jewel and Rin."
"Oh she did? What did she tell you?"
"That you were going to slice Sesshoumaru's human child in half in order to protect her and the sacred jewel."
"WHAT!"
"You're so cruel Inuyasha…" Shippou replied.
"Honestly Inuyasha…"Mirkou added.
"I wasn't!" He replied quickly.
Miroku and Shippou glare at him doubtfully.
"Damn it you guys…! You don't believe me!"
"Well…"
"And what do you mean 'cruel' huh? I was trying to protect Kagome! The kid is with Sesshomaru! SESSHOMARU! The same creep who is on a quest for power, the same guy who is after my Tetsuaiga, and the same guy who has tried to kill me a hundred times! And you call ME cruel! His girl was trying to take the jewel away from Kagome in order to give it to Sesshomaru so he can become more powerful!"
"Inuyasha…" Shippou sighed.
"What did you expect me to do, huh? Let her take it?"
Miroku and Shippou just sigh.
"What would you have done if Kagome didn't tell you to 'sit'?" Miroku asked.
"What do you think?"
"YOU'RE TERRIBLE MASTER INUYASHA!" Myoga cried.
"SHUDUP!" Inuyasha growled as he punched the old flea demon into the ground. "Where'd you come from anyway?"
"…I get no respect…" Myoga whinned as he blew himself back to normal size.
Suddenly the eyes of Miroku, Shippou, and Kaede were all on the irritable hanyou; freaking him out.
"Would you all just shut up! I wouldn't of harmed her! I was just going to scare her…" He admitted in a low voice as he folded his arms in his haori.
"At your own expense no less?" Kaede questioned.
"Ehh…"
"Just like you are protective of Kagome so is Sesshomaru to Rin." Kaede replied.
"You really believe that Kaede? That my brother is protective of that human kid?"
"Well…why do you suppose Rin is always by Sesshomaru's side? Kaede asked.
"And why do you think he usually hunts someone down and eventually slays them when he discovers the person tried to harm her?" Miroku added on.
"His toad buddy might have her under a spell." Inuyasha suggested.
"She never acts like as if she is under a spell…" Shippou replied.
"How would you know? You're never around them!"
"And neither are you Inuyasha!" Kaede replied.
"What are you all getting at huh?" The hanyou asked in annoyance.
"You're so lame Inuyasha…" Shippou answered, walking away.
"I can't believe he doesn't get it…" Miroku muttered as he followed the young fox demon.
"Get what!"
"Maybe it'd be best if we let Kagome tell him?" Kaede suggested as she followed the boys.
"Kagome? Tell me what? Tell me now!" Inuyasha persisted as he followed them back to the hut.
"No point…" Shippou answered.
"He still wouldn't understand…" Myoga finished.
"What? Wait! Get back here! All of you!" He yelled as he tried to keep up with his friends.
