Disclaimer: sigh… for God's sake, I do not own Inuyasha or any other characters in this story…
A/N: Hi there! It's been such a long time since I post the last chapter isn't it? Sorry to keep you readers waiting. This chapter is one long chapter… It sure took me any days to write. And oh yes, before I forget, ARIGATO FOR ALL YOUR REVIEWS AND SUPPORT! It really boosts my confidence to finish this story. I think it must be because of the Rin and Sesshoumaru parts right? Well, this chapter does not really contain a lot of Sesshoumaru parts, or maybe none at all, but I ensure you readers that the next chapter will be full of his parts! Well, enough of me talking, let's get on with this chapter…
Chapter 4: The following presents
"Where have all of you been? Rin wants to know." Rin was curious, as usual and so she asked them.
Kagome patted Rin on the head and said, "You will know soon, Rin."
Sango stepped forward and said, "Give me your right hand, Rin."
Rin stretched out her right hand. Sango slid Rin's right hand into a bracelet, made of seashells. Rin looked at the bracelet, her eyes gleaming with joy. Rin looked up at Sango. Sango smiled, "Happy birthday, Rin. I bought this bracelet from a marketplace some time ago. Do you like it?"
Rin replied happily, "Arigato, Sango-sama! Rin like this present a lot! But Rin don't know whether Rin should accept this present or not. Sesshoumaru-sama once said I shouldn't accept anything from anyone…" Rin looked down, looking thoughtful.
Sango put both her hands on Rin's shoulders and assured, "Don't worry. All of us are no strangers to you, right? Just accept my present, okay? There's more to come…"
Miroku walked over and said, "Now, it's my turn. Happy birthday, Rin. This is for you." Miroku placed a purple ribbon on her hands. Then he continued, "Use this to tie your long and beautiful hair, young lady, okay?"
Rin nodded, "Rin will! Arigato, Miroku-sama! Rin will tie Rin's hair with this ribbon now!" with that, Rin used the purple ribbon and tied her hair into a ponytail.
"Well, I bought this from the marketplace, although I have no use for it. I thought you will like it as a birthday present, so I decided to give it to you." Miroku explained.
Sango leaned forward to Rin and whispered loudly, so that Miroku can hear her, "Actually, he didn't buy this from a marketplace, I think he must have gotten it from one of the girls whom he has chatted with before. I bet he had forgotten the girl's looks by now already."
Miroku laughed nervously, "Hehe… Ermm… Sango, must you say that? Hehe…"
Rin giggled, "It's okay, Sango-sama, Rin still like this ribbon a lot. Rin will treat the ribbon and bracelet with care."
Shippo pushed away Miroku and Sango and complained, "Hey, are you two done? When is it my turn?"
Sango looked at Shippo and said, "Can't you be a little more patient? Alright, alright, it's your turn now, happy? You can go ahead and show off the present which you made all you like now."
Shippo grinned and walked to Rin, "Ermm… Rin, this is for you. Happy birthday. I hope you like this present which I had made specially for you."
From behind his back, Shippo took out the present which he had made and passed it to Rin. It was a drawing which Shippo had drawn by himself, using his colourful crayons.
"This one is the cute and clever me, Shippo. This one is the pretty Kagome, with her bow and arrows. This one, the ugly and ungentleman one, is Inuyasha, with his precious Tetsusaiga. This one is the kind Sango, with her Hirakotsu and her adorable pet, Kirara. This one, the one looking like a lecher and a big pervert, is none other than Miroku, with his staff in his hand. Well, I thought you might like it, so I drew the cool Sesshoumaru, with his swords, Tenseiga and Toukijin. I also drew the clumsy Jaken, not forgetting the two-headed Ah-Uh. Last but not least, this is you, the innocent and pretty one, the star of today and tomorrow, Rin. Happy birthday. Hope you like the drawing." Shippo described each character in the picture to Rin while pointing to each character.
Rin had been giggling while listening to the funny descriptions of each character. She hugged Shippo and said, "Arigato, Shippo-sama! Rin like this present a lot! Rin will remember everyone of them in the picture! Arigato for drawing this picture specially for Rin!"
Shocked by the hug, Shippo blushed and stammered, "Th… That's nothing, Rin. Ermm… I'm just glad that you like this present."
Rin let go of Shippo and saw his blush and giggled, "Shippo-sama look so cute when he blushed."
Upon hearing this, Shippo blushed even more. His whole face was as red as ripe tomato. The others smiled. Looks like someone is in love!
Just then, the guys went over. Miroku said sarcastically, "Hey, Shippo, you are very good with your descriptions, aren't you?"
"Ya. Why the heck did you describe all of them in the picture so well, especially the girls, but all except me and Miroku? Anyway, what are so good about the girls, especially that Kagome? Pretty? She's a ferocious tigress!" With that, Inuyasha started to chase Shippo around the place.
Upon hearing this, Kagome turned boiling red with anger and disagreement. She cleared her throat and shouted, "INUYASHA!"
Inuyasha stopped and froze. He looked at Kagome and laughed nervously, "Hehe… Kagome… You are not going to say that, right? I… I know you are very forgiving, Kagome… Ermm… Kagome…"
"OSUWARI!" She finished her sentence.
Thump (Too bad for you, Inuyasha. But there's more to come.)
"Osuwari, Osuwari, Osuwari, Osuwari, Osuwari, Osuwari, Osuwari, OSUWARI!" Kagome continued. Then, feeling satisfied, she said, "Ahhh… I feel so much better and satisfied to see a bad dog being punished!"
Inuyasha tried to get up and said, "Ka… go… me… How… could… you…"
"Why couldn't I? Who are you to me, anyway? Just another dog… Oh well… Sometimes if your dog misbehaves, you just have to punish it, just to make sure he will behave properly and obey you." Kagome replied sarcastically, putting on an I-don't-care look.
"Okay… Okay… Stop it, you two! You two can quarrel later, okay? Inuyasha, quick, take it out now." Sango hurried Inuyasha.
"Huh? Inuyasha-sama is giving Rin a present too?" Rin asked.
"Ya. Even though I don't like that Sesshoumaru, that doesn't mean I don't like Rin. Close your eyes now, Rin." Inuyasha said.
Rin did as she was told. Inuyasha slid a necklace on to Rin's neck. The necklace was made using a black string and Inuyasha's fang as a pendant.
"Don't worry, Rin. I have asked Kaede to get rid of the hanyou smell from the fang, so no youkai or monster will ever come near you. Also, I have asked her to dos some magic on this fang, so you can treat it as an amulet or lucky charm." Inuyasha explained.
Rin looked up at Inuyasha and said, "Arigato, Inuyasha-sama! Rin will wear this everyday and take good care of it!"
Inuyasha patted Rin's head. Kagome stepped forward and said, "Looks like you receive a lot of presents, Rin. Well, here's my present to you. Happy birthday, Rin."
Kagome put something in Rin's hand. Rin opened her hand. It was an amulet.
"Although the necklace that Inuyasha gave you can also act as an amulet, I bet my amulet can protect you times better. Anyway, it wouldn't do you any harm to have two amulets. You see, traveling with Sesshoumaru, you will meet some dangers sometimes. So I went to a temple to get this amulet for you, to protect you. Keep it with you everywhere you go, okay?" Kagome explained.
"Rin will, Kagome-sama. Rin promise you. Arigato!" Rin looked at Kagome and said.
Then, looking at everyone, tears began to form in Rin's eyes. She wiped away the tears with her hands and said, "Arigato, Sango-sama, Miroku-sama, Shippo-sama, Inuyasha-sama and Kagome-sama! Rin is very happy today. Rin is very happy to see everyone and Rin is very happy to receive so many presents. This is the first time Rin receives so many presents. Rin will never forget today and everyone. But Rin has to go back now. Sesshoumaru-sama and Jaken-sama will be worried if they can't find me. Ja'ne, everyone! Rin will take good care of the presents! Sayonara!" Rin waved them goodbye.
"Ja'ne! Sayonara! Take care!" the others waved back.
The sun was going down and the evening was a lovely shade. Rin ran back, feeling happy with all her presents.
A/N: Oh my… this is one long chapter, isn't it? Well, at least it's the longest chapter in this story. Hope you readers like it. Like I said earlier, the next chapter will contain a lot of Sesshoumaru's and Rin's parts, so Sesshoumaru's and Rin's fans, remember to check out the next chapter, which is also the last chapter of this story!