A/N: Well, I hoped you enjoyed the first chapter. I found it quiet hilarious. Yes, I realize he can be quiet out of character…but I'm sure you would too if you were in his position. So…now Rin's growing up…Aww... haha…enjoy this next hilarious chapter!
Rin was now 13, a new teenager, and was still travelling along with Sesshomaru and Jaken. She looked much different then she did when she was 8, and not to mention her attitude changed too. She was still always happy, of which Sesshomaru did like, and she could still be her annoying self. Sesshomaru seemed more like a father then he ever would have thought. He had taken care of a girl for 5 years, and he never really had the intention of losing her now…
Sesshomaru sniffed the air. "Rin. Are you hurt?"
Rin blinked a few times. "Well, I have this stomach ache in my side…but rather then that I'm fine. Why my lord?"
Sesshomaru looked around, without looking at her. "I can smell your blood. A lot of it."
Jaken screamed. "RIN! YOU'RE BLEEDING!"
Rin looked confused until she saw thick blood dripping down her leg. It seemed a bit different then regular blood. Rin started to panic and ran around in circles. "AH! MY LORD HELP ME!"
"Rin. Calm down." Sesshomaru said, and Rin stopped. "Where is it coming from?"
"I'm not sure." She said, as she flipped over, to look under her kimono. Her eyes widened, and then flipped back up. "It's coming from…" She pointed to her lower body part. "…here."
Both Jaken and Sesshomaru were speechless.
"What do I do?" She asked.
Sesshomaru had not the SLIGHTEST idea what the heck she was talking about…or where all of this blood was coming from.
Please tell me I don't have to go back to InuYasha to find his female companions. I made myself look like a fool then…why should I go do it again. Unless if maybe I led Rin to them, and she can ask.
"Lord Sesshomaru, could we find Kagome?" Rin asked. Sesshomaru was practically praising the Gods that she brought up that suggestion and that he wouldn't have to.
"Fine." He said coolly. "I should say we are lucky that InuYasha is near by…I have his scent."
"Oh…that's fantastic my lord!" Rin yelled happily.
"My lord, I shall stay here with Ah-Un." Jaken said, trying not to have anything involved with it.
Sesshomaru looked at him. "Fine, we'll be back soon."
Jaken was ever so relieved, and so he and Ah and Un stayed at their spot, in the forest. And frankly, Sesshomaru didn't want Jaken making stupid comments about whatever he normally makes stupid comments about, so really it was for the better.
"Rin, are you able to run? Or are you hurting that bad." He asked her, as they walked away, becoming distant from Jaken.
"Well, its not that bad…I can try and run for as long as I can my Lord." Rin looked at him. Sesshomaru looked back at her, and made a small nod.
Sesshomaru made no effort of going off in the distance, and yet felt kind of bad that Rin was left there running her heart out. But, it was all over when InuYasha and the gang met up with them.
Sesshomaru stopped with again no effort, and he stood tall. Rin, on the other hand was panting, and holding tight of her waist, her eyes squinting and looked like she was going to cry.
"Sesshomaru. What the hell are you doing here?" InuYasha yelled as he pulled out his Tetsusaiga.
Sesshomaru completely ignored him and walked to Sango and Kagome. "Rin come here. Tell them what's wrong with you."
Rin fell on to her knees, and looked up hurting, with bloodstains from her thighs to her feet, and not to mention fresh blood spewing from her body.
Kagome and Sango looked at each other in shock.
"InuYasha put that sword away! Rin!" Kagome yelled as she ran straight to Rin. InuYasha put away his sword figuring Sesshomaru didn't want a fight.
Sango followed quickly behind. "Oh dear…"
Kagome turned to Sango, and then looked at Sesshomaru. "Thanks for bringing her to us. She has her period."
All of the men made a questioning face. "What the…hell?" InuYasha exclaimed.
Kagome asked quietly to Rin if it was her first time she had it, just in case. Sango sighed, and turned to the men, as Kagome got her bag off her shoulders. Rin sat crying on the ground.
"Ok. For women, including Kagome and I, get these things called 'period.' Or another name is menstruation. It's...basically, every month for a few days blood comes out of our bodies. It's nothing to be worried about." She reassured Rin. "…Women normally have it from when their 12 till about…well…I'm not sure what the age is in this time…what is it in your time Kagome?"
Kagome turned around as she pulled out a pad. "Normally 65ish. It varies on the woman really." Kagome turned back to Rin. "Now Rin, this is called underwear. You wear it on your bottom. People in my time use it, and personally I think it's a lot more sanitary." She paused to think of what the others wear, and then shook her head. "Okay? This is one of mine, but I'll let you have it. Now... This is called a pad." She spoke to her as she pulled out a yellow square package. "This is how you use it." She opened it, and placed it on the underwear. " Okay?"
Rin blushed. "I guess."
"Now…you can have these." She held out a few other pads. "Only change them when they get really bad and bloody…or whenever you take a bath, you want to use a fresh one. You can keep the underwear. You might want to wash it, because I'll guarantee you something's bound to happen. Any other questions?" Kagome explained.
Rin held the pads, and the underwear. "What if I run out of these?"
"Oh…come see me again. I'll be sure to always carry some. I'm sorry I don't have many now…I normally carry them for just in case. So, why don't you put that on…" She gestured the underwear with the pad already on it.
"Alright." Rin said, as she ran off near by to put it on.
Kagome turned around to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru didn't show any emotion like usual, but he did feel scared inside. "Okay…Sesshomaru, she may get slightly moody before and/or while she has it. Meaning…if she's crying for no reason, or yelling at stupid things…then there are your signs that it's possible she has it. So…in that case, just…like, don't ignore her because she'll yell at you for that…but just…act normal around her, but make her feel better about her self. She'll probably want to say bad things about her self, so its your job to give advice to her about how to change whatever…but be positive about it." She paused as she waited for him to show any sign of emotion. "I KNOW it's not you to do that…but you just have to. The older she gets the better she'll get…and then you soon won't even notice whether or not she's got it. So it's not like your stuck doing it all the time."
Sesshomaru's head swirled around in circles, along with Miroku and InuYasha's.
"Hmm, that would explain some things." InuYasha said grinning to himself.
"Sit."
Miroku sighed ignoring InuYasha's 'sit' command. "Yes, well in any case. I have a question…"
"Oh god Miroku. We don't want to hear it." Sango said, thinking he would say something perverted.
Rin came back around the corner. It had looked like she cleaned the blood off her legs, and she seemed a bit happier.
"What's the question?" Rin asked.
Miroku smiled. "Why do girls have…periods?"
"For some reason…when you say that…it doesn't sound right." InuYasha said glaring at him as he was getting up.
"Yes, well…in any case…it's a good question."
Sesshomaru said nothing.
"Girl's have periods because they do!" She said, placing her index finger in the air as a matter-of-fact way.
"That doesn't say anything." InuYasha said staring,
Kagome laughed. "Actually…It's got something to do with having kids."
"Hey lord Sesshomaru! It's like when you were telling me about women having breasts for feeding children milk…reproducing!"
Everyone's eyes became literal dots.
Kagome cleared her throat. "Sesshomaru?" she said trying to hold in her laugh.
Sesshomaru shot her a dirty look.
Miroku, InuYasha and Shippou burst out laughing. "OH YEAAAAA" Miroku announced.
"A few years back Sesshomaru came to us looking for you guys to give Rin the talk about sex." InuYasha laughed.
Sesshomaru stood frozen.
"Well." Sango and Kagome said looking at each other, both trying to contain their laughter.
"And where were we?" Kagome asked the guys.
"You both went home." Shippou said.
Sesshomaru had never felt so insulted. But, he couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't kill them…If it weren't for Kagome and Sango, then Rin would probably continue going on about blood going down her leg, and he'd have to ask for someone else. That would be even worse.
"Talk about bad timing." Sango said, as she and Kagome stopped laughing.
"Yes…it really was." Sesshomaru finally spoke.
"And…so…YOU…gave her the talk?" Kagome confirmed.
"Yes." Sesshomaru said, feeling slightly shamed.
"How would you know? I don't remember being getting talked to-" InuYasha started.
"Both father, and your mortal mother had died before you were old enough; where as I was plenty old enough to hear those stupid lectures from father about love." Sesshomaru told them.
InuYasha snorted. "Well…I'm thankful for that then."
"Hey guys! When Sesshomaru leaves…let's give InuYasha…the talk." Kagome whispered loudly to them, and laughed loudly.
"Pffft. Like your making me sit and stay for that."
"Want to bet on that?" Kagome said grinning. (Flames surrounded her, and InuYasha gave an eerie look.)
"Enough of this. C'mon Rin. We're going." Sesshomaru spoke, as he turned around.
Rin ran up to Sesshomaru, and then she stopped. Sesshomaru looked down at her, as she looked at him, and then she ran back to Kagome and the others who were starting to walk the opposite direction.
"Thank you Kagome. I'm sure Sesshomaru would say thank you too…but you know him." She smiled, and ran back.
"You're welcome Sesshomaru!" Kagome shouted back, as she waved.
Sesshomaru and Rin then left out of site.
"Thank you lord Sesshomaru for letting me see Kagome." She smiled. He said nothing, and she knew that that's how he showed he cared.
When they got back Jaken came charging to them with questions.
"What happened? What happened to the blood? Where was it coming from? Are you okay? You're not hurt are you? My lord, you look upset…Rin! Are you going to die-"
Sesshomaru kicked him, and was once again left wandering around dizzy.
A little while later, Sesshomaru and Rin sat leaning against tree roots. Rin sat against the tree next to his, and trying to relax from her cramps. Jaken was off with Ah-Un by Sesshomaru's orders to find Rin some food.
"Rin." Sesshomaru said randomly.
Rin looked up, from her tree, and looked up at Sesshomaru, who looked like he, was deep in thought. "Yes?"
"You embarrassed me."
"What? How my lord?" Rin said puzzled. She didn't know what she had done.
"You told them I gave you the talk." He told her, continuing not to look at her.
"Why are you ashamed of that?" She asked giving a sympathetic look, and didn't wait for a respond when saying. "Listen, I'm sorry my lord. I do stupid things…I say stupid things…" She stood up and walked around in slow circles. "And I'm annoying and I get in the way. I don't know why you keep me with you. I'm old enough to live on my own now…you've trained me to do things I couldn't before…" She ranted.
"Stop." He spoke. Her mouth stopped, as she was about to continue. "No." He remembered about what Kagome said about his job being to comfort her. "I…I had it coming."
Rin stood still. "Huh?"
"I've been…acting like…a demon to you." He pushed out.
"My lord! You are a demon!" She laughed, but went serious. "But, even with that, I'm ever so grateful of being a companion to a great demon like you…and that you put up with me…and even master Jaken…he's more annoying then I am."
"Yes, but you are only a human. You should be associating with humans. I should not treat you like a demon…I am treating you something that you're not." He pushed even further.
"What's this my lord? Are you apologizing?" Rin pressed.
Sesshomaru stared at her. "I don't have to."
"And for that I'm even happier."
Sesshomaru dropped his stare, and turned it to be a bit of a happier look. (But he didn't smile.)
"I wonder where Master Jaken is…" Rin looked around and saw no sign of Jaken.
"How are you feeling?" He asked her.
Rin turned back to him and smiled. "It comes and goes. You're sure taking this well."
"Of what you think."
"You're not taking it well? Did you not expect something like this would even happen?" She asked, as she flopped down in front of Sesshomaru.
"It's…different. I forget that you're a woman now." He told her.
"So we can be mates then?" She laughed as she joked. "Now that I am a woman I mean."
Sesshomaru gave her a strange look.
"I'm just kidding my lord…" She laughed. "I just wanted to see how you would react."
Sesshomaru closed his eyes, as he wanted to hurt something, then opened them again calming himself down. He couldn't make her lose her temper or he'd have to feel the wrath of the 'female temper' which was probably worse then when he turns into his other form.
"MY LORD IM BACK!" Jaken came screaming back holding watermelon, fish and berries.
Rin turned around. "Thank you master Jaken."
"Rin! These are not for you. My lord sent me to get them for him."
"Jaken. I sent you out to get them out for her." Sesshomaru reassured.
Jaken froze. "I spent all my time to get food for her!" He yelled astounded, and threw the food on the floor.
Rin turned around. "Thanks a lot Jaken. So now I mean nothing to you now? I thought we were friends." She said getting angry with him for being rude like that.
"Jaken…I'd watch myself if I were you." Sesshomaru said with his eyes closed. Jaken lowered his head slightly and looked a different direction while Rin peacefully ate all of her food.
As night came, Sesshomaru sincerely hoped that another day like that would not come at all. He would NOT be able to bare it at all, and that'd probably be the time where he'd get rid of her…but he knew in his heart…he's had her too long…he could never do that.
"Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked, standing in front of Sesshomaru who was sleeping against the same tree as earlier. He opened his eyes to her voice.
"Go to sleep." He told her, but she didn't budge. "What is it?"
"I hear frightening noises." She said, as she held the edge of her kimono sleeve, and looked about.
"So?"
"Can I sleep here?" She asked, giving him a saddened look. After all, they were in the middle of a forest, and although she's been hearing them forever, they seemed to be louder that night, and because she was going through puberty, he let her.
"Fine."
"Thank you." She said, as she sat directly beside him, and laid her head on his shoulder.
Rin woke up the next morning feeling slightly better. She still had her period of course, but some rest did her well.
When the next month came rolling around, she went to see Kagome. Sesshomaru came with her again, but somewhat expected what was going to happen, and knew that it definitely wasn't going to be as bad as the last time they saw them. InuYasha and the others were at Kaede's village, and so when she came to Kagome, she seemed very happy.
"Hello Kagome."
"Hey Rin!"
"Ummm…Do you…mind…?" She whispered shyly.
"Ah Yes. Here. I want to show you something." Kagome brought Rin to Kaede's hut, where she was able to borrow a bit of space where there were packages of pads leaned up against the wall. It was very tall…and would have been enough for a long time.
"Whoa. That seems…a lot." Rin laughed.
"Yes…well…you and I can share. It was very expensive you know…so, please use them carefully. But. I got you these." She held out a little backpack, and a package of underwear. "So…you can wear these, make sure you wash them…whenever you have time. And, what you can do is you come here, take about a package worth of pads…put it in the bag, and carry it around…and you can put whatever else too. Umm…and when you run out, instead of coming to see me just come here and stock up on some more. Got it?"
"Wow…Thanks so much Kagome. That…must have been very expensive." She said, as she felt bad.
"Yes, but it's not like I go home often…so my mom is okay with spending some bit of money for me."
"Should I get Lord Sesshomaru to pay a bit of it?" Rin offered. Sesshomaru…sitting right there felt strange about needing to pay Kagome for Rin's needs.
"No…don't worry about it. I'll be using these too." She smiled.
Sesshomaru walked over, and handed her some coins.
"No thank you Sesshomaru. This money is useless in my time anyway."
"It is? Okay…Thank you." She said again.
"Kagome." Sesshomaru said. Kagome looked at him. "Did InuYasha get his talking to?" he asked.
"Well. Speaking of which…it's hilarious. That's kind of the whole reason why we came here. Kaede ofg all people are giving him the talk." She turned and pointed to InuYasha, who was crouched down with his eye twitching.
"What made him stay?"
"I told him I'd S.I.T. him if didn't, and that I'd leave forever. Although we both know I wouldn't last. But he wasn't willing to take the chance."
Sesshomaru was dying to laugh at him, but knowing his style he said nothing, but, "Alright." Rin on the other hand was laughing, and then waved Kagome off as Sesshomaru started leaving.