Author's Notes: This is for wolfygirl13, who asked to know what happened between Rin and Jaken from Escapade #13 (Smiles and a Bee)!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, or any nursery rhymes.
The Mother Goose Escapades
No. 15
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree.
Merry, merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh, Kookaburra,
Laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be.
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
eating all the gumdrops he can see.
Stop, Kookaburra,
Stop, Kookaburra,
Leave some there for me!
"Hey Jaken-sama!" Rin called out, a grin on her face. "Look what I found!" The little green toad turned towards the girl, a sigh escaping his lips.
"What is–" He didn't finish his impatient words as the girl slammed into him. The two tumbled over, and Rin burst out laughing. "What is so funny?" Jaken demanded. He was laying flat on his back, Rin to his side.
"You!" Rin exclaimed. "Anyway, look, it's – uh oh." Rin's eyes grew wide.
"What?" Jaken asked, immediately alarmed. Rin looked guilty, and started tracing circles in the grass.
"I just found something cool to show you, Jaken-sama, and now I don't know where it is."
"And what was it?" Jaken pressed, almost afraid to know the answer. He looked around cautiously, and then looked at himself. On his chest a large, hairy bug sat preening. It turned and looked right at the toad. "WHAHAAA!" Jaken screamed, jumping up and flailing around. Rin, knowing exactly what was happening, leapt up herself and ran in the opposite direction.
"Sorry Jaken-sama!" she called over her shoulder. She deftly climbed the first tree she came to, and hid amongst the branches. Jaken ran around a little while longer until convinced the bug was gone. Then-
"Oh Rin?" The sing song voice was uncharacteristic for the toad, and Rin almost shivered. She stayed put though, and after fifteen minutes Jaken gave up looking for revenge. He settled next to Ah Un, and closed his eyes. The two heads of the dragon looked at him, then at the tree where Rin was hiding. Soft snorts were heard.
"Whew," Rin whispered. She was about to jump out of the tree when she noticed her hands. Small berries growing on the tree had stained them a pretty hue of blue. A wicked smile grew on the lips of the mischief loving child.
Rin gathered as many berries as she dared, then dropped out of the tree. Overexaggeratingly, she tiptoed towards the now sleeping retainer. She winked at the curious heads of Ah Un. Then she settled down next to Jaken-sama, her feather light touch unnoticed.
It had taken several trips, but eventually all of the exposed green of Jaken was now blue. Rin was dissatisfied however. The blue hadn't mixed as well with his green color as it had her own pinky flesh. Rin shrugged though; there wasn't much that could be done now. She settled down to make war drawings on her own face, and then eventually the heads of Ah Un.
It was a couple of hours later that Jaken woke up, refreshed from his nap. Blinking his eyes, he peered sleepily at Rin, who was grinning at him. This woke him up rather quickly – any time Rin looked like that, something bad was about to happen.
"What happened to your face?" Jaken asked cautiously, noting the blue lines and circles. He glanced at Ah Uh, who had the same markings.
"What happened to your skin?" Rin asked pleasantly. Jaken looked down at his arms and found he couldn't speak. His normally beautiful shade of green was now a hideously ridiculous shade of blue! His mouth opened and shut several times, words failing the pompous creature.
"You are in so much trouble! I'm telling Sesshoumaru-sama!" he finally managed to choke out. Scrambling up, he took off, tripping a couple of times as he disappeared into the woods. His shrill voice could be heard calling out, "Sesshoumaru-sama! Sesshoumaru-sama!"
Left behind, Rin fell to the ground, clutching her stomach she was laughing so hard.
Author's Notes: This one was pretty fun to write! Anyways, I'm going out of town for the weekend, so leave me lots of happy reviews to come back to, pretty please? Enjoy!