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The great dog demon sat against a tree, watching as Rin and Jaken tried to catch some fish in the creek. Of course you need to keep in mind that 'tried' is the operative word. Today the river was surprisingly empty. When a fish did by chance come along, Jaken only managed to scare it away before either of the now-soaking-wet couple could even attempt to capture it. Rin sighed, sitting down on a rock off to the side in the creek. She clutched her growling stomach, a frown on her face.
"Rin is so hungry," she murmured to herself. "Why are the fish being so mean today?"
"Maybe the fish wouldn't be so mean if you came back down here and helped," yelled Jaken, frustrated and just as hungry. "Sitting there isn't going to do anything for either of us!"
"But Rin is too hungry to try anymore," Rin whined softly. "No more trying to catch fish. I think that they're all gone now."
Sesshomaru sighed, sitting up. He walked over to the creek's edge and watched the flowing current.
"My Lord?" Rin asked, glancing up at him.
Suddenly, with one swift movement, Sesshomaru's hands grasped a several fish that were swimming by him. He held them in front of his eyes, inspecting them. Both Jaken and Rin's eyes were wide, Jaken's mouth hanging open. Sesshomaru then waded over to Rin, fish in hand. "Here Rin," he said in an expressionless tone, "Take these and cook them. It's growing late."
Rin's eyes grew wider, almost as wide as the bright smile that now graced her face. She giggled slightly. "Thank you so much!" she exclaimed, taking the fish offered to her, "I'll prepare them right away!" With that Rin jumped off the rock and ran over to the bank, careful not to drop the precious silver meal that she held. She placed the fish in a pile and set to making a fire to cook them over.
Jaken continued to stare at Sesshomaru in amazement, his eyes all…..sparkly. (Eeee, scary!) "My Lord, that was amazing! Y-you just picked those fish right up! You are truly amazing, no one could ever compare to the wonderfulness of you!"
Sesshomaru eyed Jaken carefully, before walking back to shore, making sure to step on Jaken of the way of course. "Jaken, see to it that the fish are prepared properly and that Rin eats her fill."
Jaken got back up and sputtered slightly, water in his mouth. He recovered in an instant though and nodded to Sesshomaru. "Yes, me Lord." Jaken then hurried over to Rin and the fish.
Sesshomaru walked back over to the tree he had been sitting at before and he sat back down against it. He closed his eyes, deep in thought. Before too long, the dog demon found himself drifting off to sleep; it had been, after all, a tiring day. Some time later Sesshomaru felt someone tapping him. He woke with a start, beads of sweat on his face. His eyes narrowed as he looked down at the source of his wake. There before him stood the annoying green blob known as Jaken. "Me Lord?" Jaken asked carefully, distressed by the state that Sesshomaru seemed to be in.
"What?" growled Sesshomaru angrily.
"Were you having a nightmare?"
The dog demon's eyes narrowed even more. "Do not insult me. I do not have such trivial things."
"Are you sure, me Lord? You were growling in your sleep, looking most distressed." Jaken looked on at Sesshomaru with a mix of doubt and concern.
"I am certain," he answered, his voice rough.
Rin walked up to Sesshomaru, a freshly cooked fish in hand. She smiled and said in a perky voice, "Here you go, Lord Sesshomaru. I made this one just for you!" She giggled and handed the fish to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru's face softened at this and he nodded to Rin.
"Thank you Rin," he replied, back to his usual emotionless tone.
Rin smiled so brightly that it seemed the sun itself had competition. "You're welcome my Lord. It was my pleasure. It's alright though."
Sesshomaru paused, looking slightly perplexed. "What's alright?" he asked.
"Why your nightmare of course! It's alright, everyone gets them. I get them, and I'm sure even Jaken does."
Sesshomaru chose not to respond, and looked away, toward the creek with the moon now glistening on it. He then started on his fish. Rin just continued smiling, glad to see Sesshomaru eating her fish. Content, Rin walked back to the fire a few feet away. Jaken followed her. "Rin, now make me one!" the little toad commanded.
Rin shook her head. "No, I think you can make your own Jaken."
Jaken glared at Rin and 'hmphed'. "You just made one and you look perfectly capable of making another one! Besides, you still have to make yours, so it's not like you're done."
Rin sighed, giving Jaken a patient look. "You know, Jaken, you don't appear to have any manners at all."
"What is that supposed to mean, wench?" Jaken sputtered indignantly. "You have some nerve saying something like that to me!"
Rin shook her head sadly. "You see Jaken, when you want something or if you want someone to do something for you, you need to say please."
"I will do no such thing!" Jaken continued to glare at the girl, but as the girl ignored him, he started growing agitated. Jaken just watched as Rin made a second fish for herself. He continued to watch her still as she blew on it and took a few bites of it. Finally, Jaken snapped. "Alright already, can you please make me a fish?" he blurted not being able to stand it anymore.
Rin, who had been oblivious to Jaken's suffering, smiled and finished her fish. "Okie dokie!" she chirped happily. She then set to making a fish for Jaken as well. Soon everyone had had their fill and was just relaxing peacefully, everyone but Rin that is. Rin had contented herself to running along the creek's bank, trying to catch the fireflies. After some time of chasing and no result except a tired Rin, Sesshomaru called Rin back.
"Rin, it is time to go to sleep."
Rin smiled at Sesshomaru. "Okay; goodnight Lord Sesshomaru, goodnight Jaken." With that, Rin curled up against Ah-Uhn. Ah-Uhn curled its tail around Rin like a blanket before laying its head back down.
- - - The next morning - - -
Rin awoke bright and early, as usual. Sesshomaru had already woken up though. He was always awake before the other two (or three, if you count Ah-Uhn that is). Sesshomaru was staring into the glassy water of the creek, an unreadable expression crossing his face.
Rin yawned, rubbing her eyes. She put on her trademark smile before walking over to Sesshomaru. "Good morning Lord Sesshomaru!" Sesshomaru's only response was a slight nod of his head. Rin tilted her head slightly to the side. "My Lord, should I try to find some berries? I could try to make something yummy! I don't know what it will be yet, but I'll figure that out as I go along. I promise it'll taste much better than the jam I spread on the tree bark with the mushrooms." Rin thought for a moment. "I'm not sure what I did wrong, but for some reason it didn't taste quite as good as I had imagined it would."
Sesshomaru cringed inwardly, remembering Rin's special 'delicacy' she had been so excited to make. Just thinking about it made the taste come back to him; he wanted to gag all over again. Of course, he would never do such a thing, even as he ate that horrid thing, because he was too 'refined'. It was quite a challenge though, trying to keep a strait face while he took his first, second, and third bites. After that, Rin decided it was bad and she didn't ask him to eat anymore. It's just too bad that it took her that long to realize it. "No Rin, that's alright. Get the fire going, I shall simply catch some more fish."
Rin nodded and started working on the ashes from the night before. It took a mere half of a minute and Sesshomaru had enough fish for all of them. He set them down on a rock beside Rin before glancing at Jaken. He picked up a small pebble and chucked it at Jaken's forehead. Jaken woke with a start, glancing al around and flailing slightly. "Wha-wha-what! What happened! Where am I! MOMMY!" Jaken was flailing immensely and running around circles. He soon stopped though, as he tripped over a pebble and landed flat on his face.
"It's time to get up. We shall eat quickly and then set out." 'Is it really necessary for him to get up so dramatically every morning?' Sesshomaru wondered as he turned and started walking away from the twitching blob.
Jaken got up, shook himself of, nodded at his lord's words, and set about….well, nothing actually. He pretty much just watched Rin with a watering mouth, not doing anything to help, which was usually the case. Soon, the fish was done and everyone ate. After that everyone got up and set out once more. The sun was high in the sky and the weather was perfect. It was neither too hot nor was it too cold, and there was not a cloud in sight. Rin was humming as she walked beside Sesshomaru. Jaken trailed slightly behind, holding onto Ah-Uhn's reins. The group traveled like this for a several hours. Sesshomaru glanced at Rin, noticing that she was looking quite weary. He sighed slightly but said, "We shall stop there for a short rest." He motioned towards the clearing with a small pond about 20 feet away. He really did not want to stop, but Rin was tired and it looked like Ah-Uhn could use a long drink. Sesshomaru decided that after everyone had a short rest they would get going once more, Rin riding on Ah-Uhn.
So the group headed over to the appointed place. Sesshomaru sat down against another tree with a distant look in his eyes. He had been hoping for a bit of peace and quite, but sadly the lord's wish would not be granted. It took all of 30 seconds before Jaken started squawking at Rin and pretty much anything the moved. Oh, and god forbid a caterpillar cross the ground in front of him. Jaken was still screeching about that one after the caterpillar was long gone, and that's saying something considering how slow caterpillars move. Sesshomaru's urge to beat the living crap out of the toad was building ever so quickly. It was times like these that made Sesshomaru want to not only kill the toad, but torture him slowly, oh so slowly, until he breathed his very last breath. Sesshomaru took a deep breath and tried to content himself by closing his eyes and imagining every way possible to kill Jaken.
Rin wasn't really having too good of a time dealing with Jaken's antics either. But she didn't say anything. Unlike Sesshomaru though, she did not carry the malicious thoughts that were running through Sesshomaru's mind. It wasn't long before Rin wanted her space and today she was feeling particularly adventurous. So when Sesshomaru closed his eyes she decided to wander off for a little bit. "I think I'll go find some flowers for Lord Sesshomaru," she said to herself, giggling as she skipped down the non-existent path of the forest. Rin wandered further and further into the woods, unaware that she was being watched. Nor was she aware that she was falling right into the hands of her mysterious stalker.
A/N: Hey everyone, second chapter done…..um, like you didn't know that already. sweatdrop If you have any questions just let me know, though I do try to keep rocket science and my fanfics separate matters. Just kidding……sort of. Um, I'm just going to remind you that if you flame, please let me know what it is that you don't like. Personally, I'm all for constructive criticism. Not that I'm asking you to flame me or anything. I haven't written too many fanfics before so I suppose I'm still new to this. I'm open to suggestions and stuff. I want to be the kind of person who can create fanfics that people will like, even if it takes a lot of hard work and revamping on my style and writing pieces.
I have a question for you guys. Have you ever cooked something and it turned out that you had an 'extra' ingredient? I'll give you an example. Yesterday I was making elbows and sauce after school. Since the school lunch is pretty much some indecipherable bunch of ickiness, I usually eat when I get home. Well, you see, I had a bad craving for elbow macaroni and tomato sauce. Much to my dismay, I could find no unopened box of elbows. What I did find, though were two open boxes of elbows. So, I figured I was desperate enough to try using that. How bad could it be? Apparently, a lot worse than I had imagined. You see, I was eating it right, and then all of a sudden I looked down, into the dish. Then I saw something, and at first glance I wasn't sure what it was. A closer inspection revealed, however, that that 'thing' turned out to be none other than bug larva! EWW! So I wolfed down a bowl of cheerios (trying to get rid of the taste) and then went strait to bed. I still hate thinking about it. When I woke up from my after school nap, it was for some reason the first thing I remembered. shudder I guess that's what I get for using the already open and only box of elbow macaroni...I still think I wanna gag... Every time I look at food now, that's all I can think of and my stomach starts churning. I really don't think that I'll be able to eat any kind of pasta for quite some time now. Now, has that or anything like that every happened to anybody else? Or an I just a stupid person all alone here?
Wow, I guess that that was kind of random, sorry about that. I guess I'm kind of a random person. Sweatdrop
Oh, one more thing. Okay, I would just like to say now, Kelly, I know you're reading this….at some point. I am going to make this very clear right now: You DO NOT call Sesshomaru 'Uncle Frank'. That is and always will be just plain wrong. I don't care if you think it's funny…cause, um…it's not. I also highly doubt that Krista finds it as amusing as you do. I'm sorry Kelly, but it's just plain wrong. Gets down on hands and knees and starts begging Please, Kelly! Please do not keep torturing me, 'k? Sigh (I'll bet you $20 that she won't listen to a single word of my little rant.) Oh well.
- Until next time. -