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A/N: (added weeks later)Ok, I know I said I can't work on this til next weekend, but I'm taking a break from homework, I've still got tomorrow after all to finish my homework.
A/N: (added same as above) Oh my goodness. I just went to read what I had so far because I remembered starting it weeks ago, and not finishing it. Turns out I was wrong. I did finish it. All that time that I didn't update, and I had TWO (admittedly short) chapters already and waiting to be posted. What a ditz.
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"Speaking"Inu's thoughtsSesshoumaru's thoughts
Ch. 12- At the Table
Wonder what's for breakfast. Inu Yasha thought as, once again, he followed his older brother down countless halls. Wonder what Sesshoumaru eats? Wow. I'm gonna see Sesshoumaru eat. How weird.
"What's for breakfast?"
"Rin will have her choice of fruit, with a sticky bun the miko introduced her to. I do not know or care what Jaken eats. And the miko gave Rin some packages for you to eat, and a decidedly human tool to prepare them with."
Oh! I hope its ramen! Hang on, that doesn't answer my question.
"What are you having for breakfast?"
"I won't be eating."
"Why?"
"I do not eat in front of others."
"Oh. Why?"
"Because I was trained not to."
"By father?"
"No. He would eat in front of anyone as long as they were not an enemy. Or fasting."
"By who then?"
"My sensei."
"Oh. What else did he teach you?"
"Quite a bit. I trained with him for a matter of centuries."
"Wow."
At that moment, several servants entered the room, carrying food. A great feast was laid out, with a wide variety of foods, many of which Inu Yasha didn't recognize. Rin did, however, and her hand shot out towards a sticky, doughy, sweet looking something.
"Rin."
"Yes Milord?" No response. "Yes, Milord." And with that Rin reached over and started sorting through the fruit.
"How did you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Not you! Her!"
"Me?"
"Yes."
"How did I do what?"
"How did you interpret some kind of command out of that? He didn't do or say anything!"
"Yes he did."
"Uh, NO, he didn't."
"Yes. He did. His eyebrow lifted a teeny tiny ittie bittie bit."
"Ok… Oh! Girl, I have a question for you."
"My name is Rin."
"Fine, Rin. I have a question."
"Yes?"
"What did you mean earlier when you said me and Sesshoumaru looked like puppies?"
"Yes, Milord." Rin straightened up a bit and went back to talking, "I've seen puppies-"
"How did you do that?"
"Same as before."
"HE WASN'T EVEN LOOKING AT YOU!"
"That doesn't matter. If you are supposed to do as you are told, you are supposed to do it whether your lord is looking or not."
"But he didn't SAY anything!"
"Master Inu Yasha, I am his Rin. I know instructions when I see them."
"But how?"
"I just know."
This is getting me nowhere.
"So, about playing?"
"Oh yes, I've seen puppies play like that, and I saw a picture once of Lord Sesshoumaru's father and- Yes, Milord."
"Well?"
"Lets talk about something else."
"What? No! Oh, let me guess, he wiggled his eyebrow."
"Lord Sesshoumaru does not wiggle!" Jaken cried indignantly.
"Oh, you're still here?"
"Of course I am!"
"Whatever. Sesshoumaru. I want to see that picture."
"No."
"Where is it?"
"In the library."
"Where is the library?"
"Which one?"
Damn it! I'll never get it out of him like this. Think. The only thing I can force him to do is answer my questions. So, I'll just ask him about the picture!
"What is it a picture of?"
Very well, I'll give you that one.
"The picture Rin spoke of is a portrait my mother painted of my father and I playing when I was very little. She painted it a few centuries after it occurred, when I was already in training, and he was off at war."
"Oh. How were you playing?"
"I had surprised him that morning, by sneaking onto their futon, pushing him off it, and attacking. My mother woke up from the noise, and started laughing when she saw us. I was biting his fur and growling, and he was pulling my ear, trying to get loose."
"Oh." Three… Two… One… "OH! So you were playing with me earlier!"
He got silence in response. No answer, huh? I'll take that as a yes! Ha!
…end chapter…
Sorry about that. I got very busy, very, very suddenly. I'm past the worst of it, but I'm still very busy with schoolwork. And it's only going to get worse from here, because I'll be doing volunteer work 3-4 hours a week, plus a half hour there, and a half hour back. So, I won't probably be updating a lot.
