Misjudgement
A/N: A gift for Lord Yau, who told me that Jaken should be included in this one

Inugang was walking through a peaceful forest in fairly good mood. The day was sunny, they were moving in direction of a village where they could find a rumor about a jewel shard, Kagome didn't have to sit Inuyasha yet, Miroku was behaving, Shippou was telling jokes instead of playing pranks on the hanyou walking in front of the rest. Kagome was pretty glad to be alive right now, walking beside Sango.

Suddenly they heard a loud noise and a bunch of trees to their right fell. Inuyasha ran to see what caused this and his friends quickly followed just in case it was a vile youkai.

Well, it was a youkai, alright.

Kagome stopped beside Inuyasha, staring with him at a huge hole in the ground, the fallen trees laying on the edge of it. A youkai was in the hole, digging it with an air of determination around it.

"S... Sesshomaru?!" Miroku blinked a few times. Suddenly Jaken apporached the group, wielding his mighty staff.

"You lot! Leave my amazing lord alone!" he yelled at them. The inu youkai didn't even lift his head from his digging, his paws quickly widening and deepening the hole.

"Oi, Asshole, why are you diggin'?" Inuyasha asked his half-brother, ignoring his faithful servant. Rin ran to them, smiling widely and holding a bunch of flowers in her hand.

"I think Lord Sesshomaru was bored," she explained when the daiyoukai didn't answer the hanyou's question. The girl handed her flowers to Kagome and Sango, dividing her bunch in two.

"I heard inu youkai can dig holes out of boredom, but I didn't expect to see lord Sesshomaru doing this," Sango said in wonder, watching the mighty white dog working. The group was watching him while talking to Rin and ignoring Jaken. After a few minutes Sesshomaru, in his humanoid form, emerged from the hole, his eyes scanning the audience.

"Hm," he said when he landed on the edge of the hole. Jaken ran to his side.

"M'lord! I told them to go awa-AAAAA!" Kagome blinked and almost missed Sesshomaru's leg moving and pushing Jaken... Right over the edge of the hole. The whole group stared at the youkai who almost smiled at them and started to walk away.

"Rin," he said.

"Yes, my lord?" the girl asked, as suprised as everyone else.

"Follow me if you wish to," this sentence was answered with a happy "yes!" and the pair went away. The inugang looked at each other and then slowly crept closer to the hole.

"Lord Sesshomaru! Wait for meeeee!" came a loud cry from within it.

"Little brother," Inuyasha turned his head to see his brother who had stopped nearby. "If you help him out of this hole I'll kill you."

"I think we misjudged lord Sesshomaru's actions," Miroku said as he was observing Jaken trying to climb out of the hole.

"It wasn't boredom, it was self-preservation instinct," Sango nodded her agreement.