This my first InuYasha story on here so be gentle.
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"Oh this one's really pretty." The young girl picked the small yellow flower carefully as not to break it.
She smiled and gently placed it in her floral pile beside her. It had grown so much larger as the day passed by. It consisted of many types of pretties and colors. Blue, purple, red, violet, white, pink, orange, and now a new yellow one was added into the mix.
A cloud passed over the afternoon sun. She looked up and wiped her forehead. The sun was always delightful but boy did it get hot on the open field.
I should head back before Lord Sesshomaru returns.
She took the pile in her arms and stood up. Glancing around the acres of colorful patterns zigzagging as far as she could see. Flowers were a true blessing for her. She never tired of them and loved spending the days picking them. What she loved even more was giving them to her friends and only the prettiest of flowers would do.
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"Now be gone with you!" The small green imp finally shooed away a pestering worm demon. It had been coming back all day long trying to sneak past the toad-like creature in order to cease a jewel shard near by.
Of course Jaken wouldn't allow such a worthless pest to pass on. Not because he wanted to protect the shard or anything. But because the worm had told him the jewel piece was in a nearby field. The same field as the young Rin.
Normally a demon wouldn't care if a human was devoured but in this case he had no choice but decline the worm.
For if the worm happened to possess the shard it could become over powering and take out Jaken even if he tried protecting Rin.
"Lousy wretch!" He ranted at the worm who was still slithering away in the bushes.
"Wretch, Master Jaken?"
"Whaa!" He jumped and spun around to see the bright eyed girl curiously staring at him.
"You shouldn't sneak up on me like that!" His face turned red with embarrassment.
"I apologize. I didn't know you got so startled." She smiled.
"I do not get startled you useless girl! You…"
She tuned him out but in a nice matter that somehow only she could accomplish.
She merely walked over and sat beneath the large tree she had slept under the previous night. She then began sorting her flowers and picking which ones went to which friends. Jaken babbled on to her about how he didn't get frightened or scared.
This big red one will go to InuYasha. It matches his kimono so nicely. And maybe pink for Kagome.
"And further more demons do not get so easily scared like humans…"
"Here Master Jaken. I picked it especially for you." She handed him the last flower she had chosen. A small, perky, yellow one.
"Uh. What?" He whispered as he took it.
"I hope you like it." She smiled and went back to sorting her pile.
Always bringing home her plants. Doesn't she ever tire of it? Every single night she comes home with these weeds. Lord Sesshomaru only takes them out of kindness of his own heart. But what has always puzzled me is why he would care to be kind to a human. He accepts such perishable gifts from a mere mortal.
The toad creature sighed and returned to his own sleeping spot underneath a tree across from Rin. There he picked the petals from the tiny flower, one by one.
"Are you telling your fortune, Master Jaken?"
"What do I look like, a witch?" He snapped.
"You don't need to be a witch. Fortune telling is for everyone. All you need is a flower."
He eyed her. Such a strange girl ever since they met three years ago. Her surprises never stopped and she always popped out the most peculiar myths.
She giggled, "Just pull the petals off and say a different fortune. Like this…"
She took a violet flower and began pulling off the petals.
"It'll be summer next week."
She pulled a petal off.
"It'll be summer tomorrow."
Another petal came off.
She continued until there were none left.
"Summer tomorrow." She sighed.
"Foolish girl. You really think a weed will tell the future?"
"It's a game Master." She went back to sorting.
The small demon merely tossed the whimsy plant beside him where the one from last night remained.
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Jaken scooted closer to the fire. It was still spring and the breeze made it a bit chilly. Not so much to make the lonely duo shiver yet cold enough to need extra warmth.
He looked up to the stars and sighed.
"Lord Sesshomaru may not make it back tonight."
"I hope it was wrong."
He turned to the girl who seemed to be talking to herself.
"What's that you silly girl?"
"My fortune. It read that summer is tomorrow. I hope it's wrong." She slid her knees to her chest.
"What matters? It will only get warmer out." He held out his green hands and rubbed them.
"It's not the weather. It's just that…well I heard once that more flowers bloom in the spring and every time one does then love blossoms for someone's heart."
The toad laughed, "Love? You humans really…" His insane laughter cut his own words off.
"It's true Master Jaken. Spring is the season of love. Summer brings caring to the blossoming heart."
Tears flooded his eyes, "Love is a waste! Demons would never tamper with such pointless emotions! And spring is nothing more than a time when all that was dormant comes back into motion!"
Finally his echoed voice ceased. Ah-Un actually shifted a bit after it was rudely awoken.
"I really believe it brings love. Maybe if you experienced love you'd believe in it too." She blinked curiously.
"Oh please! I already told you demons have no need for emotions like that."
"But why? You or Lord Sesshomaru must have felt love once…Maybe not with a human but with a demon."
The creature let out another explosion of laughter.
"I have better things to do than care for another weak demon! And Lord Sesshomaru would have no such thing exploring his mind! He is much to great for that!"
Rin merely lay her head on her knees and listened to Jaken finishing his episode of hysteria.
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The fire burned out, leaving only red hot embers. The glowed in the night like eyes watching out for danger. Aside from the moon they were the only things giving off light to brighten the dark forest.
Rin lay awake watching them. Her mind never focused on them only on her conversation with Jaken.
Maybe love is something you have to feel to understand. I bet if I could explain it better to Master Jaken than he'd understand it more. Yeah! He may even believe spring brings love.
She quietly got up and tiptoed past the sleeping creature. She made her way to Ah-Un who was soundly dreaming.
"Wake up." She gently nudged the dragon's two heads.
It sleepily awoke and gave her a blank stare.
"I need to visit InuYasha. May I ride you?" She had ridden the somewhat of a pet several times before. Yet asking seemed polite since it might be to tired to fly.
It yawned and stood.
Rin happily climbed aboard and took the reigns.
"Don't worry Master Jaken. I'll be back soon." She smiled to herself as the duo set off into the sky.
InuYasha and Kagome can tell me everything I need to know about love.
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