For whatever reason, I felt like continuing with this story. Again, I don't know why but I did. I know I might hurt or ruin the story by doing so, but I'm willing to take that chance. So now, I bring you a New Friend (again). I hope you continue to enjoy it.
Disclaimer for this and all the other chapters: Simply no.
Other notes: Rin's song is to be song to the melody of London Bridge (is Falling Down).
A New Friend
Rin shuffled through mounds and mounds of flowers. Pinks, blues, and purples splattered in front of her. She breathed in deeply and smelt the amazing scents. Pure bliss. She looked to the side and noticed the vacant space. Sesshy…
The dirt on her skirt reminded her of the mass murderer that Sesshy had become to the innocent flowers. She giggled and immediately felt guilty. How could she be laughing when the flowers had gone through such a terribly loss? Not to mention she spent forever making the garden perfect.
Still, she missed him in all his fluffy mischief. She wondered how Mia and the darn pup were doing. Great most likely. She was a nice girl and Sesshy was a misunderstood puppy. Yes. Misunderstood, she thought to herself.
"Girl, get up. We are leaving," Jakken said, poking Rin with his staff. Rin whined in convulsion and smacked the stick away.
"Jakken, you know very well how much I dislike that stick of yours. Those heads are creepy," Rin said, eyeing the two heads on the staff. Jakken shoved the staff closer to her and she jumped in surprise. "All right, all right. I'm going."
"Good. Lord Sesshomaru isn't going to wait forever. When you become more of a nuisance than you already are, Lord Sesshomaru will dump you in a human village just like that idiotic puppy of yours," Jakken snorted and crossed his arms.
"Liar!" Rin yelled back and picked up her colorful flowers. She held up the flowers and brought them down on Jakken's head. "Your such a liar."
"I am not telling lies, stupid girl. It's best you get it into your head so you're not so surprised when the time comes," he warned and shook his finger. Rin ignored his dumb words and walked towards where her lord stood. He was stupid- Jakken was. Why should she listen to him?
"Rin," her lord said when she reached him. Her ears perked up and she looked at him curiously. "We are passing the village where we disposed of…the dog and I don't intend to stop." Rin titled her head.
"But, I want to visit them," Rin choked out and held her flowers close to her chest. She looked up at the giant angel that stood in front of her and looked up at him with the same puppy eyes Sesshy used on her.
"We will not stop," he repeated, quickly turning around. Rin dropped her hands and pouted. How did those eyes work on her and not him? Lord Sesshomaru started to walk and the other two followed silently behind him, for the moment. Rin looked to Jakken and smiled.
"Dumb Jakken is a big big jerk, big big jerk, big big jerk. Dumb Jakken is a big big jerk. What else is new?" she sang and nudged Jakken with her elbow. Jakken snapped back and shoved Rin. She smiled. She loved this game.
She stuck her tongue out and crossed her eyes. Jakken narrowed his eyes and shoved his stick in front of her face. She focused her attention and saw one of the heads staring back at her. Her eyes widened and she yelled, jumping away.
"Jakken, that's not fair! Play the game right or don't play it at all," she scolded, looking Jakken straight at the eye as if almost daring him to do something.
"Don't hate the player. Hate the game," he huffed and looked Rin straight back into the eye. He felt his chest swallow with pride as he lowered his staff in front of Rin's feet. She tripped over the stick and fell face first into a puddle of mud.
"Jakken!" she yelled, lifting her head from the mud. She wiped off her face and spit out the muck that got into her mouth. Lord Sesshomaru stopped and glanced behind his shoulders to see what was happening. He almost sighed.
Rin lifted herself of the ground as her clothing dripped with sludge. She put her fingers to her hair, which was now clotted with dirt and grime. She shook her hands in the air and mud flew all around. She felt disgusting.
"Oh dear," Jakken whispered to himself. He wanted to trip the girl, but he didn't plan on her landing there. He looked to his lord remorsefully.
"Jakken," Lord Sesshomaru said, not taking his eyes of the appalled girl. Jakken cowered in fear and gulped. "Take Rin to the nearest river. When you return we will discuss what has happened." Jakken gulped deeper.
Rin shook her head and jumped into the conversation. "Lord Sesshomaru, I assure you there is nothing to discuss. I tripped on my own feet. Clumsy me," she said, shrugging her shoulders. For some reason, she didn't think he believed her.
Rin happily splashed into the freezing water. She shook her head in the liquid and sighed. Settling down, she grabbed the bathing supplies and harshly scrubbed herself down. Jakken said Lord Sesshomaru disliked the smell of humans and Rin sure as hell didn't want to displease him.
After scrubbing herself, Rin rested her head back and closed her eyes. Breathing in deeply, she noticed every sweet aroma that enclosed her. Yes, she was really enjoying herself. That is until a certain noise brought her out of her trance. She snapped her head to the side and felt the water from her hair fly all over. She listened closer.
"Jakken, please stop! I'm trying to unwind," she stated and listened further for a response. Just more noise. Rin's hands closed into fists and she swam over to where the noise was coming from. She looked behind a big rock that stood in her way and gasped.
"Oh my goodness! Sesshy baby!"
"Milord, I promise you I had no intention of purposely harming the girl. It was a game! She told you herself!" the toad pleaded on his knees. His lord kept his eyes of Jakken. The toad gulped and hung his head low.
"Are you accusing me of not hearing correctly, Jakken?" he replied calmly. When was he not calm? Jakken grabbed his head and shook it wildly.
"Not at all. I didn't mean it like that, milord. Please accept my dearest apologies!" Jakken continued to express regret. Lord Sesshomaru lifted his hand and Jakken fell to the ground and cowered in fear.
"I'm back," a voice said in a singsong kind of way. Both Jakken and Lord Sesshomaru's head looked to the side and noticed Rin appearing through the bushes. She looked as if she had difficulty balancing. It looked like her bag had gotten bigger.
Lord Sesshomaru lowered his hand when he saw the bag move a tiny bit. Jakken made a 'huh' noise. Rin moved the bag so it was behind her back. She shrugged and cleared her throat.
"What?" she asked, playing dumb. She jumped when the bag rumbled. "Oh!" she yelped in surprise. She looked to her two companions who stood, still staring at her. "I think I'm hungry. May I go fetch some food, Lord Sesshomaru?"
Her lord faintly nodded his head. Rin quickly ran out of there. She looked back and opened the bag. The thing in there licked her arm and she giggled.
"You should have told me you were hungry, Sesshy! We could have gotten caught," she explained and kept walking. She tapped her chin and looked around. "Now, what to eat?"
Sesshy barked in response and looked around himself. He began to sniff the air with his little black nose and narrowed his eyes. Rin suddenly smiled and skipped over to a berry bush. Sesshy whined and hid himself in her bag.
"Oh, I forgot. You eat meat," she sighed and crouched down next to the bush. "Jakken usually goes and finds meat for me. I'm sorry." She looked down in disappointment.
"Oh my!" a new voice sounded behind her. She looked back and noticed Jakken with his mouth gaped open. "Oh girl, you've gone and done it now! Wait till I tell Lord Sesshomaru. He won't be happy at all!"
Rin shook her hand and stood up quickly. "Please, Jakken! No!" Sesshy barked and Rin pet his back, trying to calm him down when she needed calming down herself. Her face began pale through panic. If Lord Sesshomaru finds Sesshy he'll surely dispose of him in a not so pleasant way, she thought.
"Lord Sesshomaru! Lord Sess-" Jakken yelled but was cut off by Rin's hand. He glared at Rin and pushed away from her but Rin held on tight. Sesshy latched onto Jakken's arm and he yelled into her hand.
"Bad, Sesshy!" she yelled and hastily pulled the puppy back. She looked back at Jakken. "Please don't Jakken. Not now." Jakken seemed to relax and she reluctantly let go.
"You better get rid of that…thing. You know what Lord Sesshomaru will do and you know you won't like it!" he yelled/whispered while pointing his finger at Sesshy. Sesshy reached out to bite the limb, but Jakken quickly pulled back.
"I know. I know. I just don't know why he isn't with Mia," she said, mostly talking to herself. Jakken titled his head.
"Who?"
"Mia! The girl I gave him to," Rin sighed and sat down. She dug her head into her hands. Sesshy got out of the bag and sat on Rin's lap. "I don't know why he's not with her."
"Maybe she didn't want it when she found out it was annoying," Jakken suggested and shrugged. He sat next to Rin, but kept a safe distance from Sesshy.
"It's not an it," Rin said and rolled her eyes. "Sesshy is just as much as a he as Lord Sesshomaru. Or you, if you even are a he!"
Jakken huffed and crossed his arms. "Oh course I am of the male sex," he complained in a mumble. Sesshy growled in contradiction.
"Well, I don't know how I'm going to do it but I'm going to have to keep Sesshy until we reach the village. Then I can give him back to Mia," she said and bit her bottom lip. "Maybe he just got away. You remember all those times he got away."
Jakken nodded in agreement. "Lord Sesshomaru said we are not stopping though," he reminded. Rin just shrugged in response. "I can't believe he's back," he then grumbled under his breath. "I finally thought he was gone, but no! He pops up out of thin air."
"How can you be upset? I'm so glad he's back. Remember when singing was the only way that I could cheer myself up after I had to leave my puppy?" she asked in a baby voice and cuddled Sesshy tightly.
Jakken once again nodded. "Those were tough times."
"I know," Rin replied. She took a deep breath and lifted herself off the ground with Sesshy in her arms. "Well, we can't just sulk around. Jakken we need meat."
"Meat?" he asked, standing up.
"Yes meat. Dog don't eat berries!" she said, plucking on from the bush and popping it into her mouth. Sesshy barked in agreement.
"I'm not retrieving meat for that dumb animal to eat!" Jakken yelled in protest and swung his arms in the air. "Dogs eat berries too!" Truthfully, Jakken was just being lazy.
"How do you know? Where you a dog in your past life Jakken? Is there something I should know about?" Rin asked, hugging Sesshy.
Jakken grumbled and whispered something. Rin decided to just ignore it. She held her head high and titled her head. With a sigh, she looked back at Jakken.
"It can't be that hard," Rin defended and readjusted Sesshy in her hands.
"It takes a long time to find the game. It doesn't just walk right in front of your nose," Jakken replied and crossed his arms over his chest. All three turned their heads when they heard leaves rustle. Sesshy growled and Jakken looked surprised. Rin just smiled.
The fluffy rabbit stared back at the trio. "As much as I hate to do this," Rin said, looking down at the cute bunny with pity. "Sesshy needs food. Go get 'em Jakken." Rin pushed Jakken forward. "I'll just turn around."
Well, there is is. Chapter 6. Hope you liked. Tell me if you think I should keep on going on with the story or just forget about it. Well, thanks for ready! It's greatly appreciated!
-Edwardd