Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any other characters (except Katsurou).
Fetch
They traveled throughout the day in relative silence, which thankfully gave
Sesshoumaru time to ponder his heir's problems.
His musings were interrupted by the miko, of course.
"Sesshoumaru-sama, I've been thinking back to last night, and it has been
bothering me. If you knew that snake youkai were nearby, then why did you leave Rin and I alone?"
"Katsurou was their target. This Sesshoumaru removed him from the situation."
Kagome narrowed her eyes in irritation. "That's great and all, but it would have been nice if..."
Katsurou cut in. "Mama, I'm bored, can I play with the ball?" He looked up at her with big, round eyes. "Please?"
Kagome sighed. "Katsurou, I'm too tired to play."
Sesshoumaru looked in their direction, curious. "A ball?"
Katsurou looked to Sesshoumaru excited. "Yes, Oji-sama, mama will throw the ball as far as she can, and I will run to try and catch it." He looked back at Kagome. "Please, mama? Can I at least play by myself?"
Kagome smiled wearily. "Alright sweetheart." She dug through her bag, until she found the small rubber ball that she had brought to this era so many years ago for Shippo.
Sesshoumaru eyed the brightly colored ball, obviously worn from use.
"This Sesshoumaru will play this game with you."
Both Rin and Kagome looked at him surprised. Katsurou gave a shout of joy. He rushed over to give Sesshoumaru the round, rubber ball. Who looked at it, and squeezed it, feeling the foreign material.
Katsurou looked at him eagerly. Sesshoumaru tossed the ball.
It sailed clear out of the field.
Kagome and Rin watched with a grimace at how far he had thrown it. Katsurou did not hesitate and dashed after it.
It seemed like a good half hour before, they distantly saw Katsurou's head pop up from a hedge of bushes with twigs and leaves stuck in his hair. "I got it!" He yelled to them. He swiftly ran back to them with ball in hand.
"Wow, Oji-sama, you really threw it far! I didn't manage to catch it." He bent over and put his hands on his knees. "It took me forever to find it!"
Sesshoumaru held his hand out for the ball again. "Perhaps, you just need to become faster. This time I will run with you. Use your nose to find the ball." He pulled his arm back and tossed the ball once more.