I do not own Inuyasha or any of the other charaters of this anime. If I did it would be the males who were always naked in the hot springs!
"Guess who!" Kenji challenged as he covered Rin's eyes from behind. Sesshomaru instinctively reached for his sword but was halted by Rin's giggles. Then he remembered that this was a human game.
When Rin was very young she had gone through a phase of wanting to play this game. When neither he nor Jaken reacted to her challenge she had at first explained the rules. Then later she would pout and complain that they didn't play right, they were supose to act like they didn't know who she was. Eventually she gave up. The game wasn't much fun when they refused to play it right.
"I'll give you three guesses." The young man added as her laughter subsided.
"Three guesses? Hmmmm..." Rin pursed her lips and placed a finger on her chin as though she were thinking hard.
"Are you uncle Inuyasha?" She asked playfully. She had started calling Inuyasha and Kagome uncle and aunt shortly after she started calling her lord daddy. Obviously if Sesshomau was her daddy his brother was her uncle, whether they liked him or not. Fortunatly time has a way of changing how people feel about one another, so Sesshomaru was only occasionally bothered by her calling Inuyasha uncle.
"Nope!" Kenji laughed. Inuyasha, that was a weird name. Well, then again her father was a dog youkai, his brothers and sisters would probably be inu youkai as well. And that's exactly what the name meant.
"Aunt Kagome?"
"Guess again."
"Hmmmmm. Your not Kenji, are you?" She asked as she wheeled around to face him.
"Hello Rin. Hello Sesshomaru-sama. Hi Jaken and Ah'Un." Kenji stared at Rin for a moment before asking "How long have you guys been in town?"
"A couple of hours." Rin answered with a huge smile. She was glad the make-up lady had painted her lips now.
"We've only been in town a short while. We decided to stock up on supplies while we were in the area."
"Where are you father and brother?" Rin wondered seeing that Kenji was apparently alone.
"Father and Makoto? They're right here with m..." The boy turned to point only to see that his brother and father were no where in sight. He blinked in confusion.
"Well... They were with me a moment ago... I guess I must have lost them. But that's ok. When ever we go into town father always chooses a place for us to meet if we get seperated."
Rin giggled again while Sesshomaru resisted the urge to roll his eyes and Jaken muttered something about stupid human males. Rin and Kenji continued to talk for several more minutes untill Kenji decided to go look for his family. His eyes barely left Rin for a moment, and Sesshomaru didn't like that. He really, really didn't like the way this young man was looking at his baby girl, like a lovestruck puppy.
They said their good-byes. Rin looked back at her daddy to see if he was paying close attention. He was distracted by a loud noise and some shouting for a breif moment. Rin took that moment to smile sweetly at Kenji and bat her eyes. He smiled shyly and made a hasty retreat while she giggled.
As he walked away he kept glancing back over his shoulder. He was so intent on her that he wasn't watching where he was going and he tripped over a box and knocked over a bundle of bamboo rods. The rods fell to the ground with a loud clatter while Kenji tried to regain his balance only to fall backward rather than forward. He landed with an unceremonious splat in a mud puddle.
He looked down at the puddle with distaste and groaned. Then started apologizing profusely to the man whose bamboo had been knocked over while he picked himself up. The older gentleman just laughed at the young boy. And then smiled knowingly as a sweet, beautiful, young lady came running up from the same direction he had been looking.
"Kenji, are you ok?" Rin asked placing a concerned hand on his shoulder.
Kenji's face was blood red as he nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine." He kept his face turned away as he started to pick up the bamboo he'd knocked over.
"I'll help you." Rin stated and reached for a bamboo pole.
"No, you'll get dirty!" Kenji replied grabbing her hand to stop her. They both stared at their joined hands for a shocked moment then looked up at each other. Now Rin's cheeks were also pink.
"Rin." A deep voice almost growled causing the youngsters to jump. They looked up at the stoic youkai. Anger and loathing were the only emotions Sesshomaru never bothered to hide, and if looks could kill there would be a dead samurai laying in the middle of town. "Come." He told his daughter as he turned to leave.
"Hai." She replied and started after him. Then then stopped and look at Kenji. "Um, I need my hand back now."
"Oh! Sorry!" The boy exclaimed and dropped her hand. He looked away with hot cheeks. Then he gasped. His eyes went wide and he dropped the poles he held as he felt her lips brush his cheek. He turned to stare at her.
Rin smiled at him and giggled then turned to run after her daddy. Kenji just stood and stared after her. Meanwhile the old bamboo man was dying of laughter.