Sesshomaru glared back down at the sword with such anger that it would have burned a lesser demon.
Lola just stayed silent. This was always the first reaction.
Strangely, Sesshomaru's shoulders dropped some and he felt Lola smile.
"What's wrong with my normal behavior?" Sesshomaru said coolly but still tense with hostility.
Rin and Jaken exchanged confused and concerned glances.
"Well, so far you didn't introduce yourself or me properly and you tried to kill me twice and you mistreat your friends. Of course when I'm through teaching you, you won't be making those mistakes again." Lola's preppy voice was enthusiastic.
Sesshomaru glared down again to his waist where Lola was sheathed comfortably. What if he ran really fast, he thought, would it shake her up?
Probably not, it didn't even seem to faze her when he glanced her off that one rock. Curses.
"My Lord?" Rin tugged on his pant leg.
Sesshomaru glanced down at her but didn't speak. Honestly, he felt ashamed that he fell for such a dirty trick, that he took this stupid challenge-he wasn't arrogant or prideful or anything. Misfortune just decided to take advantage of him. Curses.
Sesshomaru then turned around and headed for the forest. He would ignore this parasite until it gave up on trying to bend him to its will.
Jaken and Rin decided not to ask him about anything and they followed their Lord into the forest.
The next morning, they all awoke around the fire that Jaken had already set up with rotisserie styled food over the flames.
Jaken figured it would be wise and life saving to be extra kind to Lord Sesshomaru. Especially sense he was going to have to deal with the pest about his belt. Only he-Master Jaken, would know if something really annoyed the heck out of Lord Sesshomaru.
Rin awoke and smiled sleepily to Jaken, who looked at her hearing her yawning, then she said, "Thank you for the food, Master Jaken."
"Shall we get started on your lessons, Sesshomaru?" Lola sang with eagerness while Sesshomaru was slowly working on getting completely alert. Lola annoyingly continued.
"Alright, for one, you should go to bed earlier. That way you aren't so tired and sloppy in your movements."
Sesshomaru's eyes opened the rest of the way. Curses, he thought. His dreams had taken him to a place that the stupid sword couldn't follow and now he was back at this place again.
Sesshomaru ignored her and looked up at the "shish-co-bob" that floated above the fire's reach. It was almost done, he could smell it.
"Well?" Lola interrupted. "What do you say when someone does a kind gesture for you?"
Sesshomaru tipped his head back against the tree he leaned on, working on tuning the voice out of his head.
"Aren't you going to say 'thank you'?" Lola asked with an edge in her voice.
He stayed quiet and resisted the urge to grab her, and chuck her into the forest. Of course, reminiscing on past attempts, he knew that wouldn't happen. Unless, what if he threw her quickly when she was off guard?
"Are you listening to me? Hello? Mr. Sessho-" Lola was suddenly ripped from his belt.
SHE DIDN'T FREAKIN' LEAVE HIS HAND!
She was still stuck to his hand!! What the --!!
Now Sesshomaru stood up and stamped into the forest. Rin and Jaken began to gather their stuff but Sesshomaru yelled.
"DON'T FOLLOW ME!"
With a large distance between him and the others, he furiously began to swing Lola and targeted the forest. He swung her to the left and cleanly cut a thick tree, then uprooted a large bush to the right while the tree to his left timbered to the ground. He traveled as he vigorously swung her about. His eyes tinted red in his fury. Trees cracked and snapped as they hit the forest floor, tall grass, dirt, and bush debris flew around him and followed his swing. Time seemed frozen in place as Sesshomaru deforested a mile circumference of the plant life that surrounded him.
Then he abruptly stopped, now he was bored.
"Are you done?" Lola sounded "ticked" at his sudden out burst.
"I guess so, are you?" Sesshomaru coolly and sarcastically asked with annoyance apparent in his voice. He didn't want to look at the sword in his hand.
"Why did you do that?!" Now her anger was clear as she spoke. "You ruined the forest, you shouted harshly to your friends and you…brainlessly swung me about as if you didn't know how to use a sword!"
"What?!" Sesshomaru snapped back. "Who are you to order me around like you're something? What gives you authority to even think to 'teach' me anything?"
"There is a perfect reason why I was made and by that I know I am something. My authority was granted by you to teach you etiquette, the second you so even touched me-I was given the right to teach the rudest demons like you some proper manners!"
Sesshomaru just stood there and glanced about him. This was going to be the longest day…
"Well, I must compliment on your walk, well done." Lola smiled.
Sesshomaru ignored her.
Rin and Jaken were walking in silence. They had heard all the destruction their Lord caused and they didn't want to make things worse so they kept quiet-to spare their lives.
"Your friends are especially quiet today." Lola commented.
Sesshomaru acknowledged her but didn't speak.
"So what are you going to do about it?"
Sesshomaru glared at Lola who again, rested in his belt.
"Why must you always glare at me? Why not take some action, hm? Is that the sort of reputation you've built?" Lola lectured.
Sesshomaru thought a moment. Lola waited.
Sesshomaru stopped and sighed then turned to face Rin and Jaken, who stared up at him with cautious worry.
"Why aren't you two talking?" Sesshomaru almost murmured.
"W-we didn't want to bother you further, my Lord." Rin wrung her hands slowly with anxiousness.
"Awe," Lola cooed. "Tell them thank you for their concern."
Sesshomaru ground his teeth slightly. He absolutely hated this sword. "You can talk." He said finally and turned back around to start walking again.
Lola was taken aback that he would say that instead of "thank you" and she lectured him long and hard about it. Sesshomaru ignored her.
At dinner, Jaken prepared another meal. Fish would be the main course and he found some berries as a side dish.
Sesshomaru was out again. All he and Rin could do was wait for his return, when ever that was.
It had been seven days since the stupid sword interrupted their quiet, settle, and organized lives and over these days, Jaken saw slow progressive changes from his Lord.
First of all, he talks more than he used to and he's said things that you never would've thought to have even crossed his mind! Just the other day it looked like Sesshomaru was struggling to say "thank you" to a worthless imp like him. He'd rather see Sesshomaru "smile" at him than say "thank you" for the stuff that Jaken so willingly did daily. But at the same time, maybe Sesshomaru needed this change…..oops, he shouldn't think that.
Jaken gnawed on his lower lip guilty when Sesshomaru shuffled through the bushes.
"You're back, My Lord!" Jaken bowed at Sesshomaru's feet.
Jaken then heard a pitiful sigh drag through the air, Lord Sesshomaru?
"Don't do that, get up." Sesshomaru passively commanded and walked around the fire to a tree to rest against.
Of all things naturally evil in this world, what was that that just came out of his evil Lord Sesshomaru's mouth?! That was so un-natural, so scary, so….so…weird.
Jaken's shock faded and he smiled as he stood upright with his back to his Lord. This was good. As wrong as it was, it was good!