I Do Not Own Inuyasha

Chapter 34

"Get back here!" the disgruntled ten year old shouted as he chased the giggling toddler who squealed and ran down the hall. This wasn't funny anymore! The girl was supposed to be having a bath! Not a run around and drive Sesshomaru to insanity. But he had to catch the streaking toddler before he could do anything about it.

And that was turning out to be a surprisingly difficult task.

When the hell had the human pup gotten so fast!? He didn't know as he tore after the child and leapt over a chair in hopes to catch her. Rin screamed in laughter and bolted between his legs then, Sesshomaru tried to grab her arm, but she eluded his grasp as she ran around the library giggling happily. He was no happy though; she was getting suds and water all over the carpet and all he had been trying to do was give her a bath because she absolutely reeked and no one knew where her mother was. He didn't know the last time Rin had had a bath.

A black, bubbly head ran under the table, she was snickering with her own cleverness; no doubt, however the game ended now! The child needed a bath and since it appeared no one else was stepping up to do the task he would be stepping up and taking care of this matter.

"Rin, come here or I'll come get you," he ordered. The toddler giggled, he sighed. "I can hear you Rin," he reminded the child.

"Nu-uh, Rin's quiet!" she shouted, and he sighed as he walked over to the coffee table she was hiding under.

"Yes, now come on!" he ordered and he grabbed her with mokomoko, she screamed with laughter and squirmed trying to escape however, the ten year old was more determined than two year old though and he was not living with her rank for another minute. Rin was giggling like mad as he stalked back to the bathroom where her bath was abandoned. He turned and locked the door this time before the slippery toddler could escape and then he dropped her into the bubbly tub. Rin squealed, he winced as he felt his ears ringing again and she appeared.

"Hat!" she declared and he looked at the bubble cone on her head.

"Hn," he answered and then he started helping her washed that unruly black hair while she played with her toys making up nonsense stories. Once his human was all scrubbed, rinsed and clean he pulled her out of the tub, set her by the heater an wrapped her up in the monster towel she had begged him to buy her at the store; she looked like a purple people eater monster (at least that's what he thought she said since she couldn't really say that tongue twister) 'pur peep le eat monser' was what she had said. So your guess was as good as anyone else.

"Cwean!" she declared happily as she sat before the heater. He didn't say anything to counter her claim as he pulled the hood of the purple monster towel off her wet head and began rubbing her hair dry, Rin was laughing and he really did not understand human pups and all this energy. Once her hair was brushed and dried and he created a mangled braid for her bedtime, she yawned. He handed her, her sleep shirt; which was one of his old shirts for whatever reason she liked them, and clean undies. Rin pulled them on, he put her on the counter then handed her, her toothbrush with toothpaste.

"Brush your teeth," he ordered, the child complied as he did the same. The spat out the toothpaste at the same time, she giggled a bit then yawned. He wiped her face clean then picked her up.

"Can I sweep with you?" she mumbled on his shoulder.

"Sure Rin," he conceded because there was just no fighting with her. If he put her to bed in her bed then he still woke up with the toddler in his, so he might as well cut out the middle man; so to speak. Rin smiled a bit as she slept lightly on his shoulder.

"Sess-sama fun," she mumbled in her sleep and he stiffened slightly hearing this from her before he just walked into his room with her.

He put her in the center of his bed before he started getting ready for bed.

In the past month Rin had somehow adopted him; so to speak; and he couldn't say he minded the toddler was a very entertaining young human. She wasn't even all that demanding; but somehow she had become his responsibility. Which was something he couldn't really figure out, he took care of her, he fed her, played with her, read to her, and now he was taking care of her hygiene, and that was something he had never thought he would be doing. And now it was a very important apart of his care for the young little human pup.

But worse was that everyone in his family home seemed to think he was going to kill the toddler and would take her away. If he were letting her ride his mokomoko and Izayoi tried to take her the girl screamed bloody murder until whoever was trying to take her concede or he snapped at them because he didn't want his ears ringing.

Yes, it was most odd having a human as a pet, but that's what Rin appeared to be. She was a very loyal and attached child. And for some very odd reason he didn't mind her being attached to him. He crawled into his bed, Rin scooted against his back as he read for a bit. Then he turned out the light and let sleep consume him.

He was exhausted; looking after Rin was a lot of work. How were human pups so energetic? He didn't know but as he looked at the sleeping toddler who was sucking her thumb and hugging mokomoko he decided it wouldn't be all that bad in the long run. It was kind of fun to take care of Rin.

She was his after all.

More's coming!

That's all for now folks!

Enjoy Rain for Tears! =)