Thank you for the reviews, and thanks to anyone who read the first story. Here's another short story with Sesshomaru and Rin.
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Birds trilled their early morning songs. Dew fell from surrounding tree leaves. Bees buzzed by, seeking out pollen from different flowers. All of this activity was lost on Sesshomaru, who was heading back to the camp where he had left Rin, Jaken and Ah-Un (A/N is that the two-headed dragons' name?) the night before.
Sesshomaru was dileberatly moving slowly, as he tried to figure out how to deal with a small problem.
When he had been scouting the lands, Sesshomaru had run into many demons. After a few choice words and insults, Sesshomaru had changed into his true demon form. Once he dealt out his wrath, Sesshomaru changed back, only to find that his tail hadn't gone away.
Sesshomaru glanced over his shoulder at the tail, which was swishing back and forth innocently. Sesshomaru frowned. This could be a problem. He knew that Jaken wouldn't say anything, but he wasn't sure about Rin. She'd probably be really curious about his tail, and try to touch it.
He had to find a way to prevent that from happening.
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Rin yawned widely, and turned over onto her back. Sesshomaru hadn't come back yet. Rin could have slept some more but she decided to stay awake and wait for Sesshomaru's return.
Fifteen minutes later…
Rin saw Sesshomaru enter the campsite slowly, and sit down against a tree once he sent Jaken away with Ah-Un. Rin saw something laying alongside Sesshomaru, and it seemed to come out from behind him. Rin pretended to wake up, then approached Sesshomaru with a smile. "Good morning, Lord Sesshomaru. Where is Jaken?"
"I sent him away for awhile. He's looking for food. We shall stay here for a few days." Sesshomaru answered, staring at something over Rin's head.
"Oh!" Rin replied, then fixed her eyes on the white fluffy thing next to Sesshomaru. "What is that Lord Sesshomaru?"
Sesshomaru's expression was between embarrassment and annoyance. "My tail…"
Rin giggled. "Why haven't I seen it before?"
"It's supposed to go away when I change back from my true form. When I changed back this morning, it didn't go away…" Sesshomaru replied uncomfortably.
Rin giggled again. "Why won't it go away?"
"…" While Sesshomaru was thinking of an answer, Rin snuck up to him and latched onto the tail, stroking it. She smiled. "It's soft Lord Sesshomaru. Why don't you want to keep it out?"
'Because it looks strange unless I'm in my true form.' Sesshomaru thought as Rin curled up next to his tail, still petting it. She continued doing this until she fell asleep.
Sesshomaru stared up at the sky again, hoping that his tail would go away before Jaken came back with food. He'd leave Rin alone for the time being since she looked so peaceful.
Birds flew overhead, still trilling happily.
A few had minutes passed and Sesshomaru had also drifted to sleep.
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Please review and tell me what you thought about this one. I do have a few more short stories.