Thank you for the reviews! I really appreciate it. I hope to keep updating this story once or twice a week. This is the coin chapter, and the next chapter will be the volcano one, since it was almost a tie. There were a few votes for the blizzard idea, so I might do that one after the volcano chapter. But I'll see what happens after typing up the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Inuyasha.

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Sesshomaru walked across a meadow, unconsciously taking a short cut. He didn't really have a destination in mind, but he kept on going anyway. He had been doing that for the past several days.

Behind Sesshomaru, several feet away, Rin walked along happily. Occasionally, she'd glance down at the ground to pick up little flowers that caught her attention. She hadn't really wondered where they were headed, but it was only a matter of time before she asked.

Almost right behind Rin was Jaken, who was leading Ah-Un. The dragon shook its heads irritably. Jaken was pulling on the reigns too much. It couldn't take it any longer! Jaken wasn't paying any attention to what he was doing.

"Wahh!" Jaken exclaimed as the dragon swung its heads to one side, flinging Jaken though the air to land several hundred feet away.

"Oh! Are you all right Master Jaken?" Rin called, running over to where Jaken had fallen.

Ah-Un shook its heads gratefully, but didn't move from its spot. It had noticed that Sesshomaru had stopped walking, apparently to wait for the other two.

Rin poked the dazed Jaken until he got up and tottered in the direction of Ah-Un, and to where his staff was laying on the ground. Rin started to follow, but came to a halt when she saw something shiny on the ground. It was a coin! Rin picked it up and glanced around. There was nobody around other than them, so that meant she could keep the coin, right?

Sesshomaru finally turned around to see what was going on. His face betrayed no emotion as Jaken struggled to take the staff that one of the dragons' front forepaws was holding onto. Sesshomaru made no movement to help, as he turned his attention to Rin, who was running towards him, waving something shiny. A coin or something of the sort.

"Lord Sesshomaru! Lord Sesshomaru! Look what I found!" Rin called, coming to a halt next to Sesshomaru's side. She held up the coin for him to inspect. "Can I keep it?"

Sesshomaru looked at the coin, then swept his gaze over the surrounding meadow. There wasn't anyone around for miles. His golden eyes turned back to Rin and her hopeful expression, before inclining his head slightly in agreement with her question.

Rin smiled brightly, before hurrying over to Ah-Un and Jaken. "Be nice Ah-Un."

The dragon reluctantly relinquished the staff from its paw, which Jaken hurriedly took, before the dragon changed its mind.

Rin clambered up onto Ah-Un's back, and it began to walk, leaving Jaken behind to follow.

Sesshomaru ignored this, and began to walk again. He half listened to Rin's conversation with Ah-Un and Jaken.

"What should I get with this coin Master Jaken?" Rin questioned.

"..."

"Master Jaken?"

"..." Jaken tripped and fell on his face. He scrambled up, appearing embarrassed, and ignored Rin further, while attempting to grab Ah-Un's reigns (which the dragon managed to keep just out of reach).

Rin turned her questions to Ah-Un. "Ah-Un, should I get some clothing or use it to get something to eat?"

There were muffled growls.

Rin nodded. "You're right, I should wait and see. I'll know what to do with it when the time's right."

Sesshomaru's head tilted ever so slightly. Did Rin think that she was communicating with the dragon? Perhaps he should talk to her more often, if she was resorting to conversing with Ah-Un. Or maybe threaten Jaken if he didn't talk to her more often. Or even at least pretend that he was listening.

"Lord Sesshomaru? Where are we going?" Rin asked from her place on Ah-Un's back.

"..." Sesshomaru didn't respond, because he was trying to figure out if there were any villages or towns nearby.

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After two hours of traveling, Sesshomaru was hidden in the shadows of some trees several hundred paces from a fairly large village. He presumed it must be some kind of town that dealt with trading from all over. Sesshomaru watched as Jaken led Ah-Un away to avoid being seen by any human that might be nearby. Once they were out of view, Sesshomaru led an excited Rin towards the village.

Many pairs of eyes followed the two's progress. A tall, regal-looking man with a cute little girl walking alongside him, brimming with excitement. Whispers whirled around, but Sesshomaru ignored them, while Rin was oblivious (she was thinking about how much the coin could be worth and what she might get with it).

Rin looked through many items at different shops. A few times she spotted something that caught her interest, but ultimately decided against it and went onto the next shop.

Sesshomaru followed close-by, wondering if all humans took so long to decide on simple matters. He and Rin were now passing by an alleyway, which Rin stopped at. Sesshomaru came to a halt as Rin stared down the alley. She seemed to be thinking about something. Sesshomaru came a little closer to see what Rin was looking at.

There was a boy around the same age as Rin, and he was comforting two other children younger than him. All seemed very thin, but the older of the three was attempting to be upbeat about the problems they had.

Rin finally seemed to make up her mind, as she walked over to the older boy, who seemed surprised to see her.

"Yeah? What do you want?" He asked gruffly, trying to appear tough. He hadn't noticed Sesshomaru at all. If he had, he wouldn't have said anything at all, and would be running in the opposite direction as quickly as possible.

Rin ignored the rude tone and held out the coin. "Here. You can have this."

The two younger children stared at the coin in shock, as the older boy took the coin with a shaky hand. He looked as though he were wondering whether this was a joke or not. After realizing it wasn't, he seemed lost for words. Staring at the coin, he finally spoke. "Do you know how much this is worth? Are you sure we can have this?" The rough tone had vanished.

Rin smiled. "Of course."

"T...thanks." The boy stared at the coin, before turning to the other two. "Come on you guys, let's go!"

Rin watched them run off, then she turned back and beamed up at Sesshomaru, who was hiding faint surprise. "Are we going to leave now Lord Sesshomaru?"

Sesshomaru turned and walked off. Rin followed, still very cheerful.

As they exited the city and went to find Ah-Un and Jaken, Sesshomaru had a sudden thought. Did Rin think that he'd buy things for her that she needed? She usually found food on her own (accompanied by Jaken). Rin seemed to be quite content to just be traveling with him. She never really asked for anything...

"Lord Sesshomaru!"

Sesshomaru glanced up ahead to see Rin waving at him from next to Ah-Un. With a light shake of his head, Sesshomaru walked past the dragon, Rin, and Jaken, to take the lead. He didn't know where exactly he was going, but it didn't matter for now. Though he did step up the pace when Ah-Un seemed to think that Jaken could become its personal chew toy (even though the muzzles were on).

"No Ah-Un, leave Master Jaken alone!"

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Hopefully this chapter turned out all right. It was shorter than the last one, but over 1,000 words. Review if you'd like. I should get the volcano chapter up in the next day or so.

So, until next time, thanks for reading/ and or reviewing!