Thank you for the reviews! Here's the next chapter (and again, I do think that Sesshomaru will humor Rin).
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Sesshomaru settled down on a rock overlooking a lake, and watched, uninterested, as Jaken pursued Rin around, trying to keep her from going to play in the lake.
Rin got bored after awhile and sat down by the lakeside, a weary Jaken slumped down nearby. Rin had really wanted to play in the shallows of the lake, but Jaken hadn't let her go anywhere near the water. Rin pouted. What was he worried about? It wasn't like she was in any danger with Sesshomaru so close by. Rin let out a sigh and cast her gaze about, trying to find something to occupy her time.
A small, frilled lizard suddenly appeared from behind a tiny rock and scuttled along the grass, pausing every once and awhile to see if it had been spotted.
Rin giggled at its antics and scooted near it, pulling forth some bread from the folds of her clothing. Breaking off a piece off, she tossed it to the lizard and waited. Soon, Rin was feeding the lizard more pieces of the bread. Rin watched the lizard scuttle away when there was no more bread left to eat. Rin smiled and went after it, following its odd pattern of movement.
Jaken watched the scene from where he was lay, before he dozed off in the warm afternoon sun, wondering if Rin was different from other human children.
Sesshomaru got up from the rock, half-thinking to make Jaken wake up, when the small frilled lizard screeched to a halt in front of him. Sesshomaru stared down at the lizard in silence, "..." Where had it come from?
Rin came over next to the lizard, attempting to crawl like it but not doing very well. She smiled up at the expressionless Sesshomaru, "Lord Sesshomaru, can you crawl like the lizard? It's hard to do."
Sesshomaru transferred his gaze to Rin, not exactly sure how to answer, "..."
Rin stood, looking up at Sesshomaru questioningly, "Do you know how?"
Sesshomaru, after making sure that Jaken was asleep and that no one else was in the vicinity, nodded once and crouched down, staring at the tiny lizard as if daring it to do something.
In it's small mind, the lizard seemed to think that Sesshomaru was sizing it up as a potential meal, and scuttled off.
Sesshomaru went after it, keeping pace with it, even though he was missing an arm. When the lizard leapt into the lake, Sesshomaru halted and sat down against a rock. He seemed to be wondering why he had just done what he did.
Rin came over and sat down next to him, smiling, "Where did you learn that?"
Sesshomaru stared off into space, not really intending to answer, but did anyway, "...When I was younger..."
Rin lapsed into silence and stared at the light reflecting off the lake's surface. "Lord Sesshomaru...can you teach me how to do that?"
"..."
"Lord Sesshomaru?"
"..."
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Just some quick, cute little chapter. Hopefully it's all right. One more paper for school to do, then I'll be free!
So, until the next update, thanks for reading and/or reviewing. I plan to get another chapter up once or twice this week, and both should be longer than this one was.