"Lord Sesshomaru?"
Sesshomaru moved along the path in silence, though he did cast a brief look in Rin's direction. Without a word, he faced forward once more.
A short time passed before Rin tried again, "Lord Sesshomaru? What happened to your hair?"
There was a long stretch of silence, before Sesshomaru spoke, "...fire demon."
Rin wore a perplexed look, until Jaken provided a better explanation.
"The fire demon let out a fiery breath before it died. It singed Lord Sesshomaru's hair as a result..." Jaken discreetly sidled away from the demon lord's immediate vicinity when said demon fixed the imp with a withering glare.
Rin fell into a thoughtful silence as the group continued on their way.
Sesshomaru traveled effortlessly, pointedly ignoring his damaged, singed and puffed up hair, while trying to retain as much dignity as he could muster. Sesshomaru's indifference lasted until some foolish bandits decided to set upon them and jeer at his damaged hair.
The resulting retaliation made the dazed, foolhardy bandits learn a hard lesson.
One does not insult an already irate demon lord on a bad hair day.
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I'm going to go back to the 500 words or less a chapter for the time being. They're easier to write (in this story's case), especially while I'm job hunting yet wanting to update with fluffy chapters. I'm going to look back and see if I missed any, but I am still open to chapter suggestions, even if it's just a word to prompt an idea.