InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ His Brother's Girl ❯ Getting to know you... ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter 2: Getting to know you…

"You're not Sesshomaru (-sama)..." they said in unison.

"Hai!" they both said as Rin slowly backed away from him.

"You're that idiot Inuyasha!" she exclaimed as another flash of lightening lit up the cave. The following thunder made her hug him again in fear; until the fear of who he was won over and she released him. She backed away from him while he turned away to study something outside their shelter.

Ignoring her insult as if she never uttered it, he turned to face her and said, "Well I see you know who I am...thanks to my idiot brother. Now what's your naaa...?"

He looked at her as she interrupted him to exclaim. "Sesshomaru-sama is NOT an idiot! Jaken-sama maybe...." she looked at him slyly as she said that. "But Sesshomaru-sama is most definitely NOT an idiot!"

"Hai, hai…! By the way what are you doing here all by yourself? I mean if Sesshomaru is NOT an idiot... Then how did he manage to loose you?" he said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Sesshomaru-sama had to go somewhere and he left Rin-chan in Jaken-sama's care..." She looked at him again. "Jaken-sama is the one who got lost...Rin-chan left him with An and Un...and then Rin-chan was hungry and Rin-chan went to go find something to eat and then it started raining and the thunder and lightening came and Rin-chan got scared and there was this cave and Rin-chan ran inside as it was dry and Rin-chan is still hungry...."

"Amazing you do know how to take a breath when you talk....don't you? Oh now what? Don't cry!" Dropping the sarcasm as he came over to her; sitting there he was at a loss as to what to do with the bawling girl-child.

She wailed on getting louder if that was possible and as he sat there helplessly Inuyasha was reminded of Kagome. He realized her tears also made him feel just as helpless. So sitting there as he tried to ignore the little girl's outburst he idly wondered what Sesshomaru did when faced with her tears. Since nothing came to mind as he couldn't see the girl carrying on like this in his brother's presence; so he probably never had to deal with it. Then it came to him and he realized the one thing that always made Kagome stop. When he thought about it, it always made him stop too when he was a child...

So he moved closer to where Rin sat crying on the floor of the cave and he tentatively put an arm around her shoulders. She turned into him and cried some more before she realized what she was doing.

"Oi Inuyasha! Get off Rin-chan! Sesshomaru-sama says no one is to touch Rin-chan! For whatever reason...unless they're trying to save Rin-chan!" She cried full of childish indignation.

"Okay...okay! Gomen! I promise I won't lay a hand on you again..." He said amazed at how fast the waterworks stopped. "Geeze...I all I did was put my arm around you and pat your shoulder and...Okay, okay I won't touch you." He tried not to smile as she glared at him.

"Are you still hungry?" he asked in an effort to lighten the mood. The hanyou figured if he was going to be stuck in here with his brother's Ningen brat then the last thing he wanted is her getting mad enough at him to start wailing again.

"Hai...Rin-chan is still hungry...why?"

"Donno...maybe when it lets up a bit...I can go see if I can find us something to eat..." He said as he gave her a sideways glance.

"Ooooh...That is very kind of you..." She looked back at him thoroughly puzzled at his behavior. So far he had acted in a way that was totally different from the way she expected him to act. She wondered when he was going to make his move and end her short life and she lamented the fact that by the time Sesshomaru-sama found her it would be too late for the Tensaiga. Still he was acting in a way that was very much how she remembered her oyajii would act except he never acted annoyed at anything she did. That was more like how Sesshomaru-sama acted and she started to relax somewhat in the hanyou's presence. "Perhaps he is afraid to harm me for fear of inciting Sesshomaru-sama's revenge...and yet when Rin-chan thinks about it..." she thought as she sat there quietly next to him. "Rin-chan has seen him behave like this to the strange Ningen girl he travels with... Rin-chan doubts the taiji-ya-sama would allow him to touch her. Any yet....well who cares as long as he doesn't hurt Rin-chan and he goes and gets some food soon..." she blushed as her stomach rumbled. She hoped it didn't sound as loud as she feared it did. She did however hope that he would take the hint and go get some food.

"Gomen..." she whispered softly. "But Rin-chan is terribly hungry..."

'''s Okay...but I really don't feel like getting any wetter than I already am... Are you really that hungry? Or can you wait a bit...I mean if I get sick on you..." he rolled his eyes at the face she made upon hearing that. "I mean if I up and get sick... Then I could get stuck somewhere far away from here and then you'd still be hungry..." he smiled in what he hoped was a reassuring manner as she looked at him doubtfully.

"Crap!" he thought. "Where is Kagome when I need her? Stuck in her village studying trees...Geeze how stupid is that? They must really be a bunch of idiots if that's what they make you learn there...I mean...what's to know about trees? They're good to sleep in, they give you tons of nice cool shade when it's hot and they're the perfect thing to pee on."

"Daijoubu...Inuyasha...? You're very quiet...so are you planning on getting Rin-chan some food soon?" she asked before squealing in fear at the rolling thunder and snuggling closer to him. "Maybe you're right...Maybe it would be better if you waiting a bit longer..." She looked up at him and he found himself smiling.

"Geeze... I wonder how Sesshomaru puts up with her.... She seems so independent and then she turns around and gets all clingy...and if I remember correctly... Sesshomaru wasn't one for 'clinginess'...Still...there must be something about her that intrigued him." he looked away as he sat there thinking for he was at a loss for what to do with her. He shrugged as he closed his eyes and leaned back listening to the simple song she sang about his brother just under her breath. He found her soft voice soothing and he was amused at the words of the song until she started singing about what an idiot he was.

"Oi Ri-in!" he stretched her simple name into two syllables. "I hate to tell you this but I'm not an idiot! I don't care what your precious Sesshomaru-sama told you…but I'm a lot smarter than he thinks I am! There's no way I ever fell out of a tree on my head! Not now, not then, not ever! And I do too know how to count without using my fingers and toes! Shit! I know how to take care of myself and guess what? Sesshomaru-kusotare didn't even have to lift a finger to teach me!!!" he glared at her.

"Sesshomaru-kusotare?! You dare call the great Sesshomaru-sama an arsehole!!! You're an even bigger idiot if you think I'm going to let you insult him that way!" She glared back at him until she realized just who she was arguing with. Looking away from him she sat there and sang on just a little louder about what an idiot Inuyasha is. She went on and on getting louder and louder as she edged away from him. She figured if she was loud enough she wouldn't hear all the growling he was doing at her. Also if she got really loud enough then there was always the possibility Jaken-sama would hear her and come rescue her. So she did her best to ignore him and went on with a few verses about how great the hanyou's brother is just for good measure. Finally the hanyou had enough and he exploded.

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! You're getting on my nerves with your shit!!! I've had about enough of your singing and you're going to stop right now before I…" he looked her in the eye just in time to see them well up with tears.

"Oh shit!" he swore to himself. "Now she's turn the tsunami back on again! Shit! I wonder if she pulls that crap on Sesshomaru all the time….if she were my brat I think I would have killed her long ago as this shit gets real old too fast!" he thought as he sat there annoyed with himself for making her cry again. He soon found himself holding his ears as her high pitch wailing was starting to make them ache again.

So he tried singing to her as he figured anything was worth a shot and if it didn't work he could always kill her and the hell with his brother. "Inuyasha's an idiot and Jaken is too…but the biggest idiot 'round here is the one called Sesshoooo-maruuu…." He then smiled at her to see if liked it, but all he got for his trouble was a dirty look. "At least she's stopped crying…." He thought as he desperately tried to think of something else to add to the song. Coming up with nothing he simply repeated himself in the hope that at least if it proved annoying enough she'd respond.

She looked at him sideways; eyes narrowed to mere slits. "You know your song is really awful…not to mention the fact that you can't sing to save your life…."

"Nani??"

"Hai…it was one of the worst things Rin-chan has ever heard…..and trust me, Rin-chan would know as Rin-chan's heard Jaken-sama sing and that is definitely NOT pretty…but you know…he actually sings better than you do!" she turned to face him and stuck out her tongue at him.

"Why you little shiiii…… you're just trying to make me mad…aren't you?" He looked at her hoping she'd say yes.

"No….you really can't sing….you can come up with a descent rhyme…but you can't sing…you know you should hear Sesshomaru-sama sing! Now that's singing!"

"Sesshomaru…singing…." He snorted as he tried not to laugh. "Now don't make me laugh…. I don't recall Sesshomaru…singing…." Then it hit him as he did. In fact she was right if his memory wasn't playing tricks on him, as now that he thought about it, he could just hear the faint notes of a lullaby in his head. "Okay so the bastard can sing… big deal…."

"It won't be as long as you remember that… so when are you going to get food for Rin-chan?"

He sighed. "As soon as it stops raining… I promise…okay?"