InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inuyasha Theories ❯ Theory #2: Rin. ( Chapter 2 )

Theory #2:

 

Rin is a pet.

 

There has been much speculation about Rin's mysterious relationship with Sesshomaru. Some people say that she is like a daughter, others a future lover.

 

Personally, I think that Rin is a pet, and I have solid grounds with which to believe this is so.

 

For one thing, the demons in the anime/manga are based on those in the myths in Japan. Meaning, they eat humans: Demons are to humans, as humans are to cows.

 

Humans are dinner; plain and simple. (Meaning that Inuyasha is half dinner, by the way.) So, a demon being with a human is sort of like a human falling in love with a cow; it is laughable and sick, thus why Sesshomaru-sama hates Inuyasha so much. I wouldn't like a brother who was half dinner either.

 

Anyway, to get to the point. Say, some animals never become dinner, as they are pets. Rin is like that. She could be dinner, but she isn't, as she is, in fact, a beloved and spoiled pet.

 

The story:

 

Jaken was trying to keep up with his lord, stumbling after him, almost having to run to keep up with his quick pace. They had left Rin behind with Aun, as the inu demon lord had dubbed their destination to dangerous for the child.

 

Sesshomaru stopped and looked up at the moon for a moment, causing Jaken to almost crash into him. He avoided colliding with his lord by falling on his face, which happened to land on a jagged rock. While Jaken cursed his ill luck and clumsiness, the far prettier of the two started walking again.

 

Lately, something had been bothering Jaken. Why would his lord allow Rin to travel with them? And, more importantly, what was their strange relationship, really? It made no sense.

 

Sesshomaru stopped again, sniffing the air, then changed direction once more. The scent was evading him—whatever he was hunting for. He did not seem to be in any hurry, however. He was pursuing this prey in a relaxed manner, so Jaken felt free to finally ask. If Sesshomaru didn't answer, that didn't particularly matter. There would be no loss. “My lord, I know it is not my place to ask, but what is Rin to you?”

 

Sesshomaru stopped again and looked down at Jaken. Faintly, in the back of the toad's mind, it seemed as though Sesshomaru was making a point of looking down at him. But that could just be his self-consciousness about his height talking. “I should think it would be obvious.”

 

Jaken blinked. “I am afraid that I do not know what you… mean…”

 

Sesshomaru leveled his eyes. He didn't like having to explain himself, but he also understood that Jaken was rather dense, and he had become accustomed to it over the years of the idiotic toad following him about wherever he went. His tolerance for Jaken had run out within the first week of Jaken's willing servitude, in fact, but that is another story. “Rin is a pet.”

 

Jaken blinked again. He had known that Sesshomaru and Rin seemed to be close, but he had seen them as being more father-daughter, really. But now that he thought of it… “I… see.”

 

“You will keep this a secret,” he told him, knowing all too well how Jaken tormented Rin at any opportunity. Rin would despair at this news, as she could never be expected to understand, and he did not want that; it would mean that he would have to try to explain. Which would mean telling her what it is he eats, if he wanted to explain properly. That may give Rin pause in being his pet, after all.

 

“Yes, my lord!”