InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Youkai Forest ❯ 5 ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter 5

Jaken ran as fast as his short legs could carry him, muttering and cursing all the while, "Stupid human...turned youkai...how?.....it's not possible....let this Jaken become a chew toy..pfffft, I'll fry her first!...but then the master will kill me!.....stupid, stupid, stupid....grrrrrrrr.....what did this Jaken do to deserve this?" Lowering his voice, Jaken did a perfect impersonation of his master, "Jaken, go hide," he says! ....You will be Rin's training partner, he says." Pausing briefly, Jaken wailed quietly, "....why does he do this to meeeeeee?"

Heaving a sigh, Jaken glanced at his surroundings and spotted the perfect place to hide. Quickly, he made his way through a strange smelling flower filled meadow towards a pond that had a heavy growth of green and brown marsh grasses, "Ahh, perfect! That brat will never locate me now," Jaken cried as he hid himself in the tall grasses. Then, the little toad youkai turned his focus inward, slowing his heart rate and breathing until they were barely detectable even by youkai standards, and waited.

The sun was just beginning to make its decent in the west when Rin entered a clearing with a pond in the center. She had been searching all day for the little toad and so far Rin had managed to stir up allot of trouble. "Rin is glad that Rin listened to Sesshomaru-sama to stay close to him because Rin found a bear youkai, two badger youkai and one cat youkai" She bared her teeth in remembrance and continued in her train of thought, "They were mean to Rin and tried to eat Rin, so Rin didn't like them. Rin is happy that Sesshomaru-sama showed Rin how to deal with them......" She wrinkled her nose, "but it was very messy," she muttered, remembering how Sesshomaru had shredded them with his claws.

Rin paused in the middle of a patch of black flowers as she surveyed the area. *Sniff....Sniff* her nose tested the air for Jaken's scent, but she could not locate it because a new scent invaded her nostrils. Frowning, Rin tried to determine what this new sweet scent meant. She had never smelled it before and so became puzzled by it. Turning, Rin opened her mouth to ask her lord what it was, when suddenly she let lose a great big sneeze," a...a....AAAAAACHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Sesshomaru paused in mid-stride at the sound of Rin's sneeze. Rolling his eyes in exasperation, he closed his eyes briefly while pinching the bridge of his nose and commenting, "Rin. You are supposed to be hunting." Lowering his arm, he ran his claws through the fur of his tail and continued, ".....that means that when you hunt, you should use stealth to locate your prey." The Western lord shook his head and growled quietly while glancing skyward, he could feel his patients wearing thin, and another headache was beginning to make itself known, he thought to himself, "How did father manage to raise this Sesshomaru and not lose his temper? Rin is doing well, but she makes so many mistakes.....like I did when I was but a pup." Lowering his eyes, he stared at his charge who, at the moment, was covering her nose and giving him a sheepish expression. He sighed in defeat and instructed, "Rin, next time, try not to alert everything within a five mile radius that we are coming."

Grinning, Rin replied," Hai! Sesshomaru-sama!....But Rin could not help it. The flowers made Rin sneeze." She rubbed her nose vigorously before pressing it to her head and mumbling, "Rin feels dizzy." She wobbled as she took another step, then she began to sneeze several times in succession.

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at her comment and the fact that she couldn't stop sneezing. He suddenly had a sinking sensation in the pit of his stomach and he didn't like it. Quickly, he walked over towards his charge and inquired, "What do you mean you feel dizzy?" Sesshomaru broke off in mid sentence as a sweet scent hit his sensitive nose, "This Sesshomaru remembers that smell....It is the youkaria flower. Father told me that all young pups must avoid smelling it. I have got to get Rin out of here before she...."

Suddenly, there was a bright flash of light that originated from where Rin was standing. Sesshomaru's gaze traveled upwards as he growled in annoyance,"damn....too late."

Rin, startled by the strange light and her recent bought of dizziness, opened her eyes to see that the ground was much farther away than before, and yelped in surprise, "Yearrrrlllp!" Surprised by the sound she made, Rin backed up quickly; but she tripped as her back legs tangled with her front legs. She tried to regain her balance but, teetered towards her lord as her balance shifted dangerously forward.

Eyes widening slightly, Sesshomaru cursed, "Stupid toad! He had to pick the one place that was filled with youkaria flowers!" Sesshomaru quickly jumped out of the way, he had no desire to become acquainted with the ground while being crushed under several hundred pounds of a dog demon pup.

"Aaaaaaaa!" Rin, yelped at her lack of coordination. She teetered every which way until she started falling towards the pond. Sesshomaru, knowing what would happen next, quickly took to the sky to evade getting soaked.

A flash of green from the reeds caught his attention as Rin began to fall forward. "Iiiieeeeeee!" a screeching yell echoed throughout the clearing as Jaken noticed the impending danger and tried to scramble out of the harms way. Sesshomaru watched and grinned ferrally as he recognized his servant's yell and growled angrily, " Jaken! You should know better than to lead Rin into a field littered with youkaria flowers!"

"Yokaria flowers? What are..." the toad glanced around the field and finally noticed his folly, "oh nooooo!!! This Jaken is sorry but...," the toads apology was quickly cut off as Rin's massive weight landed directly on top of him and the rest of his apology came out as a groan. Sighing, Sesshomaru slowly lowered himself to land on Rin's shoulder. Speaking softly for her benefit, he managed to calm her down, "Rin, This Sesshomaru would like you to sit up."

Rin whimpered softly,"What if Rin falls down again?"

Sesshomaru understood the language of Inuyoukai and decided that he needed to soothe her fear. Gently, he stroked her head while letting lose a deep rumbling purr. This had an immediate effect of calming the inu-pup and he explained, "It is all right, Rin. You can move slowly. Place your paw directly in front of you and push up while slowly backing up with your front legs."

"Yes, Sesshomaru-sama," Rin yipped as she followed his orders and pushed herself into a sitting position. Unfortunately for Jaken, Rin put pressure on the one paw pinning him to the ground.

"Waaak!" the toad squeaked in pain as he felt his bones grinding together from her weight.

Jumping to the ground, Sesshomaru glanced upwards and spoke softly so as not to startle her, "Rin, this Sesshomaru will show you how to change back. Watch me to see how it is done." He gathered his youkai and slowly transformed into his true form. Glancing down at his charge, Sesshomaru noticed that he was six times her size.

Rin's eyes rose upwards as her gaze followed a path from her lords massive paws towards his head, "Waaa!" Startled by Sesshomaru's sheer bulk, Rin tipped over backwards, feet pointed towards the sky, while yipping in surprise. Amused by her reaction, Sesshomaru lowered his massive head and nuzzled her in assurance before backing up and issuing a series of yips and barks," Gather your youkai, Rin. Picture yourself as you were before and will the change to happen."

Rolling over and righting herself, Rin yipped, "Yes, Sesshomaru-sama!" Before Rin could follow his instructions, a familiar scent hit her nose, "It's Kagome-onichan!" Yipping in excitement, Rin rolled to her four feet and dashed off through the undergrowth in pursuit of her target.

"Rin, stop!" Sesshomaru commanded his ward, but in her excitement, she failed to hear him. "Damn!" Sesshomaru cursed as she disappeared from sight. Sniffing the air to try and see which direction she went, he detected his brothers scent and cursed once more, "Shit!" Quickly, he changing back into his humanoid form to conserve energy and to stop his brother from accidentally killing Rin; after all, the sight of a large demon barreling down on you is an unnerving experience, even if that demon is just a pup. By the time he had fully detransformed, he noticed that she had a considerable head start due to her size. Bunching his leg muscles and springing into action, Sesshomaru proceeded to chase Rin through the forest while cursing fluently.

Jaken quickly recovered managed to see that he was being left behind, chased after his master while screaming, "Lord Sesshomaru!....what his this lowly Jaken done that you have abandoned meeeeeeee!"

AN: Hi! I'm glad you guys like this story!

To answer some questions from my readers about Rin growing up.....don't worry, we're getting there soon. There are some things I'd like to do to Kagome and Inu-Yasha before Rin grows up.

Thanks for reviewing!