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Strange Love	By : Nelsonbannaba Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Jaken/any female Views: 4996 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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There was no campfire that evening. Instead, the two youkai sat across from one another in semi-darkness of the moonlight night. The moonlight filtered through the thick canopy of Magnolia branches above to cast eerie shadows over the forest floor.

Jaken shifted uncomfortably. He had spent the day stuck up in a tree, trying to catch a glimpse of Rin as she made several trips back and forth to the village well, her shoulders sagging beneath the unaccustomed weight of the water vessels. Once Rin had completed her task and moved out of sight, Jaken scrambled down from the tree intent on following her from a safe distance.

This is where his troubles began. He came face to face with a snarling, slavering dog.

Jaken knew this dog, but he was terrified nonetheless. It was a stray village mutt, which Rin had been feeding. The dog had apparently been quite taken with the young woman and began following her about. Now the dog felt it was obviously its duty to protect her against all dangers, both real and imagined.

The dog inched forward, growling. So it was that Jaken found himself in a strangely familiar situation. Before he had time to consider the irony of his second dog attack involving Rin in the past few months, the mutt lunged with surprising speed and he jumped back, but not quickly enough. It caught the back of his Hakama in its teeth.

�Get off! Get off me you filthy cur!� Jaken jumped around, pulling the dog along like a passenger. The mongrel began to shake its head wildly, evidently not content to simply go along for the ride. His actions knocked the imp off balance and sent him rolling to the ground.

Fortunately for the imp, the dog went rolling in the opposite direction. In seconds, both parties recovered their footing, but the dog seemed even angrier than before. And so, he did as any good imp would�he scampered back up the tree so quickly that the dog forgot to look menacing for a moment. It perked up its ears, a look of consternation gracing its canine features. Soon, however, the dog once again caught Jaken�s scent and, after giving a tentative sniff, he located the imp in the tree above and let out another warning growl.

That is one ugly mutt, Jaken thought, braver now that there was some distance between himself and the creature. He felt the back of his pants, relived to find that they were not ripped.

Jaken was stuck in the tree for several hours. The sun had dipped just under the horizon, lighting the sky in a blaze of red before the cursed dog finally fell asleep. He quietly slipped down the trunk and onto the ground, slinking away into the forest to search for Sesshoumaru-sama.

After a brief search, he located his master and reported the latest details of Rin�s stay at the village. Sesshoumaru-sama stared silently off into the distance above Jaken�s head, not seeming to listen. Jaken knew better, having learned the hard way that the stoic youkai never missed a detail of what was going on around him. When Jaken had no more information to give, the two simply sat in silence as the forest grew darker.

The imp waited for his master to speak, to gesture, or give some indication of his wishes. He was to have a long wait.

Sesshoumaru continued staring off into the distance. An air of melancholy seemed to settle about the pair mimicking the gathering gloom of the dark forest. Jaken relaxed and his thoughts began to drift from the situation at hand�Rin, the village mutt, their separation. He took the chance to slyly study his beautiful master, whose sumptuously long hair seemed to glow with an almost ghostly light from the shadows. Jaken�s gaze moved to his face, which appeared ashen except for the deep indigo of his markings. During the day, these markings were quite colorful and attractive, Jaken had always thought, but the dim light had sapped all color from his master�s form. In no way did this detract from Sesshoumaru�s ethereal beauty.

Jaken was nearly drowning in feelings of adoration. It was not often he allowed himself free rein to fully appreciate the finer qualities of his powerful master. He found his golden eyes are entrancing, they disrupted the inuyoukai�s pale fa�ade with their intense blaze of color. There was something different about my master�s eyes his night, he was surprised to note. Normally these unsettling eyes seemed flat, devoid of any expression. Tonight, the seemed more akin to windows, showing more depth than Jaken had ever seen. Yes now, there seems to be something swirling in those amber-tinted orbs. Something that I might be more accustomed to seeing in Rin�s eyes, rather than my inexpressive master�s.

Jaken narrowed his eyes and leaned forward reflexively, studying this unusual lapse in the inuyoukai�s detached manner. This movement startled Sesshoumaru out of his thoughts and he looked up and straight into the imp�s eyes.

Jaken almost swooned.

It was one thing to admire his master while detached and impeccably composed. The look in his eyes at the moment was very different from anything the imp had witnessed before. Sesshoumaru�s eyes had a lost, unsure look. He looked for all the world like a frustrated teenager. Jaken found this highly appealing and resisted the sudden urge to reach out and stroke the inuyoukai�s perfect cheek in a comforting gesture. His fingers twitched and a thrill shot through him at the mere thought of such an indulgence. Sesshoumaru looked so vulnerable, causing all the imp�s suppressed urges to show love and affection to well up in his chest, threatening to spill forth from his lips in entreaties of undying love and bad poetry.

Knowing this was not the moment to force himself on his master, Jaken stamped down these urges. Instead, he smiled knowingly, going so far as to even gaze brazenly back into those turbulent amber depths. Many months prior, the imp would not have thought of doing such a thing, but this ordeal had shaken him to the core. It came as a surprise to himself that he now felt more secure, rather than less, of his place beside his master, perhaps due to a few choice revelations about the inuyoukai of late. The inuyoukai was schooled in battle and strategy, Jaken realized, but not how to deal with his own errant emotions. It was actually quite endearing.

As quickly as the moment had begun, it ended as Sesshoumaru set his lips into a tight scowl and turned away. It was as if a doorway had slammed shut in Jaken�s face. His face was once again devoid of expression.

Not wishing to embarrass his master, Jaken frantically attempted to sort out this new development in his head.

Milord realized that he has made a grave mistake and is now suffering for it.

Jaken knew the inuyoukai was proud and may not readily admit this.

My perfect master, my poor, perfect master, it must be hard for him to admit this blunder.

The master he knew and loved did not make �blunders�.

Still, if he wants his little family back...

The imp knew his master would contend that he needed no one.

No, no, no, I believe that he is willing to make a concession.

Grasping at this tenuous hope, Jaken bolted upright before he lost his nerve and headed in the direction of the human village. Sesshoumaru did not look his way. Jaken took this as a good sign.

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The full moon inspired restlessness among humans and youkai alike. Perhaps it was the full moon that had Rin plotting and planning as well.

I�ll not spend another night next to this drunken lout.

She crept slowly past the storage buildings which bordered the outskirts of the village. It was a surprisingly simple task, since she was accustomed to dealing with the more acute senses of youkai. Walking unnoticed out of a sleeping human village was much easier than say, sneaking away from Jaken in her mischief-prone early years.

When she had reached the edge of the trees, Rin paused wondering if she should not return to the village before her absence was noticed. Where is it that I think that I am going? Sesshoumaru-sama has sent me away. I cannot simply show up and ask him to change his mind, or can I?

She lowered her head until her face was entirely obscured by the dense ebony mane flowing loose about her shoulders. For a moment she might have been mistaken as a wraith or evil spirit by the villagers below as she stood, looking heartbreakingly forlorn, keeping a silent sentry over the human village below.

I have been alone before, and it was better than this.

Rin raised her head, an expression of determination hardening her features, her lips set into a hard, thin line, all reminiscent of her former master. She disappeared into the woods.

As she wandered farther and farther from the village, Rin�s spirits began to lift and she gave in to the childish urge to skip through the colorful fallen leaves carpeting the forest floor. After so many months, she was feeling like herself again. Her only regret now was that she had not left much sooner.

AN: The end is near!

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