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Kitty cat troubles

Sesshoumaru made his way up an old, almost forgotten road that he'd traveled many times before by himself. But the demon lord of the west had to admit that it seemed completely different now that he had a very curious little girl traveling along with him pointing each and every little bug out. Things that he'd never cared to notice such as the many, many toads that made their homes along the road, or the baby birds that were now just learning to fly. And he had defiantly not noticed how unsteady and weak the branches on the trees were, not until Rin had taken the liberty of climbing them and falling on her butt. Sesshoumaru had not bothered to catch her the last time; she needed to learn her lessen sooner or later.

As they walked further down the road Rin found some very interesting bugs sitting on some rocks a ways off the path, the demon lord continued walking as he normally did but slowed his pace a bit. So that when the time came the child would still be able to run at top speed and catch up as she always did.

Sesshoumaru didn't get very far before he stopped dead in his tracks at a horrible site in the road ahead. A small shrew was running franticly down the road, it was being chased by a very small and obviously starving kitten. It was probably abandoned by its mother not long ago; the thing looked to be too young to be weaned off of milk yet.

The mouse slipped into the grass and the kitten tripped over its own feet and made a small noise. No wonder it was starving to death... Sighing Sesshoumaru continued on his way simply stepping over the cat and thought no further of it. It would be better off dead if it could not even feed its self; cats really were so useless creatures…

After a few moments Rin started to run and catch up but soon stopped in the middle of the road a ways back. The demon lord heard a small thud and turned back to see if she had tripped, but was not all that surprised to see her kneeling next to the cat looking rather sympathetic.

Great. That was all he needed. There was no way he could simply ignore that cat now that Rin had seen it. How could he have been so carless as to leave it in her site.

Said kitten had not bothered to get up after falling and seemed as if it had indeed given up on life. It barely moved as it was drawn in the young girls arm, (he hafe expected it to claw her or something. Shouldn't it be feral?) Sesshoumaru could already hear the child asking him to keep it, that it needed their help or else it would die.

He could also hear her sobs when he said no, could see the tears stream down her face. He could also see himself giving in and then having to find something for the mangy thing to eat. God, what if the damn thing had flees? Rin rose to her feet and held the kitten to her chest as she ran to Sesshoumaru.

"lord Sesshoumaru!" she said reaching him, jaken just now seemed to take notice that his master had stopped walking and seemed a bit embarrassed as he back tracked.

The demon lord didn't answer. only stared down at pleading, big brown eyes while waiting for her to go on.

"Lord Sesshoumaru! Look I found a kitty cat! But it doesn't look well….. Can we help it?" the girls looked down at the so called 'kitty cat' them back to her lord.

Taking a deep breath he kneeled down to be at eye level with the girl before taking the cat out of her grasp. Examining it closely he found that it was not carry any illness or physical infliction other that being under weight, and gladly there were no flees on it any were, to his comfort. Closing his eyes he handed the 'kitty cat' back to the girl before standing and continued forward. In Sesshoumaru speak that was a yes.

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After a few hours the cat seemed to perk up a bit and took an immediate liking to Rin, it purred and purred and purred until Sesshoumaru decided to settle down and set up camp for the night. (and still then it purred.) They could still get a few hours of traveling in before they really had to stop and rest, but the girl would need time to find something for her 'kitty cat' to eat.

Sesshoumaru found a place under a tree as he normally did; he was in for a rather long and boring night. One could almost say that he was relaxing, he almost looked as if he was sleeping, that is until something furry pounced in his chest. The demon lord's eyes shot open just as Rin giggled childishly as she returned there camp.

The cat was now sitting on Sesshoumaru's chest staring him straight in the face. The bold little creature even had the audacity to meow at him. Quite cutely Rin thought.

The cat licked its paw before meowing again and jumping off and running to Rin who was holding a fish still flopping around. The cat looked at her expectantly as she kneeled down, setting the fish on the ground the child watched as the cat at the fish tail first. It wasn't long after that that the kitten curled up in her lap and fell asleep.

There was another fish cooking on the fire for Rin to eat, she waited, humming quietly while petting the cat, waiting for it too cook properly. Sesshoumaru had heard of humans eating raw fish but Rin had always cooked it. When she could catch one that is.

After she ate the child was settling down to sleep when she suddenly sat up and looked towards Sesshoumaru question in her eyes. "Lord Sesshoumaru? Is Lucky a boy or a girl?"

"Lucky?" the demon lord almost, just almost quirked an eyebrow at the word.

"That's what I decided to name the kitty cat! Because he… or she… because it was lucky we found it!" she chirped happily waking the kitten from its nap.

"Bring it here." The girl's trains of thought would never make sense to Sesshoumaru… and who names such a lowly creature that couldn't even catch food for its self… humans…

Rin lifted the small kitten up and handed it over to her master. Holding it he could see rather clearly that it was a little boy 'kitty cat'. Great…. Handing it back he made his answer short. "Boy."

Rin nodded and sat next to lord Sesshoumaru as she normally did, the cat snuggled in her lap and she fell asleep rather easily. The demon lord would have to think of some way to get rid of the little fur ball before he ended up killing it. Maybe they could give it to his disgraceful hafe brothers human. Apparently she already kept one cat.

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