Chalk by Dandie

Blue Stuff

Multiple drawings lay all over the trees in the clearing from Rin's extraordinary imagination. A while back, Kagome had given her some colorful chalk to do whatever she pleased with, instead of just drawing in the dirt. Kagome knew that Rin traveled with Sesshoumaru a lot, so with the chalk, she could leave pretty drawings everywhere she went.

Sesshoumaru had not seen the gift that Kagome had given Rin. He also had no idea what chalk was.

Well on this hot and beautiful summer afternoon, Sesshoumaru got a rude awakening.

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Rin sat at the base of a tree, doodling with her chalk. She drew pictures of Jaken getting hit by a rock, Sesshoumaru sleeping like the day that she had found him and saved him (in her young mind, she still thought that she had saved Sesshoumaru that day), pictures of her riding Ah Uhn, and tons of other types of pictures.

Sesshoumaru had left for the day, as he usually did, and Jaken was mumbling and raving about how he did not want to take care of a stupid little girl and blah blah blah. She didn't care what he said, she knew that Jaken cared for her, though he rarely showed it.

She filled one tree, then went to another. Her pretty drawings making her proud. She should draw one especially for Sesshoumaru! She knew that he would absolutely love any picture that she drew!

But what to draw... What did Lord Sesshoumaru like? Obviously not Jaken, or he wouldn't hit him so much. She giggled. He liked Ah uhn... but she didn't think that a picture of the beast would please him very much. Then she got an idea. If she were to draw a picture with this Rin and Lord Sesshoumaru, he would be very happy!

Because she knew that he loved her. She smiled. Oh yes, that is what she would draw. So she drew a picture with her and Sesshoumaru holding hands. He had never held her hand before, but she thought it added a nice touch. Finishing off her master piece, she gathered what was left of her chalk and placed it in a neat pile at the base of the tree.

"Jaken! Jaken! Come look at my gift to Lord Sesshoumaru! Do you think he will like it?" She ran to Jaken and grabbed his little toad hand, dragging him behind her as she ran back to the tree.

Jaken gasped and squawked, "Lord Sesshoumaru will be horrified! He would never hold a humans hand! Why would you even think he would hold yours?! Get rid of it! Before he destroys you for your insolence!" he huffed away, secretly sad that she hadn't included him in her pretty picture.

Rin sighed. She had been hoping that maybe Lord Sesshoumaru would have liked it... but she would get rid of it in the morning. It had taken her all day to draw it, and it didn't look like Sesshoumaru was coming back anytime soon. She would throw water on it in the morning. That was another trick that Kagome had taught her. All she had to do to get rid of a drawing that she didn't like, was to throw water on it and all the colors would blend together and wash off the object she was drawing on.

Rin went off into the clearing, and lay down next to Ah Uhn. It was time to sleep. The sky had gone dark while she had been talking to Jaken, this day had gone by quite fast.

 She gazed up at the stars for a long time, and then finally fell asleep.

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Sesshoumaru walked into the clearing early in the morning. The birds stopped chirping as he walked by, sensing a ferocious and fearsome predator. As well they should fear this Sesshoumaru, he thought to himself. He looked around the clearing, seeing that his little party was still asleep.

He also noticed that all the trees around him had weird markings and strange colors on them. He inspected close, sniffing one of the trees to see what might be making these strange designs. He could smell that Rin had been at each and every tree that had markings on them. Could she be the artist?

Then he came to the tree where the little pile of colorful sticks lay, and also the picture of Rin and himself. He stared at it. Was that supposed to be him?

There was what seemed to be a little girl, and a demon with silver hair, yellow eyes, and... A SMILE on his face? This couldn't be him, though it was quite unmistakable. Also, the figures were holding hands. He couldn't contain the slight smirk that curved his lips. Rin was definitely something. He gently placed his hand on the tree, and retracted it, staring as the color came off on his hands.

What had she drawn these with? He had never seen anything like it. He reached down and picked up one of the sticks, the color being blue. He sniffed it, but there was no real distinct smell, except for Rin’s.

Well, if it was blue, it would taste like the blueberries in the forest right? These sticks were more than likely made from fruit residue so that you can draw with them… he was not sure how it worked, but that seemed to make the most sense. Sesshoumaru glanced around to make sure no one was watching him. Reassured, he brought the stick to his lips, opened his mouth, and chomped on it.

It didn't taste like blueberries at all! Sesshoumaru spit it out, shooting wet chalk everywhere, all over the tree and grass. He gagged and sped toward the nearest river, washing his mouth out the best he could. He gagged again.

That had tasted horrible! Just retched! Whatever those things were, they were most definitely not made out of fruit. Maybe poison? Ack! This Sesshoumaru shall never do anything like that again! He shook his head and washed out his mouth again. He stayed at the river for a good 20 minutes trying to get the horrid taste out of his mouth.

Once he finally got most of the blue grossness out of his mouth, he slowly made his way back to the clearing and noticed that Rin was awake. He nodded to her and started to walk to Ah uhn.

"Lord Sesshoumaru! Did you see my picture? I hope you aren't mad!" she said, her head bowed, a smile on her face.

"Yes Rin. Now come along. We must be going." he told her, turning back to the beast.

She gave him a curious smile – he did not say he disliked the picture or yell at her (not that he ever yelled, he just gave that… “Look”), so he must like it!

"Ok!” She skipped over to him, letting out a little giggle at Jaken’s annoyed snort behind her. “Lord Sesshoumaru, can I ask you something?"

"Ask."

"What's that blue stuff all over your face?"

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Just a one shot. Inspired by Miserablysweet. Hehe. Thank you for the idea! Hope you like it! XD