The group had stopped for the evening to rest. As always Jaken went along with her as she went to get her own food. Rin had climbed a tree and spent the last few minutes picking fruits from it. Now she was reaching forward towards a branch which had what she wanted. They would be leaving soon so she needed to hurry. Suddenly Rin felt her foot slip. Letting out a yell she tried desperately to hold on for the next few seconds. But it was too late.

The little girl screamed as she fell. Rin felt herself hit against something. It took her moments to realize that it wasn't the ground but she had landed on something else. Rin slowly looked down and saw that it was Jaken. At first Rin was speechless. Did Jaken really save her?

"Master Jaken? Are you okay?"

"Uhhhh." Jaken uttered, clearly in pain.

Rin got off of the small demon and stared at him. Jaken seemed to be in great pain as he held his back.

"Master Jaken!"

"I'll be fine Rin. Be careful from now."

Rin realized that Jaken wanted to be left alone. That usually happened all the time now. When Rin started to picking up the fruits that she had dropped she had already forgotten about what had happened..

When she got back to camp it was already night.

Rin was thinking about Sesshomaru that night. Everyone was now sleeping around the fire except for Rin. There was something on her mind. It was the beautiful fluffy thing that Sesshomaru wore around his shoulder. When they had first met it was the first thing that she had noticed about him. It was something that had been mostly forgotten until a few hours when she had fell from the tree. Even after all this time she had no idea what it was. Was it his tail or did he wear it like he wore his clothes and armor?

Looking to her left she saw Jaken was asleep. Rin quietly moved to him and pushed him gently.

"Master Jaken." Rin whispered.

The servant muttered something. It was like he was dreaming about something. Rin pushed his shoulder again this time a little harder.

Jaken slowly started to wake up.

"What is it Rin? Do you know how late it is?"

"Sorry. I was just thinking about the thing that Lord Sesshomaru wears on his shoulder. Is it his tail?"

"How should I know? Lord Sesshomaru has never told me."

"Really? So you've never asked?"

"Why would I ask him something so silly?" Jaken asked, turning over. "Go to sleep Rin."

Rin turned looking once more at Sesshoumaru. The dog demon was lying there against the tree with his eyes closed. It was like he was sleeping. However Jaken had once told her that Sesshomaru sensed danger even while he was resting. If someone dangerous got near him during day or night he would attack. Rin wondered if it was really true.

Getting up she walked quietly to where he was resting. Falling down on her knees she carefully grabbed the fluffy thing. As she moved her hand through it she was astounded how soft it was. Rin smiled as she moved her hand through it over and over.

"What are you doing?" Sesshomaru asked, eyes still closed.

Rin nearly screamed as she quickly let go. When she fell backwards she landed on her side. What was she going to do? Rin started shaking as she got back up.

"Please forgive me Lord Sesshomaru. I was just wondering why you wear this wherever you go."

Sesshomaru didn't say anything for a while.

"I do not wish to explain. Go to sleep Rin. It's very late."

"Yes, my lord." Rin nodded, glad that he wasn't angry with her.

Rin walked back to where she had been sleeping. As Rin put her head down she closed her eyes. It seemed that the fluffy thing was forever going to be a mystery.

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A/N: Thanks Richashay for reviewing! I'm glad someone has been reading my fic.