The silence was overwhelming. No one knew what to say or do. Sesshomaru was up in a tree. Literally. He had jumped up into a tree and took to sitting in one of the limbs. None of them really thought much of it except Inu No Taisho.

Sesshomaru was trying to display his dominance over all of them by being higher up. The taller you are the higher in rank you are, so to speak. Inu No Taisho understood were his son was coming from. He just wanted to prove that he was still able to take care of the Western lands and that Inu No Taisho wasn't needed anymore. Regardless of the reason, Inu No Taisho was getting tired of it.

"Sesshomaru come down here so we can talk." Sesshomaru didn't move. "Fine. Now tell me how you came to be in charge of the young Rin."

This had caught Sesshomaru's attention. He glanced down at all of the pairs of eyes that had looked his way. "She started following me…" It was true. He never invited her to follow him nor did he care if she did. Once she started following him though he took it as his job to protect her from anything that might happen. At first she was just an annoying human that wouldn't' leave him alone but before he knew it she was apart of his pack and he couldn't just get rid of her.

"Why?"

That was a good question. What would possess a small child to start following an obviously deadly demon around? Why did she help him that one day? Why does he even care about her? Sesshomaru had found himself wondering these things many times thought all of their travels.

He had thought about dropping her off in a small village, but every time he thought it a pain would shoot through his heart. He could never bring himself to leave her there. The thought of her being away from him for any extended amount of time angered him. Not knowing where she was sent chills down his spine and sent thought of all the horrible things that could be happening to her running through his mind.

He didn't mind leaving her at the campsite. That was completely different. He always made sure to leave a large amount of his sent surrounding the area, so that any demon thinking of attacking her knew exactly who they were messing with. Normally his sent was enough to make anyone stay away. On the very few times that a demon took their chances and tried to steal her, Ah-Un was always there along with jaken. He was always within earshot of them as well so if it sounded as if those two couldn't protect her, he was always near by to come to the rescue.

But, none of this answered the question his father purposed. Maybe it was because Sesshomaru always had a soft spot for children. Maybe it was because he wanted children of his own. Maybe….just maybe….it was because he felt sorry for not really being there for his brother as a child. He felt guilty that he couldn't protect him and tried to fix that with all the missing children that he found himself trying to protect. Whatever the reason, Sesshomaru didn't have an answer to give to the old man. There was only one thing he could think of…

"Why not?"

A/N: So, sorry this is so late. A LOT has been going on (family matters wise...and friend wise too I guess) and if you want the REALLY long explantaion pm me! It's really crappy but I thought you guys would rather have crap then nothing right? Well, any-hoodles (I really say this...how sad) thanks for reading! Reviewing would be nice too! Ideas are ALWAYS welcome!

A/N 2.0: I have a story idea (it would be Sesshomaru/OC) that would explain A LOT of the question that most people have about Sesshomaru. It would be something like all genres rolled up into one (mostly romance ^-^). Would any of you be interested in reading it if I uploaded it? Please leave that in the review that I hope that you are going to make! Thank you once again!