"Rin! Don't run off your own" The girl stopped after running few seconds, turned to the voice, childishly smiled, waved her little hand, and started running again.

"Hurry, Seshomaru-sama!" She shouted over her shoulder and disappeared in the huge crowd. The man shoot a look on the people, that were gawking at him and hollowed the scent of his adopted daughter. He could hear a certain frog-like creature running after him and pleading him to stop. But with that short legs of his, the toad couldn't last long, so he unwillingly stopped to catch his breath. Soon he lost his master from his sight, he was left wimping.

That didn't bother the man at all, the only thing that mattered, was Rin. He found Rin climbing the stairs of some local shrine. She jerked her head towards the man, raced towards him, climbing down the stairs and jumping down from the last 5 stairs. She landed gracefully ,or so it seemed: just as her left foot hit the ground, the thong of her Geta (traditional Japanese shoe. This is the most common footwear and is really comfortable) reaped and she falled on ground with thud. The man didn't bother to catch her, he just walked over her, anger showing in his eyes. Yes, instead the icy-cold man with no emotions, now he was a man who wasn't afraid to show his feelings. He was compeletely okay, being around humans. And that all because of one girl. He watched her as she got up, smiled and started telling him something random, something that didn't matter.

Over years that little girl changed him, showed him things, that he couldn't see before. No, she wasn't a little girl anymore: ten years passed as he found her and now she was 18. She changed a lot, became more mature, but her soul remined innocent like a child's soul. Her long, black hair was tied in messy bean. She wore her new white kimono, which had pink sakura print, It's obi was pink as well. She now had a perfect feminine scent around her, a scent which usually came from a female, that became a "woman". As much as the great lord of West hated to admit, it was the time for Rin to find a mate and create a family. It was the time for him to let her go.

On the other hand Seshomaru's mental changed, while his appearance was the same: his silver hair hang freely, his amethyst eyes held the emotions, he even was wearing the same haori! He was somewere near 10000, but he seemed like 20 year old human male. People sometimes mistook him and Rin for a couple, and, if not his youki, which was strong enough for a mere human to sense, he will be taken for just a human.

Seshomaru catched the scent of Rin's blood. The injury wasn't serious, but ever since she saw her village being destroyed by wolf demons, she was scared of blood. 'Nothing good happens, when I let her alone' Seshomaru thought to himself. He grabbed Rin and pulled her closer to him. Before Rin realized she was held by two strong arms, bridal style.

"Wait, Seshomaru-sama!" She said as she struggled to get out of his grip. Seshomaru, not letting Rin slip of his arms, looked questionly at her. Rin knew her lord very well and she understood what he wanted to say.

"Rin wants to go there" Rin said pointing on the shrine. Seshomaru lazily turned around, hopped over the stairs and placed Rin on the ground, carefull not to harm her. She thanked him and aproched the bell. Ringing it she caped her hands and prayed. Seshomaru didn't believe in such things, thus he didn't pray, but he silently wondered what did Rin wish for?

NekoZukiN: Hi there! I havn't updated "puzzled" because I was busy working on this one. It features RinxSeshomaru. As you guessed I made Rin 18 year old, because I might as well put a little bit of romance in this. The idea came from Hinamatsuri (march 3). This fic is about Rin's behavior in different events: in main events of each month and I think this will help some people know more about Japanese customs. This one was "Oshiogatsu". I will update this once a month, but I started late, so I guess I have to make up for it ( I want to update the Hinamatsuri on march 3). And that means that I won't be able to update "puzzled" in this week, but I think I will update it in Monday or Tuesday.

I don't own Inuyasha. I'm just a fan with crazy imagination!