Hi!
This is my first fanfiction in a while and also the first one in Inuyasha fandom. So I'm a kind of excited.
Reviews are always welcomed, I will try to answer all of them. ^.^
Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi owns Inuyasha.
Eternal
Prologue - The Promise
Silent night fell on the village. Rin calmly watched from the hill how the lights slowly go out in the huts. She was sitting under the tree hoping that soon Lord Sesshomaru will appear. After all this was their special night. Each year exactly three days after her birthday. Rin was already thirteen years old but she didn't seem to change. She was still humming a song about Lord Sesshomaru and his adventures and she was still staring in the distance looking for a familiar demon to fly above the houses. Just like when she was travelling with him.
"Rin. You are making too much noise." Rin could recognize this voice even among a hundred. She stopped singing and jumped from the ground.
"Sesshomaru-sama!" Even her smile was the same. Maybe that's why seemed like Sesshomaru is at ease.
"Is everything alright?"
"Yes. I can't really explain why but it's good to be here."
"I see."
"But..."
"Is there any problem?"
"No. It's just that... I want to travel again with Sesshomaru-sama and Jaken-sama and A-Un."
"You can't do that. At least not now."
"But why?"
Sesshomaru stayed in silence. He looked at Rin in a usual way - cold yet kindly. As a demon he noticed even the smallest things that changed in Rin throughout the time. She was growing up and he knew that she won't be a child forever. Everyone must grow up once. And when that happens to her, her feelings might change, too.
"Why is that, Sesshomaru-sama?" asked Rin once again.
It was so hard to explain for her. He just couldn't find any word that wouldn't hurt her feelings.
"I will be away for a while" he said in the end.
"What do you mean?"
"I have things to do."
"But you will come next year, too, right?"
"Most likely not. But when you become an adult, I'll be back so you can make your choice."
"To make my choice?"
Before Rin could have realized it, Lord Sesshomaru disappeared. As quietly he came, as quietly he went. Rin looked for his trace in the sky for a while but she couldn't find. She always felt herself lonely, when the demon disappeared. But now she felt even lonelier. Knowing that he won't be back for years made her sad and angry at the same time. But Lord Sesshomaru was right - she was about to grow up. When she left the hill for Kaede's hut, she didn't shed a single tear, nor shouted hateful words. She just walked away with her heart's only hope: the promise of a youkai.