Hi Everyone.

These are three stories I submitted to deviantart in the #Sesshomaru-x-Rin Contest 7 on the theme of 'Nap Time'

I won 1st prize.

But then again… I was the only entrance which means I won by default. Not much of a victory when you are the only entry.

Anyway, I hope you like them. :D

Stars in the sky…

By Storylady35/Silverlunasicata

Rin giggled and laughed as she ran around the trees, waiting as Master Jaken set up a fire. Where lord Sesshomaru had gone to she didn't know but he often went on his own. But she knew he would return. So until then she would laugh and smile and sing until his return.

With the fire ready, Jaken just sat in the roots of a tree, the staff propped up against his shoulder while he napped. But Rin sat silently now, looking at the fire and the trees around them.

Silence still scared her so she began to hum, forming a tune in her mind until it called for words.

"Lord Sesshomaru… Lord Sesshomaru… I will wait here for you. Lord Sesshomaru lord Sesshomaru… I wait for you. The sky is blue… and I am too… where are you… lord Sesshomaru."

It wasn't her best but it helped to pass the time. She made three other songs up to help with the time but eventually she ran out of words to rhyme with 'Sesshomaru'. So she woke Jaken from his nap to bother him with her questions. But he wasn't fun forever, eventually he just got bored of her and ignored her.

So now she was back where she started, alone, in a forest with a grumpy demon and no Sesshomaru.

The girl sulked to herself, trying to think of something she could do to entertain herself. There were no flowers to pick, no food for her to gather or cook… she was bored.

As time passed, as the hours passed and the sky grew darker, she sighed to herself and stood with her back to a tree, looking up at the sunset. It was the most beautiful blood red tonight but she longed for the moon to show its face.

The moon was her favourite now. She loved the moon. It was a reminder of her lord; distant, cold and ever changing but also a comfort in the darkness of the night. Even when hidden on a new moon, she knew it was there. Like now, when she didn't know where her lord was, where she couldn't see him, she knew he was there… somewhere.

She watched as the hours danced past and the sunset faded into darkness. Stars started to rise, casting her with a hundred million tiny eyes, glittering in the view. Then she had a new idea on how to pass the time.

She began to count them. She counted the stars as she shone on her.

"Seventy eight… seventy nine… eighty… eighty one… eight…ty… two…." She yawned as her eyes dropped a little and her head nodded. "Eighty… two…."

She looked back up at the stars, trying to think where she had gotten to. "Eighty… three…" she stopped, looking at them. She was counting the same stars again. She frowned in her sleepy state and lifted a hand to point at them.

"Rin."

The voice was so familiar, cold as the night air and as deadly as a blade. But it was a voice she lived every second for. A voice that had saved her in so many way. He had returned, stood at the edge of their camp, the stars illuminating him as if sent from the heavens. She smiled at him. "Lord Sesshomaru."

"It's late. You should be asleep."

Rin nodded. "I wanted to welcome you back."

"I see. Well then, sleep now, I've returned."

"Yes… my lord." She yawned once more then curled herself back up into a ball. "Goodnight my lord."

The demon said nothing but Rin could feel the warmth of his presence and found sleep. But she smiled to herself and cracked one eye open to see him again. No matter how many stars in the sky… none will ever shine brighter than you, Lord Sesshomaru.