I don't own Inuyasha
Pride or For you
When asked by Jaken why they were going after Naraku, Sesshoumaru replied with a simple word "Pride". He knew actually that it was not mainly pride that made him go after Naraku. It was because of Rin that he had wanted to go after him. The capture of Rin made him angry. Naraku had ordered the boy,Kohaku,to kill Rin. If he had not reached there in time, Rin would have been dead. Sure he had the Tenseiga,but he just doesn't want to see the lifeless body of Rin.
There was another time when he found out that Kouga was the one that set the wolves on Rin.He had wanted to rib him into pieces on the spot.Then he remembered Rin was behind him.He ordered her to stay away.He doesn't want her to see the gruesome sight.After that,only when Kouga saved Rin from a youkai,then he let him off.
"Sesshoumaru-sama, what are you thinking about ?"Sesshoumaru snapped out of his pondering and look at the curious Rin. "Nothing particular" replied Sesshoumaru.They sat down in the moonlight in silence for a long time before Sesshoumaru spoke up, "Rin, go to sleep.We had to set off early tomorrow." "Hai!" replied Rin.
Rin settle down beside Sesshoumaru and lay down, preparing to sleep.After that,Rin asked, "Sesshoumaru-sama,why do you go after Naraku?" Sesshoumaru replied his same answer, "Because of pride." Rin seems to be contented with the answer because after that she went to sleep.
After hearing the soft breathing of Rin, Sesshoumaru look at Rin with a pair of eyes filling with love and concern, like a father looking at his hurt child.
In his heart,he knew that the answer to the question was not because of pride. "It was because of you, Rin." thought Sesshoumaru.