Disclaimer: I have yet to attain world domination and without such an achievement I could not possibly own Inuyasha or any of the characters in that series.
AN: The second set of Inu Tales is finally out and here is the Rin x Sessh story. Little Red Riding Rin! Enjoy!
Little Red Riding Rin
Dedicated To Silver Magiccraft
Prologue
Red Cloaks in the Rain
His amber eyes watched her from the safety of the bushes, following her as if he was stalking prey. And after all…if she had been so foolish as to venture out in the dense forest at this time of night she deserved to be killed…
His nose twitched uncomfortably as raindrops fell on the sensitive appendage, and he looked up to see angry gray clouds forming in the nighttime sky. Grasping the blood red fire rat cloak he wore to protect him from the elements. He watched as she grasped the basket she was carrying closer to her trembling figure. The scent of warm food, and the almost sickly smell of medicine was wafting from her and he realized that she must have been delivering something…that was when she fell…
Another sneeze escaped her as she continued on her walk towards her grandmother's cottage. Being the compassionate child that she was Rin had agreed to deliver food and medicine to her grandmother Kaede, despite the long walk through the mysterious forest that trimmed the outskirts of her village.
Although the day had begun clear enough and she had set out without having bothered to take a cloak, she had regretted that decision when the sound of heavy rain started to thud on the ground. Now she was trying her best to keep dry, though the rainwater had already soaked through her thick woolen kimono and her soggy fabric made her walk slower than usual. And those slow movements were what let her foot get caught in the root that was sticking up from the ground, and led to her ungraceful tumble onto the forest floor.
He couldn't prevent the snort that escaped him when he watched her fall.
"Foolish Human…"
Although he was a young demon, even he knew better than to let himself be tripped by a root. Moving from his hiding place he walked to stand in front of the fallen girl, his head raised imposingly. Letting his eyes wander to her ankle he quickly assessed the damage, a simple twisted ankle. He was about to raise his hand and slash her throat when her eyes met his…
They were the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen, and in fact they were the only part of him that she could see. The dark concealed his features, and so she didn't notice that he had his claws raised to kill her at the instant that she spoke.
"Hello…My name is Rin."
Caught offguard by the sound of her voice he sat down and grunted, eyeing the injured girl.
"You're either very brave…or very stupid to be in this forest this late at night."
His eyebrow raised as he watched a blush spread across the girl's cheeks.
"I was on my way to my grandmother's house…I must deliver these to her."
Standing up he reluctantly helped the girl up. His eyes closed with indifference he removed his fire-rat cloak and wrapped it around the girl's shoulders.
"Your grandmother's cottage is a few yards north of here…I'll take you there…but you must never speak of me to anyone."
Nodding Rin let out a surprised gasp when she felt herself be lifted onto his back, and within seconds she was dropped unceremoniously on the front steps of the cottage. When he turned around to leap back into the forest she found her voice for the second time.
"Wait…what is your name?"
Arching his eyebrow he gruffly spoke to her, and then leapt off as far away from her as he could. Desperate to get the scent of human female off of him before any one noticed.
"Sesshoumaru…My name is Sesshoumaru"
AN: :D Ta DA!