Chapter 1

Sesshomaru has been gone a long time; I wonder what's taking him. Unless something bad has happened to him. Rin thought as she got up. Rin immediately ran outside the cave and started calling out Sesshomaru's name.

"Rin! You must stay inside till Lord Sesshomaru comes back! It's not safe for you out here!" A mini imp called after her.

"I'm not a child anymore, Jaken!" Rin argued.

"It doesn't matter, you still need to listen to Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken said.

Jaken immediately ran after Rin and tried to pull her back to the cave. She wasn't a little girl anymore she was a woman now. Jaken continuously tried to pull Rin back into the cave, but he wasn't making any progress. Rin flicked her kimono and Jaken flew off the end and landed behind her.

"Stop it, Jaken!" Rin yelled, "I'm going to go find him…" Rin said.

Jaken immediately jumped up, "What?!"

"You heard me."

Rin began to walk away from the cavern and walked into the forest alone, and disappeared from Jaken's sight. Jaken was a wreck now; how would he tell Lord Sesshomaru that Rin has yet again wandered off?

"Sesshomaru…?" Rin said quietly.

The forest was dark; she couldn't even see one foot in front of her. I should get back to the cave before something happens. Rin thought, as she was getting ready to turn around.

"What are you doing?" Sesshomaru asked her.

"I wanted to look for you…I got worried." Rin said, looking down at the ground.

Sesshomaru took her hand and led her back to the campground.

"Jaken, why did you let her leave?" Sesshomaru asked.

"I'm sorry Lord Sesshomaru! I tried to stop her, but she didn't listen!" Jaken pleaded.

Sesshomaru and Rin walked right by Jaken and sat next together by the fire. Sesshomaru pulled Rin into his lap and held her close.

"Rin, it's too dangerous out there for you." He started.

"I know…I'm sorry,"

"Naraku is still alive, don't forget. He tried to kill you many times while you were a child, what makes you think he'll stop?"

"Sesshomaru….I…" Rin cut in.

"He knows what you mean to me, and he will stop at nothing to kill you so he can get to me."

"I'm sorry…" Rin said, staring into the fire.

I hate it when he's mad at me. I know he's mad at him. Rin thought to herself, still looking at the fire.

Sesshomaru wrapped his arms tightly around Rin, and kept her in his grasp. He worried about Rin; he's always worried about her since she was a little girl. But now that she chose to live her life with Sesshomaru, he had to do everything possible to keep her safe. He didn't know if Naraku knew about Rin; but he would do his best to keep it a secret.

~~~~FlashBack~~~~~

"AHHHH!" The village screamed when wolves attacked Rin's village.

Rin hid behind a house that the wolves hadn't reached yet; she peered around the corner to decide when she could run. The wolves and the demon wolf entered a house further down the way; she ran. She ran as fast as she could into the forest trying to escape the blood-savage wolves.

"After her!" The man leading the wolves shouted.

Rin began to run as fast as her little legs could take her, crying. She looked over her shoulder; the wolves had caught up with her and were getting closer. Rin cried out for help, but nobody else was in the forest. Before Rin could call out again, one wolf pounced on her and slammed her into the ground.

Rin tried to pick herself up, but the wolves that surrounded her attacked her, not giving her a chance. Her screams echoed through the forest and within a minute, the forest was quiet again.

"Lord Sesshomaru, where are you going? Totosai's is the other way!" Jaken shouted, when Sesshomaru abruptly changed directions.

'The smell of blood, it smells familiar.' Lord Sesshomaru thought, as the smell of the blood continued to grow as they drew closer. Sesshomaru appeared in the clearing within a matter of minutes and saw the same little girl that aided him after Inuyasha wielded the Tessaiga. She looked as helpless as he did earlier that day.

Looking down at her, he remembered even when she was beaten from the villagers; she still limped to him and brought him food and water. He looked down at her lifeless body and remembered her bright smile and he drew the Tenseiga. The sword beckoned to him, and Sesshomaru uses the sword of healing to resurrect Rin. She woke up in his lap, and Jaken wondered why he decided to save her. As Sesshomaru departed without saying a single word, she and Jaken followed him.

~~~End~~~~

Thinking of her past made her cringe, and Sesshomaru looked at her.

"What's wrong?"

"Just thought of when you saved me…" Rin replied.

"I paid you back." Sesshomaru sighed.

"Huh?"

"Even though I was stubborn and didn't accept anything you gave me, you never gave up on me and you still haven't. When I saved your life Rin; I showed you that I would never give up on you."

Rin looked up at the demon she fell in love with, and gently caressed his cheek. Sesshomaru leaned down and gently kissed Rin on the lips; never in his life has Sesshomaru experienced this kind of happiness. He knew that he would always have Rin, and she would always have him. She would save him from his worst days, and he would do the same.

"Sesshomaru…?" Rin said, after breaking the kiss; "I love you."

Sesshomaru wasn't sure how to respond, he never used those words through his whole existence, but he stared at her with a caring look in eyes. After a minute or two of silence, Sesshomaru finally got up the courage; "I love you too, Rin."

Rin smiled after hearing Sesshomaru say he loved her back, Sesshomaru pulled up Rin higher and kissed her forehead, then her nose; and soon their lips were locked again in a sweet, gentle kiss.