Rin sat quietly staring down at her hands resting in her lap. she was riding in the back of a limo in her strapless, blue, tie-die sundress; she had picked out the dress hoping that her new husband would like the way it looked on her as much as she herself did. they were on their way to the airport to return to his home in Tokyo, a place Rin hadn't lived since her father had transferred to America when she was twelve. It was their wedding night, yet she hadn't looked at him since they had danced together at the reception, and neither of them had spoken a word to each other since they had stood at the alter. Rin felt nothing but regret and a bit of nervousness, "or is it anger that my inability to stand up for myself has ruined my future?" She asked herself. "One thing is for certain, the man sitting next to me will never be my husband, and he will never have me." She vowed, knowing that if he wanted to take her she would go along with it as it was her duty as his wife, but she wasn't going to be happy about it.

Sesshomaru didn't even glance at the nervous girl sitting next to him on the leather seat; he wouldn't normally make conversation with anyone just for the hell of it since he wasn't a social creature, but since they were stuck together he figured that he would at least try and speak with her at some point during their trip to Japan. He was pissed though. Sesshomaru was pissed off that he had even married her in the first place. His father was not going to allow him to keep his position as VP of the company, or take his place as head in the future, unless he was married within the year. To make things worse the man had already picked the girl, effectively taking the decision out of his son's hands. Rin Tazuna had been more than surprised when the Inu-Yokia had first approached her; she was only seventeen after all, and he had introduced himself at her high school graduation. "That was seven months ago, and I'm still pissed." He growled inwardly. She was over whelmed when he had announced that she would be marrying him. They had both been shocked and Rin very disappointed when her parents whom had been against the union suddenly gave Sesshomaru their blessings when they found out that he was the billionaire businessman Sesshomaru Tashio.

Everyone had told Sesshomaru that Rin was more relaxed about the situation when he wasn't around during the months leading up to the wedding, and Sesshomaru had taken it personally that she didn't like being around him full planning to go to her home and make a scene; but his half brother Inuyasha stopped him. Inuyasha had pointed out that that with the first impression he had made that she more than likely thinks he's an emotionless jerk. He also reminded him that once women were done spending his money his terrible temper tended to stress out women and send them running for the hills. "I'm not good with people!" he snapped his growl filling the silence of the limo and adding to the tension. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed Rin flinch from his outburst and slide all the way over to the door and away from him. "Did I frighten you Rin?" he ashed trying not to sound harsh and failing terribly. "Not like its the first time you have," Rin muttered. Sesshomaru would've missed her reply if it weren't for his demonic hearing. He felt the corner of his mouth twitch and fought off the smile he knew was coming on in a reaction to his wife's words, "so my new wife has a bit of an attitude." He chuckled inwardly.

It wasn't until they arrived at the airport that Sesshomaru noticed what Rin was wearing, "...Hell, I don't even recall what her wedding gown looked like, and she was in the damn thing for four hours." Sesshomaru admired how the many shades of blue perfectly contrasted with her smooth pale skin. Her long dark brown hair fell down to the middle of her back, "Its wavy as though she had it in a braid for a long time." He thought to himself as they went through security. His clod expression remained in place despite the fact that he was annoyed with himself for not considering the situation from every angle. He hadn't considered Rin's feelings, or any of the benefits. "Well, since I will be keeping my position and getting my inheritance my vast fortune will increase," he thought to himself as they stood waiting for the line to board the plane to move, "if she's not happy now with the arrangement she'll be fine once she gets her new unlimited credit card and can start spending money." Sesshomaru's annoyance vanished as he remembered like all women his wife would be fine after she realized that she was rich, and could have anything she wanted.

Though Sesshomaru's face had remained bland and uninterested, Rin had felt every shift in his unseen emotions since the atmosphere had kept shifting with him. She could breathe a bit easier since he'd calmed back down, but she still couldn't seem to gather her thoughts and rein in her own scattered emotions. "Ummm..." she said shyly as they sat in their first class seats. Sesshomaru glanced at her hiding his surprise that she had actually been the one to say something first. "I don't want to come off as rude or anything, but I've read a lot about rich men who beat their wives, or have mistresses." Sesshomaru couldn't believe that she had managed to come up with such a ridiculous fear, but he had been able to tell just by looking at her mother that her father got violent quite often and they weren't even middle class. "I fully intend to honor our union and I don't hit defenseless women, and just because I didn't want this marriage doesn't mean that I am going to take a lover," he was going to leave it at that but he remembered how concerned she was whenever her father had more wine in his glass. "And since I am a demon you don't have to worry about me going back on my word if it looks like I'm drinking to much."

"Does alcohol effect demons differently than it does humans?"

"We would have to drink about five truck fulls before we even reached incoherency." Sesshomaru said. "So you're an Inu-Yokia right?" Rin asked figuring that she should know more about him if she was going to be living with him. "I am."

"So that would make you Lord Sesshomaru eldest son of the great dog demons and heir to the western lands."

"You seem to know a lot." He said in a monotone, though he was impressed that the little human knew so much. "Well, I've always had an interest in demons, even dated a couple," she explained, "but demon history is my favorite." Sesshomaru ignored the strange pang that he felt at hearing about her former boyfriends and watched as she pulled a thick book out of her large carry on backpack. "Right now I'm studying the feudal era."

"Why?"

"I was planing to find away to continue school and get a degree in literature not to mention art,but my number one goal is to become a famous author. I also want to own my own small business selling my artistic creations."

"You have a lot of dreams." Sesshomaru said thinking that he would look into finding a college that would fit her needs. "well, I'm a human so I wont be alive long enough to do every single thing that I want to accomplish."

"There is a way for you to live forever." He told her. Rin nodded, "I know, but since you don't love me we can't become mate. It wouldn't be right, and I'm not going to cheat on you with other demons."

"Very noble for a human." He said taking out his laptop.