Inarie stretched, feeling her blood rush to comfort her tired muscles. She'd spent all of yesterday running from one village to the next. She couldn't fathom why all the villages were empty – absolutely no humans in sight. She hadn't even smelt a crummy little human for almost three days now. She shrugged it off though, deciding to save her thoughts for another time. The faint sound of water rushing made her senses go wild. It had been a while since she had a nice fresh water bath. She sighed aloud, what a relief. She sprinted across the open green pasture, stripping her clothes off right before jumping into the warm water. Her waist-long black hair covered her face as she popped up from the water, searching around to see where her black and red kimono had run off to. She spotted it hanging from a tall, Japanese dogwood. She couldn't help the sigh that escaped from deep in her chest at the sight. It was always annoying to have to deal with them, but she couldn't very well run around naked.
What seemed to be hours later, she was out of the pond, with her kimono back on her body, and her two slender swords at her waist. She smelled a human coming towards her and jumped up into the nearby tree as a means of not being seen. Well it's about time, I was wondering when one would show up. A little girl, in a yellow and orange kimono came into sight. A section of her hair was separated from her head and put into a little high pony tail.
"Cute," she snickered quietly, jumping down in front of the little girl. The girl jumped, putting her hand to her heart. Inarie looked into the little girl's big brown eyes, but only curiosity lingered there, no trace of fear in them anywhere.
"Oh, hello. I'm Rin, what's your name?" The little girl, Rin, grinned widely at her, taking a little bow.
"Girl, shouldn't you be with your mother and father?" Inarie asked her, in a calm voice. She couldn't help it, she had a tiny weakness when it came to kids, and this kid certainly didn't know how dangerous running around alone could be.
"I don't have one, but Lord Sesshomaru should be here any minute." The little girl danced around, going to the water and splashing some on her face. That name….it sounded so familiar. The little girl turned and pointed behind Inarie. She looked at Rin, confused for a moment, and turned to see a man – no, a demon standing there.
The wind began to blow strong, making his silky, silver hair fly freely. His golden eyes pierced her violet ones. His shoulder armor and daring look might intimidate most people, but it did little to affect Inarie.
"Rin, go," his voice rumbled from his chest. It was deeper than Inarie might have expected, but only added to his already attractive demeanor. The little girl ran from the pond, stealing a glance at him, and heading for the forest.
So the little girl is with this demon… He sure doesn't like to talk much… Wait, I think I've heard of him… Sesshomaru…Sesshomaru… Oh. So, he's the famous 'Lord of the West'. I seriously hope he doesn't expect to call him Lord.
Inarie pushed her hair out of her face lightly, seeing that his face shared no expression. He was a tough one, that was for sure. She got ready to turn and walk away when he said something.
"What were you doing with Rin?" She stopped and turned her head so she could see his familiar silver hair in her peripheral vision. "Running around here alone is dangerous, you know."
She turned her head completely, finding his eyes looking into hers from a distance. She left her emotions blank and slowly disappeared from his sight.