500 Years and Waiting

By swirly87

Author's Notes: I'm well aware that this prologue sucks, but the following chapters are much better. Promise.

*Disclaimer: Sesshoumaru, Rin, and all characters of Inuyasha are the property of Rumiko Takahashi. All characters that are mentioned in this story, but are not part of Inuyasha are either my creations or are characters that have been changed a bit from their respected anime. This includes the characters of Rurouni Kenshin and any other anime that is recognized. *

Prologue-

Sesshoumaru's Point of View

With dark black ebony hair flowing down her back, lily white silky skin, and the most delicious honey brown eyes I have ever seen during my 200 years of existence, Rin is the most beautiful creature I have know. She is a creature no mere mortal should be able to glimpse, let alone touch. Such a divine creature belongs in the heavens. With her angelic body and voice, such a woman should not be on this lowly earth. Rin, Rin, Rin…I could constantly repeat that name over and over again and never ever tire of it. Not only is she the most beautiful creature this mortal plane has ever behold, her personality and character dazzle me. I have known many such beautiful creatures, but none possess such a wild, kind, carefree nature as she. She would forgo her life in order to save the lives of others. I have witness more than one event in which she would willingly protect others with her own life.

I have never witness such a courageous and selfless act being performed by anyone except for perhaps…that human mate of my pathetic younger half-brother of mine. What was her name? Oh yes, it was Kagome, that human mate of my brother. I have seen enough of her heroic acts of protecting that half-breed brother of mine…hmm…perhaps Rin have learned that from her. However that human mate of Inuyasha is nothing compared to my Rin. Yes, my Rin. Although I would never admit this out loud, Rin is mine.

I have watched her grow ever since she was a pup. Despite having seen many bloody battles filled with gore and corpses, she still has that innocent pure glow that never seems to die. She has gone through many horrible events, has come back to life once, seen blood and violence, and yet she is still that same sweet, brave, selfless child I first encountered over a decade ago. That is what makes her different from Inuyasha's mate. Rin is a survivor and despite everything that has happened to her, she still clings to that brilliant glow of hers. A glow, a deadly light, that attracts moths to it. She is a danger to me…my Rin. For I am that moth and she is that deadly light. For if I fly too closely to that light, I shall be burned. I can not be like my father. A relationship between an immortal youkai and a mortal human is impossible, especially for a Youkai Lord. I am Sesshoumaru, Youkai Lord of the West; I can not take such a risk despite how tempting Rin may be. For now, I can only bask in her light until I can find someway to be with her without getting burned.

Rin's Point of View

Sesshoumaru …such a divine name and creature. When I first gazed upon him underneath that tree, I thought that I had seen a fallen angel. Only when I had approached him directly and when he growled at me, did I realize that he was a youkai. Yet he could not be a youkai, at least not in the way I have heard the villagers describing them. This youkai was too beautiful, too proud, too dignified, and too noble to be that kind of youkai that simply murder and eat humans. I cared for this noble creature even when he continuously pushed me away. I knew he needed help, so I offered him my help… I was use to people pushing me away anyway. When the villagers had beaten me up, he was the only one to care to ask me how I was hurt. He was the only one who ever cared for me. When I died, killed by wolves, he was the one to give me life; he was the one to give me a second chance in life. I followed him and I am still following him. I will follow him everywhere and anywhere. When he leaves me behind and goes into battles, I wait for him. I will always wait for him. Even if it's 500 years, I'll be waiting for him for he has stolen my heart since the day I saw him underneath that tree.

With his long, flowing hair that is not quite white or blue, his adorable pointed ears, striking amber eyes, and arrogant (yet delicious-looking) lips, Sesshoumaru is the most beautiful, noble, and divine creature there is. No creature, human or youkai, can compare to him. Even though Sesshoumaru seems cold, uncaring, and ruthless, Sesshoumaru isn't. He is like that during battles, but never when he was around me. Oh, he still acts cold and reserved, but his eyes seem to light up just a bit when I give him those flowers that I pick for him. No cold and merciless youkai would save a human at the expense of his life, but Sesshoumaru did. Sesshoumaru may deny it, but I do believe he holds some affection for me. How much affection does he hold for me? I do not know, but as long as he allows me to follow him, I do not care. My whole life revolves around Sesshoumaru. My heart and soul is filled with him…and I would not want it any other way.