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Meeting You

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He arrived at the village. Rin had already spotted him and came on fast with a toothy grin. Sesshomaru looked down at her.

"Sesshomaru-sama!" She exclaimed. "Look! Kagome-chan taught Rin how to make flowers into necklaces!" She held up the offering to the great demon lord and looked at him expectantly.

Sesshomaru twitched. He cared for Rin, but surely he didn't have to wear that in order to earn her affections, right? He patted her on the head and nodded, giving her confirmation of his approval. He then gave her a new kimono to wear.

Right away she dropped her flowers and focused on the pink outfit in front of her. "Oh! It's so pretty, Sesshomaru-sama! Rin loves it!" She exclaimed.

"Are you stealing her attention away from me that easily?" A voice boomed in the distance.

Both of them looked up to see Kagome approaching them.

"Miko." Sesshomaru stated. He wasn't calling out to her in any way. He was just stating it as a fact and acknowledging her presence. In any case, it was cold. The distance between him and her were well established.

"Kagome!" Rin jumped. She ran and hugged her tightly. "Look Kagome-chan! Isn't it pretty? Rin loves pink and flowers!"

Kagome giggled and hugged the girl back. "It's quite beautiful. Sesshomaru-sama sure does have good taste doesn't he?"

"yeah!" Rin cheered. "Sesshomaru! Sesshomaru! The Obon festival will be here soon! Join Rin! There will be lots of games and everyone in the village will play along! Shippo will be there too! Join Rin!"

She looked at his expectantly. Sesshomaru's lips thinned. He would rather chew his own sword than to waste his free time with humans. The look that Rin was giving him, though…..saying no would disappoint her. A new feeling rose to his chest. Guilt? He was getting soft.

"Now, now, Rin, the Obon festival will be here in a few days! There's plenty of time! You should go head back to the village now, Shippo is waiting for you." Kagome suggested.

Sudden relief dispelled within Sesshomaru's mind.

"Awwwwww," the young girl whined. "Okay…." She dejectedly started to walk back. "I'll ask you again next time, Sesshomaru-sama! Make sure you visit Rin again!"

Kagome giggled and waved Rin goodbye. She then noticed the ring of flowers that Rin made a while ago. Kagome picked them up and looked at Sesshomaru. As realization dawned, her eyes widened a bit. "Ahaha, you're a pretty nice guy, aren't you Sesshomaru?"

Sesshomaru stiffened. What a silly human.

"Wait! Aren't you going to take this along with you?" Kagome asked, holding up the flower necklace.

"This Sesshomaru would never wear something as profound as flowers on this one's neck. It is neither fitting nor proper." He started to turn away.

"That is a silly notion." He scoffed. "What would this Sesshomaru need with that?"

Kagome just smiled. "This was an act of love."

He froze. He still didn't look at her, instead, he kept his eyes towards the road, where he was about to leave. Somehow, her words stunned him. Love. It was a silly notion indeed. But he found himself wanting to take the flowers. Rin made it for him. She stopped in the middle of the day and created him a gift out of her own sheer will. Someone out there cared. For some reason, it felt nice.

He grimaced and looked sideways, still not facing Kagome.

"Love is redundant." Sesshomaru says.

He then heard Kagome's soft giggling. "Says the guy who brings a kimono to a little human girl every once in a while."

He glared. How dare she make such assumptions about him. She knew nothing. Before he could say anything to reprimand her, she spoke again.

"Well, in any case Sesshomaru, here." Kagome walked up to him and handed him the bundle of flowers, expecting him to take it. "Rin and I would be very honored if you would accept this."

He stared at her for a minute, and then brought his hand up to the flowers, only to slap it out of her hands. "This one tires of your maudlin games. Be gone."

She looked down, and even a little shocked. "I see." She whispered. "We'll continue making more until there are flowers beautiful enough for you to accept." And with that, Kagome walked off.

She smiled at him. A warm smile.

Sesshomaru was genuinely shocked. After all the cruel attempts to hurt her and his indifferent remarks, she smiled at him. It was a smile full of kindness and compassion. His emotionless façade held its ground, but the slight surprise flickered in his eyes. This emotion….it was not…displeasing.

Sesshomaru stood there until Kagome was completely out of sight. He didn't know why he did it, but he stood there. Mixed with disgust and a sort of fascination, he looked over at her womanly curves as she left.

Then, when she was out of sight, he looked down towards the flowers that he so rudely rejected. He could smell her scent on it. The strong aroma clung onto the flowers but he could tell that it was fading fast. The potent mixture of jasmine and apples haunted him. He found himself not displeased with that woman's smell. Well, for a human, it was tolerable. The thought of picking up the flowers even came to his head, but very briefly.

He shook his head.

It was Rin. She was making him much too sentimental.

Sesshomaru walked away, but he was unable to shake off their meeting. His emotionless mask stayed in place. Meaningless. That's what the meeting was.

He walked away, but somehow, the warm smile that she gave him was with him for the rest of the day.

Meaningless.

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A/N and with that ends my first chapter to my first very long story. Hope you guys liked it. Read and review please. I just want to get better at writing.