Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters from Inuyasha
Ok, this was the first fanfiction I ever wrote so please don't be to mean to me. (I wrote it about a year ago) I'm truly not a big fan of the Sesshomaru Rin couple, (sorry) but I do want it to happen. The true reason I wrote this was to bug a friend of mine who was completely in love with Sesshomaru and hated Rin's guts because she got the be with him all the time. (Her nickname is Tater Twig) Hello Tater Twig! You can't rip it up this time! HA HA HA! Sorry about the outburst!
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Intro
Years have come and gone since the fall of Naraku, and many things have changed. With the turnings of the seasons Rin has grown into a young lady at Sesshomaru side. Through the years she has refused to leave no matter what peril she had to face. Now, on her seventeenth year, she is traveling with Sesshomaru through Inuyasha's Forest. They were headed to his domain in the west and it was the quickest rout. Sesshomaru did not care if he saw Inuyasha. Nor did Rin, as long as she was with Sesshomaru she felt as though she feared nothing.
Rin had, just moments ago, awoken and an early spring morning breeze was blowing through the trees.
"What a beautiful morning! I LOVE spring! It is my favorite season! The flowers are blooming and everything is waking up form the long winter!" Rin chattered to her two demon companions. Sesshomaru was awake long before Rin rose, but Rin's chatter had ruddily awakened Jaken, putting him in a horrible mood.
"Would you be quiet, Rin?! Do you have to start your blabbing this early?!" he nagged. In order to stop one of the increasing occurring fights, Sesshomaru had only to give one simple command. "Hurry" His loyal companion and servant immediately obeyed.
They were off just as the full form of the sun rose over the mountain tops.
"Wow!" Rin said serenely as she stared at the surrounding forest.
"What!" Jaken snapped, "It is the same forest you have been seeing for days now!" Rin was always amazed by the forest's majestic scenery, no matter how many times she saw it. That was a quality about her that Sesshomaru had always found endearing, even if he would never say so aloud.
The trek went as usual. They had been walking for many hours and Rin was beginning to tire. It always happened this way, and Jaken never missed it as an opportunity to criticize Rin. He was given the perfect opportunity. As they were making their way through an extremely rocky portion of the unmarked trail, Rin's footing failed her and she tripped, twisting her ankle. She hit the ground hard, and then slid a small way down the path, obtaining many new scraps and bruises to accompany her twisted ankle.
The second Rin came to a halt Jaken began his rampage.
"You clumsy oaf! All you seem to do is cause me grief! Do you know how much faster we could be going if we didn't have a human like you tagging along?! You only slow Lord Sesshomaru and me down!" Rin was holding back her tears, and it showed. Despite how hard Sesshomaru tried to simply continue walking, as he always did in a situation like this, he couldn't stop himself form intervening.
"Leave her alone, Jaken!" Sesshomaru barked. He received a shocked and hurt expression from his most loyal servant. "Can you walk?" he asked Rin calmly and without making eye contact.
"Of course!" Rin answered, but when she struggled to her feet her only reward was to collapse to her knees again from the pain in her right ankle. Without a word, Sesshomaru stepped swiftly over to Rin, and in one fluent motion, scooped her into his waiting arms and started walking once more.
Rin stared up at Sesshomaru's face with surprise, but he wasn't meeting her eyes again. That was lucky for Rin because as soon as her pure surprise subsided a slight blush etched itself, unwilled, onto her features. She buried her face into the fluff to try an insure that Sesshomaru didn't see her embarrassment. He carried her for the rest of the day, followed by a depressed and silent Jaken.
For the following four days Sesshomaru continued to carry Rin. After that her ankle had felt well enough to walk alone, much to her distress. She wished that he would carry her forever, if that was the only way she would be acknowledged. Otherwise she seemed to be invisible most of the time. That was until recently. Before, it felt as if Sesshomaru didn't care about her presence, but now he seemed to be avoiding looking at her, at least while someone was watching. In the last day Rin had caught him glancing at her multiple times. She also would feel as if someone was watching her, and when she turned around she would see him looking in her direction. It was in just the same that she had watched him for so long.
A week pasted as quickly as sand in an hour glass. They had finally reached the edge of Inuyasha's Forest. It would be only farms and villages for quite some time now. Jaken expressed worries that it would be dangerous with so many humans around. For that Sesshomaru gave Jaken a stare that clearly said, You don't understand me at all, do you? Rin was beginning to feel a small prickling of fear at the back of her mind. All the horrible things that happened in her life occurred in the world of humans. But she was confident that as long as she was with Sesshomaru nothing bad would happen. He would protect her.
Walking down the road between the farms earned them unwanted attention. Their were many workers on the farms that saw them pass. Their gasps and frighten squeals were ignored, by Sesshomaru at least. Rin and Jaken continued to glance nervously at the surrounding workers. When Sesshomaru saw how utterly uncomfortable Rin appeared he picked her up in one arm and grabbed Jaken with his other hand. Then he bolted off to the unoccupied fields far off in the distance. They reached in one sprint what would have taken them hours of walking. These fields were vacant of all humans other then Rin herself. He slowly placed Rin back on the ground and, as soon as Rin was down, dropped a swirl-eyed Jaken on his face.
"This is much better." Rin sighed.
"I'm glad," Sesshomaru murmured so quietly that Rin barley understood. He was probably counting on her human ears not to be sensitive enough to hear his words. He was wrong. Luckily he didn't discover his mistake because Rin was facing in the opposite direction and it masked her surprise. Jaken heard every word, but he decided not to let it bother him. After all, Sesshomaru would never have affections for a human girl.
They were approaching the final patch of forest after walking through fields for about two days. Once they exited it they would be in the West. Rin was very excited to be going. She also wanted to go back into a forest again. They were her favorite places on Earth. Sesshomaru was also looking forward to being in the forest again as well, but it was for a very different reason. He was only looking forward to it because Rin would be so happy there. Why do I feel this way? Sesshomaru continually asked himself. Why does she affect me so? Rin's emotions were also changing, too. She had always admired Sesshomaru, but now she found her mind always thinking of him. As a child he had been like a hero to her, or a god among mortals. His heart was so unreachable that she could only follow him blindly as long as he would allow. Now he had become much more mortal, but no less awe inspiring. His heart now seemed closer as well. As if it was just behind a thin door, and she held the key. She felt him slowly becoming more open every day, and the more he opened up the more she wanted to be with him, forever. Once that was all she had wanted, to be near him, but now she wanted more. It was a secret yearning deep in her heart. One she didn't even begin to understand.
Sesshomaru felt the change in Rin's affection for him. He tried to ignore the joy the information brought him. She was a human and he was a demon. It would never work, he had told himself, but he still couldn't help hoping that they could be together. That there was some loophole he had overlooked.
They reached the forest by mid-afternoon. It was as lush as green as the forest they had traveled through before it. Everything seemed to be alive and breathing. The entire forest pulsed with that life. It was a truly beautiful sight to behold.
"Wow!" Rin said, as she always did. Jaken screamed,
"You just have to start this again don't…!" Jaken was silenced by one sharp glance from Sesshomaru. The hour that followed passed without Jaken making a sound.
It is odd how fast the weather can change. In that hour, the sunny sky changed to dark storm clouds. Sesshomaru turned his face to the sky.
"We'll look for shelter now," he said.
"But my lord, it looks as if the rain will not be so hard that we can't travel." Jaken replied. Sesshomaru's gaze fell on Rin.
"We are finding shelter now," he repeated. That put an end to all further argument.
It took them only a matter of minutes to fine a small cave that would be the perfect hiding place from the rain. No sooner had it been found, the rain began the plummet to the ground. Jaken was thinking their timing had been perfect, for he was now glad that they had abandoned the idea of continuing their travels for the time, when Sesshomaru said coolly,
"Go get fire wood, Jaken,"
"My lord! We don't need fire wood!" he quickly replied. It was true. Rin would be the only one to benefit from a fire.
"Go," Sesshomaru ordered coldly, "before the wood becomes too wet to burn." Without any more argument, Jaken slowly walked into the pouring rain and the forest beyond.
"Will Jaken be alright?" Rin asked Sesshomaru with concern.
"Yes," he replied. "Why do you need fire wood?" Rin asked.
"I don't," he said simply.
"But then why did you…" Rin trailed off. Sesshomaru was looking at her straight in the eye. That reviled to her all of the emotions he had been attempting to hide; compassion, concern, and, most of all, love. Rin had never been more shocked. Sesshomaru returned all of her feelings for him. She stood their gaping at Sesshomaru as if she had never seen him before in her life. He took that the wrong way. When he realized she had seen through his defenses, he was devastated. Her reaction only made it worse. He believed that she was rejecting him.
"I'll find Jaken," he said coldly as he made his escape. He stepped out into the rain before Rin came to her senses. As soon as she regained control she ran after him. Before he even reach the nearby trees, Rin laid her hand on his shoulder to halt him. Then Rin swiftly placed herself in front for him to stop his retreat. He didn't have the chance to speak before Rin had pressed her soft lips against his.
Sesshomaru was taken completely off guard. He didn't pull away, but he didn't kiss back either. Discouraged, Rin began to pull away, but right as her lips left Sesshomaru's, he pressed his lips back on to hers. Then he wrapped his arms around her frail, human body, and, of course, she returned his embrace. Neither knew how long they held the other, for time seemed to stand still, and each had their eyes closed in pure bliss as the held each other in the pouring rain. As they pulled their lips away the rain stopped and the sun became visible thought the clouds. Rin, still in Sesshomaru's arms, smiled as the last of the raindrops fell down her face.
Right as they released each other, a loud crash was heard through the trees, and Jaken tumbled out surrounded by the fire wood that had fallen from his arms when he tripped. Jaken jumped up and exclaimed,
"Great! The rains stops just as I finish getting the fire wood!" Then he looks at Rin's smiling face. "What?!" he yelled at her, obviously thinking that she was laughing at his misfortune.
"Nothing, Jaken," Rin replied, still smiling.
"Let's go," Sesshomaru ordered, and they were off again.
I hope you liked it!!
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