"Tempted To Love"

Sesshoumaru x Ayame

Disclaimer: I do not own the anime/manga Inuyasha or the characters in this story.

But they're hot, aren't they?

Last chance warning: There will be Lemon

It was a clear, mild day in the feudal Japan era. The sun was shining, birds were singing, and the only other noise audible to the great Inu Taiyoukai Sesshoumaru was the splashing from Rin in the cool pond. He himself was sitting beneath the shade of a giant oak, watching her play in the water, tormenting his faithful servant Jaken with unwanted splashes. He was slightly amused by all this, but his face didn't show a single sign of that. His stoic nature was hard to crack. So far as he could remember, Rin might have made him smile, at least once... but he couldn't really recall.

His golden hues turned upward, checking the position of the sun in the sky. Late afternoon. It would be growing dark soon enough. With a sigh he pulled himself to stand, checking on his napping double-headed dragon. Ah-Un's eyes opened a bit lazily as Sesshoumaru gently pet one of its heads. As Ah-Un continued to wake himself, Sesshoumaru turned to glance over his shoulder. "Rin," was all he said. The young human girl immediately stopped splashing and laughing in the pond and turned her attention to him. "Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama?" She asked in a simply adorable voice. Sesshoumaru thought of smiling each time she spoke.

"Come, Rin. It's time to go." He turned back to Ah-Un as Rin yelped out some sort of confirmation to his order and scrambled out of the pond, trampling Jaken, who was nearly half her size. She hurried to the Dog Demon Lord's side, not paying attention to Jaken at all. Sesshoumaru lifted her wet body in her wet kimono and placed her in Ah-Un's saddle. Making sure she was situated well in the saddle, they began to move out, leaving Jaken for the moment. He would catch up soon, anyway. He always did. The main concern Sesshoumaru had at the moment was finding a cave or shelter for the night. Nights were still a little chilly. He wanted Rin to be warm. She was like a daughter to him. A daughter without a mother... not that it was a concern of his. He wasn't weak like his half-demon brother, falling for human women left and right. When he married - if he ever decided to do such a thing - it would be a full youkai - a demon, like himself.

Just as the sun was beginning to set, he found the perfect cave. As Rin and Ah-Un settled in, he left to gather firewood and food, stepping on a rushing Jaken on his way out.

The white wolf princess yawned, stretching as she finally awoke. The sun was setting. About time. She wasn't always nocturnal, but it was this month's full moon. She'd be able to see even better than usual, and besides... she wanted to see if, just maybe... a rainbow?

She knew moon's rainbows were rare. She knew because she'd looked for one nearly every single night since the time she'd seen it as a little girl with her supposed fiancee, Kouga. She sighed, hopping down from the tree branch she'd been sleeping in. Kouga... that man didn't know what he wanted. "Chasing after silly human girls," she grumbled to herself, tugging her hide cape around her arms for extra warmth as she walked. Her keen ears were picking up what seemed like rushing water in the distance. A waterfall would be quite an ideal spot to go moon watching. She kicked up her heels and dashed until she found the clearing. Perfect. ...A little too perfect.

It reminded her so much of Kouga's den, only that there was no cave she could see near the waterfall. But the scent of the cool water was refreshing. She looked up to the moon. No... not yet. No rainbow. With another sigh, she pulled herself up to sit on a boulder and began to howl at the moon, as though she were crying her heart out. A pack answered her calls in the distance. Far distance. She was relieved for the time of serenity, but at the same time... she felt so... alone. She continued to howl into the night, the sounds of the distant pack only growing farther and farther away.