The clock ticked. It was dark outside, 11:59 PM to be exact. Sesshomaru sat at his desk silently with his eyes closed. He was not sleep,no, he was waiting. He was waiting until the clock struck 12. At midnight it would be April 27th, which after all this time, he had demoted to be the Roman Calendar equivalent of Rin's birthday. Rin, his mate, who had passed on over 500 years ago. He knew she would reincarnate, but he didn't know the exact year that this would happen. He did this every year, sat and looked for her energy signature to see if she would be born this year.
He expanded his youkai to see if this would be the year. With his age came immense power, the years had improved his reach and now he could feel the entire continent. North America was immense, but he knew that he would feel her -IF this would be the year. Just before the tree had gone into a deep sleep,Bokuseno, the Wise Old Tree, told him that he would find his most sought after prize here. That had been 1910, and the year now was 2000. He knew that midnight was at a different time everywhere in the world, with the invention of time zones, he no longer knew what the true hour was, but he could approximate. He was in New York, and it could take up to 12 hours to feel the entire country, and for the true midnight to occur. But, he sat, as patient as could be.
Before he knew it, he felt the sunrise on his back. The massive windows of his office allowed him to bathe in the sun, the blinds left open. He sat for what could gave been days, weeks, or years, but in reality, it could only have been a few hours. He sighed through his nose. Another year, he supposed, another year he would have to spend dateless. Just as he was pulling his reach back, he felt it. It felt like the ping of a radar. His body shivered as his mind pulled back into it, as he felt the closest thing to joy he had ever felt in his 700+ years of life. Her spirit had returned to earth, his Rin had been born!
Now he had only to wait. He had waited for this long, and he would wait some more, but now, it was different. He had only to wait until his mate was mature and receptive to impart himself on her new life. After all, they were destined mates, who would find each other in every life. He would make sure that he was early enough to not have her fall in love with anyone else, lest he have to kill her lover. No man was worthy of his Rin, with her sweet disposition and smile to rival the sun. He could wait 20, or 21 years. After all, what could go wrong?