Angel in Demons

Rated: K

Prequel

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha otherwise it wouldn't be named Inuyasha but rather, Sesshomaru. -_-

(Each chapter will have a different rating and so the story rating may change as the story continues)

"Sesshomaru, do you understand what I'm trying to say here?" Said an old, coarse voice.

The youkai stood still, his form turned away from the old woman and his expression nonchalant as it has always been. A slight chill ran through the woman's spine as she finally was introduced to Sesshomaru's infamous cold silence.

After what seemed like decades of silence, the dog demon finally spoke, "Do as you please."

Leaving the old woman in shock, Sesshomaru hovered over the ground until finally flying off towards the West.

Kaede stood there for a while staring at him disappearing into the horizon before turning and going off to the village on her slow pace, in her head, thinking of how to tell Rin of this decision.

As she reached the village, Rin was sitting with Sango near the river, flapping her small feet in the water as if waiting for her Lord to return. Kaede approached Rin and gestured Sango to leave for a while considering it will be a shock to the little girl and she would surely be upset because of her strange attachment to the Dog Demon.

"Rin, you will be staying with us for a while." Kaede informed, not looking at the little girl even once.

Rin turned her head to the old priestess and made a confused face.

"You are a human girl. You need to live with humans for a while to learn about yourself. When you are old enough, then you can decide what you want to do as you grow up." Kaede continued.

Rin stayed quiet for a while, staring at the water with rinsed her feet and then swayed along.

"Sesshomaru-sama…?" She spoke to herself.

"He agrees and has left you under my care." Kaede then paused, "Rin, what happens from now is completely up to fate but whether he comes to visit you or not, is something you shouldn't keep hope for. After all, he is a Youkai. But I do hope he comes…"

Kaede was sincere, that much was certain. Rin didn't speak for a moment before looking to Kaede with a huge smile pasted on her lips, "If this is what Sesshomaru-sama wishes of me, then Rin will definitely do as he pleases. And Rin is certain that Sesshomaru-sama will come visit her."

Kaede was caught back by her lack of sorrow or anger. It was as if the girl was in a trance, not feeling remorse for anything that the Youkai does.

"A-ah… Sou. Alright then, let's go inside. It is getting dark."

"Hai!" The girl beamed before getting up on her feet and running inside to Kaede's hut.

'What a strange girl…' Kaede thought as she walked to her hut as well.

A year later

"Aah! Sesshomaru-sama, you came!" Rin exclaimed as the Youkai entered through the rough curtain which enclosed Kaede's hut.

The tall youkai did not speak but instead gestured Jaken to enter as well. Jaken came inside running in his clumsy manner and upon seeing Rin, tried to control his blatant joy.

Rin jumped up in joy and grabbed the green chibi-youkai by the neck, hugging him as tightly as possible.

Jaken, embarrassed by this, started screaming at Rin to put her down and get her human hands off of him.

"But Jaken-sama, Rin missed you!" Rin whined as she put down Jaken.

"Rin." Sesshomaru finally spoke, opening his eyes and looking down at her small figure.

"Hai, Sesshomaru-sama?" Rin replied.

"Have you behaved well with these humans?"

"Hai!" The girl smiled, "Rin is now learning from Kaede-sama. Rin will soon become a healer Sesshomaru-sama. Then maybe one day she can be of help to Sesshomaru-sama!"

Sesshomaru looked away and stared at the blank wall, "This Sesshomaru does not need anyone's help."

Rin became quiet for only a second before starting again, "Of course Sesshomaru-sama does not need help but Rin will still wish to help her lord!"

Sesshomaru didn't really understand human feelings at all, and being around Rin made him realize and accept this problem. But at the end of the day, he was a great Youkai who did not need to understand human beings. They were worthless creatures in his eyes.

Sesshomaru and Jaken would come every two to three weeks to visit the young girl and though, they only stayed for a short while in which Sesshomaru barely spoke anything at all, Rin was always grateful that he took out time to visit her at all. The she would sit with him and Jaken and talk her heart out while Jaken cursed at her human childishness as he had always done.

'She still talks the same lot.' Sesshomaru thought to himself as she sat there laughing as Jaken was screaming at her out of annoyance. 'These humans should be treating her well then. In any case, if they weren't then I would kill each and every one of them.' And with this thought, Sesshomaru got up to his feet and spoke, "Jaken."

Jaken stopped whatever he was doing and looked to his master, screaming "HAI!" and running out of the hut.

"Rin. Behave while you are here." He spoke before leaving the hut, not once looking back at her.

"H-Hai, Sesshomaru-sama!" She smiled.

As the great Youkai left the hut, Jaken came running back inside, tripping every once three steps and upon finally falling on his face, dropped the huge rectangular box he was holding over his head right in front of Rin.

"Aah! Present from Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin exclaimed.

"See Rin, the trouble you make Sesshomaru-sama go through for you. Blasted human." He muttered before leaving, "Sesshomaru-sama, wait for me!"

Rin opened the box, paying no heed to Jaken's last words and inside, lie a beautiful sky blue Kimono filled with white and baby pink Sakura petals.

This was how it was always done. Sesshomaru would come only for a short while, not more than an hour. Upon his departure, he would leave and only then would Jaken bring in Rin's presents. He never gave Rin the presents he got for her while he was in the room. You could say that he was just too proud for that. But Rin always appreciated that he took the time out to come in the first place.

'One day, when I know all of how to be a human and when I am no longer a burden to Sesshomaru-sama, I will definitely go back to him.'

Two years later

"Aah! Onee-sama, you came back!" Rin said in excitement, running to Kagome and hugging her waist tightly as she only came to Kagome's waist till now.

"Rin-chan! How nice to see you! How are you?" Kagome replied just as eagerly, hugging the little girl back.

"I have been good. But onee-sama, how did you come back to us…?" Rin questioned out of young curiosity.

Kagome became quiet and then sweat-dropped, thinking about exactly how she did end up coming back.

"So Sesshomaru still comes every other week to visit Rin?" Kagome asked Kaede as she sipped her tea.

"Hmm. He has never missed a single bi-monthly visit even though he is busy with re-constructing his father's empire now.

"I never thought Sesshomaru would end up being so soft-hearted." Kagome grinned, elbowing Inuyasha who sat next to her with his arms and legs folded and his nose up in the air out of annoyance as to how everyone was talking about his 'stupid, painfully annoying' brother.

"FEH!"

Kaede and Kagome laughed at how was still the same immature hanyou that he has been when he was first put down from the sacred tree.

"Saving the world didn't do much in his growth." Kaede teased him further and so the joke continued.

Rin sat in her room listening to the conversation being held by her friends and smiled, "Sesshomaru-sama… Will you always be this kind to Rin…?"

But she knew in her heart, even he changed, even if he began to hate her, she would always love her Sesshomaru-sama, no matter what the consequences.

5 and a half years later

"Rin. What are you doing here sitting all alone in the middle of the night?" A deep and heavy voice spoke in amidst the night.

The girl turned her head around and with starry eyes, searched for her Master.

"Sesshomaru-sama!" She exclaimed out of happiness, getting up on her feet and running to him.

"I told you not to sit out here alone in the middle of the night." He spoke, staring at her form as she made her to way to him, slightly annoyed at how she didn't listen to him.

"Datte... I couldn't sleep and because Inuyasha-no-onii-chan lives here, not many demons come here." Rin complained.

"Rin, do you dare defy this Sesshomaru's orders?" Sesshomaru spoke, still with his blank expression.

Rin looked at him for a while before becoming quiet and dipping her head down in shame, "Sumimasen, Sesshomaru-sama. It will not happen again."

Sesshomaru looked away from the girl to stare up at the endless starry sky. He couldn't really understand nor put into words what he felt, but her felt a certain pang of uneasiness every time Rin apologized to him. 'Of course she should apologize! I, Sesshomaru, told her not to do something and she did. She should not disobey me.' He justified to himself and put aside those feelings all together.

"Aah Sesshomaru-sama, Kaede-sama wanted to talk to you about something. I do not know what but would you stay the night…?" Rin asked, her head still bowed down and her feet fidgeting while she asked him the question.

Sesshomaru turned back to staring at her before turning to Jaken who just arrived now, running out of the forest and calling out of Sesshomaru.

"Jaken, lets go." He said before turning and leaving Rin standing there alone.

Rin really hoped that he would stay to the extent that she was certain that he would stay so she felt tears brimming in her eyes at the thought of him leaving.

"Rin, don't stand out here in the open. Come inside." She heard him say.

Shocked, she looked to where she heard this voice only to see Sesshomaru walking towards her hut instead of back to the forest.

"Rin no ahou! Don't make Sesshomaru-sama wait. Come here!" Jaken screamed at her, grabbing her by her hand and forcing her into the hut.

It was true. In all these years of Sesshomaru coming and visiting her, she had never once asked for him to stay longer with her. She knew better. She was not worthy of this time that her Lord gave her. So she was content with whatever she got, always grateful, never complaining. She knew that he was now busy building up his empire and so did not have time for these leisurely visits yet he still came. But even though she knew she was unworthy, she still was human and so selfish enough to want him to come. She just knew she could not cross the line to ask him for more.

She sat on the floor, closing her eyes out of joy for how her Lord finally decided to stay for longer and spoke, "Would you like some tea, Sesshomaru-sama?"

He stared at her, in slight shock at how this little… Human was asking him for tea. Technically, he did not have human food but everyone had tea after all.

Upon not getting an answer from the Youkai, she decided that it was a yes and starting brewing up some tea. She was going to put the most effort in this tea, and with that, all the gratitude that she held towards him.

Sesshomaru sat on the floor, leaning to the wall. He found himself staring at the human as she moved to and fro getting water and putting on the fire and all. For him, it had been no time at all.

"Jaken-sama, would you like some as well?" Rin asked, smiling at the little youkai.

"Of course! You should make me some even if I don't want it!" Jaken exclaimed, and so both started their small banter at the spot while Rin busied herself with the best tea she could brew.

7 springs. It had been 7 springs since he first left Rin under the care of these worthless humans and the brother who was even more worthless than these humans. Sesshomaru had no aged a single day yet it astounded him, how the girl he saved just 7 springs back was now so much older. 'Humans are truly pathetic. Just looking at how much she has grown, they barely have life at all. Why do they come into existence in the first place if they have to die in such a short period of time?' He thought to himself.

"Hai, Sesshomaru-sama! Your tea." Rin finally presented, sitting on her knees and placing a small cup in front of the tall youkai.

He stared at the cup for a little while before picking it up and taking a sip.

"Sesshomaru-sama, its hot!" Rin called out but he had already taken the sip.

Sesshomaru's tongue burnt only slightly. But it wasn't enough to even make him notice that something had happened. But as the taste of the tea seeped into his taste buds, it tingled.

Rin waited anxiously for a response from the youkai, her eyes wide and anticipating.

He opened his eyes and stared into her awaiting eyes and upon realizing that the girl was waiting for praise, spoke, "It is good."

'That was it? Three words were all he had for her?' Kaede thought as she lie in her futon, listening to what was happening in the room next to hers.

"YATTA!" Rin jumped up in joy.

"Aaaaaaaah!" Jaken screamed, sticking out his tongue and fanning it with his small hands.

"I told you it was hot Jaken-sama." Rin said in a know-it-all fashion.

"Rin no ahou!"

'The tea was good. Best this Sesshomaru has ever had. Seems the humans have been teaching her well. But… Rin has grown up indeed.' Sesshomaru thought to himself as she constantly studied the girl in front of him as she bickered with the little green youkai.

She was lot taller than she was before, almost up to that Miko, Kagome's height. Her black hair was very much longer than it had been; now falling down till her hips. Slight curls would form at the ends of it unlike any other woman in the village. Her eyes were the same chocolate eyes which would always gleam at the sight of her lord. Her lips were the same, soft pink, only a bit fuller than before, showing maturity.

It wasn't only that, but her body had matured as a whole, now full and wholesome are a grown woman's body. Full in all the right places and petite in all the right places as well. Her face had matured enough to make her features sharp yet the innocence and clarity still resided in her, that of a young child. But the truth was that she was herself, no longer a child. 'Young maiden… is she?' The youkai thought to himself.

A smile smirk formed from within him which he did not let slip out to his exterior. 'She grows up to become this way and this Sesshomaru has come to the point of calling a mere human child a… Maiden? Such blasphemous irony.'

It wasn't a revelation upon Sesshomaru that this girl that he brought back to life all those years back had now grown up. The simple fact that he would come every now and then to visit her was enough to see her grow every time he came. Each step she took towards maturity. Each step she took to becoming independent. Each step she took-

"Sesshomaru-sama, will you sleep now?" Rin asked, stopping in between the argument with Jaken.

"R-rin! Don't ignore me Rin!" Jaken complained.

Sesshomaru got up and was about to leave the room when Rin called out, "Will you sleep outside?"

Sesshomaru stopped to give a gesture of affirmation only to find holding on to his pants and then saying, "Why not here with me?"

"This Sesshomaru does not sleep under a human's roof!" He said before exiting.

"S-S-Sesshomaru-sama! Wait for me!" Jaken ran right after him.

'How cruel can he be to her…?' Kaede thought.

Rin sat there on her floor for a while, sadness filling her whole body until finally she gained up the courage to do what she pleased.

She stood up and walked outside her room and out of the hut, following her Lord into the forest where he lie resting next to a tree and there, she sat next to him, cuddling into a root of the tree and smiling, remembering the old times and then slowly falling asleep.

Sesshomaru, who hadn't bothered to open his eyes as the girl came, now looked at her as she slept and thoughts started pouring into his mind. Unpleasant thoughts. Thoughts which would not let him sleep for the night at least.

"Sesshomaru. It is good you came because I needed to talk to you."

Sesshomaru stayed quiet, just standing there as the woman sat on the floor making tea.

She then placed it in front of the Youkai. Sesshomaru felt a pang of anger drench him, 'How dare this woman, even consider that this Sesshomaru will have a worthless human's offering!'

But he controlled the anger because he knew that last night's thoughts were the main culprit of his short-temper and he was too proud to pour out any flaws.

"What do you think should be done about Rin now?" Kaede continued, getting straight to the point.

Aah! First chapter complete! I hope the Japanese in the middle didn't bug you but Inuyasha and its characters are not the same if their characteristic Japanese isn't added to it! XD

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