Chapter Two-Returned

Sesshomaru's POV

My ward was deep in thought, that much I could tell. She was leaning against a tree and wasn't her normal hyper self. She wasn't talking Jaken's ear off. She was just leaning against the tree staring at the flames.

"Rin." I said.

"Yes, Lord Sesshomaru?" She answered, not looking at me like she usually did. I knew now that something was bothering her.

"What's wrong?" I asked her.

"I'm thinking about my father." She said. Her voice low. My silence seemed to give her the encouragement she needed to continue. "He once told me that he could only imagine what I would grow up to be." She closed her eyes and I saw a tear. "He told me every night that he was proud of what I did. That he loved me." She looked at me. Her brown eyes full of tears. "Do you think that he would still be proud of me, Lord Sesshomaru?" She asked. I walked over to her and dropped to my knees. She was looking at me still, confusion in her eyes. I pulled her into my arms. "Lord Sesshomaru?" She questioned.

"I don't know if you're father would still be proud of you, Rin. But I know that I am." I heard the young girl's breathe catch. "I know that he would probably say the same." I told her. She hugged me. Slowly I hugged her back.

"For what it's worth, Lord Sesshomaru, hearing that you're proud of me..makes me happy. Kind of like when my father said it." She told me, she squeezed my waist before letting go. I smiled an actual smile. Jaken was watching in amazement.

"I'm glad." I said. "That you feel that way Rin. Because for what it's worth, I think of you as a duaghter." A smile lit the young girl's face and her eyes filled once again with tears. "Does that make you sad?" I asked her.

"No." She said, shaking her head. "These are tears of happiness, Lord Sesshomaru."

A thud interrupted my sentence, Rin and I looked over to see Jaken laying on the ground.

"I suppose that this was alot for him to handle." Rin said. I laughed. She looked at me in shock. "I bet he'd had a stroke if he heard you laugh." She said. I laughed again and nodded. She smiled.