Thanks guys. I hope I fixed all my errors on the previous chapter. You know me, I love happy endings...but not without many trials...here you go.=) Enjoy!

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Lord Sesshomaru was ruthless. He had ordered another village burnt to the ground. No one was spared. No matter how many of these lowly creatures he destroyed, more would come in its place. He was growing tired of this war. For a second, his mind wandered back to the day in the forest where a mute child made a ridiculous attempt to take care of him, while she was hungry, bruised and battered. He could not remember much from her other than a toothy grin she honestly gave him. No one had ever been honest with him. Fear, yes. Jealous, yes. But honestly smiling at him, there was only her. He didn't give her his name and did not catch hers as well, before he left. He truly did not care at the time but now He wonders if she had survive such horrid conditions. Humans are such weak creatures. So eager to dispatch one of their own. They are vile creatures. They needed to die, thus he continues to destroy them one by one.

Kaede had been working with Rin on a process of using the Jewel to hold demonic aura. She was working on a sealing sūtra with the shikon power infused, which would hold a demon's power and make them vulnerable like humans. While placed under this sūtra, demons were mortal. This would give them the edge to defeat them once and for all. Rin agreed that the war needed to end, but she did not want genocide. She argued that it was no different from the demon wanting all humans dead. There must be a peaceful answer. She walked away from the camp to the nearby cliff separating the front. The bridge was the only thing connecting the two cliffs which connected at the base by an abyss. No one had ever gone down and come out of it alive, be it human or demon.

In a week, the war should be over if she could get this seal to work. She wanted to get the sūtra so that the demons would be disabled but would not die. Just then, she felt a strong demonic aura approaching her fast. Never before had she felt such a desire to kill. It overwhelmed her. She closed her eyes and meditated with a hymn for the calming of a hurting soul. A song grew and she was singing before long. She opened her eyes to see the sun reflected in two glowing ones.

Sesshomaru was patrolling the borders when he felt a strange pull to the cliff. There stood a priestess with her eyes closed and humming? Stranger than that, was the humming was soothing his soul and his anger for this human nearly dissipated. Ridiculous. How can a mere human do that? Just then he landed next to her and glared at her. Her hair long and flowing with the breeze, and her scent was gentle with a hint of flowers from the field. Her scent was refreshing to him, like the air after the rain, clean and pure. Her eyes opened and suddenly there was nothing in the world but them two. Honey melted into an abyss of chocolate that was warm, caring, fearless, and non judgemental. These human eyes have captivated the Great Lord Sesshomaru.

"If you cross this line, there will be no turning back for you. Human." His voice gently without rage. Rin felt such warmth in his tone.

"It's Rin. I'm not ready yet, but soon enough, I will cross that bridge and unite this world. I will put an end this war. " She said dreamily looking across the horizon.

"And may I ask your name?" Her eyes shone and pleaded with his for an answer. For some odd reason, he could not deny her.

"Sesshomaru. If you must know. How would you be able to end this madness?" He turned away for a second to return to a beaming smile. A calm silence took over the two.

Rin suddenly felt another aura, this one malicious, heading towards her. She jumped away quickly, avoiding a fire attack. The dragon demon took in another breath and spat more flames towards Rin, cornering her at the foot of the bridge. She used her sword to shield her from the flame and purified the energy as it got closer to her.

"What are you waiting for? She is the new guardian of the pearl used to seal our powers. We must rid of her!" The dragon demon yelled towards Sesshomaru. She gave him a look almost pleading him not to come closer.

She was warning him not to come closer. Her purifying circle was thirty feet and he was inside it. From the moment her eyes met his, she heart cried for a lost memory. She knew Sesshomaru was a deadly killer without remorse or pity, but she did not want to hurt him. Deep down inside, something would not let her. But she had a job to do and he was her enemy. She closed her eyes and sent a wave of binding light around her, stopping short of Sesshomaru. He took note of that.

'She is trying to spare me?' He was amused. "Your powers can not hurt me, human. If you do not do your best, it will be your last." He warned her. It was strange but he had no contempt for her life. He was more than happy to let her be, but this other demon, his general, would not let the issue go.

Her eyes moistened, and tears strayed from them. Sesshomaru saw a heart-broken human at a glance. His chest ached as though in pain. She slowly inhaled and exhaled. Then she let out a powerful light purifying all in its path. She reduced the dragon demon into nothing and Sesshomaru fell to his knees. He quickly moved back out of reach. "I underestimated you, human. But not again." His hand turned a bright green while a whip appears and snapped right in front of her. She quickly deflected it with her sword and jumped backwards. With tears falling still, she expanded another purifying circle around her while running towards him, striking with her sword.

She has her defense and offense covered. If he stayed to deflect the sword, her aura would purify him. If he attack, he would also be purified. The only option was to back away or stand down. She closed her eyes and her aura reached out and held the whip in place. She then decreased her power and let the energy release into the atmosphere. Again all was quiet with a small distance between them. She had spared him once more.

"Do you pity me human? Or are you too good to kill me as well? Remember well, I am your enemy. A moment of hesitation is all I need to destroy you." He knew she didn't want to kill him, he can smell her anxiety when the purifying aura was released and brought him to his knees. He could hear her heart pounding intensively. Then her demeanor changed along with her scent. Desire. He wasted no time in exploiting it. He slid within a breath of hers and stared into her eyes, " Or do you find This Sesshomaru, tasteful, human?" He said with a smirk.

"Sesshomaru." Rin mumbled his name quietly, her voice quivering, as though it were the mantra she was using with her sutras. Her heart was racing when he fell to the ground and again increased when he got so close to her face. The heat in her body rose all the way to her cheeks. His scent sent her senses into overdrive, a mixture of the forest and the ocean's breeze. She was confused. Was it his demon charms that kept her hesitant in fighting? Or were they connected by something? She did not try to spare him, she just couldn't hurt him. All she ever wanted was to...protect him.

Sesshomaru knew he had the advantage. She was indeed a strong foe and a force to be reckon with. Now that he had her within his grasp, he needed to do away with her. She was too confused to know what was going on. His hand was seeping with a green poison as he raised it to his shoulder. Just as he was about to strike, she stopped him...with her smile. But it wasn't any ordinary smile, it was her smile. The honest smile of a muted orphan. The one whom haunts his thoughts for the past eight years.

It was not until he got to her eye level that the spark of recognition illuminated. It was him. He was the one in the forest all those years ago. She couldn't help but smile from her heart. She found him, again. Her...Sesshomaru.

*Saved by a smile. He remembers her, but is it enough? Let's see...