Chapter 2

he stood at the balcony in his chambers, watching the sun rise. he had met with the other lords days ago. his letter was sent a week ago by a human messenger but did not get there til this morning.

the other lords where confused as to why the great lord Sesshomaru would take in human for a mate. The southern Lord looked at him and almost yelled. "Why would you take in mate who is human? you know she won't live forever. and when she does pass you will have no mate. What then Sesshomaru? " he had simply looked at the other lord and glared at him.

"It is my business as to why I take in a human mate, and mine alone. I Sonny come to invite you to the wedding in three weeks time." "so soon?"

then the southern lords eyes softened from other hard stair. "You really love this woman don't you? whether she is human or demon."

he sighed and stood up from his chair and bowed his head in respect. "if it is truly love that you have for this woman then I will be honored to come to your wedding." and with that Sesshomaru was off. to the next lord. the last two didn't really fuss as bad and accepted the invites to the wedding.

when lord Sesshomaru had finished visiting the other lords the note had finally made it to the village. he hoped kaede would keep his rin safe until he came to get her. which would be soon he would leave later on today and go to kaedes hut to see her. his rin and propos to her.

he held the ring in his hand in its crystal box. the ring was his mothers, she gave it to him so that he may use it for his mate when he found her. The ring was a simple silver band with a pure emerald in the center surrounded by little diamonds in a flower. it was a beautiful ring.

Only his mate was worthy enough to wear it. He stepped away from the window to get ready for his trip to the village. a little after noon he got ah-un ready and went to the village. flying on ah-un only took 30minutes to get there. he made his way to kaedes hut and opened the door.

there was no trace of the old priestess or rin. He almost left the hut to hunt her down when he saw the note on the table next to the one he sent.

He picked it up and read what it said.

When he read that Kaede had passed he wished he had known so that he could have come to rin at that time and take her with him. But he didn't know and regretted not coming to see the old woman before her passing.

He continued reading to find rin had left and folded the note and set it down. He closed his eyes and sniffed the air and got a fait scent of someone.

Rin

It has to be her. He followed the scent and went east He walked bringing ah-un with him.

As he followed her scent he remembered the day he left her.

He walked back to jaken and ah-un. Jaken looking around for the orphaned girl he saved and then at his master ."my lord where is the girl? Does she not want to come with us?"

Sesshomaru began walking with ah-un back to the castle.

"No. the opposite. She wants to continue traveling with me. But it is to dangerous and she is too young to really know what she wants."

"So your leaving her here? What will happen when she realizes you left her?" The toad asked

"I don't know. Maybe she will grow to forget me and start her own family." He said.

But the thing was Sesshomaru didn't want her to forget about him. He wanted to let her travel with him, but it was to dangerous for a child of 9 to travel with someone always fighting.

She could get hurt. And strangely he didn't want her hurt. He wanted to keep her safe and if it meant leaving her in a village and breaking her heart he would.

When they got to his castle latter on he went to his study to work.

But he was to distracted, by rin. He knew she had waited for him all day. Waited for him to come and get her, and when he never showed up he knew she had cried herself to sleep.

He wanted to return to the village and bring her to his home.

But he wanted to to have a chance at life. To grow up and do as she pleased and maybe have her own mate.

Sesshomaru stood up and walked to his chambers. He stood at the balcony and stared off into the distance thinking about what the future would hold for the little girl.

Sesshomaru stopped when he found her and watched as she made camp. When she went into her tent he waited until she was deeply asleep and went into it as well and sat next to her.

He watched her sleep and caressed her cheek. She moved but remained asleep.

She stared to toss and turn probably from a nightmare.

And he knew all to well what nightmare it was.

He had left her abandoned her. He knew when she woke up she would probably hate him for what he did all those years ago. He remembered a note that Kaede had sent him a few months after he left her. It had read,

Sesshomaru,

The child rin will not eat or sleep without crying and saying how much you hurt her.

Please come and see her or send her a note telling her why you left her.

She will not listen to me when I try to tell her why.

She will only listen to you.

You saved her and for that she is grateful, but now she thinks you did not mean to save her.

Please come and see her or send her something to show her love her or even care.

I fear the child will try to find you or get herself hurt again to get you to show up.

Kaede

Sesshomaru shook away the memory and looked at the girl, no the woman who lay next to him. She was beautiful, even in her sleep.

Sesshomaru sighed and felt his chest hurt at the thought of her hurting herself to get his attention.

Just the thought of someone touching her sent him in a frenzy.

He looked at her and leaned close to her and kissed her lips.

They were so soft. He looked at her. He couldn't stop she was so beautiful. He reached into his kimono and pulled out the ring, right as she opened her eyes.

She looked like she was going to scream. He silenced her with another kiss.

She hesitated before pushing him away.

"What are you doing here?" she screamed, scared out of her skin. One minute shes sleeping and then she wakes up to see his amber eyes looking at her.

He grabs her arm before she can run out of the tent and hugs her.

"Rin." He said and she stopped. She looked at him and glared.

"What? Don't you have somewhere to be? Your mate must be missing you. So you better go to her." She said and left the tent.

For a minute he didn't move.

She was angry. Angry at him.

He left the tent and grabbed her shoulders and make her look at him.

"Rin." He said and stared at her.

She looked at him and sighed. She was annoyed.

"RIn. Why didn't you let me talk to you about who my mate was?" He said loosening his grip.

She glared at him.

"You don't know do you?" she said shaking her head. "I love you Sesshomaru. I always have. And when you left me…" she said starting to cry. "I…I was heart broken. I waited for you to come back for months. And when you didn't…I wasn't sure if you loved me the way I loved you. When Kaede passed I needed you. I had no one to go to. I was alone again." She said crying. Her cheeks et with tears.

He let her go.

"Im sorry." He said.

She was shocked. Did he just Did he just apologize?

The great lord Sesshomaru just apologized.

She looked at his face to see if he meant it.

He did.

She walked over to him and touched his cheek and looked at him in the eyes.

He looked at her. "Come with me. Come to my castle and live with me." He snaked his arm around her neck and pulled her close and closed the few inches with a kiss.

A kiss to apologize, for all the wrong he did.

"Forgive me?" he said breaking the kiss to stare lovingly in her eyes.

She smiled. "I forgive you lord Sesshomaru.

He grabbed her belongings and called for ah-un. He put her on the dragon demon and rode her horse back to his castle.

When they arrived a few hours later he took her to his chambers.

She looked around at the beautiful room and looked at him. "But where is your mate?"

She asked as she watched him kneel down.

Her eyes widened when she realized what he was doing.

"Lord Sesshomaru?" she asked.

He looked at her."I know what I did was unforgivable, but I needed to know if I was truly feeling love for you or if i just wanted you out of selfishness. And when I did know I needed to wait until you where of age. I have nearly killed myself because of what I did. I love you so much and I needed to know if you still would or not. So I left you to find out. I didn't want you to love someone who didn't love you back. And I didn't want you to hate me if I loved you. It would kill me."

He took out the ring and opened the box and grabbed her hand.

I know I don't deserve someone and beautiful or as wonderful as you but I ask you this because I love you and I want you to be my mate. So rin, Would you please be my mate and marry me?"

He asked with a soft voice and holding the ring up for her to see.

Rin stared at him shocked. He wanted to married her? To be her mate until she died?

She looked at the ring and then him.

Will she say yes?

or will she break his demon Heart?

find out in the next chapter!