Rin awoke to several warm rays of daylight hitting her face. The chill still lingered in the flower scented air, as she slowly sat up from Ah-Un's saddle, she blinked away the blur from sleep, and noticed a curtain of silver. She looked up and her lord was looking down at her, his golden eyes curious, and observant. She gasped, and darted her eyes around her noticing they were in a field of flowers. She must have fallen asleep on Ah-Un and a flush of embarrassment crossed her face. "Hello My Lord." She smiles very softly looking at her male.
"Rin." The name rolled off his tongue, and a surge of emotions flooded his face before he put on the mask of calm. He was not used to emotions at all, he felt like he had none until he met Rin. The fates had bound him to this human woman, and made him realize just how much he could love her, human or not. She was his Rin, the person who gave him life. He had loved her since he had met her, he was wounded in a battle, and the tiny human child walked up fearlessly to attend to his wounds, despite her being wounded herself. It made him want to grin in the memory, he let the small amount of happiness to leak into his voice, as he attempted to greet her properly. "Good Morning to you as well Rin."
She shifted, noticing the tiny hint of happiness in his voice. It elated her, she wanted to giggle and spin in the flowers, speaking of those flowers. Rin turned her head and observed the numerous colors around her, pastels and even bright almost neon colors surrounded her. She looked towards the wood line where the grass was not the lush, vibrant green but a duller almost forest green hue. The shadows of the trees made the woods around them seem dark, almost forbidden. "Lord Sesshomaru, where are we going anyways, and where is Jaken?"
He gazed at her calmly, not wanting to miss a moment of her reactions. His voice was solid, as he tried to conceal his intentions of the place they were to visit. "We are going to my castle in the west, as for Jaken, he is there waiting for us to arrive. Gather yourself some flowers and then we can go."
Rin grinned at the invitation to gather some of these beautiful flowers. She gathered the most beautiful ones she could find and braided them into her long hair, the scent covered her, and it comforted her. Her heart leaped in joy when she saw her Lord staring at her, he could feel the heat from his gaze so she gave him the biggest smile she could manage, her brain sifting through the fact she was going to his castle in the west. Was she to be the new lady there? That thought sent chills down her spine, she would adore it but how would she be able to face the yokai who resided in the castle? Would she be killed? Or worse yet, were there wolves there? The thought of wolves sent terror into her heart.
Sesshomaru reached out his powers once again, picking up on hints of her terror, and the wondering about what his castle would be like. He wrinkled her nose at the thought that he would have wolves there. Why would he let some mutt in there? He walked towards her, resting his hand on her shoulder. "You will be fine Rin."
Why does she still worry? Doesn't she trust us at this point?
'She trusts us, she is just concerned. Give her a while to get over this fear. She is a human after all.'
Rin nuzzled into his wrist, snapping his attention away from his demon side.
He leaned down, placing a soft, sweet kiss onto her forehead. She was slightly warm, maybe it was from blushing. Her pulse was racing underneath her skin, and he could feel it underneath his fingertips. Then he understood, he was the one who gave her such a reaction, he was the one who sent her brain and body into a frenzy, and he wanted nothing more than to sit back and enjoy the show. He picked her up in his arms and whistled for Ah-Un to follow them to the castle. It was a short trip, he sat Rin down to her feet and held her there grinning as she stared in awe at the marble castle wall.
Rin breathed, realizing she had been hold her breath. Her eyes danced across the heights of the castle walls, suddenly she felt so short, even more-so than normal. She paused, and felt her Lord tugging her inside. The inside was decorated in white marble, gold, and the floors were a darker grey marble tone. The castle shocked her, it was huge she lost count of how many rooms they passed, and how many corridors they went through. They arrived in front of dark blue wooden doors that had a dog demon engraving. The dog demon ran across the sky with the moon lit up behind him it was rather beautiful. The doors opened and inside rich dark blue and golden colors decorated the room as well, a hallway lead off the the right and a balcony was on the left. Was this his room? Hers? Or..Theirs?
He pressed forward, closing the distance with ease. She blushed, as she was backed into the bedpost. His eyes bored into hers, gold met brown and then nothing. It seemed everything stood still for them. That was until he broke the spell by kissing her, revealing his deep love and passion for the woman before him. His hand led its way to her hip caressing it under the kimono. The bell jingled on the door handle, letting him know someone was walking in. He quickly left the panting, flushed woman.
Jaken walked into the room, carrying all of Rin's things. "Here you are my Lord, is this to be her room from now on?" He glared at Rin, however the look softened as he saw how beautiful she had become.
Rin blushed, when she heard the next words.
"No this is our room, kindly take my Rin to the garden and let her explore."
My Rin, that sounds so good. His demon purred.
Rin turned, and followed Jaken down the hall leaving Sesshomaru to his thoughts.
