Hello everyone. I'm here with another chapter, well this one's short and doesn't have much of activity or story, but still it was needed.
Also thankyou everyone who read, reviewed, followed and favourited this story. I cannot express how grateful I am. And I may update it real slow, but I have not abandoned it. Not this, not others. They're all in process. I mean I've started a chapter of every other stories, but still it's not completed. But, I will be updating. And you people always inspire me.
Thanks a lot and enjoy!
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Three days had passed since Rin had known about her fiancé, but he had not come back. And in these three days all Rin had done was imagine how he'd be. She had ignored all of Shima's description about him, except that he was beautiful and had long beautiful silver hair. And that was all she required. She'd been imagining her as the prince and him the princess. Only three days ago she'd have murdered her father for arranging a fiancé for her without prior notice, but now she was so frustrated that her "fiancé" had not come back. She was dying to know how he was, dying to protect him, dying to make him her princess. And these thoughts had been nagging her so much that she could not even concentrate on her game.
Now, she was on her way to school. Her PSP was in her hand but she had yet to start it. She had a dreamy look in her eyes. The car had stopped and she didn't even realize it.
"Young Master, we're here." Matsuda said opening the door for her.
"Thankyou Matsuda." Rin said and hopped off the car and slowly walked away. Matsuda just stared. It seemed all her energy had drained off her.
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When the classroom door opened and the teacher entered, he froze for a moment. There sitting on the last bench was the red hooded student. He was not only early for the first time in his life but was also not engrossed in his gadget. Though it did not look like he was likely to concentrate on the class, this was an improvement which the teacher didn't fail to mention. But either the said student didn't hear or didn't bother, the teacher was ignored. But, after this the class went on as usual. The teacher starting the lecture, the students doing whatever they did except for Rin who instead of playing her games, was staring at particularly nothing.
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The day went on like that and as the time passed on, Rin was getting frustrated more and more. The teachers were surprised and some didn't even recognise her as she was early for every class and in frustration had removed her hood. The girls came and asked her if anything was wrong. Rin consoled them that nothing was amiss and smiled so brightly that the girls were mesmerized..
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School was finally over and Matsuda came to pick her up.
"Did he come back?" Rin asked and Matsuda knowing exactly who that he was referring to answered negative. Rin sighed. She'd asked her mother and she'd said that he'd be busy with some office work since he'd started helping his father's business from a very early age. He was an heir to Taisho Corp. and that was expected. Now, Rin was scared that her fiancé would be an old bald guy with belly so huge he couldn't even see his own feet. She shuddered at her imagination and shook her head. Her mother would not choose such a guy for her and Shima had said he was beautiful and had long silver hair. It was just that he was the heir and so he had to work.
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Rin got home and Shima helped her change and remove the bandage aroung her chest. She sighed in relief. She put on a loose T-shirt and shorts and she looked like a very young boy. She then headed straight to the kitchen and started baking cake. Shima shook her head, this had been going on for three days straight.
When Rin was finally done with the cake, she took three pieces and set it aside for Shima, Sayumi and Matsuda. Then the rest, she dug on it. She was enjoing her cake, when Sayumi entered and informed her that she had a visitor, it was her fiancé. As soon as she heard that she ran off the kitchen and entered the living room. There she saw... Shima? Shima was blocking the view, so she went forward and finally saw him. For a moment she couldn't breath. He was beautiful, beautiful in every sense. His hair was beautiful, his face, even his body looked beautiful. His face was giving off no emotion and that was a different charm, his skin as white as ivory, his jaw sharp, his eyes amber in color yet cold, his lips thin and pink and his sharp nose stood proudly on his face. It looked as if he was finely sculpted by the finest sculpture. She was surprised that she noticed so much in an instant. Rin usually didn't bother how people looked like. For her every guy was the same and every girl beautiful, but beauty was what sat in front of her and narrowed his eyes. Narrowed his eyes? Rin then came back to her senses, she realized that she'd been staring at him, oggling at him. She closed her mouth which had been open since she saw him.
"What are you doing?" Shima came to her and whispered.
"What do you mean? I came to meet him." Rin replied, surprised that Shima would ask such an obvious question.
"You should have waited for me to come get you or at least looked a bit presentable." Shima sighed.
"What do you mean? I look fine." She said, then ignoring Shima, went towards him. "Woah, you're really beautiful. And your hair too. It's long, what do you do to keep it so perfect? And your skin's like a porcelain. Just like a princess. Don't worry I'll keep you happy. I'll protect you forever." Rin laughed to add some effect.
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Sesshomaru had been busy taking care of some business. He had had no time to even think about his fianceé. He had wanted to get this over with but it was impossible, since he had just managed to finish a month's worth of work in just three days. And that marked his end of duty towards Taisho Corp. for a long time. This was also in the deal when he'd agreed to the marriage. He didn't mind working in his office, but if he did that then he'd have to come in contact with his family regularly. He just wanted his freedom. He was given plenty even back home, but he was still bound by his family. Though he was still the heir, from this point on to when he wanted he was out of the Taisho Corp. But there was an obstacle to his freedom. He would have to join the school with her. He had been home schooled so, he didn't know how it would be but, he had an idea that it was going to be annoying.
Which brings him here. He'd finally finished his work and as soon as he'd finished, hurried here. He didn't want to delay it any longer. He had done a research on her, he was satisfied with it, but still he found something amiss, so he wanted to meet her personally and take hold of the situation himself. But this situation was rather... Unusual. He had just been seated by the employee when suddenly a young boy came out of nowhere. His face had tresses of chocolates and his hand covered in chocolate was holding a spoon. The boy's jaw dropped as soon as he saw him. Rather pitiable. He just stared. Sesshomaru decided to ignore him, but then he noticed his face looked familiar. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes which seemed to have brought the boy back to his senses. The employee rushed over to the boy and was whispering, as if that would make any difference. His demon ear could easily hear it, though he chose to ignore it. Then the boy ran over to him clumsily. And as soon as he was near, that idiot told him that he was beautiful. He cringed, though he managed to hide it properly. The boy was babbling on and on. Sesshomaru chose to ignore it, but something caught his interest.
"...Just like a princess. Don't worry I'll keep you happy. I'll protect you forever."
Sesshomaru had been sure up to this point in his life that his knowledge was more than sufficient, he was smart and bright, he could tackle any unforeseen obstacles in a short amount of time, he was a genius in mathematics, science and any other subject which had made him believe that school was a waste of time for him, even when he was homeschooled, he'd always been better than his teachers. His father had not given up on him studying so everytime got the best teacher out there. But, Sesshomaru had always been smarter than them, so even his father had acknowledged him and had stopped with his home schooling. So, why was it so difficult for him to 'decode' what that idiot was saying. He knew better than to think about what an idiot was saying, but that idiot was referring to him.
Sesshomaru then start checking that idiot's appearance. Short dark brown hair, chocolate eyes, perky nose, thin lips covered in chocolate, petite form, untidy clothes covered in flour and chocolate here and there. Nothing attractive, infact a bit more and it would be repulsive. His eyes looked wide and curious. It looked innocent and naughty at the same time. It seemed like it would peirce through your whole soul. His smell...? His smell was soothing? His smell was covered by chocolate and other essense, but these essences rather add up to his natual smell. When he had finished checking him, he realized that idiot was still laughing showing his white perfectly lined teeth. Sesshomaru chose to say nothing. The idiot finally stopped laughing, but then smiled. Seeing that smile, Sesshomaru felt something weird. The idiot smiled widely and brightly without holding anything back as if he had no care in the world. He was reminded of a certain idiot hanyou who smiled like that, which annoyed him, yet what he felt now was far from annoyance, it was an irritating feeling yet at the same time soothing. Only idiots smile like that so why was he getting effected.
"Sesshomaru-sama, I apologize for young- uh miss Rin's behaviour and appearance. We did not expect you to come visit today." Shima came infront of him and explained.
Sesshomaru was an expert at hiding his feelings. So, what he was feeling was not conveyed to them. Shock would be an understatement to explain how he was feeling. This idiot was his fianceé. But, how could it be? He had done a full research on her. Yes, she was living pretenting to be a boy for her safety, dark brown hair, chocolate eyes, short and petite, fair, all these matched to the report, but she was supposed to be a quite girl and smart. The report said, even if she was living as a boy, her interests were that of a girl, she loved baking, which was apparant from her appearance, was well in embroidery, good in painting, had learnt dance since the age of five, infact the report said, she was a perfect example of a lady. Yet, the one standing infront of him looked no better than Inuyasha. Was this why he was feeling restless? He had wanted to meet with her quickly so he could rest assured, but he had been detained and now nothing could have prepared him for this.
"So, I just want this thing to be clear between us. I'm the prince and you're the princess. I have been thinking about this a lot and I think this suits us better anyway. And don't worry I'd love to protect you. I'm strong and I'm always ready to help, especially damsel in distress. So, I'm your prince Rin." Rin babbled.
What? Since when did her brain stopped growing, it seemed both her body and brain stopped growing as soon as she reached thirteen. But, he knew he could not go on like this. He had to keep her in place. He'd have loved to just leave her and that place right in that moment but his pride would not allow it. His pride would not allow him to forfiet, to run away without a battle and any battle he fought he was sure to win.
"Sesshomaru Taisho." Sesshomaru introduced himself. "And princess Rin, I'm bethrothed to you and am here in Japan to protect you." Sesshomaru said briefly so, she'd learn her place.
The reason why Rin had to hide her gender and live in this state was because she was a princess and an only child. So, there being a no prince she was constantly under attack. Though her country was small, it was very rich and though the royal family had already passed on the power to the public it was still powerful, so, many people seeking the power of royal family saw Rin as a mean to it and so to protect her, she was separated from home and was living in Tokyo with her maids and a driver. Also she had to learn the way people lived to understand people.
It looked as if her whole blood drained from her face, she looked pale. Sesshomaru was satisfied. But his satisfaction lasted for less than a minute cause Rin after a while got a hold of herself and looked as if she made a resolution.
"Well, it seems you don't agree that I should be the prince. Well, I'm not giving up that easily. So I challenge you to a battle." Rin challenged.
Was she really an idiot? He was Sesshomaru. Challenging him to a battle meant that she had a death wish.
"I do not have time for such childish act." Sesshomaru replied curtly.
"What? Are you too scared huh?" Rin provoked him.
Sesshomaru wanted to sigh in frustration. Seriously, how old was she? How childish of her if she thought he'd consent on it just because she provoked him like that. Sesshomaru stayed quiet. Rin was going on and on trying to provoke him. Sesshomaru regretted ever agreeing to marry her without actually meeting her first. For a moment he wanted to forget about his freedom and leave everything there, but then he thought better of it. He could easily win whatever challenge she had, so it would be best if he just agreed and made her silent for once and for all. So, he agreed. But, the battle she had in her mind was an actual fight. She didn't seriously think that he'd fight a girl, did she? But she did. Sesshomaru was not a man of much words and the way Rin was, there was no way Sesshomaru could convince her. So, it was decided they were going to have a battle in a week's time.
For Sesshomaru, there was nothing more frustrating than not getting what he wanted. And he was always spared this frustration, yet it seemed this time it was not going to be easy. But, Sesshomaru was sure that he could keep Rin in place. And the freedom he'd just got would be even more peaceful. He had finally been able to get away from his family and it was finally peaceful, he was not going to let some idiot take it away from him. He had to sacrifice a lot for this freedom, he was not going to let some distraction wreck it now.
And finally there was some silence. Rin had calmed down and her attitude changed. Sesshomaru didn't care why she was acting differently, it was finally peaceful.
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Sesshomaru had agreed to a battle. In a week's time Rin could prove that she was no less than a guy. She had lived her whole life as a boy and she intended to live that way. He could not just come and tell her she was the princess and he was there to protect her. She was capable of protecting herself and even him. No one knew how she felt, she was close to being free and she was not going to let him take away her freedom.
And till the fight he was an enemy and she knew how to treat an enemy. So, she stayed quiet and just stared at him and learned his every move. The way his eyes narrowed, his confident posture, his elegant style, his preety face and his long beautiful hair. All those revealed nothing about him, Rin was not someone who could read people, she was just trying to study him like she'd seen people in movies do. She could not read anything about him, but atleast it was obvious from his appearnce that he was a man who was proud and considered too much about his looks. Otherwise how would you explain his hair and preety face and that body, surely there had been a lot of effort, which meant he just considered about his appearance and did not have time for anything else. He had tried to avoid fighting with her even though well, she hate to admit it but, even though she was a girl. That meant he could not fight. She smiled. That was just perfect. All his behaviour was in a way how a lady should be and she could be the perfect gentleman. She could protect him. He wanted to be preety and she would not mind. Heh! Sesshomaru you're perfect to be my princess.
Rin mused at her thoughts. But, she was forgetting something, she was never good at reading people.
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Okay, finally they meet. This was not the meeting I had in mind, but I should let you all know that I did not write this in a day or two or even wee. It took me more than a month and well, everytime one thing led to another and thus this meeting. Anyway they met right? S now let's see how their relation develops.
Well, I can't promise to update soon, but I'll surely try to do it as soon as possible.
So, until then, take care everyone.
