Chapter Three
The conversation outside of her home was not exactly warm. Rin could tell that the atmosphere had changed from warm and loving to ice cold in a matter of seconds before she even put down her newly picked herbs. A wave a goose bumps erupted from the base of her spine to the tips of her fingers and toes when the menacingly low voice of Sesshoumaru spoke outside to his brother. She let out a gasp, and scrambled toward her new trunk of clothes that Kagome had brought especially for her, and struggled to find the right outfit that would be fit to be in the presence of her lord.
With a flick of her wrist, she tossed kimono after kimono and dress after dress until her eyes found a glossy material that resembled that of water in the bright sunlight. The gown was a shimmering blue satin, long sleeved and a modest v-neck line. Oh perfect, she thought. Throwing off her cotton dress, she shimmied into the form fitting, floor length gown and slipped into a pair of light brown, open toed sandals. Thank you, Kagome. Rin thought as she twirled in front of her new mirror.
(Meanwhile, outside)
"Inuyasha..." Kagome glared at her husband in annoyance as him and Sesshoumaru went into instant fight mode with their swords drawn and gazes locked, full of seething rage. "Sesshoumaru, that is enough!" She set down the fighting kitsune in her arms and jumped up in between the brothers. "You wouldn't dare strike the woman carrying your niece or nephew." She turned to her husband and glared harder in his direction. "Inuyasha…SIT!"
Inside Rin's home, she heard a disgruntled miko shout a dog command and braced herself against the wall just in time to feel the ground beneath her feet tremble from Inuyasha's instant meeting with dirt. Giggling silently to herself, she let go of her wall and reached for the door. "Rin." A deep voice spoke from outside to her, and she froze. All was silent outside except the grumblings of Inuyasha, and she took in a breath to calm herself before pushing her bamboo door aside.
Rin's cheeks tinted pink as she came face to face with Lord Sesshoumaru. His molten gaze pierced her resolve and her knees almost gave out. "Lord Sesshoumaru, you are looking very dashing as always." She stepped forward out into the open night air and glanced around the fire at everyone. Inuyasha was sitting cross legged with his back to Kagome, while Kagome tended to Shippo's bruises and Kaede was shaking her head. "Such a mess for one visit?" Rin asked as she turned toward Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru huffed in the direction of the group. "That was hardly worth my time." He sheathed his sword and turned to Rin. "Why is everyone here?" He asked calmly.
Rin paused, and began to wonder the same thing. "I'm not really sure. I had just come back from the forest. Kaede was the only one I was expecting, but Kagome was here as well, and then everyone else showed up." She smiled brightly at her lord's straight face. He almost never changed. "We were all just talking about Kagome being pregnant. Congratulations on being an uncle, my lord."
"Hmm." Sesshoumaru nodded in response and extended his slender clawed hand toward Rin. "Come. I have a gift for you in the forest." Rin stared at his outstretched palm in wonder, and then extended her own and placed it in his strong grasp.
Before Sesshoumaru pulled her toward the forest, Rin noticed his golden eyes travel down her body and take in her new attire in. The rose tint in her cheeks deepened. She could almost feel the quizzical gazes of her friends on the back on her head as she was lead away from her home.
The darkness enveloped them both as Lord Sesshoumaru led them onto the same path she had found herself not long before. The night had not changed. The stars still glistened in their blackened sky, and hardly eased Rin's fear of the monsters in the shadows. She could almost hear the distant growls of the demons in hiding as they made their way down a black road. After Naraku's destruction, she still could not purge her mind of the memories of bloodied battlefields and brief encounters with death. Even the company of her lord Sesshoumaru couldn't ease her fears. "Lord Sesshoumaru, it is so nice to see you again. It makes me feel so much better every time you visit. May I ask where we are going?"
A twig snapped behind them, and Rin gripped Sesshoumaru's hand, causing him to grip hers tighter and unsheathe Bakusaiga. Rin leaped behind her lord for protection, taking Sesshoumaru's fur wrap with her. "Lord Sesshoumaru!" Sword drawn, Sesshoumaru turned in the direction of the voice that called his name. "Jaken, you fool!"
Before Sesshoumaru could react, Rin ripped her hand from his grasp and took off for the small imp demon. "Master Jaken!" Rin shouted gleefully before crashing into the startled but receptive imp. "Oh Lord Sesshoumaru, is this my gift? How wonderful!" She embraced her old friend tightly before releasing him. "Master Jaken, you look so well!"
"Rin, what are you doing, you foolish girl!" Jaken was almost knocked completely over and had to right himself with his Staff of Two Heads. "Disobeying Lord Sesshoumaru like that is unacceptable!" He looked down and shuffled his robes back into their right place and looked back up with his annoyed dark gaze. He instantly softened when he noticed how happy the young human looked. Despite himself, he smiled too. "Oh my, look at how you've grown, girl."
Author's Note: I'm not really sure where I'm going with this story, but I felt like writing a fanfic about Sesshoumaru and Rin because I always saw a romantic future for them when I watched the series. I have been watching Inuyasha since I was 15, and I am now 23 years old and just finished the whole Inuyasha story. The only thing I haven't finished is the new series Inuyasha, the Final Act, simply because I am waiting for it to come out in English. I am aware of the end of the Rumiko Takahashi's manga series, but when I started Inuyasha, it was with the anime series on television and my fanfic's are solely based on those. I hope you all enjoy my new fanfic. Oh, and I'm warning you all now that this story is nothing more than my version of a continuation. I will not bring Rin to Kagome's time and enroll her in high school, nor will I stray very far from the original characters personalities by having Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha acting all lovey dovey toward each other like I have noticed in other stories I have read, and no, this story has nothing to do with my other fanfiction story The Final Wish.
Please note that I do not own any of these characters, and that I respect the author and creator of Inuyasha so much that I do not wish to alter her characters from who they were originally made out to be. I may tweak her story a bit in places to fit my fanfictions, but nothing more. This fanfic is dedicated to no one but Rumiko Takahashi, and I hope that if she should ever stumble across it, that she will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
