Hello guys!
This is 6th chapter of this series, I hope I didn't make you all wait for too long. :D
First is I'm going to thank you all for your reviews, they definitely encourages me so much through the writing (Yeah, grammar stuff and all). And second is I'll let you enjoy this chapter!
I edited this chapter! I hope that the grammar stuff is better than before. The story is still the same, but I changed some sentences...
Rin watched the great castle in front of her in an awe. She took a deep breath while analyzing her surroundings. A great castle within a great forest, a large koi fish pond, a porch. It was exactly like the castle she always dreamed of when she was a child. She turned her eyes to her master.
"Is this your house, Sesshoumaru-sama?" she asked him while looking at him in a great admiration. "Jaken-sama told me that you are a prince from the west land. Your father is a great demon dog and such, but I never thought of the place you once lived in. It's wonderful!"
"You could live here if you want, Rin," he said.
"Really?" the girl's eyes were sparkling.
He took her hand and led her to the castle. Behind them, Jaken and Ah-Un followed. The four of them entered the gate which had already been opened for them. Rin could not take her eyes off the castle. How she longed to live in a castle like that!
"Watch your step, Rin!" Sesshoumaru reminded her of the entrance of the gate.
"Huwaa!" she exclaimed. But time seemed to stop for several seconds. Sesshoumaru's grip on her was tightened that she didn't fall.
"I told you," he let out a sigh."Are you okay?"
"Rin is so sorry, Sesshoumaru-sama. This place is wonderful, Rin could not take her eyes off it," she explained. "Long ago you brought me to a castle too, but not as great and beautiful as this one!"
"Come on," Sesshoumaru said as he took the next step. She nodded.
Rin could smell a very calming aroma from the main building. It made her wanting to smell more and more and she began to forget how hot the weather that day, how Jaken-sama scolded her, and her dream about her journey with Sesshoumaru-sama last night and her past. She just wanted to go straight to the source of that aroma.
Rin began to quicken her pace and before she could realize it, she was running towards the sweet aroma. Sesshoumaru didn't hold her back, he let her go running to the main building. He knew really well about the smell, it was bugging him a lot and he didn't really want to breath in it. But, Rin seemed to like the smell so much. Sesshoumaru followed the girl.
"Sesshoumaru-sama, what is this aroma?" Jaken asked. "It's making this Jaken sick. And it seems that Ah-Un doesn't like it, too."
"Her perfume," Sesshoumaru replied.
"Her?" Jaken asked as his master quickened his pace to catch up with the girl. "Sesshoumaru-sama, wait!"
Rin opened the door. A pretty woman with silver hair sitting in the middle of the room, next to her was the perfume. Rin could not describe what kind of aroma that the perfume had, but she was enchanted by it that she didn't pay any attention to the woman who was eyeing her with her gold piercing eyes. Rin sat down in front of the perfume, she bowed to smell more and more until finally she collapsed. The woman only smirked and turned her eyes to a figure in front of her.
"Sesshoumaru, so, you still keep this child with you?" she asked with her elegant yet arrogant voice.
Sesshoumaru didn't answer, but he took Rin and carried her in his arms. "I'll take her to the guest room before we talk, mother."
"Just put her in your room," his mother said. "Won't you mate her soon? I see that she's growing up."
"I won't," he eyed her mother. His gold piercing eyes met his mother's. "It's pathetic to mate with a human."
"So, why are you keeping her with you? Leave her in a human village," she said mockingly. "Are you her servant?"
"She's my servant," Sesshoumaru coldly said to his mother and he left the room.
"What a child!" she muttered and smiled. "Let's see what you'll do with that little girl, Sesshoumaru..."
Sesshoumaru went out of the room. Jaken who stayed outside the room followed Sesshoumaru when he took Rin to a room not far from the one where she collapsed. The room he brought her into was clean and bright. From the window, they could see the koi pond and the garden. Also, the smell of the perfume was not very sharp in that place. It made Sesshoumaru and Jaken felt a bit better, especially since Sesshoumaru had a keen nose.
"Jaken, put the futon on the floor," Sesshoumaru ordered him.
"Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama," he replied and took the futon behind him and threw it to the tatami. Jaken set up the futon for Rin and then Sesshoumaru laid her on the futon and covered her with the blanket.
"Take care of her," Sesshoumaru said as he opened the door. "I've got a few things to do."
Sesshoumaru went out and shut the door behind him. He walked towards his mother's room, his pace was slow and he let out many sighs in the short journey towards there.
His mother's room was still open. He didn't close it when he took Rin out of there. Sesshoumaru stood in front of the room before he entered, he could feel the situation become more tense as he asked his mother for a sign to let him in. He was being a bit polite that he wondered why, usually he would just go in with or without her permission, it was always like that. His mother eyed him, a sign that he was welcomed there. Sesshoumaru entered the room and sat not very far from his mother. She gave him a mocking smile, she always did that before she started talking to him which annoyed him sometimes, but he could do nothing about it. He let out another sigh.
"You've sighed too many times, Sesshoumaru," she commented.
"So, why do you call me here?" he asked. "The messenger said there was a war going on here."
"There are no wars here, son," she told him and continued, "I just want to see you."
"We just met a few years ago, mother," he said.
"Oh yeah, there is one business for you to attend," she exclaimed. Her face looked quite happy when she finally remembered. "There's a dog demon in the southern country. He is not as old as I, but he has got several kids and the oldest of those kids is a female. He wants to become our ally, Sesshoumaru, and the important thing is his daughter is going to mate you. I thought it's the perfect time to mate, Sesshoumaru, don't you think so?"
"I don't want to become your pawn, mother," he answered coldly. His eyes looked deep into his mother's eyes. "I'm not going to mate anyone."
"Is it all because of the little girl?" she asked.
"No, it's not. But now I know why you want me to leave her in a village. You think that I want to mate her," Sesshoumaru said. "I want to continue my journey. She's going to serve me until her last breath."
"You want her," she said, her eyes narrowed. "But, you don't want to admit it."
Sesshoumaru didn't say anything as if he was thinking about what she had just said. His calm face showed a bit of confusion that he could not hide from his mother for a several seconds, then his usual cold face covered his confused looks perfectly. The woman gave him another mocking smirk to him because of the confusion he showed her, and she continued her words.
"Soon, that girl will become a real woman. You're waiting for that moment, aren't you?" she asked, but didn't let him answer her question yet. "You're in love with her that you don't want to mate another female, except that human girl. But, your pride as a youkai prevent you from realizing your love for the human girl. I remember how you used to hate your father because he fell for a human. You're afraid to repeat that mistake."
"I don't love Rin that way, she's the first life that I saved using the Tenseiga," he calmly replied in an outright manner when he finally found some words as shut his eyes for a few seconds. "The life which was lost and saved twice by you and me, mother."
"Listen, I just ask you to mate with the female demon, only that," she said.
"I don't want to," he said boldly. His narrowed golden eyes looked deep into his mother's.
"You can continue your journey afterwards," she said and diverted her sight away from him. "If you want to mate the human girl after that, it's okay."
"Mother, I won't mate with that southern female dog. I don't even know her and this blood of mine is far too precious to run in her son's veins," he exclaimed and his eyes showed a bit of anger. "I'll find my own mate. If that southern demon dog want to find a mate for his daughter, find another demon, I won't be her mate."
He stood up and left without excusing himself. Sesshoumaru's mother could only watch her son left the room as she shook her head in disbelief. Her son was a real stubborn one, how hard it had been for her to keep her relationship with him since her husband was gone. She knew that it was pointless to ask Sesshoumaru to do something he didn't like. This time, it was her turn to sigh. After that, she called her underlings to fan her and shut the door which was left open by Sesshoumaru.
Rin had opened her eyes when Sesshoumaru returned to the room where she brought her earlier. She sat on the futon and looked around her with her eyelids half opened. She could hear the bird chirping outside the window and feel the sun's heat on her face. She yawned and stretched her body.
"Where am I?' she asked when her eyes met her master's.
"In one of the guest room," Sesshoumaru replied. "You were unconscious because of my mother's perfume."
"I'm sorry, I must have been a trouble for you, Sesshoumaru-sama," she apologized.
"I will stop journeying," Sesshoumaru told her and Jaken, they were surprised. Sesshoumaru turned to Rin "Rin, I'll send you to the miko."
"But, I want to be with you, Sesshoumaru-sama!" she exclaimed and tears started to dwell in her eyes. "Rin has promised you and herself that she would always stay by your side. No matter what."
"You can't live here," he told her. "These youkai, they won't accept you."
"But, you will, Sesshoumaru-sama!" Rin tried to convince him. "Rin only wants Sesshoumaru-sama, if the others don't want Rin, that's okay as long as Sesshoumaru-sama wants Rin."
"Rin," he tried again. "Live with the miko, I'll visit you every month."
"Why does Rin have to be away from you?" she asked as her tears started to fall, rolling down her cheeks. "We are a family. The four of us, Sesshoumaru-sama, Jaken-sama, Ah-Un, and Rin. Rin does not believe in human, Rin only wants to be with Sesshoumaru-sama to serve him until her last breath."
"Sesshoumaru-sama, if you tell the other demons here to treat her well, Jaken thinks that Rin will be okay," Jaken said.
Rin looked at Jaken, her eyes showed him that she was grateful that he tried to help her.
"Jaken, don't you dare to order me," Sesshoumaru snapped and then turned to Rin once again. "Stay at the human village. I'll come every month and stay for several days. Isn't that good enough that I grant a half of your wish?"
She looked at him in the eyes. Pleading.
"This is not a good time, Rin," he said to her again, tried to convince the girl. "You have to go."
Rin finally nodded after she saw that he was not giving her another option like he usually did.
"Tomorrow, I'll send you there," Sesshoumaru said and stood up. He left Rin with Jaken once again and got out of the room. Rin could only watch him as he close the door and she heard his footsteps getting farther and farther from her. Once she could not catch any signs of her master, she cried out loud. She never thought that she would be separated from her beloved master. He said that she could live in the castle when they arrived there. She thought of a life that was so peaceful and happy with her master, Jaken-sama, and Ah-Un. But, then the master said she could not live in the castle with him, only Jaken-sama and Ah-Un could. She believed that it was all because she was not a demon. If she were a demon, her master would definitely let her stay with him. Why? Why now? She had already loved her master so much.
'Why do I have to be away from Sesshoumaru-sama now? I live my life for him and if he doesn't want me, ...," she thought. "Who will want me? Who will love me?"
Rin cried all day long until she fell asleep because she was tired of crying. Jaken pitied the girl but could do nothing to change his master's decision. He didn't know what was in his master's mind. Jaken always felt that the master loved Rin too much, but why he let go of the girl after keeping her by his side for a long time, he questioned his master's decision regarding Rin. Jaken comforted Rin, gently patted her head and repeatedly told her that she would still be able to see Sesshoumaru and maybe Sesshoumaru had some plans about her. Rin was a bit comforted by that, but she still had the sad expression in her face. It couldn't be helped, parting was a sad thing after all.
TBC
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I think that this chapter is a bit long, but it contains one of the important event in the plot... :D
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~Pheria~
