Chapter 8: The Letter

The whole room burst into applause as Rin looked up and smiled at them. The Kantra all clapped and smiled and some rushed over to shake her hand, saying how beautiful her dance was and how proud they were to have seen it.

Rin, master of seven, smiled at them all and thanked them for their kind word.

Her mother walked over and put a hand on her cheek. "You are a star Rin. You're graduation is in a months' time and you will certainly gain a powerful Lenre." She took a deep breath and held it. "It will be a shame to lose you after so long."

Smiling, Rin hugged her lightly. "Don't worry mother, I will always belong here at the school."

"Yes, yes you will. Now then… stone dance?"

Rin followed her mother and sat next to her, watching a group of young girls began the Stone dance. She watched and smiled and encouraged them while across the room, Sesshomaru played, his eyes on her. He sighed under his breath.

It was torture.

More than when he had lusted for her body.

He knew he didn't want her just for a night. He wanted her forever. And not as a Lenre either, he wanted her as his mate and wife. Each day, as he saw her smile and talk and practice, his feelings grew. He had no problem admitting to himself he loved her now.

But she was oblivious.

He shifted in his place and felt a piece of paper push against his leg. Tonight… tonight… no backing out of it. Tonight.

When the moon finally rose into the sky, Sesshomaru crept around the outside of the dorms on his normal patrol. He walked past each window carefully, shifting though the smells. He found the one he was looking for and climbed up as graceful as a bird in flight. The window was open due to the autumn heat wave and he walked in, careful not to disturb anything.

He walked over to her bed as she lay on top with just a simple silk slip on, another gift from a suitor. He looked at her, his eyes adjusted to the dark so he could see her chest it rose and fell; he could see her body shifting, her legs rubbing against each other slightly.

The air was filled with her scent and he took in in deeply then his eyes fell on her face. He wanted to shake her awake, say how he felt and ask her himself. But he felt like a coward, sneaking in her room, watching her in her most vulnerable of times.

He felt so powerless in her presence.

So, he'd said what he needed away from her.

He pulled the paper out of his pocket and looked at it, folded in half and sealed with a bit of wax. He stared and stared at it, almost wishing the words would come to his mouth. But he was silent.

Tonight. I promised myself it would be tonight! I have to do this. I have to know. He lifted the letter to his lips and pushed all his feelings of love into it. Please, oh please Rin… I don't know what I'll do if you graduate and become someone else's. He sighed softly, his breath caressing the paper then put it slowly on the side of her bed, where she would see it when she woke up.

With one last sigh, he took in the smell around her and walked to the window, climbing out quickly and vanished. Once on the ground, he looked up at the window. Oh please Rin… He stood for a moment longer then ran off to where he was meant to be on patrol and felt his heart beating. He wouldn't know until tomorrow and the night was going to be so long.

Carefully the letter was lifted from her bed and opened.

Long, flawless, graceful black ink stood out against the cream of the paper like a work of art.

りん

私はもはやそれを裸できません

私愛しています

私はあなたが他人の財産になって見ることができません

明日私と一緒に逃げてください

私は一日中守衛詰所で待機します

あなたが次に来ていない場合、私はお返しにあなたが私を愛していない知っている

殺生丸

Rin rolled over in her sleep, dreaming sweetly of dancing and flying. She had no idea of her visitors and of the letter. And she never would.

The Lady Mother stared at the letter and smelt her son around the room. She held in a sigh and scrunched the letter in her hand until her claws tore into her skin. With a glance at the window, she turned and walked silently away.

A/N: *blush* hehe I'm evil aren't I?

I've taken you to the point of my little tease. Now you'll have to wait for the rest.

But on the plus side, when I update, I'll update it the end. So be patent and don't kill me.

Umm… by the way; if you want to know what's in that letter, copy and paste into Google translate. It should make it perfect (took forever to get right) but ignore the first line. It will say Phosphorus but it can also mean Rin. *sigh*

If it doesn't work, send me a message and I'll tell you ;D