Author Notes: A friend prompted me when saying what if Rin did get married to another human? What would happen then? I thought this was great and decided to right a little bit on it! Hope you enjoy and feel free to leave a review if you have the time.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, for I am but a poor college student.
Sesshomaru had watched. Watched as the little girl he had come to know as Rin grow up and blossom into a lady. He had watched as boys began to take her interest away from watching the combat that was part of her world. He had watched as she met a farmer in a village that they had stopped at and saw her reluctance to leave. He had witnessed as when they had passed back through the village the young farmer dropped everything he was doing and ran towards her. He had swung her off her feet and they laughed together as they twirled.
He knew at that moment that Rin wasn't just his little girl anymore, that it was time to let her make decisions in her life. He didn't want to but it was time, that's why he gave consent when the boy turn man had asked him. That's why he calmed a bubbly and nervous Rin before her wedding, why he clapped when it was over. It was sad for him, but at the same time he found himself happy, happy that Rin found her happiness.
He continued to travel, but always returned without long periods of time happened; he was there when the doctor told Rin she was going to bear a child, he was there for the birth of the little girl. He was there to support the small family that winter after the crops failed, there for when they were blessed with two strong and thriving twins.
And after years went by he watched the two grow old and their children grow up to live their own lives again. He was there to here the doctor say in surprise that Rin was going to have another child after she hadn't been feeling well for months. It was a rough child birth, as Rin was now older and her hair was white and he had to watch as she no longer keeps up with the toddler.
One day in the 4th summer of the child's life, Rin had approached him and spoke about growing old and dying in bed peacefully with her farmer. Then she spoke of the young Torhu and how she had so much life ahead of her, but wouldn't get anything like that from her parents. He knew what Rin meant now, on how her father took longer and longer to work the fields now and barely had time for her, while Rin seemed to grow tired after just minutes of walking. Her sibling's had children who had children who were just as old as her.
That night they filled Torhu's back pack and packed as much as they could. It was time for Sesshomaru to become a wonderer as he had once been. And this time Rin's little daughter, Torhu would be his companion. He had been sad to see Rin grow up and leave him behind, yet happy to see her happy. Though he was never as happy as when he had been given her daughter to take care of as his own, just like he had for Rin herself. And so it began again.