I really should be getting to sleep right now. And I really should be getting this college application essay done before NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow…but I do believe that I need to get this idea out of my head.
Otulia: We don't own InuYasha, and we don't own the wonderful piece of fanart that inspired it…
Never
The stars twinkled gently in the velvet sky, keeping their silent vigil over the slumbering world below. The waning moon sat just over the treetops, shedding her silver glow on all.
On a grassy hillside just outside a stretch of woodland, two figures lay comfortably on the ground, deep in the realms of sleep. They had been separated from the others they traveled with throughout the course of the day just past, and having found a place free of both demons and mortals of ill intent, were content to rest their weary bodies.
The one, a small human girl, no more than a child, slept peacefully. The other, a powerful demon who normally would have remained alert, was uneasy in his rest.
For a time, all was still, the moon and stars keeping watch over them, the night calm. Then the demon's eyes snapped open; he struggled to keep his breaths even. He blinked once, twice, almost as if he were unsure of reality. Then his gaze landed on the girl by his side, and he breathed a silent sigh of relief.
Gently, so as not to wake her, he stroked her face with his long fingers, tucking a few loose strands of dark hair behind her ears. His dream returned to him, and he tried in vain to push it away.
A tear filled his eye as he frowned, unused to this new emotion, yet understanding what it meant. He could not bear to lose the girl. She was the world to him, and more, the only one that had ever gotten close enough to touch his soul.
She was…his daughter.
She stirred under his touch, yet he did not pull his hand away. Slowly, her eyes blinked open, and she looked at him with a mixture of curiosity and concern.
"Lord Sesshomaru?" she whispered, uncertain.
He smiled a little, understanding her unspoken question. "Merely an unpleasant dream, Rin," he explained.
With a small nod, she scooted closer, snuggling into him. "It will be okay," she said, stifling a yawn. "Rin's bad dreams always go away…"
Half-startled at her actions, he reflexively embraced her, pulling her closer. He held her as she drifted back into slumber, one thought in mind. He knew she would never leave him; and now he knew with absolute certainty that he would never leave her.
Ta-da! If you'd like a link to the fanart that inspired this, just ask, and I'll give it to you! Please review!!!
