N is for Naraku

Naraku was a bad man, even little Rin knew this. She knew that he had hurt many of her friends; placing a curse of Miroku was just one of the many terrible things he had done.

Both Inuyasha and her very own lord had been chasing the demon for a very long time, even before Rin had met Sesshomaru. He was also after the sacred jewel, but Rin knew that if Naraku got his hands on the jewel, he would use it for his own evil, selfish ways. They couldn't let that happen.

Still, Naraku had never seemed all that real to Rin at first. He had been like a character in a story, someone she heard about but never actually became a direct part of her life's story. It wasn't until he had kidnapped that she had truly realized just what he was. A demon.

Most demons that she knew were her friends. She had never associated the fear that most people felt when they thought of demons. Humans had always caused her much more grief than demons ever had.

That changed, however, when Rin had been taken my Naraku. That was the first lesson she had in fearing demons.

Still, Rin knew that she could never fear her lord. He had saved her life too many times and had cared for her for too long for her to fear him. She knew that she would follow him no matter where she went or how far she had to go.

The day after Sesshomaru had rescued her for Naraku's clutches, she had asked him why Naraku was so evil. He hadn't answered immediately, but he had finally told her that he didn't believe that Naraku was evil. At Rin's surprised exclamation, Sesshomaru had taken pity on her and explained.

Sesshomaru told his young ward that Naraku only wished to have power, something that in its self wasn't evil, it was just the way he did things that was wrong.

Rin digested this and then said, "But you wish for power too, don't you my lord? And you aren't evil!"

Sesshomaru gave the girl a small smile and said, "Some people might call me evil as well, Rin."

Rin shook her head violently, not even giving the idea consideration. "Absolutely not, my lord! I think most people just don't understand you!"

Sesshomaru turned back to the girl and said softly with a smile, "Then maybe we don't understand Naraku either."

To his surprise Rin instantly shook her head, her eyes colder than he had ever seen them before. She then said, "No, my lord, I think we understand him perfectly. Once I saw his eyes, I knew."

She paused, frowning for a moment before continuing, "It is hard to explain but I know that he has lost any sense of love or honor. He is an empty shell and I don't think he could ever be full. Perhaps he thinks that power will fill him but he is wrong. Only love could, something he will never have. It's sad, actually but true."

With that, Rin suddenly remembered that she had food on the fire and she rushed off to tend to it. Sesshomaru looked after her and thought not for the first time that there was more to this mysterious human girl than meet the eye.

Thanks for everyone for reading and reviewing! If you haven't noticed, updates will be slightly less frequent now that school has started but I will defiantly finish this story! Also congratulations to Misty-Rose20 for being my 50th reviewer! You will all see her chosen character soon!