Inuyasha down at his little sister and gave her a smug smile it was true he would never change, whether he was a demon Lord now or not. He had told and promised Kagome and his other friends when he coveted the jewel to become a demon that he would still be the same Inuyasha as always. Even though the jewel wasn't the reason he was a full blooded demon, he would still keep his promise. He would still be Inuyasha, the cocky, smartass that they all knew and loved. Deep down Inuyasha was very happy that the jewel hadn't been what had changed him, he knows now that the jewel wouldn't allow him to keep that promise. If it had been the jewel then he would be a monster, he would be the same as the other half demon that lusted for the jewel.
He noticed Rin's bright shining smile and felt warmth flood him, warmth called 'Love.' Afterall he didn't have any family left alive except for his brother and even though their bond had gotten better that doesn't change that he is still a stiff,cold,cruel bastard that Inuyasha still doesn't fully understand all the time. But Rin… Rin was a sweet girl that was unlike either of them, she was warm and happy despite being around his brother all the time. She really was like a breath of fresh air.
Rin backed away enough to look at Inuyasha fully, he wasn't exactly the same Inuyasha she had seen with her mortal eyes long ago. He was a full demon now… But she hadn't seen him in years and had forgotten what he looked like now. As she smile and nodded she noted that he was pretty handsome himself, but a different kind of handsome from Sesshomaru. Inuyasha was like boyishly handsome and Sesshomaru was a handsome man. Looking at her brother's attire she smiled it really did look good on him, he must also have a great servant to manage his attire. Inuyasha was wearing the haori he always wore, the robe of the fire rat. It's beautiful bright scarlet color was hidden under the black armor that protected both his arms and chest. He didn't have any shoulder armor since he had armor along his arms already. His fluffy tail matched his brother's going from both shoulders and joining in the middle of his back.
He wore something that had truly shocked Rin down to her very core 'Black boots! Boots! No! Shoes Period!' His feet were hidden from sight as they were nestled within the confines of his black boots, Rin now thought she had seen it all. Then giggled because of her amusing thoughts, but when Inuyasha just raised a single brown with hands on his hips, it just made her want to giggle more. It took her a few deep breaths to get the urge under control. She noticed his hair was being wore similar to his Sesshomaru's tonight. Inuyasha think white hair was pulled back neatly in a high pony tail going down to his hips.
You could easily tell that Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were related, but most likely many here were still unaware of this trivial fact. It should be easy to tell though they had the same physical appearances that were strict to royal family, the white hair only found in the royal family of the Inu yokai. They shared their father's golden eyes. Inuyasha looked more like Inu no Tashio than Sesshomaru had, it seems Sesshomaru shared more in common with his mother's markings. Inuyasha had his father's single jagged purple stripes on each cheek and had the same color over his upper eyelids.
Rin smiled seeing someone walking towards her and Inuyasha, her smile grew even more as she quickly walked over and stood infront of him before throwing her arms around him in a hug "Miroku!" He chuckled and respectfully kept his hands above her waist like, one hand rested at his side while the other one patted her back "Rin, it's been so long." She smiled and nodded before with-drawling from their hug and taking a look at how he has changed.
Miroku smiled and did the same, she had changed so much. He still remembered Rin as a little human girl, she had grown up that was for sure. Whenever he wondered about her and Sesshomaru all he could imagine her as was a human girl, because that is what he first knew her as… However it was now clear that he wouldn't think that ever again. This girl before him was not a girl anymore nor any trace of a mortal left in her, she looked identical to Sesshomaru. She was now a breathtakingly beautiful princess of the proud and noble Inu yokai clan.
One thing hadn't changed about this woman, one thing that hadn't changed since the first time he had seen her. She still had that warm and innocent smile and personality. Rin had been well taught to act like a proper princess, he watched her for a little bit waiting for when he should approach her to say his hello. She had interacted with the other nobles as if it were natural to her, but when he saw Inuyasha interfere she seemed to turn back into that girl from long ago. The girl who didn't care about acting proper, perhaps she wouldn't act proper when it came to her close friends. Not that he blamed her, he would never expect any of this close friends like her or his old travel companions to call him 'Lord.' He looked at her and smiled noting how beautiful she looked in her unique clothing.
'Like a real princess.'
Rin looked at Miroku and thought about how his attire suited him well. He was wearing the same colors as he had from his mortal life when he had been a monk. Midnight blue cloaked his body it made his other brilliant hues of blue pop out more. It seemed he himself had became the definition of the color blue or might as well have became the color blue himself. His eyes were an odd mix of three blues. The blue hues within his noble irises were a blend of Cyan, Egyptian blue, and Prussian blue. His long mane was a waterfall of blue, his hair just covered his ears before it was all cut but one long section that was tied in a low pony tail. His long waterfall of blues dipped to the middle of his back, his bright white smile sparkled like shiny stars.
The attire he wore was clearly not japanese, Rin wasn't really sure where his clothing was from. Miroku wore what looked like a midnight blue yukata the a girl might wear, but it was sleeveless. There seemed to be a piece of cloth underneath that was like a long sleeve shirt that didn't have big sleeves like a yukata, these sleeves instead clung tightly it seemed to his arms. She was a bit concerned that if he moved too much that his clothing may just rip. The yukata that seemed to go down to his knees had slits along the sides that reached all the way up to his hips, she was relieved that he wore like blue hamaka pants underneath. The midnight blue kimono had golden threads that formed golden dragons stretching across the night blue material.
He wore shoes that were a bit like her's she thought they were like chinese black flats. She remembered in his demon history lesson that the dragon race was originally from China, but they had moved to Japan and mixed many of the two cultures creating the dragon clan's odd culture.
Miroku's dragon history was proudly shown to everyone, his kimono showed his culture as well as what stood proudly out of his blue hair. Making his dragon blood even more obvious were the six inch tall twin black horns which had slightly curved, he smiled before speaking his eyes again scanning her frame "Rin may I ask yo-"
"Oh Miroku! Your perverted ways haven't changed. You can't be a Lord and just go around and asking every woman to bear your child. " Inuyasha, Rin and Miroku all turned around and laughed at the speaker who was scolding their friend. Once they had turned around they smiled seeing a woman they all knew. She looked stunning in her pure white yukata with silver strands and icy blue strands making many beautiful snowflakes all over the white material, this woman looked like a winter fairy. Her outfit was simple but very beautiful none the less. The only color other than white, silver and icy blue, the only other color was that of the lavender shawl draped over her arms.
Her beautiful off white blonde hair was pulled over her right shoulder and to keep it in place she had a lavender ribbon tying her hair together in a very low ponytail, the ribbon tied her hair together a just a inch or two before the ends of her hair. The woman's icy blue winter irises were very beautiful when accompanied with her pale skin, everything about her just made her look like an angel. To finish it off she wore a traditional silver tiara that goes to hug where her forehead meets her bangs, the tiara almost reminded Rin of a halo.
Rin smiled a bright smile despite the past, she didn't want to live in the past. So all of her negative feelings she had once felt for them woman had melted away long ago. The beautiful woman finally stopped in front of Rin and her other two friends, the woman had beautiful white wings that poked out a little from her yukata. Her wings were a part of her like how the Inu yokai had their tails, or how the dragons had their horns and the wolves their tails… it was a physical part of their inner beast that could not be hidden or changed to match their humanoid form. Even in a humanoid form there were parts of demons that couldn't be hidden, another example would be a demon's pointy ears… or in Inuyasha's case his puppy ears.
Rin smiled at the woman and then greeted her with a hug like she had with the other two she had known from life before she had been Sesshomaru's mate "Sango! It's so good to see you again!" The angelic woman smiled warmly and embraced Rin with her own hug "You've grown so much. You look very nice, Lady Rin." Hearing the title from the old demon slayer made her giggle and shake her head "Oh Sango, please to address me so formally! It's odd, were friends. Please just address me as Rin, after all I'm still the same little girl you knew all those years ago." The two women giggled from Rin's comment and parted from their hug, another woman's mute voice pulled the groups attention towards the new comer. "Miroku, can I not take my eyes off of you for a second?" Rin looked at the woman puzzled 'Who is this woman?'
Miroku once the woman was in reaching distance his arms encircled around her waist pulling her towards him "I'm just catching up with old friends. Oh and Sango, I wasn't going to ask Rin what you were thinking. I was simply inquiring about her outfit, it's not japanese." Rin smiled and had forgotten about the woman who was in his arms as she replied to his question "It's a mix of Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Your's isn't Japanese either, so what is it?"
"It's a secret. Oh by the way this here in my arms is my lovely Mate, Shiori." The name of the woman meant nothing to Rin, but by the reaction both Inuyasha and Sango had told her they knew who she was. Sango huffed and glared at him before speaking with annoyance in her voice "I feel sorry for this poor girl, we saved her from a monster only to have her caught by a perverted Lord."
Shiori giggled with a smile on her lips as she looked up at her Mate then at Sango before finally defending her mate with a small quiet voice "He doesn't womanize anymore... but he won't leave me alone." She said before glaring up at him and pushing herself out of his arms, which made Rin laugh along with Inuyasha and Sango. Miroku smiled and held up his hands in surrender it seemed. She looked the woman called Shiori over and noticed that she wasn't a dragon, she was something else. Her scent smelled like bat, but far as she knew not many bats were living here in japan. Shiori was wearing a yukata that was a beautiful lavender color with many white flowers blossoming all over the material with pink outlines of other thin flowers in the background. Her obi was white and deep purple with stripes all over it as it was tied in a beautiful bow, she wore traditional wooden sandals as she stood by her mate. Her skin was not pale it was lightly tanned as if she spent a lot of her time in the sun, many would think her of lower class for not having pale skin… but there was something about her that screamed nobility. Her thistle colored irises matched her lilac hair perfectly, her hair shined in all light as it moved down to the dip in her back.
Miroku smiled wistfully before shrugging "Well she hides, I only wish to be by her side." Shiori glares at him with a glare that called him a liar "Only be by my side? No, you just want me to be in your bed." Inuyasha looked at them back and forth with a shocked expression, this was a formal event not a place to discuss such activities. Hearing himself think that he suddenly felt annoyed, before he never would have cared but now he did. Ugh, those stupid lessons of proper behavior had actually gotten to his own mind. He looked over at Rin and saw her face went red like his fire rat robe then a smirk crossed his face "Rin, what do you think?" Their little group of friends now all had their eyes on her, if her dirty thoughts were making her red enough… all there eyes on her were making her blush even deeper "Oh...um, I don't know."
Shiori decided to save the blushing girl as she continued with her story " I have resorted to hiding in the palace… but I'm glad you haven't found my secret hiding spot." He looked at her his eyes challenging her as smile grew on his face, as he edged closer and closer to her "The servant chambers… Don't think I haven't noticed you in servant clothing."
"Well… um t-then… why haven't you-" Before she could finish her stuttering question he interrupted her, his voice was filled with confidence and amusement "I like seeing you do the little tasks that you do. Even when you play servant you put so much love into each task, it's a real treat to watch."
Shiori blushed hearing his confession of who he enjoyed her dressing even as a servant, she had worried if he knew about it. Then maybe he would scold her or yell at her, but he actually enjoyed it "Awww." Miroku's arm went behind her back to possessively hold her waist as he excused them both before going off to go mingle with other nobles. Rin didn't hold that against them, the point of this ball was to announce the new Lady of the West as well as for other noble, Lords and Ladies to go and mingle forming more alliances,trade routes and other political matters.
Sango turned to the voice that had called her name, seeing the one who had called her something changed on her face. Her eyes seemed to fill with warmth and the smile on her lips also held the same warmth, 'Love?'
It was something Inuyasha wasn't sure he would see on her face ever again, but it was a great comfort that she was back to the old Sango he had once know. Rin looked the direction Sango looked at with sparkling eyes only to see a man with similar bright sky blue eyes staring back at Sango. Inuyasha started at the man who came up and staked his claim on the high-strong spirited woman that had many times beaten Miroku, and many times had slayed many demons with such ease she made many men look inferior. Rin and Inuyasha stared at the man with sunny blonde hair tied back in high ponytail that dipped to his shoulders. They waited for their friend Sango to slap the man just how she had with her old love Miroku whenever he had tried to touch her in the past, even when they were thinking of settling down with one another she would still slap him. Now this man thought he could get away with that, no way. But surprising both Inuyasha and Rin there was no loud slap of her hand connecting with the man's face. Rin and Inuyasha had been so in shock they hadn't even noticed the other to approach their group who now asked the question all burning their brains "Sango who is this?"
Sango smiled and leaning into the man's arm before she proudly stated to everyone " Kagome this is my Mate, Rankosuka." This odd stranger who seemed to be Rankosuka wore an all white haori with pants, it had no designs on it. It was just plain white, the only other thing he wore was his lavender obi that matched Sango's shawl. He was an angel it seemed from the look of it, his white wings on this back and the halo floating above his sunshine blonde hair confirmed Rin's guess. Sango's new Mate bowed his head slightly before speaking with a deep voice that Rin wasn't sure she liked very much, it was deep and innocently sweet…. but something made her skin crawl hearing his voice as he spoke to all of them "It is very nice to meet all of you, Sango have you told them the good news?"
Just then Rin looked over at her right expecting to see her older brother but saw Inuyasha was nowhere in sight, she sighed before re-engaging herself in the on going conversation that was going on in her group of friends. Inuyasha was leaning against a far wall glaring in the direction of Kagome and Koga, it was still too soon for him. He couldn't be near either of them yet, it was just too hard for him. Even if he would never admit it… deep down part of him still loved her. His eyes narrow on the two on the far side of the ballroom, he glared at Koga's hand and were it lied. It was holding Kagome's hand and that angered him as he ground his fangs together in frustration, 'That used to be my job.'
Koga's arm left her hand and now reached to rest on her waist...
'I used to be able to do that,' he mentally grumbled.
He leaned against the wall being a wallflower as he recalled all the things she used to love him doing, like when he would kiss her neck or whisper things to make her giggle,smile or blush. Now… now he couldn't be near either of them. His mind was screaming at Koga to let her go and have fate give her back 'She was mine! I lost her… I rather be a no good half breed if that meant being her Mate, I would gladly give up this demon blood and this title.'
Koga whispered something to her and she blush with a smile on her lips as she playfully hit his chest and scolded him, Inuyasha sighed and watched the scene. He used to be in Koga's spot getting scolded and being told to sit, he honestly missed all their playful arguing and he had even come to miss being told to sit. What he missed most was her smile, the smile that used to light up his world…
'No, it still did."
Inuyasha just stared at her she was a beauty indeed, she was very beautiful when she was a human. She was also very kind and sweet to all, she had made several men fall for her. He and Koga were just two out of about five or six. Inuyasha stood there and counted them all "Well there was Hojo from this time… Come to think of it whatever happen to that guy? Anyways then there was Hojo from her time, and myself, Koga, possibly Naraku.' Inuyasha looked at Kagome, she looked so beautiful. She had stopped wearing all the future stuff and now was wearing clothing from this era as she proudly showed what she was. She wore a priestess haori top with a silver armor chestplate on top. Kagome also had a black pelt that was like a cape as it freely draped down her back to her knees. Instead of having normal priestess pants she seemed to still have one thing from her old life in the modern era, her short pleated a red skirt that stopped just a few inches above her knees.
She wasn't allowed to bring her bow or sword and besides they would just get in the way. She wore white leg warmers just like Ayame and black flats, like Rin had. Kagome's face held a kind and happy smile, her eyes were purple like a wild iris that he wanted to pick. Her hair midnight black hair had stripes of red and blue emerging here and there in the beautiful black waterfall of hair that she used to let down and flow naturally around her shoulders was now tied up in high ponytail with a red headband just under her bangs matching Koga's. Her cheeks were lightly flushed as she playfully argued with her Mate who only held her closer and chuckled at her behavior, her blush didn't however hide her beautiful single red stripes on each cheek. Those soft lips that he had only managed to kiss five times, and had hoped to only kiss those soft pink lips until the end of time.
Fate didn't allow that, now those red painted lips only belonged to his former rival Koga who now was the victor who had won Kagome over. He knew he shouldn't see her like that, like a toy they fought over but she was. There was only one of her and they had both wanted her, but he had lost and Koga had won. No doubt that wolf would rub it in his face how much of a loser he truly was.
Koga wore pretty much what he always did 'Hmp, ragged wolf!' He did have some add-ons though, like how he had a long cape identical to Kagome's it reached to the back of his knees. His black chest armor seemed to be nicer and freshly forged rather than the old scratched up one he used to wear, the chestnut fur he wore around his hips that covered everything from them down the his mid thigh was still the same. His sun kissed tanned skin hadn't seemed to fade not even the least big, perhaps the most shocking improvement was how the wolf's hair was not bound in a high ponytail on his head like in the past. Now his inky black mane hung loosely to his hips and seemed to blend in with his long black cape. Inuyasha stiffened when he saw the wolf turn his brilliant ocean blue eyes narrowed and held something he didn't like in them as they met his golden orbs.
Pity?
Sadness?
Sympathy?
Inuyasha growled and pushed off of the wall he had been leaning against walking away with his head held high as his golden orbs no doubt swirled with anger and hate 'How dare that wolf look at me that way! I rather see his smug smile! Kami, I need fresh air!'
Kagome smiled and looked over her group of friends only two were missing and one was over speaking with his mother and a woman who looked a bit like Sango was seen next to the two of them. Well similar being the woman had blue eyes and blonde hair, even though they were greatly different hues than Sango's. She knew that Sesshomaru was busy for that reason, but she hadn't seen Inuyasha all night. To be honest she really wanted to see him again, even if only it were to send him a smile of apology. He didn't have to listen to her, they didn't have to talk… she just missed him.
She smiled asked a question perhaps one of her friends could answer "So, has anyone seen Inuyasha?" Rin who always seemed to have a smile didn't smile when she heard the question, Kagome looked at her other friends to see the same grim expressions on their faces as well. 'Had something happened to her old flame that she wasn't told about?! He was here right? Was he hurt!? Was he dead?!' Just as her worries began to pile up with more and more scenarios, she felt something snap her back to reality. She looked at her shoulder to see a tan calloused hand that she had grown to know, it was the hand of her Mate Koga. He tilted his head signally her to come away with him, and she nodded excusing them both from her group of friends.
Once they had moved away to a remote corner of the room he sighed and crossed his arms to be honest he wasn't very good with delicate situations like the one between his Mate Kagome and old rival Inuyasha. Clearing his throat he decided to tell her what he saw earlier "Love, I saw the mut-Uh I mean Inuyasha. When...um when he saw us, I think he left...because he's not where he was earlier." Kagome sighed and felt her heart break yet again. True fate had ripped them apart as lover, and she had told herself that they were just never meant to be. They hadn't worked in her previous life as Kikyo and this life fate just didn't want them together and she had moved on and found her love she wasn't sure she had with Koga. 'I had hoped we could still be what we started out as... friends. But that won't happen if he won't even give me the time of day, perhaps he was still hurting? Oh, Inuyasha...'
Rin smiled happily as she excused herself from her friends, she walked away and looked back to see if they were still talking. It seemed when she left they all split ways as well to go off and mingle with others. The smile she had with her friends dulled some but hadn't completely left her face 'It was nice to see her old friends.' She had wished she had more time to catch up with her friends that she hadn't seen for several years, but she had many other things to do tonight.
She looked walked over to mingle with a few other groups of demons, among those groups were some moth demon nobles. They were really stuck up and snotty always talking about how they had the best silk in all the land and how they wouldn't trade even a little of it unless, they were given ripe human blood that was to their liking. It seemed their favorite blood was that of healthy young mothers, young infants and mothers who are expecting. She sighed and told them there was no way that Lord Sesshomaru would aid them with such a distasteful request. Rin also proceeded the reason why, if she didn't they would feel the Inu Yokai looked down on them and with how proud the moth demons were it would mean war. "Lord Sesshomaru, is in the middle of gaining the trust of the mortals within his lands. If he were to give into your request then all the time he has wasted on trying to gain their trust would be wasted and be pointless. My Lord never wastes his time."
The moth demon Lord smirked before reaching his hand to grab her hip and bring her close to him, she felt disgusted and embarrassed as his possessively held her to him as if she were his. 'That will never be!' She pushed against him only to have him pull her close so that his chest was against her's as he leaned down and whispered to her ear "Or...perhaps I can ask for you instead. I would gladly trade some of our silk for you to become mine." She smiled and shook her head as she pushed and add much needed space between his body and her's "Lord Hayate, you mustn't tease a girl. If you will excuse me I'm afraid my presence in needed elsewhere." Rin found his name humorous in a sense, Hayate means 'smooth.' It was claimed he had gotten his name from the smooth silk his clan took pride in creating, however many said he was a smooth talker as well, enemies referred to him as a smooth bastard because he was very sneaky in nature it seemed and not too loyal either.
She felt eyes on her when Lord Hayate had taken her in his arms and she knew whose eyes they belonged too. Her Mate had no doubt seen Hayate embrace her, however he couldn't react or else he would raise suspicion. Instead he watched his eyes narrowing more and more, but relief and pride flooded him when he saw his Rin distance herself and leave Hayate's company.
Rin was physically appalled by the moth demons she looked at the group of demons Sesshomaru was currently speaking with, she gave him a smile telling him all was fine if he didn't already know.
Mingling lead her to go around the room to speak with many, among those many demons was a male tiger demon who was visiting from an island just off of Japan. He stood tall infront of Rin with his orange hair bunched into a high braided bun, a odd hairstyle she would have to admit. He had three black stripes on each cheek, two coming from his chin and pointing towards his lips and then two more black stripes coming from his forehead and pointing towards his nose. His eyes were a amber mixed with a light grass green, with silver speckles. He truly embodied what demon he was physically anyways, he wore a deep forest green haori along with matching pants and white socks with wooden sandals. He grabbed her hand and raised it to his lips gracing her delicate hand with a sweet kiss.
She so badly wanted to snatch her hand away the man was far too friendly, Rin wondered to herself why men couldn't control themselves better. The tiger noblemen who she found out was named Yoshirou, spoke in riddles. However being educated by a great tutor and her Lord, she saw past his riddles to put it bluntly… he wanted her body. It only made her more disgusted she growled and mentally scolded the child within her stomach 'So help me if you're a boy! You will never be like these men!' She made a quick and polite retreat only to find several other men come towards her trying to trick her with sweet promises and meaningless compliments.
Sesshomaru saw Rin's struggle and it both made his blood boil at the men crowding her. Then again it also fed his pride, being that he alone held her heart and was her one and only Mate. She looked at her Mate from across the ballroom and raised her hand to her mouth to hide her giggle, it seemed he was having a similar problem. Victoria the desperate woman wouldn't stop trying to hold his hand, hanging on his arm, and even tried playing with his hair. Rin could tell that he was about to snap. He was on the verge of snapping but he wouldn't himself to do so, it would be very unbecoming for one such as he.
Rin walked over to see her mother in law, Inu Kimi surrounded by men. However Inu Kimi didn't seem to mind and may be the reason why so many men were swarming her lately. When Inu Kimi's eyes connected with Rin's all the young woman wanted to do was sigh. Rin read Inu Kimi's eyes and wanted to groan when she understood what her Lord's mother wanted. Inu Kimi's eyes were beckoning Rin to join her said by giving her a 'Come over here and meet these rich men,' look.
Ignoring the former Lady of the West she walked away to go mingle with some women. Rin closed her eyes for a second and mentally prepared herself for talk of gossip, something she wasn't really fond of. Her Lord had often told her it is unbecoming for a woman to lie, and gossiping was mostly stretched or warped truths… in other words, lies. She so badly wanted to blow the secret of her being Sesshomaru's Mate, but she would keep it in… until the time was right. 'Later during the ball,' she kept telling herself. The snowy white haired princess put on a fake smile as she mingled with the other woman. But before Rin could really listen to the gossip of the other females she was pulled away by Inu Kimi and dragged over to meet the men she wanted to present. Kagome smiled seeing Rin's struggles as Sesshomaru's mother was trying to pawn her off onto another man for mating. Koga watched along with his mate and couldn't help but chuckle at the expression Rin had and in knowing her Mate was probably biting his tongue watching the whole thing.
Inu Kimi smiled at the men who were lined up to meet her son's adopted pup, there were at least ten males hoping to catch the heart that belonged to the one and only heir of Sesshomaru. Rin bowed to the first male who was in line as he stated his name, title and breed. He straightened his stance and gave her a dashing smile that would make most girls quake in their knees. He wore a light blue haori and pants, nothing that was that impressive. He spoke with a husky voice as he introduced himself, "I am Lord Donovan of the arctic fox clan in northern canada." As he spoke she saw his pearly white teeth, his grey eyes and snowy white hair that was tipped with black made him indeed a beautiful man.
'However not as beautiful as Lord Sesshomaru."
She rolled her eyes he smelt of deceit and greed, the next male was no better he said he was a panda demon from china. He had white hair and had his irises were black, he had a thin layer of black outlining his eyes. In her opinion it didn't look very good on him, it looked odd as if he didn't get enough sleep or his face was just… dull. Many would say that about Lord Sesshomaru and she would have to agree sometimes, so if she thought this panda demon was dull that was sad. He claimed his name Lee.
The next was an golden eagle demon from some country called brazil, and he went by the name Chirstiano. He said he was the wealthiest in his region, he smelt of lust and confidence. Now a lowly coyote demon named Jun gave it a try claiming he was rich and would spare no expense giving all she wanted. He smelt of lust and desperation. What followed promising similar things were a bear demon , panther demon, a vampire from Ireland, a chameleon demon from an island off of Africa and last by not least a normal kitsune. After a while everything they said just went in one ear and out another, she after hearing them all bowed with respect and excused herself.
She finally since coming into the ballroom found time to be with her Mate, she met him at a far window towards the rear of the ballroom. Sesshomaru for the moment was free from Victoria, he had told her to go and to reapply her makeup. When she asked why he explained that is had been slowly running a bit. He spoke quietly to his Mate "Rin, I see my mother has introduced you to some possible mates."
Rin smiled looking at him with a twinkled in her eye before letting out a small giggle before answer him,"Yes and there were some very promising prospects. I think I like Andrew the best…" He fought the urge to plunge his tongue in her mouth and show her who she really belonged to. But he would use his control and wait, he took in a calming breath before he looked at her with a glare. Still being in a playful mood she gave him a small smile and let a giggle pass her lips "Then again Andrew I find his foreign name odd on my lips. I guess I don't see anyone worthy of being my Mate."
Sesshomaru's glare never let up he fought the urge to show her once again that he was more than worthy, however last time he did that they ended up in a cave for a day and a half. They couldn't disappear right now and surely not for that length of time. Rin's smile remained as she sighed then spoke again "Well my Lord I was taught never to lie, so the truth is... I know who my Mate is and that and my love for him will never change." His former cold and angry glare now relaxed to a calmer set of eyes that held kindness and love hidden deep within. Her Mate's voice was monotone and yet Rin swore she heard a mix of kindness and pride to it as well "I see, you alpha mate would be happy to hear this."
She smiled as she spoke sweetly to him "I know… So is it time for me to prove myself?"
"If you wish," he challenged. To be honest he wanted her to present her skills to everyone else, so he could reveal that she was his Mate. Then they wouldn't have to hide it anymore, it was annoying hiding it. If he wanted to embrace, kiss, or have his hand rest on her hip then he would be free to do so. Rin felt her nerves start to block her confidence, she hadn't prepared at all. She would have to do everything on the spot, she looked at him and spoke "Well then... shall I sing a nice little song?" Seeing his nod of approval, she readied herself as she watched him go to the middle of the ballroom.
An announcer hurried to stand beside his Lord before he cleared his throat and raised his voice to clearly speak loud enough for all "Lord Sesshomaru wishes to make an announcement!" Rin gulped down the lump of fears that had formed in her throat as she heard him speak "My heiress princess Rin, will present three of her major talents for all to see. I would appreciate it if you all showed her as much respect and attention as you would me." Rin was a bit surprised that he spoke so much, he normally didn't speak this much to anyone and sometimes not even to her.
AN: I have 3 questions!
1. What do you think of Lord Inuyasha and Lady Kagome now?
about Lord Miroku and Lady Shiori?!
what about Lady Sango and Lord Rankosuka