The trio flew through the cold air over the leafless trees in search of deer. Rin spots one.
"There!" She pointed below them.
Without warning a demon slapped them out of the sky towards some branches - Arrgh - Rin screeches through the air clutching onto A-UN while Jaken loses his grip falling into a tree. A-UN halts himself before bashing into the branches that appear as knives, protecting Rin.
"Who dares fly over my territory." A deep rumbling sound came from a thick monstrous tree.
Rin pulls herself together angry with the demon. "You will pay for that!"
The demon snatched Rin from A-UN.
"Am I supposed to be scared of a puny human?" The air from his mouth blew Rin's hair out of her face.
"No, but you should be afraid of me." A smooth unknown voice came from the sky. Rin veered up and its Sesshomaru darted downward from the open air.
Sesshomaru wide swing, decapitating the monstrous tree with his Bakusaiga in one blow. Rin slips from the demon's relaxed grip heading toward the ground but Sesshomaru hastily catches her in mid-air. Her eyes glossed over perking up at him. Her throat tightens trying to hold back her tears. Sesshomaru landed on the ground, placing her on her feet. She faced him to hold his gaze making sure this isn't some sick dream toying with her feelings.
Sesshomaru doesn't look away but gazes back at her in a calm silence as the leaves circle their existence.
"You're the woman before." He spoke confirming that he didn't know who she was. Jaken falls from the tree sprinting in their direction. He leaves her eyes to look toward Jaken.
"It's Rin me, Lord!" Uncontrolled tears come from Jaken's eyes. Sesshomaru turned back to her.
"Is this true?" His curious mind wondered.
Rin frowns, closing her eyes to face the ground trying to gather herself. Then she gazes up at him. "You don't recognize me?" She shoves past him.
"Unfortunately for you, Yes I'm Rin." She picked up her bow and arrow.
"Why is it unfortunate?" Sesshomaru's eyes trail after her not losing a beat.
"It's nothing." Rin doesn't even bother to tell him why she's upset.
"Everything about you is different." His eyes soften.
"Well, humans don't stay the same, we evolve." She said with a snarky attitude knowing that he understands that already.
Sesshomaru's eyes continue to linger on her. He can feel the fire within her. She can't hold it in any longer and a tear fell from her eye attempting to storm off. He grabs her by the hand but she snatches away and jabs her finger in his chest. Thirteen years and you didn't even say goodbye. You are so self-absorbed it makes me angry.
"Rin." He said her name softly.
She plops down on a boulder wiping her tears away. "I told myself if I ever see you again I won't cry like some little girl, that I won't be so hurt, and yet here we are you standing there, quiet, and me in tears.
"I'm sorry, Rin." Unknown words escape his lips.
Rin couldn't believe her ears, she never thought those words would leave his lips. She glances over to him making sure he's the same demon she knew once before. She then realizes he is covered in blood.
What happened to you? Why are you covered in blood? It reeks.
Jaken gasps. "Woman! You watch your tongue when you speak to me, Lord! What you smell is warrior cover in victory."
Rin's eye daggers him annoyed. "No, you watch your tongue when you speak to me, you're still swimming in boiling water."
Jaken's face grows long with nothing else to say. Sesshomaru is intrigued by Rin; he has never seen this side of her before.
"I collect demon bones. That's what you smell, demon blood." He graciously answers her question. Rin appears in disgust but keeps it fair.
"Do you not approve?" Sesshomaru felt her energy nonetheless.
"It doesn't matter. Regardless, I guess I will be on my way. It's too cold for my taste." Rin tries to walk off as though it doesn't bother her.
"Before you go I need you to know that I'm coming along." He said plainly.
"How dare you!" She angrily turns around approaching him quickly to slap him, but catches her hand and pulls her close to him.
"Tell me. What was your plan to escape that demon?" He searched her eyes for an answer.
"You can't walk into my life and think everything is okay. I can't trust you. What if you leave again? Then what? I don't want to bear another heartbreak." She poured her heart out in tears.
"We don't operate at the same time. What's a decade for you is ten minutes for me." He confessed to her.
Rin scoffed, she knew he was right. "Fine, I'll let you stay but you need to wash up. I've grown tired of this stench." She pinched her nose. Sesshomaru let her go.
Jaken is stunned by their interaction
Rin climbs on A-UN along with Jaken taking off as Sesshomaru trails behind toward the village.
They arrive at the village in the middle of the night. Rin checks on Kaede before she helps Sesshomaru with his bloody clothes. Kaede is fast asleep snoring like a bull. Rin chuckles and closes the door behind her. She heads outside so she can lead Sesshomaru to the hot spring but he is gone with his clothes folded on the porch step. She picks them up examining the bloodstain on them.
"Now, where did you go?" She said to herself.
"Me Lord is out on a scavenger hunt for food in his demon form," Jaken utters in the shadow part of the porch trying to doze off.
Rin takes his clothes to the washboard to clean the blood off. While cleaning, her thoughts consume her. The nerve of him I'm not some little girl who needs saving. I can save myself. She rings out his garments and hangs them to dry. She takes a deep breath and whispers to herself.
"I'm exhausted and my body aches."
Grabbing a few towels from her room she heads to the hot spring. Rin undresses and slips inside taking in the warmth that surrounds her body.
"This feel-good." She slips in low.
She rests her body, closing her eyes while leaning against a smooth boulder along the wall of the spring. Rin hears heavy steps approach her. She pops open her eyes, chest tightens to search for the beast that belongs to the sound. A large silky white wolf creeps out of the shadow.
She realizes it's Sesshomaru. A sensation shoots through her with a racing pulse as he sways Inside the spring changing back into his original human-like form. He approaches her as she covers her breast while he invades her space.
"Did I startle you?"
"A little." She murmurs.
He can sense her blood elevate within her streaming veins as he moves closer to her. He began to feel uncomfortable after realizing he unintentionally aroused her.
'Human women are foreign to me. I didn't mean to excite you." He brought light to her feelings.
Rin cheeks burn blush bright pink. Can he sense it? She thought.
She tries to remove herself from the spring but he stops her with her soft hands.
"Stay with me, Rin."
"Sesshomaru I-"
He pulls her into a hug squeezing her tightly.
"I will never leave you again, Rin. Be my wife." He confessed his love to her. "I knew we would meet again." He adds.
And he smoothly kissed her soft lips.
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