Ai to Sakura (Love and Cherry Blossoms)

Chapter 2: Wish Granted

(A/N: Yay! Here it is Sesshy-sama/Rin-chan fans! Chapter 2!!!!!! ::throws confetti:: O_O; okay if this chapter is not as sweet or better than the last...ummmm sorry? It's been soooo~long!!! O_O; well ummm...enjoy? ^_^;;)

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Rin slept peacefully by the lake, feet still soaking in the cold water. The sky was a deep dark saphire with a shining pearl, the moon, sending beams of light into the lake. "Sesshoumaru...sama..." Rin talked in her sleep.

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"That stupid girl! Where is she?! Lord Sesshoumaru's gonna kill me if that brat doesn't find her way back!" Jaken thought out loud. "What are you talking about you toad?" Sesshoumaru stood in the way of Jaken's pacing, his voice was as cold as ever. "Um um...welcome back my lord!" Jaken was shaking with fear.

"Where is Rin?!" Sesshoumaru looked down at the green toad, he was growing angry. Sesshoumaru glared at Jaken narrowing his fierce yellow eyes. "S-she- well ummmm..." Jaken stuttered. "I told you to look after her, Jaken..." Sesshoumaru put the food he got for Rin down on the ground. "I'm going to go look for Rin, touch the food and I'll have to kill you..." Sesshoumaru snapped at Jaken.

"Y-yes my lord!" Jaken was still filled with fear as he watched Sesshoumaru leave, once again, to search for Rin.

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"I must've...fallen asleep..." Rin woke up flickering her little yellow- brown eyes. She sat up and turned facing the lake, splashing her feet in the water. The ripples made by her tears, earlier, have spread out through the lake and the moonlight beams still lit up the lake. "How pretty..." Rin sighed and looked into the lake. She saw her reflection, "I'm too ugly to stare into something this pretty!" she splashed away her reflection in the water and started to cry again.

"Dear child, what's wrong?" a feminine voice called out from nowhere.

Rin gasped as she quickly turned her head to see who was there. "W-what? Who are you?" Rin somewhat yelled as she wiped away her flowing tears. She noticed something, a presence in the lake. Rin turned and saw a maiden floating above the water. She was lit by the moonlight and was very beautiful.

"You're...so pretty..." Rin looked at the maiden. The maiden lowered herself down into the water and began to walk towards Rin. Rin was amazed by her looks. Her long hair colored in shades of purple and blue as was her kimono. She walked out of the pond and sat right next to Rin. "Tell me...your wish again..."

Rin gasped and looked up at her, "Wha-? My wish?" she asked. "Haven't you been wishing for something...?" the maiden smiled faintly. "Why? What'll you do to me?!" Rin almost shouted. "Grant it of course!" the maiden smiled thoughtfully at her.

"G-grant...my wish..." Rin looked at the maiden with her big yellow-brown eyes. "I've been watching you for a while now, it makes me sad to see how you're not treated the way you want to be..." the maiden looked at Rin with pitiful eyes. Rin's eyes filled with tears, "Then...grant my wish and make me older...at least by a couple of years-and make me as beautiful as you are, dear maiden!" she cried at the maiden.

"Is that what you wanted, dear child...an change in looks and age...?" the maiden smiled at Rin. Rin nodded her head up and down. "Well...if that is what you want...I'll grant it..."

"You...would?" Rin looked at the maiden. The maiden nodded her head slowly and casted her hand above Rin's head. A glowing light danced around Rin and covered her so that she wasn't seen. "Cast...age spell!" the maiden screamed and the light around Rin grew bigger and bigger.

Then, the light quickly flashed and disappeared. The wish was granted, Rin was now a young beautiful maiden. Rin looked at herself as she spinned around, "Wow...I-I'm...the wish worked..." she said.

"Thank you miss-!" the maiden was nowhere to be seen. Rin sat back down beside the lake and looked into the clear water again. "I look...pretty...now I know how it must feel to hold such lovliness as those stars in the sky..." she said as more stars appeared in the nightly sky. "Huh?" Rin spotted a beautiful yellow-orange kimono lying on a rock nearby. "Did someone leave this here?" Rin walked over to the kimono and picked it up.

"It's a present for you, dear child..." Rin heard the maiden's voice. "Thank you, dear maiden!" she looked up as she held the kimono in her hands. Rin took the kimono and put it on. She looked once again into the clear blue water. "This kimono...it's so...nice...^_^ Sesshoumaru-sama will notice me now!" Rin smiled.

"And now...to wait...til he comes for...me." She then fell asleep.

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A/N: sheesh....T_T that took a while...I started on the 2nd chapter around 8 weeks ago...pwheeee...@_@ I hope you liked this one -____-;; but yeaaah...let's just hope that the 3rd will be much better (that is...if you already thought this one was nice ^___^;;)...