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Before Love Honor
By. Animechick262003
Chapter Two
Close Encounters
Sesshomaru awoke to the sounds of knocking at his chamber door.
"What do you want Miyohiko?"
"How'd you ever guess it was me my dear cousin?" A young mans voice came as medium build yukai entered into the room.
"Who in the hell else would be prowling about this time of morning." Sesshomaru barked moving his nude frame to a standing position.
"Hey-hey..put this on." The Yukai said as he picked up a discarded robe tossing it to Sesshomaru. "Damn you could warn people before you just hop up flashing."
"Serves you right baka" Sesshomaru barked as he turned to face the younger yukai. Sesshomaru stared at the yukai a moment. He wasn't quite as pale as Sesshomaru. He had blue eyes with matching blue hair that was accented with a single silver braid. He did not bare the same facial marking as Sesshomaru an Itaru instead, he had a single blue stripe on either side of his neck that met at his collar bone. He was handsome by most standards.
"oooh...Grouchy aren't we. Sounds like someone didn't get their rest last night" the yukai said in a taunting voice. For your information, I wasn't prowling. I've just returned from patrolling the borders."
"Really, it took all night?" Sesshomaru said glaring at Miyohiko.
"Well that and the fact I ran into quite the tasty female wolf yukai" The boy responded as a smile took its place on his lips.
"Just as I suspected. You Hentai." Sesshomaru said as he passed through his chamber door Miyohiko giving chase.
"Hey I resent that. I prefer sexually Inquisitive."
"Inquisitive?" Sesshomaru questioned "How many inquiries have you made thus far?"
"Ha!" Miyohiko retorted "You are one too talk Sesshomaru. After all your Inquiries are legendary."
"Baka!" Sesshomaru said his voice light with amusement. "What do you know of as you call them, my inquiries?"
"Plenty" Miyohiko stated stopping sharply and leaning his frame against the wall.
"Oh?" Sesshomaru questioned stopping and turning to face the yukai.
"I know you yourself did not sleep alone last night. You spent the evening with a certain blonde haired female."
"You know nothing." Sesshomaru responded turning and continuing on his path.
"Oh I know as a matter of fact I am sure of it. You were with Yuri last night."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Hell, Itaru's expression this morning when I arrived told me all I needed to know. Come on Sess. I am right, aren't I? Itaru has wanted Yuri for forever and you nailed her in one night. He was so pissed." Miyohiko exclaimed "Details man, have you ever heard of them? I need them, now. Tell me were those perky mounds as soft as they looked. Didn't you just want to return to infancy looking at those beautiful hills?" The young yukai questioned closing his eyes as if imagining the scene.
"How soft or unsoft her mounds were, is the least of your worries" Sesshomaru began as he sent the younger yukai a serious glare before entering into the bath house.
Miyohiko leaned his frame against the bath house door folding his arms a grin firmly etched on his lips.
"I've thought about what you said Sess, but I don't believe Itaru would ever try to harm me. I mean he's a cold insensitive dick, but that's just Itaru. He's the same Itaru we've always known."
"Precisely Sesshomaru interjected as he slid his body into the warm water. "Itaru is the same shameless, worthless parasite he always has been, and he has no honor."
"That's a bit harsh coming from even you Sess"
"Miyohiko, all I am saying is, don't underestimate him."
"Yeah-Yeah I understand" the yukai said waving his hands as if dismissing the issue.
"Now back to those perky mounds"
"Miyohiko!!" Sesshomaru called in a warning voice.
"All Right-All Right. I am leaving. By the way father wishes to see us after breakfast. Oh and Sess, I'll expect details" the yukai laughed as he left the bath area.
Sesshomaru sat shaking his head. Miyohiko had been one of the first people he had ever let get close to him. He was like a kid brother even though Sesshomaru would never admit it. Even so the boy had a gentle nature, and he was far too trusting Sesshomaru thought. If he didn't change, it could prove his down fall.
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Rin worked feverishly in the rice fields. She'd gotten up extra early hoping to finish her chores a few hours earlier. Than maybe she could slip away and head for the lake and just maybe she would see that mysterious yukai once more.
She could feel her face heat up as the image of the angelic stranger played through her mind. She had to see him once more, at least to get the name of the one who saved her. Still she had to be careful. Last thing she needed was trouble and she surely didn't want to cause trouble for Chouko or her daughter Bikki.
After all they had been kind in welcoming her into their home three months earlier. She had traveled three long years inquiring of her brother. Never staying in one place more than a day so, when they offered she had welcomed the break.
Rin thought back to the events that had found her in her current situation.
Flash Back
It had all started six years earlier. Her brother had been trained by their father a noted samurai in the art of swordsmanship. Both she and her brother trained but soon her brother surpassed her in his abilities. When their father had fallen ill suddenly and died, her brother had taken to using his skill with a blade to earn money for them.
As his skills improved so did hi reputation. Her mother had feared for his safety and had pleaded for him to take a quiet life as a farmer but he had refused. Honor was the key to power and wealth he would always tell her.
Finally her fears were confirmed when Daijiro was summoned to lord Fujimaro's. It seemed the lord had some dangerous enemies who desired his life. So Lord Fujimaro summoned the strongest swordsmen within his area to join his army.
Daijiro had been happy when he was called to service. "It was a chance to further his reputation. To gain and honor and possibly wealth. Both Rin and her mother stood in the huts doorway watching the young man load his mount. He wore black haori and hakama. His brown hair was swept up into a high pony tail
Daijiro tossed the last of his belongings across his shoulder before turning to face Rin and their mother. He walked over to the older woman who had begun a slow sob hugging her before turning to Rin.
"Rin" he began as he clutched her chin in his hand "I need you to take care of mom until I return."
He reached into the folds of his clothing withdrawing two feathers. "Here" he began as he gave Rin one of the feathers. "This one is yours and this one is mine" he said turning and securing the feather to the handle (if there is a more appropriate name I don't know it) of his sword before facing her once more.
"If ever you need me close your eyes and wish on this feather and I will be here for you."
"You will return Daijiro, wont you?" Rin questioned with a sad expression.
The young boy smiled at her his brown eyes a glow. "I promise I will" he said hugging Rin. The boy broke their contact. He mounted his horse and stared at them for a moment before riding away.
Dijiro maintained contact through letters. He kept them posted on his well being. After only the first year he had risen to head of the castle guards. Rin remembered reading the letter to her mother. Daijiro had sound so happy.
My Beloved Okaasan and sister,
I have some good news. It seems that Lord Fujimaro is extremely impressed with my performance. He has asked me to head the castle guards. I am so excited as it is I will now earn enough money to move you close to me. I have already picked you out a home. Okaasan, you will never have to worry about money again. You can finally rest instead of working hard for nothing.
Little sister here is a hug from your aniki. I am sure you have grown a lot since I last saw you. I know the village boys are circling the hut. Tell them your aniki says to stay away. I promised otousan that I would always care for you and Okaasan, and I will.
I will see you both in three weeks time. Until then take care of yourselves.
Love your Son and aniki Daijiro Rin had been so happy. Finally she would see her aniki after two long years. Three weeks came and went with no word or sign of him. Two months too the day of his last letter Rin was awakened by her mother.
The older woman knelt beside Rin's futon. Her face was soaked with tears. Her dark brown eyes were swollen and outlined in purple.
"Okaasan? What is wrong?" Rin questioned moving to a sitting position.
"He-He's dead" the woman spoke her voice barely audible.
"Nani? Who is dead?" Rin questioned puzzled over her mothers strange behavior.
The woman just sat shaking
"Okaasan,who is dead? Rin stopped short as the revelation of whom her mother had meant sunk in.
"Daijiro! Okaasan are you saying Daijiro is dead?" The older woman silently shook her head yes.
"Who told you this? Okaasan, answer me. Who told you this?"
"I saw it in a dream" the older woman began "he was laying on the bed of the forest. Blood pooled around him and he-he wasn't breathing, he wasn't breathing" the woman's voice broke off as a sob ensued.
Rin sighed a little relieved it had been a dream. Her mother had been known to over react sometimes. This had to be one of those occasions right. Daijiro was probably away on business for lord Fujimaro and couldn't contact them right then but he would contact them. He always did.
Rin sat in silence embracing her mother. The dream had seemed painfully real to the older woman, and there was nothing she could do to convince her otherwise. It was shortly after this time that her mother began to waste away. Physician after physician had been called to diagnose her condition but all had fell.
Rin new all to well what ailed her mother, a broken heart. She could not fathom what her mother had witnessed that night she could only pray to kami that her brother retuned soon. On her fifteenth Birthday Rin had been working in the rice fields when she was called to the hut both she and her mother shared.
Rin hurried as fast as her legs would carry her. She rushed through the huts entrance to find three village women gathered around her mother. All three turned to her simultaneously. Rin immediately knew what their expression meant. Her worst fears were coming to pass. In a matter of minutes she would be completely alone in the world.
Rin walked over to her mother kneeling beside her.
"Rin" the woman voiced weakly as she grasped the girl's hand between her own. "Gomen-nasai"
"Kaasan!" Rin cried as she laid her head on her mother chest. "I will find Daijiro and if I should find that he is truly dead, I will kill the one who extinguished his flame." She exclaimed as her mother chest rose and fell for the last time.
Two days passed. Without warning and through events out of her control Rin found herself completely alone. Two of the village women had offered to take her in but she had declined. She had made a promise to her mother on her death bed to find out the truth about her brother and if necessary destroy the one who destroyed their lives.
On the third day Rin readied herself for her journey. She dressed in one of her brother's hakama and haori. The clothing had been too large for her petite frame, but with the right alterations they fit her nicely. She abandoned her signature single ebony braid and replaced it with a high set pony tail. Lastly she attached the sword that had once belonged to her father at her waist.
Rin turned to face the huts exit it was now or never. She exited through the entrance to the gasp of the villagers. Rin paid them little notice. It was unusual for a woman to dress in such a manner but she had no choice. Her journey would be far too treacherous as it was; the last thing she needed to worry about was being raped. Plus shed get her answers easier as a young boy looking for his aniki than she would a woman.
Rin headed out of the village never looking back.
End Flash Back
Whether her brother was dead or alive Rin still had no answer to this question and it had been six years since he had left and three years since she had began to search for him. During her journey she had happened onto this village. At first the locals were ecstatic that the handsome young man had wondered in. Especially the young girls. They had become quite smitten with the young man until Rin revealed that in fact she was not a he but a she on a quest.
Rin chuckled as she thought back to their expressions. Rin explained her story to the village elder. Reluctantly he allowed her to stay on the condition that while she stayed she would abandon her male clothing and leave her Katana in his care. Rin agreed . Chouko and her daughter Bikki had been the only ones to invite her into their home.
Rin looked over to the brown haired girl next to her. Bikki was two years older than Rin but looking at her petite frame you wouldn't have thought that. Rin had often teased her about blowing away in the wind. Bikki looked up at Rin a soft smile touching her mouth.
"It is close to quitting time." She said winking at Rin "Are you going to the lake again today?"
"No" Rin answered quickly avoiding the girl gaze. She hated to lie but she needed to search for the yukai and that she would need to do alone.
"Too Bad. I was going to go with you. I guess I' go to the hot spring and soak my aching joints" the girl said jokingly.
"I can go for that" Rin said sending the girl a smile as she gave chase.
Sesshomaru walked through the forest at a lazy pace. He had met with his uncle earlier that morning and had received his new assignment. It seemed that Lord Hanta's older daughter Anjera would be joining her father and sister at the castle.
Sesshomaru would usually not question his assignments but this one had come as a surprise. After escorting was not his line of work that job usually fell to Miyohiko since he was the youngest and least experienced of the three. They are up to something Sesshomaru thought and he was quite sure he new what.
They were trying to marry the bitch off to him. I'll have to worry about that later he thought as he came to a halt in front of a mound of soil with a huge white stone jutting out. On the stone crudely engraved was the word honor.
Sesshomaru stared at the make shift grave. It belonged to a young soldier he had faced in battle three years earlier. He had admired the human bravery but what stood out most in Sesshomaru's mind was his willingness to die for Honor. Sesshomaru extended his hand straitening the sword that was stabbed into the soil. He caressed the feather that hung from its handle.
"Honor is everything" he said before turning and heading further into the forest.
Rin walked out of the forest into the open field. She had gone to the hot sprigs with Bikki and had lost track of time. She looked up into the evening sky her hand shielding her eyes. It was already late in the evening she thought. The sun had already begun its descent into the western sky.
She let her eyes scan across the landscape once more before sighing defeat. If the yukai had returned to day surely he had left by now. Rin turned and headed back into the forest. Just as she passed beneath the branch of the large cherry tree (couldn't think of a tree Gomen-nasai ^ ^) a small voice told her to look up. As she did her gaze was met by two golden eyes glaring back at her.
The yukai stared at his face blank.
That wench again Sesshomaru thought narrowing his eyes slightly.
"It's you!" Rin voiced in and excited tone, revealing more information than she had intended. "I was hoping I would see you again" She said leaning her body into the trunk of the large tree while staring up at the yukai.
She is beautiful he thought as he took in her delicate features. Had she been a yukai female he would not have restrained himself but at last she was not..
"Nani?" he questioned looking at he suspiciously
"Well I wanted to say arigato, for saving me on yesterday"
Sesshomaru turned his gaze to the lake once more as he folded his arms behind his head and closed his eyes.
"You've thanked me wench, now leave while I am feeling merciful" He said coldly
Rin stood stunned by his coldness but what had she expected he was a yukai. Although it was obvious he was irritated by her presence she couldn't resist asking the question that had plagued her since she had first seen him.
"Are you still here human he growled holding his position on the branch of the cherry tree.
"Ah -yes" Rin answered in a timid voice. "well you see I need to ask you one question" She paused a moment watching for sudden movement from him that would signal she needed to make a run for her life but none came.
He just sat their as if oblivious to her presence. Rin inhaled deeply and than exhaled.
"Will you tell me your name? I would at least like to know the name of the one who saved me."
Sesshomaru opened his eyes letting then settle on her. He stared at her his face vacant as normal.
Rin stared on as his mouth began to move. 'This is it!" She thought "finally a name to go with the face of my white knight" she smiled looking like a giddy school girl.
"Has anyone every told you that you talk too much? He began "If I wanted idle chatter I most certainly would not seek it from the likes of you." He said frostily as he repositioned himself against the tree closing his eyes once more.
Rin stood there like a statue. Her mouth half open her image of her white knight shot to hell. He had to be one of the rudest sons of a bitch (literally) she had ever encountered. Rin moved away from the base of the tree her gaze still fixed on the yukai.
Looking at him sit there with his smug expression irritated the hell out of her. Rin reached down gathering a larger amount of black soil in her hand.
"Hey YOU did anyone ever tell YOU you're a rude BASTARD" she barked striking the yukai with a nice sized dirt ball.
Sesshomaru's eyes popped open. He was sure he had been mistaken. She most definitely had not done what he thought she had. He let his eyes roam down the front of his white haori. Just as his eyes made contact with the glob of black dirt he was struck again on the side of his face.
"Nani!" Sesshomaru shouted as he quickly moved to a standing position on the branch.
"Uh-oh!" Rin exclaimed as she paused mid assault. "I'd better get the hell out of here."
Sesshomaru tried wiping the damp soil off of the white material but the only thing he managed to do was smear it making the stain larger and darker in color.
"I'm going to kill that wench" He growled as he stared at the empty spot where she had been standing. "You won't get away" he said sniffing the air for her scent.
Rin ran as fast as her legs would carry her. Everything had gone horribly wrong. The only thing she had wanted to do was thank the cold hearted bastard instead she had wound up pelting him with dirt balls.
Rin stopped sharply as a flash of white passed in front of her. "He's caught up to me already" she thought as she swallowed hard. I she had had her katana with her she may have had a chance but as luck would have it she did not.
Rin caught sight of him as he moved through brush to the right of her. She pressed her back against the trunk of the cherry tree and began to slide her molded body to the left. Her action was cut short as her left shoulder made contact with a figure standing directly next to her.
"Please don't let this be who I think it is" she thought as she let her eyes make contact with the figure. Sesshomaru stood scowling at her.
Rin glared at the haori stained with mud she'd thrown but obviously he'd smeared. Rin began to laugh much to the befuddlement of the yukai.
GO MEN NA SAI she said collecting some of the remaining mud and smearing it on his face. Sesshomaru clamped his hand around her intruding wrist. He moved in front of her so that her body was caged between his body and the tree. He propped his free and on the tree as he stared at her in confusion.
She is about to die and she is laughing. "Does this amuse you wench? Does it?" While his expression was void his voice revealed his true emotions. His hand he had previously placed on the tree trunk began to glow. Suddenly smoke began to rise of off the trees bark. Rin stopped her laughter as she turned her head slightly to see where the smoke was coming from.
"Humph, your not laughing now are you wench?" He said mockingly.
"Gonmen-nasai" Rin said in a low voice.
Sesshomaru paused looking at the girl. Her beautiful smile had withered and a frown had taken its place. He almost hated having interrupted her but he could not allow this type of behavior from human or anyone else. She would have to be punished he thought as his eyes settled on the girl mouth. For the first time he realized just hot close he was to her.
"The yukai swallowed hard as the urge to claim her mouth began to rise. I will have to teach you a lesson" he said his face so close to hers their breathing had become one.
"Hai" Rin responded in a low voice. She had never felt anything like this before. Heart beat quickened in her chest as unleashed her wrist moving his clawed thumb and trailing it across her bottom lip.
"I can't let you get away with this" Sesshomaru began trying to sound assertive but he was failing miserably. Last night all he head thought about was this woman and now here she was in front of him for the taking. He could feel his length getting hard as thoughts of what he wanted to do to her ran through his mind.
Rin had felt it press against her thigh. She had heard the women gossip about them but she had never seen one herself. Now curiosity was getting the best of her. She wanted to know she had to see for herself. It was obvious he wanted it as bad as she did.
"How can I make it up to you?" Rin questioned moving her hand down to the front of his pants and grabbing his cock between her fingers. Slowly her hands began to pump up and down on his length. . She looked up at him his eyes were close as he took in her sweet assault. Sesshomaru opened his eyes letting them lock with hers. He had to taste her he thought or he would go mad.
She was aroused he had sensed it the moment she had taken him in her hands. He leaned in letting his mouth claim hers gently as he slid his left hand beneath her Kimono. Rin adjusted her leg so that he could have unobstructed access.
Slowly he let his clawed finger message her nub. Rin moaned as his index finger began to move around on the sensitive area. He deepened their kiss as her hand moved from the outside of his pants to the inside. Rin gripped him giving a gentle tug that caused him to moan.
He trailed his kiss from her mouth to her jaw line, to her neck letting his tongue caress the sensitive spot right below her ear. Slowly his mouth moved working on that spot as his finger moved feverishly against her nub. Rin arched her body close to his. She wanted to be as close as she could to him.
"What am I doing?" Sesshomaru thought as he pushed himself away from the girl
"Is something wrong Rin questioned a hurt expression on her face. Have I offended you in some way?"
Sesshomaru stared at the girl. It was obvious his abrupt behavior had hurt her yet there was nothing he could do to change that. H e could not make and error of this nature. She was a human. How he had allowed the situation to get out of hand was beyond him but it would not happen again.
"Suman" he said before turning and walking off into the forest.
Rin stared out the yukai as he disappeared into the forest. He had wanted her to hadn't he? Or had she forced herself to feel something that wasn't there.?
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Before Love Honor
By. Animechick262003
Chapter Two
Close Encounters
Sesshomaru awoke to the sounds of knocking at his chamber door.
"What do you want Miyohiko?"
"How'd you ever guess it was me my dear cousin?" A young mans voice came as medium build yukai entered into the room.
"Who in the hell else would be prowling about this time of morning." Sesshomaru barked moving his nude frame to a standing position.
"Hey-hey..put this on." The Yukai said as he picked up a discarded robe tossing it to Sesshomaru. "Damn you could warn people before you just hop up flashing."
"Serves you right baka" Sesshomaru barked as he turned to face the younger yukai. Sesshomaru stared at the yukai a moment. He wasn't quite as pale as Sesshomaru. He had blue eyes with matching blue hair that was accented with a single silver braid. He did not bare the same facial marking as Sesshomaru an Itaru instead, he had a single blue stripe on either side of his neck that met at his collar bone. He was handsome by most standards.
"oooh...Grouchy aren't we. Sounds like someone didn't get their rest last night" the yukai said in a taunting voice. For your information, I wasn't prowling. I've just returned from patrolling the borders."
"Really, it took all night?" Sesshomaru said glaring at Miyohiko.
"Well that and the fact I ran into quite the tasty female wolf yukai" The boy responded as a smile took its place on his lips.
"Just as I suspected. You Hentai." Sesshomaru said as he passed through his chamber door Miyohiko giving chase.
"Hey I resent that. I prefer sexually Inquisitive."
"Inquisitive?" Sesshomaru questioned "How many inquiries have you made thus far?"
"Ha!" Miyohiko retorted "You are one too talk Sesshomaru. After all your Inquiries are legendary."
"Baka!" Sesshomaru said his voice light with amusement. "What do you know of as you call them, my inquiries?"
"Plenty" Miyohiko stated stopping sharply and leaning his frame against the wall.
"Oh?" Sesshomaru questioned stopping and turning to face the yukai.
"I know you yourself did not sleep alone last night. You spent the evening with a certain blonde haired female."
"You know nothing." Sesshomaru responded turning and continuing on his path.
"Oh I know as a matter of fact I am sure of it. You were with Yuri last night."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Hell, Itaru's expression this morning when I arrived told me all I needed to know. Come on Sess. I am right, aren't I? Itaru has wanted Yuri for forever and you nailed her in one night. He was so pissed." Miyohiko exclaimed "Details man, have you ever heard of them? I need them, now. Tell me were those perky mounds as soft as they looked. Didn't you just want to return to infancy looking at those beautiful hills?" The young yukai questioned closing his eyes as if imagining the scene.
"How soft or unsoft her mounds were, is the least of your worries" Sesshomaru began as he sent the younger yukai a serious glare before entering into the bath house.
Miyohiko leaned his frame against the bath house door folding his arms a grin firmly etched on his lips.
"I've thought about what you said Sess, but I don't believe Itaru would ever try to harm me. I mean he's a cold insensitive dick, but that's just Itaru. He's the same Itaru we've always known."
"Precisely Sesshomaru interjected as he slid his body into the warm water. "Itaru is the same shameless, worthless parasite he always has been, and he has no honor."
"That's a bit harsh coming from even you Sess"
"Miyohiko, all I am saying is, don't underestimate him."
"Yeah-Yeah I understand" the yukai said waving his hands as if dismissing the issue.
"Now back to those perky mounds"
"Miyohiko!!" Sesshomaru called in a warning voice.
"All Right-All Right. I am leaving. By the way father wishes to see us after breakfast. Oh and Sess, I'll expect details" the yukai laughed as he left the bath area.
Sesshomaru sat shaking his head. Miyohiko had been one of the first people he had ever let get close to him. He was like a kid brother even though Sesshomaru would never admit it. Even so the boy had a gentle nature, and he was far too trusting Sesshomaru thought. If he didn't change, it could prove his down fall.
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Rin worked feverishly in the rice fields. She'd gotten up extra early hoping to finish her chores a few hours earlier. Than maybe she could slip away and head for the lake and just maybe she would see that mysterious yukai once more.
She could feel her face heat up as the image of the angelic stranger played through her mind. She had to see him once more, at least to get the name of the one who saved her. Still she had to be careful. Last thing she needed was trouble and she surely didn't want to cause trouble for Chouko or her daughter Bikki.
After all they had been kind in welcoming her into their home three months earlier. She had traveled three long years inquiring of her brother. Never staying in one place more than a day so, when they offered she had welcomed the break.
Rin thought back to the events that had found her in her current situation.
Flash Back
It had all started six years earlier. Her brother had been trained by their father a noted samurai in the art of swordsmanship. Both she and her brother trained but soon her brother surpassed her in his abilities. When their father had fallen ill suddenly and died, her brother had taken to using his skill with a blade to earn money for them.
As his skills improved so did hi reputation. Her mother had feared for his safety and had pleaded for him to take a quiet life as a farmer but he had refused. Honor was the key to power and wealth he would always tell her.
Finally her fears were confirmed when Daijiro was summoned to lord Fujimaro's. It seemed the lord had some dangerous enemies who desired his life. So Lord Fujimaro summoned the strongest swordsmen within his area to join his army.
Daijiro had been happy when he was called to service. "It was a chance to further his reputation. To gain and honor and possibly wealth. Both Rin and her mother stood in the huts doorway watching the young man load his mount. He wore black haori and hakama. His brown hair was swept up into a high pony tail
Daijiro tossed the last of his belongings across his shoulder before turning to face Rin and their mother. He walked over to the older woman who had begun a slow sob hugging her before turning to Rin.
"Rin" he began as he clutched her chin in his hand "I need you to take care of mom until I return."
He reached into the folds of his clothing withdrawing two feathers. "Here" he began as he gave Rin one of the feathers. "This one is yours and this one is mine" he said turning and securing the feather to the handle (if there is a more appropriate name I don't know it) of his sword before facing her once more.
"If ever you need me close your eyes and wish on this feather and I will be here for you."
"You will return Daijiro, wont you?" Rin questioned with a sad expression.
The young boy smiled at her his brown eyes a glow. "I promise I will" he said hugging Rin. The boy broke their contact. He mounted his horse and stared at them for a moment before riding away.
Dijiro maintained contact through letters. He kept them posted on his well being. After only the first year he had risen to head of the castle guards. Rin remembered reading the letter to her mother. Daijiro had sound so happy.
My Beloved Okaasan and sister,
I have some good news. It seems that Lord Fujimaro is extremely impressed with my performance. He has asked me to head the castle guards. I am so excited as it is I will now earn enough money to move you close to me. I have already picked you out a home. Okaasan, you will never have to worry about money again. You can finally rest instead of working hard for nothing.
Little sister here is a hug from your aniki. I am sure you have grown a lot since I last saw you. I know the village boys are circling the hut. Tell them your aniki says to stay away. I promised otousan that I would always care for you and Okaasan, and I will.
I will see you both in three weeks time. Until then take care of yourselves.
Love your Son and aniki Daijiro Rin had been so happy. Finally she would see her aniki after two long years. Three weeks came and went with no word or sign of him. Two months too the day of his last letter Rin was awakened by her mother.
The older woman knelt beside Rin's futon. Her face was soaked with tears. Her dark brown eyes were swollen and outlined in purple.
"Okaasan? What is wrong?" Rin questioned moving to a sitting position.
"He-He's dead" the woman spoke her voice barely audible.
"Nani? Who is dead?" Rin questioned puzzled over her mothers strange behavior.
The woman just sat shaking
"Okaasan,who is dead? Rin stopped short as the revelation of whom her mother had meant sunk in.
"Daijiro! Okaasan are you saying Daijiro is dead?" The older woman silently shook her head yes.
"Who told you this? Okaasan, answer me. Who told you this?"
"I saw it in a dream" the older woman began "he was laying on the bed of the forest. Blood pooled around him and he-he wasn't breathing, he wasn't breathing" the woman's voice broke off as a sob ensued.
Rin sighed a little relieved it had been a dream. Her mother had been known to over react sometimes. This had to be one of those occasions right. Daijiro was probably away on business for lord Fujimaro and couldn't contact them right then but he would contact them. He always did.
Rin sat in silence embracing her mother. The dream had seemed painfully real to the older woman, and there was nothing she could do to convince her otherwise. It was shortly after this time that her mother began to waste away. Physician after physician had been called to diagnose her condition but all had fell.
Rin new all to well what ailed her mother, a broken heart. She could not fathom what her mother had witnessed that night she could only pray to kami that her brother retuned soon. On her fifteenth Birthday Rin had been working in the rice fields when she was called to the hut both she and her mother shared.
Rin hurried as fast as her legs would carry her. She rushed through the huts entrance to find three village women gathered around her mother. All three turned to her simultaneously. Rin immediately knew what their expression meant. Her worst fears were coming to pass. In a matter of minutes she would be completely alone in the world.
Rin walked over to her mother kneeling beside her.
"Rin" the woman voiced weakly as she grasped the girl's hand between her own. "Gomen-nasai"
"Kaasan!" Rin cried as she laid her head on her mother chest. "I will find Daijiro and if I should find that he is truly dead, I will kill the one who extinguished his flame." She exclaimed as her mother chest rose and fell for the last time.
Two days passed. Without warning and through events out of her control Rin found herself completely alone. Two of the village women had offered to take her in but she had declined. She had made a promise to her mother on her death bed to find out the truth about her brother and if necessary destroy the one who destroyed their lives.
On the third day Rin readied herself for her journey. She dressed in one of her brother's hakama and haori. The clothing had been too large for her petite frame, but with the right alterations they fit her nicely. She abandoned her signature single ebony braid and replaced it with a high set pony tail. Lastly she attached the sword that had once belonged to her father at her waist.
Rin turned to face the huts exit it was now or never. She exited through the entrance to the gasp of the villagers. Rin paid them little notice. It was unusual for a woman to dress in such a manner but she had no choice. Her journey would be far too treacherous as it was; the last thing she needed to worry about was being raped. Plus shed get her answers easier as a young boy looking for his aniki than she would a woman.
Rin headed out of the village never looking back.
End Flash Back
Whether her brother was dead or alive Rin still had no answer to this question and it had been six years since he had left and three years since she had began to search for him. During her journey she had happened onto this village. At first the locals were ecstatic that the handsome young man had wondered in. Especially the young girls. They had become quite smitten with the young man until Rin revealed that in fact she was not a he but a she on a quest.
Rin chuckled as she thought back to their expressions. Rin explained her story to the village elder. Reluctantly he allowed her to stay on the condition that while she stayed she would abandon her male clothing and leave her Katana in his care. Rin agreed . Chouko and her daughter Bikki had been the only ones to invite her into their home.
Rin looked over to the brown haired girl next to her. Bikki was two years older than Rin but looking at her petite frame you wouldn't have thought that. Rin had often teased her about blowing away in the wind. Bikki looked up at Rin a soft smile touching her mouth.
"It is close to quitting time." She said winking at Rin "Are you going to the lake again today?"
"No" Rin answered quickly avoiding the girl gaze. She hated to lie but she needed to search for the yukai and that she would need to do alone.
"Too Bad. I was going to go with you. I guess I' go to the hot spring and soak my aching joints" the girl said jokingly.
"I can go for that" Rin said sending the girl a smile as she gave chase.
Sesshomaru walked through the forest at a lazy pace. He had met with his uncle earlier that morning and had received his new assignment. It seemed that Lord Hanta's older daughter Anjera would be joining her father and sister at the castle.
Sesshomaru would usually not question his assignments but this one had come as a surprise. After escorting was not his line of work that job usually fell to Miyohiko since he was the youngest and least experienced of the three. They are up to something Sesshomaru thought and he was quite sure he new what.
They were trying to marry the bitch off to him. I'll have to worry about that later he thought as he came to a halt in front of a mound of soil with a huge white stone jutting out. On the stone crudely engraved was the word honor.
Sesshomaru stared at the make shift grave. It belonged to a young soldier he had faced in battle three years earlier. He had admired the human bravery but what stood out most in Sesshomaru's mind was his willingness to die for Honor. Sesshomaru extended his hand straitening the sword that was stabbed into the soil. He caressed the feather that hung from its handle.
"Honor is everything" he said before turning and heading further into the forest.
Rin walked out of the forest into the open field. She had gone to the hot sprigs with Bikki and had lost track of time. She looked up into the evening sky her hand shielding her eyes. It was already late in the evening she thought. The sun had already begun its descent into the western sky.
She let her eyes scan across the landscape once more before sighing defeat. If the yukai had returned to day surely he had left by now. Rin turned and headed back into the forest. Just as she passed beneath the branch of the large cherry tree (couldn't think of a tree Gomen-nasai ^ ^) a small voice told her to look up. As she did her gaze was met by two golden eyes glaring back at her.
The yukai stared at his face blank.
That wench again Sesshomaru thought narrowing his eyes slightly.
"It's you!" Rin voiced in and excited tone, revealing more information than she had intended. "I was hoping I would see you again" She said leaning her body into the trunk of the large tree while staring up at the yukai.
She is beautiful he thought as he took in her delicate features. Had she been a yukai female he would not have restrained himself but at last she was not..
"Nani?" he questioned looking at he suspiciously
"Well I wanted to say arigato, for saving me on yesterday"
Sesshomaru turned his gaze to the lake once more as he folded his arms behind his head and closed his eyes.
"You've thanked me wench, now leave while I am feeling merciful" He said coldly
Rin stood stunned by his coldness but what had she expected he was a yukai. Although it was obvious he was irritated by her presence she couldn't resist asking the question that had plagued her since she had first seen him.
"Are you still here human he growled holding his position on the branch of the cherry tree.
"Ah -yes" Rin answered in a timid voice. "well you see I need to ask you one question" She paused a moment watching for sudden movement from him that would signal she needed to make a run for her life but none came.
He just sat their as if oblivious to her presence. Rin inhaled deeply and than exhaled.
"Will you tell me your name? I would at least like to know the name of the one who saved me."
Sesshomaru opened his eyes letting then settle on her. He stared at her his face vacant as normal.
Rin stared on as his mouth began to move. 'This is it!" She thought "finally a name to go with the face of my white knight" she smiled looking like a giddy school girl.
"Has anyone every told you that you talk too much? He began "If I wanted idle chatter I most certainly would not seek it from the likes of you." He said frostily as he repositioned himself against the tree closing his eyes once more.
Rin stood there like a statue. Her mouth half open her image of her white knight shot to hell. He had to be one of the rudest sons of a bitch (literally) she had ever encountered. Rin moved away from the base of the tree her gaze still fixed on the yukai.
Looking at him sit there with his smug expression irritated the hell out of her. Rin reached down gathering a larger amount of black soil in her hand.
"Hey YOU did anyone ever tell YOU you're a rude BASTARD" she barked striking the yukai with a nice sized dirt ball.
Sesshomaru's eyes popped open. He was sure he had been mistaken. She most definitely had not done what he thought she had. He let his eyes roam down the front of his white haori. Just as his eyes made contact with the glob of black dirt he was struck again on the side of his face.
"Nani!" Sesshomaru shouted as he quickly moved to a standing position on the branch.
"Uh-oh!" Rin exclaimed as she paused mid assault. "I'd better get the hell out of here."
Sesshomaru tried wiping the damp soil off of the white material but the only thing he managed to do was smear it making the stain larger and darker in color.
"I'm going to kill that wench" He growled as he stared at the empty spot where she had been standing. "You won't get away" he said sniffing the air for her scent.
Rin ran as fast as her legs would carry her. Everything had gone horribly wrong. The only thing she had wanted to do was thank the cold hearted bastard instead she had wound up pelting him with dirt balls.
Rin stopped sharply as a flash of white passed in front of her. "He's caught up to me already" she thought as she swallowed hard. I she had had her katana with her she may have had a chance but as luck would have it she did not.
Rin caught sight of him as he moved through brush to the right of her. She pressed her back against the trunk of the cherry tree and began to slide her molded body to the left. Her action was cut short as her left shoulder made contact with a figure standing directly next to her.
"Please don't let this be who I think it is" she thought as she let her eyes make contact with the figure. Sesshomaru stood scowling at her.
Rin glared at the haori stained with mud she'd thrown but obviously he'd smeared. Rin began to laugh much to the befuddlement of the yukai.
GO MEN NA SAI she said collecting some of the remaining mud and smearing it on his face. Sesshomaru clamped his hand around her intruding wrist. He moved in front of her so that her body was caged between his body and the tree. He propped his free and on the tree as he stared at her in confusion.
She is about to die and she is laughing. "Does this amuse you wench? Does it?" While his expression was void his voice revealed his true emotions. His hand he had previously placed on the tree trunk began to glow. Suddenly smoke began to rise of off the trees bark. Rin stopped her laughter as she turned her head slightly to see where the smoke was coming from.
"Humph, your not laughing now are you wench?" He said mockingly.
"Gonmen-nasai" Rin said in a low voice.
Sesshomaru paused looking at the girl. Her beautiful smile had withered and a frown had taken its place. He almost hated having interrupted her but he could not allow this type of behavior from human or anyone else. She would have to be punished he thought as his eyes settled on the girl mouth. For the first time he realized just hot close he was to her.
"The yukai swallowed hard as the urge to claim her mouth began to rise. I will have to teach you a lesson" he said his face so close to hers their breathing had become one.
"Hai" Rin responded in a low voice. She had never felt anything like this before. Heart beat quickened in her chest as unleashed her wrist moving his clawed thumb and trailing it across her bottom lip.
"I can't let you get away with this" Sesshomaru began trying to sound assertive but he was failing miserably. Last night all he head thought about was this woman and now here she was in front of him for the taking. He could feel his length getting hard as thoughts of what he wanted to do to her ran through his mind.
Rin had felt it press against her thigh. She had heard the women gossip about them but she had never seen one herself. Now curiosity was getting the best of her. She wanted to know she had to see for herself. It was obvious he wanted it as bad as she did.
"How can I make it up to you?" Rin questioned moving her hand down to the front of his pants and grabbing his cock between her fingers. Slowly her hands began to pump up and down on his length. . She looked up at him his eyes were close as he took in her sweet assault. Sesshomaru opened his eyes letting them lock with hers. He had to taste her he thought or he would go mad.
She was aroused he had sensed it the moment she had taken him in her hands. He leaned in letting his mouth claim hers gently as he slid his left hand beneath her Kimono. Rin adjusted her leg so that he could have unobstructed access.
Slowly he let his clawed finger message her nub. Rin moaned as his index finger began to move around on the sensitive area. He deepened their kiss as her hand moved from the outside of his pants to the inside. Rin gripped him giving a gentle tug that caused him to moan.
He trailed his kiss from her mouth to her jaw line, to her neck letting his tongue caress the sensitive spot right below her ear. Slowly his mouth moved working on that spot as his finger moved feverishly against her nub. Rin arched her body close to his. She wanted to be as close as she could to him.
"What am I doing?" Sesshomaru thought as he pushed himself away from the girl
"Is something wrong Rin questioned a hurt expression on her face. Have I offended you in some way?"
Sesshomaru stared at the girl. It was obvious his abrupt behavior had hurt her yet there was nothing he could do to change that. H e could not make and error of this nature. She was a human. How he had allowed the situation to get out of hand was beyond him but it would not happen again.
"Suman" he said before turning and walking off into the forest.
Rin stared out the yukai as he disappeared into the forest. He had wanted her to hadn't he? Or had she forced herself to feel something that wasn't there.?
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