Ch.1. Dreams
"Sesshomaru don't let them take me I don't wanna leave!" Rin cried out to her demon guardian. Sesshomaru simply stood there.
"They're your family Rin; you belong with other humans like you." The silver haired demon replied. Rin's aunt picked her up and carried her away from the castle.
"It really is for the best that child will grow up half wild if left with you." Rin's uncle said.
Sesshomaru grabbed the man by his neck. "If I find out you have hurt her in any way I will send you to the gates of hell myself."
"Sesshomaru! Sesshomaru!" Rin continued to scream. Tears poured down the little girls face. Sesshomaru let go of the man.
"Be well Rin." He said, "I will not forget you." And he leapt on to the back of his dragon and flew back to his castle.
"No," her uncle said, "but she will forget you."
Rin sat up in her bed. The seventeen year old sighed. That old dream again she had had it every night for the past week. She could barely remember it when she woke. All she remembered was that she was crying, there was a castle in the distance and a man with silver hair. She couldn't remember his face but she could remember his hair. And his eyes, she remembered his eyes this time; they were golden. I've never remembered his eyes before. Rin thought.
"Rin!" it was her aunt, "time to get up you have chores to do!"
"Coming auntie!" Rin called back as she got up dressed and climbed down the ladder from the loft where she slept. Her family were farmers. She had lived with her aunt and uncle since she was seven and worked on their farm. She had no memories from before that. She was told she had lived with her parents until then and that they had been killed by a demon. She had been raised to hate demons but for some reason she found she couldn't.
"I had that dream again." She informed her aunt as she joined them down stairs.
"Oh? Did you remember anything else?" her aunt asked sounding half hopeful half fearful.
"Yes I remembered his eyes this time. They were golden more beautiful than any eyes I've ever seen!"
Her cousin, Sieko, laughed "it sounds as if Rin is in love!" he said.
Rin lunged for him but missed. He skipped outside all the while saying "Rin's got a shadow lover. Rin's got a shadow lover."
Rin sighed as she walked outside to do her chores. Later on that day she sat by a pool in the forest near her home pondering her dream. She leaned back against a tree trunk and soon fell asleep.
Young Rin sat in a field of wild flowers, picking one of every kind. "Lord Sesshomaru will love these," she said, not realizing that the stoic demon was not the type to like flowers. She hummed a simple tune to herself as she worked. Just as she finished Sesshomaru, along with his servant Jaken arrived. Rin stood up and ran to the tall demon. "Lord Sesshomaru, look what I've picked for you." The young girl said brightly. The demon took the bouquet of flowers with a forced smile.
"Thank you Rin." He said. "Now come, its getting late, we must return to the castle."
"Okay," Rin said and followed the demon lord back to his castle, amusing herself by pestering Jaken.
"Sesshomaru?" she asked when they had arrived back at his castle.
"Yes?" he replied looking down at her.
"Can I stay here with you forever?"
The demon regarded her seriously, "no, not forever Rin, you need other humans around, but you may stay fore a while longer."
Rin sighed; she didn't ever want to leave.
Rin awoke with a start. It wasn't the same dream but it had the man with golden eyes and silver hair in it. She remembered that much. She also remembered something new about the man. He had a blue crescent on his forehead.
"Silver hair, gold eyes, blue crescent." She said. "Why do these dreams feel more like memories?"
"Because they are." A new voice said.
"Sesshomaru don't let them take me I don't wanna leave!" Rin cried out to her demon guardian. Sesshomaru simply stood there.
"They're your family Rin; you belong with other humans like you." The silver haired demon replied. Rin's aunt picked her up and carried her away from the castle.
"It really is for the best that child will grow up half wild if left with you." Rin's uncle said.
Sesshomaru grabbed the man by his neck. "If I find out you have hurt her in any way I will send you to the gates of hell myself."
"Sesshomaru! Sesshomaru!" Rin continued to scream. Tears poured down the little girls face. Sesshomaru let go of the man.
"Be well Rin." He said, "I will not forget you." And he leapt on to the back of his dragon and flew back to his castle.
"No," her uncle said, "but she will forget you."
Rin sat up in her bed. The seventeen year old sighed. That old dream again she had had it every night for the past week. She could barely remember it when she woke. All she remembered was that she was crying, there was a castle in the distance and a man with silver hair. She couldn't remember his face but she could remember his hair. And his eyes, she remembered his eyes this time; they were golden. I've never remembered his eyes before. Rin thought.
"Rin!" it was her aunt, "time to get up you have chores to do!"
"Coming auntie!" Rin called back as she got up dressed and climbed down the ladder from the loft where she slept. Her family were farmers. She had lived with her aunt and uncle since she was seven and worked on their farm. She had no memories from before that. She was told she had lived with her parents until then and that they had been killed by a demon. She had been raised to hate demons but for some reason she found she couldn't.
"I had that dream again." She informed her aunt as she joined them down stairs.
"Oh? Did you remember anything else?" her aunt asked sounding half hopeful half fearful.
"Yes I remembered his eyes this time. They were golden more beautiful than any eyes I've ever seen!"
Her cousin, Sieko, laughed "it sounds as if Rin is in love!" he said.
Rin lunged for him but missed. He skipped outside all the while saying "Rin's got a shadow lover. Rin's got a shadow lover."
Rin sighed as she walked outside to do her chores. Later on that day she sat by a pool in the forest near her home pondering her dream. She leaned back against a tree trunk and soon fell asleep.
Young Rin sat in a field of wild flowers, picking one of every kind. "Lord Sesshomaru will love these," she said, not realizing that the stoic demon was not the type to like flowers. She hummed a simple tune to herself as she worked. Just as she finished Sesshomaru, along with his servant Jaken arrived. Rin stood up and ran to the tall demon. "Lord Sesshomaru, look what I've picked for you." The young girl said brightly. The demon took the bouquet of flowers with a forced smile.
"Thank you Rin." He said. "Now come, its getting late, we must return to the castle."
"Okay," Rin said and followed the demon lord back to his castle, amusing herself by pestering Jaken.
"Sesshomaru?" she asked when they had arrived back at his castle.
"Yes?" he replied looking down at her.
"Can I stay here with you forever?"
The demon regarded her seriously, "no, not forever Rin, you need other humans around, but you may stay fore a while longer."
Rin sighed; she didn't ever want to leave.
Rin awoke with a start. It wasn't the same dream but it had the man with golden eyes and silver hair in it. She remembered that much. She also remembered something new about the man. He had a blue crescent on his forehead.
"Silver hair, gold eyes, blue crescent." She said. "Why do these dreams feel more like memories?"
"Because they are." A new voice said.