Disclaimer: Sadly enough I still haven't managed to get my evil little fingers on it yet…Pity, I did so want to torture the characters…
Dedicated to Virgo911star and Coconutrat.
The demon lord looked up, though he was careful to still watch Rin, as his name was carried on the wind. He immediately recognized the voice of the wind sorceress Kagura.
Sesshoumaru would have at least tried to free her from Naraku's evil grasp, but he knew his enemy would rather kill the demoness than let her escape. That would have destroyed the purpose of freeing her. What use to him was she if she were dead.
'She would be.' He reasoned to himself, but still felt compelled to help her.
He thought of the little girl she had briefly described to him using the wind. Kanna; She was the opposite of Rin though she had the potential to be a good playmate for the human he had adopted.
Kagura herself would make a good motherly figure if she chose to accept Rin. He in turn would consider Kanna his own.
Before any of this could happen, however, she must prove herself and defy Naraku. If she started it he would join her to destroy him. Surely she could find a way to survive against his attempts to kill her as she betrayed him. If not she would die and he alone would raise Rin and Kanna.
'When did I become this soft?' He wondered silently. His golden eyes flickered over to Rin and he inwardly smiled as the little girl danced around Jaken, throwing small flowers on the toad.
It was true, Sesshoumaru realized. Rin had gradually warmed his cold heart, though his pride wouldn't allow him to vocally admit this.
"Jaken." His voice drew the attention of both his small companions. "Look after Rin. I will return shortly."
His command made, Sesshoumaru walked out of the clearing they had stopped to rest in and gracefully leapt away, following the direction of the wind.
'You will be free.'