A/N: I just wanted to let you all know that I am a lazy butt. I did not
update for over a week. I vow to change.
Sesshomaru: Jade, you can't change.
ToJ: What? I know I can!
Sesshomaru: No. You are incapable of being organized and clear.
ToJ: you better hope I let you be happy in this fic, Fluffy.
Sesshomaru: Sigh, ::rubs temples:: Stupid human, if I ever get out of this little glass box, you are dead. You don't own me! No one owns me!
ToJ: ::Sighs wistfully:: Yeah. I know. Don't remind me. Remind them ::points at readers::
Patience Chapter Two: Dreamings
Rin patiently looked up at the sky. The stars shone brightly into the dark night. The warm wind whispered of summer and smelled of cedar. No, wait. That was Sesshomaru's smell, earthy and warm. The Festival of the Dog Star was fast approaching. In three nights time all the Inuyoukai would gather at the den of the Western Lands for one of the greatest festivals known to youkai. Rin sighed, "And I'll be one of the only humans there, again."
Rin remembered the first time Sesshomaru ever took her to the festival. It had been in the first year she had spent with him, before the demise of Naraku and before he and his brother, Inuyasha, had reconciled. True, there were still some hostile feelings between the two, but at least they didn't try to kill each other anymore.
She had been a little girl when she had met his mate Kagome, but now they were good friends. Kagome was like an older sister to Rin. Rin smiled, "At least Kagome will be there. Then I won't be so alone when Sesshomaru goes off to officiate."
Every year Sesshomaru, as Lord of the Western Lands and head of the canine youkai Daimyos, officiated the important events of the festival. When Rin was little, he had let her stand by him when he opened the festival and the multiple feasts that were a part of the whole ordeal. Ever since she had turned fourteen she had been relegated to the back of the crowd with Kagome and the rest of the humans of the Inuyasha's pack. Now, at the age of seventeen, she sat restlessly thinking on how she could get back to the front with Sesshomaru.
"Lord Sesshomaru-sama?"
"Yes, Rin?"
Rin looked over at him sitting next to her under the tree and gauged his reception of her words carefully. "May I stand by you this year, Lord Sesshomaru-sama?" Her heart beat rapidly in anticipation.
Sesshomaru looked directly at her. "Rin, we've been through this before. No. You are not youkai, nor are you mated to any youkai here. You have no place in the ceremonies." He watched as her face fell. His heart twisted in agony, hating to see her sad countenance. She pouted. He hated that. Her eyes began to water. No, no crying! He couldn't stand it when Rin cried. 'I am getting so soft.' Sesshomaru raised his left hand, yes his LEFT hand, to rub his temple. "Rin, do you really want to be part of the ceremonies?"
Rin perked up and sat forward, "Oh yes! Yes I do Sesshomaru-sama!" She had not known she could do something to change her position other than beg Sesshomaru to let her stand. She watched as Sesshomaru frowned and rubbed his temples with both hands. She looked at his left hand. It almost perfectly matched his right. She had gone through to get that arm for him, and she was glad because that was the sign that she was winning. The two- hands-rub-the–temples-Sesshy-hates-crying sign. Kagome sometimes said that some demon nature had rubbed off on her. "Heee."
Sesshomaru watched the smiling girl warily. "What do you mean, 'Heee'? I don't like that sound. Rin?"
"Yes, Sesshomaru-sama?"
"You can stand by me if you are mated within the year to someone in a canine pack. Tell me, Rin, What are the Canine Packs?"
Rin began, "The seven Youkai Canine Packs begin with the bear, fox, and Wolf." Rin frowned, "Sesshomaru-sama, do I have to?"
Sesshomaru scowled, "You are not a pup. Do not whine. Finish it."
Sigh. "The four Inuyoukai groups consist of, from least to greatest, the brown, the spotted, the grey, and, greatest of all, the White. There." Rin looked up to see Sesshomaru smiling down at her.
"Very good, Rin. Now, if you want to assist in the ceremonies next year..."
"Awww!"
"You will mate a youkai from one of those groups. Preferably a White." Sesshomaru fell silent. 'And preferably me.'
Rin saw Sesshomaru's eyes flare for a brief moment. "Why a White, Sesshomaru-sama?" Secretly she hoped he wanted to keep her close to him. She never wanted to leave him. "Sesshomaru-sama?"
"Go to sleep Rin."
"Hai, Sesshomaru-sama."
Rin scooted closer to Sesshomaru and snuggled into the pelt that signified his rank, seeking the warmth that Sesshomaru gave off. Sesshomaru wrapped his arm around the young human girl and tucked her head under his chin, ignoring the fact that this was how a male Inuyoukai protected his mate while she slept.
A/N: I just wanted to say thank you to Labyriana for being my ONE AND ONLY REVIEWER! Yay Labyriana! You get a prize! One Sesshomaru in a little glass box! All for you! Sesshomaru, look at Labyriana. She's your new mistress. Sesshomaru? Huh, where'd he go? Sorry, Labyriana. He got away. Well, I like you anyways, oh first reviewer! Well, in which case, Ja ne, every body, at least until the next installment of Patience.
Sesshomaru: Jade, you can't change.
ToJ: What? I know I can!
Sesshomaru: No. You are incapable of being organized and clear.
ToJ: you better hope I let you be happy in this fic, Fluffy.
Sesshomaru: Sigh, ::rubs temples:: Stupid human, if I ever get out of this little glass box, you are dead. You don't own me! No one owns me!
ToJ: ::Sighs wistfully:: Yeah. I know. Don't remind me. Remind them ::points at readers::
Patience Chapter Two: Dreamings
Rin patiently looked up at the sky. The stars shone brightly into the dark night. The warm wind whispered of summer and smelled of cedar. No, wait. That was Sesshomaru's smell, earthy and warm. The Festival of the Dog Star was fast approaching. In three nights time all the Inuyoukai would gather at the den of the Western Lands for one of the greatest festivals known to youkai. Rin sighed, "And I'll be one of the only humans there, again."
Rin remembered the first time Sesshomaru ever took her to the festival. It had been in the first year she had spent with him, before the demise of Naraku and before he and his brother, Inuyasha, had reconciled. True, there were still some hostile feelings between the two, but at least they didn't try to kill each other anymore.
She had been a little girl when she had met his mate Kagome, but now they were good friends. Kagome was like an older sister to Rin. Rin smiled, "At least Kagome will be there. Then I won't be so alone when Sesshomaru goes off to officiate."
Every year Sesshomaru, as Lord of the Western Lands and head of the canine youkai Daimyos, officiated the important events of the festival. When Rin was little, he had let her stand by him when he opened the festival and the multiple feasts that were a part of the whole ordeal. Ever since she had turned fourteen she had been relegated to the back of the crowd with Kagome and the rest of the humans of the Inuyasha's pack. Now, at the age of seventeen, she sat restlessly thinking on how she could get back to the front with Sesshomaru.
"Lord Sesshomaru-sama?"
"Yes, Rin?"
Rin looked over at him sitting next to her under the tree and gauged his reception of her words carefully. "May I stand by you this year, Lord Sesshomaru-sama?" Her heart beat rapidly in anticipation.
Sesshomaru looked directly at her. "Rin, we've been through this before. No. You are not youkai, nor are you mated to any youkai here. You have no place in the ceremonies." He watched as her face fell. His heart twisted in agony, hating to see her sad countenance. She pouted. He hated that. Her eyes began to water. No, no crying! He couldn't stand it when Rin cried. 'I am getting so soft.' Sesshomaru raised his left hand, yes his LEFT hand, to rub his temple. "Rin, do you really want to be part of the ceremonies?"
Rin perked up and sat forward, "Oh yes! Yes I do Sesshomaru-sama!" She had not known she could do something to change her position other than beg Sesshomaru to let her stand. She watched as Sesshomaru frowned and rubbed his temples with both hands. She looked at his left hand. It almost perfectly matched his right. She had gone through to get that arm for him, and she was glad because that was the sign that she was winning. The two- hands-rub-the–temples-Sesshy-hates-crying sign. Kagome sometimes said that some demon nature had rubbed off on her. "Heee."
Sesshomaru watched the smiling girl warily. "What do you mean, 'Heee'? I don't like that sound. Rin?"
"Yes, Sesshomaru-sama?"
"You can stand by me if you are mated within the year to someone in a canine pack. Tell me, Rin, What are the Canine Packs?"
Rin began, "The seven Youkai Canine Packs begin with the bear, fox, and Wolf." Rin frowned, "Sesshomaru-sama, do I have to?"
Sesshomaru scowled, "You are not a pup. Do not whine. Finish it."
Sigh. "The four Inuyoukai groups consist of, from least to greatest, the brown, the spotted, the grey, and, greatest of all, the White. There." Rin looked up to see Sesshomaru smiling down at her.
"Very good, Rin. Now, if you want to assist in the ceremonies next year..."
"Awww!"
"You will mate a youkai from one of those groups. Preferably a White." Sesshomaru fell silent. 'And preferably me.'
Rin saw Sesshomaru's eyes flare for a brief moment. "Why a White, Sesshomaru-sama?" Secretly she hoped he wanted to keep her close to him. She never wanted to leave him. "Sesshomaru-sama?"
"Go to sleep Rin."
"Hai, Sesshomaru-sama."
Rin scooted closer to Sesshomaru and snuggled into the pelt that signified his rank, seeking the warmth that Sesshomaru gave off. Sesshomaru wrapped his arm around the young human girl and tucked her head under his chin, ignoring the fact that this was how a male Inuyoukai protected his mate while she slept.
A/N: I just wanted to say thank you to Labyriana for being my ONE AND ONLY REVIEWER! Yay Labyriana! You get a prize! One Sesshomaru in a little glass box! All for you! Sesshomaru, look at Labyriana. She's your new mistress. Sesshomaru? Huh, where'd he go? Sorry, Labyriana. He got away. Well, I like you anyways, oh first reviewer! Well, in which case, Ja ne, every body, at least until the next installment of Patience.