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AN: I'm trying to make more regular updates so I hope you enjoy this.
Little Red Riding Rin
Chapter Five
Convictions And Control
Last Time –
Taking a small bow she walked off the platform and away from the crowd, towards him. He was smiling.
The two were well into the forest when he turned around and stared at her. He looked nervous she noted and she was just about to open her mouth to ask him why when she felt his lips cover hers.
Now –
Anything that might have forbidden them to even be friends was forgotten. The taboo that was this sudden leap in their relationship, became nonexistent. The only thing that mattered was the simple fact that his arms were warm and her lips soft. Shyly Rin pulled away, air having been drained from her lungs; she took a breath and looked up at him. His expression seemed unreadable, though there was a glimmer in his eyes that only she would have been able to see.
Once a very long time ago Sesshoumaru had questioned his father's decision to take a human mate. His answer was, at the time, one that he did not understand. Now though, the reasons which he was given were made perfectly clear.
"A demon who is lucky enough to be given a chance at love, even a second chance, will always know his mate when he sees her. When he holds her, that knowledge courses through your veins in the instant you kiss her. That is why I mated with the human Izayoi"
He acted differently around her, his whole persona made entirely different by the mere thought of her. The usual stoicism of himself, the way that he was indifferent…almost cruel…was changed. It made him think…
And If he hadn't considered it a second ago, the thought certain became solid within the confines of Sesshoumaru's mind. He wanted to take Rin for a mate. Rin, the newly 16 year old human for a mate, it went against all previous convictions yet felt so right that he knew he would.
Looking down into her eyes he cleared his throat and took her hands.
"Rin…I…"
"DEMON!"
Turning around the two caught the sight of the village men, all looking terrified and infuriated at the same time. Sesshoumaru growled but restricted his first instinct to kill them all in one fatal swoop. The question of how they found them in the depths of the forest risen in his mind though not quite at the forefront of the situation.
So there the two stood, hands clasped in each other's while the village men pointed their swords and pitchforks at the new couple.
Rin had never seen the peaceful men of her village so riled up, and she was admittedly scared when she took a few steps forward to try and reason with them. At that time, her own father snarled and lunged his pitchfork forward into Rin's stomach. Though, before it could go deep into her, Sesshoumaru snatched her away and broke the handle of it in half. He caught a glimpse of something glowing on the backs of all the men, but had no time to think about, as it was about that time when Rin called out his name and blacked out.
It was also at that time that Naraku, who held large portion of a crystal in his hands, turned it in his palm and murmured softly.
"Kill them."
And the villagers set out to obey.
AN: oO I've figured out the ending to this story and you're most likely going to hate me. OO Of course if you reviewed, I might be complied to reconsider.
