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Loving the Demon

Ch. 2

By nightfall Rin collapsed beneath a tree while Shessomaru sat in its branches.

It was strange, but neither of them slept. Rin lay there, feeling sorrow. Shessomaru sat and tried not to think, or feel.

Myoga, however, slept like a baby.

Rin allowed herself to weep softly, and quietly.

Shessomaru heard her tears hit the ground, but he said nothing. 'What is wrong with me?' Shessomaru knew the answer, but he would never admit it. Not even to himself.

"Lord Shessomaru?" Rin said quietly. Like she was testing the water to see if it was safe.

"What is it?" Shessomaru tried not to sound as if he was too concerned, but the truth was he really did care.

"I was just thinking, any other girl at my age would be married and have a child by now. I think...maybe, now that I'm 18 I could...I mean..."

She couldn't say it, but Shessomaru knew what she was trying to say. 'She wants to leave' at least that's what Shessomaru thought.

"What? Do you feel as if I am keeping you here?" Shessomaru said in a cold tone.

For the first time that evening Rin looked up at him from where she sat at the bottom of the tree. Her eyes were full of tears. It broke his heart to see her that way, but what did she want from him.

"No, you never forced me to stay with you... I chose to stay." She gave him a sliver of a smile.

Shessomaru didn't say anything, he just thought of what she said. He was not human. He can't feel the things that humans feel, like love, or hate. He didn't feel...or so he thought.

"You're a very curious creature." That was all Shessomaru could say.

The smile disappeared from Rin's face, she stopped looking at Shessomaru.

"Is that all you think of me?" Rin's voice sounded broken.

"What do you mean?" Shessomaru didn't understand what she wanted to know by that question. Any sane person could see that she was human. And yet she thought he would think of her as something else. What was it that she wanted him to think her as?

"Never mind, I think I'm quite tired now, so I will sleep. Good night Lord Shessomaru." She leaned all the way back onto the trunk of the tree and let herself doze off.

"Good night, may your sleep be peaceful." That wasn't what he wanted to say, but that was what he had said.

The stars overhead dulled as the dark storm clouds formed into the sky. The moon seemed to cry out for Rin's broken heart. And yet, as she slept, she looked as beautiful as ever.

After Shessomaru was sure that Rin was asleep he went deep into the woods to think for himself. Something was bothering Rin, and he wanted to know what it was.

"What is it that troubles you Lord Shessomaru?" Myoga's annoying voice cut into the silence.

"It is no concern of your, little ingrate." Shessomaru's tone was cold and harsh.

"Is it the human girl? Has she said or done something to set your mind on such a winding path?" Myoga was quite serious at the moment.

"Rin could never cause me such anguish, or make me have to think of what she means with the words she has said."

Myoga gave a sly smile, "and yet, here you are, pondering her words."

Shessomaru glared at Myoga. Myoga gave a quiet laugh, but being cautious not to anger Lord Shessomaru.

Shessomaru knew that Myoga was right, but he wasn't willing to admit it to anyone but himself. He was curious, what had she meant? He was very close with Rin, but now everything was becoming so confusing. He didn't know what to do.

Maybe if Jaken were here, he would be able to figure this out. Ever since Jaken died, Shessomaru had been becoming more and more susceptible to these human emotions. Jaken would know what to do.

He hated to even think of it, but there was one other person that might be able to help him. The one person he knew that understood humans.

His brother.