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Koi Otome
(Love of a young lady)
Chapter 3- Returning to the Western lands
A warm breeze came to Sesshoumaru's cheek and he slowly awoke under the large sakura tree. He opened his amber eyes and saw the graceful green field in front of him. He rose to his feet and replaced his haori. It had been a long time that he had not slept comfortably, in his own bed. How long did he was away from his lands? It had been already three seasons that he had left without any clue for his estate. It was already the summer.
His heart was again hurting. Even the time had not helped him to forget his lovely Rin. He had tried so hard, but she still always there in his heart. He had to look at her, to know what she was doing. To see her admiration toward him and to talk freely with her. They had never been separated so long since he had found her.
He walked into the green field and thought again about his graceful Rin. Sesshoumaru had not seen that people were watching him behind the trees. He had not even smelled their presence. He was there walking innocently in the opened field. His silver and long hair was moving with grace in the wind and his eyes were lost in thoughts.
An arrow passed a inch in front of Sesshoumaru and he stopped astounded there. He had never sense this arrow before seeing it. He could have been hurt. Who was this idiot enemy who misted him? How dare they were attacking the great lord Sesshoumaru? They surely wanted to die. He looked to his right and saw a little girl with a bow accompany by a woman who is surely her mother. Than he saw… this bastard…
"Inuyasha." He spitted between his teeth.
The happily family approached Sesshoumaru who was standing there like a statue. He was not really comfortable to speak with them but it had been a long time he had not seen his brother. That was the only reason he had stayed there. How long already? Since the defeat of Naraku. He had been quite some times. He looked to his niece.
She maybe was looking to her mother when she was far from him. But the closer she was, the more she looked like his brother. She had black hair with to big stripes of silver hair. Two lovely white dog ears and the same eyes as her father and him. In a way she was charming. Rin should have loved her instantly. Rin loved everyone. Sesshoumaru smiled. His Rin.
"How are you brother?" Inuyasha gladly said.
They stood in front of him but Sesshoumaru was only looking to Inuyasha's daughter. Did Rin will want kid? Especially pups? But the most important thing did he, Sesshoumaru will accept to have children? If Rin really want some. Why not?
"Fine and what's your name lovely lady?" He asked softly to the young girl and kneeled to be at her height.
Inuyasha and Kagome looked at him surprised. The great lord of the Western lands that was kneeled in front of an hanyou. They never had think at this possibility even in their dreams. But this cute girl that was now the new heir of the Western lands fascinated Sesshoumaru. If Sesshoumaru did not have any child she will be the owner of his lands. She surely had five years now and she was proud of herself by being asking of a question by his uncle.
"My name is InuHayai uncle Sesshoumaru!" She happily responded with a big smile that showed her white teeth with one missing.
Sesshoumaru smiled again at her and took her in his arms. She was looking like Rin when she was younger and Sesshoumaru cannot stay simply there. He had to take her, it was done by a powerful instinct. Now, Inuyasha cannot move anymore and his mouth was wide open like Kagome. How can his brother do this? He was really acting weirdly!
Sesshoumaru looked at the young girl that always smiled to him. He let his regard to saw Inuyasha. He lifted an eyebrow to his strange looking at him. Kagome recovered more quickly her sense and decided to ask some questions about the strange acting of Sesshoumaru.
"Are you okay Sesshoumaru?" She simply said.
"Why not?" He responded immediately.
"It's just that you're acting a little bit too much strangely." Kagome added.
He lifted his shoulders to respond. He looked again at his niece and smiled peacefully. He took one arrow of InuHayai's hands. He looked at it and saw that it was not an arrow from their time. It had green and orange bright feathers. They were surely not for not to be seen!
"You surely had hit me if you had really wanted too. Isn't it?" She nodded. " I felt that you felt some compassion for me. Isn't it?" He asked again at the young girl.
She nodded positively once more. She really had a good heart and was living in family with love. She looked so unafraid of everything and so opened to the world. Rin was looking the same when he had found her but she had had terrible events in her life. Maybe it's just the innocence or the young age that's doing this.
"So where is the young girl that was travelling with you the last time we saw you?" Inuyasha said for the first time after Sesshoumaru's strange behaviour.
Sesshoumaru had lost his beautiful smile and looked gravely to his brother. His heart had hurt him deep again. How dare his brother such difficult question. He surely knows something about his escape from his lands.
"At father's castle… I think." He simply said.
"But why did your soldiers travelled all around Japan to find you? What have you done brother?" Inuyasha asked once more.
Sesshoumaru put down his nice niece to her feet and looked to the ground. So, they were searching for him. Who gave this order? Even Jaken had not enough power in his estate to ask this huge order to his soldiers. Can it be his kind Rin? She was looking for him or for his lord? He was again asking a lot of questions to himself. He had to return to his lands and had his answers once it for all.
"I left everything." He sadly responded.
"I don't know what you've done, but they are almost ten soldiers in every village! Sesshoumaru, I hope you will return soon, they are frightening peasants and even demons!" Kagome added.
"Hmmm." He did.
"Uncle Sesshoumaru, will you visit us more often?" InuHayai asked for her part.
"I will surely do young lady. Maybe I will bring a tender and beautiful lady with me next time. She will surely be my mate. Even one day, maybe, you will have some cousins." He said with a distressingly smile.
With this last words, he walked to the Western lands, to his lands once more. Letting his brother and his mate there like if they were trees. For the first time since he had left Rin, he felt free and happy. This little girl had awakened some good memories about him and Rin eleven years ago already. He missed this part of Rin, this fascination about everything. She had changed like everyone now. He will have liked to see her again with this special looking that his niece had done to him. A full and truly admiration for him.
The weather seemed to be on his side. The sun was shinning like a thousand of fires. There was no cloud and all the fauna and flora were handsome and prosper. Rin surely had loved this day, maybe she was outside waiting for him around the flowers with her attractive smile that he will give anything to always see her smile. Thinking of flower, he took the black rose that was attached to his belt.
He looked at it. Always as beautiful than ever. Rin will be definitively happy to see and keep this rare and beauteous single flower. He smelled at it and remembered his past and his Rin with this flower. How she had admiration in front of all these wonderful plants of roses. There was every colours but the darkest one was the more mysterious, the more attractive flowers, maybe like him.
He replaced the flower and smelled the air with a big smile. Yes, his return was the better thing he had to do now. And that was the perfect timing to do it. He will already be at home before the sunset. He had return slowly near his lands because he had nowhere else to go. He felt so lonely, so sad alone. He was not able to really get free from Rin's charms.
He thought about what Kagome had said. He had never crossed the way of his soldiers during his departure but they were searching for him. She had not forgotten him after these seasons. Even now they were there again. He smiled. She surely cared for me. How foolish I was! She is too sweet to forget you idiot, baka! He thoughts.
He had spent his day walking for the western territory. He had never seen how beautiful his estate was until today and was glad to live here with his future mate. Yes, he will ask her finally and the sooner will be the best.
He saw his huge castle and its large gate. He was near his home, near his mate and ready for his future with Rin. She deserved to be the lady of this beautiful castle and lands after all she had done for him. He had been selfish and he will pay his wrong action to Rin. She will never be left alone until she will die. He stopped. She is a simple human! How dare did I have left her, I have ruined almost one year with her only to think. What I can do during one hundred year! How baka I am. My lovely lady, no. Mortal!
He accelerated his walked to the gate. One of the soldiers saw his lord and alarmed everyone. Their lord was ultimately returning to them. One soldier ran through Sesshoumaru's library where Rin spent almost his time for the estate's business. He slid rapidly the door and bowed in front of his lady without breath.
"My…lady…he's…back" He hardly said with a huge smiled.
Rin's heart stopped to beat by his sentence. Finally, there! Her face became like a wonderful sun of summer without any sadness cloud. She stood up and followed the guard who was running again and they went to the open gate. Without breath she stopped at the gate when she saw him. He had not changed at all. He was still the same. She smiled again and tears began to fall on her cheeks like opened fountain. That was the perfect day today, he was back again for her. She knew it.
Sesshoumaru smelled the salt of her tears and smile. So she really had cared for him. He looked to his woman that was now near him. She was so loveable. He will have cry if he will not have been in front of his soldiers. He had kept his icy mask.
When he finally arrived to Rin, he put his arms around her shoulders to hug her, to show his real emotions for her and she put her arms around his waist in respond. Tears had not stopped from Rin and his haori became wet in a short time.
"I will never let you anymore Rin, never and forever together" He said sensually in her ear.
Rin stopped to breath again for the second time this evening and she pressed him more closer to her and continued to cry but this time of happiness. He will really be there for her now, forever, truly. She knew it now.
The sun slowly disappeared letting these two lovers at the gate like one person surrounded by Sesshoumaru's people.
Karite