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Koi Otome

(Love of a young lady)

Chapter 4- Revelations

Sesshoumaru looked to the sleeping Rin near beside him. How captivating she was. He would have liked to taste her but he will not do such a thing without her approbation. He will never do anything that Rin did not want. He only wants to please his lovely lady. Sesshoumaru remembered his arrival at his gate and smiled with grace. How warm his contact with his lady had been touching and appreciated. She made him feel like in Heaven. She was sensual and tender at the same time. She was the reincarnation of the perfection.

He had brought her in his arm until her room. She had but her arms around his neck and tears had slowly disappeared to let her sleep in a relaxing and pleasant dream. Sesshoumaru found this simply cute. He felt her desire to be with him and all her worried had disappeared in a single looking at him. His heart was great and in peace. So, all his worries had been for nothing after all. He moved his head to chase his thoughts and tried to get some sleep.

Another bright morning came on the Western lands. Rin had woken up before her lord. She looked happily to him. It was not a dream, he was back. She smiled and wanted to search some thing to eat but Sesshoumaru's fur was around her. If she made any move, he will surely awake. So, she decided to stay there and watching his God. Even if many questions came to her mind, she was glad to be with him. So, she waited, looking to every detail of his face and clothes.

She had dream so many times that she was his lover. She was his and he was hers. Since, she had seventeen she knew that he was her love forever and ever. She thought about what he had said yesterday: "I will never let you anymore Rin, never and forever together". She smiled once more and was waiting for his awakening to hug him another time. Did he feel the same that she resents? She only hoped it was the truth.

Finally, he opened his fascinating amber eyes and they crossed Rin's eyes and he saw her charming smile. He smiled to her. She was loveable with her pretty smile and her hypothesis hazelnut eyes.

"Good morning my lord." She said enchanting to see him.

"Good morning Rin" He simply responded.

He only looked at her without doing anything else. He wanted to touch her and to say everything he felt for her. But once more he could not move, he was paralysed by his enchanted visage. Rin…I love you. Sesshoumaru can only thought about it, it only stays in his throat. He then heard Rin's belly. She was hungry. Rin smiled sorry to disturb this wonderful moment.

"Stay here, I will be back soon, promise." Sesshoumaru said softly and let his warm attached fur following him and let Rin alone in her room.

He had left her once more, She thought. But he will be back this time, he said it. Rin tried to comfort herself. She will not take it if he disappeared once more, she will prefer to die than suffer like she did. She already missed his presence next to her. It felt so empty and so cold. She pulled up her white silk sheets on her. His fur was much more comfortable than these simple sheets.

After a while, she heard someone approaching and she had a shiver. He was again back. In fact, Sesshoumaru slid the door and had a huge plate of meal in his left hand and closed the door with the other hand. He sat next to her on the bed and kept the plate on him. She sat and looked at what he had brought. There were fruits and bread. He gave her the plate and he put back his fur over Rin's shoulders. She smiled to him and began to eat the juicy and fresh fruits.

"What do you want to do today Rin?" Sesshoumaru asked.

She looked at him suspiciously and stopped to chew. So, he will not check for his business? She had work so hard for keeping them at up to date and he wanted to do what he wanted! Did she have done this for nothing? She finished her morsel. Furthermore, she remembered that the leader of the wolf clan was going to meet her today. What was his name again. She thought again…Kouga! He wanted some explanations about dog soldiers in his territory and he wanted to ask her something else. What could it be?

"Lord Kouga is coming here at noon." She looked outside and saw the sun that was almost at its zenith point. She was already late. "I had to prepare myself my lord. Can you leave me, please, I have to bathe and change." She said letting her plate and standing for looking at her closet.

Sesshoumaru stayed at the same place shocked. Did she already flirt with other lords? Rin took a look at his lord and saw that he will not move soon, so she grabbed her clothes and went to the hot spring in a room in the castle. Letting Sesshoumaru more surprised than ever saw her disappearing.

Rin ran in the corridors to be quickly prepared for her meeting. She did everything in a record time. And she went to the meeting room before he had arrived. Above one minute before. She relaxed a bit and place her kimono and sleeves in a much more appropriated way than she was. She had to act like a real lady once more.

Kouga entered in the room followed by his two friends that always were with him. They all bowed before the young and delicious lady and she bowed in return. They sat in front of her on little pillows. Kouga was smiling to her.

"It have been a long time that have not seen you lady Rin. This is a pleasure to see you today" Kouga said smiling to her.

"Right. Already five years now. I want to say that I'm really sorry to have disturbed your clan with my soldiers. It had been a mistake of my part, but I was too worried." Rin calmly said.

Sesshoumaru was listening behind the door. He had stood up of Rin's bed and wanted to know why Kouga was there. But he had heard 'Her soldier'? She already is the lady of my troops? She could have been sent my fighter to the death if we were not in peace between the other lords. You should have known this Rin. Sesshoumaru angrily thought. Sesshoumaru cannot be changed completely, surely not for his business work. So, he entered in the meeting room.

Kouga and his companions bowed in front of the Western lord and Sesshoumaru sat next to Rin. Rin felt nervous and a little bit disturbed by her lord. She tried to keep her emotions inside. Sesshoumaru looked once more to Kouga.

"What's your business here?" He coldly asked.

Kouga lost his smile and did not like the tone of Sesshoumaru. Yes, he was the lord of this castle but he could have some talks with Rin. Can he?

"I have asked a question." Sesshoumaru added, letting Rin embarrassed.

"I'm here to talk with lady Rin, lord Sesshoumaru, this is a private conversation." Kouga said calmly to not declare a fight between them.

Sesshoumaru was stupefied, he was nothing more in his own castle or what? He looked at Rin who was looking at the ground with red cheek. So, she had done something in his absence. What could it be? He then stood up and walked away from this room. He was not wanted here and he became angry.

Rin heard her lord walking away and she was sad, but it was not his business after all. She had to deal with it by herself. She looked to the wolf's leader and smile to him once more. She waited for his questions.

"So lady Rin. You was only worried for him? He didn't look so happy to have returned!" Kouga laughed a bit.

"He had only his ice mask with others lords." She said softly. "Why have you come here anyway?"

"Oh right. I almost forget about it. You are invited to my wedding with Ayame. You can brought your mutt face too if you want, but I hope he's civilised!"

Rin lightly laughed. Sesshoumaru would surely not like to be calling a 'mutt face'! So, Kouga had finally accepted Ayame's hand. Did he only kept his promise or he really loved his future mate? Rin looked into Kouga and saw love in his eyes. So, she had trapped him finally. Could it be the same with Sesshoumaru one day? Surely!

"It will be in my territory, at the wolf's clan in the East. I hope you will come, lady Rin. Kagome and the other mutt face will be there too with their two friends and many other high lords. You are the latest person that I invited. I was a little frightened to see the icy lord, but when I heard that you were searching for him I decided to visit you. But I see that I'm already too late." Kouga finished and Rin nodded positively.

"It will be an honour to be present lord Kouga and I will try to bring my lord. But I cannot tell if he will really come but for my part I will." Rin happily responded by this good new.

"So see you in two weeks lady Rin." Kouga finished the conversation.

Kouga and his two companions stood up, bowed in front of the lady and got out of this castle without seeing Sesshoumaru. Rin stood up and walked in the castle to find her lord. Where could he be? It had been a long time that she did not see him in his castle and she had lost his habits because he had changed. She did all the rooms in the castle and he was not there. She went outside in the garden and she saw him under a sakura tree and he holds something in his hands. She approached and sat next to him.

She had already seen this flower before. How old she was? She did not remember but she was glad to see once more this beautiful flower. Sesshoumaru looked to Rin who was looking at the black rose and he gave her the beauteous flower. Rin looked at him with a real passion. So, she remembered her. Sesshoumaru smile. Rin scent the rose and remembered good memories of the past.

"I have seen her" He murmured to her.

"She is not dead?" She asked.

"She was in stone, a statue in her shrine." He added.

"So, you missed her, isn't it?" She sadly asked.

"Yes and you?"

"Of course, she was like a mother to me. She was… lovely"

Sesshoumaru nodded and Rin saw sadness in his eyes. She was maybe young when she was in the Northern lands, but she knew that something happen between them. She put her hand on his. Sesshoumaru looked at her little hand in silence. Then he looked at her in her deeply.

"Rin?"

"Yes my lord?"

"Rin, I…love…you."

He had finally said it. He had the courage to do it. He smiled to her. Rin was petrified and her heart had stopped. She was not able to talk anymore.

Karite!