Koi Otome
(Love of a Young Lady)
Chapter 8 – New Neighbours
"What is my surprise lady Rin?" Sesshoumaru coldly asked to her.
"Well…"
Rin had begun to say but she had stood up really fast and she was running away from her lord. She was going to her room to bath and prepared herself for her meeting with Sesshoumaru's brother. She was a little too nervous to mention the truth at Sesshoumaru about her surprise to him, so she had run away. She closed the door of her room and stopped to breathe normally. She knew that he will really not appreciate her surprise but it was already too late to return back to her promise.
Sesshoumaru had not move to catch her up but was a little upset to not being inform of anything she had done during his absence. That was the second time that she let him there without any explanations. It made him feel useless in his own castle. He stood up and went to his bathing room and dress up after. If he cannot know the secret by her, he will ask his brother. If strength is necessary, he will not refuse to use it.
When the Western lord was ready and presentable, he sniffed the air and he caught Inuyasha's scent that was in his own garden. How dare he is there? Sesshoumaru angrily thought. He had never accepted that someone else could be on his territory and near his precious lady. He walked until there without any hurry. When he went outside he saw Rin who was running to Inuyasha and his family. Rin hugged the young girl of Inuyasha and kept her in her arms with a bright smile. Sesshoumaru smiled, Rin also loved this young and beautiful creature, and it was really his lovely Rin in front of him.
"I'm sorry to have keep you waiting Inuyasha, Kagome and pretty InuHayai."
Rin said bowing in front of Inuyasha and his mate. Sesshoumaru found this inappropriate and useless for an hanyou to have such honour from the lady of the Western lands. He doesn't deserve anything this bastard, Sesshoumaru thought. Inuyasha smiled to Sesshoumaru when he saw him approaching to them, Inuyasha remembered the last strange day when he had met Sesshoumaru. Rin looked at what was making Inuyasha smiling and she saw her lord. She lost her smile and became nervous once more and Inuyasha felt it.
"So you have not told him Rin, isn't it?" Inuyasha had whispered to Rin but his brother had heard it, after all Sesshoumaru was a full flesh demon.
"No, I was waiting for the right moment, but it had not happened." Rin nervously said.
"And what is it? I want to know it and now Rin. My patience have its limits." Sesshoumaru icily said when he was next to Rin.
"Don't blame her for keeping a secret. I have asked her a request six months ago and we are going with her there. As you like it or not." Inuyasha said seriously, crossing his arms on his chest.
"Where?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"Near from here on the Western lands, near the ocean." Kagome explained.
Sesshoumaru rose his eyebrow in pure confusion. What can they do or want on his lands? Sesshoumaru looked at Rin for some answers. She sadly smiled to him.
"You should come with us my lord, all the answers would be there. I promise." Rin said bowing her in front of her lord.
Sesshoumaru found her reaction strange, it was like if Rin was scare of him. She never had been afraid of him in her life, why now? He wondered. He nodded to her.
"Take Ah Un for you and Kagome." Sesshoumaru coldly and sadly said.
Rin deposed InuHayai on the ground and she ran to the stab with all the silk fabric of her kimono flying into the air. She took the two heads dragon and put its saddle on it. She took the bridle in her hands and she walked to them the fastest that she could with Ah Un. Kagome took place on the dragon and Rin sat behind her. InuHayai did not want to be on the dragon too, she looked at her uncle.
"Uncle Sesshoumaru, can I ask you a favour?" She softly said shyly with adorable puppy eyes.
Sesshoumaru looked at her and smile to her and nodded at her to say that she can continue her request. How can you resist to such a wonderful and innocent child like she was. InuHayai smiled and continued when she saw her uncle nodded.
"Can you take me until there, please uncle Sesshoumaru." She said with a huge smile, showing her teethes.
"InuHayai, this is not appropriate, you should…" Inuyasha had begun to said but Sesshoumaru cut him by raising his hand.
Sesshoumaru let his fur going around the little child and it softly took her out of the ground and brought her into Sesshoumaru's arms. Sesshoumaru smiled when he looked at her in his arms and the child laughed of amusement. Rin found this scene really charming and she thought that Sesshoumaru would be a fabulous father. Even if he has sometimes his icy mask, she knew that he had a grand heart and he could really love people. It was always the closest heart person that could have the better and softest heart.
Inuyasha and Kagome were again under the shock to see Sesshoumaru acting so unlike himself. They cannot assimilate again this change of behaviour even after their last meeting. Sesshoumaru looked at them and gave the signal to Ah Un to begin to fly.
Sesshoumaru and Ah Un flew into the air and Inuyasha groaned of displeasure. He cannot fly like them and his brother knew it perfectly. He began to run and tried to catch them up. It was quite a time that he did not run so fast but he enjoyed it. Inuyasha would never let his family out of sigh, he cannot trust Sesshoumaru even after all these years.
They flew and run a good hour to arrived near what it seem a construction field. What's that? Sesshoumaru thought with wide-open eyes. He never permitted to have a so huge construction near the ocean and not even on his lands. They descend to the ground and Sesshoumaru cannot look somewhere else than the huge building in construction. Many workers were there to make this huge building, demons, half-demons and humans.
When the workers saw lady Rin and Inuyasha, two of them went to where they stand. It was a tall brown man and next to him, a short wolf demon. They bowed in respect.
"Lady Rin, Lord Inuyasha, what a pleasure to see you here. Would you want to see the progress since your last visit?" The man asked.
"For sure." Inuyasha responded.
The man asked them to follow him into the construction field. But Sesshoumaru stopped Rin when she was to advance with the gang. She looked at him with a huge smile but Sesshoumaru did not have stop to look at the building in construction.
"What's this Rin?" Sesshoumaru asked her with a strange fear in his voice.
"This is a castle in construction my lord." She said.
"Who had ordered to construct a palace for us?" Sesshoumaru said looking at her with love in his eyes.
Sesshoumaru grabbed her lips and tasted the million of flavours of Rin. He was so happy that Rin had done such a thing even if he had thought to do the same thing for her this year. It would have be their castle to look growing up their children or their summer castle. Rin put a term to the kiss and Sesshoumaru looked at her.
"I have to clarify something my lord. This is not our castle but Inuyasha's castle." Rin said looking to the ground.
"WHAT?"
Sesshoumaru yelled with a strong and hard voice. The birds that were in the forest all flew into the air alarmed. Rin was quite under the shock to hear him yelled. He had never screamed in his life and now, it made her shiver of fear. She decided to look at her lord to try to appease him. She saw his red eyes and she panic.
"Inuyasha" Rin shouted.
Inuyasha had heard his brother yelped but he had done nothing but when he had heard his name and he quickly ran to Rin and Sesshoumaru. Then he saw Sesshoumaru's red eyes and stopped next to Rin. Inuyasha's hands were ready to unsheathed Tetsusaiga and he was ready to fight.
"How dare you want the Western lands pitiful hanyou." Sesshoumaru spitted.
"I do not want your lands brother, I only want a safety place to see my family growing up. Rin had permitted it when she commanded your lands, because someone had disappeared somewhere we did not know, do you remember?" Inuyasha said calmly to not have to fight.
"Rin" Sesshoumaru softly said like if she had stabbed him into his chest. "No, impossible" Sesshoumaru sadly said.
His eyes became normal once more and they expressed a huge sadness and disappointment. She will be your death and you cannot control her and that's make you feel angry isn't it, Sesshoumaru thought. Yes, he responded t himself. Sesshoumaru turned back to Rin and Inuyasha and began to walk into the forest. Rin began to follow him but Inuyasha caught one of her arms.
"Let him go, he will return. He took it not so bad, after all." Inuyasha said smiling.
"But, I don't want to lose him again." Rin said with fear and tears began to fell on her cheeks.
Inuyasha free her arm and Rin ran after her lord. Even if all her tears blinded her, she was following her lord, like if an invisible thread was linking both of them. She finally found him on an old tree trunk. She fell on her knees and her head touched the ground. She was showing her respect to him.
"I apology my lord…I will never do such a thing anymore…even if Inuyasha deserved it…please forgive me…I don't want to be a burden to you…if it's what you want, I will leave and let you be free…" Rin said between sobbed.
"Rin stopped this now." Sesshoumaru ordered and she did, but she stayed bowed on the ground.
Sesshoumaru stood up and walked until Rin and he kneed in front of her. He grabbed her hands and put a soft kiss on them. Rin stopped to cry and slowly looked at her lord. He had again passion in his eyes, even if she had displeased him. He will always love me even if I do anything against his desires, Rin thought. She smiled a little of joy.
"Do not say these things again Rin. You are nothing like a burden and I will never let you go from me except if it's your true desire, but I will have a broken heart." Sesshoumaru said gently.
Rin took on of her hand and passed it on Sesshoumaru's cheek. Sesshoumaru passed her fingers on Rin cheeks to erase the salt tears she had done. She looked at him with a huge love in her eyes and she kissed him like she had never done before. With her fingers she caressed softly the point of his left ear and Sesshoumaru groaned of pleasure. Sesshoumaru hugged her and he stood up with her in his arms.
"I'm sorry my love. I should have happy for what you have done. But, I'm too selfish." Sesshoumaru said sadly.
"Your not selfish, only afraid of what you cannot control isn't it?" Rin teased him.
"Right." Sesshoumaru said kissing her again.
"I think you should go watch this new castle to let us now your approbation, please my lord." Rin was begging him.
"Right, so let see the palace of our new neighbours." Sesshoumaru said.
Rin smiled, Inuyasha was right, he had not taking this to hard. Maybe because it was Rin's decision. Sesshoumaru was transporting Rin until the new building and will never want to let her go, after all she was his now and forever. Sesshoumaru smiled at his thought. Forever and ever.