PROLOGUE

The snow drifted gently down on the face of a beautiful young woman. She had long black shiny hair that came down to her waist. Her big chocolate colored eyes shown like pools of rain water on a spring morning. She was tall, slim, and mature. The 21 year old giggled happily has she danced in the falling snow. She let it drift on her rosy checks and fall on her cool arms. With a smile she let the grouchiest snow flakes frost her eye lashes. If she wasn't human you would've thought she was a goddess. She was warring a pink Kimono with pale flowers at the him. Her name was Rin.

"You stupid human, it's only snow. " squawked a ugly toad demon waving a staff with two heads on it. The toad demon was just coming out of a snow pile that Rin had thrown at him moments ago. " You know what that means? It means it's cold and winter is here!"

"But master Jaken it's like a mini cloud drifting down just for me!" the young woman said happily.

"Your so childish. Act your age you mor-"

Jaken's words were cut short as a tall man's foot pushed in to the cold snow. But the snow was nothing compared to the glare the man gave the little toad as he walked on. The man was not a man at all for he was a beautiful demon lord with long silvery hair down past his waist that shimmered like a water fall. His long, slender face had magnate stripe that followed his check bone across his face. He had a mini crescent moon in the middle of his forehead. His golden-amber eyes were narrow as if sending a dare to the little toad to finish his sentence.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" the young woman ran to his side like she as done for the past 14 years " Look at the snow!" she said with a smile towards her lord. She had been with him for 14 years most of her life. He saved her life when se was seven and her village was attacked by wolf. her village never excepted her for she was a mute. She found him injured in the forest and tried to help him, but he refused her help. When she got back to her village it was being attacked she ran threw the forest looking for her new friend. But before she could get there she tripped and was killed by the wolfs. But her lord Sesshomaru resurrected her. She as been his ward ever since. Her feeling has changed over the years from: being indebted , to friendship , to love. though she'd never tell him. He was beyond her grasp it was like reaching for the stars. But none the less she had never felt this way about anyone in her life.

"What about it?" Sesshomaru asked to amuse the young woman.

"It's so beautiful! How each one is different and unique even though they all have the same beauty!" she said in her usual child like tone more to herself the to her lord.

"Grrrr your such a-" Jaken glanced to Sesshomaru before continuing " a ... a ... a child" he exclimed. He would of said something else if his lord wasn't there, but he didn't want to feel Sesshomaru's wrath!

". . . " Sesshomaru said nothing but looked up at the snow. He'd hate to admit it but she was right the snow flakes drifted down almost wait less in the darkening sky. He smiled, he never should his emotion but the young girl was changing him even though she didn't know it.