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Heart of Stone

Part II

Two solitary tears fell onto the beaten earth on her grave. The only two tears that were to ever fall from the eyes of Sesshoumaru, as Sesshoumaru, heart of stone, was born.

'And so this is my fate… she's dead. What… happened?'

A timid looking old women came out from her hut, without making a sound, but Sesshoumaru sensed here and wheeled around on the spot, his eyes glowing an angry red, his pupils blue.

"What happened to this girl?" he growled, baring his teeth at the woman, who was cowering in fear.

"She… well, it is said that she d…died of a b…broken heart" she stuttered as quickly as possible, shielding herself with her hands.

Sesshoumaru's face grew devoid of emotion as he pondered. 'If I hadn't have talked to her… her life would have been spared.'

He looked at the woman, now slowly backing away, back into her hut. He looked at her, his eyes blank, his face emotionless.

"I hate humans. They're too fragile."

And with that, he coolly turned and jumped into the air, gliding gracefully off, a trail of some cloudlike, glittering substance, left in his wake.

"Milord? Milord? Lord Sesshoumaru?"

He sat up from where he was leaning, against a tree.

"Rin? What is it?"

Rin smiled up at Sesshoumaru. "I have cooked some fish for you, Lord Sesshoumaru."

"I don't eat human food." Sesshoumaru stated, for what seemed like the hundredth time since Rin, the small human child, had joined him.

Rin, he pained to admit, did resemble Yumi, and when she gave him that disappointed look, he sighed, with as much dignity as he could muster, knowing he was beaten.

"Rin, fine. I'll have some."

He jumped from the tree and landed gracefully on the ground. Jaken, who was busy eating fish, looked up at his master.

"Lord Sesshoumaru, you don't eat human food…"

"Silence Jaken, or I will silence you myself."

Lord Sesshoumaru gave the toad demon a glare and settled himself against the roots of the tree, as Rin came running over to him with his fish.

"Here milord. I caught it by myself."

"Thank you Rin." He took a bite of the fish, to please his companion, and as he did so, the young girl jumped towards him and drew him into a hug.

"Lord Sesshoumaru, I love you."

Something behind Sesshoumaru's amber eyes stirred, and a small smile came onto his face as he patted the girls head.

"Do you love me too, Lord Sesshoumaru?"

As Sesshoumaru looked down at Rin, he saw Yumi looking up at him, as though Rin was the very reincarnation of the girl he once loved. He'd never said it to anyone in his life, the words felt alien on his lips, but he smiled down at Rin.

"Yes, I love you too."

A/N:

um... yeah... I dunno. Maybe it was a bad ending... yeah, I need to think up something else to write now. Anyway, how did you like it? I quite liked writing it! Indeed! Poor Sesshoumaru... you see? That's why he hates humans so much, and why his face is so devoid of emotion. If it had emotion, he would be sad all the time, on the inside and on the outside. That's what I was trying to say in this... yeah, stupid I know...

Thank you if you reviewed, and if you didn't... please do... please?

Peace out y'all

BANZAI!