1Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha but this idea's mine!

Sesshoumaru sat in his room as he watched the thunder storm from his window sill. He listened as the thunder crashed and the lightening flashed; brightening up the blackened sky. It was already night so there was no other noise throughout the hallways and rooms. Sesshoumaru closed his eyes as the sound of the rain hitting the glass of his window. He opened his eyes to a noise he knew only too well.

No sound did he make as he stood up and walked out of his darkened room and walked through the silent halls leading to a room he had designed himself but not for himself. It was Rin's room and the door was even decorated with beautiful designs in gold and other materials.

Without knocking he walked into Rin's room and saw his little adopted daughter curled up on her bed crying. The sound of thunder almost drowning out her cries. He walked over to Rin, his step on her wooden floor silent. Sesshoumaru lightly laid his hand on Rin's shoulder and she jumped and looked over at her adoptive father with tears still running down her cheeks.

"Come stop your crying
It will be all right
Just take my hand Hold it tight"

He sat on the bed next to her and opened his arms and she immediately crawled onto his lap and buried her face in his chest covered only by a haori of white fabric. The demon lord could feel her tears through his haori. Not a word did he say but held her as she cried.

"I will protect you
from all around you
I will be here
Don't you cry"

"For one so small,
you seem so strong
My arms will hold you,
keep you safe and warm
This bond between usCan't be broken
I will be here
Don't you cry"

After a while Rin stopped crying and looked up at her lord and he wiped away the tears still clinging to her cheeks and eyelashes. She smiled up at him with her toothy smile. Sesshoumaru looked at her and though he didn't smile, she could see the glow in his eyes meaning he was smiling but in his own way. This only made her smile more.

"Thank you daddy," she hugged him. That word never failed to shock him, no matter how many times he heard it.

"My little girl," he muttered and held her as she laid against him. Her tiny little hands holding onto his haori. Rin buried her face again but not to cry but to just be with him and could be able to smell him and memorize his smell.

"'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more"

It was well into the afternoon and Rin was outside playing in the shore of the lake nearby. Her lord sitting in the shade watching as she started building a castle out of the mud. Sesshoumaru knew well that there were nobles from the other provinces coming today but he didn't care. This was a day for just him and his little girl.

Rin looked over at her now father with her mud covered face and smiled at him.

"Look daddy! A mud castle!" she pointed to the muddy mess that took the faint outline of a castle. Sesshoumaru looked over and slightly nodded. Laughter was suddenly heard from behind. Two nobles walked over laughing.

"What a worthless human. I hope you plan to kill her after Sesshoumaru. How pathetic she is!" one said through his laughter. Rin looked down and felt her tears well up. Sesshoumaru was immediately up and had the noble who spoke held up by his throat; his claws ready to dig into the skin.

"Rin is not worthless and anyone who dares to harm her answers to me," he growled. The noble tried to answer but Sesshoumaru tightened his grip causing the noble to make a choking sound. Rin stood at the shore and watched. Not saying a word as the tears that were once ready to fall faded away; causing Sesshoumaru's rage to dissipate. He dropped the noble.

"And it is Lord Sesshoumaru to scum such as yourself," he snapped over his shoulder as he walked over to Rin.

"You'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be here in my heart, always"

"Why can't they understand
the way we feel
They just don't trust
what they can't explain
I know we're different but,
deep inside us
We're not that different at all"

The days passed and Sesshoumaru ignored his lordly duties to be with Rin. He hated the fact he wasn't wandering and living his old life of wandering.

I have chosen this life so that Rin will be happy and out of danger he thought as he watched Rin trained to become a priestess. She laughed as she watched her teacher fumble a bit when she finally noticed the demon lord.

"Do not fear me priestess. I watch but will do nothing more if my assistance is not needed," he sighed slightly. There was a sadness he could feel deep within him.

Rin will grow up, grow old, and finally die. He thought as he watched Rin practice with bows and arrows. He showed no emotion but inside he was dying of this overwhelming sadness. At the end of the lesson Rin ran over to him and held onto him and cried. He held her tight but not so tight as to hurt her.

"I don't want to grow old daddy! I want to be with you!" she cried into his chest.

"I know Rin but it can not be that way. It is every humans' destiny to grow up and to inevitably die," He tried to not to let her know the pain he harbored in his heart.

"I know but I don't like it," she still cried into his chest.

"Remember Rin that even after you have passed on, I will still hold you close to my heart," he made it so he could see her face and she could see his. With those words Rin formed a small smile.

"And you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more"

All the days kept on passing with their usual sluggishness and Sesshoumaru finally went back to his work with Rin of course nearby. It was well known that where ever Sesshoumaru was Rin was not too far away. Rin was suddenly walked out and came back in looking angry and sad at the same time.

"What is wrong Rin?" he asked as he looked over at her.

"Those people out there say I'm only a pet to you daddy," she wiped away a tear from her eye.

"What do they know?" he sighed and went back to writing. Rin nodded and sat back on the floor to play.

"Don't listen to them
'Cause what do they know
We need each other,
to have, to hold
They'll see in time
I know"

Rin inevitably grew up and wanted to leave the west only her father kept her there.

I feel like crying and throwing up at the same time she thought as she searched the halls for her father. When she finally found him, she felt her old familiar tears well up again. He looked over at her with a visible sadness.

"You know what I want don't you?" Rin asked. He nodded. "Will you try to stop me?"

"No. You have trained for this moment. I will not stop you," he looked at her and smiled slightly, "you have grown so much. It seems that just a moment ago you were that little girl in my arms." Rin couldn't help but smile but it was a sad smile.

The day came and Rin was packed and was walking out of the west. Looking back to see her father watching her leave on the hill top.

"When destiny calls you
You must be strong
I may not be with you But you've got to hold on
They'll see in time
I know
We'll show them together"

"'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on,
Now and forever more"

Every now and then Sesshoumaru came and visited Rin in the village she chose to live in. Over time the villagers got used to him coming and going erratically. With a sadness he watched Rin finally grow old and die. He was there the day she lay on her bed dying.

"Do you ever regret saving me?" she asked as she looked at him with her tired eyes.

"Not once," held onto her hand. Rin smiled at him.

"You haven't aged at all," she laughed then sighed, "if only I could see eternity with you father."

"Eternity is pointless unless it is well spent," Sesshoumaru looked into her eyes.

"All the same...do you remember that day when I was little and you promised to always hold me in your heart?"

"Yes I remember,"

"Will you?"

"For all my eternal life" he smiled slowly and held onto her as she let out her final breath and moved no more. He melted her body so her soul would be bound to no place. "My little girl," he muttered as the body became no more.

Slowly he walked back to the west with a heavy heart. "My little girl forever," he sighed into the wind.

"Oh, you'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be in my heart, alwaysAlways"