AN: It has been a hundred years since I updated, I am sorry about that... But college has been so stressful, I shut down for the last month and a half... But I have returned! THANK YOU ALL FOR BEARING WITH ME! THANK YOU ALL FOR THE REVIEWS. Honestly there are so many people who review the thank you section would be a few pages. So now I am thanking everyone in general, you guys are AWESOME! Hopefully this turns out to be nice and long cause I typed till my fingers are cramping. It's like 2:00 in the morning. Gah, I'm going to be dead when I wake up! Happy reading! I warn you a not too graphic love scene ensues... ( should I have changed the rating! )

GAH... The clock is ticking for Rin and her contract with Naraku...

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"Kiss me now for it is only you I want"

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"My dearest" he cooed gently, into Rin's ear. In the night she had wrapped her arms around his waist, snuggling deeply into his chest. Their limbs tangled dangerously, he could only wake her before even trying to detangle himself.

She stirred rubbing her cheek into his warm exposed flesh, and then went still again. Sesshoumaru was feeling somewhat mischievous finding that he had not punished Rin for her brashness the night before. Reaching up he caressed her cheek, letting his fingertip slid down to her kissable mouth. Rin now stirred again, her lips brushing his skin. At that her eyes opened and she looked up. Deep brown eyes wide with shock and the traces of a deep sleep.

Rin took his hand and pressed it too her lips "Morning Sesshoumaru-sama"

She moved and he cringed "Rin, don't move" Sesshoumaru began, Rin giggled remaining still.

"Am I am making you uncomfortable Sesshoumaru?" the look that she now wore had returned from last night. Silently he cursed her playful nature, now more then all other times. Rin moved again, slower now more deliberate. Sesshoumaru didn't give her any other chance to react, instead he sat up catching Rin's wrists and pinning her beneath him. Her pink kimono loosening around her petite body.

Rin's eyes were wide as he began his path down her neck, opening the sash of her kimono with ease, drawing away the first layer of heavy fabric. He felt her shiver in the draftiness of the castle, one of her little hands reached up and pulled his hair loose draping it all over her body. And then a strange thing happened the moment Sesshoumaru's lips touched hers, she felt like she were in another dream. As cool hands began to pull her kimono fabric away from her body exposing her skin to the cold air. Quickly Sesshoumaru covered her body with his own half naked one. Hands gliding over the curve of her breast, whispering near her thigh, she could feel her whole body singing , aching… His swollen lips the only thing she wanted to taste, the only way she could satisfy her want.

Though she didn't know how long this went on, she did do some naughty things to arouse Sesshoumaru further, including peeling off the rest of his annoying drapery. And teasing a few well earned whimpers from his beautiful lips. Her lips gliding over his hairless chest, kissing the sensitive area around his nipples. And then…. She could feel that all this lovemaking was going to climax. She welcomed it in a feverish haze, knowing that this was the only ultimate way that she could express her deep and unending love for Sesshoumaru…

But that sweet ache that he had tempered for so long did not end, instead Rin felt the massive warmth slip away. She sat up her body adjusting to the light, as the lanterns were lit by a hand too quick for her blurry eyes…

Sesshoumaru didn't dare look at her, he had… Let himself go... Nearly broke his promise to her. Slipping on his robe, he could see the Zen garden was beginning to fill with light. It had to be late afternoon. He heard Rin's heavy breathing, listening to her pounding heart beginning to slow.

"Forgive me"

When the screen door shut, Rin finally felt the tears course down her cheeks… She was starting to wonder even with all that had happened, if she should have allowed herself to die before Sesshoumaru had saved her so many years before….

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Since the morning many months ago Sesshoumaru had distanced himself from Rin, he had removed himself from her company and absorbed himself into rebuilding his draft and decaying castle. Hiring new staff, going through new training with all the servants. Planning everything down to what chopsticks they would be using from day to day. There was only two more weeks until the termination of the contract, though he had already spoken the words that would supposedly set Rin free. He wondered what else it had entailed , what hidden catch there was to all this…

And somewhere deep in him he did miss her, after being apart for such a long time. But Sesshoumaru had made sure she made friends with people of her own age in the village, telling the servants to treat her with the utmost care and luxury. She was after all one of the most important people to him in the whole world. Jaken had been his steadfast companion, secretly reporting to him about his darling Rin. That least made him not so lonely, if a demon could develop such a emotion.

One particularafternoon Sesshoumaru was bent over a particularly boring scroll Jaken at his side, who was tallying up the payment for the servants, when something quite random struck the Great Demon Sesshoumaru.

"What ever happened to that aphrodisiac?"

Jaken looked up his spectacles perched on the tip of his nose, "M'lord?" sweat appeared on his brow. And Sesshoumaru raised a pale brow, throwing Jaken a eyebrow singing glare in return.

"I-I misplaced it" Jaken stammered

Sesshoumaru put his brush down and turned his full attention to the pint sized demon. Jaken dipped his brush into the ink and continued to write, hoping that his master would lose interest and turn back to the arduous task. But he knew Sesshoumaru-sama long enough that it wouldn't be so.

Sighing he placed his brush in the wooden cup of ink and turned to his Master with an earnest face, hoping what he was going to say wasn't going to get him killed.

"I gave it to Rin"

Sesshoumaru said nothing but the sudden ticking of his neck vein gave Jaken a hint of what his Master was feeling on the inside.

"And why did you do such a thing?"

"To comfort her, she is very distressed"

Sesshoumaru felt something like a pang of distress in his gut "You haven't told me this in all these months!"

Jaken could see his Master's handsome brow beginning to furrow with suspended anger and answered.

"She hides it very well, but I have known her since she was small. I see it in her face, whatever happened between you and her last is giving her great pain. I'm afraid she is more in love with you then she ever has been."

Sesshoumaru sat back on his heels with a soft sigh "I almost made love to her that morning over seven months ago, since then I haven't seen her privately…"

Despite Jaken knowing that something like this would have eventually happened he couldn't keep the blunt shock from his face. Sesshoumaru ashamed lowered his eyes slightly,

"I am becoming too much like my brother, Inuyasha" he added a moment later.

"You cannot help whom you fall in love with Sesshoumaru-sama" Jaken began, glad they were off the topic of his disobedience.

Sesshoumaru smiled a little sadly and closed his eyes "True, my old friend"

There was a long silence where the two demons sat in peace,

"What am I to do Jaken, I'm afraid I'll go mad if I don't see her soon."

Jaken grinned evilly "You can go see her, she is in the bamboo gardens with Ah-un. Probably lost the poor thing.."

Sesshoumaru stood from his seat and as he turned to leave, he whispered "Thank you"

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Sesshoumaru lazily strolled through the bamboo gardens, here the bright spring sun peaked in dappled shadows on his colorful yukata. Today he was dressed in a pale grayish yellow, a large sun dragon snaked around his body, delicately embroidered. He carried his two swords as usual, but had pulled his hair in to a neat bun for the heat. Sesshoumaru found no need to hurry, he would find her by her scent alone…

Clear bell like laughter broke his soft daydream, these human qualities were beginning to rub off on him a little too much, he observed before turning the corner to find that Rin was feeding the birds some rice from a small basket on her delicate arm. The ragamuffin birds greedily eating up her simple gift to them.

"Rin"

She jumped scattering the birds into the dense bamboo stalks,

"Sesshoumaru-sama!" she cried spinning around to face him, Ah-un took one look at the two of them and let his tether slip from Rin's slack grip. Separating some distance between the demon and the human girl.

Sesshoumaru observedher beautiful skin was pale, her hair had grown so long it was nearly to her calves and the kimono she wore was of a drab almost dirty melon orange.

"Good afternoon Rin" he asked politely closing the distance between them with ease. Instead of staying where she was Rin stepped back.

"What brings you here?" she began

"You"

Rin bit her lip, seeing him after so long was distracting. It was like seeing some handsome apparition that haunted her dreams every night and her vision every day.

"Why? I am quite well as you can see" she casually replied.

"I've been receiving disturbing reports from the servants in your wing. They say you don't want to wear any of the beautiful garments I send for you."

Rin looked away from him and replied her voice choked with emotion "It is because I don't want them, I am fine with the one I already have."

"You don't look well" he stated after a moments awkward pause.

"Damn well I don't look well!" she cried her temper finally overrunning, she threw the basket of rice at him and ran. Letting a curse pass his lips Sesshoumaru caught her easily, grabbing hold of her wrists.

"Look at me!" he cried

Out of sheer, blind obedience Rin stopped struggling and looked into his liquid golden eyes. Her face was flushed the dark circles heavy beneath her tired eyes, she was tired of going to bed and weeping till she slept… Tired of being away from him…

"Let me go now, you pompous jackass!" she cried and struggled in his grip once more. Freeing his one hand he grabbed her chin and kissed her mouth. At once Rin's reaction was explosive, she sunk into his arms, one hand pulling down his hair and the other trying to find the knot of his sash. She kissed him roughly, invading his mouth with a predatory hunger eliciting the smallest of whimpers from his throat. She broke the kiss and stood there Toukijin pointed at his throat.

"I am no fool I know the Shikon jewel shard embedded in my heart gives me the power to wield this…" her hand shook only slightly.

There was alightning'spause, where he knocked the sword from her hand and pinned her to the floor.

"You spoiled wench how dare you use my own sword against me!" he shouted, pinning her hands firmly to the cold stone walkway, all of his body weight on top of her. Her thin legs rendered useless beneath his strength.

"Because you have always toyed with me, for all these years! I wonder now why you saved me! Let me GO!" she cried trying to wriggle away.

"I love you, isn't that enough?" he yelled

"No! Tempting me as you did, and then not coming to see me for almost eight months are you mad? What do you think that eating dinner with Jaken and I is enough! You are a fool, you know nothing about me, you still know nothing about humans!" She screamed back, the tears running down into her hair.

"You know I cannot deny you anything, I couldn't deny you those moments we shared. But I knew that if I did make love to you… You would have already been well on with a child by now…" despite his anger he flushed out of embarrassment. He sat up on his heels, and Rin slipped from under him, her face red and drawn from crying.

"But Sesshoumaru now you have awakened in me a hungry woman, who desires you not only for your personality but also carnally. I want to be around you, to taste your mouth pressed against my own…"

Sesshoumaru gazed at her "I do not know what to do with my love for you." He whispered, leaning over to her and brushing the hair away from her face. She was still cold, but the light in her eyes seemed different.

"Forgive me for staying away, but I did so only because I knew if I remained with you after… I would have plucked your petals…"

Rin flushed and closed her eyes, as Sesshoumaru brushed his thumb over her lips and felt them moisten.

"Rin.." he pleaded softly

"I understand Sesshoumaru" she opened her eyes and leaned into his touch as he caressed the side of her face. Stroking the delicate place at her neck…

He drew closer and kissed her forehead, as she leaned into his chest and began to cry out of relief…

"I'm sorry about Toukijin" she muttered against the folds of his yukata.

"Hhmmm" Rin felt him chuckle "I found that strangely arousing" he purred. She began to laugh, sitting back on her heels she gazed at Sesshoumaru's mischievous eyes.

"You are truly the most magnificent jackass I have ever met" she replied. He grinned

"Least I'm yours..."

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