Eternity-Chapter two
7 years to the day of Rin's death
Seven long years had come and gone since his love left him. Seven years would be the blink of an eye to someone like him-someone destined to live forever. But in seven years, a blink, the pain of losing his little cheerful girl hadn't faded one bit. It was painful to see young children-children so like she had been before she had grown and a demon had taken her from him. So painful that he prohibited young children to be around him, servant's children that is. The only children he ever saw was the son of his half-brother and his mate.
But he had kept his promise to his little cheerful girl who had been buried as the intended mate of the Lord of the West. He hadn't gone back to how he was before her. He kept his heart open to emotions form others. Everyone who worked for him and under him, even his brother was relieved with the change brought over him. Now he hoped that she would maintain her end of the deal. That she would come back to him.
"Riki, don't get too far away!" urged her mother. "Why mama?" Complained the young black-haired, even tempered girl. "You know why. It's because Se-" "sshoumaru-sama doesn't like children" Droned Riki, repeating something told to her her entire life. Her mom raised an eyebrow and said "Riki don't be cheeky." The young girls chocolate eyes opened wide and she said "Sorry mama. But I want to know…why doesn't Sesshomaru-Sama like children?"
Riki's mother, Kieko, rolled her own brown eyes to the sky before looking back down at her daughter. "You ask me this at least once a month…and I think you're ready to know the terrible truth about why our lord is so warm yet cannot stand the sight of children. Sit down. I'll tell you the story." Kieko drew her daughter into her lap and began to speak.
"17 years ago, our lord, Sesshomaru-sama of the western lands was nothing like he is today. He was cold, heartless and if anyone so much as got in his way he would slaughter them. Then he was wounded in a battle with Inuyasha-sama, his brother. A young girl, no more than 7 or 8 at the time was bold enough to help him without considering the dangers of helping a demon; even after being told that he didn't eat the food that she did. She persisted and after a while, when he was better, he picked up the scent of wolves, and of human blood-the little girl's. The bloodthirsty wolves of the wolf-Prince Kouga had slaughtered her. The lord then used the mighty Tensuaiga to revive her. The years passed and she grew into a beautiful young woman with waist-length black hair and chocolate brown eyes. It was obvious; it seemed, to everyone but him. He fell in love with her. He loved her and loving her melted his seemingly permanently frozen heart. Then, seven years ago on the very night you were born she was killed by a low class demon-Chameleon or else Sesshomaru-Sama would've detected him. Hers is the grave beside the late Jaken's in the annex of the garden reading 'Here lies the intended Lady of the West.'
Kieko took a breath and lay a hand on her beloved daughter's head. "He hasn't been able to stand children since because they are a sharp reminder of what he lost."
A head servant-hanyou-came up behind the mother and the daughter and said "Kieko. You're wanted to help clean the lord's room. You're daughter…" he trailed off looking at the girl in her mother's arms. "It's ok sir. Mama, I'll be in my room." She skipped away through the gardens to the front door. Kieko shook her head, smiling and walked off to do her duty.
Riki skipped through the marble halls leading away to the servant's quarters. She knew exactly where she was going and wasn't exactly paying attention to where she was going. This caused her to collided into, when she turned a corner, a tall youkai with long silver hair-waist length-flashing golden eyes that showed distant emotion at first then slight anger mixed with shock, then warmth. A large fluffy tail was draped over his shoulder. Subconsciously Riki was reaching out to touch it, she found it fascinating. When she came to her senses she snapped her hand back and muttered an apology. "It's alright. Are you lost?" he said in a deep but kind sounding voice.
"No sir. I know the way back to my rooms but I'm sorry I bumped into you." "It's ok. Allow me to escort you back to your room" So they walked together, side by side, chatting and laughing together. On the way back they met up with no other servants, which Riki found rather incredible. But she soon forgot it when they reached their destination. "Thanks for walking me home…" Riki smiled her little toothy smile. "I don't know your name." He smiled. "My name is…call me Fluffy." "Oh I get it, because of your fluffy tail! My name is Riki. I've got to go now. Bye!"
He stopped her before she went into the room. "Riki I enjoyed this time together. Would you like to meet in the garden's tomorrow and talk some more?" Riki giggled and said "Of course Fluffy! I'll talk to you tomorrow!"
He wandered through his halls overseeing even the tiniest little detail of his servants when he met the young girl. At first he was angry that his laws had been violated but then he noticed it. Even at so young an age the young girl bore a startling resemblance to the girl he lost. Even at first he couldn't believe it until her dying words came back to him. "I'll try to come back to you." Is what she had said. He smiled, taking in how worn her kimono was. He began talking to the young girl, learning her name and, instead of giving her his true name he gave her a name that lower demons, who were suicidal used for him. 'Fluffy'. If anyone else called him that they'd be dead within seconds, however to avoid detection with her he would allow it.
And he found, when it came to her calling him that, he didn't mind at all.
"MAMA! MAMA!" Riki screamed through the night. Kieko was at her side in an instant with a single though racing through her mind. 'She's having the nightmare again.' Kieko gathered her terrified daughter into her arms as Riki jolted fully awake and sobbed into her mother's sleeping kimono. "It happened again. I died mama. A low level demon came, he was going to hurt me and he did…mommy he hurt my throat." She paused hiccup softly and then said "But then Fluffy came and killed the demon. I died but Fluffy killed the demon."
"Who is Fluffy?" Kieko questioned. She had never heard any reference to anyone in her daughter's dreams other than her and the demon. "He's the nice man-inuyoukai- I met today. I had fun with him. When I asked him his name he said Fluffy." Kieko arched her brow, saying nothing.
From across the castle, in a plush study, the lord of the castle smelt her tears and wished he was the one comforting her.
A/N-You like? i hop that answered your question, Food addict, about the type of demon it was that killed Rin. R&R