Another –Romantical- one! Sort of… I dunno. XD Yea. I kill myself. Woo. Hyper-ness. Anyway. I love all my reviewers! You're all so kind! RIN ISAN ADULT IN THIS. There!

Since I'm too lazy to respond at the moment, how about this? You suggest a situation for SessRin and I'll write it to the best of my abilities. I'm running out of ideas, yo.

Stay

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Sesshoumaru deftly knocked away his opponent's blade, which went sailing through the air to land tip-first in the soft earth with a thud. The lower-classed ogre stepped back with a grunt. Muscles rippled beneath its rough, green skin and large eyes dilated in alarm.

A clean slice through the throat with Toukijin, and it was over. Sesshoumaru regained his cool composure, bored. He stepped around the bloody remains in disgust. His soft-soled boots narrowly missing being soiled. From behind him, a distance away, a woman's voice cried out in triumph.

"That was great, Sesshoumaru-sama!" Rin whooped. She jerked her long, red kimono up in an undignified manner and rushed to his side. Her face beamed, eyes dancing with the different, pleasant emotions she always seemed to encompass.

The forgotten ward cried out indignantly, scrawny arms waving about as he rushed after the young woman. Jaken huffed, dragging the Staff of Two Heads along behind him. His large, yellow eyes bulged with each intake of air. "You are a master with the blade, Sesshoumaru-sama! None can oppose you!"

The compliments seemed to fall on deaf ears as the dog demon commenced walking at an even pace. Rin, always smiling, followed obediently. The toad grumbled soft nothings and took Ah-Uhn by the reins, dragging the beast after his lord. The two-headed dragon snorted at being dragged anywhere, but went without much more fuss.

"Where are we going, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin inquired innocently. She had her hands behind her back, tangled with the ends of her ebony hair. She watched him carefully, learning how to read him long ago. The slightest raise of an brow or twitch of a slender fingertip could mean the world.

"South," Sesshoumaru answered after a pregnant pause. For a moment, she had almost wondered if he'd heard her at all.

Rin frowned, getting nothing from the impassive, even baritone. "What lies in the south, milord?"

The inu youkai kept his eyes trained ahead. "The Land of the Sun."

"Oh. So what's the-"

"Stop bothering Sesshoumaru-sama with such troublesome questions!" Jaken snapped.

The woman scowled. "I was just curious!" She defended.

The toad gave his staff a wild wave through the air. "Always curious with your ceaseless jabbering! Insufferable human child!"

"I am not a child!" Rin countered haughtily, "I am at least nineteen winters!"

Sesshoumaru came to an abrupt stop. His head turned back, silver hair spilling over his armor-encased shoulder. His golden eyes narrowed just slightly, examining the sudden self-conscious girl with his intense gaze. Nineteen years. He recalled her saying. The corners of his mouth turned down in an invisible frown. She was a mere infant by demon standards, but a full-grown female by human.

Ah. How time had slipped like sand through his fingers.

"Sesshoumaru-sama?" She questioned uneasily. "Is something… ah… wrong?"

Most human women her age were settling down to start raising families. Rin had grown – he knew. The thought had nagged at the back of his mind, disregarded. It was absurd. No matter which way he looked at it she just seemed too… young? Surely there was some mistake?

But there was no mistake. And Rin was nineteen. It silently irked him to know his ward had entered adulthood so quickly. Of course, he had dealt with her bleedings. Perhaps that should have signaled something to him? No… Sesshoumaru still considered her the same, untainted human child. Despite the fact her scent became quite unbearable from time to time.

Jaken looked from Rin to Sesshoumaru hesitantly. "Milord?" He questioned. Sesshoumaru's gaze flickered to the toad, making the imp shrink in his skin. "I- Is something troubling milord?"

The unreadable demon turned back to his other charge. "Rin."

"Y-yes, Sesshoumaru-sama?"

"Do you wish to return to a human village?" He demanded in his own quiet way.

Rin opened her mouth to speak, but clamped it shut in horror. Her eyes fell, burning holes into her bare feet. Does Sesshoumaru-sama wish to leave me? Am I in his way? Does he… does he regret saving me!

Sesshoumaru watched her, inwardly perplexed. Her scent became spiked with panic, fear, and confusion. He arched one, perfect brow. "Rin."

Jaken fidgeted. His yellow eyes danced between the two, waiting for an answer. His forehead was furrowed in thought.

"Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin said finally, her voice meek.

". . ."

"I don't want to go to a village," She confessed. Her insides churned, waiting to be rejected. The secret fear she had kept locked away since she had been old enough to realize a tag-along girl was not something all demon lords neither had nor wanted. "I want to keep traveling with Sesshoumaru-sama and Jaken-sama, if it is all right." The woman bowed her head.

She wishes to stay. He confirmed. Turning away, he readied to continue at his even pace. "Hn."

With a toothy grin, Rin silently cheered. "Thank you so much, Sesshoumaru-sama!" She cried, and her arms snaked around his abdomen in a makeshift hug. His armor was uncomfortable against her skin. "I am so glad!"

Sesshoumaru's eyes widened in surprise. Rin realized what she had done and jumped back at once face aflame. "S-sorry, Sesshoumaru-sama."

"…Hn."

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Well it started out romantical. –Sobs- I want to write one so badly but they keep ending wrong. –Cries harder-

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