Price of Power
Summary: Sesshoumaru's thoughts as he looks down at Rin. Spoilers for chapter 470.
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When had she become so important to him?
This small child, always so full of life . . .
But now as he held her in his arm . . .
So cold. Her skin was cold, she smelt like death, her brilliant eyes were closed forever.
The sword of life dropped from his hand.
So useless now. What was power without someone to protect?
His eyes were burning, his mouth was dry, his stomach was turning. So, this is what his father had wanted him to find. Pain. He had never felt such an intensity before.
If he let that monk take her to a human village, she would still be alive.
What he pursued was now his. The price was something too precious.
One human girl's smile. One he had vowed to get back.
