Chapter 13

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"How did you get on my father's property?", the future lord asked. "I'm sorry, I got lost. My village is close to the property line here and I got here by .", Shinrai said, "I guess I should be on my way then." Sesshomaru would usually just let the person in this kind of situation just be on their way, but something held him back from doing so.

"Wait", he said. Shinrai stopped. "Come back tomorrow", Sesshomaru said uncontrollably, "Oh, and I'm Sesshomaru, prince of the western domain." Shinrai turned around, "Sure", she said.

The next morning, Sesshomaru sat and waited. Sure enough, Shinrai came popping out of the bush. Even though Shinrai was a hanyou, and Sesshomaru knew that she could probably turn on him, there was something about her that he wanted to know, but he wasn't quite sure what exactly.

"I was wondering," Shinrai began, "Why do you want to talk to me? I've heard that you humans, and I'm a hanyou." Sesshomaru responded, "True, but I wondered why you sat and watched me for awhile before you told me that you got lost." "Well, I,…", Shinrai blushed. Sesshomaru mumbled a tiny laugh, "Please, come and sit with me."

He motioned for her to sit next to him and patted the space for her to sit. Shinrai seemed nervous, but sat down with him. Sesshomaru was shy, but it seemed to go unnoticed to Shinrai. All those lonely days in the castle, except for when Sesshomaru got to see Tsuyomaru and Toshiyuki on holidays or meetings with their fathers, (Tsuki-Oji was still very young) made him very introverted, and he needed more friends.

"So this is your little secret place, is it not?", Shinrai said to the prince. "Yes, you could say that", he added. "It's nice", Shinrai complemented. "Thanks." Together, they sat talking and telling about each other. They repeated this every morning after that. Sesshomaru was specifically told not to involve himself with humans (or even half) but he didn't care. Shinrai made him happy, and he made her happy as well.

After their twentieth meeting that morning, Sesshomaru received a gift from Shinrai; she gave him a red ribbon she wore sometimes. "It's my favorite one", she would say, "That's why you should have it." That night, Sesshomaru was getting ready for bed. He sat at his table that also had a mirror mounted on the back, brushing his hair so it wouldn't be a tangled mess in the morning. He looked over at the ribbon.

Then, a weird feeling swept over him. He missed Shinrai. When Sesshomaru thought about Shinrai, his stomach had butterflies flying all over inside of him, and he would blush a little. He had to face the facts: he loved Shinrai.

It didn't matter to him if she was a half or a full , he needed her, and she needed him. She was his princess, she was so pretty to him, with her shiny black hair, big amber eyes, and soft black ears that perk up when she was excited, or flattened when Sesshomaru's charm frustrated her.

Then he thought about a few more of her lovely features. Sesshomaru may seem different from others, but inside he was a guy. 'She's got the nicest of curves, and her butt is… and, and, don't think it, don't think it…, her are so…!' Sesshomaru felt embarrassed to think these things, but he knew she would probably understand.

Even though he was alone, he blushed deep red. 'Dammit! I am such perv!',

He thought. Sesshomaru got into bed and drifted off to sleep. That morning, he asked Shinrai to meet him at midnight. She accepted.

Sesshomaru snuck out into the gardens and to the place. Shinrai came at the same time. She smiled her cute smile. They sat and watched the moon and fireflies. Shinrai put her hand down next to her side and Sesshomaru took it. Shinrai blushed. "You are very pretty", he said. Shinrai was about to answer that when it happened. Sesshomaru leaned in and pushed his soft, perfect, lips into hers creating a passionate kiss. She pushed hers back and then broke free to catch her breath.

Shinrai started to cry. "Why do you, a full youkai want a stupid hanyou like me?", she sobbed. "B-Because, I-I-I love y-you", he stuttered. Shinrai's eyes that were filled with tears glistened in the moonlight as she heard this. Sesshomaru put his finger under her chin and looked into her eyes.

She hugged him tightly and he returned with a loving embrace and then locked his lips back onto hers. It was as if the world had stopped cold for a moment. Shinrai put a hand behind his neck and pulled him closer. Sesshomaru licked her lower lip as she shyly opened her mouth and licked his.

They hugged and watched the moon a bit longer and soon, Shinrai fell asleep in Sesshomaru's warm embrace with her arm still clutching Sesshomaru's kimono. He watched her all night and in the morning, each person went back home.

The next night, they decided to meet again, except this meeting would be different than the one last night. Sesshomaru sat on the boulder and waited, and waited. Finally, a dark figure appeared, but wait, there were others too. "Shinrai?", Sesshomaru asked. "Sesshomaru", she said quietly as she stepped out of the dark. Her appearance was different. She was dressed in a battle suit of black and purple. Many weapons were tucked into her belt.

"Who are those people?", he asked. "My village found out about our meetings on and I lead them here", she said feeling ungrateful. A samurai stepped out of the dark. "We are here to slay you "Prince of youkais", he said with anger, "You cause too much trouble stealing women like Shinrai from our village. She maybe a hanyou, but she is still part human too. Any last words before we kill you?", he asked as the other villagers stepped out with knives, arrows, bows, and naginattas. "You dare slay me?", Sesshomaru asked feeling betrayed. "Actually," the samurai said, "Shinrai will do the honor, we are here to make sure she doesn't let you escape." Shinrai started to cry.

She stepped forward as she cried and drew a sword. She swung at Sesshomaru, but he was too fast for her. "Shinrai, no!", Sesshomaru said as he dodged her. He could kill her at any moment, but he couldn't all the same. He loved her too much. She put the sword away and began to release throwing stars at him. She d this so much! Her heart was in terrible pain to kill the one she loved. Once again, he dodged them. This went on for a while; she attacked him very skill fully with various weapons and he dodged them until she became exhausted and fell.

Sesshomaru caught her by the arms. She cried as she embraced him and cried even harder into his chest, soaking his kimono. He held her close and kissed her head. "I'm so sorry! I'm a fool! I'm terrible! I don't want to kill you! I love you! I'm really very sorry!", Shinrai cried. Sesshomaru rocked her in his arms as they sat on the soft, dew glistened grass.

"I'm here. Shh.", he said softly. During the fight, Shinrai had ally scratched her cheek with a throwing star. Her cheek had a line of red trickling down her chin. Sesshomaru licked it clean as he held her trembling body in his lap.

The samurai became enraged. "Kill him now you damned bitch!", he said pulling Shinrai from Sesshomaru's arms. However, Shinrai was too tired to fight and just sat in the grass. As a result, the samurai kicked her in the side. "I said kill him! Get up, bitch!" Shinrai just sat.

"Leave her alone!", an angry Sesshomaru said. He got up to help defend Shinrai when another samurai threw a knife at him. Then the worst happened. It missed Sesshomaru and stabbed into Shinrai's back. She screamed loudly. Sesshomaru froze. His eyes widened.

He ran to Shinrai and clutched her tightly. "Shinrai", he said beginning to cry. "Sesshomaru, I will love you forever", Shinrai said as her body went cold and she died in his arms. "Why so sad ? After all, she was going to die someday", one samurai said laughing afterwards.

That's when it Sesshomaru. He let go of Shinrai and stood up. His eyes blazed red. Wind encircled his body in a pink light. White fur began to sprout all over his body. "LEAVE MY CASTLE NOW! UNDERSTAND?", the very much more than enraged Sesshomaru said as he disappeared in the wind. At the very moment that the wind dissipated, a large, monsterous, dog appeared. Sesshomaru in his dog form devoured the village soldiers after impaling them on his claws. None of them could escape.

Inu-Taisho was awakened by the commotion, and came to the scene. "Sesshomaru! You transform back this instant!", the lord shouted coming upon the scene. Sesshomaru changed back and ran to his father. "Sesshomaru, what has gotten into you?", he said as he looked over at the one body left uneaten, Shinrai. Then he knew. Sesshomaru grabbed his father and cried hard.

Inu-Taisho walked over to the corpse when Sesshomaru let go. Sesshomaru took Shinrai's hand and cried on it. Sesshomaru had a whole new reason to humans now. Shinrai was his. She was the first that made a difference to him, and now, she was gone like the sea foam when it touches the beach.

END OF FLASHBACK

Rin woke and looked up at Sesshomaru. A look of pain was in his eyes like before. The pain of loss, the pain of sorrow. "lord Sesshomaru, is some thing wrong?", she asked.