Chapter One: Is It Love?
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, Rumiko Takahashi is the real genius!
"So many beautiful flowers!" Rin said as she gazed upon the open field of flowers. She ran to the nearest, most beautiful patch and started to pick them. Picking flowers always reminded her of her childhood. Now being 16, so many things have changed for her, and as she thought about it more, changes that only happened to her.
Ever since she was 13, Rin went through something that every demon and human female went through and because of that, she started to change. She grew taller, her chest expanded, and she grew beautiful curves. When they would have to cross through a village, some of the young village men would stop them and would ask for Rin's heart, only to answer to Sesshomaru's poisonous claws.
She then thought about Ah-Un, Jaken, and Lord Sesshomaru. None of them had even changed, except for Sesshomaru, who had regenerated his left arm back because of the Tensaiga's new move, but other than that, he hadn't changed a bit. Ah-Un was still the very loyal demon/dragon that she always loved. Jaken was still small, hideous, and mean towards her. He never really liked Rin and always called her a pest and a brat. She mostly ignored his insults towards her as if they were never even said, which really irritated him. And then Rin thought about Sesshomaru. He still has the same outfit as ever with the two swords, the Tokijin and the Tensaiga at his side. The same golden, expressionless eyes and the same long beautiful silver hair that glistened in the moon light with the crescent moon on his head and the mysterious purplish red slashes on each cheek of his face. He was so dashing, so elegant, so courageous, so………. Handsome. 'Wait, what?' Rin shot out of her thoughts.
'Handsome, why did I say handsome?' She blushed, and then a memory came to her mind.
FLASHBACK!
2 years ago:
Rin, Jaken, and Ah-Un were huddled over a small campfire waiting for Sesshomaru to come back from whatever errand he had to take care of. Jaken and Ah-Un were fast asleep and Rin stayed awake, gazing up at the stars, softly singing her favorite song that she had made up when she was a child:
"In the mountains, in the breeze,
In the forest, in my dreams,
Lord Sesshomaru, where are you?
Jaken is serving under you too.
Oh, I will wait for you, on my own.
Please return to me, waiting all alone."
It had been such a peaceful night.
Then there came the sound of footsteps. She looked over Ah-Un to see a tall figure limping towards the campfire. Rin focused on the moving figure until it was clear.
It was Sesshomaru, but half of his face was covered in blood and his good arm was holding his chest where the remains his armor used to be. The torso part of his shirt/kimono was covered in blood. He then dropped to his knees.
"Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin yelled as she ran towards him. Jaken and Ah-Un were awoken by her scream. When Jaken saw Sesshomaru, he gasped.
"My lord, what on Earth has happened to you?" He said in a worried and surprised tone.
"Damn that Hakuso." He groaned. Hakuso was a powerful bird demon, which had once tried to take over the western lands from Sesshomaru's father. He had come back to take it once more, but had been killed in a fierce battle with Sesshomaru (A/N: AS YOU CAN SEE).
Sesshomaru had rested upon a near by tree, using it as his upper body support. Rin ran to the satchel on Ah-Un and pulled out a large, white box with a red cross painted on it. She walked over to Sesshomaru and Jaken.
"Lord Sesshomaru." She said in a bashful tone.
"What is it Rin?" He said in a blank and emotionless tone.
"Um… the girl called Kagome that travels with Inuyasha gave this to me, she said that it would be very helpful to us if one of us were to get seriously hurt." She stopped after a few seconds, but then continued. "Your wounds look too serious for you to let them heal by themselves…I would dearly much appreciate it if you would let me tend to them so they won't cause deadly infections."
Sesshomaru didn't say anything. He was just gazing up at her. 'No one has ever said that to me before. Rin, do you really care for me that much?' He thought. He finally spoke up. "You may Rin."
Her face lit up with happiness. "Oh, thank you Lord Sesshomaru," she said kneeling beside him, "I will be as gentle as a breeze.
Rin opened the white box, examining and reading all of the labels and everything else on the weird instruments. 'Good thing I know how to read or I would be in trouble.' She thought.
Rin reached up with both her hands to remove his shirt/kimono, but then she realized what she was about to do and quickly placed her hands on her lap, blushing a dark crimson. 'Was I about to undo Lord Sesshomaru's kimono top?' She thought to herself.
Sesshomaru noticed that she blushing and he quickly realized why. With a small smile, he softly said, "It's alright Rin." He moved his right arm up and undid his kimono top. He dropped it next him. Rin blushed even more at the sight of his exposed torso.
'He's so muscular.' She thought. She felt pleased being next to him. Something about seeing him without a shirt and seeing past all of the blood and wounds made her feel weird inside. He was so mesmerizing to her. A pleasant smile spread across her face as she began to care to his wounds.
END OF FLASHBACK!
Rin realized that it was getting dark. "Oh-no, Master Jaken will have my head if I make Lord Sesshomaru worry about me!" She said to herself and then sped off in the direction of her companions.
When she made it back to the campsite, she noticed Master Jaken and Ah-Un were nestled close by a freshly built fire. But something was missing.
"Master Jaken, where did Lord Sesshomaru go?" A slight tone of worry was heard in Rin's voice.
"Lord Sesshomaru has left and won't be back till morning!" He spat at her in disgust.
'Oh, why must my lord always keep me here with that stupid, weak human', he thought to himself. 'Why has he kept her around for so long, it's not like he loves the human'? He shivered at the thought of it. 'No, Lord Sesshomaru would never fall before a human'!
A couple of hours passed in silence. Rin was still thinking about what she had thought about earlier. Then there was a question that popped in her mind and she just had to have it answered.
"Master Jaken, may I ask you a question?" She sat up and looked at the annoyed toad demon.
He sighed, "What is it, you stupid wench!" He tried to sound harsh to get her feelings hurt so she won't start talking to him. But she had to know the answer to her question.
"Will Lord Sesshomaru ever fall in love?" Her words surprised Jaken. 'It was just an innocent question and nothing more', he thought. And then he answered.
"I suppose, because Lord Sesshomaru is but a young man still. Although he is centuries years old, he takes the shape of a 19 or 20-year-old human man in his human/demon form. Therefore, he still has a lot of his life ahead of him. He has been offered so many women to be his mate. Princesses, Sorceresses, women who had been made to be with him by his father, and more had wanted him, and he turned them all down in the end."
Rin was happy to hear that, but there was still one more question that lingered in her mind.
"Master Jaken, would Lord Sesshomaru ever fall in-love with a human?" Her emotions were held bottled up so that she would not give away the true reason she had asked such a question.
Jaken gave the young woman a shocked and surprised look. 'Why had she asked such a question? It's not like she has actually fallen for our Lord? Has she'? Jaken thought very quickly before answering.
He scuffed, "As if the great and almighty Lord Sesshomaru would fall before a human with such emotions! You know as well as I that our Lord despises humans and thinks of them as low as insects!"
"I know." It was all that her broken heart could allow her to say. But then she had another thought. "But Master Jaken, if Lord Sesshomaru hates humans that much, then why has he kept me around for so long?"
The toad demon thought a minuet before answering. 'This might be my chance to finally get rid of Rin before she even shows signs of love towards Lord Sesshomaru.' He straightened up and with a smirk, he said, "You were nothing but a useless tester for Lord Sesshomaru's great sword Tensaiga, and now you follow us around like a pest or a leech and-" He was cut off by Rin.
"If Lord Sesshomaru hated me and didn't want me around, then why didn't he just say something?"
"Because you silly fool, you have proven yourself a good enough servant for him and nothing more."
Jaken looked over at Rin. He could see a slight smile on her face. "That's good enough for me." She said to herself. Jaken could see right through her.
"Look Rin, I would rather keep my foolish emotions to myself then being forced to leave for a village or death if I were you." He said very sternly to her.
"What are you talking about, Master Jaken." She said with worry in her voice.
"Don't be stupid, I can see right through you! I know that you have feelings for our lord and you'd better keep those feelings to yourself or else!
Her face was flushed with red. 'Was I that obvious!' she screamed in her head. Jaken now knew and he could choose to or not to tell Lord Sesshomaru. What she feared the most was that if her lord found out that she loved him dearly, he would become angry and send her away…or worse.
"Master Jaken…I…I …you can't-" he cut her off. "Why would he love you anyway, you're nothing but a weak human. You don't even deserve to follow him." Ah-Un gave Jaken a death glare, followed by an angered growl like moan. "Keep quiet, you!" He whispered fiercely to the dragon/demon. He leaned against the tree, turned away from her. He felt a little bit of pity for Rin. Emotions are hard to control. She didn't mean to love him, it just happened, but she deserved it, she knows better than to love Lord Sesshomaru. He then fell asleep.
Rin was still awake. Jaken has said worse to her before and they didn't even faze her, but what he just said really hurt her. 'Maybe Master Jaken's right', she thought panicking, 'Does Lord Sesshomaru only see me as a dirty servant'? With her eyes blurred with tears, she stood up. "I don't want to be a bother for my lord anymore. I don't want to keep ruining his life." She whispered to herself, "I'll leave now and never come back, that way, It will be easier for Lord Sesshomaru to forget about me if I leave without saying a word…… It'll be like I just disappeared of the face of the Earth.
She silently walked over to Ah-Un and gave him a gentle hug, waking him up accidentally. "Goodbye Ah-Un, I'll miss you dearly." She whispered into ones ear. Ah-Un let out a soft, low, depressed moan and she hugged both heads again. "It's okay, It's not Master Jaken's words that are making me leave, I just think it's for the best. They gently nudged her and slowly fell back to sleep. She then looked over at Jaken, who was sleeping peacefully. "Goodbye, Master Jaken." She whispered, trying not to wake him. Then Rin looked up at the stars. She felt more tears Run down her cheeks as she said, "Goodbye Lord Sesshomaru, where ever you are, I will always love you no matter what." She turned around, facing the rest of the dark forest. She took a deep breath and walked off.
To Be Continued………
Whew! First chapter finished! Hope you liked it. There's more to come after this!
