"I don't understand, my Lord," said young Rin.
He looked down at her again, making eye contact with her round brown eyes. The tightening in his chest was getting worse.
"You must stay here for now, Rin," he said, his voice still calm and demanding.
She squinted her eyes and furrowed her brows at him, still not sure what he could possibly mean. Rin looked toward the village and felt tears make her eyes heavy.
"When are you coming back to get me, Lord Sesshomaru?" she whimpered out, trying to make it sound like she wasn't crying. She didn't want her Lord to see her as weak.
He didn't answer, he didn't feel he needed to break her heart anymore by saying it out loud.
"My Lord… please, don't leave me here! I'll be better, I won't get hurt anymore, I promise. I'll learn to take care of myself! Just don't leave me here, Lord Sesshomaru, I don't want to be here without you!" she fell to her knees and put her face to the
ground, bowing to her demonic Lord.
He looked down at her, his face emotionless and calm, and thought, she thinks of herself as a burden.
She wasn't wrong, but she was a burden that he was more than capable and willing to take care of.
"I will follow you silently for now on, Lord Sesshomaru. Don't leave me with these humans, I'll do my best Lord Sesshomaru!" Her cries got quieter, but she was still pleading.
Stupid girl. She doesn't understand, thought Sesshomaru. "Stand up, Rin" he ordered her to do.
She obeyed his orders, trying to make him hate her less. She didn't understand, how could he leave her with nothing but a village with people she didn't know? She hasonly served him with loyalty, how could he abandon her. He must hate her for dying
again, he didn't seem to hate her when she woke up, he seemedso much happier. Inhis own way, he seems relieved. But she did notice how distant he got over the past few days, she couldn't understand why.
"I am not leaving you here because I am angry with you," he said in his rich voice.
She looked up to be disappointed and to see only the side of his face, other than the orange of his eyes. He can't even look at me.
"I am leaving you here to keep safe. I cannot protect you anymore, Rin," he said, not finding the strength to look to her.
You can always protect me, Lord Sesshomaru. She was unaccustomed to arguing with her Lord. Everyone was, he wasn't someone you fight with verbally. His voice was too dominate. She didn't know what to do, she was only crying. She felt as if her
Lord had struck her with his own sword in the chest.
"I won't ever see you again?" she mumbled, after accepting her fate.
Sesshomaru asked himself the same question. Could he go through with the rest of her life without ever gazing upon her smile again? Or never hearing her laugh? He wasn't sure.
"I will return," he said, "I don't know when."
Her heart beat a little faster, she realized she was holding her breathe. He will return one day.
"Lord Sesshomaru… don't forget about me," she said, looking up at her Lord, her King, her one and only Sesshomaru.
"Don't say such foolish things," he said, putting his hand on her cheek, making her face turn more red.
She smiled a little at the gesture, and grabbed his hand in her's, although his hand was significantly bigger than hers, she knew that his hand was the only hand she wanted to hold.
A bright white light blinded her, making her close her eyes, and the hand on her cheek slipped out of her grasp.
She was alone.