AN: Thanks for the reviews so far I appreciate every single one of them. Ok so for this chapter I initially didn't want to add it up till later but I wanted it up now and you will soon read why so please enjoy and R&R!

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"I said YOUR WRONG!"

"Rin please," Kaede warned as she tried to calm down the angry girl.

"And just how would you know," Sue shouted back, expressing just as much anger as Rin.

"….." Rin wasn't sure how to answer. To say that the demon Sue was badmouthing was a very special person to her would only cause more trouble. She could already picture these demon assassins raiding though every hut or using Rin herself as a hostage in order to lure Sesshomaru to them.

"I just don't like you talking so rudely about creatures that you don't even know. There are a few demons that come around this village, and they are nothing as you described."

"Such a naïve girl you are. Demons were not put here to make friends with, and there only objective is to kill. The sooner you realize that the better. Humans and demons live in two different worlds….they can never prosper together….."

Those last words punctured Rin's heart like dozens of sharp needles. To hear the one thing that she never wanted to hear when it came to her relationship with Sesshomaru. To hear that they live and think too far apart to ever be happy with one another was painful to hear; why didn't Sue just rip her heart out while she was at it.

Rin found herself struggling to breathe with all the tension lingering in the air, and all she wanted was to just leave the scene.

So she did.

She held her head up high and politely excused herself from the hut. She walked outside to find that it wasn't so cold anymore, but maybe it was just because her head felt so hot. She walked past everyone without even sparing a glance at any of them.

She didn't feel any tears, but she did not want to take the chance and show them. If Inuyasha or Kagome saw her they would surely ask, and right now Rin just wanted to be alone to gather her thoughts. She knew she will feel better after a good long walk.

She began a simple stroll into the forest, but she soon found that as her head became cooler so did the feeling of the weather. She ran her hands up her upper arms and shoulders trying her best to get the blood flowing to heat herself up, but it was no use.

The season was in autumn, yet with the sun being shrouded by a white clouded sky the whole atmosphere gave the scene a very rainy look. It wasn't too dark to actually rain, but the sun wasn't out enough to make the sky shine. The scene wasn't the pretties, but it just about hit the perfect point when describing a cold chilly day.

Rin felt the wind blow against her face, and each and every time leaves would get caught in her raven colored hair. No matter how many times her hair became tangled with the colors of yellow and orange, she could never get all of them out before a new batch decided to make a home in her wavy locks.

She brought her hands to her mouth and blew warm air into them. She could tell the wind was picking up, and the day was getting colder. She loved the cold seasons, but they were best enjoyed when sitting at home by a warm fire while enjoying some hot stew with good company.

This year she was actually hoping that good company would be Sesshomaru. Whether sitting by a fire or taking a walk through the colorful forest either way it did not matter considering this will be the first autumn they will have hopefully spent together.

It wasn't necessarily the first for the season was coming up when Naraku was living his final hours. After his death the process of everyone adjusting to their new life caused the memory of Autumn and Winter to go by so fast Rin hardly remembered if she even saw colorful leaves or snow.

Soon after Naraku's defeat she was told to stay in the village so she never really got to have that time to spend with her lord during those seasons. Eight years have gone by since then, and yes she finally began to see the change in the leaves and the beauty of the snow, but she never saw or spent it with him.

Knowing she was now given that chance left little flower petals fluttering in her stomach, and she even found herself day dreaming of how she could spend the season with him.

"Just as long as I get to spend it with him," she whispered as she leaned against a nearby tree. "It's enough."

Humans and demons can never prosper together…..

Rin covered her cold ears with her equally cold hands. She could not get what that girl said out of her mind. Like a bad dream she just could not forget it, and the more she thought about it the more she found the urge to spill a few tears. Maybe if she did cry the pain would go away, but she knew it would not solve anything.

She remembered hearing something similar told to her by a monk long ago when she was still a child. She remembered a monk who considered her to be bewitched just because she was traveling with a demon, and they tried everything to see to Sesshomaru's death and their separation. Those demon assassins were not different.

Rin remembering not giving in to anything the monk was saying, and while some things she said and thought did contradict with her life today other things she said and thought didn't.

She never wanted to go back to a village to live with humans….but look where she was now. Not by choice at first, but she knew it was for the best in its own way. She made friends and a new family; she found herself slowly becoming happy living in a human village.

Yet…

I'll always be with Lord Sesshomaru, forever and ever…

To any other woman that small thought would be nothing more than a childish wish and dream thought up by a simple silly girl. So why is it that after so many years Rin still kept those words buried deep within her heart like a secret letter never to be thrown away.

It was those words that gave her the strength as a child to look past the fact that she and her lord live in two separate worlds, and allowed her to keep on traveling with him. So what was different now?

Does she see it as more of a painful fact now because she is older? Is it because her feelings for Sesshomaru have grown since she was a child? She saw him differently now, and not just by looks. He didn't seem as distant as before, but still had that quiet personality Rin was so used to.

They got along well, and if any argument or misunderstanding it was always resolved without being reduced to fighting or yelling, but then again as if she could ever yell at him to begin with. She still held so much respect for him, but knows now that it's ok to be a little playful so long as she didn't overstep her boundaries.

She knows know that he doesn't mind such close contact from her so long as it is nothing so over the top like trying to push him to the ground or squeezing his neck too hard.

He began to talk a little more, but he still only spoke when necessary and his sentences were short and to the point. Unlike her who can start her sentence off on one thing and end up on a completely different subject, but he never told her to be quiet or complained about her constant chatter even though so many other people have.

It wasn't just their use of vocals but when it came right down to it there was nothing similar about them. Through personality and looks she and Sesshomaru were as different as black and white. Their thoughts, their nature, their temper, their interests….the list could go on and on.

She knew of their differences, but when they were together she felt like she was so connected with him. She felt like she could feel everything he felt and figure out everything he was thinking. When they were together with the simple desire of only wanting to spend time with one another things between them no longer seemed so different.

"She says humans and demons can never prosper huh?" Rin said as she looked up into the endless white sky. "I'll just have to prove her wrong then."

Rin felt the wind suddenly pick up and she clutched onto the tree bark as to keep herself form tumbling over. During the process she felt a single tear slip past her eyelids.

It was only one teardrop, but she knew it was the one that held all the previous pain she was feeling.

Rin smiled while feeling her shoulder and hands shiver. The pain was gone now, and she could feel herself no longer caring what Sue said earlier because she knew it wasn't true. She believed what she believed, and will continue to no matter what Sue may throw at her.

"Rin," spoke a sudden voice behind her.

Rin's eyes went wide at the sound of the deep warm voice that already stopped her body from shivering. Rin turned her head from the bark as she felt her heart beginning to warm up at the sight of two rich pools of gold staring back at her.

"Lord Sesshomaru," she said softly with the sun's forgotten heat radiating off of her bright happy smile.

Rin turned herself around and inspected him from head to toe. His fair skin combined with his long silver locks of sheer silk along with those warm eyes of his that looked like it could warm up even the coldest of days.

Of all the times he has returned to her since his visits began, she has never been as happy as she was now. He came when she needed to feel his presence the most; needed him the most. And at that moment there is only one thing she wanted most.

"Lord Sesshomaru…." She said timidly as she approached him slowly. He stood perfectly still although his eyes widened a little when he felt her hands wrap around his torso. He felt her head lay against his chest with her cool breath barely hitting his neck.

He almost found his cheeks turning the colors of the red leaves when he began to notice she was embracing him. It was a sudden thing to do, but she did it slowly and held him gently as her cold hands simply rested against his back.

Rin buried her face in his chest while taking caution in his armor. Despite the cold steel against her body she still felt her body beginning to heat up.

Rin closed her eyes and allowed herself the pleasure of holding him for a few minutes. She felt him relax against her touch and that alone was all she needed to know that he did not mind the embrace at all.

She smiled a tiny smile, and soon a small thump was beating against her ear.

Since when do heartless monsters have beating hearts. A beating heart that Rin found tuned absolutely perfectly and only reminded her of the night he told her he was going to visit her when she decided it was best to stay in the village a little while longer.

Rin looked up to meet his face looking down at her. So much emotion emitting form an emotionless mask that only she was able to look past.

There was nothing hideous about him when all she saw was beauty beyond any compare. There was nothing monstrous about those eyes she found herself becoming lost in again.

Rin felt something cover her back, and when she finally broke eye contact she looked behind herself to find his fur draped across her shoulder and shielding the cold from hitting her back.

She smiled and whispered a sweet "thank you" as she let out a happy sigh and layed her head back against his chest.

He responded with a small "hmm" before his fingers found the remainder of the leaves she could not get out of her hair from before. One by one he picked at the crumbled pieces of dead leaves and released them on the ground till her hair was back to the raven colored curls he was so used to.

Rin hugged his body just a little bit tighter. He may not have hugged her back, but his surprising little gesture was just as much appreciated.

"It's reckless to be out in the cold," he chided calmly.

"I know," she said as she smiled into his clothing.

Rin suddenly giggled, and while he couldn't figure out what was so amusing she turned her head up to look back into his warm eyes.

"But that's what makes embraces all the more enjoyable."

Rin did not hear him respond, but she could have sworn that after she felt a hand rest on the fur draped over her back and everything began to feel so much warmer than it did before.

AN: Yes, really wanted to post up some pure fluff in this chapter XD Normally I would have waited till the end but I couldn't help myself since another cold front came in and the cold seasons are my favorite so it inspired me to write a sweet moment for Sess/Rin without the bother of other characters.

Stay alert because there is still more to come in the next few chapters, and of course I will just think of an even sweeter moment for these two in the end.

Anyway thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it and leave a comment if you can!