Chapter 3

Sesshomaru

I walked along the grass and the trees, not looking back as I heard Rin go into the hut with Kagome. I knew this day was to come, but why so fast? It seemed like young Rin was only 8 a few days ago.

Human years were so very limited. I was over 500 years old and she was only 13 and yet already a quarter of her life has passed…humans were so very fragile, so weak, so easily disposable...

That's why Rin was with me. For I was her protector, because even for a human, Rin was weaker than most. That's why Tenseiga yearned for me to restore her life. She was disposed too quickly by that pack of wolves, and she deserved a longer life.

"Tell me, Sesshomaru…have you someone to protect?"

My father's words ringed in my mind. I had Rin to protect. What was it to prove? What was it that father had wanted me to learn?

I moved back out of the trees and watched my younger brother practice his Tetsaiga. I had given up long ago on taking it for my own. I decided taking it would be disrespecting my father.

Father, I thought. How could you have left us for that mortal? For that human woman?

I remembered the look in his eyes the night he went after the human woman. Even as injured as he was, he risked it for her. I had never seen that look on father's face before, like he was in pain. He had fallen in love with a human and had made that monstrosity that was my brother. Not only that but he had left me and my mother.

Mother didn't look phased, but I could tell inside was like a firey hell that I had not wanted to disturb. That was why I left. I left her after father had run off with that woman.

And of course, even with as much pride Inuyasha should have had to be an offspring of the Great Dog Demon, he also disgraced himself by falling in love with a human.

I closed my eyes and sighed. I, Sesshomaru, had no need for a companion. I walked alone.

I heard Rin and Kagome come outside of the hut. Jakken stood and started walking in my direction, and Rin smiled at Kagome and turned to leave. I watched Kagome, holding her infant in her arms. Inuyasha's child would be weaker than even he. Inuyasha had many to protect, had he learned the same lesson father wanted me to learn?

"My Lord," Jakken addressed.

"What is it, Jakken?" I asked without looking down.

"Shall we be on our way?" He asked.

I narrowed my eyes, thinking of what I had to do. "Jakken, take Ah-Un and Rin. I have to discuss something with my half-breed brother."

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