Chapter 4
Sesshomaru
"Inuyasha,"
The half-breed looked up at me with a dark glint in his eyes. His fangs were barred and his hands were gripping his sword tightly.
"What do you want, Sesshomaru?" He growled.
I narrowed my eyes at him. "I want to ask you about something."
His hands loosened and his teeth were no longer barred. His eyes lost the dark glint and was replaced by a confused lightness.
"Alright then, I see you're not trying to take tetsaiga." He said and sheathed his sword, but kept his thumb on the hilt.
"I do not wish to take father's gift from you. It would be disrespectful. I mearly wish to ask a question about you and your mate."
He scoffed. "As if it's any of your buisness."
"Inuyasha, I wish to know. What is it that makes a demon wanting to mate with a human?"
The question clealy surprised him. He blinked. "Why do you want to know?"
"I am curious. Father did it, and now you have too. What is it that leads to this?"
Inuyasha blinked a few more times, not knowing how exactly to answer. He looked down at the ground and sighed. When he looked back up, his eyes were golden liquid, soft and emotional.
"I changed. She," He gestured toward Kagome. "changed me. At first, all I wanted to do was kill humans to get what I wanted," He closed his eyes, in pain at the memory and the thought. He flinced slightly. "I even wanted to kill Kagome in the beginning. I didn't care about humans…all I wanted was to be a powerful demon.
"She changed who I was inside. And if she hadn't, I would've lost my soul to the shikon jewel and would have been a full fledged demon." He said gazing at Kagome.
"Is that not what you wanted? I thought power was more important to you than anything." I said to him. He sat on a nearby log and looked down at his hands.
"It was what I wanted I guess…but when Kagome told me she loved me as a half-demon…we decided I'd stay like this, and she'd stay with me." He looked back up at me with an expression I had never seen my brother use. It seemed sad…but really, it was happy. This was a human emotion that I had never personally seen.
"She changed you. And that's why. It had nothing to do with protecting her?"
He looked down for a moment again and looked back up. "Protection is involved I suppose. I won't let anyone touch her or the pups. From the beginning I had a sense of protection for her. I didn't know why at the time, I just did. I see now it was because I loved her. She's mine." He growled on that word.
"I see." I turned to take my leave. I was confused, but yet I understood. He was hers, and noone else's. He was her protector.
I stopped suddenly, with my eyes wide. He was her protector. He was her mate. The two corresponded with each other. The two led to each other. And he protected her from the start.
"I am Rin's protector." I said outloud, trembling slightly at the way it sounded aloud. "I am to be Rin's mate."
Ok guys there you go, the next chapter. I'll be going on vacation for a week so I don't think I'll be updating until I get back. Hang in there, I know that it's getting exciting.
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