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There was a heavy click as the door closed behind him. He slid to the center of the spacious back seat and propped his feet upon the opposite one. The upholstery was black leather; the scents that lingered were easy on his nose mainly because he was the only one who ever sat back here. How many times had he taken this same trip over the centuries? 'Countless' was the thought now in his mind as he felt the vibration and heard the humming as the vehicle began moving.
The stars were bright even through his tinted windows. "The sun should be rising in a few hours," he commented to himself as he let his tired golden eyes fix on them. He was going back to Tokyo tonight, back to watch that stupid well. It had been almost a year. Something should be happening soon. He couldn't quite remember how old that miko idiot had been when she pulled his Rin into the Bone Eater's Well nearly 500 years ago.
He was so furious, he tried to reach her, but it was too late. He howled with rage as he dug his razor sharp claws into the ground. He dug for hours until that half-breed brother of his caught his attention. "You can't get through like that," his steps could be heard as he walked away, "you'll just have to wait." "What do you mean?" it was a half growl, half scream as it escaped his lips, "This Sesshoumaru waits for no one!" He leapt out of the well with all intentions of attacking Inuyasha. Instead, for once Inuyasha used a bit of intelligence and quickly offered up all the information that he possibly could.
He still had difficulty accepting the fact that after rescuing her from those miserable extensions of Naraku he lost her to a misunderstanding. His youkai blood boiled with his loss, yet all he could do was wait. And so he waited. For years he hovered near the well on a daily basis, always checking to see if it had somehow spit out his lost mate. However, she hadn't appeared in almost 500 of them.
It wasn't that he had given up on finding her; it was simply that other things had come up. Youkai lives in the modern world were hectic. For crying out loud he was Taishou Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western lands among youkai, owner of a prestigious law-firm among humans, and quit possibly -and most importantly- the sexiest youkai that ever existed, and therefore sought after by youkai and humans alike. Fending off hordes of fan-girls took a lot of his time. After a while, one has to move along, so he did. Only, he couldn't stay away forever and now he was on his way back.
"My lord, we've reached the Higurashi Shrine," squawked a voice from the front of the limo. Technically they were across the street from the shrine. He never really liked that place. The old man wasn't particularly powerful, but he knew what he was doing. Sesshoumaru had seen a few too many demons taken out by his spiritual abilities over the years.
It was midmorning and the sun was violently bright for this time of day. Sesshoumaru decided it was time to open the door and look around. He expected the same scent of the shrine and the people who worked and lived there as usual. Standing up he inhaled deeply, and as he did the force of one scent in particular hit him full force and caused him to tremble. Sesshoumaru grabbed the car door to steady himself. How could he miss her arrival! Guilt began to swell within him as images of possible situations filtered through his head. 'Why hasn't she searched this Sesshoumaru out?' his feelings suddenly changed to anger when he realized that she had been here for some time now.
A white blur streaked across the shrine. He was searching out every inch of the place for clues as a small car pulled into one of the few houses in the area. Sesshoumaru's ears twitched as the woman who got out of the car began walking to her home. Sniffing the air he growled deeply, he knew that scent very well. It was his brother's former wench, the same one he had been watching for years. As he approached her, Rin's scent was all over Kagome. 'She has her! She's had her all this time!' hate for the miko infiltrated his veins once again.
Kagome hurried to unlock her front door, a bag of groceries in one hand and her keys in the other. In her now frantic state she had almost dropped the keys 3 times. 'Why isn't ojisan doing anything about this?' she could feel the massive youkai aura headed straight for her at lightening speed. 'I really hope he's not testing me at a time like this,' it was unfortunate for her that her grandpa was currently napping heavily. She pushed the door open and zipped in closing it quickly behind her. Hopefully the wards placed on her home were still active. More importantly, she hoped that they would be effective against a demon of this strength.
A hand pushed her door back open before it closed all the way. Kagome dropped her bag and keys on the floor. She pushed hard against the door, but she was no match at all for this mighty youkai. She felt his youki seep into her home and almost died from fright right there as she saw the red stripes on his wrists. This was Sesshoumaru. 'Where in hell did he come from? Rin's been here for almost a year, and now he shows up.' She was so confused. She began moving backwards away from the door. He was in front of her now, his facial markings jagged, red seeping into his eyes, fangs elongated and to make it even worse he was maliciously glaring at her. 'So this is the end' echoed in her mind when his clawed hand wrapped around her neck. "Where is she?" the roar from his throat made Kagome shiver as he slammed her hard into a wall. Eye's wide with fear, her priestess powers were starting up. She wrapped her own hands around his wrist.
He shoved her harder into the wall with a deep growl, "Don't think you can purify one such as I that easily, miko. Tell this Sesshoumaru where his Rin is right now!" Kagome shuddered from the force of his voice. One had to admit that it was frightening. "Not here," she whispered, his hand was still tightly clamped around her throat. "Well that's obvious!" he roared, anger and rage washing over him. His grip tightened and Kagome struggled to breathe. 'I will just have to find her,' as the woman currently at his mercy fell limp he let her unconscious body fall to the floor. She might be useful later if he couldn't find Rin. With that he was on his way out.
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Rin made it back to the school half an hour before she needed to be there. She found a cozy bench to sit on underneath a beautiful sakura tree. With her newly acquired bottled green tea and cookies she rummaged through her other bag. While wandering around she had found a bookstore and couldn't resist. It resembled a small cottage. She pulled out the paranormal romance novel that had caught her eye the little store and began reading. This one was about a girl who had fallen madly in love with a werewolf. The girl kept finding herself in dangerous situations and the wolf kept rescuing her. Rin wasn't very fond of wolves, but she liked these romances nonetheless. On the upside, it kept her mind off of a set of handsome golden eyes and long silver hair.
She had gotten through several chapters when she decided to look at her watch. Okasan was over a half hour late already. 'Something must be wrong, she's never late,' Rin stood up and grabbed her belongings. She was going to call home and see what was holding up Kagome. As she reached the front door of the school she realized it was already closed for the day. Now she would have to walk home. Hopefully okasan wouldn't be angry at her for walking all the way home.
It wasn't going to be that long of a walk. The distance could be covered within an hour, and she was going to go down the same streets Kagome would use if she was simply running late. That way she wouldn't get yelled at. Okasan was weird like that. Little things made her upset. It was kind of understandable that she worried being that Rin didn't have her memory and all. She must have lost it somehow. 'Why won't okasan tell me what happened?' she wondered as she headed down the side-walk.
"Hey there beautiful," she was so lost in thought she didn't even hear him approaching. "Leave me alone you pervert, this Rin does not want to have your children," he frowned at her harsh statement. "Well," he mocked her tone, "this Miru is quite persistent." "I've noticed," her mumble was barely audible as she sighed and tried to ignore him. He wasn't giving up so easily, but he was intelligent enough to keep his mouth shut as they walked.
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Her scent was everywhere; it was all he could think about. His fingers on her silky pale flesh, his smooth lips brushing against her delicate ones; all he wanted was to have his fangs lightly grazing his mark. Rin filled his head as he raced across the city following her scent. He found it in a convenience store, it lingered around an old bookstore, and it was heavy all over the school building he was currently standing in front of. She couldn't be too far ahead. Her scent was in the air, she was moving towards the shrine. 'Maybe this Sesshoumaru should have waited there,' he shook his head a bit before taking off again.
Soon a second scent hit his nostrils sending him into an all out frenzy. Male flesh, she was with another male. He clawed down tree after tree as she got closer. How could she do this! He was outraged as his anger began to rise.
The two were now in his field of vision. "This Rin does not want to have your children!" his anger transferred to the dark haired boy harassing her as a bit of relief washed over him. His gaze transferred back to her waist length brown hair that was currently tied back and braided. She was slightly curvier than he remembered and he wanted to wrap his arms tightly around that small waist and hold her close.
His gaze returned to that wretched boy who was way too close to his Rin. Unexpectedly his honey gold eyes locked onto the deep purple of Miru's. The boy was smirking at him. 'How does that human even see me at this distance?' then it hit him, the male scent wasn't human at all, it was shadowed. Sesshoumaru had been under the impression that only the stronger youkai, like him, could cover their scent with a shadow-scent. This hanyou was proof that he was wrong, and this hanyou seemed to have all intentions of taking what was his.
Miru was a bit cocky at this point. The youkai farther behind was glaring hard at him; however, he didn't even mask his scent. Miru figured him to be falsely projecting youki. His mother had told him it was possible to do such things. She said it was an intimidation mechanism and not to bother with it, he was strong enough. So casually he snaked his arm around the girl at his side and once again asked, "Will you have my babies?" SMACK! Rin's hand collided with his jaw.
The sound echoed as Rin shoved at him to let her go. 'Where did this strength come from?' she couldn't get him off of her. It was as if he had suddenly become ten times stronger. "Let me go!" she pushed him as hard as she could but it was no use. "I really wish you wouldn't have done that. You see, I told you I was persistent, and now you've embarrassed me in front of another youkai," his grip around her tightened. Rin was extremely confused. "Another youkai," she stammered, "you're a, a, you're a youkai?" he flashed her a devious looking smirk as he sensed her heart rate increase and smelt the tinge of fear.
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Sorry to end it here, it was longer . though I hope it was okay. Just so you know, there won't be any updating from me for a bit. I'm going to Ireland for a vacation, but I will update as soon as I get back