Seven Years Later

Chapter 1
Rin's P.O.V
Rin sat around the fire, cooking hers and Jaken's dinner, waiting on her lord's return. "Jaken, the food is ready."
She laughed when he mumbled about her cooking. He always said it was horrible but ate it with devouring haste. "Stop laughing at me you ungrateful human!" She smiled at him and sat down with her dinner. She made cooked fish with the herbs her lord let her buy at the last town.

She sighed when she looked up at the stars. "Lord Sesshomaru is on his way back, Master Jaken." Jaken looked over at the girl, he had no clue how she did that, but she was always right. "How do you do that Rin?"
"I have no Idea Master Jaken. I just feel him." She smiled
"Hmph! Foolish girl." Jaken ignored her then.

Once Rin was done eating she felt lord Sesshomaru getting closer. She stood and smiled in the direction she felt him from. She stood and watched as he melted out of the darkness. "Welcome back Lord Sesshomaru-sama" she greeted him cheerily, her brown doe-eyes looking up at him with warmth. Jaken jumped up and bowed to lord Sesshomaru "Lord Sesshomaru! Welcome back! How were your rounds? Did any pesky demons try to be stupid?"

Lord Sesshomaru ignored Jaken and continued over to Rin. He looked down at her and bent close to her "Rin." She blushed when he sniffed her deeply "Yes m-my Lord?"
"There is something strange in your smell tonight." He stood up and walked over to a tree away from the fire.
She watched him sit down and lean back against the tree. She blushed at his words and looked away "I'm sorry my Lord. I shall go bathe at once."
She gathered her things and quickly walked to the hot springs. Unknowingly to her Sesshomaru followed her.

As she reached the hot springs she put her stuff down. She looked down at the traveling kimono Sesshomaru had gotten her last year for her birthday. Even though she had taken great care, there were small holes splattering the bottom of it. It was a beautiful green fabric, with white lily flowers covering spots all over the kimono. They almost looked as if you could reach out and take one, right off the fabric.

Rin sighed to herself, she had thought that it was much too beautiful for a traveling kimono, and she was sad that she was ruining something her lord had bought for her. She pulled the string loose that was holding her hair up in a ponytail. "Rin."
Her name made her jump, and she quickly lost her train of thought. She was shocked to see that he had followed her. "Yes my Lord?"
Rin watched him carefully for any signs that there was danger. When she didn't find any she relaxed, but only slightly."Is something the matter my Lord?"

She smiled up at him waiting for an answer. Something flickered behind his eyes and before she could catch it, it was gone. "I did not say it was displeasing Rin. I just said it was different."
Rin blushed at his words and held her head down. When she felt his hand touching her hair she froze, unable to breath. He had never touched her before. It was always her hugging him, and him being unresponsive.

She was completely confused. "Your hair is a strange shade of dark blue."
His voice jerked her back into reality and she stumbled backwards. Her foot caught on a rock and she was falling towards the water. She let out a small shriek and closed her eyes.
Her downward movement stopped suddenly, like she had hit the ground instead of water. Opening her eyes slowly she looked up into the face of her saving angel. His face looked, alarmed? "Y-you saved me?"
She became fully aware of his arms wrapped around her body. He simply looked at her, with an expression on his face that she had never seen before. She wasn't quite sure what it was.

She looked up into his golden eyes , how she wished he would look at her as someone he loved. What? No. He was her Lord. She was just a human, which would never happen. She laughed at her stupidity only to realize he was still holding her. Blushing profusely she apologized.

He half smiled and set let her go carefully making sure she wasn't going to fall all over again. He turned and started walking away. "Thank you Lord Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin smiled, it had been a while since he's smiled like that. She continued taking her bath, stepping into the warm water and relaxing the day from her shoulders.

Sesshomaru's P.O.V

He watched her for a moment, she seemed to be admiring the green and white kimono that he bought for her last year. Her new scent seemed to be cocooning around her. It almost smelled like a demon aura, but he knew that was impossible. "Rin."
He watched her jump and turn around. He kept his face clear of all emotion.

"Yes my Lord?" He watched her regard him for a moment. "Is something the matter my Lord?" He watched her face lift into a small smile. She Is Ours. The thought startled him, he wasn't used to his demon surging up like that just to claim a woman. She is human. She cannot be anything other than our ward. Nothing is as it seems when it comes to this girl. She is hiding something from us.
Nonsense. She wouldn't hide anything from This Sesshomaru. She has promised This Sesshomaru to always tell him the truth.

His beast did not respond. He focused back on the beautiful girl in front of him. "I did not say it was displeasing Rin. I just said it was different."
He watched her blush and lower her head. He watched her hair trickle around her shimmering.

Intrigued he reached out and took hold of her hair. It was soft, and smooth. He lifted it into the moonlight and watched it shimmer from black to a deep blue. Strange. She seems to have Demon hair. Why? He got no response from his inner demon. He decided to mention this to her.
"Your hair is a strange shade of dark blue." He had startled her, and she stumbled over a rock.

She let out a shriek and he watched in alarm as she started to fall. Before he realized it, his arms were wrapped around her body, holding her soft form to his chest. He watched her face, her eyes were closed. As she opened them he saw how completely beautiful she was. "Y-you saved me?"
He couldn't respond, he was completely captivated by her eyes. They seemed to glow. He simply just stared at her.

Her laugh made his senses return, letting her make her apologies with the sweetest blush across her face, he gave her a smirk. Setting her up right and making sure she wasn't going to fall again. He turned to leave and let her get her bath. "Thank you Lord Sesshomaru-sama!" He didn't acknowledge her and continued to leave her be, but keeping his hearing tuned to her, making sure nothing happened to His Rin.