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Chapter 4

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Her scent was the first thing he picked up, before Inuyasha's or his companions'. He rushed to the giant castle gate to make sure that his nose was right.

Why was she here? He was dying to know.

She was standing before him once more. He never thought that he would see her again in this lifetime. She had changed, yet she was everything he remembered. Still so beautiful.

What changed most about her were her eyes, the way she looked at him. It was no longer the innocent child who adored him. Instead they were filled with fear and nervousness.

Why did she come if she was so terrified of him? His cold heart clenched. He decided to not look at her. She was too good at reading him. He would not show his weakness to anyone.

No, he had no weakness.

But at the same time, her gaze held something more than fear and that was longing.

He could not understand her.

She had always been a mystery. Or was she?

There were times he thought he knew all about her, yet he knew nothing.

What had been nagging him the most was the reason why she was here, but he was too damn proud to ask.

He left her behind and attended to the demoness who had come to get him.

Even from a far distance he could pick up her salty tears, her painful cry filled his sharp demon ears like no other's. His entire being was pulled towards her, wanted to go after her, to comfort her, but he stopped himself. He remembered the last time he allowed himself to be lost with her and the result was to never see each other again.

Also, Inuyasha went after her so she would be safe.

But what could have crushed her soul to let out such a painful howling. He had to use all of his resistance to not chase after her.

Inuyasha came running, demanding a fight afterward. Though he had no clue why the half breed would want to fight him, but he was almost too happy to oblige and release some of his angry turmoil if it were not for the business he had to take care of first.

He ignored his half-brother and went on his way, which left the very vexed half-demon behind.

It was nearly midnight when he returned to his castle. All resistance and pride still weren't enough to stop him from following her scent into her room.

There's no harm if no one knows.

He was surprised at what he found. She was pale, almost lifeless. Stains of tears wet her pillow.

Did the human male betray her again?

Foolish woman.

Always too trusting. She chose to trust that human male and got her heart broken over and over again.

He should have forced her to come with him back then, but he could never do so. "Do as you wish," he had told her and cold not turn back on his word no matter how much he wanted to sweep her off her feet and never let her go.

And now, she was once again crying like three years ago. All alone.

Why did she come here?

And then she stirred. He should leave, yet his body disobeyed.

And when he saw that pair of sad eyes begging him for warmth, everything else was lost to him.

For the first time in his life, he ignored all reason. Anything to make her happy.

Anything.

What if she rejects you?

He would have to deal with that later. Holding her trembling body in his arms, making her feel safe was all he could think about at the moment. She was like a little wounded animal that needed comfort.

Maybe he had been punished for all he had done. Not that he truly believed so, but it was something to think about. All his life, if he wanted something he took it, he never asked, yet here he was, giving every bit of himself to a human girl. A human girl who loved another man.

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In the middle of the wedding ceremony, a broken cry assaulted his ears. He knew who it belonged to.

At that moment he felt empty. She regretted it again like three years ago. He did not feel like moving. He already predicted that would be her reaction, yet he could not bear the feeling of emptiness in his chest.

The invisible wounds that were more painful than any battle wounds could ever be drilled into him. But it wasn't new. He had been living with that pain for the past three years. It was just increasing the size of the wounds. More severe and unbearable, he never thought that such a pain was possible.

The guard he ordered to watch over her came running, rushing to his side and whispered the word that made his icy heart clench and felt like his being had been torn apart all over again,

"She's running away with Ah-Un."

Without a word, he took off. He would not let her go. No matter what, he would not let her go. Even if she begged, even if she cried, she would not be anywhere but beside him. He had given her the chance to deny him, yet she threw herself into his arms. It was her fault to make him lose control. She had to take responsibility for it and stay with him. Otherwise, the whole land would be soaked in blood.

He chased after her, stopped her and ordered his faithful dragon, Ah-Un, to be off so he could talk with the woman who had been playing games with his stone-turned-soft heart. But overall it wasn't what he had expected. She wasn't running away because she did not want him. She ran away because she wanted him too much.

With just that, his whole world turned upside-down. From extremely dark and painful to paradise, he never knew that emotions such as love could do so much to him. To be honest, he hated these feelings that caused him to become so weak. So weak to let her go three years ago because of her pleadingly painful expression. The feelings that craved to taste her for the past three years, yet refused to force her because he cared about her.

She was like a drug. A drug that clouded his mind and that he could not get enough of. Its effect felt so great that he was willing to give anything to have her.

He wanted to take the woman who had been pouring her heart out confessing her undying love to him and be with her for the next few days, just the two of them. But he couldn't. He had to return and finish the wedding ceremony.

He was the great lord of the west. He could not, would not, dishonor his name no matter how much he wanted to be anywhere but at the ceremony.

"What was the messenger's words exactly?" he wanted to know.

"There will be a wedding being held at the western land castle in the next three days. Inuyasha is required to appear there," Rin quoted.

"Hm," he wondered if he should punish or reward the messenger for being so vague with his words.

"Let's go back. I have to finish the wedding." He told the girl whose eyes were starting to moisten with tears again. He found that he was a sadist because partly he did not want to make her cry, but the other part of him was happy that she was crying because she wanted him to herself.

But he decided to make everything clear.

"I think you misunderstood something. Let it be clear. Today isn't my wedding day." He smirked at the opened jaw of the young adorable woman inside his arms, making him want to take that mouth with his.

"She is one of my distance cousins and wanted me to hold a wedding for her. I have to be there to give them a blessing because I am their lord and they cannot continue without my presence."

Her smile became so bright like the sun without dark clouds and warmed his heart so much that he didn't even care about the suffering he had been through until now. She hugged him with all her human strength.

"I thought you were going to marry her"

"Not a chance! She is like the copy of my mother. I cannot tolerate her."

Rin smiled. "I love you, I love you, I love you," she repeated the same words into his chest, making him want to just forgot about the wedding or anything else and have the woman before him to his heart's content.

The reason why Inuyasha was required was because the groom was Inuyasha's fan and asked for him to be present at his wedding. He would have told Inuyasha about it yesterday if it weren't because he had to leave.

But all and all, they had come to an understanding and their feelings were mutual.

About the messenger, he decided to let him off the hook. Because of his vague message had brought the woman his heart had been yearning for to him.

And that was how the story ended here. Their lives would be filled with so much drama after this, but mostly they were happy.

And finally they had a happy ending.

The end.

THE EHD? NOOOOO! O0O… what happen to my perfect plan of going on strike for reviews? :((

("cough cough" after recovered from the shock,) Reviews anyway, k?

SeeshyRin3and Sotam,: I hope you guys are happy with the ending. There is no way I will let Sesshy has more than one woman. As long as it's within my power he will only have one woman! Even if he only loves Rin, I will feel so bad for the other woman who is just a piece of equipment in his life.

Rinshy: Lol, your enthusiast is one of the reasons that keeps me going! Thanks for the encouragement.

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(Dec, 02,12)