The life of Sesshomaru and Rykotsu (a.k.a Rin)

Chapter 1
720 years later
Rankotsu POV

I paced across around my room extremely worried about my only daughter's safety. I had no option but to send her to the battlefield and fight the Eastern Lands. It is not like she hasn't fought before...she is in fact one of the most skilled fighters of the Royal Paladins. Why am I worrying? She would be absolutely fine! Yes, absolutely fine. I sighed and sat down on my armchair. I don't know why I am trying to be so positive...after all my first two sons had lost the battle long before. My Bankotsu was murdered after his return... Oh how I miss him...he was so dear to me. He was next to ruling the Southern lands. Smart. Strong. But my dear son was murdered when he was only 16 demon years old and only 1,920 human years old. Next up in line is Tamayoru, he had gone to the battlefield and was seriously injured. Of course his wounds healed within a day or two, however he had fallen very ill. This illness is very common within demons. It is not an illness, Rankotsu. He is simply shocked by all the blood and death he saw on the battlefield.

There was sudden knock on my door. I stopped pacing and looked at the door. "Enter," I finally managed to say. The door slammed open. "MASTER RYKOTSU IS ON HIS WAY BACK!"
FINALLY! "Spread the news across the lands."

Rin POV

I finally landed 50 meters in front of the Southern Gates. I HAVE WON THE BATTLE! FATHER IS NOW IN CHARGE OF THE EASTERN AND THE SOUTHERN LANDS! Isn't that amazing? Maybe not, however the fights are over in the Eastern Lands. The sons of the late Lord Ookami, have been fighting for years and years to become the next Lord. Nearly 10 of the 20 sons had been killed by the time I arrived at the battlefield. I only had to kill the 5 sons and their 500 men army...I managed to make a deal with the other five sons and 9,500 men. Now that father is responsible of the Eastern Lands, he would be able to look after it until one of the five sons are old enough. Finally, peace has been returned to both the lands and I'm glad that I was part of restoring it. I climbed on to Akikomayoru (my dear companion and half horse, half dragon demon) and signalled the other 4 half horse/half dragon demons to fly ahead. We all landed in front of the gates and the guards immediately opened them.

"Master Ryokotsu of the South has now returned from his battle in the Eastern Lands. VICTORY TO THE SOUTHERN LANDS," announced Mikage.

As soon as this was announced, everyone began to chant my name over and over and over. I continued to ride on Akikomayoru, with a warm smile, as the crowd stepped aside to let me through. At the very end of the path I came face to face with my wonderful family, there was my father, my mother, my twin brother Jakotsu, my younger brother Ramayoki. Where is Tamayoru? I climbed down from Akikomayoru and was suddenly taken into the arms of my father and mother.

"Welcome back, Ryokotsu. We are very proud of you, young one," My mother and father said in unison. Hmm...so warm...

"I am glad that I have made you proud, father and mother." I said, bowing in front of my parents.

"At the age of 6 demon years you have proven yourself worthy of being the next Lord for the Southern Kingdom," stated the head of the demon council.

Immediately, I rose up and looked at him. "I am quite surprised you said so, Goriyomaru, since Master Tamayoru is still in line," I said quite angry at the fact that someone would even say that. How could he say that? Does he not realize someone else is more worthy than me? Does he have no respect for my brother?! His future LORD!

"I believe that he is not that capable of being the next Lord of the Southern Lands," he said, calmly. The crowed gasped in horror. WHAT?! HOW DARE HE! MY BROTHER IS ABSOLUTELY CAPABLE OF RULING THIS LAND! Tamayoru is in fact the very best! Calm down, Rin. Calm down.

"And why do you think that Goriyomaru? Tamayoru is a fine boy," said my father, rather annoyed. Yes father, let's here his stupid reason.

"Think about it Lord Rankotsu. If Master Tamayoru isn't even able to recover from the previous battle, how would he rule this land successfully?"

He is getting on my nerves now. I looked at him and said,"That might be true for now but that does not make him INCAPABLE of ruling this land. He will recover soon and.."

"RYOKOTSU!" father shouted, "Enough."

He then turned to the smirking Goriyomaru and signalled him to come and talk inside.

"Why don't you go get some rest after all you did spent 6 long months fighting. The Northern Lord and the Western Lord would be arriving tomorrow, son. It is the beginning of the spring festival, remember?" asked mother.

"Oh yes...spring festival. It would be interesting and I am guessing the great Mater Sesshomaru would not be attending as usual," I said, calmly. Although, I am not sure why Master Sesshomaru never came to visit the Southern Lands...like his family comes here all the time. On the other hand...he is a very busy demon and the most powerful demon to ever exist...I am simply not worthy of his time. In fact no one is.

"Well...I am not sure," said mother, before walking into the Manor.

"I heard that he would drop in a few days time," whispered a familiar voice. She's already here?!

Sesshomaru POV

Scrolls. Scrolls. More scrolls. None of which is really important or necessary. These are simply scrolls of complain about the mountains, which surround the Western Lands, what am I meant to do about it? Am I meant to magically remove the mountains and waste my time killing the creatures, which reside in them? If the humans have a problem with climbing over the mountain, which protect this land, then it is their problem. They can go out and find shelter somewhere else. The less of them in my lands, the better it is. They are the main reasons for the fights, arguments and complaints and all about these stupid mountains. Only, if I hadn't have to deal with these scrolls for a few days...

A/N: Who is this mysterious person? Will Sesshomaru be coming? Is this when they meet? What would happen if Rin had to be the next ruler? Okay. Okay. Okay. I am sorry for the late update on this story. To tell you all the truth I actually lost all the chapters I typed up and now I had to rewrite this whole story. Anyways, I know this wasn't much of a chapter..it was sort of like another short introduction to the change over the past 720 years and the slight beginning to the actual story.

Thanks to all the reviewers: Alice graywolf, azraelknight ,Anime-Manga-Music-Lover , D, Guest 1, Karrat , Guest 2, Guest 3, lovesamandchica, Sotam and Rebecca Frost. I really appreciate the 11 reviews, so here's the chapter you were all waiting for. :D

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Updated: 19/08/2016