Time was something he had never been so conscious of, until her. With a centuries still ahead of him there hadn't been a reason for him to care about it, but he was finding that where she was concerned, time was slowing to crawl. He kept his promise of aging with her, and it had already been five years. Though to him, it had seemed much longer. She was about to turn thirteen, and he had noticed that her time of physical maturity was quickly approaching. Her scent was changing, and it was proving to be a challenge for him. Granted this wasn't the first female human he had been around, but she was the first one to capture his attention in such a fashion. Sesshoumaru had known early in their friendship that he cared for her, and it had just increased with the years. He had stayed by her side, seen how her father just got worse as she got older, but couldn't do anything about it. Aside from just kidnapping her, which his father had forbidden him to do.
Sesshoumaru wanted to challenge his father so badly over it, but he knew that he wasn't ready yet. He still had some maturing and training left before he would be able to successfully beat his father, which would take another century or two. So he was left to watch her go through hell, and he couldn't do anything about it. Now that she was reaching a new stage in her life, it was getting harder to hold back his instincts. The young dog knew that once she started her bleed, he would have a hell of a time being around her for that week. It was the equivalent of demon heat, and he was already a sexually mature male. However, she was still way to young. Even with what she dealt with, he wanted to wait until she was much older. For now, he would have to check himself regularly to make sure he didn't do anything stupid.
"Sessh?" her lovely voice broke through his thoughts, bringing him back to school yard.
"Hm?" he asked.
"You ok? I was asking if you wanted to come with me to get some ice cream?" she reiterated.
"I suppose." He answered with a smirk, he knew that she hated it when he did that. Answer in a roundabout way, and her narrowing eyes was evidence. Her eyes were still that deep blue, but her facial features had matured enough to tell that she was now a teenager. She was starting to come into her own, her personality was developing into a caring and surprisingly outspoken young woman. A trait that he greatly enjoyed bringing out, and bit by bit, she was taking him over.
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