I Do Not Own Inuyasha

Chapter 48

Sesshomaru just held Rin close as he walked to one of his father's guest room. She was trembling so he just held her close as they fell onto the bed.

"We're alright Rin; they're dead; all of them." He murmured, she punched his chest lightly as she curled up closer to him as she just held onto him. Perhaps she had been terrified of something other than the Onigumos, and perhaps when this was not such a raw and open topic for her he would ask her about it. Just not right now as she held onto him trembling. It was clear she was terrified and trying to relax, but he didn't think she could tremble any hard so instead of letting her stay scared he tilted her head back and kissed her trembling lips.

Rin gasped, he just pulled away from her. She stared at him with large, wet, dark brown eyes and he nipped her bottom lip again as he lowered her onto the bed. She didn't panic this time as he kissed her again and her legs wrapped around his hips and her arms came around his shoulders; desperately clinging to him. And he was clinging to her for the life line she happened to be for him.

"I love you Rin," he whispered as he pulled away from her slightly as his claws fisted in her midnight hair. Those dark eyes reflected the same sentiments as she came up to kiss him, her fingers resting on his jawline. Kami did he love this human, he always had, he always would, and he was never letting her go ever again. His lips traveled over her jawline and her pulse as he undid the buttons of her coat and shirt. She was trembling but she wasn't panicking beneath him as they continued.

Six Months Later…

Rin was walked with Sesshomaru into the courthouse for the trial of Kikyo, Kana, and Kagura Onigumo who were explicit partners in the Onigumo crime family and a part of the horrors Rin had survived. She was clinging to her mate in fear today though because today she was testifying against them. The world was going to come to know the true horrors of those three vindictive women who were no more innocent as the males in the Onigumo family. She was sharing the horrors she had not only witnessed but had been subjected to by the Onigumo women. And she was terrified today as she walked in on Sesshomaru's arm with her friends behind her acting as a guard against the press and crowds. Rin just bit her lip as she leaned on Sesshomaru.

"Relax Rin," Sesshomaru ordered and she looked to her mate who looked completely indifferent and tough about this matter. "We'll be returning home the moment this is finished," he assured her and she relaxed slightly.

"And you should not stress," he whispered, she blushed as her hand slid over her growing stomach. A lot had happened over the past year and a half; from Sesshomaru rescuing her, to them trying to run, to Sesshomaru obliterating all threats against them, to the Onigumo women being arrested, to her unplanned and unexpected pregnancy which had apparently started the night Sesshomaru killed the Onigumos. Some good had come of that day, and it was proof growing within her and kicking her ribs reassuringly.

She nodded to him as again she leaned on him and let her eyes flutter shut while walking through the courthouse towards the final step to obtaining the freedom she had been seeking for a decade.

Sesshomaru scooped up his mate, his wife, and the mother of his pup for her silent laugh as he leapt into their home again. He was happier now, he was calmer, and he wasn't as terrified; he didn't know if killing the Onigumos had brought about this peace for him or if it was simply having Rin here with him again. But that guilty verdict would be coming in the next few weeks, when the trial was finished, and he knew this because there hadn't been a crying juror when Rin had told her story. Even the prosecutor had been in tears, so he knew there was no way those women would be escaping their fates. And he was happy with that; however if they did somehow escape their fates he would track them down and they would not escape him.

Putting his mate on their bed she grinned as he lay beside her.

Rin crawled onto his lap and curled up while dragging his hand over their pup. This was a heaven he had never thought he would ever have. He would admit it. He had never thought his future could hold this kind of contentment as he held his mate, and his unborn pup in his arm. This was his entire world and he was happy with this. Rin smiled up at him as his claws traced nonsense patterns over her covered bump. A little frustrated with her covered form he rearranged her so her growing belly was exposed to him as he resumed tracing the patterns over her skin and his pup who kicked against him.

"Thank you Rin," he whispered.

She didn't say anything, and he regretted knowing he would never hear her voice again but she just smiled before reaching up to kiss his cheek. Kami did he love her, and all Rin had ever given him for this human had truly given him everything there was and then some.

"Love you," he whispered and she yawned. He smirked a bit, his mate tired easily these days and he knew it was because of the pup she had growing happily within her. The rain didn't come today, it hadn't been around for six months; not since the morning after he had killed the Onigumos, however he felt that a storm would return to them. Rin seemed to love the rain and he didn't mind the rain as he kissed his mate's temple.

That's all for now folks!

Enjoy Rain for Tears! =)