Since the last chapter was mostly about Airi, I've decided to update sooner than expected. Please enjoy!
"Rin.. Rin!" Jaken screeched.
"Oh sorry." Rin apologized. She was in the middle of planning her confession during the middle of breakfast and didn't notice Jaken's calls or that Sesshomaru and Airi were staring at her wondering what could be the problem.
"Seriously child. What has gotten into you? You've been like that for three days already." Jaken scolded.
Rin must admit he was right. Ever since she decided she would confess, Rin have been feeling weird since she woke up. She'll hear voices in her head and get migraines throughout the day on top of trying to plan her confession and the daily training with Airi..
"Sorry, I was thinking about some stuff." Rin admitted. Jaken sighed before he returned to his breakfast.
After breakfast, Rin headed to her room to write a letter to Kagome since she didn't have training that day. She really missed everyone and wanted them to come visit. Rin mentioned about the upcoming war and thought it would be safer if they were closer. She had ask Sesshomaru if they could stay with them until the war was over and to her surprise, he actually agreed to her request.
"Jaken-sama! Can you deliver this to Kagome for me." Rin pleaded, barging into Jaken's room.
"And why would I do that?" Jaken yelled from his work desk.
"Please?" She said in a cute tone. After staring him down with her doe-like eyes, Jaken finally gave in to the human girl.
"Fine. I'll make sure that human wench gets this letter by tonight." Jaken huffed.
"Yay! Thank you Jaken-sama. You're the greatest!" Rin cheered, skipping out of the room to the garden.
"Hopefully once Kagome comes she can help me devise a plan since she loves playing "match-maker" as she would call it." Rin said to her herself as she strolled through Sesshomaru's private garden.
After spending an hour humming to herself and enjoying the warm sun, Rin picked up a daisy, twisting it around with her fingers. I wonder what he'll think once I tell him… Would he reject me? Oh my kami what if he does? What would I do then? He might be too disgusted and banish me from his palace. Rin screamed into her knees in frustration. She looked to the daisy and started plucking on the petals chanting "He loves me.. he loves me not…" Kagome taught her how people in her time could predict if their love would be reciprocated by plucking on the petals from flowers.
Coming to her last petal Rin gasped "He loves me…not", the last petal falling down to the ground. She got up to run back to her room only to trip on a root but caught herself on a tree trunk. She slowly brought herself, leaning face forehead against the trunk. "Why? I love him." Sesshomaru-sama "I love you so much." she whispered, her eyes on the verge of tears.
"Rin" Came Sesshomaru's voice out of nowhere.
Rin gasped, wiping her tears away before she turned around to look at the demon who has been haunting her mind. "Sesshomaru-sama" Rin spoke, trying her best speak in a calm voice.
"What's wrong. Why are you crying?" Sesshomaru asked calmly.
"Nothing's wrong. I'm was just thinking about things.." Rin replied frantically, averted her eyes to the side. They stayed in silence before Sesshomaru spoke again.
"Are you thinking about the one you love?" The powerful demon asked cooly.
Rin inhaled quickly, whipping her eyes back to look at her lord. "Rin does not have someone she loves Sesshomaru-sama." She replied, referring to herself in third person like she used to as a child or whenever she's really flustered.
"Hn" Sesshomaru eyed her, trying to read her and figure out why she just lied to him. "You have this Sesshomaru's blessing if you wish to seek a mate." He said, his voice slightly edgy. He was annoyed that she had someone she loves but didn't show it on his face.
Rin's jaw slightly dropped by what she just heard. Sesshomaru began to turn around when- "NO!" Rin screamed. She immediately clapped her hand over her mouth when Sesshomaru turned back to look at her.
"Rin?" The powerful demon asked.
"Rin does not want to seek a mate and leave. Rin wants to stay with Sesshomaru-sama and be together forever." Rin cried like a child, her eyes brimming with tears. Sesshomaru just stood their not knowing what to do. Rin has never act this way before and he just didn't know how to handle this situation. He was ecstatic that she wanted to stay with him but something feels off, she loves someone. "Rin…Rin love Sesshomaru-sama." Rin finally confessed, tears falling down her cheeks.
Sesshomaru's eyes slightly widen, he was shocked and happy to hear that his ward, his Rin, loves him in such a way. She love's me… But something in his mind was telling him he can't have her that way. "Rin…" He spoke softly, so softly that it gave her hope that he might love her back. "You are a human and I am a powerful demon…we… cannot be together." He declared in a monotone voice.
At that instant, Rin's heart shattered into a million pieces. A loud sob came from her throat as she turned away to run back to her room as quick as possible, ignoring Sesshomaru's call for her. She ran through the hallways, passing servants and those calling to her. Once she reached her room, Rin slammed the door, locking it before she slumped down on the ground to cry her heart out. Nina and Airi knocked on her door, asking her what happened and to open the door but, Rin only answered them with loud sobs. They gave up after thirty, occasionally coming back to see if see would open up but she never did.
Rin cried herself to sleep by her door, missing dinner much to Sesshomaru's dismay. Dinner was exceptionally quiet, the air was tense and thick with Sesshomaru's emitting his demonic aura, engulfing the entire room. Airi eventually became to worry to eat and left to check on Rin again.
Airi knocked on Rin's door repeatedly. "Rin what's wrong. What happened?" She asked. No one in the palace knew what caused the sweet girl to break down except Sesshomaru. "Please tell me." Airi implored. She placed her ears to the door and gasped when she heard a soft whimper "Sesshomaru-sama" from Rin. Airi immediately understood. She stood up and marched to find the cold demon.
She sniffed him out, finding him in his study room. "Lord Sesshomaru!" Airi yelled, barging into the room without permission. Sesshomaru gave her a menacing look which Airi flinched from but stood her ground. "What did you do to Rin?" She accused.
Sesshomaru glared continues to glare at her. Who does she think she is, barging into me study room like this… And how did she know it was me? "She.." he started, mouthing the word "confess".
Airi's eyes expanded then narrowed. "Don't tell me you rejected her confession."
"You knew.." Sesshomaru stated more than asked.
"I encouraged her." Airi blurted out.
Sesshomaru held her throat in a instant and growled out "Why did you do that? Look at what you've done."
"You mean what you've done." Airi spat fearlessly. Sesshomaru released Airi when her words hit him.
Meanwhile, Rin was plagued by a nightmare of her lord banishing her from his palace.
"Sesshomaru-sama no! Please don't leave Rin. Please!" Rin cried and screamed as Sesshomaru ordered his guards to drag her to the front gate.
"Rin, humans and demons cannot be together. Your feelings are a burden so you must leave." Sesshomaru commanded as he looked down at her.
"Please Sesshomaru-sama, I'll stop these feelings so please don't leave Rin behind." Rin pleaded, bowing on the ground.
"It's too late. Farewell Rin." Sesshomaru said as he turned around to head back to his palace, the gates closing behind him.
"Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin shrieked. She broke down as her surrounding slowly turned into a blanket of pitch black nothingness for what felt liken eternity.
"Rin" Came a deep husky voice from nowhere. Rin looked around to see who was calling her.
"Rin" the voice echoed again. She had never heard this voice before but she can't help being drawn to it.
"Rin!" The voice said louder.
Rin suddenly woke up from her nightmare and sat up in her dark room. She slowly got up and quietly walked down the hallways, her eyes dulled as if she was under hypnosis, tears marks staining her cheeks from her previous crying. She finally stopped walking at the exact spot where Sesshomaru rejected her hours ago. Suddenly, a wispy shadow came out from the ground.
Rin snapped out of her trance and looked around. "Where am I? How did I-?" She noticed the red haired demon and another person in a cloak before her and immediately got into a defensive stance. "Who are you?" She demanded.
"Relax. I am Senri and I'm here to help." He explained.
"Senri? The same one under Kiraya's control?" Rin asked, her guard still up, ready to use the training Airi taught her.
"Correct, however, I have my own will. Kiraya-sama has given me power to do as I please and all I have to do is follow her orders." Senri stated. "She wants to offer you this same power if you so desire."
Rin gasped, shaking her head. "No, this is wrong. She's evil and I will never follow her orders." Rin argued.
"And how do you know if you've never met her?" He asked.
"She killed so many lives and destroyed so many villages so of course she's evil." She replied scornfully.
"So has your Sesshomaru-sama." Senri countered, leaving Rin speechless. "Don't you want to obtain incredible power and strength? To be able to live longer?" He taunt, stepping closer. "To be able to become a demon for Sesshomaru-sama and stand by his side forever." He stopped in front of Rin and leaned in "To have him love you?" Senri whispered in her ear.
"Yes" Rin gasped at the tempting offer, letting her guard down for a second. Gotcha Senri smirked inwardly. All of a sudden, Rin felt an incredible pain in her head causing her to faint into Senri's arms.
Sesshomaru's mind was in turmoil about what Airi had just accused of him. She's right. I did do this to her. I made her cry just like the last time when I left her at the human village.
"She loves you with everything she's got and you just stomp on her feelings as if it was nothing. Do you have any idea how much she loves you and probably how hard it was for her to confess her love for you?" Airi snarled. He remained quiet, angering Airi even further. "Do you care for her?" Airi asked though gritted teeth.
Sesshomaru looked at her, giving her a nod "More than anything" he murmured.
"Then why can't you except her love. You both love each other so what's stopping you?" Airi urged.
I love Rin? But that's impossible. I don't have such weak feelings and will not follow father's footsteps. But I care for her, more than anything in the whole world. He looked over at Airi, her eyes glassy and pleading him to realize his feelings. "This Sesshomaru-" he inhaled then froze when he caught an unfamiliar scent. He sniffed the air one more time but more thoroughly.
Airi noticed his strange behavior and sniffed the air carefully, wondering what was riling the daiyoukai. Her eyes widen drastically as she notice the familiar scent but what scared her the most was that Rin's scent was tangled with that scent. "No, RIN!" Airi screamed, racing to the scent.
Sesshomaru immediately caught onto Airi's outcry, racing to the scent of Rin and the unfamiliar youkai in a heartbeat. He reached the edge of his garden in twenty seconds, leaving Airi far behind, his eyes widening when he saw the figures within his vision. Rin was in the arms of a male youkai as they were being engulfed in a black shadowy fog. "RIN!" Sesshomaru roared, flying to her as fast as he could. The youkai saw Sesshomaru approach and smirked in triumph before they were complete enshrouded by the fog. Sesshomaru tried to grab onto Rin but he was a second too late, his hand slipped right through the black wispy shadow. They were gone.
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