The way to the Castle

 

Rin placed her things on Ah-Un, walking quietly behind Lord Sesshomaru. She couldn't get over how different he really looked. It amazed her that he could look that different in the first place. She blushed, and her temperature rose, her heart pounded in her chest like a fluttering bird, and heat rushed to her nether regions. She didn't consider the fact that his sensitive nose could smell it, and his sensitive ears could hear her fragile heart.

'So...something has aroused her, I see. Could it be possible that it is I, Sesshomaru?' He thought. He glanced back at her, and she turned her gaze away, caught. 'This can't be happening. No. Rin cannot be aroused by me. It is simply not possible. Something, someone else, must have caught her eye and she is simply thinking about them.'

But despite his internal denial, she was thinking about him. About his flowing white hair, the beautiful markings on his body, and still how different he seemed with two arms even after these years had passed. She had been with him for so long with only one arm, it just seemed natural. And black looked very good on him, too...but, she was certain he could make pink and brown poka-dots look good. Her face flushed, and more heat rushed to her core, and she shifted uncomfortably. 

"Rin," Sesshomaru said.

"Yes, Lord Sesshomaru?"

"Find yourself some food," he said, and her stomach growled seconds later. 

"Okay!" She said cheerily, and they were both secretly relieved when she went off on her own.

While Rin searched for something to eat, Sesshomaru thought about his father, and that wretched human who had caused his death. He was still angry at Izaiyoi, and he couldn't get over it. It had been his destiny to defeat his father in battle, and earn the Western Lands honorably, instead of just inheriting them from his father's death. He still didn't like most humans, but there were a few that he could tolerate...and one that he outright loved, would kill for.

He had realized it when she had been taken by the demon hound, when she was a child and they had visited his mother. He had seen it, seen that he would do anything for the girl. It frightened him, but it was instinctual. Something about Rin...

Rin chose to appear at that moment, some berries and mushrooms in her arms. She sat down, and ate them. 

"Lord Sesshomaru?" She asked when she was finished.

"What is it?"

"Where is Master Jaken?"

"He is at the castle, preparing things for your arrival."

"...You knew I would choose to go with you?"

"No, but I decided to do this in case you did."

She smiled, and a blush warmed her cheeks. He turned his gaze on her, and heat rushed through her. Again, his mind denied it.

Mating with a human, even one such as Rin, would simply not do. It wouldn't do, at all.

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AN:: I will post the next chapter asap!