Changing Seas

A/N: Sorry everyone for not posting in a long while, but you know how life can be. I'm very disappointed because I didn't get the amount of reviews I had hoped for. My life has been in turmoil of late, but I have squeezed a few drops of time from my hectic life. I couldn't give it my usual attention and for this I am sorry, but I do hope it met some semblance of my normal standards. Please do review, I might drop the story if I don't see any further interest in it. I do realize some people like it, but it gets to a point were you think, if only five people are reviewing and you know more people have read the story, something has got to be wrong. I'm just not convinced it's worth pursuing, if people aren't reviewing. Please give me your thoughts at this time, for I myself am at a loss. Thanks as always. EK!

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha.

Previously

InuYasha sat in a stupor. His mind replayed the event, which still haunt his nightmares. The day Kikyo died a part of him was vanquished, replaced by a hallow blind rage. He still wasn't the same, he never will be, but he made a silent promise that would mend the tear in his heart. 'I will avenge Kikyo, even to my last breath.'

Chapter Six

Rin sat in her room, or rather the one she'd been given. Sesshomaru had been very cross with his crew, since the abandonment of Ummei. He brought her her dinners and allowed no one access to her at anytime. Isolated, Rin turned to her thoughts. Surely her father would be on his way to retrieve her, the second he found out that InuYasha wasn't going to bring her back. Still she wrestled with the fact that he'd sent someone to get her, instead of coming himself. Several days off coarse, Sesshomaru had taken very little time with her, trying to regain their lost time.

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! Rin started at the intrusion of her thoughts. "You may enter." The next moment Sesshomaru swept into the room. His flashing energy made his presence known.

"Rin. This Sesshomaru came to inform you that we will be making port in a days time." There was more for him to say, as Rin could clearly see, but she had to intercede.

"Sesshomaru-san. Now I have no complaints about the way you treat me, your crew, or anyone for that matter, but please have the courtesy of using the first person jargon. For my sanity and peace of mind." There was a flicker of amusement in Sesshomaru's eyes that quickly extinguished.

"If that is your wish, Rin. I also came to tell you that when we make port I will be leaving you in the hands of Jaken. You are to stay at his side at all times. There are several men, who unlike myself, won't hesitate to rape you and hold you for horrendous ransom. Follow my orders, or you'll be left to your own devices." Rin stared off into space. Tomorrow Sesshomaru would sell her back to her father and they would never meet again. Bleak be the out look on life at the very thought.

"Sesshomaru, may I speak freely?" At his nod Rin began to explain her thoughts, hopes and dreams. "My whole life was spent on a ship. I've never been in cities, towns, countries. My father, though I love him, has condemned me to self-reliance. The day Haruk and Soroku kidnapped me, was my first outing into the real world. There had been many a day when I stared out at the sea pleading with it to give me my chance, at a real life. One without boundaries, one without guards, one that never reached limit. My whole life has been on the sea, not knowing the dangers of actually living. I beseeched my father over and over to show me the world and let me explore everything and experience anything that fit my fancy, but he will never let me leave. After my mothers death, my father withdrew from life in a introverted way, even as he appeared to be a ruthless captain. He holds me as his last lifeline to this earth, but he's holding me so tight that I am suffocating. My entire being on that ship could only see the blackness of a placid abyss. When I leave tomorrow, I'll be once again blindfolded from the world and taken into a permanent darkness. I want you to know though, you brought color to my world and for that I'm forever in your debt."

Sesshomaru stared at the creature before him, as if seeing her for the first time. She wasn't the perfect entity she seemed to be. Her eyes as she spoke beheld emptiness, loneliness, and desperation. A void in her seemed to be revealed, one he strangely wished to fill. He may hold her captive here, but her father concealed her in a guise of meaningless life, for his own content. Humans sickened him, all but this one. Her light was only dimmed by the fate that tomorrow would bring, yet she held herself in all rights, bravely like he'd never before seen from anyone. It filled him with pride for the petite form in front of him. Then a thought struck him. What would it be like to keep her? Show her life like she never knew it? 'No. I will follow through with my plans. Life for me is in constant chaos. I wouldn't endanger her just for this mere whim. She's better off safe in her own little world, with her father.' With that thought Sesshomaru got up and strode to the door.

Rin watched as Sesshomaru readied to depart. On pure instinct she followed and as his hand hit the knob she gripped his shoulder. She watched as his face turned followed by his body and he stared. She couldn't breathe at the piercing gaze he held her with. She couldn't speak, for her voice was lost in her throat. Standing on tiptoes, Rin pressed her lips to his. Automatically her eyes shut in a light flutter and her small arms encircled his soft neck. His lips were soft, but powerful. It took a moment, but as if a divine spirit took him over, Rin felt him respond.

Sesshomaru was shocked to say the least. This vexing little minx was kissing him. An emotion welled up inside him and he responded wrapping his arms around her waist and lifting her to a more suitable position. He'd kissed many wenches, but this one instilled a sense of wholeness. Her small, but lush lips electrified his senses and every nerve ending in his body was standing up in a tension. He took control after gaining his bearings and slid his tongue out to taste her. She complied immediately and he was hit with a taste of honey sweetness an altogether alluring flavor and it had him in a state of need. She gingerly caressed his tongue and then after sometime they broke apart.

Panting Rin peered up at him. He was composed, but his eyes weren't blank. His guard was down and his eyes read like a book, indicating he was very...stimulated. He was pinning her with such a meaningful gaze that she was forced to look away and in that moment the walls went back up. Gripping the handle once more, he vacated the room, which seemed now oddly empty.

**********Sesshomaru**********

She'd kissed him. It was the only thing that registered, that and the pressing matter of his very tight pants. His erection was long and hard and there was only one option of alleviating the problem, but Sesshomaru was above such emotional charges. He would endure several minutes of unpleasantness and move on.

He found himself in his office and behind his desk. He wasn't at all sure if he could let her walk out of his life tomorrow, but he'd be damned if he wouldn't try. Something had happened in that space of time, when her lips met his, and that something was nagging at his insides, calling out his youkai. Rin Tsumiji wasn't just the slip of a girl he thought. No woman of any species had ever enticed him so and he was mad at himself for letting Rin do so in a matter of ONE kiss. It was infuriating, bewildering, and most of all...a tempting offer. He needed a drink.

**********Rin**********

Her first kiss. God only knows what drove her to do it, but it was the single most amazing moment in her life. She gave her first kiss to the most feared man in all existence and she was absolutely brimming with happiness. She didn't know what tomorrow would be like, or the rest of her life for that matter, but she would carry that moment with her for eternity.

Sighing in a bubbly manner she fell backward onto her bed and dozed off into a imaginative sleep.

A/N: Lots of...well I'm not sure what it would be to you. Fluff? Girliness? But whatever it was there was lots of it. I decided to twine the emotions here, pull the heartstrings and make the plot a little denser. With this new found passion betwixt the two it should be more interesting, ne? Thanks for reading and please review as like stated above I may delete the story. Until next time.....Egyptian Kiss!