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Heart of pain, Heart of Ice. The sequel.	By : Strawberries Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Rin > Sessh?maru/Rin Views: 17710 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Rin, holding Teddy and Pandy, followed Sesshoumaru into the bedroom. As the dog demon carried their bags in, she looked about. The room was so much bigger than the bedrooms at his house. The curtained balcony doors let the light of the sun shine through. On each side of the balcony doors were large draped bay windows with long dark blue cushioned seats beneath them. On her right were two doors, one of which was open and she could see it was a bathroom. In the middle of the two doors was a tall wooden cabinet; the kind that hid televisions. Rin held her friends close, taking note of the grand, king size, four poster canopied bed. It was the biggest she had ever seen. It had dark blue curtains tied to each post with gold tasseled ropes. The light blue comforter looked big and fluffy and she wanted to touch it to see if the mattress underneath was just as soft but dared not. It was way too luxurious for her or her Teddys. She patiently waited as Sesshoumaru dropped their bags on the velvety bluish gray couch at the foot of the bed.
He placed one on the comforter and began rummaging through it.
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Sesshoumaru stopped looking through his bag and turned to his mate who was watching him most intently. “What is it, Rin?”
The girl glanced at the bed then looked back at him. He sensed she wanted to ask him something. “Is there something you want to say?”
Again she glanced at the bed and back to him. “Uh. The bed…”
“Is there something wrong with it?”
She shook her head. “No. I just. I.” Worry furrowed her brow. “Is this where… Is this your bed?”
“It is.”
“Oh.” She backed up from the bed and looked at the floor. “Where can I sleep?”
Sesshoumaru inwardly sighed at the worried tone in her voice. “You sleep here. There is no other bed available with Inuyasha’s mate visiting and the fox kit taking up the other guest bedroom.”
The girl squeezed her bears tighter to her body. He didn’t really understand why she was being so hesitant. She had slept in his bed at his home. Maybe the thought of him sleeping with her was making her uncomfortable. “If you wish. I will sleep downstairs on the couch.”
At that she glanced up at him with clear worry tinged with fear. “No. I mean. This is your bed. I’ll. I’ll sleep on the couch in here.” She began to walk around him, heading for the couch.
He reached out, lightly grasped her upper arm, then gently guided her to the edge of the bed. With one fluid motion he picked her up and placed her on the comforter. Without looking at the girls obvious surprised expression, he began to dig into his bag again. “This bed is now yours as well. You will sleep on it. If you do not wish me to sleep next to you I can rest in here on the couch.”
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The warmth of his palms left her waist and her bottom sunk some into the soft bedding. She gulped. Rin didn’t know why but this place, this house, this incredible bed; it all seemed too good for someone like her. She was trash. Plain and simple. She didn’t belong. With a familiar shame, she buried her nose between Teddy’s fuzzy ears. “Please. I. I’m not good… I’m not good enough.”
Sesshoumaru stopped digging in his bag. “What do you mean?”
Rin shut her eyes. “I’m not good enough for this bed…this place…” and his family… Her father’s words echoed in her mind. ‘” Fucking slut! Worthless bitch! Filthy stinking little whore! ”’ She really liked Inuyasha and Kagome and Shippo but she knew deep down that living in their home was a different matter. She did not want to dirty it with her presence.
“You are good enough, Rin.”
Rin opened her eyes to see Sesshoumaru crouched down, his golden gaze almost level with hers.
The back of his warm fingers grazed her cheek in a light caress. “You are now my mate. I want you to sleep here. In our bed.” The warmth of his palm cupped her chin and cheek. “You now belong to me and are a part of my family, Rin. We are family. You belong here. With me.”
At that moment as she gazed into his amber pools, she saw, for the first time, something different:
Something warm, almost loving. Without realizing, she raised her hand, wanting to touch whatever it was between them, letting her fingertip settle on the red stripe of his cheek. With the simple touch, his breath hitched.
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“Rin.” He let out a whispered sigh of relief and with it the tension he had not realized was bottled up in his entire being. It was the very first time since he had met her that he sensed no fear: no trembling in her small frame or apprehension in her scent. Those big brown eyes were looking into his with a hint of wonder.
Without thinking, he leaned in, closing the slight distance between them. Somewhere within he felt the thump of his heart. He paused. His lips only a breath away from her moist pink ones. That new, unfamiliar heat splashed his cheeks and began warming his entire body. His heart beat louder. It resonated, bringing another, all too familiar heat down, making him harden with the burning need for his mate and her body. At that second, Rin’s heart sped up and he heard it loud and clear. A tinge of anxiety trickled into her scent. It took every ounce of control he had to fight the urge to ignore it and take her right then and there. He backed up, trying to calm his breathing and racing heart.
The smell of her anxiety diminished some but still lingered along with the slight tremble of her lips. Within the now clouding pools of brown, caution had replaced the wonder. Lowering his hand from her cheek, he bowed his head, placing his forehead on her bare knees. “Forgive me, my mate. Sometimes. Sometimes it is difficult to resist my need for you.” Forcing his heart to slow and his arousal to soften, he pushed out calming deep breaths. The girl before him did not move or speak but he felt her tension subside a little more.
A loud gurgle interrupted the delicate moment. His mate was hungry.
He stood. “You need to eat. Dinner in the dining room is at five. Three hours from now. Come with me. I will show you the kitchen.”
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Rin stood in the middle of the kitchen while Sesshoumaru rummaged through cabinets and looked in the fridge, still feeling uneasy about being there. At the sight of food in the light of the fridge, her stomach gave another loud gurgle. She swallowed, her mouth watering some. Not looking her way, he picked up a jug of milk and placed it on the counter. “What do you want to eat, Rin?”
She took a step closer to the fridge and looked in while he held the door open. There was so much in there, making it hard to decide. Fruit: apples, grapes, and strawberries caught her eye first, then orange juice, blueberry yogurt, blocks of different cheeses, and rolls of fresh sushi. There were also pieces of fried chicken nuggets covered in some sort of sauce.
All she needed at the moment was a snack to hold her hunger at bay till dinner time but she couldn’t help staring at the chicken and rolls of rice surrounding meat and vegetables. “Can I have some chicken… and sushi? And… strawberries…and…” On the bottom shelf sat half of a chocolate pie covered with whip cream. “:.. and some pie?”

The dog demon stood there with one raised brow. “Is that all?”
She glanced at him with a small smile. “Uh. Heh. I think so.”
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Sesshoumaru hid the spark of surprise at the girls smile, the first she had ever given him. A warmth, again, spread in his chest giving a feeling of pure elation. Heat spread in his face as he cleared his throat then began getting out every thing his mate had asked for from the fridge.
Moments later Rin was sitting at the kitchen table eating the warmed chicken and cold sushi. She had set the pie and strawberries to the side, probably meaning for them to be a dessert. Sitting across from her, he watched her intently, noting how slowly she ate, enjoying every single bite. He frowned, thinking back to when he stood on the high branch of a tree and heard her desperate plea for something to eat after being kicked out of the hanyou’s bed. No. never again would he allow that to happen. Never again would he allow his mate to starve. “Rin.”
She paused with a mouthful of food and looked across the table at him.
“Whenever you are hungry I want you to come in here and find something to eat. Do not mind if you leave a mess. The servants will take care of it.”
Swallowing the bite, she gave him a nod. “Okay.”
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The sweet smell of flowers was everywhere as she walked down the garden pathway. Sesshoumaru, by her side, stared out at nothing, seemingly lost in thought. At a round concrete fountain, Rin stopped, feeling the small droplets of water cool her face and arms from the bright afternoon sunlight. The dog demon paused, his gaze still preoccupied and lost to their surroundings.
Rin sat on the edge of the concrete fountain and took off her sandals. Cold bubbly water covered her toes.
She smiled at the feeling of fresh clear water as dapples of sunlight reflected off the waves and ripples.
“Rin!”
She looked up to see a grinning kitsune rushing toward her. “Shippo.”
The small fox demon landed in her lap. “Hey, Rin, want to play?”
Rin nodded, loving the sound of such a question. “Yes.”
The kitsune jumped up and began tugging on her hand. “Inuyasha’s got the net up. We can play volleyball. It’ll be me and you against Inuyasha and Kagome. Come on!” He laughed out loud.
　
Pausing, Rin glanced at the dog demon who was now paying close attention to them both. “Can I?”
“Do as you wish.”
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Sesshoumaru, sitting under the shade of an old oak, watched his mate playing volleyball with the kitsune; his half breed brother and miko girlfriend on the other side of the net. He took note of her laughing smile as she ran to hit the ball. The kitsune though was using his pesky demon powers now and then to cheat; blowing himself into a big pink ball with googly eyes to catch the higher volleys that would otherwise be out of his short reach. Every time he did Rin would nearly fall over from laughter while his mutt of a brother shouted in irritation.
“Cut that out Shippo! That’s cheating.” Inuyasha yelled while jumping up to bat the ball back again. “We agreed. No demon powers!”
The kitsune, popping in and out of his ball form, giggled then stuck out his tongue. “Nah! Nah! Nah!”
Rin’s lacy dress fluttered around her bare knees and lower thigh. Heat flashed in his cheeks at the site of his mate’s milky white skin as she bounded, ran and jumped in the air. A lump formed in his throat. It was becoming a strange kind of enjoyable torment watching her play. The extreme joy as she smiled and laughed made him want her even more. Again, he felt himself harden at the thought of those milky white thighs hugging his waist. Her sweet smile staring up at him while her welcoming warm body lay beneath his….
Shuddering a sigh, Sesshoumaru bowed his head. It would have to be soon. He did not know how much longer he could hold his desires in check. Already, he knew, he was making unconscious moves closer to the young female. The slips of control were getting worse.
　
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Dinner time came. All of the family was at the dining table, laughing and chatting. Rin smiling every now and then at the conversations while eating. He sat next to her, absently listening to how Inuyashas’s miko mate wanted to do girlish things with Rin. Something about painting nails and fixing hair. He disregarded the commotion but not to the point of ignoring his mate. He kept his senses keen on her scent and movements.
After dinner Rin and the others began playing some sort of board game in the living room. He glanced at his father who had yet to sit with them. His sire gave a nod before leaving. Sesshoumaru followed.
Moments later and far from the house, Inu no Taisho landed in a grassy clearing close to the expanse of forest. Sesshoumaru landed as well. “What is it you wish to speak to me about, Father?”
The great dog demon, long overcoat flowing with the night breeze, looked up at the night sky of twinkling stars. “I have taken care of the matter regarding the thunder brothers. The High Council used a youkai of the void to replay the events leading to their deaths. Since you are my son and did act in defense of your mate as well as in defense of your own life, the Council decided not to pursue an investigation.”
Sesshoumaru did not care of the matter. It was done and dealt with. “And?”
His sire lowered his gaze from the night sky. “Regarding your new human mate.”
“What about her?”
“I took the liberty of finding information. I wanted to learn everything I could about her.”
“Why?”
“You need to know, son, exactly what you are dealing with.”
Now Sesshoumaru was curious. “What I am dealing with? She is just a mere human girl. Nothing more.”
The great dog demon shook his head once. Rin is more than just a mere human girl. I realized this when I revived you with the Tenseiga.”
A bit of irritation flared at the thought of receiving his father’s help but he pushed the feeling down. If it hadn’t been for his father both him and Rin would be dead. It was in the past. “What did you realize?”
“Just before I raised Tenseiga to revive your mate, I did not see the spirits of the underworld for they had not yet come. But I did see something else: A dark demon spirit attached to her soul."
“Demon spirit?”
“Yes. Rin had been cursed, more than likely, by her hanyou father. The spirit was that of a black wolf spider demon. It was latched onto her soul, sucking life. The demon spirit was there to ensure her enslavement to the hanyou. While it devoured light from her spirit to live, it surrounded the girl with an unseen barrier of distaste. Any human or weak hanyou who did not care, would not. Making her almost invisible to others, overlooking her with a feeling of disgust.”
What his father said did make sense. The girl had been abused, beaten, and starved. Her situation would have been plain as day to anyone who would have cared.
She had had no friends and someone should have noticed something. Even her teachers should have. Obviously no one had given her a second look.

HIs father continued. “I slashed through the demon spirit, killing it. But I fear it may have caused some damage that could not be undone.”
“Damage?”
“Yes. The demon ghost was also one of infertility. That type of spirit will take a female’s womb and make it barren in a wasteland of black spiritual miasma. It may have also eaten the precious light from all of her eggs.”
Suddenly, Sesshoumaru felt a terrible ache in his gut. “Rin is. Rin is barren?”
His father sighed. A rare gesture from his reverent sire. “I do not know. Humans do have the ability to heal but not as fast as youkai kind. I do not have the power to look into the girls soul and see if there are lights left to be led into this world.”
The earth swayed under his feet. Sesshoumaru felt his knees wanting to buckle. No. That damn hanyou had killed her ability to… His mate would never be able to have children. He bowed his head, pure anger welling up. That sick bastard half demon was sill alive! He did not deserve to live!
“Your anger is pointless, my son. It will not help your mate. Neither will revenge. The matter will be dealt with when the hanyou goes before the High Council for his crimes. Now. Listen, my son. There is something else you need to know about that demon spirit.”
Darkly breathing out the anger, Sesshoumaru glared up at his father. “Yes?”
“When you marked the human girl as your mate, your blood and spirit mixed with hers, binding you both. In that moment, Rin should have died.”
Again, for the second time that night, he was floored. “Died?”
　
“The second your youkai blood attached to her spirit, it began to conflict with the ghost spider demon infecting her soul. The battle should have been short lived. No average human could survive such a war. For that very reason I believe Rin is special. Her soul is very strong and I would not hesitate to wonder if she has the spiritual strength of a miko.”
Sesshoumaru looked away, far away, into the dark shadows of the forest. “A miko? Rin?”
His father waved a hand. “All wondering aside, my son. The facts have given me the right to alter the mating agreement. By no fault of your own or Rin’s, the girl may not be able to produce a child. For this reason alone. I am extending the time for the union to be consummated.”
　
“Preposterous!!”
Both Sesshoumaru and his Father looked up to see Kagura floating down on her feather.
“Ah, Kagura. You are just in time.”
Kagura alighted on the ground, the darkest red staining her eyes with anger. “Inu no Taisho.” Still glaring, she gave a curt bow. “Is this the reason you have summoned me here? To inform me that this ill fated union will continue between your son and that weak human whore?”
Green acid began dripping from his fingertips. “Careful Wind Witch! That is my mate you are referring to!”
She flipped out her fan and raised a brow. “Angry? But not as angry as I. You and I were arranged to be mated. I am a full demoness. You are a full blooded demon. We belong together. She is human: pathetic and defenseless.”
The wind demon turned to his father, the light of anger in her stance diminishing somewhat. “I implore you oh Great Inu no Taisho. We all know Sesshoumaru marked that girl unintentionally. His motives were not for a lifelong mate. Hell! No one knows why he did such an atrocity. And I formally protest such a bond has occurred. The girl obviously does not want your son and the outcome of such an outrageous union is inevitable. The human girl will reject his advances until Sesshoumaru can no longer control himself. He will ravage her weak body and kill her. Allow me to become Sesshoumaru’s mate and I will give her the quiet calm death she is entitled to. A mercy killing is in the girl’s best interest.”
“You bitch!” Sesshoumaru, seething in anger, sliced his green energy whip in her direction.
“Enough!!!” Inu no Taisho roared. He blocked the energy whip with his own. “Stand down, Sesshoumaru!”
The wind demoness raised her fan in warning, warily watching him. “Your son has no manners, Inu no Taisho.”
“Calm down, my son.”
Sesshoumaru glared at Kagura. “Get her out of my sight!”
Inu no Taisho turned to the wind demon. “Kagura. I am giving Sesshoumaru and his mate one year to consummate their union. If she is not carrying Sesshoumaru’s child within that time, then other options may be explored. I do not want to harm the girl. You will have your chance to voice your proposals then.”
She let a humph of disgust. “So be it.” Without another word, she bowed to his father, glared at him, then rose to the sky on her large white feather.
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
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Heart of pain, Heart of Ice. The sequel.