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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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As the sun rose on the horizon, Sesshoumaru stepped out of his car and shut the door. The dew, still wet on the bright green grass that spread for what seemed like miles over the hilly countryside, glistened with the light of dawn. Not too far away on one of the grassy hills a three eyed bull stood munching and staring at him. Frowning, he looked up to the sign high above the door to the large grey building that was somewhat attached to the rounded rocky hill behind it. It was early but he knew the demon was there.
After going in, Sesshoumaru found him snoring loudly on a couch in the front room of the shop.
He kicked the couch leg, making it jerk and the snoring old demon roll off.
“Wha??? Wha??? Who’s there?….”
“It is I, Totosai.” Sesshoumaru huffed at the demon sprawled on the concrete floor.
“Sesshoumaru?” The old youkai stood from the floor holding his head. “You startled me!”
“Indeed.”
“What time is it?” He whirled around and glanced at the clock. “Good grief! It’s six o’clock in the morning!”
Sesshoumaru growled low. “I am aware of what time it is, Totosai. I am in need of assistance in a certain matter.”
Adjusting his ratty striped work attire, he backed up a step in fear. “Oh. Heh. Heh. Well. Ok. Heh I guess. Since you came so early. Early bird gets the worm. Heh heh. What is it that I can do for you, Sesshoumaru?”
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Sesshoumaru sat on a concrete chair and laid both arms out in front on the flat surface of a large gray boulder then spread his fingers apart with palms facing down.
Totosai pulled the giant pinchers from a shelf within the dark cave. He walked toward him. “Are you sure you want to do this, Sesshoumaru???” He croaked, his voice rusty with age, then paused. “You sure you won’t rip me to shreds?”
“Just do it.” He growled.
Sesshoumaru did not wince while the old sword smith removed his claws, one right after the other.
“It will take some time for these to grow back, Sesshoumaru.”
Blood oozed onto the rocks surface. “I am fully aware, old man.”
After he was through, Totosai hesitated. “Are you sure you want me to pull out your fangs as well? It will take a day or so for them to grow back.”
He glared at the fidgety old goat.
“Okay! Okay!” He squalked. “Open wide.”
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While waiting for the sword smith to return from the bowels of his cave, Sesshoumaru indiscreetly felt of the hollow spaces where his fangs had been with his tongue. At the bloody gum line he could already feel the hardness of a new one forming.
Soon, the old youkai came back with a small wooden chest in his hands. “As per your request, Sesshoumaru, this box has your fangs and claws as well as your grandfather’s fangs as well.
He raised a brow. “My grandfather’s fangs?”
Totosai held out the wooden chest bound with metal latches. “Yes. It was by request of your grandfather that his fangs be given to you as an inheritance. They were to be given when you reached your second century mark but might as well give them to you now.” He handed over the box then shrugged his shoulders. “ I guess he believed you would want to create some kind of weapon or sword with it.”
Sesshoumaru took the wooden chest. “I see. I will be leaving now.” He turned and began walking to the door.

“Remember! Sesshoumaru!! Those fangs of your grandfathers hold much power! It would be wise to put them in a safe place!”
While opening the door, he heard the senile old youkai mumbling something about a lost hammer.
　
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“You want me to do what?” Kagome asked while standing before him in the library room.
Sesshoumaru set the box down on the coffee table between them. “I do not like repeating myself, miko but I will. I want you to create something that will protect Rin.”
Kagome picked up the wooden chest and opened it. “Protect her? From who?”
“From me.”
The young miko studied the contents of the box. “These are fangs… and claws.” She glanced at his hands, her eyes widened. “These are yours?”
“Yes and no.”
“Huh?”
“The claws and new fangs are mine. The older fangs are my grandfather’s”
“Oh. Okay. So you want me to use them?”
“Yes.”
She placed the open box back on the table and sat down on the couch. “There is something I can make. It will give Rin a shield against you but it can also be used as a weapon. It could make you powerless in her presence. Is that what you want?”
“As long as it protects my mate I do not care.”
Kagome grabbed the chest and shut it before standing. “Okay. It will take me a day or so.”
　
　
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Rin, lying on the bed, sighed. She had been alone in the room for the better part of the day, more or less hiding from everyone in the household. Holding Teddy close, she curled around him, the events of the night before still fresh on her mind and somewhat on her heart. Sesshoumaru had bitten her again…
She felt of the bandage at her throat. It had been different than the time before. Before, he had been so angry. His claws had dug into her skin as he had shook her while growling. Then he had bit her so hard, his fangs sinking in so deep as if he were trying to kill her. There had been so, so much pain right before she had blacked out.
Rin shuddered at the memory, an icy shiver making her curl up more. It was all so hard to understand why Sesshoumaru had done such a thing to her. He had marked her, making her his forever… out of anger. But this time, he had bitten her while wanting to mate with her. Sesshoumaru had said he desired her body…
Yet, it was only because of the mark and the bond.
She sighed and rolled to her back on the soft covers to stare up to the beds dark canopy. “Why?”
A knock sounded at the door and Sesshoumaru came in.
Cheeks warming, Rin sat up, put Teddy down, then moved to the side of the bed to hang her feet over the edge. He had been gone for awhile. By the rumble of her tummy it had to be close to lunchtime.
Taking a chance, she looked up to the dog demon who stood before her in that long white flowing suit she had seen him wear a time or two.
Absently, she gripped a part of her blue skirt and twisted it. “Uh. Oh. Hi.”
　
“Rin.” His voice was deep but she sensed something different about it.
“Yes?”
He held out his hand and Rin noticed the dried blood on every fingertip. Then she noticed something else. His claws were gone. She stared, eyes wide. “What happened?”
Sesshoumaru did not answer. After several seconds of switching attention from his hand to his face, she carefully reached out to accept it.
When his palm and fingers closed around hers, he pulled with a light tug so Rin slid off the bed and allowed him to lead. Hand in hand Sesshoumaru led her through the house and out the back door, down the flat stoned pathway, and still farther till they were a good ways from the house and close to a grove of very large trees. There he stopped under the cool shade of an old tree that seemed to tower over the rest. Around the trunk hung a string of blessing papers. Probably sutras of some sort.
For a long moment he gazed at the tree as the wind rustled its dark green summer leaves, his hand still holding hers.
“What I did to you. When I marked you. I was wrong. I should not have done this. It was wrong of me to have hurt you in such a way. I have done a terrible thing. We are now bound together as mates and this cannot be undone. I do not expect you to want me. I do not expect anything from you. It is your choice to stay with me or go anywhere else you may choose but you need to know about the bond between us.”
Rin, listening, already knew that there was a bond but no one had really explained it all in detail. His hand squeezed hers once before he let go and sat down, his back against the old tree’s bark. She sat down next to him on a small mound of soft green moss.
　
He did not look at her as she sat but stared out to the far off forest line before continuing.
“When I marked you, I was angry but I do not know why my anger was so extreme. At the time, because of this, I acted irrationally. I. I believe my instincts took control. Maybe….” He paused.
“Perhaps I did. In some way. Want you.”
The moment he said it, Rin felt her heart thump deep within.
He had.
Wanted her.
Again he paused, the mellow summer wind teased his silvery white bangs as he continued to look far away as if thinking to himself. “My mark was a shared blood mark. When my fang pierced you, I allowed my blood to flow into you. Some of my blood and spirit now reside within you, bonding us together. Because of this your body will physically reject any other carnal touch by another male. And I also will feel this rejection in spirit but it would not kill me. If you decide to leave, reject me completely, we both will wither in spirit till death calls.
But.
Since I am the one to mark you, I can so choose to mark another in your place. It would not free you from me but would make you ill and you would eventually die in spirit. You would be free of me… and this life….. but it would be a very painful death for you to endure.
Whatever you wish of me.
I will do.
　
If you so choose for me to find another.

I will.
　
If you so choose to stay with me.
I will not mark another and…
I will do everything within my power to give you what is deserving of a true mate.
You have only to ask it of me.
Anything.
Though there is something else that I must tell you.”
Rin, feeling awestruck by all that he had said while intently watching his near unreadable expression, suddenly wanted to hold his hand again. “What is it?”
“Directly after I had marked you, I was informed by Inuyasha that my father had arranged for me to be mated with Kagura. I did not want such an arrangement. I still do not. I had not intended to ever be mated to anyone. All I wanted was solitude. I do not care what my father wants and I do not care to bow down to my father’s wishes.
But. Since he is my sire. I am bound to follow the traditions of my family. The formal union with Kagura did not have to be a blood marking. All I would have had to do was publicly declare the wind demon as my mate then consummate the union to create an heir: A full blooded youkai child to carry on our family’s line.
But since I had already marked you, I informed my father of such while standing on the rooftop of the hospital when you were there. He wanted to meet you and I agreed. So now you know that he has approved of you as my mate and our union. That being said. The mating contract between Kagura and I is still effective until…
Our union is consummated.
If we do not join together within the time frame that my father has insisted upon, then Kagura has the right to contest our bond. She will bring the matter up before the High Council. I do not know what they will decide to do.
My father has given us one year.”
His honeyed gaze fell, reflecting sadness. “I am fully aware that you do not desire my body. I do not wish to consummate against your will. As you know, my instincts have been pushing me to do so because of the immortal blood bond between us. I do not know how much longer I can resist….
Last night. I.
I almost…
I.
I lost myself to my desire for you. Every moment that goes by the need to touch you grows stronger.
Soon. I may lose control and hurt you again. The next time I may not be able to stop myself.
　
Therefore, I have made a decision.”
　
“Decision?”
“Yes. I will have Kagome give you something to protect you. From me.”
Rin felt the bandage at her neck, her thoughts jumbling along with some new emotion that had begun to haunt her heart as he spoke. He…
He had wanted her when he marked her the first time…..
And… he wanted to touch her now.
But did she want him to touch her? Like that? Did she want…
To touch him?
The first time she had saw him, she had thought….
He was beautiful. A being of light. Something almost akin to an angel.
Now, as the wind played delicately with his hair and his eyes glazed with sadness, she felt an ache in her chest.
Deep down, she wanted to stay close to him. Whether he lost control and hurt her or not, she wanted to be at his side.
She still did not know about wanting to mate with him though. When she thought of such a thing, her insides trembled with that old fear. The same one that held fast when she had lived with her father. She had been constantly afraid of what her father would do next and how he would hurt her in the bedroom. How he would smile sometimes when she yelped in pain. Then hurt her again, making her scream.
Sesshoumaru had hurt her last night. But… he had not smiled…
No.
He had trembled and shed tears then made a promise to never do it again as he held her close.
　
Rin reached out and took his right hand. It came willingly to rest within hers between them.
“Rin?”
“Yes?”
“May I ask one thing of you?”
“What?”
“Can I lie down next to you?”
“Yes.”
The warmth of his hand left hers as he shifted, lying down, resting his head in her lap, closing his eyes.
The wind decided to play about them again while an early cricket chirped in the shadow of the tree’s shade.
Leaves rustled high above. Her body relaxed along with the ache in her heart. She gave in to the simple feeling of just being there with him.
Rin smoothed his silvery white hair with her palm, glancing over the small soft point of his ear.
His body shivered at the touch. He reached up and took her hand to hold it at the warmth of his chest. There she felt the rhythm of his heart beat.
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Heart of pain, Heart of Ice. The sequel.