InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ It begins with L (Lust or Love?) ❯ Chapter 2- Unknown feelings ( Chapter 2 )

Sesshomaru's POV

 

I walked through the long halls of my castle when I heard something soft coming from behind a door. I leaned against the door to hear Kagome's voice singing. I open the door to the garden silently to see the breathtaking image before me. Kagome held Rin in her lap, gently stroking her hair, as she sang softly to her.

 

I will protect you,

And love you

For ever

I promise

So sleep child,

Rest your eyes

And know that I'll

Protect you…

 

She looked so beautiful, with a motherly look in her eyes. The sapphire blue butterflies fluttering around her delicately as though she were a goddess. I remember hearing her voice for the first time.

 

***Flashback***

 

I saw the girl with raven black hair who traveled with my half-brother, Inuyasha. She was holding Rin like a newborn child in her arms. A gash was in the woman's side and her strange kimono that she always wore was torn and ripped badly. The deep wound in her side was bleeding profusely. I started to walk towards her when I saw a tear fall down her cheeks. She was rocking Rin back and forth and she started to sing.

 

Young child, so innocent,

On angel's wings, you rest…

 

I had never heard a more angelic voice before. I watched the woman close her eyes, causing streams of shining tears to fall down her cheeks as she sang.

 

And fly with dreams, of your love,

Please now…

 

I watched as she held Rin's unmoving body closer to hers and she knelt over her, like a mother over her dead child. Her voice shook as she sang.

 

Please rest yours eyes…

 

She shook as she held her so closely, Tears falling to the ground.

 

And know that you'll…

Be safe…

For I, love you, and will always, protect you,

My child…

My child…

I love you…

Be safe…

 

I watched as she tried to continue but broke down in tears sobbing. I stepped foreword, a branch crunching underneath my foot. She snapped her head up, her body holding Rin's protectively. Her sapphire blue eyes stared up at me, tears still streaming from them. I looked into her eyes that were filled with fear and such sadness. She held her ever closer to herself as I came closer. The fear in her eyes becoming overcome with a look that said `I will protect her, no matter what.' I knelt down as she shielded Rin protectively, like a mother would for her own child. The sadness in her eyes was so overwhelming. I unconsciously reached a hand towards her face. She closed her eyes for a moment but re-opened them, drawing Rin's head into her chest. Her eyes widened as I brushed away her tears. I spoke softly to her with a warmth in my heart I'd never known.

“Please.”

I held out my arms in a motion for her to give Rin to me. But she shook her head and leaned back a little. Her eyes suddenly shot wide open as she attempted to crawl back away from me. She held Rin in her arms protectively as she fell on her back. I gazed at her paralyzed body, feeling the pain that coursed thoroughly in her eyes, and yet… She still held Rin protectively, the gash in her side having soaked blood through her `Kimono' completely and down her leg. I lowered my sword, the testutagai, to Rin's body, directly at the pin point of her spine. But before I revived Rin, I leaned down and kissed the pained woman's lips lightly. The sword glowed and immediately the woman closed her eyes. My hand went to the spot on her side where the wound was… nothing. The full shikon no Tama around her neck glowed lightly then vanished into her skin, unnoticed. Both her and the child's eyes fluttered open. I watched in amazement as the young girl held Rin close to her and closed her eyes as she rested her head on the child's. Suddenly, Rin held her hands to the motherly woman's chest, as if holding her up.

“Sesshomaru, why is Kagome bleeding?”

He paused, not actually knowing the reason. Then he saw the fear in Rin's eyes as she shook Kagome lightly.

“K-Kagome-Chan?”

Her eyes widened as she shook her as hard as she could. (Of course because she was a child and Kagome was a young woman, this was not very roughly.)

“Kagome-Chan! Kagome-Chan!”

Large tear drops formed along Rin's eyes, threatening to fall down in streams. She blinked, sending waterfall streaks down her dirty face. She looked at me with pleading eyes.

“Lord Sesshomaru, please help her!”

She reached out and tugged at my sleeve.

“Please, Lord Sesshomaru!”

I picked her up in my arms, like I would my bride, and carried her to Kaede's room in the village. I remember the stunned look on the old woman's face when I set Kagome down on a tatami mat and covered her with a blanket. As I left I turned to Kaede and said sternly,

“Tell Inuyasha to take better care of his woman.”

I stopped at the door, clenching my fist, an unknown rage building up inside of me, as I remembered the look in the woman's eyes when she became paralyzed. I coldly added with a growl in my voice, trying to keep myself from transforming.

“Also, if I ever smell her blood or see her cry again… I'll kill him.”

There were burn marks in the place where I'd been holding in the wall. Probably from my poison claws which for some reason had drawn themselves out then retracted.

***End of Flashback***