True Love Is Worth Waiting For

Part Four

**So sorry for the horrid delay. My only excuse is an absolutely terrible case of writers block that has remained until a week ago when it finally left to harass someone else :) Again sorry and I do hope this part is to your liking**

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~*Part Four*~

It had been four days since he had found her with the children. Sesshomaru watched out the open screen as she walked in the garden. She was no doubt well now, and yet he couldn't bring himself to make her leave. She said nothing about going either, perhaps she wanted to stay. While part of him welcomed her presence, the other part of him considered her a liability and a distraction. He could not seem to stop watching her, especially when she walked, parasol in hand her maid following as well as a few of the servant children.

"Lord Sesshomaru I have a list of items that you requested and..." Jaken said interrupting his wandering mind. Sesshomaru walked away without replying and headed to his desk. Jaken still followed him still trying to read the list.

"Jaken, what are the servants saying about Rin?" he asked interrupting the toad again as he turned to take the list, feigning interest in what it said.

"Well I...um told them that she was your ward years ago when you used to hunt Naraku. Some asked if she was going to be a servant but most of them soon realized that that couldn't be so." Jaken began to fidget and looked intently at the floor. "She...seems to have taken a liking to visiting the stables. She also has befriended the kitchen staff." Jaken attempted to shuffle the stack of paper that Sesshomaru had unceremoniously shoved back at him.

"Do they consider her a threat?" he wondered.

"None have said such to myself." Jaken began "Though the fact that she has stopped wearing the more elaborate kimonos has perhaps made her more approachable."

"Hn..." was his only reply.

"Most think she is an exceptional human and have taken a liking to her" Jaken continued "while others respect her presence here for your sake my lord."

That made him cringe inside. For my sake? "My vassals?" he asked remembering the Rat demons words.

"Well some of them have...they um... have said ah..." Jaken gulped clearly afraid to continue.

"Jaken." Sesshomaru warned him with a glare.

Jaken gulped again and began to shake. "Several of them think that she is your um..." he stopped bowing low no doubt to hide his face he squeaked "But not me my lord I do not think she is your mistress!"

Sesshomaru stared at the toad. They thought that she...

"Leave" He said without looking up. He glared at the sound of the door sliding shut, as though it was to blame for the offense. Idiots, all of them!

He was not going to entertain mistresses, he never had, not after his Fathers...Error. No, he had decided long ago that when he chose to be with someone as a lover and mate, it would not be under such a low fashion. Sesshomaru snorted and shuffled aside several more papers, attempting to think about something else.

It did not work.

Demons did not have any qualms about sexual relations between Demons of power. When a Demon, on rare occasion, found company in a humans arms however it was considered taboo. Even though his father had several females he favored, (Sesshomarus own mother being the highest on that list for a time) it was still a great disgrace that he had allow himself to be seduced by the human princess. He doubted very much that humans looked upon such relationships kindly either. Evident as even his Fathers consort suffered because of her copulation with a demon. She had, as far as he knew, been all but shut out from her own kind. Though that may have had more to do with her being obviously with said demons child.