Someone to protect

Chapter 1

I was not obsessed. I was just...interested. The girl was a mystery to me. She appeared fragile and weak but the moment her friends or that half breed gets into danger, her pose changes into the one of a warrior. I was standing in the shadow of the trees watching the raven-haired girl leaning her back on the old wooden well she seems to have some sort of an attachment to, her head resting on her arms that were folded on her knees that she kept close to her chest, the salty air around her hitting my nose while I stood there watching her with my golden eyes. I watched her for a while now, the more I watched the more interesting she became. She was a human, but she continued to peek my interest over the span of time. She managed to pull out the Tetsaiga, while I was not able to do so. And she didn't care for my title whatsoever even though she was a worthless human. She never appeared to be scared of me and always held her head high, while demons much more powerful than her bowed their heads to me. All those little things made her interesting to me. It's why I watched her from the distance whenever I got the chance.

She was a kind person. Her friends adored her, the little demon seemed to have thought of her as his mother and she took care of the food and seemed to be quite knowledgeable in the art of healing using things this Sesshomaru has never seen. She seemed to care about my worthless brother as well, taking care of him and staying by his side all the time. However, he seemed to bring her to this state quite often. I saw her sneaking out of their camp to sit down alone in the darkness and let her heart cry out all its worries that he seemed to be the cause of. He and his dead priestess to be exact.

The moon shone on her weeping figure, a slight breeze playing with her hair while I watched her raise her head, her teary eyes and wet cheeks clear indications of her distress.

"How long do you intend to spy on me, Seshomaru?" She said in a raspy voice, not even looking my way for confirmation of her statement. She didn't have the nose this Sesshomaru has but she was able to pinpoint my presence just as accurately. Fascinating. I stepped out of the shadows, letting my figure be covered in the moonlight while she turned her head towards me awaiting an answer.

"This Sesshomaru was just passing by," was my clever answer while my face continued to show no emotion.

"You seem to be passing by quite a lot lately," she looked directly into my eyes looking for her own answer. Her eyes seemed to have a power on her own. I knew she had the power to see secret jewel shards, but does she have any other power? Was she able to see through me just as easily? The more I watched her the more fascinating she became. Her chocolate eyes bore into mine searching for something, but I wasn't willing to share anything. This Sesshomaru has nothing to share with a worthless human. She was just a mystery, nothing special once I figure out this human. I turned around without another word stepping back into the forest, when I heard a cry from a small girl.

"Lord Sesshomaru! Where did you leave to now, my Lord?!"

I watched Ah-Un step into the moonlit clearing with little Rin on his back and Jaken holding onto him leading him through the woods.

"My Lord!" They yelled simultaneously as I was getting ready to leave again until something stopped me. I saw the priestess wipe her tears in a hurry putting on a fake smile on her face, the lightning from the moon covering her red eyes and the fact that she was crying. Rin turned towards the girl when she noticed some motions and smiled brightly.

"Kagome-chan! You're here!" She slipped down from Ah-Uns back and ran towards the girl that wrapped her in her embrace.

"Hello Rin-chan. Didn't see you in a while. Are you faring well?" Her voice was steady, no sign of her earlier distress. I narrowed my eyes at that turning back towards the human females hugging each other.

"Yes! I'm doing good. How about you? What are you doing here alone in this hour?"

The priestess just smiled and stroked Rins hair.

"I just needed a little bit of fresh air, that's all."

I stopped paying attention to the topic of the conversation and listened to her voice. I saw her tears not too long ago so I searched for a hint of fakeness in her voice. Something that would make sense to the situation. Surely, she had to pretend to be this cheerful around the girl, right? However, there was nothing. It was like she pushed her worrying aside for later and decided to just concentrate on Rin instead. How interesting.

"Are you sure its ok to be here all by yourself? The forest is dangerous at night. Lots of demons come out. You shouldn't be alone Kagome-chan."

The conversation hit my ears again and I saw the priestess just pat Rins head and stood up taking a bow with a quilt of arrows from the ground with her other hand showing them to the little girl.

"I have these, so I will be fine. You don't have to worry about me, Rin-chan."

For some reason it still bothered me. I detested the idea of some lowlife demon tearing apart this woman that I still haven't figured out yet. I turned on my heel and started walking towards the village. I stopped at the edge of the clearing looking over my shoulder at the two humans watching them both catch my gaze making sure they could hear me from that distance.

"Come."

I turned to the front again, not looking back this time and could feel the hesitation the priestess felt. Rin though had no restrictions and took her hand pulling her towards me and making her follow as I ordered. Something in that scene clicked in me then. Like it was supposed to be like that. Me, walking forward as the legitimate heir of my fathers' throne, the little girl holding onto the priestesses' hand following behind me and Ah-Un and Jacken following close after them. This seemed right somehow, which just made me have more questions. Why? What does that mean?

"Sesshomaru, do you have someone to protect?"

The last words of my father slipped into my mind and I frowned again, just like I used to everytime I think of that time. I, Sesshomaru, protect nothing.