sesshomaru/rin fanfic (fluff)

He is close

It had been too long... Sesshomaru was still no where to be found. Every tree that Rin and Jaken walked past looked identical, it felt like they were just going in circles and not making any progress. They decided to change direction and made their way up the hills, towards a small village that sat on the highest rise. Climbing up the elevation, Jaken tripped numerous times but continued to stay at Rin's side. Finally reaching the peak of the hill, both were hyperventilating but also looking around, seeing people walking through the crowds.

Rin and Jaken glanced at each other before optimistically walking forward into herd of villagers hoping that they didn't refuse the little imp. She continued to look around, searching for a place to get some food, they had forgotten to eat for a few days because of searching for Lord Sesshomaru. In the corner of her eye, she spotted boxes full of fruit and vegetables stacked upon each other. Cautiously, she observed the movement around the boxes and when nobody was watching, she snuck past them and took the few apples that rested on top.

Hiding behind the villagers houses, she fell to the ground and swung her legs to the side. Jaken was peeking around the corner of the hut, seeing if anyone saw them, huffing in relief, he spun around and watched as Rin pulled the apples out of her side bag. She held out two of the three apples towards the imps face, in which the demon pushed her hand back and joined her sitting on the ground. She smiled to herself and took back the apples that was left in her hand, she bit down in one making a loud crunch sound and ripping a chunk out of the red sphere.

Finishing her snack, she stores the other apple in her bag and lifts from the floor, brushing off the dirt that may have remained. The little demon followed as she did and stood up. Walking to the edge of living quarters, he looked around the corner and saw that the villagers were still as they were, walking up and down the dirt path, minding their own business. Rin tapped Jaken's shoulder and walked past him, revealing herself to the crowd, however they didn't take any notice which is what she wanted.

Strolling through the village, Rin started asking some of the villagers if they could accommodate them for the night. All of them apologised and quickly hid away, refusing to allow a demon into their home. They took a break and sat at the top of the slope, looking down at the horizon, the multiple identical trees and the mountains at the ver back of the scenery.

"Don't worry, we will find him" she says leaning back against the green land. She calmly closed her eyes and imagined Sesshomaru's face, wishing once again that he would appear. Hearing a deep, unfamiliar voice out of no where, rin widens her eyes and sits up. However, instead of seeing Lord Sesshomaru, there was a tall, rough-looking man standing behind them. Surprisingly, he was aware that Jaken was a demon, but didnt react like everyone else did when he saw him.

"I heard that you needed somewhere to stay for the night?! Follow me if you want a place other that outside to sleep" the man says with a deep growl. He had short black hair and brown eyes. His skin was covered in scars and dirt marks, his clothes were rugged and he walked with a limp as though he was injured. Even so, Rin followed the man through the small town up until they had reached the edge of the village where the trees on the hill started to appear around the living quarters.

" Thank you so much sir" Rin says bowing and smiling. She took off her bag and placed it beside her and looked at Jaken, who was fast asleep. Rin sat in the corner of the living space and sat with her knees at her chest, just like the last night that her and sesshomaru were together. Slowly closing her eyes, she breathed out relaxing and imagining that sesshomaru was still with her. Rin and Jaken slept for quite a while, sleeping all the way through the night.

Hearing movement, rin opened her eyes seeing the man walking back into him home holding a bucket of water. He apologised for waking her and then took a seat, placing the bucket in the corner near his stacked up food. Rin rubbed her eyes, while doing so she felt the wound on her cheek, it was a lot smaller but it was still there and still a little painful.

"Erm, pardon me for asking kind sir, but what happened to you, why are you covered in dirt and scars?" She asked abruptly making the man turn to look at her begun to tell her about what happened to him.

"I was helping another village kill demons that raided them, however in the process we didn't realise how many demons there were and we all died. I dont understand how everyone was revived but im just grateful to whoever did so. As soon as i got back to my village, i heard that there was some outsiders asking for somewhere to stay for the night so i went and told you that you had the option to stay here" he said eating some soup that he had made before going to get the bucket of water.

Rin nodded as he continued to talk about how he was surprised that there was a demon with her and he asked her what she was doing on this part of the land. Before waking Jaken up, she thought again about what the man said earlier and realised what she had missed. She quickly shook Jaken, waking him up instantly. She bowed and thanked the man before dragging Jaken out of the village.

"What is wrong you silly girl?" Jaken said pushing her off him with his stick. Rin stopped running and stormed up to Jaken and leaned over to match his hight.

"Sesshomaru is close"

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