NEW STORY

Summary: With his ward grown up, Sesshomaru has to learn to share, but what happens when certain events bring out his protective side and he discovers that he wants to be selfish one more time?

oOo Daisies oOo

"Sesshomaru-sama! Look, my lord!"

He looked on obligingly as she spun in the mid-day sun, her dark brown hair framing a young child-like face, with the brightest brown eyes he'd ever seen. Again she spun. Spinning with her daisy crown entwined within her wisps of hair strands, looking like the princess his title had made her.

"My lord! How do I look?"

She smiled and he vaguely thought of how far she had come along since she first set her toothless grin on him. Always meddling. Yet never troublesome.

"Acceptable, Rin"

She fell onto the grass in a heap of giggles.

"Ah my lord! Isn't it a wonderful day?"

He didn't reply, only settling his gaze on the grumbling toad at his feet. He large yellow eyes half closed in annoyance. He considered tuning his demonic hearing in on the toads' mumbles but decided against it when Jaken suddenly jumped to life, only to chase after his young ward.

"You insolent girl! Do not bother Sesshomaru-sama with your vain thoughts!" he chastised, waving his staff in the air to emphasize his point, completely oblivious to everything around him. Including the tremor in the bottom lip of the girl he had sworn to protect.

"…I am… vain?" she whispered.

Not one to accept such disrespect, Sesshomaru swiftly put an end to the conscious state of his subject.

"Do not listen to him Rin."

"Yes, Sesshomaru-sama"

The tremor was still there. He cursed the toad silently. Bending down on one knee, his large clawed hand gently rested under her chin before pulling it up to look her in the eyes. Eyes that glistened with slight tears. He would kill the toad.

"Rin is sorry for her selfishness, she didn't mean to be a distraction… she only wanted conversation. Rin promises not to bother her lord again"

Gently stroking her bangs away from her face, he then gently plucked a daisy from beneath his feet and proceeded to place it in her hands.

"Rin is Rin"

Her eyes widened as did her smile. Sesshomaru stood and began to walk away, they had rested long enough and needed to continue their journey. Understanding, she followed with a skip in her step.

"Rin is Rin!" she sang "Rin is Rin!"

the chant echoed in his ears as he slowly began to regain consciousness…

…and also the knowledge that it was only a memory.

He rose from his midnight blue satin sheets before rising to his feet. A wave of sadness washed over him.

He had a wedding to attend.

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Daisies - purity, innocence, loyal love, beauty, patience and simplicity.

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The servants were bustling with excitement, weaving between the carefully laid out chairs as they watched their steps on the marble flooring.

"A merging!" they hissed.

Sesshomaru wasn't one for compliments but even he had to admit that the large ball room was impressive. The Royal colours of the West neatly decorated the left wall, it's blues and silvers bringing to life the intricate designs of the sky.