Fukai Mori

Chapter One: A Demon's Confusion

A/N: Okay, this story, may go lemon if I feel like it, but right now it's R. Forgive me if Sesshomaru is slightly OOC, I don't think he is, but then again, one can never be too sure.


Sesshomaru watched as his young companion slept peacefully, her mouth slightly open. The young girl was now a woman, she was sixteen and if Sesshomaru was correct, ripe for marriage. So why did she insist on following him everywhere? Even Jaken had found a nice town and settled down. That left him and Rin wandering day after day around feudal Japan.

"Sessho...maru...sa..ma...." Rin muttered as she turned onto her back. Sesshomaru watched as a light blush tinged her cheeks and could smell her arousal. He knew what she was dreaming about....and it took of his strength not to pouce on her and make whatever hentai dream she was having come true. Her kimono had come slightly open, exposing her developing breasts. He leaned forward and closed it, but as Sesshomaru brought the cloth to cover Rin's chest, he couldn't help himself, and squeezed her right breast lightly. He almost smiled as a moan escaped her lips.

Sesshomaru decided on getting some sleep, or he'd find himself doing something he didn't want to do. Sesshomaru woke up to the smell of fish cooking. He opened his eyes and sat up to see Rin merrily cooking a fish over a fire she had obviously made herself.

"Ohayo Gazaimasu Sesshomaru-Sama!" Rin happily greeted. Sesshomaru just stared. Her smile, he had alway loved that smile. It was the reason he had brought her back to life all those years ago. He shook his head. Did he just think that he actually loved something about a HUMAN? Those filthy creatures, Sesshomaru hated them with all his being. So it frustrated him to no end why he let Rin follow him around everywhere. He could just as easily kill her or threaten her to stay in a town, so why didn't he?

"Sesshomaru-Sama?" Rin asked, worried over his sudden silence. sesshomaru was always silent, but he at least mumbled a 'good morning' to her when she greeted him.

"It's nothing." Sesshomaru said, standing up to leave. Rin grabbed the cooked fish, gnawing on it as she faithfully followed Sesshomaru. As they were sitting down to rest after Rin had grown tired, Sesshomaru smelt a youkai nearby, and went to make sure it didn't bother them. Sesshomaru was searching the surrounding area, and smelled a new stench. It was the stench of an aroused demon, ready to rut. The smell was...moving. Sesshomaru was confused for only second, when he heard a scream. Rin's scream. He didn't know why, but he hurried back. Then he saw it, the demon was ready, it was throwing Rin on the ground, ready to take her. The force alone, Sesshomaru knew, would kill her.

~leave her, let her die...~ A little voice in the back of Sesshomaru's head whispered. Somehow, though, that thought scared him. Somehow, he couldn't stand the thought of Rin not being by his side anymore. As the youkai tore off Rin's kimono, Sesshomaru pounced and sliced the demon in two with one strike. Sesshomaru leaped down and clasped Rin's frail form in his hands. He gently lifted her up and brought her to a nearby cave, killing the large demon that had inhabited it. He lay his outer robe on the cold damp ground, putting Rin on top of it. It puzzled him to no end why he insisted on protecting the stupid human.

Meanwhile, Rin was having a dream. She dreamt she was a mother. She had beautiful kids and a loving husband. She had everything she could ask for.

"Mommy!" A little girl that was an exact copy of how Rin looked when she was that young ran up to her, clasping her tiny arms around Rin's legs tightly. Rin stared in shock before registering that it was a dream. She looked around, two twin teenage boys were roughly playing, pushing eachother and laughing. A teenage girl who Rin supposed was her daughter, was talking with a young man that seemed to be her boyfriend. Rin's husband came behind her and pulled her into a tight hug as the little girl ran to play with her sister.

"Hello, Love." The man whispered sweetly in Rin's ear. She smiled briefly, wondering who it could be. She looked at the man's face and a horrible feeling struck her in the pit of her stomach. She quickly turned her head and watched as the happy picture of her family dissolved. It was the same picture, but it wasn't happy to Rin anymore. Something was wrong. That's when she realized something was missing. Her husband...he wasn't who he was supposed to be. Rin turned around and watched in terror as the dream man turned into the demon from earlier. He roughly grabbed her hand.

"NO!" rin screamed, tears flowing from her eyes.

Sesshomaru watched as Rin's formerly serene face turned into horror. "NO! DON'T TOUCH MEEE!!!" She screamed, thrashing about wildly. Sesshomaru grabbed her body, pulling it close to his and offering her comfort. He didn't know why, it just seemed as if he had to. Rin wasn't calming down, though. Sesshomaru started to worry that a human or a demon would hear her and think that the great Sesshomaru had actually resorted to raping a human girl. He had to shut her up.

Before he knew what in the seven Hells he was doing, Sesshomaru quickly lowered his lips to Rin's, kissing her fully on her perfect mouth. She calmed down and stopped thrashing. her whimpers ceased, and she lay limply in his arms. Sesshomaru opened his eyes, taking his mouth off hers. He continued to wonder at himself. Why had he done it? Why? Why? Why? To shut her up, that's what his mind said, yet Sesshomaru could tell it was nothing more than an excuse.

"Then why...?" Sesshomaru suddenly sat up straight, staring wide-eyed at the girl he held in his arms. He looked at her as if she were Satan.

"It....couldn't be.....could it? Me, Sesshomaru, the great lord of the western lands...." He placed Rin gently down, staring at her peaceful form.

"The reason I've protected her all this time...the reason I've always kept her safe and watched her closely....it's because I.....

TO BE CONTINUED

A/N: So, how'd I do for my first Sessho/Rin story? Please Review!!!! I'll give you....uhhhh....free Sessho love dolls!!!