Title: Reaching for the Stars

By: TheHellChild

Disclaimers: I do not own Inuyasha. (Wish, I did)

(a/n: Takes place after chapter 558, of the manga series. Normally, I would rather die than write a Sess/Rin, but after reading some more… I thought. Oh what the hell. This story may contain spoilers…)

Summary: To be loved by him is like to reach up and try to touch the stars with your bare hands. Can one mere human girl make a demon lord such as Sesshomaru. Go against all that he believes in to be with her? Or will he Continue to push her, and his deep feeling for her away? Rin/Sesshomaru.

Chapter One: Yearning

For so long since the death of her family. Who were slaughtered by a group of bandits. She'd yearned for the love and care of a family again, but the dreams had soon became to a reality. The moment she met her lord, who saved her life. On countless times he was proud, emotionless, but on rare occasions showed compassion for others. As soon as the defeat of the evil half-demon, Naraku. She was taken in under the care and custody of Kaede, the old priestess, and sister to Kikyo. For practices proposes on wherever, and whomever she would live with. Wither it was with humans, or with demons. Not only was she in the loving care of the old woman. She was also part of the rather large family of the monk, and demon slayer, and their growing family of now eight children. With having only two twin daughters, and all of the rest being sons. She was also like an aunt to her Lord Sesshomaru's, half-brother and sister-in-law, children as well. Who had only three children. Very much to the dismay of Inuyasha who had surprisingly wanted more children.

But one thing she yearned for now was…

Her lord Sesshomaru….

She has not seen him in so long, it had had been nearly almost three years since she'd last saw him. Which was on her sixteenth birthday where had given her a new, and last kimono. It had the same designs on the kimono as his', but had an embroidered dark blue crescent moon the same moon marking as to the one on his forehead on the back. It was beautiful. It reminded her of her "Lord". The man she had once loved him like a older brother, but now…those feeling had turned, and changed that day of her birthday into loving him for the man that he is. Her lord Sesshomaru the man she yearned to see, to feel his touch, and to hear his deep masculine voice. That filled her with so many unfamiliar emotions that she'd never felt before for anyone other than him.

The sadness of the absences of her lord Sesshomaru was slowly tearing her heart into pieces. There has not been a day since he had not been within her thoughts. There has been many times when she would convince herself to move on, and find other to fill her loses of loosing her lord, but she could not forget the man.

No. The demon she had come to love.

It was hopeless to think that he'd come back for her. To let alone love her for being who she was. A human. A mortal who will be damned to die from old age. She'll die by an enemy he can not fight again. Death will come for her, and take her ageing form, and leave him with nothing, but sadness at her death. The lose of her to not beside him. To live forever without her. For that was his fate as an immoral.

But what was to live life without the joys of love?

Or to have a family of your own?

To watch, and to teach them to grow.

"Why can we not be together? It may not be forever, but my lord… I can not live without you…" she whispered into the darkness of the night. As she steered up at the shinning crescent moon within the night sky. Tears began to fall one by one as the normally did. Every time she would think about him. And where they stood as a couple. She deep down knowing it was all wishful thinking. To think she was worthy of him, a low-born human girl. Would never to be worthy of her lord. Even, if she was a high-born lady, or a princess she would still be unworthy of him.

For he should have not been born a demon, but a god would be more befitting on his behalf, and not just any god but a fertility god. He was untouchable. No woman, wither if she may be human, or demon should have the right to touch him. To feel his cresses upon their skin, his lips touching theirs. To be able to feel him giving them pleasure. She had once felt his lips upon hers just once. The one time where she felt pleasure from her lord. Would also be her last time to feel as such…Which was about three years ago.

The next morning, it was a beautiful morning at that. Which would normally make Rin smile, but she could not regardless if it was her birthday today. She was turning nineteen years old, and was still unmarried. She had no one. No one who would hold her close as she cried, or be there when she was ill. As she walked to the river to gather up water to be boiled for the morning meal. She could hear Miroku, and Sango's two twins coming over to her, and as well as Inuyasha oldest son, Yasha fallowing behind in tow.

"Rin!" The twin both chirped happily. As the both bounced over to her hugging her almost knocking her over in the process. "Is Rin-ie going get married today?" asked, Nana the eldest of the twins said in her cute baby voice. That she dose when the eight year wants to know something that she really isn't suppose to know.

"What do you mean?" asked a very confused Rin, who had just steered at the twins, and Yasha blankly. She didn't know what the could have meant by her getting married today. To who? And when had she been informed about this? Wasn't it her decision wither if she choice to marry? And to who she wanted to marry? Running back to the hut that she sheared with the old priestess, Kaede. Running as fast as her legs could carry her. Bursting into the hut, she looked to see Inuyasha, Miroku, and Kaede all sitting near the fire.

"What is the meaning of this? That I'll be getting married today?" she growled out, one thing Rin did not take so well was to be treated such as cattle. To be sold, or given to whoever wanted her.

"Dearest Rin, you have it all wrong." Miroku protested, as she waved his hands dismissively in the air.

"Have it wrong?" she asked with an arched eyebrow, still she didn't believe them, and Inuyasha looked a little too quite as of this moment. He had the face like he wanted to yell something out, but chose not to, which was the best choice for him. Otherwise she'd had Kagome "sit," him back to the dawn of mankind.

"No, enough lying. Rin, ye are the age to find a husband, and it has been too long since your "lord" has returned." Kaede spoke up. In a gentle motherly way. Rin shook her head violently she didn't want to hear it. Her, dearest Sesshomaru would come for her.

She knew it…

No, she had to believe it.

She just had to…

"No! He'll come for me. I know it. He will. And I am ready to live with anything… that my Ses--Milord chooses to be among!" she shouted out, and a little too much at that. This outburst of anger cause Inuyasha to stand up. Walking over to her she saw the…not anger, nor sadness, but pity? She saw him holding pity within his gazing golden eyes. He reached for her so fast, and held her within his brotherly embrace. It was so unlike him, but within the past years. Of having a family of his own unbecoming emotions, and actions began to surfaces on the outside of him. Not only he began to love her. Like a brother loves a beloved little sister.

"Let me go! Let me go! DAMN YOU, INUYASHA!" she yelled out, as tears began to fall. She started to push away from him, but he held her closer to him. They knew, they all knew what she had kept hidden…for so long, her love for Sesshomaru. Was like a cruse…and is.. For she'd never will feel those lips upon hers again. She'll only have to dream of her being at his' side. For he was a star up so high in the heaven's sky. And she was a mere mortal. She relaxed within his brotherly embrace, as she looked at everyone who held the heads in shame, and sadness. She knew…they had all planned.. arrange marriage for her. Despite her being in-love with another.

(TBC)