Turn Around
SessRin, InuKag, SanMir, Shippo.

FULL SUMMARY:

Sesshomaru was cold, and hated all pathetic ningens. He gave no resistance to any; and had slain more than he could ever count. There was only one exception, and he name was Rin. Rin...she was happy, excited, and loved picking flowers in the fields...Simple things made her smile. She was different.

Rin was a sweetheart. Everyone she ever met loved her, just from her nature towards people and life in general. Although she's turning 18, she still acted just like a little child; but everyone was okay with that.

She had liked Lord Sesshomaru the minute she met him, mostly because he saved her life, and showed an un-said caring about her. No one ever had. She'd lost her parents a long time ago, and didn't really know how to fend for herself.

Could Rin ever make the cold, withdrawn, Lord of the Western Lands like her, maybe even love her, one day? If the task was impossible, you could count on Rin to try and prove the theory wrong!

And so, the story begins.

IMPORTANT NOTICE!
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE STARTING THE STORY:

I do not own any of these characters in this FanFic. -Sigh- Although I wish I could, especially Sesshomaru...-giggle-

All lettering in ITALICS means the person is having these thoughts in their head. They are not spoken out loud.

Word Key: (Translation)

Arigato - Thank You
Kami - God
Gomen - Sorry
Baka - Idiot
Doshite - Why
Iie - No
Hai - Yes
Honto ne - Really
Onegai - Please
Doragon - Dragon
Gami - Toad
Ningen - Human

OKAY let the reading commence! Enjoy!

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Chapter 1: Pain and Pleasure

Somewhere in the deep forest...

It was dark, and foggy, and he wandered mindlessly through the forest, his useless slave Jaken and his dragon Ah-Un following slowly behind.

Sesshomaru smelt and heard the noise in the forest, but not until it was too late. He felt the blow through his back, and dropped his head down to see the blade go straight through his armored body. Naraku laughed, and before Sesshomaru could get up and attempt to defend himself, he felt an inky blackness settle over his body...

Rin was close behind. She smiled to herself.

This Rin will be 18 tomorrow...She's so excited! Perhaps Lord Sesshomaru and a few guests can have a ball to celebrate at the palace. Rin misses Kagome, Inu Yasha, and all the others back at the ningen village. They are all so wonderful, and Rin hasn't seen them in a long while. Rin feels guilty, because she knows the children are missing her, especially Sara. (the littlest one of Kagome's, who is only 3 years old.)

Lately, Rin had been too busy learning how to wield a sword, with the help of Sesshomaru, so she hadn't had time to see them.

Rin slowly began to think about how nice Lord Sesshomaru had been treating her lately. Ever since she first met him, he had slowly come to like her more and more, although he wouldn't admit it. She didn't know how great his liking for her was, so she assumed he was something close to a friend, and she could trust him. Rin sighed. She remembered the day when she first met him, and how he reacted to her...

10 years ago...

Sesshomaru was walking through the dense forest when he could smell wolf demons and a strong scent of blood. He could tell from his distance that it was a human's, and was going to ignore it.

He continued walking, but then abruptly stopped, making Jaken behind him collide into the back of his leg. Jaken got down on his knees immediately and apologized, before asking why his Master had stopped. Sesshomaru sighed. All he managed to do was give Jaken a look of warning to be quiet.

Sesshomaru found himself giving into temptation, and slowly made his way to where the human blood was coming from. It wasn't like he had anything else to do now anyway, except torture his lowly half-brother, which he hadn't planned on doing until later that day. Perhaps I should see if I can go and see if I can entertain myself for a few minutes.

Sesshomaru slowly made his way through the dense bush, and saw a little human girl cowering in the middle of a circle of hungry-looking wolves. He didn't know why, but his chest contracted, and in his heart he felt something...pity? It wasn't pity...since when do demons feel pity? Especially for a lousy ningen being? He didn't know what the feeling was, and didn't care to find out. All he was looking for was a good time, or so he told himself, for now.

It was obvious the wolves had already attacked her, because the scent of blood was almost over-powering. In one easy stroke of his poison claws, before he managed to think his actions over rationally, Sesshomaru wiped out the majority of the wolves, and the rest ran away, before he killed them, too.

He hadn't seen a human being look so pathetic in his entire life. She was bleeding, and it was obvious she was going to die. Her eyes were open, but they were glazed, and he could smell her soul leaving her body. He decided he only had one way of saving her, and that was using his Tenseiga. He'd never used it before, and what was the harm? He might as well, it wasn't like he had anything to lose, or that he would use it ever again anyway.

Slowly, he took the sword out of its sheath, and waved it over her slowly deteriorating body. Her wounds instantly closed up, and a minute later she rose agonizingly to her feet. The little and confused Rin stared up into his back as he quickly walked away. Without saying a word, she followed him into the brush. She silently wondered if he would have left her there alone if she hadn't have followed, and decided to push that thought out of her mind. Sensing her presence, Sesshomaru turned around and said,

"What do you want, ningen? I saved your life. You should be grateful, express your thanks to me, and leave before I change my mind."

"Youkai, you have saved this Rin's life, and to that this Rin owes you my service. Rin shall follow you, and be of help whenever you should need it."

All the while Rin said this, she stared into his golden shimmering eyes.

Sesshomaru was rather surprised that she didn't fear him, or so it seemed. He couldn't smell fear from her scent.

"Do you not fear me, ningen? Have you not heard of tales where I have slaughtered hundreds of your kind at once without mercry?

Why do you not fear me?"

"Because you saved this Rin's life." She giggeled, and when he looked at her, she was bearing a big, warm, partially tooth-less smile.

"So, little one, does it look like I need your help? Do I look weak to you, that of needing service from a child that probably couldn't even pick up a sword, not mention wield one?"

"This Rin doesn't know how to use a sword, but could learn quickly, and would only like to please you, Master."

He cringed internally when she called him Master. Sesshomaru silently marvelled at her intelligence for only a child around 8. Perhaps she could humor me. Why not let the little brat come? If she proves to be a bother, I could just kill her or bring her back here... He kept his eyes cold and emotionless.

"If you truly desire to come, you can follow me. Keep your mouth shut, and if any harm is to come to you, I have no obligation to save your pitiful life."

He didn't wait for her answer. He started to walk in the direction he was originally going, and could hear her silent footsteps behind him.

Rin smiled at his words. She liked him, he was different, although she had never met a demon before. The only one she could vaguely remember was one by the name of Naraku, and he had slain their whole village, her family included. She was lucky enough to be running around the mountainside at the time, rolling around in the grass and playing in the nice-smelling flowers in the rich, green fields.

Rin said nothing at his comment, and followed behind him, calling him Master whenever he spoke to her. Soon, he got sick of this, and setteled on Lord Sesshomaru.

This was how Rin met him.

And since that day, she'd never regretted following him on his journey...

Back to the present...

Rin walked through the forest only to hear Jaken scream in a girly voice and stare up at Rin with eyes as big as saucers. Rin could smell the scent of blood from over 15 feet away, and her sense of smell wasn't good in the least.

She quickly ran over to her Lord without a hesitation. She heard an evil laugh, and looked up from the body laying on the ground. There he stood, in all his glory, the "Great" Naraku. He laughed his cold laugh, and whispered in his deep voice,

"He will die a slow death in agony, but it is what he deserves."

"Iieeee!!!!!"

Rin screamed, and ran at him with her sword that Sesshomaru had given her a little while ago, for her training. She slashed through him, the stupid weak puppet, and ran back to him on the ground. She cried a river of tears, and they wouldn't stop flowing.

"Doshite?"

She wispered out loud, and slowly attempted to drag his body over to the stunned and frozen-in-place Jaken, who was standing rigidly beside Ah-Un. The two-headed dragon, sensing her need to bring Sesshomaru back to the palace, picked him up in its mouth, with great difficulty, and slung him on its back. At this, Rin heard Sesshomaru groan in protest.

"Hold on, Lord Sesshomaru, just hold on. This Rin will save you..."

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When Sesshomaru finally woke from his "sleep," he felt horrid. He was in great pain, although he showed that to no one. The second he opened his eyes, he saw light brown shiny ones looking into his face. Those eyes looked as though they had been shedding tears, and knew they did, because he could smell the salt eminating from her body.

Rin smiled as he looked at her with a cold stare. She couldn't help it. She giggeled, and not to her surprise, Sesshomaru said to her,

"Go away. I don't need your help."

Her laughter stopped, although the smile remained.

"Don't be foolish. Of course you need this Rin's help! Look at your wound. You've lost a lot of blood. This Rin cleaned your wounds while you slept, and bandaged them. You didn't even thank this Rin, although she wouldn't expect it from you. Besides, these wounds are serious, despite how tough you try to act, and you will take a very long time to recover, even for a youkai."

He was surprised that she knew so much about youkai's and their rapid healing, and angry that she was ordering him around.

Sesshomaru grunted, and said something along the lines of "a stupid ningen", and once again closed his eyes, praying for the blessed sleep that would make him feel no pain. At this point, he couldn't care about one stupid order. He could yell at her for it later. Rin's tears began to fall again. He knew it because he could smell her sadness and the saltwater coming from her eyes. He cracked one eye open and asked why she would act so weak.

"He said you were going to die. This Rin was so scared, this Rin didn't want to be left alone again..."

Rin whimpered, and tried to stop the tears from falling off her pale cheeks. She looked like a crying angel, and the early morning sunlight falling over her body just maked her look more innocent and lovley. It took some effort for him to not smile at her during that moment, and it shocked him to be having thoughts like that.

"I will not die. I am not weak. I don't know what Naraku was saying, thinking he could kill me with a blow like that."

Rin, looking extremely relived, couldn't help but let out a huge sigh of relief. Then, out of instinct, she came closer to the bed and began to take off his bandages.

"What are you doing?!" Sesshomaru cried out.

She can't touch me like this! She's just a human! Why is she being so posessive all of a sudden? Why does she act as though she cares?

As if to read his thoughts, she told him,

"This Rin cares about you, and this Rin can see that your bandages are soaked with blood. The bandages will get blood-soaked, and soon the blood will harden. After an hour, at most, it will feel like you are sleeping on bricks. Besides, I need to avoid you getting an infection, because you are in a very vulnerable state right now, like it or not."

Sesshomaru could only grunt at this comment, and allow her to take off the bandages. He admitted to himself in his mind, she was right, but would never say that out loud. Rin smiled.

Last night, when she had taken off the bandages, she couldn't see him very well in the faded moonlight, and had to try very hard to not smile now. He looked gorgeous. His body was so muscular, especially his chest.

Slowly, without thinking, she ran her hands over his chest and internally smiled at the way his muscles involuntaraily flexed at her movements. She leaned down, and traced her fingers over his dried-blood wound. She felt him shiver a little, and then instantly stopped.

Kami...what is this Rin doing?! Oh kami, Rin is going to get yelled at! This Rin doesn't want him to be mad!

Sesshomaru was just as perplexed as she was, and had thoughts of his own.

Why am I feeling like this? This feels so...good! I never thought I would think that about a pathetic ningen! This has to stop, before things get out of hand!

As if hearing his thoughts once again, her hands stopped their enticing tracing of his broad and muscular chest. Instead, Rin ran out of the room quickly, her face as flushed as a wild red rose colour before he could begin to ask questions, or see her reaction.

"This Rin will get some clean bandages!" She shouted from the hallway, but didn't bother to slow down her quick half-running, half-walking pace.

Sesshomaru lay in bed, still reeling from what he had just experienced. It had been so long since he had been touched like that, he barely remembered what it was like.

He didn't want to think of her now. She died a long time ago, by that damned Naraku. He clenched his fists unconsciously at the thought, and swore he would kill Naraku for what he had done. He paled, for only a second, for he could only blame himself for not protecting her.

Even though Sayuri was also a youkai, she hadn't been strong enough to fight him off of her. If only he had come sooner, if only he could have saved her.

At this thought, he tried to rise out of bed, but was met by an extreme pain shooting through his chest, which made him immediately fall back onto the bed with an "ugh" sound. He hurt a lot more than he thought. He mumbled something about him being useless and closed his eyes, remembering that day long ago...

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OKAY! How did I do? Good for my first fanfic? PLEASE REVIEW before I post Chapter 2, which will be called "Love and Death."

A/N: Just so you know, the new girl (that will be in Chapter 2) is called Sayuri. She is not an original charcater, just one I made up myself.