I`m glad I crashed the wedding

The nightmare was real. Sesshomaru stood at the edge of a cliff as the light wind lifted his silver hair, although he paid no attention to it, being deep in thought as usual.

Rin was now sixteen, and engaged to Kohaku. He had been expecting Kohaku to ask for his permission to marry his ward for some time, but that didn't make him prepared for it. He was unable to think of a single excuse that was acceptable, and grudgingly said yes.

Now she would be leaving him. Kohaku had said they would be moving far west after their marriage. Again, Sesshomaru was unable to think of a reason why he could follow.

He couldn't believe his sweet little girl was grown up and getting married so soon.

But then, he couldn't believe he was in love with her either, as he had discovered - or admitted - three months after Kohaku appeared. He was an upper class citizen, and Rin was lower class. Society would frown upon the match, but he had never sought their good opinion.

His mother, on the other hand... it was unheard of. No son of hers would be involved with any lower class citizen, as she had the courtisy to tell him not long before Kohaku approached him. Another reason for him not to tell him no. He didn't know why he was so opposed to the match for a long time. Every logical reason was in its favor.

Noises of church bells came to his ears. They were starting the ceremony. Rin made sure he was invited, but he said he would be too busy to come.

Of course he could think of an excuse for that no problem.

It would be outside, so he could watch from a hilltop, if he wanted. From there, he would have more chance of seeing the bride than through all the guests, and less chance of doing anything to the groom.

He could hear the pastor beginning the ceremony.

...

How he hated that boy Kohaku.

Before The Wedding

Rin bit her lip to hold back tears as her friends Ami and Honoka helped her into her wedding dress. As she looked in the mirror with blurred vision, she barely recognised her reflection.

This can't be happening! she told herself, unable to stop a runaway tear from cascading down her face. She looked at her smiling friends to see if they had noticed.

Ami mistook it as a tear of happiness. "Rin, you have no idea how lucky you are," she said, always one for giving her opinion. "You have a rich, upper class guardian, you live with everything you ever wanted, you're getting married at sixteen, and to the handsomest man on the planet!"

"In your opinion," Honoka added. Ami took no notice.

"You have no idea what I would give to marry someone," she continued. "Even if he is as poor as..." she trailed off, suddenly realizing what she was saying.

Rin gave a sob and rushed to a sink. It was true, she was well aware. Kohaku was almost penniless. Her new life with him would be a complete contrast with the one she had lived with Sesshomaru - her Sesshomaru - for the past nine years. No more servants at her command, no more wardrobes of kimonos... not that she minded their loss, but at the thought of moving west and far away from her home with him, for a different life... how would she bear it?

Ami just didn't understand. With her it was all fashion, fashion, fashion. Even Honoka was happy for her, although sad she would be leaving.

Why couldn't she tell anyone? Why was she incapable of saying she was in love with her guardian, even to herself?

She knew the answer was because of society. An upper class citizen and a lower class citizen. They were completly different. And she knew he would never - could never - feel the same way.

Rin opened her eyes when she felt a cool hand lifting hers. Honoka was removing the silver engagement band from her finger.

"It's almost time," she said solomnly, her eyes shining with the happiness Rin could not feel.

Why did this day ever have to come?

The thought of leaving Sesshomaru... never to return to him...

Why did he want rid of her? Was he tired of seeing lower class citizens in his house? She only had three lower class maids, but he treated them like a bad smell. Perhaps she had displeased him in some way, and this was his punishment. Sesshomaru made it sound like the marriage was decided when Kohaku first appeared to him, but what if it wasn't? What if...

"Rin," Ami adjusted the white flowers in her hair.

Rin blinked to clear her eyes.

"You must be the luckiest girl on the face of the earth," she told her unhappy friend.

...

Well I don't feel like it.

I'm so rushed off my feet
Looking for Gordon Street
So much I need to say
I'm sorry that it's on her wedding day

There were hundreds of guests, he noted, listening to the minister speaking into his microphone, and all of them lower class, other than Jaken and the other middle-class friends of Inuyasha, who was so low he didn't even have a class.

Sesshomaru looked at the young girl who had appeared beside him, then turned back to the crowd.

"It must be hard for you," Jun said.

He paused too long before saying "Ridiculous."

"You know I can tell when you're lying. Why do you still do it?"

Sesshomaru snorted and ignored her.

"I wonder what you would say," she coninued, "if I told you there were explosives buried beneath all those guests."

He looked at her sharply. "You didn't..."

She nodded, holding out a small black detonator. "It's yours if you want it."

I took my girl away
From everybody gathered there that day.

Just in time

Sesshomaru swallowed hard, wondering what to do. His mother wanted the wedding to happen so maybe he would be obliged to find a "suitable" mate for himself - "I'm not getting any younger," she kept reminding him. And Rin was getting too old to live in his house - even as his ward - for society to ignore. He was not ignorant to the rumors which began before Rin's engagement. But... although every logical cell in him told him to leave the detonator in Jun's hand, it was what he wanted more than anything to crash the wedding so Rin... his Rin... wouldn't leave him... alone.

I could have been a loser kid
And ran away and hid

He stood there, undecided, for what could have been hours.

"This is for her own good," he finally said, turning back to the ceremony. Jun imitated one of his best snorts.

"You realize, of course, you're going to regret this."

"This Sesshomaru could not love someone who is a lower class citizen."

"I do," she admitted unembarrassed, as one would say the time.

"You are not higher class."

"The point is I'm not lower class."

Just then the pastor said those fateful words into his microphone. "You may kiss the bride."

Cuz she's so right for me

Sesshomaru was filled with such a rage that all he could think about was the black detonator that Jun was swinging by a hook around her finger in the most tempting way possible. Instinct kicked and before he could blink he had snatched it away from her.

Cuz I'm glad I crashed the wedding,
It's better than regretting
I could have been a loser kid,
And ran away and hid
But it's the best thing that i ever did

The explosion was deafening, and did exactly what he wanted it to. People were thrown everywhere as the ground collapsed underneath them. Kohaku forgot all about kissing the bride as he unsuccessfully attempted to maintain his balance.

Meanwhile, as soon as he pressed the button, Sesshomaru began sprinting towards the altar, leaving Jun behind, grinning. His katana found its way into his hand as he had no thought other than to stop Kohaku from taking Rin at all costs.

Kohaku was in his own green and black uniform, and immediately drew his own katana in attempt to keep his bride. Sesshomaru had the advantage, as he was prepared and not lying on the ground. He took an instant to decide where to attack the boy, and slashed at Kohaku's leading arm, stopping him from making any kind of retaliation.

Sesshomaru refused to kill him. Not in front of Rin. He did, however, slice off the finger which was bearing his plain gold wedding band.

The ring she got was lame
She couldn't take the pain
She didn't want a silly second name

Sesshomaru offered to pay for an expensive and elaborately decorated band, for Rin's benefit, but Kohaku had rudely refused, saying "I think it would mean more coming from me."

Kohaku was poor, and could barely afford a dull gold band for Rin, never mind himself, which was why Sesshomaru, as a wealthy upper class citizen, paid for all the elaborate furnishing and dressings of the service.

He was paying Kohaku to take her away.

Now he was saying no-one takes his Rin away from him.

I'm glad I crashed the wedding
It's better than regretting

Sesshomaru offered his hand to Rin and pulled her to her feet. Her white wedding veil had fallen off, and was lying in the disturbed mud. She was smiling so hard he thought her cheeks would crack.

She's glad I crashed the wedding
It's better than regretting

Sesshomaru lightly brushed some stray hairs off her face while moving his head closer to hers. Rin received his kiss with a full heart, clinging to his neck and refusing to let go.

Cuz True love lasts forever
And now were back together
As though he never met her
So walk away
She's glad I crashed the wedding.

The End...Maybe?