"What have you got there Aunty Rin?" Miyako asked
"It's a fang, it was given to me by someone very special" Rin smiled looking down at Miyako
"I have a fang to, see"
Rin looked down at the small child; she had her mouth wide open showing off her small fangs.
"They're very sharp" Rin giggled
"My fangs aren't as big as daddy's but mummy says that one day I'll be big and strong like daddy"
"Where are your parents anyway?" Rin asked looking around
"Mummy and daddy told me to go play while they talked"
"Fighting again"
"Come on Miyako; let's go see if they have finished talking"
Rin stood up and took hold of her hand then started to walk towards the hut just outside the village when the fang suddenly started to pulse. Rin stopped talking and looked down at her necklace, it pulsed again.
"Rin" it whispered
"Lord Sesshomaru?" she asked
"Aunty Rin what's wrong?" Miyako asked
"The fang.. I thought... it's nothing, come on lets go"
They continued on until they were at the bamboo screen.
"Why don't you wait here, I'll go in and see if they are finished... talking"
Miyako nodded, Rin entered the house and saw Kagome packing but no sign of Inuyasha.
"Kagome?"
"Oh Rin, what brings you here?"
"Miyako came and got me, said you guys were 'talking' again... what happened?"
"I wanted to take Miyako home to see the doctors but Inuyasha is against it"
"Is that a good idea Kagome? I mean ears like hers aren't exactly normal in your world"
"It's a full moon tomorrow so it wouldn't be a problem"
"To bad Miroku isn't here, he could go talk to hi..."
The necklace pulsed again only this time there was no doubt in Rin's mind, it only lasted for a few seconds but when she looked up at Kagome Rin knew she had seen it to.
"What... was that?"
"So you did see it?"
"Yeah... I mean I think I did... it hasn't always done that has it?"
"No... It only started a little while ago"
It pulsed again.
"Rin!"
"Lord... Sesshomaru... is that... you?"
"Rin"
The pulsing stopped, Rin held the fang in her hand and stared at it, she knew it was him, he was calling her.
"Rin what's going on?"
"It's Lord Sesshomaru... he's calling me, he must be in trouble!"
"I'm sure he is fine, this is Sesshomaru were talking about"
"Kagome please you have to help me, lord Sesshomaru needs me!" Rin cried
"Kagome, I have decided, you can go on one condition..." Inuyasha started barging through the door "what's going on?"
"Inuyasha, you have to help me, please!"
"Help you with what?" he grumbled
"It's Lord Sesshomaru, he needs help"
"Sesshomaru's fang started pulsing then there was this strange voice and now Rin thinks Sesshomaru needs help" Kagome explained
"Why else would he be calling me!"
The fang pulsed again, Inuyasha sword followed in suit; he glared down at the sword. Once the pulsing stopped Rin was staring down at the fang, Inuyasha was glaring at his sword and Kagome was looking between the two.
"Inuyasha what's wrong?" She asked
"Rin's right, it's my stupid brother" he growled
"So you will help me?"
"I can't... what about Miyako"
"I'll take her to mothers, we will be safe there" Kagome said understanding
"But Kagome..."
"You can't let Rin go out there alone, she has no way to protect herself" Kagome stated
"Please Inuyasha, please help me"
Tears were starting to show in Rin's eyes, Inuyasha had never been able to stand a girl crying so with a sigh he gave in. Kagome started running around packing things for Inuyasha and Rin, once she was certain they would have everything they need they walked outside the hut where Miyako was chasing a butterfly.
"Miyako, come here dear"
"Coming mummy" she called out running towards Kagome
"How would you like to go see uncle Sota and grandmother?"
"Yes, yes, yes" she shouted jumping up and down
Kagome picked her up then they all walked over to the well, Kagome and Miyako were standing near the well while Rin and Inuyasha were standing across from them.
"I don't want you to return until I come and get you" Inuyasha ordered
"Aren't you coming daddy?"
"Daddy can't come this time, he is going to help Rin find someone she has lost" Kagome explained
"I'll be back soon ok, you be good for your mummy ok"
"ok daddy"
"and remember what I taught you"
"Iron rever soul stealer!" Miyako shouted with her claws out
"That's right"
"Inuyasha you actually taught her that! I thought I sai... You know we will talk about this later"
"Bye bye daddy, bye bye aunty Rin"
"Goodbye Miyako, have fun ok, I want to hear all about it when I get back" Rin smiled
"Be careful Inuyasha"
"Feh, I'll be fine" he blushed slightly
Kagome jumped down the well holding Miyako close to her body, Inuyasha peered over the edge and saw they were both gone. He turned around and saw Rin had the bag on her back and was staring down at the fang.
"How do we find him?" she asked not taking her eyes from the fang
"Why don't you ask him?" Inuyasha said in his 'isn't it obvious' tone
"Ask him?"
"Sure, it's his fang after all, who knows what that thing can do" Inuyasha shrugged
Rin nodded then held the fang in her hands and closed her eyes. "Lord Sesshomaru? Where are you?" The fang pulsed making Rin jump slightly, at first she didn't understand what it meant but she had this overwhelming feeling that they had to go south.
"South" Rin said completely certain
"Ok, well hop on then"
"Huh?"
"If the idiot is in trouble then we better hurry, your human and to slow so get on" he said crouching down
Rin hesitated and slowly climbed onto his back, she had never ridden on his back and for the whole time she was with Sesshomaru she had always had Ah-Un to ride on. They continued not saying a word to each other, Rin kept a close eye on the fang in case something happened to it, by nightfall they decided to stop and rest for the night.
"I guess I'll go get some fire wood" Inuyasha grumbled
"Mm and I'll go catch some fish" Rin smiled placing her small bag on the floor
Before Inuyasha could say anything Rin was skiing of into the darkness towards a stream.
"How did she know there was a river nearby?" Inuyasha asked himself
He walked a little away making sure he was close enough to camp and Rin so he could keep an eye on her, just before Kagome had left she had forced him to promise to look after Rin, she threatened him with a live time of sits and no more ramen so Inuyasha wasn't about to let anything happen to the girl. He had gotten some firewood then looked around for some way to light it, not finding anything he thought about going through the bag Rin bought but with the memories of all the times he went through Kagome's bag he decided to go and help Rin instead.
"It's dark, she will never be able to catch fish like this" he huffed walking towards her
Before he had made it all the way there he heard Rin humming and walking towards him.
"Oh hello Inuyasha" she smiled "how's the fire going?"
Inuyasha looked down in Rin's arms; she had caught a few fish, enough for the both of them. Rin didn't wait for an answer and continued on her way towards camp, she noticed the fire wasn't going and found a leave to put the fish on then knelt next to the fire. Inuyasha watched as she pulled out two stones from her kimono and started the fire by herself, then she pulled up her sleeves, got out a small stone knife and descaled the fish before putting them on a stick to cook.
"Shouldn't take too long" Rin said standing "I'm going to go wash my hands; I'll be back in a second"
Rin was off again, Inuyasha had always thought Rin was a strange child but he never really noticed just how odd she was to other humans, even to Kagome who was from a different time. He sat down leaning against a tree waiting for Rin to return, once she returned her sleeves were unrolled and the smell of fish was gone. She sat down by the fire and dried her hands then turned the fish.
"Where'd you get the rocks from" Inuyasha asked breaking the silence
"I always carry them with me, I've had them since I was a child traveling with Lord Sesshomaru" she explained looking into the fire
"Why do you still call him Lord Sesshomaru?"
"I guess it's just habit now" she shrugged
It was silent again for a while, they had never spent time alone like this, Kagome, Shippo, Sango, Miroku, their children or his daughter have always been around, she spent lots of time alone with everyone else just not Inuyasha.
"It's been so long since I was out camping like this... the last time was with Sesshomaru and Jaken... when he was after Naraku... that seems like a lifetime ago now"
Rin sighed and curled up her knees for her head to lean on; she stared into the fire and started to remember all the times from when she was with Sesshomaru and Jaken.
"He'll be fine" Inuyasha said turning his head away from her
"I know" Rin sighed "it's just... camping like this... reminds me of all the other times when I was young... with Lord Sesshomaru and Master Jaken"
"Of course, she used to do all this herself when she was younger"
"Why did you start following him around anyway?"
"Because... he was nice to me" Rin smiled
"Sesshomaru did? We're talking about the same cold hearted demon right?"
"Yes" Rin chuckled "he was badly hurt and I tried to help him but he refused my help, I kept trying though, one day I was trying to catch some fish for him, because he didn't eat human food, when some of the village men caught me. They beat me for stealing the fish so I had no choice but to return with only some grain that I had, that's when Sesshomaru asked me how I got hurt, he was the only one that cared since my family died"
"He's a demon, why were you trying to help him?"
"Humans are scarier to me, after all my whole family was killed by humans not demons"
"I never knew..."
"Of course you don't, we rarely talk" she giggled
"We talk"
"not like this, not alone, someone else is always with us" Rin smiled gently "I don't mind, you have a family to look after, besides i was Lord Sesshomaru's charge, why would you want anything to do with me?"
"Do you really think that?" he asked shocked
"I used to, but I didn't mind if that was true, I had Sesshomaru... but when he stopped visiting me... Well you remind me of him Inuyasha"
I'm nothing like him" he grumbled
"it's a good thing, your strong just like him, you protect those you care about just like him, you silently watch over others just like he did and you even get that small smile when you think no one is looking"
"Feh whatever" he blushed
"don't worry, your secret is safe with me" Rin giggled "I guess there are differences to, you talk more than Lord Sesshomaru, you have cute ears, ummm you started a family with a human... he would never do that..."
"What idiot human would want to have a family with him" he pointed out
"I guess only a fool would want that?" she sighed
"Wait Rin doesn't mean she... oh great now I've done it"
"I didn..."
"The fish is ready" she chirped happy again
Rin picked it up and handed one to Inuyasha while placing the others on a leaf to cool. Inuyasha didn't waste any time, after eating half of them he was still eyeing of Rin's untouched fish.
"You can mine Inuyasha, I'm not very hungry" Rin offered
Without a second thought Inuyasha gulped down hers as well making her giggle a little, once she started to yawn Rin found a nice patch of grass and went to sleep. She felt slightly uneasy sleeping out in the wild but she knew Inuyasha would protect her, with her hand wrapped around the fang she whispered a silent goodnight to Sesshomaru then drifted off to sleep. Inuyasha perched up in a tree and looked down at Rin, she was curled up on some grass and sleeping happily. Kagome had always brought something to sleep on while Sango and Miroku laid on Kirara but Rin happily slept on the cold hard ground with nothing.
"Sesshomaru, you better know what you're doing" he thought before closing his eyes
