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Saving Rin

It was a clear and cloudless night. The full moon was shining brightly up high. Sesshomaru took a moment and paused, ' Hm, the half-breed and his group are near.'

"Jaken, stay here and guard Rin."

"Yes Lord Sesshomaru." Jaken replied. After hearing Jaken's reply Sesshomaru took off into the direction that he sensed his half-brother in.

A little bit after Lord Sesshomaru left, Rin looked around and found a path. She ran down it, hoping to come across a field of flowers. While she was coming across another path, she passed some traveling slave runners. Unfortunately for her, she had not noticed that they were there, but they had noticed her. They had taken one look at her, decided that she would do and one jumped off his horse and grabbed her. Rin then let out a piercing scream, and he immediately put a hand over her mouth. They bound her hands together with some rope, tied a cloth across her mouth to prevent any more screaming and hefted her onto one of their horses before heading off to look for a secluded area to make camp.

Meanwhile, Jaken was going crazy deciding to either go on his own and look for Rin or go get Lord Sesshomaru and hope that he was lenient with his punishment. Thinking it over, he figured that it'd be better if he went himself to Lord Sesshomaru and tell him that Rin went missing. So, he headed off in the direction that Lord Sesshomaru had went and hoped that his Lord was lenient with the punishment that he was sure to get.

*FD*

Izumi looked up at the full moon and sighed. She started walking west, not knowing where she was headed, but wherever it was, she definitely felt a pull in this direction. It was then that she heard a little girls scream. She took off in the direction of the scream, running as fast as her legs could take her. 'Shoot if only it wasn't the full moon,' she thought. She ran until she saw the slave runners. 'That poor little girl,' she thought. 'I must do something to save her.' She then decided that she'd have to act now instead of waiting until the morning. While she stood there pondering this, two of the slave runners grabbed her and tied her up. 'Shoot, why does it have to be the night of the full moon?' she thought again.

They traveled a little more and then the slave runners made it to a clearing and the slave runners began to set up camp. Izumi was set down next to a little girl. She looked at her and whispered, "What's your name?"

The girl looked at her and replied, "Rin."

"Well hello Rin, I'm Izumi."

"Izumi, what's going to happen to us?"

"Nothing, we're getting out of here. You shouldn't be turned into a slave. You're too young."

"How are you going to do that?" Izumi looked around and saw that the runners were asleep.

She decided that they would get away now. She looked around and saw her sword not too far away.

"We're going now," she told Rin. She silently moved towards her sword and cut her bonds. She then slunk back to Rin and cut her bonds.

Before they left, Izumi took off the pendant she wore and put it around Rin's neck. "Rin, whatever happens, don't take this off." She then picked up Rin and held her to her chest as she took off running as fast as she could. She felt Rin shake.

"Rin, what's wrong?"

"I'm scared. What happens if they find us?"

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to you. That necklace protects the person wearing it."

All of a sudden Izumi is struck by a lone arrow. She pulls it out of her side and starts running faster. "Seriously, why is tonight the night of a full moon?" she asked aloud.

"Why's that a problem?" Rin asks.

"It does not matter. Rin, tell me about yourself. It'll keep you from being scared and help me not to think of the pain," she said as she dodged an arrow. So, Rin started to tell Izumi all about Jaken and Lord Sesshomaru. Izumi stopped as they reached a foot of a hill. Izumi looked behind her just as another arrow came and struck her shoulder. 'This one has poison on it,'she thought. She winced as she ran up the hill, forgetting to take the arrow out. They made it to the top just as Izumi fell to her knees. She released Rin and fell onto her stomach. Rin let out a shriek, when she noticed that Izumi wasn't breathing. "Izumi, Nooo!"

*FD*

Sesshomaru stopped when he heard a shriek. Jaken who was following quickly behind crashed into his leg. "Jaken, you had better hope Rin is alright." He continued moving towards the shriek when he heard a voice cry out, "Izumi Nooo!" As he got closer, the stench of blood reached his nose. 'Hmm, not Rin's but definitely human.' He ran faster and saw two men that were armed that were heading up a hill. He sniffed once and pulled out Toukijin and slashed the two. When he finally reached the top, he saw Rin, crying hunched over a body with an arrow sticking out of its shoulder.

"Rin, come let's go."

"No! Help Izumi. She saved me from the slave runners. She kept running even after being hit twice with arrows. I don't want her to die. Please bring her back. Please, Lord Sesshomaru."

End Chapter

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