Well here I am once again! This is supposed to be more of an adventure but I think this will end up a romance like all my other stories. Anyway cutting this short, just read on for me, and please review!
(Divider)
"Lord Sesshomaru!" the dog demon stopped his random pacing at the sound of young Rin's voice. Turning so he was facing her short form he waited for her to speak, "Lord Jaken has fallen ill, we cannot travel like this!" she cried frantically waving her arms to and fro in worry.
Sesshomaru personally thought that the pair hated one another but it seemed they were closer then he had first realized. "It is nothing you foolish (cough) human (cough) girl!" a shaky voice screeched from inside the tiny wooden hut that Rin had let the toad demon rest.
"Yes there is something Jaken! Now stay in bed before I have to tie you to it!" Rin yelled in warning as Sesshomaru suppressed a smirk. Then the toad wobbled out from the hut and Sesshomaru truly did believe the toad was sick, his regular green composure was now a ghostly white and his eyes seemed lighter then usual.
"Listen to Rin," Sesshomaru ordered as the toad sent him wide eyes before falling to his knees. "Please forgive my foolishness Lord Sesshomaru!" the little toad cried before being attacked by fits of sputters and coughs.
"That's enough Jaken, you need rest and you need it now!" Rin ordered trying to push the ignorant toad back but he would have none of it as he smacked her with his staff but she merely ignored the slight pain as she picked up the little man.
He hollowed and screeched but Rin showed no move of restraint or mercy, from the sounds coming from the hut Sesshomaru was certain she had gotten severely angered by Jaken not listening to her requests. Then the girl came back out while rubbing her hands together like she had just taken out something that had set her on fire.
"Alright, I believe Lord Jaken will be resting for some time now," she stated while smiling her usual grin. Sesshomaru did not comment but then turned and began to walk towards the South. To Darkened Cave to be exact, his footsteps stopped when his sensitive ears picked up the sound of another's footsteps. Turning he saw that Rin was walking behind him like she had for the past seven years.
"No, Rin you will stay here with Jaken, until I return," Sesshomaru ordered as Rin stopped a look of hurt in her dark eyes. "But-" she tried to say but Sesshomaru shook his head his eyes cold. "Listen to me," he commanded, and then Rin clenched her hands into fists. "But I never travel with you when you go to fight! Why is that!" she cried as Sesshomaru let his eyes widen slightly.
"How do you know that I was going to fight someone?" he asked as Rin then looked away a look of guilt all over her face and on her scent. "I listened in when that cougar demon came a fortnight ago," she whispered as Sesshomaru then narrowed his eyes cutting off all thoughts of even allowing her to travel with him.
"You know that I strongly dislike you meddling in matters that don't concern you," Sesshomaru responded as Rin nodded her head softly. "I'm sorry Milord but I was so curious when that demon gave me that smile, I thought that it might have been good news or something that he had brought that would make you happy," she answered letting her foot hit the gravel floor lightly.
Sesshomaru took a deep breath remembering the conversation that he had had with that demon...
(Begin flashback)
"Lord Sesshomaru, it is good to see you again," the oversized cougar stated as Sesshomaru merely nodded.
The Cougar had only become somewhat his ally when Sesshomaru had killed the wolves that had got in his way that had been, by mere fate, the enemy that the cougars were fighting. "I have some news that I have heard from my tribe and a few villages," he stated as Sesshomaru waited again getting annoyed that the cougar was beating around the bush.
"The tale of the four stones is at high now; demons are saying that it isn't just merely a myth but truth. My people have no idea what to believe I thought that you might want to know about them, for we all fear that if they are not kept by their "user" that they will destroy the world as we know it if it is held in the open too long," he explained as Sesshomaru held his crimson eyes for a few seconds before sighing and getting up.
"It seems this information will be handy for me, sitting around and walking aimlessly is far more boring that I had imagined," Sesshomaru replied as the cougar grasped his arm. Sesshomaru then let his golden eyes pierce the foolish demon as the cougar then retrieved his hand and then bowed in forgiveness.
"I'm sorry but I noticed a young female human with you, you aren't planning on letting her go with you are you?" he asked as Sesshomaru let his thoughts travel to Rin, she was defiantly not a person that Sesshomaru would want to keep with him when so many demons were after the stones. "No, I'm going to leave her in Jaken's hands," the dog demon answered as the cougar's eyes widened.
"But she is so helpless, not even a weapon on her, let me take her and your toad friend, I will keep them in good care I promise. My son will take a liking to the girl as well I just know it, that way she will be out of your hands for good," he suggested but Sesshomaru did not look at him. Hmm... letting Rin go with him will surely get her somewhere safe where she won't have to worry about getting killed but as he finished that thought a picture of Rin's smiling face entered his mind and he questioned about how he would survive without her smiling up at him or her showing him flowers that she found beautiful.
Then the thought about a cougar demon with his hands all over Rin sent an angry shiver down the demons spine as he subconsciously began to growl low in throat. No, he would not let her become pray to a demons desires, especially a full demon, not even Jaken would be able to fight off someone as powerful as a cougar.
"No, I trust Jaken with her," Sesshomaru answered opening the paper door of the room that they had just finished their conversation.
(End flashback)
Now he was looking down at the girl giving him a glare that looked severely out of place on her soft features. "Why won't you let me travel with you on this journey?" she asked and by the annoyance in her voice he guessed that she had been asking more then once.
"It is too dangerous for a human like you to take, it is best you stay and take care of Jaken," Sesshomaru replied as the girl then looked away. Rin never disobeyed her lord but always waited for him to return when his life was in danger, it always made her uneasy.
"Please, just this once! Maybe I can be of some help to you," she pleaded as the dog demon could smell her dedication to going with him. "And what of Jaken? What if we get attacked, poor Jaken is too weak to fight against any demons and-" she didn't even have to finish for Sesshomaru had grabbed her by the waist and flung her over his broad shoulder as she gave a surprised gasp.
She felt kind of bad not telling Jaken that they were leaving but she was afraid that the toad would blow her chance at finally being able to be at Sesshomaru's side when he went on one of his "journeys". After about a half of a day Rin felt her stomach begin to ache from the pressure of Sesshomaru's shoulder.
"Uh...Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked a goofy grin on her lips, "I think my stomach has just gone numb, may I switch positions?" she asked as Sesshomaru stopped his rapid pace and let her go gently on the floor before kneeling down his back to her.
When he did not look at her Rin thought the worst but then he looked back at her, "Are you coming?" he asked as Rin gave a surprised "o" before uneasily getting onto his back her hands on his shoulders as his big hands wrapped around each leg as he began to jump up and up the nearest mountain.
Rin gave a happy sigh as they moved over the mountain to see all plains ahead, meadows and streams glistened in the afternoon sun as Rin held one hand to her eyes to see better but then regretted it when she lost balance and then had to squirm slightly to get back in her usual position. But all the moving caused Rin to be smashed into the back of Sesshomaru's head or his hair.
She blinked twice at how soft the hair felt as it caressed her face, it smelled of oak and prairie as she then relaxed in his hold more exhausted then she first realized as her eyes closed and she gave up to slumber. "Rin?" a deep voice sounded, Sesshomaru then gave up when he heard no response.
By her scent she seemed to have fallen asleep, letting her rest he continued faster pushing against tree branches and large rocks by the ball of his feet.
The cougar had said that Darkness Cave was holder of a sword that might come in handy, deciding to go there first Sesshomaru then altered his direction from South to East. He knew no other ways to the stones so he decided to go to wherever he knew first.
Suddenly the sun had set and they were surrounded in darkness as Sesshomaru slowed his pace when a large mouth of a cave caught his eyes. Stopping to study the enormous works he heard the rustle of clothes and noted his guest was awake. "Lord...Sesshomaru?" she asked in her sweet young voice, "I'm right here Rin," he answered reassuringly.
"Oh good, for a second there I thought that you might have left me somewhere," she responded with a smile. Suddenly the smile was wiped off when Sesshomaru felt her shudder, "What is the matter?" he asked his voice filled with slight concern. "This cave...Something about this cave feels weird," she replied.
Letting her fall on her own two feet Sesshomaru then inspected the outer cave longer when a letter caught his eyes as he moved away a spare branch and then he was removing braches from all around the cave's mouth.
"What is it Lord Sesshomaru?" she asked as Sesshomaru kept his eyes on the letter revealing themselves slowly every time he removed a branch. "There is incantations all over the cave's mouth," he answered as Rin then helped removed the last bit of branches from the right side of the cave.
Then a few words were visible to her as she let her fingers slide across the incantation, "The four stones rest in peace but soon will be freed, unless by its own blade then it shall fight against rivals. Unless their power is shielded by their own scabbard they will never stop their destruction." It read as Sesshomaru turned to her when Rin read it aloud.
"It seems that the four stones hold more power then we thought," he whispered to himself wondering if he should even waste his breath on this senseless journey but he brought Rin along and knew that he should not give up on this pointless trip until he was certain it was pointless.
"I guess we should enter then," Rin said as Sesshomaru gave her a curt nod before jumping down to stand next to her. "Keep your guard up," he warned as Rin nodded but her senses were on their toes with every breath she took in this unknown territory.
After the first five minutes of traveling the pair was met with a bright pinkish light. Both stopped to stare, the pinkish light was coming from a pink sphere that was resting on an old looking well-like structure.
A sword was lying in the middle of the bubble as Sesshomaru neared, "Why would a sword be hidden here, it defiantly isn't heavily guarded nor is there demons dwelling about," he stated his voice hushed as Rin turned to him with worried eyes. "Wait Milord," she commanded grabbing his right arm and then taking it back right after knowing he hated being touched by those lesser then himself. "What if it is a trap?" she suggested her voice high with fright.
Sesshomaru then softly smiled, "Even after fourteen years you are still frightened of me Rin?" he asked as the girl turned to him with wide eyes. "No milord, it is just that I, well I was afraid of my own foolishness that's all," she responded waving him off.
Sesshomaru did not respond but stepped closer to the pinkish sphere, stinking his clawed hand in it he reached for the scabbard of the sword but a sudden spark showed that the sword was rejecting him. "It would be wise to stay away from here demon," a voice stated as Rin looked around frantically but found no body for the voice.
"So it seems this sword has a soul tied to it," Sesshomaru stated as Rin then gasped, "A sword with a soul?" she asked nearing the sphere looking at the sword with wonder. "Come Rin, this sword is of no use to us," he stated while turning as Rin slowly followed.
But after a few slow steps she turned back and wondered, "It wouldn't hurt I suppose," Rin whispered as she neared the sphere and then stuck her hand inside and then held back a feeling to puke when her hand met something sticky like blood as she felt forward and then clasped the scabbard.
Sesshomaru noticed that Rin's scent was no longer next to him, he knew before that she had gone back by the sound of her footsteps but he decided to wait for her to return. But when the sound of her screaming pierced his sensitive ears he turned back and in a quick run hurried back to where they had just left.
Rin was now holding tightly to the sword and then the sphere's liquid, or so she hoped it was some kind of liquid, seemed to swarm around her arm. "A pure heart, only a pure heart can wield me," the voice stated and then the sphere swirled before cutting in half and bursting, Rin screamed when the liquid squirted everywhere as she tried to hide against the well from the horrid substance.
Luckily she had not been touched by the disgusting liquid; it was now sputtered all over the cave's floor as she clutched the sword to her chest seeing the blade for the first time.
The scabbard had four black holes lying on either side of the wood and then Rin reached down and touched one of the holes and it closed immediately as did the rest. When there was black hole now there were four white strong spots on the scabbard.
Looking at the blade itself she saw that on the side facing her there was what looked like a carving of fire resting against the scabbard and then seemed to reach up to where the picture met another in the shape of icicles. Turning the blade over she saw that the picture of a lighting bolt reached from the blade's point to about half way down to were it met with what looked like waves that then collided with the scabbard like the fire did.
"Rin," the girl jumped from her studying at the sound of her lord as she looked up to see Sesshomaru studying the sword. Standing Rin then stood next to him. "I got the sword out," she stated as Sesshomaru nodded. It seems that Rin has become important on this journey
(Divider)
Okay my hands really hurt, I wrote this non stop and now I need a break, I know I'm a wimp but oh well. Hope you liked it, it seems like I keep writing different stories off and on now sorry!