Summary: 10 years after Kagome's explorations of the well, a reincarnated Rin (Ara), finds herself falling through the well where she finds herself in feudal Japan. Soon Sesshomaru finds her and piece- by-piece she learns about her former self, her past with Sesshomaru, and her untimely demise.

It is a Sesshy and Rin fan fiction just the reincarnation has a different name.

Disclaimer: I feel that this is obviously common sense but I'll say it anyway. I do not own Inuyasha or anything like that. If I did I would certainly not be living in a small town in Missouri now would I?

Purity of Hearts

Chapter 2: Mysterious Hearts

Ara looked at the mysterious being and was completely dumbfounded. "R-Rin? Who- who is that?" Ara had never heard of a girl named Rin before although she knew that the name Rin meant something close to 'companion.'

The mysterious white-haired man looked from Rin and then back up to the beast. With one swipe of his sword the beast's corpse was laying dead before Ara's eyes and feet.

She watches this strange, mysterious man put his sword away and then, he turns around revealing his entire body to Ara. What Ara saw glorified the moment even more. The man truly was beautiful. He looked more like an angel that anything else. Ara's childish fantasies kicked in and she wondered, "Did he save me because he's my guardian angel?" Ara shook her head that was completely and utterly ridiculous.

This "angel" had beautiful white skin that seemed to glow in the sunlight, long, seeimingly silky whitish, silverish hair that was even longer that Rin's waist-length jet black hair. He was exceedingly tall, with a noble face and beautiful amber eyes. The one physical attribute that really got Ara, was the being's ears. The ears reminded her of elves. Then, she began to notice and focus on exactly what he was wearing. Ara looked at the style of the clothing and found it completely invigorating and astonishing. They were obviously clothes of nobility. She recognized the design from one of her history books. The clothing, the way the being looked, the beast that was laying dead right in front of her made Ara wonder exactly what kind of world she had jumped into and was this the type of danger that Kagome had warned her about? Could something really that beautiful ever possibly hurt her?

"Excuse me, but if it's not too impolite, wh-who are you?" Ara asks hesitantly.

The man begins to stare at her friendly and says, "You don't remember me, do you?" He sighs as he watches the head shake. He knew that it was all too good to be true. "Very well, I am Lord Sesshomaru, the Lord of the Western Lands, and a Dog Demon Lord." He watches the expression on the young woman's face.

Ara began to think to herself. What exactly is this world? Demons? Lords? Not to mention, before he actually said the name, Sesshomaru had just popped into her head. Ara knew there was no way that was coincidence. Also, the fact that this guy had appeared in her dreams. What was her connection to this perfect hero who had just saved her from a most likely very painful death? "I'm sorry, milord, forgive me for staring but I feel as if I've met you before," spoke Ara without thinking.

"WHAT! Of course you've met this man before. He resurrected you once, stupid Rin!" Next, Ara found her head being whacked by an interestingly carved stick. She looked down to see a very grotesque looking creature that kinda looked like a toad in a midget's body.

Angrily, she kicked him and he fell into the bushes. "HOW DARE YOU HIT ME WITH THAT WEIRD STICK! Especially when I don't even know what the hell is going on," screamed Ara with her hands angrily on her hips and started to continuously hit him on the head. She usually never becoes violent like this but this guy had earned a first-class one way ticket to Ara's violent-ville personality. It all would've been all right if he had just yelled at her, but he also had to hit her with a stick. Now, that was just plain rude and completely uncivil.

Sesshomaru watched this "Rin" torment his servant and gave a little smirk. Clearly, "Rin" hadn't lost any of her feistyness. Sesshomaru found it quite clear with their first exchange of words that she was not really Rin no matter how much he was hoping for it to be her. Rin had always brought him so much joy and having to go so long without her company had become unbearable.

Sesshomaru and Jaken were traveling through the forest trying to find the demon that they had been hunting when they heard it. A humongous thump. Sesshomaru jumped up a tree with his demonic reflexes and saw a demon (but not the demon they were looking for) chasing after a young girl of about 15-16 years of age. He decided to just let the demon have his fun with the human but then he caught the familiar scent. The undeniable, beautiful scent he hadn't smelled for ten years. He took a closer look at the teenage wench and couldn't believe his eyes. It was Rin! But it couldn't be. Rin died so long ago. His nose however was undeniable and before he knew it, the Tokijin was out and he was defending the supposed Rin.

Looking at the situation now, Sesshomaru could clearly see that this was not Rin but still the scent and her physical attributes told her that it was Rin. At first he thought maybe she was one of those clay puppets that Kikyo had been resurrected from but that would be impossible considering he knew Rin's decaying body was in the bottom of the ocean. He knew that this must be a reincarnation and she must have traveled here the same way his half-brother's wench used to travel here. Yes, that was the only logical explannation. He then looked back toward the "Rin" and his servant.

"And furthermore, my name is not Rin, so do not refer me to someone who is not me in the first place got it?" once again, screamed Ara.

"And exactly what is your name," asked the cool voice of Sesshomaru.

Suddenly Ara was immediately overtaken with shyness but overcame it. "My name is Ara Higurashi and I'm not really sure what's happening. I just fell down a well and I wound up in this world. What exactly is this world?" was Ara's response that took about half a second.

Sesshomaru smiled and said, "Perhaps, you ought to come with me. I have a lot of explaining to do as well as you." He held out his hand for Ara to take which she took very hesitantly though.

"Come, Jaken. We will find the demon another time," commanded Sesshomaru.

Beyond the bone-eater's well…

Kagome had finally finished picking up all the debris in her area and was wiping the sweat off of her face. She looked over to the temple hoping to see Ara and see if she was finished but no such luck. 'hmm, I wonder where Ara is?' wondered Kagome. She then sought out Inuyasha for answers.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled.

"Yes, 'gome, I'm right here," was Inuyasha's reply using his old nickname for his pregnant wife.

"Have you seen Ara? I can't seem to find her anywhere? I think I'm gonna call Riku and Kairi and see if she already left for school and is hanging out with those two." Said Kagome.

"You know, you don't have to do that. I can just smell her out, you know?" suggested Inuyasha.

Kagome replied, "How about no. We don't live in the feudal era anymore. In this world we don't track down other humans in such an uncivilized way." With that Kagome disappeared into the house to call Riku and Kairi who both claimed that they hadn't seen or heard from her since yesterday when they were walking home from school. Meanwhile, Inuyasha decided to dishonor Kagome's wishes and tracked down Ara's scent. Where he saw it lead did not look good.

Kagome then came running out of the house crying, saying that Ara is nowhere to be found.

"Uh, I don't think that's true. You see I started to follow her scent and well…" Inuyasha started to stammer off.

"I thought I told you not to track her like that…but nevertheless where did you track her?" asked Kagome. Inuyasha pointed to the well and the both of them made a run for it into the opened temple.

"Yup, I can smell her scent all the way down the well," said Inuyasha.

Kagome just sat down on the steps and exclaimed, "oh my dear lord! This can only mean she's out there in that world. She's out there, in the world of demons! And I told her to never go inside the well."

"Well, doesn't the saying go curiosity killed the feline? And besides I told you there was no way we could ever really stop her from going down that well. But what do we do now?" asked Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, the saying is curiosity killed the cat! The cat! Why do you always screw up the saying? Never mind. To answer your question: We go after her of course! Ara has become like a daughter to me and I'm not going to abandon her in that world."

"Kagome, is it safe for you to travel throught the well, what with you being pregnant and all?"

"Don't worry. I'm only a few months pregnant. It's not like my water's going to break anytime soon anyway."

"Whatever you say, 'gome. Whatever you say," was Inuyasha's response.

Meanwhile on the other end of the well, Sesshomaru was still traveling with Ara until they reached the huge mansion. The Lord of The Western Land's estate. Here is where all the answers would be answered and where he could finally be with the purest human of all once again.

So well anyway, tell me what you think. I hope that it rocks. I thank my three reviewers ChickoftheDarkMoon, AnimeFreak-TrunksPan-Lover4evr, and islandeyes. You three, this chapter is dedicated to you because your great reviewers inspired me to really work hard on this chapter and I plan to work even more on the upcoming chapters.

So anway keep reviewing. UPCOMING: Ara is getting all her answers, Inuyasha and Kagome come back to their old teenage world, and Riku and Kairi may be coming back into the picture! Please enjoy! I'll try to get the next one up real soon.