Summery: A group of scientists and trackers go back in time to look for demons to find out if they existed. When trouble occurs, one tracker and one scientist are attacked and one is separated from the group.

Two notorious, renowned demons thieves save the tracker and things start to turn weird but when the group returns to the future things don't get any better it's more like things turn for the worse.

Soul: I would also like to thank: 7sins7lies and Benni Hana Katana, for their reviews and support.

Golden Chains

By

Soul-Girl

Chapter 2: Bath time with…Rin?

Rin was crying in a clearing as she held her left ankle. She had tripped over a rock while chasing a butterfly and hurt her ankle. Stupid, mean old Jaken had left her to get their lord Sesshomaru and Jaken had left her there all alone. He had tolled her that Lord Sesshomaru was going to see his half-brother, Inuyasha.

He also told her that they we're getting ready to fight the bad man in the white monkey suit. Stupid, mean old Jaken had made her stay here, even took Ah and Un with him because his legs were so short. Stinky, stupid, mean old Jaken.

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Hearing crying Ivy entered the clearing, she saw a little girl in a dirtied flower, orange and white checkered kimono. "Hello there," Ivy said approaching the girl slowly as not to scare her. The girl jerked slightly as she turned to face Ivy "Are you okay, little one?" Ivy asked as she knelt beside the girl.

The girl shook her head, "What's your name?" Ivy asked wiping away the little girl's shed tears. "Rin's name is Rin, what's yours?" Rin asked sniffling "Well you have a pretty name Rin, I'm Ivy but my friends call me Izzy." Izzy said patting Rin's head.

"Is Rin Izzy's Friend?" Rin asked giving one last sniffle. "Sure Rin, but where are your parents?" Ivy asked.

"Rin doesn't have parents; Rin is Lord Sesshomaru's ward." Ivy furrowed her brow. A little girl all alone in a clearing, injured, crying and she's someone's ward, if she's someone's ward where's this Lord Sesshomaru guy then, did he leave her deliberately or accidentally? Ivy thought to herself.

Looking directly into Rin's big, doe brown eyes. "Is that why you were crying Rin, because you couldn't find, Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin shook her head. "Rin hurt her leg." Rin said pointing to her left ankle, examining Rin's ankle, Ivy could already tell what the problem was; Rin had sprang her ankle and it was beginning to swell and color purple.

"I'll fix it for you Rin, but can you tell me where Lord Sesshomaru is or where he went?" she asked taking out her first aid kit.

"Jaken told Rin to stay here out danger so Lord Sesshomaru could talk to his half brother, Inuyasha." Rin said staring at the first aid kit.

Getting an ideal but she had to ask Rin first. "Rin would you like to look pretty and clean when Lord Sesshomaru comes back?" Rin's eyes lit up like dazzling stars as she nodded her head vigorously. "Well lets get you all cleaned up. I'll carry you to the hot springs I passed." Ivy scooped Rin up into her arms and began to walk to the hot spring she had seen a while back.

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"Here we are Rin." Ivy sat Rin at the edge of the hot spring. Ivy began to remove her pack, armor and boots. "Is Izzy getting in with Rin too?" Rin asked, staring at the strange armor. Finished removing all of her armor, clothes and setting her pack close to the edge of the hot spring, Ivy stepped into the water. "Yes Rin, do you need help taking off your kimono?" Ivy asked, wading through the water closer to Rin.

Shaking her head, Rin striped off her kimono and climbed into Ivy's waiting arms. Ivy waded over to her pack and grabbed a bar of soap and a rag she began to soap the rag. "Bath time Rin." Rin giggled as she watched the bubbles get bigger and bigger.

After bathing Rin and herself, Ivy grabbed a bottle of clear liquid. She poured some into her hand and let Rin smell some of it. "It smell like raspberries." Rin said taking another sniff. "Its shampoo Rin, it's for your hair, but make sure it doesn't get into your eyes or it'll burn." Ivy said, demonstrated by rubbing the shampoo into her own hair.

Grabbing the bottle again she poured some into Rin's hands and Rin did the same as Ivy. Brown eyes grew big with excitement as they watch bubbles form.

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Reaching for a towel, Ivy wrapped Rin in it and grabbed another one and wrapped her-self in it. "Okay, let's find you something to wear, Rin." She began searching through her pack for clothes. "Here Rin, put this on." She said as she pulled out a t-shirt.

Ivy helped Rin put the t-shirt on and she put back on the clothes she had on earlier. She began to look for wood so she could make a fire and once she did she lit it and began to wash out Rin's kimono.

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Finishing up with Rin's hair she braided it into a French braid and left her bang alone. "I'm all finished Rin, do you like it?" Ivy asked as she pulled her own hair into a high ponytail leaving some of her hair to frame her face.

Rin gasped as she looked at her refection in the lake they were near. "Rin loves it Izzy-chan!" Rin said cheerfully as she slowly, as not to hurt her now bandage ankle, walked back to Ivy with a huge smile on her face.

Seemingly in unison their stomachs growled with hunger. They took one look at each other and began to laugh. "I guess you haven't eaten either, eh?" Rin shook her head as Ivy looked through her pack.

She pulled out two paper cups that had small cartoons on them. "Ramen." Ivy said with a grin.

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After they had eaten, Rin started to doze off. Ivy pulled out a blanket and wrapped it around Rin and placed the half awake child in her lap for the night.

A hiss to her left alerted her of a new comer and also woke up Rin. Ivy placed a hand over Rin's mouth to keep her from screaming. Pale yellow eyes glared at them hungrily, stepping out into the light of the fire, the demon had warts all along its body, bulbous eyes and webbed hands and toes. An ugly toad demon. Ivy thought, placing Rin behind her and standing slowly.

"What do you want?" Ivy asked with a hard voice as she placed a hand on her tranquilizer gun. "Your souls!" the demon shouted in a raspy voice taking a step forward. Ivy pulled gun into her arms and started to fire rounds into the toad as he charged.

The tranquilizers seem to have little to no effect on him, he was already in front of them, had knocked the gun out of her hands into a tree destroying it in the process and was about to give the final blow. In her last effort to do something right in her life, Ivy dove to protect Rin covering her with her body.

The rustle of fabric and the sound of something splattering made her look up as a figure in all white landed in front of them. Ivy could see the toad demons head all the way on the other side of the clearing a look of horror forever etched into its ugly face.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin gleefully shouted. "That's Lord Sesshomaru?" Ivy asked as she stood and cradled Rin in her arms.

There was a loud squawk as another demon with a two headed staff came through the bushes. "You impudent wench, that most certainly is, The Lord Sesshomaru!" the high pitch voice belonged to imp demon with a bird like beak, round head, stubby arms and stumpy legs.

And that's Jaken. . .Ivy thought, what she was about to do only went through her mind once and passed. She placed Rin down and slowly staked towards the imp, snatched his staff out of his grubby claws and stumping on his head.

Balancing one foot she took a gulfing stances, she brought her arms back into slight arc and released. "Fort!" Ivy shouted with a smirk on her face. The loud crack, the screeching of an imp and the laughter of two girls filled the air.

"So," Ivy turned to face the dog lord and her breath caught in her throat as she tried to keep a straight face. It's him. . . "You're Lord Sesshomaru," she gave a slight bow.

"Lord Sesshomaru, Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin said limping over to him. His eye caught the bandages wrapped around her ankle. "Rin, what happen to your ankle?" he asked as he placed a clawed hand on her head.

"Rin had a little accident, she was chasing after a butterfly when she tripped over a root and hurt her ankle, but Izzy-chan made it better." Rin said, nodding her head vigorously with a large smile on her face.

Ivy slowly made her way over towards the two, she felt a cold feeling creep into the pit of her stomach the closer she drew near. "What is your name?" Sesshomaru asked, standing up.

"I am Ivy Yatagai Yukimura, Lord Sesshomaru." Ivy said, bowing deeply at the waist.

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Ivy began walking down the path towards camp after having an awkward conversation with Lord Sesshomaru, he escorted her halfway back to camp and he left saying he was in her debt for saving his ward.

She shook her head to clear her thoughts. She knew she was in for an ear full when she got to camp. "I should have asked him to take me with him." Ivy mutter to no one in particular as her shoulders dropped slightly.

Soul: I'll end it here and post the next chapter soon. It's a little cutesy but it was that or nothing. I hope you all like the story; my best friend, Benni_Hana_Katana, help me end this chapter 'cause I was stuck on how to end it. If you have any question just ask me or Benni. Read and Review. ^-^ Ja-Ne from: Soul-Girl!