A/N: Alright. here is your third chapter. Written at 11 at night, I know it's not the best, but I tried to keep my spelling and grammar on the good side. I know it's not very action filled but don't worry, that stuff is coming soon. Please R&R! ^^

When did I start caring?

We were eating at the fire as we had been this past week. To my discomfort it had rained the past four days and it threatened to do so again. Rin sat close to the fire shivering as she ate. It was subtle and any human would not have seen the way her hand trembled as she placed the strip of meat in her mouth. I couldn't believe how much she had grown in the four years we had been together. She had grown taller, but not wider. She looked awkward and lanky. Her hair had grown to halfway down her back, but she kept it up in a smooth bun most of the time. As I looked at her now though, her hair seem slightly out of place and small circles were beginning to appear under her eyes. Her complexion was paling and her cheeks were getting sallow. If I were any other being these would have escaped my notice.

She looked up at me, noticing my stare, and grinned her largest smile. Her newest tooth, her left canine was longer than her other. I smirked at the strange tooth and thought to push the other things I had noticed from my mind when she sneezed. The sound startled me. She rubbed her nose lightly as her eyes darted to see if Jaken was still asleep on the other side of the fire.

"Are you ill, Rin?" I asked. My voice sounded bland and cold.

"Rin is alright, Sesshomaru-sama. Rin is tired is all," she replied. I stood and made my way over to her side. She put down the rest of her meat and cuddled into my mokomoko. She was asleep almost immediately. I looked at her plate and frowned. She had eaten only a small portion of what was there.

The next day I woke and tried to wake Rin so we could continue. She didn't move. Her skin was much warmer than usual and her breathing seemed laboured. I stood there thinking. I was vaguely aware of Jaken yelling at her that it was about time she woke up, and how we wouldn't wait for her if she stayed asleep. I lifted her and carried like I had when she was younger. I turned towards what may have been the only place that was dangerous for me. I stood. If I chose to go there then he would surely be angry, but Rin needed seeing to and I knew not what to do for a human child. I didn't get sick often, so this was new to me on how to care for her.

I began to walk.

"Where are we going, me lord?" chimed the whiney voice behind me. I said nothing and continued to walk.

We arrived at our destination as she sun was setting. InuYasha came out with his sword as soon as he sensed me. I was not in the mood to fight him.

"Bastard! What do you think you're doing, ignoring me like that!" He yelled as I passed him without even showing him that I had seen him. "Are you afraid you'll get served?" I paused.

"I wish not for your taunts, InuYasha. I am here to see that girl with you all the time, the one who knows of medicine," I said nonchalantly. "That is, if she is good as you say she is." He immediately stuck up his chest in pride for his mate.

"Kagome can do anything. Why do you need her? Or is it the jewel that you are after?" His distrust was beginning to annoy me. Granted, I had earned it from the many times I had attacked them for Tetsaiga, but I would never stoop so low as to attack my brother's mate while she was pregnant, human or not.

I walked into his small cabin and put Rin on the floor. I sat beside her and waited for InuYasha to fetch his mate. His mate gasped as she came through the door.

"Go get my bag, InuYasha!" She was immediate at Rin's side also. She began to loosen Rin's kimono and put a wet cloth on her forehead and the back of her neck. InuYasha came in with a yellow bag and handed her things as she asked for them. I merely watched as they worked. I was only brought out of my stupor after they had finished.

"Sesshomaru, have you and Rin been travelling this week?" InuYasha's mate asked, "You can't let Rin be out in the rain too long. She is only human, and she will get sick easily, especially now that she is a pre-teen. Her whole body is growing and changing and her immune system won't be able to keep up!"

The rant went on quite a while longer. The only thing I could think about was how this had been my fault. I should have left her at the fortress. Why had I even brought her in the first place? Ah, yes, that's why. She had begged me with those large clear brown eyes of hers and I had caved. I should have held my ground more. I stayed that night in the village, much to my brother's discontentment. It meant that I would be staying in their cabin with Rin, while they stayed with old Kaede.

Rin woke sometime in the night. I was alert the minute she began to stir. She turned to her other side and watched me from those same eyes I had caved to only eight days before. Even in the dark they look sallow and sickly. She flashed me a bright smile and got up out of the bedroll. She came and cuddles up to me, putting her arms around my neck in a hug. I was not particularly fond of these, but I permitted them because she liked them.

"Thank you, Sesshomaru-sama," Rin said in a weak, hoarse voice. "You carried Rin here, and helped her. Rin feels better now."

"You lied to me, Rin." I said.

"Rin is sorry. She didn't want Sesshomaru-sama to worry. Rin thought if she said she was okay, Sesshomaru-sama wouldn't have to stop for her. Rin is sorry." Her heartfelt apology was all I needed to hear. I put one arm around her waist and pulled her closer.

"Sleep now, Rin. You must get well again."

Rin curled up against mokomoko again, putting gher head on my chest.

"Sesshomaru-sama?" her voice sounded almost lazy and she drifted off the dreamland. I did not answer knowing she would continue anyway. "Rin loves you. Thank you." Her last words faded and sleep overcame her. Those three words…

I was sure that one day they would be my down fall.

"Rin loves you."