A/N: already in chapter 4? I can't believe it! Well this is made possible because of you guys who are wasting your time just to read my FF (I'm very happy!)

Chapter IV: Rendezvous

Sesshomaru woke up alone in their room. Miyu's yukata from last night was neatly folded and placed from where it originally was. Sesshomaru can smell the fresh morning dew from the garden where he can hear a familiar voice talking to someone. He wondered how did Rin managed to find someone to talk to this early in the morning beside Jaken.

He can hear her giggles as he was changing his clothes. He thought to leave her alone but his curiosity got the better of him so he opened the door in their sleeping quarter that was leading directly on the garden. There he saw under the sakura tree, not too far from where he was standing was Rin happily listening to the story being told by none other than his bride.

It was odd that he didn't recognize his bride's voice immediately. He looked at them for a moment then decided to leave. They didn't seem to notice him.

Miyu didn't get a blink of sleep last night. She stopped herself from thinking after she found reasonable answers to her questions. But that didn't helped her go to sleep instead she just gaze at the ceiling all the time. When she got tired of the ceiling, she lazily got out of her futon. She silently made her way out in their room as to not disturb her sleeping husband.

She went to the bigger room next to their sleeping quarter. She looked at the vases placed on top of the drawers trying to amuse herself. When the vases failed she proceeded to the next subject which were the paintings hanging on the wall. One by one she inspected them carefully. They were all beautiful but what caught all her attention was the last two paintings placed next to each other. She recognized the last one as her own work when she was a young lady and the next was when she was already living alone in her castle.

How did this get here?

She was smiling to herself when she heard noises outside their room. She stopped from she was doing and concentrated on the environment. She can feel a very weak presence outside their chamber. She moved carefully. Whoever it was outside was unlikely any of their servants. It was too early for them to disturb the new couple. She cannot feel any threat from the person outside but it will never hurt to be careful, especially now that she finally married the Lord of the West. Many will still try to snatch her position by any means necessary.

The sounds suddenly stopped but the presence was still there. She can tell that it was standing in front of their door now. She whispers a chant for protection as she slowly opened the door just in case if it was an ambush but there was no one outside. She looked on her left and right but there was no single soul in there. She was going to close the door when she heard someone talked.

"You are very beautiful" a small voice said.

Miyu immediately turned her head where the voice came from. Below, in front of her was a human girl, she had a black hair and she looked very amazed with what was in front of her.

A human child?

"Who are you?"

"My name is Rin"

"Rin. You are a human?"

"Yes" she said not even blinking

"What are you doing here? This is no place for a human much more a child you could be eaten."

"But I live here. I am with Lord Sesshomaru."

"You are his ward?" she cannot believe her ears.

"Uh huh" Rin said nodding.

Miyu's brows furrowed ever so slightly. She examined the subject before her. She can feel that this child named Rin was saying the truth. Seeing her still alive while wondering in a place where youkai's live was already enough evidence that she was her husband's ward. She kneels so that she can be on Rin's height level. Rin still looked so amazed and she liked it.

"What are you doing here?" She repeated her question. Her voice was extra soft and a sweet smile was plastered on her face.

"I want to see the Lady. I didn't get a chance seeing her last night at the wedding because I was told to stay in my room and…"

Miyu smiled at Rin more. The child keeps talking and talking but she was not listening to her anymore. Just seeing Rin already amazes her.

"What is your name? Rin asked after her very long explanation of how she got in their room.

"My name is Miyu"

"Miyu-sama, do you know where the new Lady is? I think I got lost. Sesshomaru-sama's castle is very huge. I don't know which room is who"

"It's way too early for you to see her. The sun hasn't even shined yet."

"Ahhh~ you are right. Maybe I will return later but it would be difficult for me to escape from master Jaken again" Rin's shoulder dropped and her face became sad.

Miyu smiled again. She doesn't know why but she feels really happy to know that Rin was looking for her just to see her and nothing more. She almost wants to clap her hands.

"I am hungry" she announced suddenly. Rin lifts her head to look at her.

Miyu softly chuckled at what Rin asked her afterwards.

"Are you going to eat me?"

"No. It will get messy in here and the lord of this castle will going to kill me if he happens to know that I ate his ward. Especially if it's you I ate."

Rin smiled.

"Would you like to accompany me to the kitchen?" she asked "I would also really like to drink warm tea"

Rin nodded "I know where the kitchen is. Let's go." She grabbed her by the hand and pulled her.

Miyu gracefully stood up and began following Rin when she remembered something.

"Wait"

"Yes?"

"I need to change my clothes first. Wait here for a while."

She quickly went back in their room and searched for clothes to put on. Miyu changed her clothes quickly and silently as she can. She felt like a child again. She remembered how she roamed this castle at night when she doesn't feel like sleeping when she was a child When she was done she went to where she left Rin and together they made their way to the kitchen.

A/N: first of all…I want to apologize (again) for my poor grammar, if you found any grammar mistake please excuse me XD. And I want to thanks those guys who added this story to their favorite list (I really appreciate that) and even those who just add this to their story alert (I'm really, really happy…im so shallow) :)