A/N: Hey sorry for the wait, I had no time to write this I had advanced physics homework, and honors english is a killer. Thank you all for the wonderful reviews. I really do appreciate it and it does make me smile. Senior year is so important and I don't want to miss a thing. This chapter took me three days to write and I apologize for the wait once again. OMG [majorly off topic] KANYE WEST WAS AN ASS AT THE VMAS poor T-Swift.


Chapter 4: Lilies.


Rin looked up at Naraku who was wearing a deep violet, and then her gaze traveled to her own beautiful kimono which complemented his greatly. The background of the kimono was the royal purple of the sky as it was turning from daytime to night, with the working of stars etched in small bright circles, the moon shining brightly in an almost haunting way. Naraku's crimson eyes looked into Rin's and he noticed they still held the dutiful strength as they had the first time he met her. He wondered as he looked at her How long would it take to break her. Naraku looked at her again this time at the cream colored skin of her slightly exposed neck. Rin turned her head to the window lightly extending her neck as she noticed him looking at it. 'I wonder if the lord of the west is anything like, Lord Satori. That vile man.' Rin thought as she noticed that Naraku had fallen into a peaceful slumber. Rin listened it was early in the afternoon and the birds were chirping their soft songs. The trees were very tall she noticed as she looked up to the canopy. Naraku's head was in an odd position she noticed and it would hurt if he continued to sleep that way.

Rin stood firmly in the shaky carriage and a little far from him and she with her hands pulled his head into her lap, to keep him from the danger of a neck cramp, she looked at his hair silky and full of healthful shine for a moment she felt a light itch in her hands to run her fingers through his soft mane. She knew his hair was soft just as her own. His breathing was calm and he was warm. Rin looked at him again and then, she began to play with a strand of his hair between her fingertips. 'If I had grown with my mother and father, how different would I be?' she wondered and nearly an hour later she could feel Naraku lift himself from her lap and sit up drowsily. He looked at her with those crimson eyes that shone like polished rubies and felt the instinct to set her gaze to the floor but remembered he told her not to. Naraku looked at the beauty before him and his eyes followed the curves of her body. 'Father, must have been very pleased...but no more will he be allowed such a privilege. She will be mine alone for the rest of her mortal time.' Naraku thought as he imagined his father atop of the young woman.

"Rin, I will no longer ask you to please my father. He does not deserve to touch you." Naraku said, 'Or perhaps I can use this to my advantage.' Naraku smiled as he thought this.

"I understand, my Lord." Rin said. 'If I had to spend another night with such a man, I might not have made it.' Rin thought a small smile kissed her lips. Naraku looked to her eyes and 'It's too quiet in this area, perhaps the western lord is thinking of ambushing me.' Naraku thought.

"Rin, what kinds of arms do you carry with you?" he asked curious of her weapon choices.

"I have my hands, and that is all I will need." Rin said Naraku was of course taken aback by this but found his intrigue in how she would defend him with only her hands.

"You do know that it is too quiet in this area for it to be normal?" he asked her with a prominent smirk upon his lips.

"There are fifteen men hiding outside my lord, Four lesser dog demons, and the rest humans. Do you want me to kill them?" she asked him.

"Let's take a rest here and see if they attack if they do then you will kill them. I had Ayame pack an extra kimono for you." Naraku said to her, Rin nodded and smiled as she would finally be able to show Naraku her skills. Of course she would not show him too much.

"Understood, my Lord." she said, Naraku gave the order for the carriage to stop and they stopped and began their break with caution. Naraku had chosen to travel with a three guards and Rin. It didn't seem to the outsiders that Rin was a threat to anyone and his defenses looked feeble, he was the perfect target for an attack. Naraku was now challenging them to attack him by walking with only Rin by his side deep into the forest, Rin was very observant and could hear the eleven humans, and she could sense the four dog demons. Rin stopped and held her ground as she could feel that the dog demon was preparing to attack and as he lunged out from the tree she knelt to the floor a aqua glow taking over her fingertips she drew a circle in the ground around herself and Naraku with near inhuman speed and put fifteen dots in the circle everything she had drawn had started to glow with aqua color and her eyes had changed her hair floating around her as she guarded Naraku, she closed her palm and faced her fist to the dog demon as she opened her palm a bright ball of energy shot at him his whole body blew up blood and organs spilling from him, a splash of blood sprayed across Rin's face.

"Who does this bitch think she is!!!" another dog demon said, he was handsome 'What a waste' Rin thought showing him that he could share his friends fate.

"Loyalty can sometimes be a curse." she warned the others but they decided to attack, their assault was in vein as Rin closed her fists, she spread her arms and opened her fists and brought them together as their screams of agony filled the air Naraku's guards ran towards the area to see if all was fine, blood covered that section of the forest, Naraku however had not a drop on him, Rin had small amounts covering her pale skin. Naraku was indeed amazed at the display of purification he had just witnessed. For Rin this was nothing but a parlor trick to entertain Naraku. He adjusted his robes and looked to Rin whose kimono was covered in blood. 'She is far more powerful than any of the women that Lady Mika is known for, maybe even more powerful than Mika herself.' Naraku thought looking at the girl, no more than fifteen years of age. Rin asked that she may be permitted to a bath to get the blood off of her skin. Naraku looked at her.

"I will join you, our clothes are supposed to match and I feel filthy after being stuck in that carriage for the passed three days." Naraku said he snapped his fingers and a guard came with a wooden box that held soaps, oils, and their clothes.

"Of course, my lord." Rin said. Naraku led the way because as a spider demon his senses were elite to hers, or so he believed. Rin followed him while keeping alert for any kind of enemy. One enemy was unseen his presence had been masked by a priestess, his silence was a part of his grace, he went unnoticed by the two, his golden eyes watching Rin undress traveling her body as each piece of skin was exposed to his hungry vision, no woman had ever affected him this way. Rin stepped into the water and the now equally nude prince of the south took her neck with his lips, he watched Naraku's hands travel the attractive body, he wanted to rip his eyes away but somehow he couldn't. He could hear her moans, and the water around the two rippling. He had smelled the strong scent of blood as he'd been patrolling his borders as he found his brother's little gang all lying in pieces around the forest. Naraku moaned loudly and his body jerked forward as he released into the girl. Sesshoumaru closed his eyes and without a sound began his short journey home. Rin washed Naraku's hair and then he did her the favor of washing hers. They dressed each in a deep blue. Rin's kimono again like the pure night sky with working of stars however no moon shone in this one. Naraku grabbed Rin's hand and led her to back to the carriage. The guards had all been laughing lightly and stopped as their lord approached. Rin knew that they were aware of Naraku's lustful acts on her. Rin looked at Naraku as she followed him into the carriage she held herbs in her hands, she had to mash them into a tea so she wouldn't get pregnant. Naraku looked at them immediately knowing what they were.

"You really must tell me the days that your heat is expected." Naraku advised Rin.

"I will tell you the week before, my lord." Rin said and for some odd reason Naraku seemed not to care that the guards were outside the thin walls or that they were only fifteen minutes away from the western lord's estate, he felt the extreme need to keep claiming her body as his. Rin finished adjusting her robes and he did his own. His scent covered her as if it were her own, the vanilla could only be faintly smelled. The iron gates opened and Rin looked at the beauty of the plant life that surround the castle. As Rin climbed out she felt sore but she would of course not let that show. Naraku walked forward, a short green toad like creature opened the door. He looked as if he were readying himself to say something smart, but a voice erupted.

"Naraku, what brings you here?" Sesshoumaru asked nonchalantly, Rin's eyes fell upon the man who looked like a god. The strands of hair looked as if they were the purest platinum, and those eyes were frozen like honey. Rin felt the need to stare with her mouth agape, but she didn't. Sesshoumaru turned his gaze to the young woman, he remembered her very easily. Those plush lips looked so inviting, those eyes staring almost innocently and they were egging his inner demon on or so he thought. He wanted to sink his fangs deep into her collarbone and declare her as his own, this need, this strong sense of want was nearly overwhelming him all over a young girl not even of age to marry. And yet there she stood barely even looking at him and he wanted her so. Sesshoumaru was nearly enraged at the scent of Naraku and another soaked into her skin.

"Well, I heard you want to talk about a truce, a peace treaty of sorts." Naraku said.

"I've been thinking about it, it was my brother's rash actions over that worthless human that got us into this war." Sesshoumaru said his eyes still hadn't left Rin, surely he could smell that she was in heat and it was driving him wild, it was taking everything he had to keep his inner demon in check. 'I want her, Let's make her ours.' it called to him

"Our lands have always aided one another in war, and yet we are in one all because of a worthless human." Naraku said, Rin didn't flinch at the way the two demons regarded her kind. 'Demon's are all the same, ignorant to what really is. If duty didn't keep me from slitting that silver haired demon's throat it would be done.' Rin thought with a small smile spreading across her lips.

"I can't help but notice that you have a human in your company, why?" Sesshoumaru asked he was suspicious of her employment with the southern prince.

"Yes, she is my entertainment for the time being that is until I tire of her." Naraku lied, no his statement was only slightly true his plans for Rin were larger than that.

"Than would you mind if I were to borrow her services for a friend I owe a favor?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"I would permit you, however, I am a rather selfish man and do like to keep her to myself." Naraku said it was no lie, he did not like to lend her to his father but it had to be done his father was after the head of the house and he ordered Naraku to do certain things, just as he had driven his eldest son to madness. Naraku was needless to say somewhat emotionally deficit in most cases and these things hardly ever affected him.

"I see, I will fetch a concubine for him." Sesshoumaru said obviously quite cross with the situation he could feel himself losing control over his inner demon.

"I was wondering if you might have a garden where Rin could seek entertainment as we discuss the matters of a possible treaty." Naraku smiled, he could sense Sesshoumaru's desire for his bodyguard. 'Mark my words, Sesshoumaru, she will be ours.' his inner demon told him.

"I will have her escorted by my brother's maid." Sesshoumaru said to Naraku, he rang a bell by pulling a string and moments later, a young raven haired beauty stood before Rin her eyes widened in happiness and she took small graceful steps towards Kagome who stood in shock. Kagome regained her composure and began to escort Rin to the garden. Kagome looked the same but she could notice there was something different about Rin. She seemed the same but something was definitely off about her. The gardens were enchanting the amazing contrast of colors made Rin want to sit there and pick them, this was one of the things she did not get to do as a child. Kagome watched as Rin picked a pure white lily and brought its wonderfully scented petals to her nose, her lips gently grazed the flower as she inhaled the smell.

"Rin, how have things been with you?" Kagome asked it had only been around a month that Rin and her had been bought.

"I suppose, everything is as it should be." Rin said she didn't open her eyes she sat up with the flower never leaving its place as she took in its beautiful scent.

"How is your life there? Are they treating you well?" Kagome asked her longtime friend. Rin finally felt herself cracking only because it was Kagome that she was with.

"My life there, I am their whore......I am just a high priced concubine in that house. I am treated as a noblewoman that holds no respect. I've only done my actual job of protecting Naraku once because he never leaves that damned place." Rin could feel the tears stubbornly making their way over the rims of her eyes and pouring down her cheeks. Kagome had never seen Rin cry and she looked at her younger friend pulling her into her arms. Rin composed herself shortly after her small breakdown.

"I am treated as any of the other servants here, Lord Inuyasha has tried to lay with me but I cry because he doesn't even call me by name, he calls me by my sister's. I found out she died, she was murdered by your Lord's older brother. Rin I finally understand your strong sense of duty now...you have always been more driven that I was. I didn't know that you were training so hard to be placed in such a high household, the only thing that got me here was my sisters traits that shine through me somewhat." Kagome said to Rin trying to make her feel better. It didn't work however.

"Yes, I have worked so hard to be picked only because of the way I look, so they may bed me where ever and whenever they please. All of my training is wasted where I am." Rin said. Naraku walked up behind the two hearing her words and stood above her.

"I hadn't the slightest idea that you felt that way. I realized today that you are on a form of birth control and you must be skilled with herbs I could put you to make medicines rather than to spend time with Father." Naraku said to her, he needed to win her to his side.

"My Lord, I did not mean to offend you or your father. It was foolish of me to say such things. I am here to please and protect you. I should be happy that you haven't been in any kind of serious danger, and I am." Rin said Kagome watched Rin, she noticed how respectful and graceful her words and gestures were as they always had been.

"Well, Rin, Sesshoumaru had put you and I up in the rooms directly left of his. I will show you how to get there later tonight. Enjoy the rest of your talk with, Kagome." he spoke her name easily.

"Yes, ,my lord." Rin said

"Lord Inuyasha is ringing his bell, I will be back after I see what he needs." Kagome said leaving Rin in the garden by herself. Rin sat back to the bright green grass the color was new and fresh and she picked up the lily that had fallen to the ground. She felt as if there were eyes on her back, but when she turned there was nothing and no one watching her. Rin looked around the garden with the curiosity of a newborn she was smiling, it was a real smile and she seemed somewhat childish as she laughed knotting small forget me nots into a crown. Sesshoumaru watched her his golden eyes following her every move and he found himself smiling at her the girl was by no means a virgin, but she was innocent. He could smell vanilla under the scent of Naraku. Rin looked around for someone but saw nothing but the other flowers. Sesshoumaru didn't know whether to approached her or not because of his inner demons call. Sesshoumaru's eyes admired the kimono and how the cool colors complemented her fair skin. The crook of her neck was barely exposed making him imagine his fangs sinking deep inside to mark her.

"Rin, it seems that you like lilies." He said in a clear confident voice as he stepped into view. Rin turned her head in surprise and smiled with a nod.

"Yes I do, Lord Sesshoumaru." Rin said nervously, of course this was all a show to keep Sesshoumaru thinking she was just a feeble human.

"They were my mother's favorite flower." he said taking the flower that was held loosley between her fingertips.