Hello guys!!!! I'm back…..does happy dance Are you happy….? No throwing tomatoes at me you foolish Thing! Gives weird creature a dirty scathing look Sheesh! What is the world coming to people? Its cruel and unusual!! Anyway, enough weirdness from the author and on with other more vital stuff! Omg!!! School sux major. I never get a chance to update and with my other stories it doesn't help much. Thanx to my readers and to my reviewers Total-Otaku, SB-Chiby-Moon, and of course Dragon-san! You guys mean the world and u rock more then anything!! Ur suggestions were really good and I will try to use them if I can. My story follows no particular order so….. anyway

Disclaimer: I own nothing that Ramiko Takahashi owns and never will but I do own Kyradesse and Sobyn as well as Veroling. That's it, that's all. Finito.

Here it is.

Chapter 3

The Loyalty Of A Wolf

Sesshoumaru was still in shock after having tucked the always adorable Rin into bed and she had given him the third degree…..again! He still remembered what she said to him as he pulled the blankets up to her chin.

(Flashback)

"You know Sesshoumaru-sama….. Kyra-chan is really nice and Rin needs a mommy and even though Jaken was supposed to be a …… Jaken-chan isn't very good at what he does. Rin cant remember what Sesshoumaru-sama told her what Jaken-chan was so she didn't say it. Umm… Sesshoumaru-sama? Rin wants Kyra-chan to be her mommy…. Please Sesshoumaru-sama? For Rin???"

Sesshoumaru looked down at Rin and her pouting face with large pleading eyes before grinning which was very strange for him and laughing softly at her. She was so young yet so…..manipulative. She took after him, he thought proudly.

"Rin, I can not simply take a mate because you need a mother. I wish it was that simple but it just is not and that is the way of things. Life is more difficult then you know and you will understand when you grow older but for now you just have to take my word for it. Now, time for sleep. Pleasant dreams, Rin."

Rin nodded although tears had welled up in her eyes and she let out silent sobs. She may say ok but she was not very happy about her inability to change things because of her age. She wanted to be older so her voice counted.

"Goodnight Sesshoumaru-sama. If Sesshoumaru-sama sees Kyra-chan before she leaves, say Rin wanted her to stay but Rin's mean daddy wouldn't let Rin!"

Sighing and shaking his head, Sesshoumaru blew out the candle next to the bed and walked out of the room leaving Rin with only the light from her fireplace as an Illuminator. He knew how much Rin had wanted this and it was very hard not to give in but he had to do it or he would be seen as weak. As weak as his filthy hanyou brother.

That thought was enough to make him say no even though Rin herself was human and his brother was half. To be weak was not good and he was already on the verge of going softer then he had ever been in all his immortal life.

(END FLASHBACK)

He had been in a mood ever since then and it was not very pleasant to him. Mood's were only for human children or mere pup's. He was a full-grown Youkai and a Lord of the Western Lands. Such childishness was beneath him and his station.

That girl was the cause of all this. That bloody woman Kyradesse. She was in his head all the time and he could not for the life of him find a way to get her out. Her laugh and smile constantly haunted him day in and day out. She was like an incurable disease that he couldn't get rid of.

Rin loved her and that only added to his troubles. His daughter was fond of someone he was trying desperately to be rid of and in the end, someone WOULD get hurt. It was the only way. He wasn't a domestic man but he did have morals and he knew that getting bound to someone would mean that he would have to tame his wildness, which would make him far fiercer, and he didn't want to hurt his family.

It was more a matter of safety and comfort then anything else. He wouldn't admit many things but he would admit that Kyra deserved someone who would love and cherish her. She was lively and…engaging but who was he to make life a living hell for her. She would find someone worthy eventually and that was all that was important.

Sesshoumaru shook his head to clear his thoughts and continued walking down to the hall to the staircase that led to his bedchamber which had Kyra's just opposite. The room which when Inutaishou was married to Sesshoumaru's mother, Inutaishou had liked to call the 'Brides chamber' as his wife had moved out of his room and in to said room. They hadn't been happy and their being together wrought a lot of misery.

Maybe that was why he couldn't settle down and be happy, Sesshoumaru mused. He was cold and he knew it. It wasn't a cold just on the outside. It was a cold that ate away at him from the inside of his heart and affected everyone around him. Rin eased it somewhat and Kyra had begun to but he didn't want her to so he pushed her away. Why be hurt again when you can remain impassive?

The thing that bugged him the most was the fact that he recognized what had happened to him. HE was highly intelligent but he had never seen it until she had come along and slowly changed things. Slowly changed not only things and the people around her but him as well. She had made him see that there was more to life then what he had first thought.

This is what really set him off. She HAD wormed her way in to his affections although he would never admit to such a thing. It was unseen until now and he wasn't pleased with the results of ranting quietly. Now, he would have to go to talk to her before she left or else he would feel broody the rest of the week.

Grumbling softly, Sesshoumaru turned to the right where her door was and tried to decide the best way to knock on the door. Should he pound and demand entrance, or just be nice and quick about it? Quickly deciding on the pleasanter way, he knocked. When there was no answer, Sesshoumaru rapped a little louder.

Sesshoumaru continued this for about five minutes which to him was ample time to get up and answer a door when your bed was close by. Opening the door himself, he was surprised and angered to find that she had left already and there was barely a trace of the fact that she had been there besides the smell of perfume that she wore that hung in the air

"Kyradesse, you foolish girl. Now I will just have to go and get you because I cannot go without that, as it is the only thing that will ease my conscience. You make things to hard…… Oh well. I, Sesshoumaru of the Western lands will admit defeat this ONE time and go drag you back!"

With a firm nod, Sesshoumaru strode out of her room and into his own to pack for the trip he was going to take.


Sighing, as he was about to leave, Sesshoumaru shook his head at his own forgetfulness. It would have been really good to leave and not tell anyone and to leave Rin by herself as no doubt Jaken would send out a Search party of over a thousand men.

"Jaken!!!!!! Come here!!!!!"

An ugly toad like thing came running in at his masters call as he bowed deep at the same time. A smirk plastered on Sesshoumaru's face at the thought of leaving Jaken to take care of Rin. Jaken wouldn't be very happy but he would do what his master had bid.

"Yes Milord?"

Sesshoumaru gave the servant a mild glare before grinning evilly and telling Jaken that he was to look after Rin for a couple of weeks in his absence. And at the very last, he added his favorite part. If anything happened to her or she was upset even in the least, Sesshoumaru would personally see to his agonizing death.

Jaken gulped and stepped away a little which only caused Sesshoumaru to be even more amused. Nodding his head, the little creature scurried away as quickly as his tiny legs would carry him. Sesshoumaru grabbed a hold of his things after telling another servant that he was to prepare Ahn and Uhnkau/n: sorry if this is spelled wrong.

"Now….. To go to Lord Veroling's castle and retrieve my former mate-to-be. Easier said then done, I am afraid! What do I tell her? 'Kyra, I know I told you to go away and that I didn't want to marry you but now that I find my life boring…you must come or I will be forced to drag you!'. That'll work well!"

Grumbling in frustration, Sesshoumaru proceeded outside where he climbed on to his faithful Dragon demon and took off in the direction of Kyradesse.

There you guys go. I know its short and it took a long time for me to update and I am sorry but school(old excuse) but the truth! School is getting in the way. Errrrrrrrrrrr. I hate school. Anyways, Please R&R to tell me what you think!!!!

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