Hello again! Moony here and this one would like to say that this story should be advancing into the more interesting stuff plot wise after the next chapter is posted.
this one would just like to say that Byakuya is somewhat out of chatacter but... this one hope that you'll enjoy and please R&R. grand total of: -epic music- *1* ( this one isn't counting DarkSkye or Misia-alice-annie due to the fact that 1: they've already read the story and 2. misia murdered it T_T but for fun, this one may post her version...)

DISCLAIMER: still don't own it...

CHAPTER 4- Rin

"Ah-Un, Jaken-sama! Let's play hide-and –seek!" I say, bouncing up and down excitedly.

"Rin! Sesshomaru-sama will be returning soon! Calm down!" he shouts at me crankily. I frown, and stick my bottom lip out. He's always acting like this, but Sesshomaru-sama never says anything.

"Fine Jaken-sama, I'll just play with Ah-Un." I turn on my heel and skip towards him. "Okay Ah-Un! You count then I'll hide." I say, petting his head as I explain the rules of hide-and-seek to him.

"Yo. Is Sesshomaru here anywhere?"

I squeal and hide between Ah-Un's legs, peeking to the side. I recognized that voice and I was right. It's the Byakuya person. That person related to 'Naraku'.

"Byakuya! What are you doing here!" squawks Jaken.

Byakuya looks down at him, "I asked for Sesshomaru. Where is he?"

"None of your business!" Jaken shouts angrily, hopping up and down furiously.

Byakuya arches his eyebrow looking extremely annoyed. "Alright." He turns to me, and I shrink behind Ah-Un. "You girl. You're dear to Sesshomaru right?" I'm too scared to move. Sesshomaru-sama!

"Come here." He commands me, and I feel my body moving on it's own accord. Sesshomaru-sama!

My body moves closer, but in my head, I'm screaming. Sesshomaru-sama! Sesshomaru-sama! "Sesshomaru-sama!" I finally scream. Out of the corner of my eye, I see a flash of green, and Byakuya jumps out of the way, a moment before it slashes the place where he just was.

"Byakuya." I hear his voice say from behind me, I turn to run to him, but my eyes widen when I realize that I'm frozen in place.

"What are you doing here?" he says in a quiet, deadly tone.

"Nothing important," he says stepping back from him. "Naraku sent me to relay a message to you."

Sesshomaru-sama cracks his fingers menacingly. Byakuya raises his hands in surrender. "Naraku's gone. He's disappeared, poof. And he says that you won't be able to find him because he's 'hidden within the stream of time'." He says in a rush.

"And you're telling me because…?" he asks softly. Byakuya shrugs.

"How am I supposed to know? I'm just the messenger." I see another flash of green, but Byakuya's vanished.

After we stand silently for a moment, and when I judge it to be safe, I dash towards him. "Sesshomaru-sama!"

I'm a few feet away from him when I feel a sharp pain in my chest, and I can't help but gasp in pain.

"Rin? What's wrong now?" I hear Jaken say mildly curious as he walks up beside me. I can't answer. It hurts, I think as my vision blurs and I can't focus on anything aside from the pain. Sesshomaru-sama…it hurts

I feel a hand on my head. "Rin?" I hear his voice, and I feel reassured for a moment just before a white light swallows us.

Yes this one knows: still alot like the last chapter and this one cliffhangers too much and too often, but this is really important later on in the story.
keep reading (and reviewing ;) ) to find out why /\_/\

this one will see you soon!
-moonlightrurouni