Kagome surveyed the little girl across from her. She was dressed in a dirt stained checkered orange kimono. A loose, lopsided ponytail was flecked with various pieces of foliage. Her warm, brown and watery eyes glared toward the mysterious sorceress with the evil aura, her tiny hands were trembling in anger. Finally, Rin's gaze found her dungeon-mate.
"I know you!" she gasped, the brown eyes drying and her fists unclenching. "You're the lady that follows Lord Sesshoumaru's brother!" Her face scrunched in confusion for a moment, "But Lord Sesshoumaru's brother said that you were gone…"
Kagome's heart leaped at the possibility of news about her friends, "Inuyasha? When did you see him?" Kagome asked, clutching the cold bars in front of her.
Rin touched her finger to her chin and looked up, "Umm…I think it was two days ago."
"Was he okay? What about Sango and Miroku? Was Shippo okay? Kirara?" Kagome asked, desperately wanting to know if her friends survived.
Rin assumed her thoughtful pose again, "My Lord's brother looked okay, but he was sad. And angry." The girl said, dropping her shoulders for a moment before she straightened her posture and smiled, "But it's okay. Lord Sesshoumaru protected me!"
"Oh…" Kagome murmured, leaning back into her cell. She wanted desperately to know what had happened to her friends. But it was obvious that the little girl didn't know anything else.
Instead, she focused on something else. "How did you get here?" Kagome asked, now wondering how Rin fit into Naraku's plans.
Rin clenched her fists and huffed, angry again, "The wind lady and Naraku were fighting Lord Sesshoumaru and while he was distracted the black lady came and took me."
Kagome smacked the wall. "Naraku's a b—" she stopped herself before she could utter something the little girl could repeat, "—ig jerk."
"He's a dummy head!" Rin agreed, bouncing her fist on her leg in conviction.
In such a dismal place, the incongruity of her statement reversed her anger and made Kagome smile, "A dummy head?"
The girl nodded, her little ponytail wiggling atop her head, "Yes. And a big fat meany face!"
Kagome smiled wider.