Chapter 4! :D

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Rin let out a gasp as she saw the eyes of a demon before her. She quickly pulled the towel into the water with her not caring that she was getting it wet but more concerned that she was wearing nothing underneath it.

'Can I help you with something?'

The demon replied to this by coming out of the bushes and showing himself to her.

He was a snake demon. He was around the same height as Sesshoumaru and wore black amour over a green kimono with purple star shaped patterns on the sleeves and ends of the kimono. He was rather handsome. His hair was short, black and messy and his eyes were blood red. On his chest was a strange emblem that Rin had never seen before. It had 2 swords crossing over each other with a green snake on either side of them.

The man came closer slowly, dragging his feet behind him in a kind of slithering way.

He knelt down beside the river admiring the strange bottles she had brought with her.

Rin was starting to panic. She could scream and have Sesshoumaru save her but she took defence classes from Sango purely because she didn't want to burden him anymore.

Slowly she reached her arm out to her clothes towards the knife she always had hidden away in a special pocket of her kimono.

Watching the demon closely she made sure he didn't see what she was doing.

The knife was a normal sized blade with an ivory handle decorated with stone cherry blossom petals.

Placing it beneath the towel in the water she decided to try and make a conversation with him.

'Who are you?'

The demon looked up from the two bottles he was fascinated with and gave her a goofy looking grin bearing his fangs.

'I am Kaito. Prince Kaito. I am the 2nd son of the great snake Lord. We own the land of the north. I came here following the scent of the demon Lord Sesshoumaru but it looks like I've stumbled across something even better.'

He raised an eyebrow at her with his smile still plastered upon his pale face.

Rin was starting to feel uneasy around him.

'What do you want with Lord Sesshoumaru?'

There was anger in her voice. She would not let him hurt her Lord nor would she allow him to enter the village.

His smile was now much more menacing.

'I know that he visits a human village in order to visit his young human companion. I presume this must be the village she lives in. Tell me; are you familiar with the human called Rin?'

Rin swallowed nervously. He was after her? It doesn't make any sense.

'And what exactly do you want with her?'

Kaito lost his smile and looked at her seriously.

'I plan to use her against him. If I have the girl I can make Sesshoumaru give us his land and renounce his title; that way the snake demons will have complete control of the north and the west.'

Rin sucked in a breath and nearly laughed. Does he honestly believe kidnapping me would help him beat Sesshoumaru? He doesn't know how strong he is obviously. Her Lord would most definitely never let that happen.

Kaito started to sniff the air suddenly before narrowing his eyes towards her.

'You smell of him.'

I looked at him in shock.

'Excuse me?'

He bore his fangs once again and let his fork shaped tongue trace along them.

'You stink of dog; demon dog. What is your name girl?'

Rin wrapped the towel around her body before stepping out of the water.

She picked up her clothes and looked sideward, looking at Kaito through the corner of her eye.

'Rin; my name is Rin. You may try to use me against my Lord but I guarantee no good will come of it. My Lord is far more powerful then you seem to think. He will kill you before he even thinks about giving away his land. You should give up and return to your own land.'

Rin started to walk onwards thinking the demon may turn and leave.

Kaito just laughed and used his demon speed to appear in front of her.

'You don't honestly believe that I'm going to give up just like that. We need the western lands for food and resources. The north has been plagued by disease and many of the humans have died out. Our clan is on the brink of extinction.

Rin felt almost sympathetic towards Kaito but upon realising he planned on wiping out the humans in the western land she felt disgusted. Kaede's village would be in grave danger if that happened.

Her eyes narrowed at him before pulling out the knife and slashing at his face.

She left a gash from under his eye down to his chin. His green blood came oozing out of it.

'How dare you, you stupid human!'

His eyes became wider as well as his mouth. His skin was starting to go a dark green colour and his body began to morph into that of a giant snake.

His body was the length of one of the village headman's houses she would find when travelling through the country with her Lord. Of course they made sure not to go into human territory because she knew they hated them, but she could always see the top of the building just above the tree tops. She was always so fascinated with large buildings because they were always so beautifully built.

He was large but nowhere near as big as her Lord nor was he anywhere near as beautiful and majestic.

Rin let out a gasp stepping back from the demon. She had not expected him to turn into his true form with her and she knew she was no match for him.

Sango had only taught her how to fight hand on hand combat and defence. She had no way of attacking the demon with only a knife. Surely someone must have noticed her long absence and especially the noise.

Kaito threw his head down towards her spitting deadly venom to the floor beneath her feet.

Luckily Rin had managed to dodge this. Using some of the defence training she had from Sango she was able to jump out of the way in a roly poly dive leaving her at the side of the river clutching her towel which she had nearly lost.

Kaito used his tail to wrap himself around her. Rin gasped as she tried to breathe.

His green scaly body was crushing her small body in his grasp. His body had a smooth yet slimy texture to it. She tried to use it to her advantage by wiggling and trying to slip out from him but nothing worked.

She was starting to lose consciousness.

Next thing she knew Rin was being thrown into the water in a blur of green, silver and blue.

Coming out of the water for hair she was relieved at the sight before her.

Kaito lay dead in a pool of green blood with Sesshoumaru standing over him. His claws were dripping with Kaito's blood and his eyes were blood red. Yet his face was still calm and stoic without a trace of any emotion.

He must've attacked him from behind when he was off guard. Rin just looked at the scene before her as she pulled the floating towel towards her naked body. She stood and retreated from the water before collapsing from lack of air.