A/N: Here is the 6th chapter! This one also takes place in the present times, and in Maine, USA ( because I really don't know anything about Japan *pouts*). Special thanks to Poisoned Scarlet on for the wonderful story idea! Note that That Sesshomaru, Inutaisho, and Naraku are all pure-blood demons. And demon's are known by society. I still really need story ideas. If you have already given me a request, that's fine. But if you haven't, then please HELP ME if you want more stories!

Rin walked up the path to her cousin's house. She took a deep breath. She didn't want to be here, but she had no choice. Sess had joined the Army, and she was being forced to live with her abusive cousin. Sess obviously didn't know that Naraku, her cousin that is, liked to beat her. Ever since she was little, whenever he saw her she would somehow get a brand new collection a bruises. She never told Sesshomaru because she had a habit of blocking out bad memories. She almost blocked out the one where his father forced him to join the military. Almost.

-Flashback-

"Rin." Sesshomaru said. Rin looked up from her computer. She was taking classes to become an author, and was typing up a story based on her life, which had been pretty tragic so far. They were sitting in the apartment they shared together. Sesshomaru's father made them live together.

"Hm?"

"I have something to tell you, but you aren't going to like it very much." his eyes looked sad, almost depressed.

"What could it be?" He never got upset easily. Unless it meant she was hurt or sad or something bad was going to happen.

"My damn father signed me up to join the Army."

"He WHAT?" Rin screeched the last part out. The Army? This was ridiculous! Why would Inutaisho force his son into the army? Of course, most of Sesshomaru's life ad been decided for him. He had graduated the college of his father's choice, had a successful career that Inutaisho chose for him, even though Sess had wanted to be an architect. Hell, even her and Sesshomaru had been brought together by force. An arranged marriage. But, that was the only one they were happy about. They had been friends since middle school, and started dating when he was a senior in High School. When they were told that they would be forced to marry each other, they had never been happier. They still needed to make it official though.

"Rin, my father is forcing me to. I don't want to go. I want to stay here with you. But, if I refuse him, then he threatened to call off our engagement and marry me to some other person. I'm only doing this for us."

"That still doesn't mean he has to control your life, Sess! What makes him think that he can do this to you?"

By now, Rin was crying. She really didn't want him to leave. If he left, then she would have to drop school and find someone to live with until he got back.

"I don't know." Sesshomaru whispered. He walked over to the couch and wrapped his arms around her, resting her head on his chest. "I don't want to go. I'm doing this for me and you, not because I want to."

"Will you write to me?"

"All the time."

"Where will I stay while you are gone?" she was thinking that she might stay at Inuyasha's place with her friends Kagome and Sango.

"Father had arranged you to stay at your cousin's house."

Rin froze. She was afraid of her cousin. She absentmindedly reached up to rub the scar on her neck. He had pulled a knife on her once, and the neighbors had called the cops when they had heard her scream. He had been brought to jail, but she didn't think she would have to endure his torture again! Problem was, the rest of her family had all died during an earthquake in California. Only her and Naraku had survived. Rin had been moved to Maine, where she met Sesshomaru. It was four years after that that Naraku got arrested. Rin shivered.

"Rin, love, is something wrong?" he looked at her with eyes full of concern.

"No, nothing is wrong. I am fine." She snuggled further into his arms. Tears came to her eyes. The next couple of years were going to be torture.

"I love you, Rin." Sesshomaru whispered into her ear.

"I love you too."

-End Flashback-

That had been a week ago. As of now, Sesshomaru was on a plane headed toward his 'Boot Camp.' She missed him terribly. She silently cursed Inutaisho and his control over his son's life. She walked up to Naraku's door and knocked. Her cousin opened the door, and smirked at her.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't little Rin. Glad to see you after so long." He stepped aside and pulled her in. Naraku grabbed her arm painfully tight and led her down a hallway and through a door. He shoved her in and slammed the door. Rin heard the door click. She was locked in. The window was also nailed shut. She was trapped.

Rin decided to use her captivity time to loom around the room. There was no furniture, save for a bunch of filthy rags in a corner. The wallpaper was peeling, and the whole place smelled like mildew. There was a small hole in the door, just big enough for a fist to throw something in. Rin knew that Naraku would never give her Sesshomaru's letters. But, she took some comfort in the fact that he was at least thinking of her. She sighed. She was just going to hold it together until Sesshomaru got back. He would save her. Rin knew he would.

For the next 4 months, things were the same. Rin would sleep on the filthy rags in the corner for warmth. In the mornings, Naraku would leave and unlock her door, so that she could clean his house top to bottom. If even a single grain of dust was amis, or if she wasn't done by the time he got back, he would beat her black and blue. At night, she would be thrown back into her room and a piece of stale bread and a filthy cup full of water would be shoved through the hole in the door. As Rin predicted, she never saw hide nor tail of Sesshomaru's letters. But, she did see the shredded up pieces of one thrown in a garbage can once. If she needed to shower, he threw her in a pond out back.

One day, Rin woke up to find a note ducktaped to her leg. She had to clean the house again. She got up and walked out into the kitchen. She grabbed some cleaners and began to clean the place. Every night, Naraku would manage to trash the place, and every day she would clean it all up again. It was seven o'clock when someone knocked on the door. She had been told to never open the door to anyone on penalty of death, unless it was a cop, social worker, or Naraku himself. She cracked the curtain open on the window next to the door. Then she screeched and flew the door open, wrapping her arms around the neck of the young, camouflage clad soldier standing in the doorway.

"Sesshomaru!" she cried happily.

"Rin." he said, wrapping his arms around her.

"What are you doing here so early?" Rin asked, joyfully confused. He was finally here to save her from her horrible cousin.

"You didn't answer any of my letters. I got worried." Sesshomaru pulled back so he could look at her. Then he saw what she looked like. Rin had a black eye, was missing a tooth, was covered in bruises and cuts, was wearing filthy looking rags, had unkempt, messy hair, and smelled like she hadn't showered in a week.

"Rin, what happened to you? Are you ok? Did your cousin hurt you?"

"Oh, no. I just had a little fun with her, that's all. Right, Rin?" Naraku appeared behind them. Rin clutched Sesshomaru's neck tighter. To Sesshomaru's surprise, she whispered in his ear.

"Go get your father, you will need his help to defeat Naraku. I'll be fine. Run as fast as you can. Naraku won't kill me, he would want you to watch. Go." She let go of him and gave Sesshomaru a little push out of the door. He looked back at her, and seeing her urgent look, he turned and ran as fast as he could.

"Looks like it's just us then, Rin." Naraku said with an evil smirk. "What did I tell you about opening the door, huh?" he smacked her. "WHY DID YOU OPEN THE DOOR FOR HIM?"

Naraku started beating her, fists pounding every part of her that he could reach. Rin started to go numb and stars began to pop in front of her eyes. Naraku was trying to kill her.

"Please hurry up, Sesshomaru. I can't take much more of this."

Naraku saw that he was winning, and started to hit harder. "This...will...teach...you to...obey...me!" He hit her hard with each word he said. Blackness clouded the edge of Rin's vision. Then, Naraku let go of her. She briefly wondered why he did, until a sharp, mind bending pain went though her stomach. She felt Naraku being thrown off of her, and heard lots of yelling. Everything seemed to be from far away. She saw Sesshomaru lean over her, tears streaming from his eyes. She tried to call out to him, but, before she could, everything went black.

Sesshomaru clutched Rin's body tightly. She was hurt. Very badly hurt. If she didn't get help really soon...Sesshomaru couldn't even start to think of what might happen. He stood up and ran in the direction of the nearest hospital. Inutaisho quietly watched his son go. Sesshomaru didn't stop until he was in the emergency room, handing Rin to a doctor. He told them that she had been beaten within an inch of her life and stabbed in the stomach with a knife.

After three painful hours of waiting, it was announced that Rin was in a coma. Sesshomaru was allowed in to see her.

"She looks so small, and weak." he thought.

He sat on one side of the bed and took her hand. He threaded his fingers through hers and squeezed her hand. He kissed her on the forehead, then walked out. He had someone to talk to. He ran fast in the direction of his father's scent. Inutaisho was found on his way back towards his estate. Sesshomaru cut him off and made him stop. He told Inutaisho what happened to Rin. The old man merely nodded.

"I'm not surprised. She was in pretty bad shape." Inutaisho began to walk past Sesshomaru. "Why don't we go home and get you back to..."

"No."

Inutaisho turned back towards his son with his eyebrows raised. He had never heard that word directed at him before. Especially from his elder son. From what he could guess, after Fumiko (Sesshomaru's mother) had died, Sesshomaru had gone silent. He never went against what anybody else said, and furthermore, always did what he was told. It was shocking.

"What did you say?"

"I said no. I am not going back to the Army, and I am not going to follow you and stupid rules anymore! I am going to take care of Rin, wether you like it or not."

"What makes you think she will even wake up?"

"IT'S YOUR DAMN FAULT THAT SHE WAS EVEN BROUGHT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!" Sesshomaru roared. Inutaisho just stared blankly at him.

"If you hadn't made me join the Army, or set her up with one of her friends instead of her insane cousin, then Rin would be with me! Not laying half dead in a coma at Maine Med!"

"She could have mentioned that her cousin was..."

"She didn't want to trouble us! Haven't you noticed that Rin would sacrifice her own happiness for the happiness of everyone around her. She probably never spoke up because I had enough to worry about at that moment!" Sesshomaru's eyes were turning red now.

"I'm sorry if I've inconvenienced anyone. I merely thought that her family wold care about her."

"Well you thought wrong. You can do whatever you want with Inuyasha and your stupid empire, but you're done controlling my life. When Rin wakes up, we are leaving and never coming back. I hope your happy now." Sesshomaru turned and ran back towards the hospital. He got a hotel room at the an Inn, then went back to visit Rin. Somehow, Sesshomaru knew that it was going to take a long time for her to wake up.

Rin was in total blackness. She had no clue what had happened to her.

"Maybe I'm asleep." she thought.

She remembered seeing Sesshomaru's face before she blacked out. He had been crying. Had she looked that bad? Distantly, she heard voices, but she couldn't understand what they were saying. She also felt like someone was holding her hand every once in a while. Was she dreaming? No, if she were dreaming were would be able to wake herself up. She would also be able to move. What was going on?

Rin had been in the coma for five years now. Sesshomaru still stayed at the Inn, and he went to see her every day. She was still so weak and fragile. Right now, he was in Rin's room, holding her hand. He had been here for 8 hours that day. He kissed Rins hand and walked out of the room. He started to head toward the entrance, but was stopped.

"Ahem."

Sesshomaru turned toward the voice. He saw Rin's doctor, and he had a grim expression on his face. This couldn't be good.

"Mr. Takahashi, we are sorry to inform you that...Ms. Rin may not ever wake up. We have decided to pull the plug on Ms. Rin. She was very badly injured, and she has shown no sign of waking up for too long. We're sorry. But, it's that or let her stay like this for the rest of her life. You will have 24 hours to say goodbye to her. We will start the procedure at noon tomorrow." The doctor turned and walked away.

Sesshomaru stood there like a dummy. He felt numb. He had failed. He had failed to save her in time. Rin was the only thing that had mattered to him. She was the only thing that had stopped him from packing up and leaving his father for good. If only he hadn't listened to her, if only he had stayed and helped her instead of leaving to get his father for help, she would be alright. He slowly walked back to Rin's room and entered. He walked over to her bed and knelt down. He was never going to see her again after this. He grabbed her hand and threaded his fingers through hers.

"Rin," he whispered. "please wake up."

Sesshomaru put his head down and let his tears fall. He would never get to be with his Rin again. He was so in to his sorrow, that he didn't notice the large brown eyes staring at him.

Rin was suddenly able to hear the voices clearly. They had gone quiet for a while, but now, she could hear one voice. Sesshomaru's voice. It sounded sad, like he was crying again. The feeling that someone was holding her hand was back. Then, his voice sounded again.

"Rin, please wake up."

Rin opened her eyes, and blinked several times. She was in a hospital bed, and Sesshomaru was there. She was startled to find out that he was crying. He had intertwined his hand and hers, and was kneeling at the side of her bed. She squeezed his hand. Then she used her other hand to stroke his pretty silver hair.

Sesshomaru's head snapped up. He stared at her.

"Rin." he finally choked.

"Sess." She raised her free and and wiped the tears from his face. Then she sat up and hugged him. Sesshomaru wrapped his arms around her and buried his face in her hair. She was awake. She was going to live. He heard the door open and someone gasped. He looked up and saw the doctor staring at them, who quickly jumped into testing Rin. When he was satisfied, he left the room again.

Rin looked up at Sesshomaru. She gestured to the spot next to her, and he sat down on her bed. She moved so that she was sitting on his lap, her head resting on his chest and his arms wrapped protectively around her. After a while, Rin spoke.

"Sess?"

"Hm?"

"How long was I unconscious? What happened to Naraku?"

Sesshomaru was silent for a moment. Then he whispered in her ear. "Five years ago, little one, you went onto a coma. Unfortunately, Father took care of that bastard, so I never got to rip his throat out for hurting you. At least he won't ever hurt you again."

Rin suddenly got really confused. "You didn't go back to the Army, why? I felt someone holding my hand the whole time I was in the, uh, coma. It was you, wasn't it? Anyways, it almost never left. What about your father?"

"Your right. It was me. I never left you, only when hospital staff threatened to throw me out after visiting for a month straight. I told my old man to back off. We can do what we want to now. I want to move us somewhere safe, a place where we can do what we want with our lives. I was thinking maybe Japan, but I wanted to talk to you first."

Rin's heart skipped a beat, and she felt proud of Sess, and guilty, but that was mostly because she had caused him so much heartache. He had told his father to back off? Dang. He must have been really upset to do that. And he wanted to move to Japan. They could start a new life together. They could do what they want, and not have to worry about what other's think. It sounded wonderful. She told him that.

Sesshomaru smiled. He bent down and kissed her. When they broke apart, he pulled her even tighter. Then something fell out of his pocket. Recognizing it, Sesshomaru tried to grab it before Rin saw, but she beat him to it. It was a small black box. The kind you find really fancy jewelry in. Rin opened it and gasped. The was a beautiful silvery, diamond ring inside. She looked at Sesshomaru. He was just staring at her.

"Sess, is this what I think it is?" she looked at him suspiciously. He nervously scratched the back of his head and mumbled:

"Uh, sure. But only of you want it to be, that is."

"Then yes, Sesshomaru Takahashi, I will marry you!"

Rin flung her arms around Sesshomaru's neck. Sesshomaru embraced her and purred deep in his chest. He had never been this happy, not since before mother died. It felt nice to be loved again.