Chapter 7: Home again


"Be careful heading back. We will visit soon!" Kagome said.

"Not if we visit you first." Rin smiled at her.

She glanced over at InuYasha.

Then, as if he were no longer holding back, he came forward and enveloped her in his arms.

Rin was taken by surprise for a few seconds, but soon accepted it.

"Things will get better, Rin." He mumbled.

"I know." Rin said.

After what felt like minutes, InuYasha pulled away, "Ok. You guys should get home... Bye sis."

Rin smiled before turning, "Ok kids, what do we say?" Rin asked.

'Thank you!' The three pups called out before racing off to the forest.

Sesshomaru quickly transformed, and waited for Rin to board, before running after them.

Rin watched as they raced together, suddenly unable to wait any longer to transform once again.

They made it back to the palace late that evening.

Sesshomaru and Rin followed their pups to their room.

And with a united groan, they fell into their beds, returning to sleep after an all day run.

Rin laughed, "Well. That's one way to get the energy out of them."

Sesshomaru chuckled, carefully embracing her from behind, "So. Are you up for taking a perimeter check tonight?"

"Yes. I need to get some air." Rin nodded, glad he was speaking her mind.

She hadn't transformed since she was taken, and her beast longed for freedom.

After informing Toshiro, they went outside into the warm night.

Sesshomaru transformed with ease, then stared down at his mate. Was she ready for this?

Rin took a deep breath, feeling her eyes burn red, in seconds, she stood as Sesshomaru's equal.

Her sapphire blue eyes opened against the eyes, and she took in a deep breath of the fresh air.

On this check, Asuka, Naomi, and a couple other dog demons assisted.

The night was quiet, and peaceful.

Then, a familiar scent hit her nose, and she changed direction, and followed the scent.

'Rin?' Sesshomaru was on her tail.

Rin flew, part of her just knowing the way.

She reached the edge of the forest, the edge of their territory, and came to a stop, staring at the scenery before her.

Sesshomaru reached her side, confused at first, but immediately caught what she was looking at.

In the very distance, lied the large building that was occupied by demon slayers.

'I never realized that there were demon slayers so close to this place.' Rin whispered.

Sesshomaru soon blocked her view, 'Rin. We will strengthen the borders, make every member here a guard if we have to. I'm not letting them hurt you again, I promise!'

Rin stared at him, just the sight of him began to soothe her fear of humans once again.

'Come on. Let's head back.' Sesshomaru said, she wasn't ready yet

'No! I want to finish this check!' Rin said.

Sesshomaru was hesitant, but nodded.

'There are no slayers around here within a few miles, this part is secure.' Sesshomaru said, before leading her away to the next parts of the territory.

After about an hour, they returned to the palace without trouble.

After getting some food for Rin, they returned to their room.


Weeks passed without any signs of danger.

The only thing Rin was thinking about, was having the life of pups again. But she was feeling nothing.

She feared the thought the slayers had damaged her permanently, with the inability to get pregnant ever again.

The thought of living without any future pups, felt like a giant hole in her chest that would never be filled.


Today, Toshiro, Sesshomaru, and Rin were all working with her pups, trying to teach them to control their phasing, so they would spend some more time explorig in their human forms.

"Now remember, if you want to stay human, you have to constantly think about being so, at least until your demon can adapt, the dog demon is your inner beast, and you must know when to overcome it, or it can grow to be uncontrollable." Toshiro instructed.

'What if we don't want to turn back?' Raiden asked playfully.

'Yeah. It makes our prey look a lot smaller.' Rylee agreed, an together, the two pups jumped at Toshiro, managing to take him off his feet by surprise.

They buried him in licks, growling playfully.

A bubble laughter wasy let out, by Rin.

"Glad to see someone finds this funny." Toshiro said sarcastically, but winked at her.

"I'm sorry, um, Raiden, Rylee, get off of him, he's trying to teach you something.

'Why can't you teach us mommy?' Rylee asked, abandoning Toshiro first.

"Because I had no memory of my first transformation, and what Toshiro is trying to teach you now is exactly how I learned. Toshiro is a great teacher, he's taught me many things, how to control my phasing, using instincts, and after time, my demon became accustomed to it, and let me change willingly." Rin said.

There, before her eyes, she saw her pup's human forms willingly emerge.

Rin stared at them amazed, "Good job you three. You changed back."

The three pups looked themselves over as if they just realized it.

"Well Rin. Now I know why my lessons weren't working on them." Toshiro stood by her, staring at them amazed.

"What?" Rin asked surprised.

"Not only can they willingly find their human forms, or vice versa, by command, but from the voice of their mother, or your mate. I told you that you were a fast learner, and your pups are carrying on that gene. I believe they will gain control of either form in no time. You are an excellent mother, my queen." Toshiro said.

Rin was simply speechless, and all she could manage was, "Thank you."

"Mommy, I'm hungry." Layla broke her out of her trance.

"Right. Time to hunt." Toshiro said.

Along with a couple other dog demons, Toshiro disappeared into the forest.


After getting food for the pups, Rin returned to the palace to get food for herself.

By the end of the day, the pups and Rin were exhausted, and went to bed early.

Later that night, Rin awoke, noticing Sesshomaru had joined her sometime in the night.

The thought suddenly left her when a feeling from her stomach jolted her out of bed, sending her to the bathroom.

As she stood over the toilet while her stomach seemed to be at war with the food still in her stomach.

Minutes went by, but nothing happened.

During that time, she heard Sesshomaru come in behind her.

"Are you ok?" He asked after long minutes of silence.

RIn sighed, slowly feeling her stomach calm down, "Yeah. I just thought..."

Her thoughts suddenly left her, another thought entering.

She turned to Sesshomaru, eyes widened, "You don't thinnk..."

Sesshomaru was confused at first, but quickly caught on.

He slowly approached her, before resting a hand on her calming stomach.

It was silent for what felt like hours.

Sesshomaru couldn't feel anything for a long time, and slowly began to assume that it was just the food.

But then, his hand pushed against a part of her lower abdomen, where he felt something that made his beast pulse with recognition.

It was very small, but his instincts clearly told him.

Rin could read his facial features, and nearly broke into happy tears.

She had almost lost hope, but the feeling of life within her gave her the sincere feeling that things were finally set right.