Chapter 7

It was a cloudy late spring day. The flowers were in full bloom from all the past rainfalls. The trees made their usual sounds in the wind, except their leaves were wet with raindrops, dripping, dampening the usual rough sound they made. The smell of rain was still in the air.

Rin, standing at the entry of the cave, Gazing out past the mountains in her usual state of concentration.

"My wounds are healed." she said feeling the scars left on her back, "That's good" she smiled.

Just then a hand lay on hers.

"Koga," she said as she turned her head back to gaze outside, placing her other hand on his. She knew Koga had feelings for her and she was starting to return those feelings.

She had been staying in the cave for a month now.

"I'm heading out to hunt dinner," he said to her. "Are you tagging along again?"

"No, I think I'll stay here this time."

He looked down at her "Ok, I'll be back soon." He then sped out.

Not even five minutes had passed before something caught Rin's eyes. She squinted at an object in the sky. Her eyes opened as wide as they could. Then like a jolt of lightning Rin immediately ran out the cave towards the object.

"Could it be?" she thought in desperation, "Sesshomaru!"

Sesshomaru who had been walking, with Jaken and Ah-Un trailing not too far behind, When something had caught his attention, something far away, a scent, a familiar scent. He stopped when he realized whose.

"Rin!" he thought. "Damn half youkai Inuyasha ."

He could smell that she was in no danger, but he still needed to see her, needed to see her even if it was from a distance.

He quickly ran, "Jaken stay here with Ah-Un!"

He quickly drifted up into the clouds for cover. As he drifted closer he realized that she wasn't alone, she was with the wolf clan. The same wolf clan that had attacked and killed her those years ago, but why?

He finally came into view. He saw her, "Rin," he said softly. Then he noticed a figure walk up behind her.

"Koga?" He then watched as he laid his hand on hers, an anger like no other sprinted through his body. He could watch no longer, his eyes turned red with anger, he had to turn and leave before he could not control this anger.

"Damn you Koga!" he said quietly balling his fist and drifting back to Jaken.

Rin trying desperately to catch up to Sesshomaru had come to a quick halt when she ran into a lake. She stopped but wasn't able to avoid falling forward onto the edge of muddy water. It was then that Sesshomaru had realized he was being followed. But still too angry to confront Rin he just gave a cold stare and kept going.

"Sesshomaru," Said Rin, standing in the muddy water, watching him drift further away. "Why? He mustn't have seen m-?"

But before she could finish what she was saying a surge of sickness flew through her stomach.

"Ugh- I must've ran too much or something."

She slowly walked to nearby shade to cool down and wait for the illness to pass. But as time went on…

"It's been a couple of hours now and I've already thrown up three times… what could be wrong? I feel better right after I get sick but it seems to come right back.. I can't just sit here, I need to get back."

She slowly and carefully began to stand, one hand to help her up the other holding her stomach. She made it halfway before the fatigue and nausea finally got to her.

"I'm… not gonna make it" she said looking up at the cave.

Just as she said this her vision blurred and went black. As she starts to slowly fall to the ground she vaguely sees a silhouette.

"Sesshomaru?" She whispers weakly.

Some time later she opens her eyes and sits up.

"I'm back at the cave… but how?"

"Your awake?"

"Koga?" Then with a slight smirk, "I should've known that it was you who saved me."

"When I heard you had been gone so long I got worried."

Then in a sudden gasp Rin grabs her stomach and runs outside. Koga of course not too far behind her, lays a hand on her back as she gets sick.

"Are you gonna be ok?"

"Mm" she nods, "yea…it'll pass, I'll be fine."

"Is there anything I can get you?"

"I appreciate your concern Koga but I think the best thing for me right now is rest." "Thank you."

"Sure." Koga as he made his way back into the cave, "Rin if there's anything you need just let me know."

Rin now sitting on her legs, her hands sides, her hair softly blowing.

"What is wrong with me?"

"It'll pass…. Right?"