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Chapter 7

My Lady

Rin awoke, lazily blinking her eyes at the bluish white light that was filtering its way through the edges of the hatch. Realizing that her foot was asleep she busied herself trying to get it untangled from Sesshomaru's limbs without waking him up. Sesshomaru on the other hand was indeed awake, and laughing inwardly as he was purposely making her task impossible to achieve. After several minutes she let out an annoyed whimper, and fell back to the pillow roughly.

"Something wrong?" He asked lowly with a hint of amusement in his voice.

She snapped her head in his direction, and through the low light saw the large smirk on his face. "You...you were doing that on purpose!" She said glaring at him.

He let out a low laugh in his throat. "You would not want me to get cold would you?..."

"Please...I can't feel my foot anymore." She almost whined suppressing the urge to punch him in the arm.

He released her (reluctantly) and watched her curiously as she sat up and massaged her foot. After a few minutes of silence, he reached forward and placed his hand on her forehead." Your fever is resurfacing. You need to rest..."

She laid back down, and looked up into his face which was casually propped up on his fist. Her eyes cast downward nervously only for a moment, but he noticed it anyway. "What...what did it look like?"

She whispered.

"Did what look like?" he asked.

"The baby..." she said still whispering.

Sesshomaru stared at her a few minutes contemplating what he would say. "Like you...it looked perfectly human...no sign or smell of a hanyou...no sign that Kai was the father..."

Rin's eyes went into panic "My Lord I never-"

He cut her off abruptly by putting his fingers on her lips. "I know...and there is no need for such formalities anymore, It's Sesshomaru to you, that's how it should have always been..."

"You really would have let me get away with that?" she asked bending her brow.

He laughed deep in his chest. "My beauty, I would have let you get away with murder..." he said leaning forward to plant small kisses on her neck and then pulling her close.

"Lor...eh...Sesshomaru...will we ever...I mean will you ever...maybe someday...never mind."

"Wha-" he started to ask but was abruptly interrupted by Inuyasha opening the hatch door. "Hey, Sesshomaru! Jaken asked if he could see Rin!"

Sesshomaru let out a sigh. "Yes..."

He moved from beside Rin and swiftly picked her up bridal style. "I believe someone else missed you..." he said.

"I don't want to see anyone..." she whispered.

"I know...but Jaken may split in two from worrying about you..."

"Ha! Jaken worry about me!" she mused. "That'll be the day!"

"Today is that day..." he said leaping through the opening and coming to rest in front of Inuyasha.

The camp was in total disarray. Bandages lay everywhere, a couple spots of dried blood on the ground, some soldiers were sleeping others tending to others bandages, Tanada was helping Jaken stir a large pot of boiling bandages, and Suka knelt by the cooking fire boiling medicine herbs with one hand while the other lay in a sling. Jaken saw Rin in Sesshomaru's arms and flung himself in their direction.

"My Lady!" he squealed practically groveling at his masters feet. "This Jaken is so happy you are ok!" he said.

"Thank you jaken but you can call me Rin..." she said turning pink from embarrassment.

She looked around as a slight breeze made it's way through the trees. She spotted Iryzoi playing contentedly by herself with some dandelions, but Kagome and Sango were no where to be seen.

"Where are they!" Rin said a little frightened.

Inuyasha hung his head. "Kagome will be ok she just needs a little rest and some time away from everyone ...but Sango...she's not herself...she speaks and acts like a child...she doesn't even remember Miroku...although he is the only man she'll let near...I've never known Miroku to cry, but he did last night. He said that he would have rather lost her to death rather than her not know that he loves her. He said that every man should shed at least one tear, for the woman he loves."

Sesshomaru quietly stole a glance at Rin who was gaping in awe at Inuyasha's words. 'Could I cry for her...' he thought.

Rin turned her face up to Sesshomaru. "May I have some water?"

He nodded and a ladle of water was shoved in her face by Jaken. She took it with gratitude and ended up drinking eight of them before she had, had enough. She handed the ladle back to Jaken, as Sesshomaru started off toward the camp fire carefully sitting down with Rin in his lap. Suka looked up from the pot and nodded at them in greeting. "I see she has faired well..." he said pouring some of the broth in a bowl, and handing it over to them. Sesshomaru accepted the bowl and put it up to Rin's lips.

She drank from it hungrily from and gasped for air as he pulled it away. "Easy, you will choke..."

She looked into his eyes and slowly laid her head against his chest, waiting for his disapproval. When he only responded with a soft look in his eyes she settled in and fell into a light sleep. He handed the bowl back to Suka nodding his thanks. He looked up, someone was staring at him. His father was standing a few feet away, with his arms crossed smiling at him. The corner of Sesshomaru's mouth twitched, but otherwise his expression remained solid ice. Suka broke this staring contest by asking "Where should we send them?"

Sesshomaru turned his face toward him. "The castle, they can stay at my home until the war ends, it will be safer to keep them in a place where we can know their whereabouts."

"Who is them?" Inuyasha asked walking over.

"The women." Suka replied. "They can't stay in the camp, it's too dangerous."

Inuyasha nodded and made his way towards Iryzoi.

"Jaken...go ahead inform the servants that I will be returning tomorrow, I want Rin's things moved into my room, and the number of guest rooms it takes to house theses women, cleaned and made for their arrival."

Jaken nodded curtly and set off immediately with his orders. Sesshomaru, looked down at Rin who was pale a sign that her fever was indeed returning. The many lashes she had received had not healed yet and moving her so much had irritated them, causing a need for a change of bandages. He lifted her up and once again retreated into his quarters. He lay her gently on the bed and rummaged through one of Jaken's many supply sacks. He found a bundle of bandages, and a bar of medicine soap. He went above to return with a bucket of warm water, he had Suka heat. He carefully undressed and removed the bandages from her body, letting each of the wounds bleed a bit before washing and covering them to escape infection. After he was done he dumped the water and discarded the blood soaked cloths.

He made to cover her with the blanket, when she opened her eyes in a panic. She looked frantically around the room as if searching for something.

"Rin what's wrong?" he asked. "Rin?"

The girl backed away from him into where the farthest corner of the bed met the wall. She whimpered and tears streaked her face. "Sesshomaru!" she called out.

"Rin, im right here..." he said calmly, realizing she was in a fever dream. He reached out slowly careful not to startle her grabbing her hand, and coaxed her toward him. He felt her tense and sensed her fear. "Look right here..." he whispered motioning to his eyes with his index finger.

She peered into them and instantly started to relax, letting him pull her from the bed and wrap the blanket and his arms around her. She sobbed for at least an hour before falling asleep in his embrace. He sat still as stone and refused to move for the rest of the day, holding her lithe form to ensure that if another fever dream occurred, he would be there to rescue her from the dark recesses of her mind.

The next day two parties set out on a trek to two different places, Suka had agreed to divide the women up between his home and Sesshomaru's. Rain clouds were gathering overhead, causing everything to become semi-dark. Tanada and another soldier pulled a large rickshaw, with the women going to Sesshomaru's castle laid out in it. Another rickshaw pulled by Inuyasha and Suka was to go to Suka's mansion. The trek was long and hard, and no doubt the rain didn't help with things either. Large animal hide tarps was draped over the tops of the carts, to keep the injured dry. Sesshomaru covered Rin with his haori before this was done. A soldier had looked at him oddly for this, and a implied why he had done it.

He responded dryly. "That is the best I can give her out here in the wilderness, but I vow that the Lady of the western lands will never have to be transported, unconscious or not in conditions such as these ever again."

The young boy backed off as if the youkai Lord would suddenly lose his demeanor and kill him. The day moved on and not another word was spoken even when Inuyasha tripped and went sprawling face first into the mud dropping his side of the rickshaw, Sesshomaru picked it up with out a word of criticism, and moved on in the direction of Suka's lands. They reached Sesshomaru's castle well after dark, their lanterns beaming like fireflies in the raven black night.

The castle was alight almost every window was lit proving that there was a large hustle and bustle going about inside. A servant yelled "Their here!" and almost instantly the large wooden doors swung lazily open with light gushing out onto the front steps.

Rin looked up groggily at Sesshomaru's face as he lifted her from the cart. She made a noise as if she was in pain and as he looked at her he realized that indeed she was, she was soaked in blood, and as the rain pelted her it ran off in pink rivulets down his arms. He shot towards the doors, ordering a medicinal bath to be prepared, and new bandages to be brought at once to his chambers.

Rin awoke very sore and very warm. She sat up weakly and looked at her surroundings. Sesshomaru was talking with Suka at a table at the far end of the room. "The rain was preventing me from smelling her blood..."

She saw him turn his head in her direction. "Your awake." he said getting up and heading towards the bed.

"Im in your room..." she concluded looking around again.

"Our room." he said gently pushing her back upon the pillows. "Don't move, I don't think I fancy my sheets red under the circumstances..."

She sighed heavily. "Im tired of laying down..."

"It has its advantages" he said smirking obviously forgetting who was standing behind them.

Rin blushed heavily and covered her face with the blanket. "Where's Kaira?" he heard her muffled voice say.

"Dead." he said reacting too quickly.

The blanket snapped downward a look of horror planted on Rin's face. Suka chose that time to leave feeling the tension in the room rise. "Why...how...when..." Rin said tears brimming her eyes.

"I got angry...and"

"You! You did it! Aaah..." she yelled and then cried out in pain as she sat up quickly.

"Don't move."

"Why did you do it!"

"Don't move."

Not listening she sat up again only to do just what Sesshomaru had feared. Reopen one of her wounds.

She screamed.

"I said don't move!" he said forcing her back upon the pillow. "Do you want to bleed to death! If you were a youkai you-"

A look of hurt passed across Rin's face.

"Rin..." he breathed. "Im sorry..."

"Go!"

"Rin..."

"Just leave!"

He stared at her a few seconds before turning around swiftly and walking out of the door. Listening intently to her sobs as the door slammed behind him.

"Hmm...your first fight?" Suka said leaning against the door frame. "There will be many..."

"I make her so unhappy ..." Sesshomaru said. "Why did she choose me?"

"I think the question is why did you choose her?" Inutaisho asked appearing out of nowhere.

"Because I did exactly what I set out not to."

"And what is that?" Suka asked.

"I fell in love with her..." Sesshomaru said pivoting on his heels and leaving the others.

Suka straightened himself from his previous leaning position. "Well, I must be getting back to my home, and see how mymate is putting up with all those other women. Fair well." and with a flash of light resembling the sun in a mirror he was gone.

Inutaisho opened the door a crack and peered into the bedroom at Rin, who was sniffling and turned away from the door. "Lady Rin..." he said tiptoeing inside and closing the door.

She turned her head in his direction. "Yes?...sniff..."

"I have something to tell you that just might make you feel better." he said. "You may get angry at him, and he may get angry with you, but always remember that mark on your neck not only signifies his love for you, but is a contract that says you and only you have the right to bash him over the head if he needs it." Inutaisho said nearly laughing. "And believe me I've had my share of things bashed over my head, by both of the women I loved. What I am truly saying is you are his savior, his love, and every thing he's ever wished for. You are his Lady...

NOTE: Ok guys I want to apologize for taking so long, I was trying to pass my senior year, and Guess what I did pass! So now I'm off for the summer and can write more. I think everyone is going to like the next chapter which is going to be called 'The Forgotten Nursery' where Kai makes another unwanted appearance. I am also working on another project involving Rin and Sesshomaru, but it's in its planning stage, and I'm planning to finish this story first. Here is the summary for my next project.

THROUGH THE GLASS

In a modern day world where Youkai run everything, a secret organization called triple A Association of Adolescent Assassins, breeds humans specifically for inconspicuous political assassinations. Each human assassin has an assigned guard and Rin's just happens to be Sesshomaru. (Alternate universe/romance/ drama/ angst)