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My Pure Love
Chapter 7

Rin slowly sat up with a groan. She looked around and tried to figure out how she got to…wherever she was at the moment. The last thing she could remember was Kagura pushing her to her death. That was it. Rin took a good look around. She was sitting on a large amount of hay (or straw…w/e u call it) in the back of a large cave. There was a large screen made of leaves and other greenery blocking her view to the entrance of the cave and anything else between.

Rin slowly stood and walked over towards it. She could voices on the other side and she was pretty sure she could here dogs too. Gradually, Rin started to panic. She had no idea, what so ever, of where she was and she had no idea of what to do. Unconsciously, she went to the back of the cave and sat against the stone wall.

"What am I supposed to do?" she asked herself aloud.

"Maybe you should go back."
Rin gasped. She hadn't noticed the demon come in.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Kouga. What about you?"

"I'm Rin."

"Right. You're Sesshomaru's girl."

"Oh…yeah. I guess I was."

"Was?"

"He didn't want me around anymore. So he left me at a village where Kagura got me."

"Oh. Well, like I said earlier: you should go back."
Rin looked at him with happiness at first but then her expression quickly changed.

"I don't think I should go back."

"Oh? Why not?"

"If he wanted me there he wouldn't have gotten rid of me."
Kouga looked thoughtful for a moment.

"Rin, I want you to stay here. Don't go on the other side of this screen."

"O.K. May I know why."

"My men are on the other side. Even though I told them you were off limits they still might try something. So you're better off staying in this spot."

"O.K. Thank you."
Kouga gave her nod.

"I'll be back shortly."
Then as quietly and quickly as he came he left. Rin let out a heavy sigh. She really wanted to go back, but after what Kagura and Kanna showed her…

"How could she betray me like that?" Rin whispered to herself.
She had considered Angel her best friend, but that wasn't the case anymore. Angel knew how she felt about their lord and yet there they were. Together.

I wonder if they had planned this. Getting rid of me so they could be together. Angel just pretended not to be interested in him anymore so I wouldn't suspect anything. They wanted to spare my feelings.

Now Rin was filled with anger. The more she thought about her best friend betraying her, the angrier she got. Rin slowly stood up.
No one will ever hurt me again. NO ONE!

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"Can I help you?"

"Yes, I need to see Lord Sesshomaru."

"Okay. You can wait here and I'll have someone go get him."
The servant showed him into a room and quickly left. A few seconds later she came back and sat at the small table across from him.

"He should be here shortly."

"Thank you."
The young girl gave a small smile and nodded. Kouga had to admit, he was a little surprised a half breed could be so beautiful. She had black hair and beautiful dark green eyes. She was wearing a simple dark blue kimono that showed off her womanly curves.

"Are you alright, Kouga-sama?"

"Oh…umm…yes. I'm fine. Tell me, what is your name?"
The girl blushed. "Kouga-sama my name is of no importance. I'm just a servant here to keep you company until Sesshomaru-sama comes."

"Nonsense. You must tell me your name."

"Faith."

"Faith. That's a pretty name."
She blushed harder. "Thank you."
Faith was now looking everywhere, but at the flirtatious wolf. She hadn't been a situation like this since her first love.

Finally, after what seemed like forever, her sister opened the door and came in followed by her lord.
Kouga turned around and was stunned to see another pair of beautiful dark green eyes. He assumed the girls were sisters. The only real difference between their appearances was this other girl had dark brown hair instead of black.

Kouga stood up. "Sesshomaru."

"Kouga."
Both of the servant girls bowed and left the men to their business.

"What business do you have here?"

"Rin."

"What about her?"

"I save her, from Kagura. She's currently staying with my tribe in the Northern Mountains."

"You came all the way here just to tell me that?"

"I'd just thought you would like to know."

"That girl means nothing to me."

"I don't believe that. If she meant nothing you wouldn't have kept her with you all those years."

"Are you trying to giver her back to me?"

"No. Rin made it very clear she didn't want to come back."
Sesshomaru felt a pang in his chest when Kouga said that, but he didn't show it.

"I just came to tell you so you knew she was O.K."

"So you have told me. Is there anything else you wish to address? If not then you should leave."

"Well actually, what can you tell me about that servant named Faith?"

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"Did you hear him?"

"Yes, Angel. I heard him."

"She's in the Northern Mountains. We could go get her."

"No we couldn't. Besides, you heard Kouga-sama. Rin said she didn't want to come back."

"But…maybe if we talk to her she'll want to come back."
Faith let out a frustrated sigh. "Angel, there is nothing we can do. Get over it."
Angel crossed her arms over her chest.

"We'll see about that."

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Getting away had been too easy. She told the other demons in the cave she wanted to take a bath. Two of them escorted her to a hot spring. Because water made it harder to detect a person's scent she had easily gotten away.

Rin wasn't positive as to where she was going, but she did know she needed to get away. Away from everything that was destroying her life. Sesshomaru, Angel, Kagura. All of them were to blame. She just needed to get away.

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Kitty sat on the stone bench in the garden. She was enjoying all the beautiful flowers that surrounded her. Just like Rin use to do.

"Hey."
Kitty turned towards the feminine voice.

"Angel-Chan!"
Angel smiled at the young girl and sat down next to her.

"How are you?"

"I'm okay. You?"

"I've been better."

"Oh."
They sat in a comfortable silence for a few minutes. During those minutes Kitty was deep in thought. She wasn't sure if she should go ahead and ask the question that had been on her mind. Kitty inhaled deeply.

"Angel-Chan?"

"Yes?"

"Is Rin-Chan ever going to come back?"
Angel sighed. "I hope so."

"Oh. So you don't really know."

"If things go the way I want them to Rin will be back soon, but then again I'm a servant. Not everything goes the way I want."
Kitty was staring at the ground deep in thought.

"Maybe we should go in. Dinner will be ready soon."

"Okay." Kitty whispered.

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"Daydreaming about your admirer?"
Faith turned around and met her sister's gaze.

"I have no idea of what you're talking about."

"Sure you don't."

"Angel, I'm serious."

"Okay. If you say so."
Faith rolled her eyes.

"I bet he asked Sesshomaru-sama if he could bring you back with him."

"Angel! How could you think that?"

"Easy. You said he flirted with you a little when you kept him company and he asked about you when he was talking to Sesshomaru-sama."

"Just because he asked about me doesn't mean he asked to take me away."

"True, but I guess we'll never know. Unless Sesshomaru-sama tells you you're leaving soon."
Faith rolled her eyes. "You know what?"

"What?"

"We wouldn't have to be guessing about this if you hadn't pulled us away when they started talking about you."

"It was none of our business. We wanted to hear about Rin and that was it."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I still think he really likes you."

"Shouldn't you be with Kitty or something?"
This time Angel rolled her eyes.

"See you later."

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