Chapter 7

"Tell me child why do you seek this demon"

"I'm not a child"

"What would you rather me call you? Young lady perhaps"

"How about Rin"

"Haha Rin it is then" Nakajima laughed "So tell me Rin why you seek this demon"

"Why have I come searching for him, it seemed like the only thing to do at the time but now…"

"I understand now…"

Rin looked up from the floor only to see the old mad very close to her with a stern look on his face, Rin turned her head away from him and muttered something.

"He has stolen your heart has he not?"

"Is that why I am going after him?"

"I am right"

Nakajima sighed and turned back around walking a few steps away from Rin before finding a place to sit, he sighed as he sat down placing his walking stick next to him.

"Are you ok?" Rin asked walking to him

"It is foolish to love a demon"

"I don't love him" Rin said sitting down

"You can not lie to me, I know the look of love" He sighed

"Did… did you fall for a demon?"

"Ay I did, she was a lovely girl, we met many years ago"

"What happened? Why is she not with you?"

"It was not to be, she was a demon and I was human"

"That doesn't mean you can't be together"

"For a while we thought the same"

"What changed?"

"Time dear child time"

"Time?"

"I aged as the years went by, she alas did not"

"So she left you?"

"We parted ways, she couldn't bear to see me die and I couldn't bear to see her sad face, humans and demons are not meant to be together"

"That's not true!" Rin shouted jumping to her feet "it… it can't be true"

"Such is fate"

"Your wrong, humans and demons can be together"

"And are you going to prove it to me"

"Yes…. I am, one day I will take you back to my village Inuyasha and Kagome are proof humans and demons can coexist"

"Who?"

"My family, the ones who took me in and looked after me"

"What happened to your parents?"

"Bandits killed them when I was a child"

"And how did you meet this demon of yours then"

"He… he saved my life" Rin smiled as the memory came creeping into her mind

"Come we should keep moving, it will be dark soon"

"Dark? Shouldn't you go back home"

"Nonsense child I spend many nights in the woods"

"How many times must I tell you I'm not a child?"

"Of course of course Rin right" Nakajima chuckled

They kept walking until they came to a small clearing Nakajima walked over to a big tree and got some sticks, he placed them in the stone circle Rin could tell he has done this many times before, her then went to a small bush and started to gather things from it. Rin sat her things down on the ground and went to help Nakajima but before she had a chance to help he shooed her away, Rin went back to the fire wood and started to light the fire y the time it was lit Nakajima came back bearing many berries.

"It's not much but it will do for tonight"

"Why do you spend so much time in the woods, don't you get scared?"

"At my age there is nothing that scares me, May I ask you a question?"

"Since when do you ask" Rin chuckled

"Now that is a very good point, you are learning"

Rin laughed again, she like talking to Nakajima he was very nice, she felt safe around him, all the bad memories didn't bother her so much when he was around.

"You know the demons name do you not?"

"Yes…. How did you know?"

"Back at my hut you started to say a name but then didn't"

"Oh yeah that's right" Rin blushed

Rin looked at the fire, it had been many years since she was last in the woods sitting by a fire, she thought back to the times Jaken had burnt himself eating to fast or when his food would fall over, Rin smiled at the memories she had almost forgotten about the good times she spent with Lord Sesshomaru and Master Jaken.

"His name is Lord Sesshomaru" Rin answered looking back up at Nakajima

"Lord Sesshomaru… what about those who travel with him?"

"How do you know that, I was told only Lord Sesshomaru was seen in the village"

"yes you are quiet right he was but I followed after him, I soon lost his tracks but I found two others I guessed they were with him"

"You found tracks?"

"Yes that is where I am taking you, to where the tracks end, maybe you little friend will be able to pick up a scent" he nodded at Kirara

"You know about her?"

"Yes of course I do"

"How"

"Kaito told me" he chuckled

"What else did he tell you?"

"Oh nothing much just that you have a very special sword and a demon cat, oh and of course that you are after a demon"

"Why are you helping me?"

"I seek knowledge and the mystery of this demon has been nagging at me for weeks then you come along, a girl that knows him it was more then I ever dreamed of"

"It seems we both found more then we expected"

Nakajima nodded in agreement to Rin

"You wanted to know about Lord Sesshomaru's followers?"

"Yes please"

Rin told Nakajima many things about Sesshomaru, Jaken and Ah-un from the time Sesshomaru saved her to the time Rin saved Jaken, they stayed up late telling each other tales from their life's until they both started yawning. Kirara transformed and let Rin and Nakajima rest their heads on her while they slept. Nakajima laid on Kirara's tail while Rin was curdled around Kirara's middle, lying on her soft fur reminded Rin of Sesshomaru and how he would often let Rin sleep on his fur to keep her safe and warm, with that final thought Rin drifted of to sleep.