I'm back. Here's the new chapter, thanks everyone for the reviews.

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I waved good-bye to Yukiru, Azula, Lady Tairo, and Rizu, then spent the next few weeks getting to know my new home, and of course lessons with my mate-to-be. He wasn't a bad man, just silent and stand-offish. I couldn't complain, seeing as I tended to be the same way. I see you rolling your eyes! Azula, Yukiru, and Ichigo are exceptions. I was in a desperate situation, and now I wasn't so I can get my wonderful attitude back.

One day, a week before the full moon, I got incredibly bored. So, being my normal self, I nosed around the castle. The biggest surprise of my life awaited me. In the garden, I saw a strange imp playing with a little girl. Not a youkai girl, but an actual full-blooded human. They were in a part of the castle Sesshoumaru had informed me was off-limits till I "learned how to act like a real lady". My response had been, "Yeah, like that will ever happen." I hurried back to the set of rooms.

That night, Sesshoumaru and I were in the library. I was lying on my stomach in front of the fire, reading one of the documents he wanted me to read, and he was sitting nearby going through the numerous piles of paperwork a lord is required to do. I wasn't really paying attention, so when he asked, "When was your last heat?", I instantly responded, "Haven't had one." Mortification flooded me and I blushed darkly. "I can't believe you just asked me that!"

"I'm mating you, I have the right to know." he said primly. "And why not?"

"I'm seventeen, I have a long way to go before I'm old enough." I said matter-of-factly. He wrinkled his nose at me, but didn't say anything else, least till I asked, "Who's the little human girl?" He turned and around and glared at me. "Oh, come on! How long did you think you could hide a human from me? I was raised among them, for heaven's sake!"

Sighing, he said simply, "Rin, my ward." I knew better than to take it farther than that. I returned to my reading, till I started to nod off. I hadn't been sleeping well ever since my youkai heriage was revealed. This time, I was so deeply asleep that I didn't even notice when Sesshoumaru picked me up and carried me into a room. I did wake up slightly when a maid undressed me and slipped me into the nightclothes I had comissioned. Yes, I comissioned special pjs. Yukatas are horribly uncomfortable, and the seamstress was glad to make me identical copies of my own from when I first arrived.

Sesshoumaru was quick to wake me up, though. "What on earth are you wearing?" he fairly growled. I jerked awake and looked down at the set the maid grabbed. They were a pair of really short shorts and a tank with inch wide straps done in a very soft cotton, dyed powder blue. Not overtly revealing, but not as modest as I guess he was expecting.

"Something to sleep in." I said plainly, somewhat confused by his question. Then I noticed what he was wearing. He had replaced his normal haori and hakama with a pair of loosely fitting cotton pants, dyed identical to my pjs. That's it. I was looking at a very broad expanse of male chest, revealing that he was just as thoroughly muscled as I had always expected. Suddenly, I found it hard to swallow. Knowing he could scent any response I had to him, I quickly squashed down the emotions he was causing. He smirked, then sat down on the mat of furs and other covers I was laying on.

Thoroughly confused, I looked around the room. Instead of my room, I was in another, larger one, decorated in blacks, whites, and reds. With a start, I knew that I was in his room, the one room I had avoided. "I thought you said the full moon?"

He rolled his eyes at me. "I did. However, neither of us have been sleeping well." Ouch. How did he know that? "It's because of our pack instincts. We need to sleep around others. Normally, Rin would sneak in here with me, and you've only been confronted by this kind of instinct for the last few months, correct?" I nodded mutely. This is the most my mate-to-be had said to me since he was in my room and brushed my hair. "I'm sick of sleepless nights, and I've noticed you're exhausted as well. So let's get some sleep." He tugged at my hand and pulled me under the covers with him.

Now don't get me wrong, everyone. Sesshoumaru said practically nothing to me most of the time. However, he had learned rather quickly that unless you explained something to me, I wouldn't do/accept it. So, that's what was up with the long-winded explanation. With anyone else, he would have just yanked them under the covers and let them get settled as long as they didn't disturb him. That first night, I was horribly uncomfortable. Then Sesshoumaru's scent washed over me as he nuzzled my neck and began to softly, comfortingly growl. His scent was like a forest during a thunderstorm, dominating and refreshing at the same time. Within hours, I was asleep. When I awoke in the morning, he was already dressing. As I sleepily rubbed my eyes, he opened the door to leave, but paused.

"Your scent... It's very unique. Lavender and waterfalls..." WIth that little comment, he left.

A week later, we were mated. I am so not going into detail there, sorry. Somethings are meant to remain private. I will tell you that I had the strangest experience though. See, while mating, Sesshoumaru bit me. Right above my collarbone. I wasn't sure why, till a few weeks later, when we disagreed on an issue. I found that my throat was closed up, and I wasn't able to fight with him. I just beamed and started agreeing with him, much to my mental chargin. He smirked at me, then just walked away. I couldn't find the will to stalk after him.

I had become a complacent little... ugh! All because he bit me! To put it mildly, I was pissed.

It was pretty much like having a split personality. Around everyone else, I was moody and snappy, often taking out my frustrations on them. Around him, I was a whimpering little puppy, eager to please. My fury wasn't a good thing... I guess it's time I explained the song Obsession.

See, when I was really little, there was an accident at the school I attended. Someone came in and killed all the kids on the playground, except me; I was found hiding behind a dumpster. The problem is, there was no one seen leaving the blacktop after the incident took place. I was too small and weak to have done such carnage, so thankfully I was cleared of any blame. No one ever knew what caused the accident.

What a farce.

There had been a group of boys bullying me for the last few weeks, and I was scared to say anything to anyone. One day, they cornered me by the dumpsters. They were going to throw me in, and they told me the garbage truck would come and squish me into itty bitty bits. I was so scared and so angry at their treatment of me, something inside me snapped. I blacked out. When I woke up a while later, the accident had happened and I was covered in blood. My mother was quick to hurry me through procedures and get me home. That night, she sat down and had a talk with me. My father's blood had caused me to attack those students in my fear. I had been the one to kill them. The gift of my father's line was so strong in me, there was no way I could be trained to control it like I did my mother's. Instead, it was sealed away in a song. A song tilted Obsession.

Whenever I sing Obsession, I release the beast that attacked all those kids. To seal it away, my mind was split into unequal halves. The larger of the two was my outside appearance; the smaller was the it, as I unfondly called it. However, this spell of Sesshoumaru's had split my intellect, giving it an advantage. It was now the larger portion of my mind, if I fought the spell too hard. I was trapped, and the only way out made me nausaus. So I stayed that way for a while.

Then one day, I felt a strange sensation. Sesshoumaru, asleep next to me, woke up when I pulled away from him and sat up. "What's wrong?" he inquired softly. It was the middle of the night, a sickle moon high in the sky. I just shook my head, unsure. I felt a tug in my body, and my instincts were leading me towards Sesshoumaru. Looking at him in confusion, I saw him retreat for a moment, then touch my cheek. "Your eyes... They've turned pure violet." He smiled slightly. "You're going into heat."

My mind was too muddled to realize why I was going into heat so early. When Sesshoumaru finally was able to leave our room a week later, however, I made the connection. Every morning, Sesshoumaru had given me a tea to drink, and because of it, my aging had accelerated. I was now, physically at least, around my second century of life. He had rushed me, simple to have an heir. He hadn't cared about how I felt about it... Don't get me wrong, I'd always wanted children, but on my schedule, not in this forced manner. Being viewed as unwanted by step-father my entire life, I hadn't wanted to put any offspring of mine through that, but Sesshoumaru tore that chance away from me.

I was done being nice. Now it was war.

All done for now!