Welcome back to the story! There is not a mature scene. I decided against writting it.

Summary: The Horai Island from the 4th movie has reappeared suddenly, without warning. Rin has been drawn to it and is hurt. Will this incedent reval the true feelings of Sesshomaru and Rin? Or will all be lost?

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Since Sesshomaru's mother's name has not been relased in the anime or manga, I will be giving her a name. Sorry if some don't like it, but I honestly looked hard for it, I only got unconfirmed names, and i wouldn't use an unauthentic and mistaken name in my story. I'll be giving her the name Asami, meaning beautiful linen. Mostly she'll be reffered to as Ma'am, mother, Madame, and Her Grace.

Rin woke up in a tangle of bed sheets, her lower half hurt a little bit, and the room was pretty cold. She looked around her and saw no sign of Sesshomaru-sama. In fact nobody was in the room but her, she stood up and wrapped a fur blanket around herself.

"Why is it so cold?" She asked and walked over to a set of doors, there was a chilly draft blowing under it. Rin opened on of the doors and stepped out on to a balcony. The courtyard it over looked was covered in thick snow. Rin was confused, it was only the end of October snow shouldn't have come for at least another month.

Akane appeared beside Rin on the balcony and looked at her sheet. "Come with me."

Rin followed Akane out of Sesshomaru's room and into a room heated with candles and a small oven. "What are we in here for?"

"It's cold out there. You need warmer clothes and Kagome sent you a package this morning. I opened it for you. It is what she calls 'winter clothes'." Akane said holding out a sweater.

Rin pulled the sweater over her head and onto her arms, there were fuzzy pants too, but she hesitant to put them on. They looked like men's sleep pants. "Oh well, if their warm." Rin said pulling them on and tying the strings in the front.

"This too Rin." Akane said handing Rin a hat like object with large flaps over the ears and strings on the flaps. Rin pulled it over her head and realized the flaps were for her ear to keep warm.

"Akane, is Kagome still here?" Rin asked slipping on a pair of flat sandals Akane had put down for her.

"No. She had Inuyasha drop these off on his way to see Kaede."

Rin nodded and left the room to get breakfast. She hadn't eaten since her last meal with Sesshomaru, Jaken and Ah-un on the beach. Rin opened the doors to the dining hall and saw Sesshomaru sitting at the head of the table with a woman that looked strikingly similar.

"Good morning Rin." Sesshomaru said nodding in her direction. Rin took her seat beside him at the table and waited for the breakfast to be set out.

The woman's face grew red and her eyes narrowed in Rin's direction. "She dares sit beside you at the royal table? This human is dressed like a boy and she is not of worthy blood."

"Mother, this is Rin. The girl I told you about." Sesshomaru said looking over a few papers on the table in front of him.

The woman giggled. "You made her sound like a beautiful demoness. This filth is not worthy to serve our food!" She spat.

Rin stood up in a furious rage and slammed her hands on the table. "You shut your filthy mouth! Who are you to call me a filthy human girl? You have yet to know a single thing about me! If you have the right to insult me, then I have the right to insult you, you dirty witch whore!"

"I'll kill you girl!" The woman screamed and grabbed Rin by her throat. She threw Rin across the room and into a stone wall.

Rin cried out on impact and slid down the wall, she was sure something had been broken. Blood oozed and pooled from somewhere beneath Rin's body. Sesshomaru's mother glided gracefully over to her and couched down to Rin's eye level. "Let this be a lesson." She grinned and left the room silently.

Sesshomaru stood and walked over to his young ward. "Rin." He purred kneeling beside her and lifting her up. Rin screamed in pain as she was lifted her spine felt like it had been snapped in half.

Sesshomaru carried her to her bedroom and laid her down on her stomach. He felt sick as he peeled back the sweater and saw the exposed bone of Rin's spine. There was nothing he could have done that wouldn't have given away his affection for the girl to his mother. "Rin, this will hurt."

Rin cried harder as Sesshomaru pushed down on her spine to set it into place. Then began licking the wound and it began to heal over rapidly.

Rin felt sick from the pain, she wanted to die. Nothing would have been better than the sweet kiss of death. Suddenly the pain ceased and she felt fine. "What'd you do?" Rin turned around. Sesshomaru was gone.

Akane showed up at Rin's bedroom door and stepped in the room. She had on a kitted shawl and a hat. "Miss Rin."

"What is it Akane?" Rin asked as she removed the blood soaked sweater.

"Lord Sesshomaru requests your removal from the castle." Akane said sullenly and held out another shawl for Rin.

"What?" Rin asked shaking.

Akane looked at the floor as Rin put on the shawl. "I'm to be your escort. Please hurry, I don't want him to be angry."

Rin let a steady stream of tears roll down her face as she and Akane walked down the main hall to the front doors. She knew Sesshomaru was doing this for her own good.

Rin's been sent away, what will happen now? Remember to comment! ~ Iska

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