Rin looked around the room through glossy eyes. She buried her head into the fur of Lord Sesshomaru, wanting to cry. All through the beginning of the story she had, in her mind, put herself in the place of Midoriko and Lord Sesshomaru as Iyamoru. Though she loved him as a father figure, she could see the connection between herself and Midoriko. Now, however, it was as if her little heart was breaking for Iyamoru.

"Rin, do not cry." A heavy voice lit on her ears as a large hand placed itself on her back. Lord Sesshomaru was always so emotionless, but she could see right through to his heart. She knew what he was like, and she knew that he kept his soul wrapped up as tightly in his pride and arrogance as he did his body in the Kimono and fir boa.

"Lord Sesshomaru, I can't help it. I feel so bad for the demon Iyamoru. For her to walk away from him like that, after he saved her. I would never leave you Lord Sesshomaru." Rin looked up into the demon's face, knowing she would find nothing but ice. However, at her words Sesshomaru's body tensed slightly. She knew that he was glad of what she had said, it reminded her of that time when she had asked him if he would remember her when she died. It was the first time in her life that she had heard or seen a physical response to his emotions, and she was glad of it.

"People think that demons do not feel anything, that they are only beasts that can choose to transform into humans. We know better than that, if only because we have seen the hearts of demons with our own eyes." Sango smiled over at Rin as she patted the young fox demons head.

"Yeah, I would never hurt a human. But, Kaede, do you think that Midoriko was right in doing what she did?" Shippo looked up reluctantly at Kaede. Rin had the same question. Both her and Shippo were young, and though they had lived through a lot, both were stuck in a world where humans and demons didn't get along, even though their deepest friends seemed to be the exception to that rule.

"Midoriko was confused. She had grown up believing that demons were bad; however, she had a relationship with many demons in order to keep her village safe. She had also grown up believing that living with humans was what a human girl should do; yet, humans were now the ones who had betrayed her. Her heart became dark, she only saw the struggle for power, no other soul could reach hers, even Iyamoru's." Kaede was wise, and her wisdom seeped through her words. She had witnessed the kind of transformation that happens to demons when they allow themselves to feel compassion and even love for humans.

"Humans can be despicable. It was humans that killed my parents. Demons can be cruel; it was a demon that sent his wolves after me and killed me the first time. I think Midoriko was right to say that both can be just as scary, but forgetting that they also can be good is wrong." Rin gazed sweetly around the room, seeing how everyone was looking down in acceptance of those words, and seeing how Kagome looked from Lord Sesshomaru and Inuyasha.

"Pure becomes impure, impure becomes pure; good becomes evil, evil becomes good." Kagome said softly as she grabbed Inuyasha's hand. Rin was sure she had heard these words before when she was following Lord Sesshomaru, words from a children's song. For her it brought back memories of being taken by those monks and told that demons were bad, and showing him that they weren't.

"What do you think Iyamoru did after she left?" Rin asked innocently.

"I do not know. The story is passed down through priestesses, so we only know what Mido…"

"Myoga!" Inuyasha interrupted as he slapped the side of his throat, pulling a flea off of his neck. "What are you doing here?"

"Master Inuyasha, Lord Sesshomaru, I heard from a bird that you were learning more about your father. Good for you you ungrateful sons! Im out!" Myoga jumped out of Inuyasha's grasp only to be caught between Sesshomaru's claws.

"Why did you not tell us about Iyamoru?" Sesshomaru asked. Myoga was flailing his four little arms trying to get away.

"Yeah Myoga," Inuyasha chimed in, "If he was as powerful as it seems, why would you hide his existence from us, especially since it seems this story is tied to Naraku anyways." Inuyasha let go of Kagome's hand and crossed his arms, throwing his nose up into the air.

Rin looked up at the flailing Myoga and grabbed him with her tiny fingers, bringing him down so that he rested in her cupped hands. Her big brown eyes were sparking, a trick that she had finally realized she had the ability to use on people, especially Inuyasha and Miroku, as she spoke to the flea, "Master Myoga, please, if you have any more information of this story, I would really really love it if you would tell us." Kagome began to chuckle as Rin changed her voice to velvet. Myoga began to blush and then leapt quickly to a spot next to Kaede.

"I swore to your father that I would always be on his side for he was my master, not Iyamoru. In the conflict between Iyamoru and your father I chose sides, choosing the stronger of the two and the one whose ideals I believed best fitted my one. Though I would like to say I learned from my mistakes, I did not and did the same thing to both of you, choosing one over the other. I did not want either of you to know about Iyamoru because then you would know of my failure." Myoga hung his head and sighed, "The wisdom of an old flea far outsteps the knowledge of a young flea. Iyamoru lived a sad existence for a full demon. He was never accepted among the dog demons because of his horrid temper and his views on humans, though they did not differ much from the beliefs of the many. The brother of the Great Dog Demon will always be overshadowed by the legacy of his brother, but also because of the hatred that his elder brother held for him."

"Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's father hated Iyamoru?" Kagome asked, her sweet voice complete naivety. Rin looked between Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. She had never seen them fight but knew that it was Inuyasha who had destroyed the arm of her master, but she also knew that it was Lord Sesshomaru who provoked the fighting.

"He hated Iyamoru with a passion that was most unfathomable. He attempted to have him exiled and killed numerous times, but Iyamoru always had a way of coming back, trying to find his place." Myoga shook his head silently, "I saw Iyamoru many days, keeping an eye on him for your father and making sure that he did not find the safe haven he had set up in the western mountains. The more I saw him the more I realized how tormented a soul he was, and how much of a heart he had."

"Tell us Master Myoga," Rin pleaded as she ran Lord Sesshomaru's fur though her fingers, "What happened with Iyamoru after Midoriko left?" Rin watched as Inuyasha and Sesshomaru stared at one another, amber concentrating on amber, ready to see what Myoga had to say.