Chapter 11

After speaking with Kikiyo, Rin made her way back home knowing that she would somehow have to get her way out of having to go to Sesshomaru's room later that night. As she drove home she couldn't help but grin knowing that everything had gone to plan, she had finally convinced Kikiyo to be her spy and they would meet in two weeks time so that they both could report what they knew or had found. While Kikiyo was to report to her the actions that her once family was planning on doing with her while Rin was to report to her and deliver some letters to Kagome so that she would be able to keep in touch with her twin sister once more.

'It's only a shame that I won't be able to explain things to Kagome until I have told Kikiyo that she is fine to be surprised since she has been stressed out since my arrival. It's bad for the baby after all.' Rin thought as she got all of her bags out of the back of the car. Once she was sure that she had everything out of the car, Rin walked into the house just as Kagome was coming down the stairs. With a grin on her face, Kagome smiled and said, "If I would have known you were going for the same style I chose when I left the family I would have given you all of my clothing that I still have."

"Sorry but I wanted my own thing, besides, I don't think what you wore would have suited me as best as this does." Rin stated with a grin of her own.

"I see, do you have time to talk?" Kagome asked as she began to lead the way to the garden.

"Sure, I just need to go and put this in my room." Rin stated as she walked passed her cousin and up the stairs.

"Do you know how to get to the garden?" Kagome asked.

"No, but I'll just jumped out of my balcony and look for you, I'm right over the garden remember?" Rin answered.

"Alright, just be careful." Kagome stated.

"I will." Rin replied before running up the stairs. 'I'm glad she finally realized what she was doing.'

After leaving her things thrown on the bed, Rin made sure that she wasn't wearing the shoes she had on before and put on some knee length socks. Once she had done that, she opened the doors to her balcony and enjoyed the brief fresh air that had hit her before jumping out of the balcony and into the garden. Just as she had landed, Rin was not surprised when she heard her cousin say, "Good thing you took your time."

"Are you calling me slow?" Rin asked in a playful tone.

"Haven't you always been?" Kagome shot back as she created a ball of ice and began to play with it.

"What's wrong?" Rin asked.

"Nothing, I just wanted to talk to you. I haven't seen you in a while and I'm sorry for trying to be a mother when you needed a cousin and a friend to talk to." Kagome stated with a grin on her face as she handed the ball of ice over to her cousin only to watch as it went up in flames so that she was holding a ball of fire.

"Really you shouldn't worry about it, I completely understand." Rin stated as she made a ring out of the ball of fire.

"Are you sure about that?" Kagome asked in a worry voice.

"Really, anyway I'm glad you were acting like a mother for a second there, I have no idea what I would have done if I really did get a chance to leave when I didn't have the money to pay for anything." Rin teased.

"Yeah well you were just being stupid." Kagome replied with a grin of her own.

"Alright, now that we have that out of the way, what exactly are you going to talk to me about?" Rin asked in a serious voice.

"As always you can tell when I have something hidden from you." Kagome told herself more than her cousin.

"Yeah, well just because we haven't seen each other in a long time doesn't mean that we still don't have the link we use to have, now talk to me." Rin stated in her old, sweet, innocent voice.

With a smile on her face Kagome turned to face her cousin and said, "It's about the same topic as before. Will you really refuse to be present as a part of my new family?"

"What's all this about? You should as if you found out something that might happen to me if I don't agree to this." Rin stated.

"Actually we did." Inuyasha was heard as he approached the two.

"Dear, I want to talk to my cousin alone." Kagome hissed.

"I understand that but you have to take your medicine, you need the extra nutrients." Inuyasha growled back as he handed her pill and a glass of water.

"What is he talking about?" Rin asked in a worried filled voice.

"If we don't present you as my apart of my new family, then your family will only use you to get to me." Kagome explained before taking the medicine that was handed to her by her mate.

"I see, I don't want to worry you so what options to I have besides being presented as such?" Rin asked.

"Well you would have to be presented as my sister in this new family or you would have to appear as Sesshomaru's claimed." Inuyasha answered as his mate continued to drink the water she had used to take her medicine.

Without a second thought, Rin closed her eyes and said, "If he has already been told and has agreed, then I will choose to appear as Sesshomaru's claimed."

"Why do you want so badly to stay out of my family once more?" Kagome whispered as she put the cut down.

"It's not so much as wanted to stay out of your family my dearest cousin." Rin stated as she stood up to leave. "It's just that for a very long time I was forced to do things that I did not want to do, follow rules and stay with a family that I knew didn't really care for me all for their love. I no longer wish to do things that are wished of me, I wish to do things that I myself want to achieve."

"As selfish as it may sound, I know that I have a right to do so now, more than ever. Otherwise I will never have a chance to convince myself that everything I went through was not for the sake of my family but for the sake of being loved the very people I was too afraid to say I hated." Rin explained as she walked away.

Before he could even say a word or try to stop the girl that walked pass by him, Inuyasha turned his full attention to his mate as she began to laugh out loud. He had no idea why she was laugh so much when she had just been told that she was not wanted in that girls family. As Kagome continued to laugh, she couldn't help but think, 'Damn Rin…you'll have the cousin you loved back…and I hope you'll find your own happiness…one that will make you forget the hell you went through.' Once she was done laughing, Kagome turned to face her confused mate and said, "Don't worry about it love, everything is going to be alright."

"It's going to be alright after that girl just told you that she wanted nothing to do with you when it comes to having a family." Inuyasha asked in a confused voice.

"No, it's going to be alright because she isn't alone; she'll still have me as her friend and you as well." Kagome answered as she turned to face her mate with a grin on her face. "Besides she never said that. She just said that she didn't want to do what anyone else expected her to do or wants her to do…that girl is finally thinking about herself for once and I'm glad."

"This is to confusing." Inuyasha growled as he began to make his way inside.

"Oh, come on love; just try to think about it. I so want you to understand her as much as I do." Kagome was heard as she caught up to her mate.

"Oh and why is that?" Inuyasha growled.

"Because you will be training her after Sesshomaru is done with her since you can somewhat get how my power works. And since we have similar powers you'll be able to tell if she really has control or not." Kagome explained.

"Sneaky wench." Inuyasha growled.

"That's why you love me." Kagome whispered as she wrapped her arms around him.

Rin walked into her room and began to hang up all of the new clothing she had gotten. She had no idea how long she was going to take in her morning training but knew that she would be held up so just in case she began to pack a small training bag so that she had something to change into after her training. Once she had finished setting everything up, Rin took in a deep breath and said, "You know you should have just come in if you were going to come and get me any way."

"So you weren't planning on sticking to your word." Sesshomaru's enraged voice was heard as he entered her room through the balcony.

"Not really, well not until I took a bath anyway." Rin answered as she began to get her clothing so that she could jump in the shower.

"Don't be late, otherwise I'll come and get you." Sesshomaru growled as he turned to leave.

"Oh, I don't think you'll be able to do that since your brother will come looking for you once my cousin is asleep." Rin hissed as she pleased herself in a barrier of flames.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Sesshomaru growled out. "If it was that important then he would have come looking for me already."

"No, he isn't going to let anything get to Kagome, especially since she was been to stress since I got here." Rin shot back as she walked into her shower.

"We'll see about that." Sesshomaru growled before jumping back out of her balcony with a frown on his face.

"I win." Rin whispered. "One for the phoenix and zero for the dog."

Once she was sure that the door was locked and that no one was going to walk in on her again, Rin began to get undressed as she reached for the water so that she could start to fill up the bath tub. As the tub began to fill up, Rin made sure that she was out of all of her clothing before she began to stretch out her muscles. Taking turns on each leg, Rin stood up straight with all of her weight on one of her legs as she tried to make sure that her muscles were getting used to being used. 'Tomorrow after training I have to go and register at a school and I have to go and turn in all the paper work…all of this after I finish my training in the morning…I wonder if I'll be able to do so though.' Rin couldn't help but think as she slowly lowered herself into the nearly full tub while turning off the water.

A/N: Well there you have it, that is it for this chapter. I hope you all like the story so far. I have already thought of a lot of things that will happen before Sesshomaru and Rin are finally together so please bare with me. Please let me know what you think of it so far and I hope you all enjoy the story. Once again I would like to thank vampires saya101 for the challenge that led to this story. REIVEW!!!!!!!

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