A/N: I would like to thank everyone who has read and reviewed my story so far. This is my first attempt at this sort of thing and I am so happy that so many people appear to enjoy it. I will keep writing until the end and I hope everyone still enjoys it until then. Thank You.

Chapter 11

-Sesshomaru's POV-

I found myself waiting outside of the servants living quarters again, waiting for them to finish bandaging up Rin and bring the girl back out to me. This all seemed very strange to me... It didn't sound right that Inuyasha would do this to the girl. The boy couldn't hurt a fly and it was obvious that he adored the girl, how could he hurt her so badly like that? Though... I just left his room, he never could look at me as he confessed to me that he simply couldn't control himself. I don't suppose he meant to be so rough with the girl, but I suppose I have to watch the two more carefully as they play for now on.

"Lord Sesshomaru..." The elder of the servants quarters said softly with a small smile on her withered face as she brang Rin out to me, holding onto the girl's hand.

Rin let go of the woman's hand, her eyes casted towards the ground as she walked over to my side. I looked down at the girl, she now held a square bandage where the claw marks lay. I reached down and lightly traced my index and middle finger over the bandage, causing her to look up at me.

"...Does it hurt?" I asked her a bit curiously.

Rin shook her head and began to glance around before hesitantly looking back up at me, "Wh-where is Miss Yumiko?"

I placed a hand on the back of the girl's head and lightly started to pet her, "I sent her home... It's late, it's time for bed."

Rin nodded as she looked up at me, she seemed to loosen up a bit, "Will you walk me to Inuyasha's room Master Sesshomaru?"

My eyes gave away my displeasure of the question, I could tell by the disappointed look in the girl's eyes, "Inuyasha is on punishment for a while... You may come and sleep with me for the time being. If that is okay."

-Rin's POV-

Inuyasha was on punishment... Well what did I expect with such a vicious lie and the stinging wound on my face. It still hurt a bit even after the old woman had put healing herbs on it and bandaged it up. Though I must admit it did hurt a lot less than it did. I reached up absently and held onto Master Sesshomarus hand... holding someone's hand always helped to calm me down. I use to always hold onto my mother's hand when we went out to the market, I was never really all that comfortable in large crowds of people.

I gave a small nod, "it's fine... I can sleep with you tonight Master Sesshomaru." Though I knew this was not fine. If Miss Yumiko found out I was so close to what was hers again, she might hurt me even worse than she did this time. But I didn't want to distress Master Sesshomaru about it, he's been the kindest to me so far. The best I could hope for was to stay by his side and as long as he was looking Miss Yumiko couldn't hurt me.

I held onto Master Sesshomaru's hand tight as he lead me down the hallways of the castle, going to his room. I looked up at him and saw he was looking straight ahead, his face showing he was deep in thought... I really hoped I wasn't causing any trouble for him.

"Master Sesshomaru..." I said after we reached his decorative double sliding doors.

Master Sesshomaru let go of my hand and began to slide a door open, "What is it, Rin." He responded, his gaze still facing ahead, waiting for me to enter his room.

I stayed by his side, "Inuyasha isn't in a lot of trouble is he... He didn't mean it, I swear."

Master Sesshomaru's eyebrows forwarded, placed a hand on my back and gave me a small push inside of his room. "Don't worry about that right now... Just get some rest, try to heal."

I closed my eyes and allowed him to push me into his room, giving a small sigh. "Yes... Master Sesshomaru."

Master Sesshomaru walked throughout the room and began to blow out candles as he did the first time he had brung me into his room, dimming the room until it seemed to glow a soft shade of orange. I crawled into Master Sesshomaru's bed and curled under the soft cozy furred covers. I pulled the covers up to my nose and took in their scent as I closed my eyes in bliss. I don't know why... But I simply loved how they smelled... I opened my eyes and looked over as I felt Master Sesshomaru get into bed. My heart began to pound a bit, I didn't expect him to get into bed with me. I thought he would be leaving like he did last time.

"What is wrong?" Master Sesshomaru asked, concern lacing his voice, it was clear he found nothing wrong with what he was doing.

"No-nothing." I stammered nervously... I felt like an idiot as I awkwardly began to try and lay down.

I watched lazily and sleepily as Master Sesshomaru pulled a scroll from the sleeve of his kimono and started to read. He didn't seem to be going to bed anytime soon... So why was he here? Why couldn't he go read somewhere else? But for some reason I didn't care all that much, I felt safe and preferred to think he was here just to protect me. I let out a small yawn and slowly began to drift off to sleep.

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-Sesshomaru's POV-

I had gotten up out the bed the next morning and decided I should do something nice for Rin. I felt it was my fault that she was hurt like this, I knew Inuyasha was a problem child and shouldn't have left him alone with a frail human girl. I know it may have been just a mistake and Inuyasha doesn't know how to control his power, but I don't want that to be an excuse. He will learn what he did was wrong and hopefully it won't happen again. I brang Rin a small bowl of fruit for breakfast for her to wake up to and would be telling her I would be taking her out for the day. I felt that she would like it and hopefully would put that horrible event with Inuyasha to the back of her mind.

-Rin's POV-

I yawned and rubbed my eyes lazily as I began to sit up in bed, looking down to see a bowl of fruit right next to my legs. I picked up the bowl and brang it into my lap, taking an orange slice and placing it into my mouth happily. It was nice to have something to eat as soon as I woke up. I looked up as I heard the doors to Master Sesshomaru's room sliding open to see Master Sesshomaru entering the room.

"You're finally awake." Master Sesshomaru stated simply, standing in the doorway.

I nodded lightly and picked up a piece of seedless watermelon and placed it into my mouth. Master Sesshomaru began to approach me, tossing a kimono next to me.

"After you are done with your breakfast, get dressed and come out to the gardens. I have somewhere I wish to take you." He said looking down at me.

I gave another small nod and looked down at the kimono he had chosen for me to wear. I thought it was really pretty, it was striped a light and dark pink with all kinds of colors of butterflies on it. Though, the kimonos this family gave me were beautiful compared to the ones my past owners would give me. They'd simply be old worn out rags with holes in them. Master Sesshomaru began to leave the room, giving me my privacy and time to finish my breakfast.

"I wonder where he is taking me." I asked myself as I crawled out of bed and picked up the pretty kimono my master had left for me to wear.

I held it up close to me and did a small turn, imagining myself wearing this gorgeous thing. I smiled softly to myself and began to strip away the old kimono I was wearing, ready to slip into the new one. I ran my hands over the new pretty kimono I was now wearing and couldn't help but giggle to myself... I felt so pretty and began to rush out of the room, wanting to show my master how pretty I looked in my new kimono.

"Rin..." I heard a soft whisper as I ran down the halls, causing me to stop in my tracks and turn back to see who was calling my name.

It was Inuyasha, he was peeking out of his room, looking around before he slipped out and ran over to me.

"Inuyasha." I said giving the boy a hug, "Come on, Master Sesshomaru was going to take me somewhere, I want you to come too."

Inuyasha pulled away from the hug sadly, looking down. "I... I can't... I'm on punishment; I'm not even supposed to be out of my room let alone talking to you..."

"Oh..." I said looking over at Inuyasha in disappointment; I really did want him to come along too... It just wasn't fair.

Inuyasha looked up quickly, "I-I'll talk to you later Rin!" The boy said in a whisper as he rushed back into his room, closing the door behind him.

I tilted my head in confusion, what made him run off like that?

"Rin."

I turned around quickly with a small gasp to see Master Sesshomaru standing right behind me. "Ma-Master Sesshomaru." I managed to stammer out.

"Are you ready to be leaving soon?" He asked, looking over at Inuyasha's door.

"Ye-yeah, let's go now Master Sesshomaru." I said taking his arm and leading him on down the hall away from Inuyasha's room... I didn't want the boy to get in any more trouble than he was already in.

"Ready?" Master Sesshomaru asked as we reached the outside of the gates of the castle, reaching out and taking hold of my hand.

I looked up at Master Sesshomaru curiously and gave a nod of my head. I let out a small gasp as our feet began to lift from the ground a bit and everything seemed to gain a bright lighted tint to it. I looked up at Master Sesshomaru and he simply looked as though he were an angel... Small sparks of light lifting up around us as he pulled me closer to him. I let out a scream as we started to move at the speed of light across the lands, watching every tree, every blade of grass and every bird zip past us. I thought for a moment that we just might run right into a tree. We stopped suddenly and I was still screaming absently as my mind tried to process what just had happened. Master Sesshomaru let go of my hand and I fell on my face into a field of flowers with a small grunt. I sat up a bit shakily and looked up at Master Sesshomaru, his head was tilted and he looked at me with his eyebrow arched. I blushed a dark shade of pink... I felt a bit embarrassed that I made such a fuss. Master Sesshomaru held out his hand towards me and I took it graciously, starting to look around at my surroundings.

"W-wow..." Was the only thing I was able to say as I took in the sight before me.

We stood in the center of a forest, the trees so high and shady that you couldn't really tell if it were day or night. Every inch of the ground was covered with flowers, even the vines that hugged the trees bloomed many different colored beautiful flowers.

-Sesshomaru's POV-

I gave a small smile and began to walk over to the nearest tree to sit as Rin ran off to gather many of the assorted flowers that grew around this enchanted field. I knew she would like this place, it seemed as though this place was taken right out of a book of children's fairy tales. I brung my left knee up and rested my left arm across it as I sat under one of the many giant trees that surrounded this place. Rin gathered many flowers and was now running towards the small stream that ran through the forest, looking down at her reflection as she placed a red lily into her hair. I began to close my eyes, the cool breeze and the serenity of this place lulling me into a sleep.

"Master Sesshomaru! Master Sesshomaru!" I heard Rin calling out to me after a moment and lazily began to open my eyes.

Rin was running towards me as fast as she could, holding something closely to her chest. "Can I keep her? Can I please keep her?" Rin started to beg as she stopped in front of me with a pleading look on her face.

I looked down into her arms, curious of what she wanted to keep so desperately, "What is it that you wish to keep, Rin?"

Rin opened up her arms to reveal a small black and white kitten, crying out in hunger as it clung to Rin's kimono. It must have strayed from it's mother and was on the verge of starvation until Rin found it. "Please can I keep her Master Sesshomaru?" Rin pleaded a final time.

I closed my eyes and let out a small sigh... Inuyasha always did this to me and I always refused... Though Inuyasha usually brang home varmints, never anything domestic like a small cat as Rin had. Plus this animal would be on the brink of death if I say no, it would surely die on its own. I opened my eyes and look into Rin's pleading eyes as she hopefully bit down on her lower lip... How could I possibly say no to that?

"Are you going to take care of her, feed her, and clean up after her?" I asked the girl, her face lighting up with happiness as she shook her head yes and gave her promises. "Very well, you can keep it, but if I feel you are neglecting your promises in anyway, the animal will have to go."

Rin gave a small shriek of happiness and ran up to hug me tightly, the kitten right between us. I closed my eyes and hesitantly patted the girls head... She wasn't easy to keep at arm's length. She was the type of person you always wanted to be around and enjoy the company of constantly... Something I have never felt about anyone else in my five hundred years of life in this world.