Chapter 10

A.N/\/\/\ Hey guys another chapter for you amazing, wonderful people! ^-^ Hopefully I'll get my internet back soon! And I can update regularly! Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA!

Sesshomaru's P.O.V

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes on the demoness "Proceed." She took a deep breath before answering, steadying herself; trying to remain calm. "Your mother and the other two girls had planned to make Rin completely miserable until she left on her own. When your mother left she told me to steal your heart, now that she had gotten Rin to leave."

Sesshomaru's demon emerged and growled at the girl, making her cower. "Please! I had no idea! I wasn't a part of her plan! She told me that she told Rin that you had already chosen a mate and by staying Rin would only hurt you!" The girl whimpered when Sesshomaru's eyes went completely red. "Why should we believe you had no part in this?"

Sesshomaru and his demon glared at the stupid girl. "Well because My Lord, Rin is my friend. Recently a friend yes, but still I consider her my friend. I would never cause my friend harm, physical, mental or emotional." He watched as the demoness stiffened her back and looked him directly in the face, making him growl at the challenge. She did not back down. "I did not come here to be your mate Lord Sesshomaru. Rather to ask for a place to stay among your court for work."

Sesshomaru scented the air around her for any deceit; He watched her carefully. When he was satisfied she was telling the truth his demon subsided. Sesshomaru's eyes went back to normal making the demoness relax her shoulders slightly. "We believe you." She nodded at him giving a small smile. "Lord Sesshomaru…what do you plan to do to find Rin? I wish to be of some help. I want to find her."

Sesshomaru looked around Rin's garden "Now that I know what made her leave in the first place, I shall send messengers to every corner of every land, letting it be known that I have refused all three possible mates my mother brought to me, and letting it be known that any who harm Rin, my future mate, shall be killed. It does not matter who they are."

Sayuri smiled "and what of me My Lord? What shall I do?" Sesshomaru looked around once more until his eyes fell onto the girl "Make sure Rin's garden does not die. I don't want her upset when she returns; and she Will return. I will have you informed if there is anything else you can do. My mother will pay for this." When the demoness nodded at him Sesshomaru left without another word, already planning on going out in search for Rin again. He would look for her until he found her. No matter what it took.

Sesshomaru had been in his office for hours writing several messages, all containing the same thing. Sesshomaru's refusal of his mother chosen mates; and his announcement of Rin being his destined mate. Signing and sealing each message with his personal emblem; making the letters even more important. He had written over four hundred messages. One for each lord and lady of the West, South, East, and North, meaning each head family of each village plus the rulers of each land. Sesshomaru's land's alone contained eighty villages.

Not knowing how many villages were in each land, Sesshomaru sent one hundred letters each, on top of each formal letter to the Royal families. Leaning back in his chair, Sesshomaru called two servants into his office. When they entered Sesshomaru divided the stacks in two. "Make sure these get delivered to the proper families. There is several to every Royal Family." He watched as the servants eyes widened. They replied with "Yes My Lord." And bowed. Gathering the letters the servants quickly left.

Leaving his office he went down to his guard room. Walking through the busy room Lord Sesshomaru found the guard Captain. "Captain." The old demon turned around "My Lord?" Sesshomaru looked over the demon. He had been Sesshomaru's father's personal guard Captain and was now his. Sesshomaru trusted this demon. "Any news Captain?" The demon growled "No, there's no news and if you kill any more of my men because they bring you bad news you won't have any more men to search for the girl." Sesshomaru glared "Well if they don't bring me bad news I won't kill them. I want her found, she is my destined Ryuu'Takehiko"

Sesshomaru watched the captain's eyes for any change. When there wasn't he was slightly confused. "Well I'll be damned, you finally realized it. Your entire estate has been treating Rin as the Lady of the West for a few years now and you never realized it?" Sesshomaru opened his mouth then shut it again "everyone knew?" Ryuu'Takehiko chuckled "Of course everyone knew. We're all happy you finally realized it, even the stupid toad Jaken."

Rin's P.O.V

A deep growling voice answered Rin from the left "Cowards you say? What makes you think we're cowards?" Rin snorted, amused. "Five against two? That makes you cowards." Rin caught Jinn's confused look. The voice growled again "There are only two of us. Stupid human." Rin laughed at the voice. "I'm not as stupid as think. I was trained better than that. There is one behind my companion, you who started behind me, but moved to the left and about seven feet behind and to the right there are three of your men in the trees. Do not try to fool me."

The demon was quiet for a moment while Jinn scented the air to the right. His eyes widened looking at Rin then glared at the ground mad. The demon growled "There is no way a puny human like you could know where my men were. Are you a Priestess?" She smiled "No, I am human. Come now, no more talking cowards. Face us ad quit hiding behind your skirts!"

The demon who had been talking, charged out of the woods, straight towards Rin; Slashing down at her with a large curved sword. Rin ducked and returned her own blow. The demon caught her sword with his own. Rin heard Jinn fighting off three others. The fourth one couldn't find space to attack him. Growling in frustration Rin dodged the main demon's attack, sprinted over to the fourth demon and stabbed him through the heart.

Rin felt and heard the demon she put her back to swing his sword. Jumping to the right, trying to get away from the sword; the demon's sword still hit her hip but only cut open her flesh. Crying out in pain and anger, she turned to meet the demon. As she looked away from Jinn, he dismembered one of the demons sword arm, then killed him with a slice to the throat.

Swinging her sword up to meet the curved sword, Rin slashed out with a dagger she had under the front of her kimono. She caught the demon across the chest leaving a large shallow gash across his skin. The wound started bleeding profusely. Jinn yelled out in pain making Rin look over quickly. There was a cut along his thigh, caused by the smaller of the two demons. Jinn's sword swung out and cut the demons face. The demon in front of Rin screamed with rage making her chastise herself for getting distracted.

Focusing back on the large demon she dodged his next attack. Rin twisted and kicked him in the face. Hearing a Snap! She watched the demon fall to the ground. Running over to Jinn, Rin helped him kill the last two demons. Panting and breathing hard, Rin and Jinn looked around at the demons on the ground. When Jinn cried out Rin looked at him sword raised with confusion. He was looking at her and raised his sword. Before Jinn could even take a step towards her, Rin felt a sharp pain in her back.

Looking down Rin watched the sword push through the front of her right side, just above her hip. Without thinking Rin spun, slicing diagonally with her sword. The demon she had thought dead was getting up from his knees. He had stabbed her. She watched his eyes widen as her sword sliced from the left of his neck, diagonally through to his other shoulder. The demons head fell, followed by his body, pulling the sword out of Rin. She watched the blood run down her body, barely feeling the pain. I don't want to die….

Rin suddenly felt like she was burning again. It made her wound sting and hurt even more. She screamed and cried out, begging for it to stop. When she opened her eyes she saw bright white lights surrounding her body. The last thing Rin saw was the white light. She felt herself collapse; Jinn's arms caught her as he called out her name. Lord Sesshomaru… Everything went black.

Sesshomaru's P.O.V

Sesshomaru left the guard room soon after. He told his captain to outfit Sayuri and train her in self-defense. If she wants to stay at his court she will learn to fight. Every one of his servants knew how to fight even the older ones. Sighing to himself Sesshomaru stopped the next servant "Have the cook pull together Rin's cooking spices and nonperishable food. Also gather a few water skins and four travel bags of dried meat." The servant nodded and left.

Going back to his room Sesshomaru gathered his armor to have it refined. The last fight him and Rin had been in resulted in his shoulder piece being dented. Sighing he left his room, dropping off his armor, Sesshomaru asked when it would be ready. "I would like to have two days my Lord… However if it is needed before that, then I can have it done by tomorrow night."
"You have your two days." Sesshomaru turned and left without another word.

Sesshomaru searched for Sayuri. He couldn't find her anywhere. She was not in her room; she wasn't in the dining hall. Going back to Rin's garden, the last place he had seen her; he found her. She was kneeling on the ground, her arms covered in dirt. She had weeded the garden and was now adding new flowers Rin had grown inside, the past month. Hn. She takes orders quite seriously. "Sayuri have you been in the garden this whole time?" She turned at the sound of his voice. "Yes, My Lord. There is plenty more to be finished as well."

Sesshomaru glanced around, not sure what the demoness referred to but he ignored it. "Has anyone from the guard come by?" She smiled "Ah, yes, they came and took my measurements. However I don't need the training, practice maybe; but I've been trained already, my lord." Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at her, making her laugh. "I'm the only child of a retired warlord. When mother and my baby brother died from a raid on our village, father taught me how to protect and defend myself. He died not too long ago."

Nodding with understanding, he wondered who her father had been. "Do you need a sword, a bow?" She hesitated "I have my father's sword but it's a bit large for me. If you wouldn't mind I'd like a new sword."
"Alright talk to the sword maker and give them your ideas on a new sword. They have two days. You'll be leaving with me, two other guards and Ah-Un." She frowned at him "Where will we go if you don't mind me asking?" Sesshomaru turned to leave. "In search of Rin, when I find her; you and the two guards will make sure she doesn't run away, again." Sayuri smiled "Of course! I'll be ready in two days' time!"

Two days. Sesshomaru had to wait two days to go out in search of his Rin. Sighing with resignation, Sesshomaru went to take a bath. Stepping into his washing room, Sesshomaru disrobed. Slipping into the water, Sesshomaru submerged his entire body under the water. Once there his body could no longer keep his muscles tense. His mind could no longer hold back his pain, fear and sadness from losing Rin. Sesshomaru would let go of all these feelings and the one of hopelessness as soon as he resurfaced; then focus on finding his Mate. When Sesshomaru lifted from the water and took a breath, a determined look filled his eyes and he smiled "I'll find you My Rin. I promise."

Rin's P.O.V

Rin felt something behind her move, making her slowly open her eyes. Looking around Rin saw the walls of a cave. She frowned at her surroundings; last she knew she was in the forest fighting alongside Jinn. There was a fire a few feet away from Rin but Jinn was nowhere in sight. Not even at the opening of the cave, Rin stopped at that thought. 'Opening of the cave? Surely he wouldn't camp so close to it?' Taking a deep breath Rin felt the cool night air creep into her lungs.

The deep breath ended in a gasp of pain. Her entire body was sore. Groaning Rin sat up. A strange brushing sensation came from behind her. Looking around Rin saw a tail. The fur was completely black except a single pure white spiral of fur going all the way up the tail. 'It's beautiful…' touching the tail, brushing the tail gently Rin felt the tingle all the way up her spine to the top of her head. Gasping Rin's eyes widened; the tail was hers… but how?

She heard a twig break and something twitched on top of her head. Hand shaking Rin reached up and felt velvet soft ears. Rin got up immediately and grabbed her sword, racing to the front of the cave. The entrance was rather than she had actually thought. When she got to the entrance she sniffed the air instinctively. She caught Jinn's scent coming from the North, the same direction the twig snapped in. 'wait…how did I know that?' She thought for a moment 'my senses…. They're sharper than before…ears…a tail…my scent changing before…am I? I can't be a half demon.'

Clearing her mind, Rin found Jinn's scent again. It was sharp and sweet like freshly mashed blue berries. Following his scent; careful to not make much noise in case he was hunting. When she finally found him he was sitting down inside a beautiful forest clearing. There was a glistening pool of water, sat at the back of the clearing; a waterfall fell between the crags of rocks, falling softly into the pool of water. The water in the pool was as clear as glass.

Standing still Rin looked around in awe, waiting for her scent to reach Jinn. When it did the old demon smiled. "I knew you would find me." He had spoken softly but his words had reached her ears clearly. 'My…ears…' "This place is beautiful Jinn, how did you find it?" She walked over to him and sat next to him, avoiding sitting on her tail. 'My…' Jinn cleared his throat "I knew it was here Lady Rin." Rin was confused by his answer.

"How did you know? Where are we?" Jinn chuckled "Full of questions I bet, however you aren't asking the questions I was expecting." She smiled "I'm still trying to process it…I'm sure I'll ask once I've accepted it. Tell me though… What color are my….ears?" Unexpectedly Jinn laughed making Rin jump. "One is black and one is pure white. Your eyes are what surprise me the most." Rin looked at him alarmed "What? What do you mean my eyes?"

Before she even had time to process what she was about to do, Rin was at the side of the pool of the water looking into the glass like water. Gasping Rin barely even recognized herself in the reflection. Everything was different, except the shape of her face. Even her body filled out more. Curves where there used to be none. Her hair had turned white with black tips and black highlights. As Jinn had said one ear was white and the other was black.

However her eyes didn't obviously match the coloring of her fur. Rin's eyes had turned a deep Royal blue with a black ring around them and white flecks gloating around in her eyes. They were beautiful… Enchanting. She was beautiful on a level a human never could be. Tears filled her eyes "Who am I? What am I? Why did this happen? Where can I find my answers?" One of the tears finally fell into the water distorting the reflection of the stranger. The ripples in the water; reminding her of her emotions and thoughts. Chaos.

A.N/\/\/\ Well then… Rin is…well How would YOU feel if you woke up and you were completely different? Everything you knew about yourself was wrong? Me? I'd love to wake up as a beautiful half-demon! It would be an amazing adventure lol. Oh and don't worry her freak out session hasn't come yet. She'll have a breakdown just not yet. Rin has only wanted two things in her life. To always be by her lord's side, and to finally know who she is. She doesn't know how close she is to actually obtaining at least one of those things. How many of you know what she's going to get first? Her questions answered? Or will Lord Sesshomaru find her first and clear up her doubts of his intentions?