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(Last Time)

Lion: (sits confused) uhh yea back to the--

Hikaru and Shikon: Stay outta this! (back to arguing)


(now)

Lion: (shrugs and gets bored and walks away)


Rin lied there on the bed, staring up at the ceiling.

Now she was really confused.

Taiki was nice and all, but why did she feel a little guilty? Why were those new feeling towards Sesshomaru haunting her every time she was with Taiki?

Rin groaned. She needed advise and she needed it now…

"Rin… are you ok?" Gogo asked, after walking by Rin's open door.

"I'm fine… kind of…" Rin replied.

Gogo noticed Rin was a little distressed and walked over and took a seat on Rin's bed.

"Wanna talk about it?" Gogo offered.

"I don't think you can help…" Rin said. "It's… it's a mental thing…"

"Like emotional?"

Rin perked up. Gogo had it nailed.

"Actually… yea…"

"And you get this weird feeling in the pit of your stomach…"

"Yeah…"

"I'll go get Kagome. I'm sure she has a Peptol somewhere…."

Rin face vaulted off the bed.

Ok… maybe Gogo didn't have it nailed.

"I'm not talking about that!" Rin shouted.

Gogo looked at her blankly.

"Then what were you talking about?"

"You know… for a girl… you're not good at girl talk…"

"Excuse me if I'm one of the guys. Nail polish and hair curlers don't interest me…"

"Nail polish and hair what?"

"Never mind, Feudal girl…" Gogo muttered, storming out of the room, leaving Rin confused.

"Why is she mad?" Rin asked aloud to no one in particular.

She shrugged it off and decided to hunt down the one person that could possibly help put things in a better perspective. Someone she's been meaning to have a talk with for a while.


"Kagome?" Rin called out into the small room.

Kagome's head popped out from behind a door.

"Oh… hi Rin. Give me a minute? I just got out of the bath…"

"Sure…" Rin said, taking a seat on the bed.

A few moments later, Kagome came out in a bathrobe.

"So… what's up?" Kagome asked.

Rin sighed.

"I've been really confused lately…"

"Really?"

"Yeah… It's like… it's like I can't tell what's what anymore. It's so unfamiliar to me…"

Kagome nodded.

"Yeah… the future can get like that…"

That comment made Rin face vault the second time today.

"I wasn't talking about that!" Rin cried, getting annoyed that no one was listening to her.

"It's not?" Kagome asked innocently. "I'm sorry Rin. I just assumed that that was it…"

"But it's not!"

Rin grew frustrated. The mixed feelings were overwhelming her again. She placed her head on her knees.

Kagome noticed how distressed Rin was.

"Ok…" Kagome said gently, getting on the floor, down to Rin's level.

"I'm listening. Is something bothering you?"

Rin looked at Kagome. Pure concern was in her eyes.

"I… I'm lost…" Rin said.

"How?"

"I… before I disappeared… I've been having these strange feelings towards…."

Rin didn't finish. She almost forgot how Sesshomaru was Inuyasha's rival.

Apparently, Kagome knew what she was talking about.

"Are you saying that you're in love?" Kagome asked.

"What!?"

Rin was surprised. She admired her lord, sure... but love?

"Let me guess what kind of feelings you're having…" Kagome said, crossing her legs so now she was sitting Indian style.

"A lot of the time when you're alone, you can't keep your mind off him. Even if you have other thoughts flow in, they always turn back to him. And when you found out that he didn't even remember who you were, you felt as if your whole world fell apart, because he was the center of it all. Plus you can't help but feel more appreciated when he says 'good job' than when others say it to you, and every time you're near him, you get this weird feeling in the pit of your stomach, like butterflies are flying around. Am I right?"

Hook, Line, and Sinker. Kagome had it nailed.

Rin nodded.

Kagome smiled.

"Rin… it's nothing to be worried about. I think you just fallen head over heels for the guy. You want to know what to do? Then tell him how you feel…"

"But what if he rejects me!?" Rin protested. "What if there's someone else too!"

"There are two guys?" Kagome was surprised. Rin was defiantly not the little girl all those years ago.

Rin turned a little red.

"Well… there's one I've known for a while, and a guy that I just met…."

Kagome gave out a knowing smile again.

"And you're confused as to who you like more?"

"Yes!"

"If you ask me… the guy that you've known longer is probably the one you're more in love with, as you truly know him. As for the other guy, I don't know. Find out more about him. But I personally think you should stick to the first guy."

Rin, for the first time that day, smiled.

Kagome defiantly seemed to know a thing or two about love.

So Taiki was just a crush. So that means… after all the years they traveled together… that she's fallen in love with…

Rin shook the thought away. She wasn't ready to admit it to herself.

"And to answer your question about being rejected…" Kagome said, after seeing the worried look come across Rin's pretty face again. "If he does reject you, then at least you know how he feels about it and that he knows how you feel… but before you say anything to him, you have to admit it to yourself…"

Rin got up and gave Kagome a sad smile.

"Thanks a lot Kagome- san…" Rin said. "That helped a lot…"

"Glad to be a little help…" Kagome said, getting up to finish getting dressed.

"If you ever need anyone to talk to, you know I'm here…"

Rin nodded and went on her way.


She continued down the hallway, hands behind her head, deep in thought.

Is Kagome right? Rin thought to herself.

She entered her room. She noticed she was wearing the same clothes for the past 4 days. She saw on her bed an orange tank top, denim capris, and brown converse with white no show socks. Rin quickly read the note that was on top of the neatly folded pile.


A new outfit just for you!

Borrow from Gogo no more!

I hope they fit!

Kagome


Rin smiled at the note. Kagome was too nice.

Rin walked into the bathroom, filled the bathtub with warm water, slipped out of her clothes, and got in.

Rin sunk into the water as she went deeper into thought.

Why is what Kagome said still bothering me? Rin thought to herself.

"Rin… it's nothing to be worried about. I think you just fallen head over heels for the guy. You want to know what to do? Then tell him how you feel…"

Did I really… fall for…?

Rin shook her head at the thought.

No… I couldn't have…even thought…even though he saved me countless times, and took me under his wing… I'm just being 'a stupid foolish girl' in the words of Jaken- sama…


Rin sighed, remembering the old days, back in the Feudal Era.


I still remember… it was the happiest time of my life…I still remember the look in his eyes when I was brought back to life after being dragged to hell. As I got older, I was starting to become a little clumsier around him, but yet… I still knew what to say…

Many images of the past kept buzzing through Rin's head. Some of Jaken scolding her when she was a little girl, she just laughing at his empty threats, and Sesshomaru, maintain a distance, yet keeping a watchful eye on his companions. Even more images of her giving Sesshomaru flowers zipped by.


It wasn't that long ago back then… when I finally got the courage to hold his hand. Jaken- sama looked like he was going to give me a beating for it, but I didn't pay that much attention. It was the first time, I actually seen Sesshomaru- sama smile… but just as quickly as it came, it vanished. But not before I could memorize what it looked like. It was like he saved a smile just for me…

Rin got out of the tub and dried off; putting on the clothes Kagome gave her. The Shikon Jewel sparkled against her chest, as it hanged on its silver chain.

Rin looked at herself in the mirror. Actually took a good look at herself.

She wasn't a little girl anymore. She noticed the changes that came about her over the years. Her hair was longer, already a little passed her butt, her chest grew too, just to even out the proportions of her body. Her eyes were no longer childishly large, instead, they were somewhat smaller, and enhancing her well shaped face and complexion.

Hell, the mirror was better that those old rivers, telling her what she looked like.

And now she realized, she was now a woman. A woman with feelings…

Kagome's words went through her head again…


'If he does reject you, then at least you know how he feels about it and that he knows how you feel… but before you say anything to him, you have to admit it to yourself…'


"I….I love him…" Rin said quietly, placing her hand on the mirror.

"I'm in love with Sesshomaru – sama…"

She stood there a moment. She faced herself towards the mirror. A small smile spread across her face. She felt better after admitting it.

"I have to tell him!" Rin said aloud.

She opened the bathroom door, to find Taiki sitting on the bed.


Hikaru: Oh... Cliffy!

Shikon: I hate cliffies...

Hikaru: Why?

SHikon: BECAUSE IT MEANS MORE WORK FOR ME!!!!!

Hikaru Smirks evilly Serves you right, Miss Lazy Bones...

Shikon: Anyway... please leave a review...