.Protector.
By:: GrNDaySk8rChic96
Disclaimer:: I Do Not Own Inuyasha!
Rin sat there looking at the mark on her neck in the mirror. She tilted her head to an angle to look at it better. She felt owned.
The more she thought about it, the more she realized that she had always been owned, always. But it was different this time, she allowed it to happen this time. She felt...happy.
She smiled, she could taste her own happiness. She hadn't tasted that feeling in so long...
Then she frowned, remembering the conversation that had taken place earlier.
She had wanted to go with so badly. He didn't understand at all. This wasn't about getting revenge, or any of the other stupid things he had mentioned.
This was about her mother, and figuring out what had happened, this wasn't about war, She just needed to see her. Just talk to her...
Sesshomaru had obviously said no. Talking all about how it wouldn't be safe for her, and so on.
She had felt somewhat offended. She had taken care of herself this long. Rin sighed. She would have never thought in a million years that she would be somebody's...mate. Especially this young.
She felt a tinge of guilt tug at her, but pushed it aside. She had to do this, and later, when things settled down, he would understand. She knew he would.
She wasn't going to sit around while her mother was out there. She obviously wasn't going to give herself up for her mother. And the guilt was back. She did love her mother, but not this women. Rin just needed some answers to be able to move on.
And she knew it was now, or never.
She had a plan on her mind. She had to see her. Just, just one last time. At least, just to say goodbye.
She wasn't looking forward to when she got back, from what she had seen in his memories, he could be an angry person...
She sighed, looking back into the mirror, she said to herself one last time, "You can do this."
Sesshomaru hadn't left yet with the rest of the men. Wondering how Rin would be. He knew her, well, from memories at least. She wasn't someone to take no for an answer. He understood what she wanted, and why.
But Sesshomaru couldn't allow it. He would not be a fool and take her right into danger. He needed to take care of her more than ever now. She was his mate now, nothing at all could happen to her.
Naraku hadn't made anymore moves, but Sesshomaru wasn't waiting until his lands were invaded. He was going to take Naraku's land, his people, and Naraku would die at his hands.
Sesshoamru inwardly smiled, knowing that when he got back, he had Rin, and in all, no matter what the outcome of this war, he would have her. She was his, forever.
"Lets go wench."
The guard hissed at her through the bars. Misaki stood, walking out of the now opened cage like dungeon.
Once in the light she squinted, seeing the figure she had become so familiar with. She immediately dropped to her knees.
His voice finally came.
"Misaki, it seems you have been given more time to get that worthless daughter of yours back. You will be accompanying me today. Is this understood?"
Naraku seemed more relax, but she wasn't in the mood for mindcasting, so she just muttered a slurred yes.
Naraku looked at the man that had opened the cage like prison,
"Take her to the carriage."
He ordered in a bored tone.
Misaki began to think as she was being dragged to wherever. She didn't want this anymore.
The deal she had made, she didn't want it anymore.
The deal had been; Give Narku her daughter, and she be set free.
But she wasn't sure she could do it anymore, she flashed back for a moment. When Rin used to call her mommy...
She felt tears in her eyes. She was disgusted with herself. She was going to give up her daughter to this horrid man, and go off, to never think about her again.
At the time she had made the deal, she was desperate to live, and hadn't seen Rin in years. Things were different now. She had seen her, and she had grown up, and she was beautiful and...and she was her daughter...
But she had to, she had already made her decision, she couldn't back out now. Finally arriving at the carriage, she stepped in. There was no going back now...everything was set in stone...everything.
Getting past everybody was the easiest part. This was the part Rin hated the most. This was the part that made it to where she could hear her own heart beat, and taste her own fear and anticipation.
She sat between two barrels in the dark. Trying to slow her breath.
She had no clue what she was going to do once there, but she could figure it out.
She had sneaked on to one of the supply carriages heading out to the war zone, quite easily actually.
They hadn't left yet, but she could taste him near by. Holding her breath, she thought about what would happen to her if she was found. She didn't care at this point. Her only goal was to get there, and talk to her mother.
To her happiness, the carriage started moving. Everything was falling into place perfectly. She could do this. She would do this, and she started breathing again.
The carriage hadn't stopped moving for a while. And when it finally had, she could see that it was dark. There was to much happening outside for her to slip off now . So she waited, and waited, and waited...
It had been at least four hours when she had at last done a mind sweep off the area, and found everything pretty peaceful.
She quietly slipped out. Seeing tents and other war like things scattered around. They were at the border between lands again, and Rin looked out to see the sun barley tipping up from the bottom of the sky. It was already dawn, it couldn't have been that long...but it had been.
Suddenly, she felt minds waking up, and she saw horses coming from the other side, Naraku's horses. She ran. Trying hard not to make to much noise, finally finding a place to hide behind a bunch of trees. She took a breath, just in time.
There were men running everywhere now. Clouds were moving in from the east, and the horses with carriages tied to the back of them were coming faster.
And there it was, that little spark that went off in her mind in her mind whenever her and her mother were in the same area. She looked at the carriages, her mother was in one of them...She was coming...
Sesshomaru road through the forest faster than ever before. He had went back to the castle, and Rin was gone. He knew where she was though. He felt like a fool, he knew this would happen. She was so determined, so stubborn. He couldn't believe she had done something so stupid.
As he road ahead, he could start to pick up her scent, she hadn't walked like before, no, she had stowed away in one of the carriages.
Riding up to the clearing to see his men in total chaos, he shouted,
"Whats going on?"
Everyone stopped to look at him, high on his horse. One man pointed, and Sesshoamru saw, Naraku was coming, Sesshoamru hadn't expected this, not so soon.
He jumped off of his horse in haste. Giving orders here and there.
"Don't fire until I say!" He ordered to all of them.
He could smell her.
Rin was sweating, Sesshoamru was here, and she knew he knew. He was looking for her. And that was fine. But not until she got to talk to her mother.
The carriages were close now, and then they stopped feet from the border.
Out from the first carriage, stepped Naraku, the sky was getting darker and darker, and a storm was bound to come.
Naraku smirked, she was here, he could smell her. This was going even better than he had planned
He spoke.
"Lord Sesshomaru, why so many men, this is no war."
Everything had stopped. Sesshomaru just hoped Rin was smart enough to keep herself hidden.
Sesshoamru spoke.
"Weather you are participating in it or not, Naraku, this is a war. I will be taking your land, your people, and your head."
Naraku, still smirking said.
"I have come for one thing, and I do believe I will be leaving with it."
Right then he reached inside of the carriage, and you could hear a yelp.
Sesshoamru stood on guard, and Rin watched.
Dropping to the floor in the front of his feet was a women, Naraku held her hair in his grasp firmly. Obviously causing the women pain.
Sesshoamru saw who the women was, and waited.
Rin finally recognized the women herself when Naraku began, yanking her head back, showing the womens tear streaked face, he said to the open.
"Rin! Rin, I know your here."
Hearing her name come out of his mouth sent shivers down her spine.
He pulled his sword from it's sheath, and placed it above the womens neck, beginning again.
"If your not out here in five seconds, I'll slit her throat Rin."
He began laughing, moving the blade closer.
It was if Rin hadn't done anything herself but watched everything happen. It happened so fast.
Rin darted out from behind the tree, at that second, thunder roaring in the sky.
"NO!"
Rin screamed, the sound of her shrieking voice cutting through the dead silence.
She ran towards her mother, the tears falling, the tears of fear falling down her cheeks.
Sesshoamru dropped his sword, catching her in his arms right before she leaped over the border, right before she would have been killed.
"Rin."
Sesshoamru hissed, half relieved that he had her in his arms now. She was thrashing uncontrollably now.
The tears falling so fast.
"Let me go!"
She shrieked, thrashing wildly, trying to brake free, trying to save her mother.
Misaki, saw. Her own tears blurring her vision. Her daughter was crying...
Misaki was shaking. And finally, she came to a decision, without even having to think about it.
Closing her eyes, she began.
Drop the sword...drop the sword, Naraku...
Naraku looked down upon her, "You wench."
He whispered before dropping to his knees.
Though before he landed onto his knee's, he managed to gash at her throat with his sword,.
Misaki grabbed her throat, blood spewing from it.
Rin finally calming down enough to see what had happened, all she thought was,
Let Me Go.
Sesshoamru's arms unwillingly opened, releasing her from his grip. She fell to the ground, and began to crawl over the border, everyone trying to stop her, was stopped themselves, she had never been able to mindcast like this before, but it was seeing her mother like this...Still crawling, she finally made it over to her mother.
Sesshoamru couldn't take control over his body.
"Mommy?"
Rins voice was shaky with tears, it was like she was five again.
"Mommy, mommy don't leave me!"
Rin begged.
Screaming, she looked down, Narku had stabbed her in the leg.
She didn't care, she looked back up, looking into her mothers eyes, she saw now, and her tears started up more.
Nobody could move, and Rin laid her head on her mothers chest, silently crying now. It was pooring, and the lightening in the sky was beautiful...
"I love you mommy..."
"I love you too."
When everyone could finally move, they found the two women, laying upon each other.
Both not breathing. The rain had finally stopped, and the sun was starting to show.
As Sesshoamru sit there on his knee's, with Rin in his hands, he finally understood.
He could finally answer the question he'd been asking himself since his mothers death. Why had his father acted how he had acted.
And Sesshoamru finally understood, as a single tear slid down his cheek, he whispered ever so silently,
"I love you."
Rin hadn't died because she'd been stabbed in the leg, she died because of a broken heart...and Sesshoamru now understood that.
This is the end.
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