Inspiration: I have 3 favorite fanfiction of Sesshy&Rin namely, Twilight's Embrace, Forever with Lord Sesshomaru, and Memories of Rin. You might find some similarities in each story that's because I tried to combine them with addition of my own spin and twist in the end. Please read it first before judging. :)

Summary: After Naraku's death, Rin was left in Old Kaede's care to have a normal life. 10 years later, Rin grew up to be a very beautiful young lady and decides to follow Lord Sesshomaru once again. Now their new journey has begun. This is a story about love, sacrifice, and power. You could expect a love triangle, and an unexpected death.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha nor the characters from Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi does. However, I made up some of the characters in this story.

Chapter 11. PANDEMONIUM

The 5 demoness:

Keiko – Daughter of a strong Inu-Youkai warrior, Takihiro, who owns a large estate in the North.

Mika – Daughter of Lady Inukimi's adviser, also an Inu-Youkai.

Akane – A scholar of the Great Fumio, the oldest Inu-Youkai alive who is known to have a God-like wisdom.

Hiromi – A lady-warrior who currently leads a strong pack of Inu-Youkai defenders.

Tomiko – One of Lady Inukimi's servants who grew up in the Castle in the Sky with Sesshomaru.

"Welcome to the Western Castle Lady Keiko, Lady Mika, Lady Akane, Lady Hiromi and Lady Tomiko!" Jaken scrambled.

The demon toad is very nervous. He had never seen so many beautiful demoness all at one time. Lady Inukimi really did a good job selecting all these demoness. Well, of course you can only expect her to choose only the best of the best for her son. Lord Sesshomaru is so lucky.

All the demoness are escorted by their own servants.

Lady Keiko's servant, for example, is very busy making sure her 12 layers of kimono is always in place while she walks. She wore this bright red kimono with yellow floral designs adorning it. She has long white hair like many Inu-Youkais have, fair skin with dark blue eyes. She looks very regal.

"Where is Lord Sesshomaru little demon? We all came here to see him so it's only proper if he formally welcomes us himself." Lady Keiko demanded. She has such an aristocratic vibe.

"The Lady is right. We are all very excited to see him. As you can see we had a fair amount of preparation just to be welcomed by a demon toad servant." Lady Mika added. She is as aristocratic as Lady Keiko. She looks so posh with her hair tied up elegantly with a big golden comb that has a lot of rare pearls throughout her hair as accent. She did prepare alright.

Jaken struggled to answer each demoness demands. "I'm sorry Ladies, Lord Sesshomaru is currently in his library as of the moment and instructed me to entertain you for a while, but he will joining you later for dinner. And I am not a servant, I am the Lord's minister. I have followed him all my life." Jaken announced.

"Well then, can we just go inside and settle in?" Lady Tomiko suggested. She is the only one who seems to act pretty normal as Jaken noticed. He wondered why the Lady Inukimi would send her when all the other women clearly belong to a powerful class while she is just a servant. He guessed it must have something to do with her growing up with Lord Sesshomaru. That gives her a strong advantage. Lady Mother is really clever. Besides, he thought it's more acceptable for Lord Sesshomaru to have a demon servant as his mate rather than a human.

"Indeed! We have prepared some special tea for you inside the hall. This way please!" Jaken escorted them through the hallway to the big elegant hall in the castle. Soi, Chiyo, and the other servant are also there waiting to tend to the guests.

Meanwhile as the demoness were having tea:

"I noticed that this castle have very few guards. I saw only two. It would only make sense for the Lord to choose me as I lead a very strong pack of selected Inu-Youkai defenders. Lord Sesshomaru is one heck of a fighter, right? Then we would easily get along as I share the same passion." Lady Hiromi said arrogantly trying to intimidate the other Ladies.

"Well, Lady Hiromi, to answer that question, Lord Sesshomaru doesn't easily trust anybody and he prefers few people in his castle than customary, you see, the Lord is not really the social type. Besides, he doesn't need a lot of guards since as you said, he is one heck of a fighter and he can easily defend his territory himself." Jaken responded.

The other ladies laughed at the demon toad's defensive take down.

"You mentioned earlier that you followed the Lord for a very long time now. Can you tell us more about him? What's his preference, his dislikes?" Lady Akane, who is the most silent of the group, asked Jaken.

He thought that it's no surprise that this Lady Akane is the silent type since she is perhaps the smartest and most knowledgeable in the group given that she is a scholar of the Great Fumio. She is also surprisingly humble compared to the rest. But anyway, Jaken proudly answered all her inquiries. He felt pride knowing that he holds all the information that these women needed about Lord Sesshomaru. No one knows him better than I do.

"So Jaken, are you going to tell us about this human girl that the Lord resurrected? Lady Mother is evidently stressing out about her." Tomiko asked, causing an interest to the other demoness.

"Human girl? What exactly are talking about?" Lady Keiko questioned.

Everyone is facing Tomiko now, obviously very intrigued and waiting eagerly for her to give out more information.

Tomiko laughed. "You clearly have no idea, do you?" She enjoyed the attention.

"Spill it out Tomiko, damn it!" Lady Mika demanded as she loses her patience.

"Fine! I'll tell you. Years ago, Lord Sesshomaru came to the Castle in the clouds to perfect his sword, Tenseiga, with the help of Lady Inukimi's Meido. I'll spare you the details. To make the long story short, this human girl died in the process. Lord Sesshomaru realized that his Tenseiga can no longer resurrect her as he already used it on her before. So instead of perfecting the sword, he gave it up." Tomiko paused.

"Continue, please." Lady Akane pleaded.

"Of course in the end the sword's true power was still unleashed. And Lady Inukimi revived the human girl using her Meido for her son's sake. I bet the Lady Mother is regretting that decision now." Tomiko added.

"But what's the connection?" Akane followed up.

Tomiko laughed again. "Why do you think Lady Inukimi would desperately gather us here to court Lord Sesshomaru and persuade him to be his mate when he could easily get one for himself if he wanted to?"

"Don't tell me, Lord Sesshomaru is actually considering this human girl to be his mate? That's outrageous!" Lady Keiko opposed.

"I can never accept it if Lord Sesshomaru would choose a human girl over me. That would be an outmost insult and I would not allow it!" Lady Mika added.

"Come'on ladies, there's no point dwelling on this. Don't tell me you're challenged? We are talking about a human here. She can't even compare to us, we are way above her. If you want, I'll have her terminated by one of my warriors. Easy, breezy!" Hiromi bragged.

Jaken was disturbed by what he heard. "Ahm, Lady Hiromi, I don't mean to interject but I really don't think that's a very good idea."

"Why, little demon? Is Lord Sesshomaru going to kill me if I did?" Hiromi joked sarcastically and the other demoness laughed.

Jaken did not get the joke because he knows it's true. "Exactly My Lady. He will not hesitate to do so. Aside from that, he will surely cause havoc and slaughter your family, friends and your warriors. No one messes with Rin."

Everyone was silent. They were taken aback with the toad demon's insights.

"Rin? So that's her name. Then she must be very special indeed." Lady Akane commended.

Tomiko sighed. "I guess it's true then. Lord Sesshomaru has gone soft for this human. No wonder Lady Mother is concerned. Where is this Rin anyway? We'd like to meet her."

"I'm afraid she's currently out of the castle as of this moment, My Lady." Jaken responded.

As they continued their discussion about Lord Sesshomaru, Soi interrupted.

"I'm sorry to interrupt Ladies." She bowed her head. "Lord Sesshomaru will see you now in the banquet hall for dinner. If you just follow me please."

Soi escorted them to the banquet hall. The ladies looked anxious. They've never met Lord Sesshomaru before except for Tomiko. They do know him well enough based on his reputation; very mysterious, handsome, strong and powerful; though he is also known to be cold and ruthless, he is still the most desirable Demon-Lord based on his domain and of course, his ridiculous good looks.

In short, for these demoness, he's a catch. So you can expect them to be very competitive with each other. This dinner will surely be interesting.

As they entered the banquet hall, Lord Sesshomaru was already there, seated in the head of a huge long table. He is sitting comfortably in a large chair, with one leg crossed on the other. He did not even stand up to greet the women, nor looked at them as they entered. Rude, as usual.

As their dinner is being served, each demoness tried to make a conversation with the Lord but he just simply ignored them. They are bragging about their family's riches, their strong bloodline, their ancestor's accomplishments, everything that could possibly persuade him to consider them to be his mate.

He looks so bored with his head resting in his left hand and eyes downcast. He can't wait for this dinner to end. He's only doing this so his mother will stop bugging him. Right now, the only thing he could think of is what his Rin could possibly be doing at this moment. It's getting late.

The long dinner went on when suddenly, Sesshomaru's Bakusaiga went shaking tremendously. Then he realized, Rin's sword which is made of his fangs gives him signal when she's in trouble. This is the signal.

"RIN!" Sesshomaru called as he stood up in panic. And with his demon speed, he swiftly disappeard.

Everyone was left frozen in surprise.

"What just happened? Jaken? Do you have any idea?" Tomiko asked.

"Based on my conclusion, Lord Sesshomaru's Bakusaiga is probably signaling him that Rin is in trouble." Jaken answered.

"So just like that he just went and left us all here? Unbelievable!" Lady Keiko whined.

Then Lady Hiromi suggested. "Ladies, this night has just become more interesting than expected. Why don't we just wait and see."

This is going to be good.

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Meanwhile, earlier in the village as Rin arrived:

"Rin!" Kagome approached her as she made his way down from Ah-Uhn's back.

The two hugged each other. "Wow Rin! Look at you, you look like a princess! So this is one of the perks of living in a castle huh?" Kagome teased as she noticed her fancy Kimono.

"Hush Kagome-chan, I have actually brought some kimonos for you and for little Aika. By the way, where is she? Where's Inuyasha? Kaede, Miroku, Sango and the rest? I miss them so badly."

"They're all in the hill. You came in the perfect time Rin. I was just grabbing some food to bring there. We are having a picnic so everyone is there. Come!" Then Kagome noticed the demon-dog with short white hair, standing behind Rin.

"Oh I'm sorry Kagome-chan, how rude of me. This is Tomo, he's Lord Sesshomaru's cousin. I can't go anywhere without him, if you know what I mean." Then she faced Tomo. "Tomo, this is Kagome, the one I've been telling you about earlier, Inuyasha's mate." Rin introduced them.

"Oh yeah, Inuyasha, Lord Sesshomaru's half brother. It's a pleasure to finally meet you, lovely Kagome." Tomo grabbed Kagome's hand and kissed it.

Kagome was caught off guard by the demon's gesture and blushed.

"Don't worry Kagome-chan. He's just like that. You'll get used to him later." Rin explained.

"Is…that so? Ooo-kay then.. Shall we go now to the picnic? Tomo please join us." Kagome invited. Rin and Tomo nodded and they all went to the hill to meet everyone.

As they walked towards the hill, Inuyasha saw them in the distance and quickly run to them.

"RIIIIIN!" He then grabbed Rin's waist and held her up high like he always does when she was still young. "Damn I missed you. What have you been up to lately, huh? What took you so long? Is my brother treating you fairly?" He asked as he put her down.

"Inuyasha…" Rin rolled her eyes. "I'll tell you all about it later, okay?"

Tomo witnessed this and realized how Rin is really loved by everybody here. As the picnic went on, Tomo had no problem getting along with everybody especially Inuyasha since they both enjoy making fun of Lord Sesshomaru.

The afternoon turned out to be very relaxing and fun at the same time. They watched as Miroku and Sango's kids played with little Aiko. Rin is looking at little Aiko intently.

"I wonder how her Lord Sesshomaru would accept a half-demon heir." She sighed.

Everyone except Tomo was surprised by the sudden revelation.

"Rin, you mean….You and Sesshomaru are.." Kagome asked.

"Don't worry I'm not pregnant or anything. I'm talking about the future." Rin answered.

"You mean Sesshomaru has taken you as his mate? That bastard! I shall not allow this! I will kill him! Kagome, you watch Aiko, I'm going to that bastars's castle now!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"SIT BOY!" Kagome yelled and Inuyasha fell to the ground.

Tomo can't help but laugh at the happenings and everyone giggled with him. This is one hell of a group alright.

"On a serious note, Rin, I'm happy for you and Lord Sesshomaru. I can't say I didn't see this coming. I knew Lord Sesshomaru would eventually take you as his mate when he came back for you. It's only a matter of time. Finally. You deserve everything, child. And don't you worry about having a half-demon breed in the future. Heck he chose human as a mate. You can make him accept anything Rin, just have faith." Old Kaede spoke. Rin nodded with teary eyes. Her words meant a lot. She felt relieved.

"YES! Rin deserves everything but that Sesshomaru deserves nothing!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"SIT BOY!" Again, he fell to the ground face down. The all laughed at the scene.

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"I should say Goddess, I didn't expect to enjoy that much. Your friends are funny. Especially that Inuyasha." Tomo said to Rin as they flew back to the castle.

Rin giggled as she remembered Inuyasha kiss the ground. "Yeah, they're just wonderful. We even lost track of time. It's already dark. I hope Lord Sesshomaru will not get mad."

Rin saddled Ah-Uhn to go faster when suddenly, a shadow wrapped Rin as she disappeared leaving the dragon and her sword behind.

"Rin!" Tomo tried to grab her but it was too late. Everything happened so fast. She's gone.

Tomo searched for her in the forest, slaughtering the demons that stood his way. There was no sign of Rin, no scent, nothing. As more time passed and still nothing, he can only growl in frustration. RIN, WHERE ARE YOU!

"TOMO!" Lord Sesshomaru appeared. "Tell me what happened."

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For seconds, Rin can see nothing but darkness. Then suddenly she was transported to this beautiful Manor. She then realized she is now standing in a large, luxurious balcony that's facing the moon.

"Where am I?" She whispered to herself.

"You're in my home." A familiar voice answered from behind.

Rin turned around. "Touya! What the hell did you do? Tomo is surely looking for me right now and once Lord Sesshomaru finds out…. "

"Sssshhhhhh. Rin, you worry too much. They will not find out. I'll return you safely. Okay?" He tried to reassure her.

"I just don't think this is a good idea Touya. You can always visit me in the castle."

"Half an hour is just not enough Rin. I needed to talk to you about something important. We'll never have the privacy we need in your Lord's castle."

"What are you trying to say?" Rin asked in confusion.

"I mean, are you even happy there? Don't you think your Lord is just too much? You don't have any…freedom." Touya protested.

"He's just protecting me, Touya. It's true sometimes he tends to be over-protective but he has his reasons and I love that about him." Rin explained.

"BUT I LOVE YOU RIN!" Touya put his hands in her shoulder.

"Touya, I…I love you too…but only as a friend. You know from the very beginning that I'm in love with Lord Sesshomaru." Rin clarified.

"But he doesn't deserve you Rin! He is selfish and heartless! Did he even tell you that he loves you too? He loves nothing but his ego." Touya became aggressive.

"No that's not true, he's kind and he has a heart. He's just not good at showing it." Rin tried to justify her decision but Touya is not listening.

"Rin, I want you to be my mate. I can make you a vampire demon like me and we can live together forever. We'll be the same, one blood. We'll have powerful children. We can go away, make our own empire and we can conceal it from the tyranny of the world." He tried to persuade her aggressively. His hold on her shoulder becoming stronger.

"Touya, you're hurting me!" Rin struggled.

"Rin, I love you. Only I can make you happy." Touya leaned closer to her and kissed her against her will.

Rin bit his lips and slapped him in the face.

"Touya, how dare you!" Rin cried. "I trusted you. Why?"

Touya realized what he had done and looked down, ashamed of himself.

"Rin, I'm sorry. Forgive me." He kneeled in front of her.

"Touya, I am now Lord Sesshomaru's mate. Yes it might be complicated, far from perfect, but I love him; he may not say it, but I know he loves me too, and that's enough. Now if you can't respect that, then forget about our friendship. I don't want to see you ever again! Now please bring me back."

Touya was speechless. He can't get himself to accept what Rin just said. I don't want to see you ever again.

But he did comply with Rin's demand to bring her back. And so he took her back to where she disappeared.

"RIN!" Tomo screamed upon seeing her.

Touya let go of her and jumped backwards far away, avoiding Sesshomaru's green whip of light that made the ground where Touya once stood, explode. Tomo quickly grabbed Rin to protect her. She was horrified as she looked at her Lord's eyes blazing in red. He is extremely furious. He's going to kill him!

Sesshomaru drew his Bakusaiga from its sheath. "Demon, draw whatever weapon you have now and fight me! You will not let you live." He growled.

Then from Touya's hand, a light grew that formed a sword. "Defeat me if you can, or else, I will take away something that's very precious to you."

In a flash, Sesshomaru jumped toward him. Touya met him halfway in midair and their swords clashed. Sesshomaru swiped at him with his free hand taking out the green whip from his claws. Touya leaped above him to avoid it, then brought his sword down aiming at his enemy's neck. Sesshomaru swiftly leaned on the side, hacking only few of his white hair as he stooped to avoid him. Sesshomaru retaliated with bakusaiga, pushing Touya backwards.

Sesshomaru continued to attack him. He jumped in an arc above Touya and spun, thrusting bakusaiga and slashed Touya's arms as he tried to avoid it. "You can't avoid it forever, demon!"

"Yes, but for now I can. I will give you the fight that you want Sesshomaru. But not tonight." Touya said as he disappeared with the shadow.

Sesshomaru was left dissatisfied. He clenched his teeth in frustration.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin called him then he quickly turned to her.

"Rin, are you hurt? What did he do?" He sounds panicked. He immediately examined her if there's blood, bruise, anything.

"I'm alright My Lord. He didn't harm me." Sesshomaru embraced her very tight, not wanting to let go. If there's one thing that he is afraid of, it's losing Rin, again.

Rin returned the embrace and whispered. "Let's go home now."