"The sun feels so nice today, doesn't it boy?"

The woman smiled at her two headed dragon companion. The dragon heads snort while waving up and down in unison, which made her giggle out loud.

"I am in the mood to fish from the ocean today. I want to see if I can catch a mackerel!"

Her face beaming with hope and turned to give the dragon a wink. The young woman is determined about this catch, her intuition tells her that today will be successful. With the abundance of citrus fruit that she had been collecting, Rin was confident today was special.

For the first time since she departed Castle West, Rin was becoming confident in her independence. She built normality into her life living on Yakushima Island but anytime her mind slipped from the task at hand, she would think about him.

"Lord Sesshomaru… I wonder how you are faring. I miss you so much." Brown hazelnut eyes started to form tears in the corners. Shaking her head to rid of her heartache, she pets both heads of her dragon companion and whispers,

"Let's go to the hot spring near the shore." With her eyes ginormous, she smiles sweetly to the two headed dragon. "I can fish and take a bath!"

The wind was blowing northwest and not a single cloud in the sky. The sun warm and inviting, the seagulls flying over the blue water, and a young woman standing on the shoreline near a rocky cliff, fishing with a wooden spear. This spear was carved with her own hands in the first month of marking this island home. Each day hours were spent practicing to catch fish in the streams and rivers that run through the island, and in the months of being on Yakushima Island, she became quite exceptional in her skills.

Many hours were spent mastering her sword and skills with the spear. The remainder of her day and into the evening was gathering food supplies and building the cave into a home; even building an area for Au Un when in need of shelter. A stream not far is her supply of fresh water and a whole forest to keep her hidden from potential trouble.

When the nights are the clearest, she hikes up to a nearby peak to stare at the night time sky. Laying on the smoothest part of the mountainous cliff, the midnight haired woman reminiscing in her mind memories of her beloved Lord Sesshomaru.

"… Then who would that one be, my Lord?" Hazelnut eyes looked over to meet with soft golden ones,"InuTaisho."The demon Lord took his eyes from his ward to look to the stars splattered across the black night. Rin admiring her Lord's handsome features and markings on his face, she touches the top of his hand with her right and the other to her lips. Looking to Sesshomaru with wide eyes,"Forgive me, Lord Sesshomaru! I didn't mean..""There is nothing to apologize for."Turning his head, softened golden eyes meet chocolate brown, both stuck staring into one another almost like two magnets. The space that was between them became no more as the woman leans her body into his lying her head on his fur pelt, while wrapping both of her arms around his one.The demon Lord stares into midnight hair while taking in her natural floral scent. His heart beat rapidly and pale cheeks slightly pink from the intimate contact but he quickly ceased that weakness from furthering. No movement between either, just enjoying the comfort of each others presence. "I love him so much." Rin declared to herself. "I wish to stay this way.. With him.. Forever."The rest of the evening the demon Lord recited the legends of his ancestors to this goddess of a woman holding him in an embrace. While listening to legends, she peacefully falls asleep against her beloved Lord.Without her knowledge, the dog demon Lord gently brushes a strand of her midnight hair behind her ear, then lightly caresses her lips with the pad of his finger tips. She exhales softly through her mouth leaving it parted only slightly. He admires her beauty for a while longer before drawing his attention to the sparkle in the sky for the remainder of the night.

"I did it Au Un!! And it's a big one!"

The young woman holding at the top of her spear, a mackerel impaled. Fin was flapping and the oceans water splashing her in the face while using her other arm to help her swim. Floating just above was her dragon companion. Lowering himself to allow her to grab onto his reigns, he pulls her towards the shore once she was close enough to release her hold. Being close enough, she releases the rope and slowly pushes her way out of the warm ocean water towards the sandy beach.

Once she was completely out of the water, holding her spear with the fish attached to it, she throws her arm up and jumps up in feeling victorious. Next thing, the realization of a sharp pain coming from the bottom of her foot, she notices blood. In the midst of her excitement she didn't see the broken shell that was sticking out of the sand that punctured into her foot. Those tiny grains also adding an extra sting to the cut, she is focused on tending to this wound immediately. With the help of her spear she limps towards the hot spring to aid herself and bathe.

After pouring some cooled down spring water to clear all of the sand from her foot, she disrobes her hakamas and the fabric bindings around her breasts. Slowly putting her injured foot in first, she made a hissing sound from the pain caused from the scolding water hitting her open wound. Continuing to submerge her whole body, a sigh was released as she found comfort against a smooth rock.

A tall masculine figure with long silver hair, clad in royal white attire, black armor with a white fur pelt draped across his shoulder, came to the edge of the forest where the ocean finally reached into his view.

"Finally. The Southern territory." The demon Lord states to himself.

The journey has taken a while, but he was glad to have finally reached his destination. Searched every village and flower patch on his journey towards the southern shores but has yet to still find her. With his senses on duty at all times, he proceeds on to reclaim what belongs to him. She belongs to him. Moving another step forward, the warm summer winds blew through his silver mane, his nose picks up a scent, his heart stops…

Blood…

"Rin…"