OOh YAY you guys are back. I noticed a slow down over the holidays. I'm so excited to get to this part because it's like action! Finally! It has come to my attention that the app deletes out breaks that we use to separate scenes. I have yet to figure out how to fix that problem.

Sesshomaru-past

She woke up in the crook of his shoulder. Her slender fingers rest across his chest. Her eyes had dark patches around them still from the expended yoki she had used to help him heal Rin. He allowed himself the pleasure of her lips. One last kiss to satiate them both, to quiet his senses. He pressed his tongue into hers and went to stand. As they both dressed his eyes traced her body. He had been with his fair share of female inu-yokai, but Natsuki's was not like the others. Her hips were still moderately straight and her breasts small. "It was too soon," he said quietly pulling on his grey hikama.

"What was?" Natsuki's cheeks blushed as she dressed in her golden inner layer.

"To make our son. Your body has not finished maturing." He approached her and set a hand on her hips. "These should be wider. It was dangerous." The hand ran up her back, giving her goosebumps.

"I know," she said obviously ashamed of her actions. Her eyes had the same golden hue as his own, only her skin was paler and her body more delicate.

"You understand why I came? Why we did this?" The sun was just beginning to set outside. The yellow tinge reflected off the window making her seem that much more divine. He needed to return to Rin. She ached and although she agreed to this it hurt her none-the-less. "It cannot happen again. You will keep your distance until after her death. I will return to you then."

Her voice broke as she asked, "how long do humans live?"

"Sixty, sometimes seventy years. The blink of an eye." It saddened him to admit that Rin would leave him so soon.

"I can wait," she said firmly pulling on another layer of clothing. This time, she approached him. Her arms traveled up his shoulders and around his neck. He did not resist. She pulled his neck down to embrace his lips, and he allowed it.

He kissed her tenderly knowing that they would not see each other again. He broke it as he ran his thumb across her bottom lip. "I will come once a week to visit my son. You will ensure that he is fed and give us space."

"Okay."

"Mother will teach you to control your emotions. You will not send for me unless your life or the life of my son is in danger," the words come out bitterly.

"What if I go into heat?" She turned away from him.

"You will suffer. I will not come to you again."

That was the last time they had seen each other.

His blood and his loins are boiling. He knew that Kensaku would force him into close proximity with Natsuki. His fingers buzz from just touching her skin. His body tingles with need. He needs a cold bath and to lock the door to his room. He is stopped by a green whip lashing out at him, wrapping around his shoulders and ceasing the movement of his feet. "Stop Sesshomaru!" his mother yells at him. "They are not just rumors. You don't understand."

"They do not concern this Sesshomaru. My home is safe. None can enter that would cause us harm," he fires dokkasu at her slicing through her whip and freeing himself.

"Until Yuki leaves without permission? What about when your lover goes hunting for food? That barrier is what Kensaku is after. He is scared, everyone is."

"Then let the coward find a rock to crawl under."

"It's one week Sesshomaru!" Her claws dig into his skin.

"No it's not just one week. If I make love to her once, I will do it again and again and again and drive the woman I love from my home with jealousy. It is not just one week, you are asking me to sacrifice my relationship, my children because she could not be bothered to wait until Rin died! And you…you act as if this is all a game! That we are all pawns because none have the strength! Mark my words mother, I will overpower you one day," he slams his mother's shoulders against the wall, "I will revel in your death."

"Will you?" She shoves him back with equal intensity sending him over the railing with a half grin on her lips. "You're still just an untrained puppy humping whatever your instinct tells you!"

He circles in the air catching his bearings then soars back up the winding staircase. "You will stay out of my affairs. I have established my land and if I must rid myself of your lover to keep you from entering the confines of my home, I will."

"Sesshomaru!" She follows him to his room.

He attempts to slam the door in her face.

She shoves it open nearly sending him flying again. "You are acting like the spoiled boy that used to sit and pout in this room when he didn't get his way. Do you not understand what is at stake? Your barrier will fall if it is pressed with enough yoki to combat it! You do not have an army. Kensaku does. Give him what he wants!"

"I will not betray her."

"It's not betrayal! Human males often have more than one female. You are being sentimental and ridiculous! Your life and the lives of your children are in danger. Rin will not survive-"

He cuts her off by wrapping his fingers around her neck and slamming her head into the wall. "I let you gloat over me when she was a child and you allowed her death in the underworld. I tolerated you meddling in my affairs and finding Natsuki. Now it is enough. You will not…" he stops short. She is trying not to send for him, but her body knows better. She's been injured. She's going into shock. His mouth dries, his grip on his mother slackens.

"It's Hisato too…"

Together they run for the door outside his room and leap into the air.

OH SHIT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO RIN AND HISATO?

Please review! Ahhh I've been working with Kimmigirl9 on Kiss of Fate and once again someone asked why aren't we getting more reviews? Then I spent time talking with other authors and we've come to the conclusion that A as I have mentioned before people don't review like they used to and B...Rin/Sess is a dying pairing and part of that is because people get flames for writing her any other way than the norm. So thank you to everyone who has reviewed my stories and enjoyed the emotional, angsty mess I have made. It means the world to me. Rin/Sess will always be my go-to pairing! But if you all want people to write more good quality sess/rin pairings we all have to get over her being the princess that can't experience pain and is fawned over 100% of the time and let her be something more than a girl that spends her whole life pining for sess. Trust me people have amazing stories to tell and won't if they don't get support. So support, leave reviews...all of you...now!

Story Suggestion: Heart's Abduction, by Lemonlush Inu/Kag

Guest#1: Yeah killing all the Inu-Youkai would get rid of the threat to his family, but you'll see it in this chapter and the following ones that Gobodo-sama is intent on not losing more bodies because they need them to fight against the Monks and Mikos who have decided it's time to end the demons time on earth. Basically why fight amongst yourselves, when you can fight the real threat out there? Taiyomaru and Tsukimaru have a special bond because of how they were born.

Guest #2: So why create Nina...to torment you? Or because I am not going to give the plot away but I am having so much fun watching you guys guess how they are going to meet and be soo off the mark. Keep guessing A. if they will meet at all and B. When...I guess we'll see what happens.

Luin-Fanel: The barrier will reject anyone that wants to cause Sesshomaru and Rin or his children harm. Human or demon. It's the wonderful trick of his barrier and the reason he wanted it. He wanted to limit all threats to Rin in his absence as much as possible. So yes they think they will find protection there.

Guesswho: You can thank Jodi Picoult for the inspiration. My main issue writing a reincarnation story is that I cannot do 100% fluff. I will get bored. I need a story to tell...so it would have been a short story or like this the plot-lines intersecting makes it so I can write her reincarnation and what happened during the 10 years of the Disease. Oh I enjoy the drama too...why make life for them easy?