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Chapter Twenty Two

The next morning, Sesshomaru ran ahead of everybody else. Miroku, Sango, Kaede, and Shippo had all decided to tag along. This meant they would have to walk at a pace that was agonizingly slow for Sesshomaru, so he'd decided to go on ahead. Inuyasha, now comfortable with the openness of their relationship, was walking hand in hand at the front of the group with Kagome.

"Inuyasha...there is something that worries me."

"Oh yeah? What's that?"

"With her condition, the doctors may try to put Rin in the hospital. If that happens then we will have to stay in my time."

"How long?"

"Maybe a couple of days."

"Hopefully it won't come to that. We should probably be more concerned with how we're going to go about letting him out of the house. You know he isn't going to leave her side for a second, right?"

"Yeah I've already thought about that. His ears won't be a problem. We can most likely talk him in to changing clothes."

"But what about his markings? And that fur...tail...whatever that thing is?"

"His markings are the least of my concerns. Maybe you could talk to him about the tail or whatever. If he does agree to stay behind, please keep Sōta away from him. Half of the pranks he's played on you would get him killed if he pulled that on your brother."

"Oh trust me, I'm already on it."

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Back at the well, Sesshomaru was standing in silence as he did quite often, just staring at nothing in particular. Rin was sitting on the side of the well swinging her feet when a thought hit her.

"Say, Lord Sesshomaru, can I ask you a question?"

"That was a question in and of itself, but go ahead."

"I heard you talking to Inuyasha last night. And I was wondering, what we're you talking about anyways?"

"What exactly did you hear?"

"I just heard you say something about Inuyasha finding his true mate and something about self control then he grunted and got real quiet."

"You aren't quite old enough for such a conversation, Rin."

"Oh cmon, lord Sesshomaru. I know what sex is. I'm not stupid."

He was taken aback by her words and visibly bawlked. He stood there for a long moment in silence, racking his brain trying to decide how to explain to her what she heard. Sure, he'd considered she would have questions eventually and ultimately come to him with her concerns. But he wasn't ready for those questions yet. Sesshomaru steeled himself for the inevitable and decided to keep things as informative as possible, while telling her as little as he could about the mechanics.

"When dog demons such as myself become intimate, sometimes we have trouble controlling our...err...animalistic urges. Inuyasha suffers from the same affliction, being a half demon. My father said that there are two courses of action one can take to remedy this. Either learn how to control it, or only lay with your one true mate. I, however, do not believe his fairytale. I've found it is possible to control such urges with practice."

"So what happens if you can't?" He turned to look at her and sighed, going to sit on the side of the well with her.

"If i were to lay with another demon, nothing. Their body would be able to withstand if I acted on those urges. But if I were to lay with a human, I would need to exercise extreme caution or the results could be fatal. Even when laying with ones true mate, the desire is still going to be there. It is just easier to control, or so I've heard."

"Have you ever found your true mate, My Lord?" She peered up at him with her big brown eyes, so full of curiosity.

"I have not. As I've told you before, I prefer solitude."

"Oh..." she became extremely interested in her hands at this point, picking at a scab on one of her knuckles. "So does my presence bring you ire?," she questioned.

"No Rin, your presence brings me great joy. When you're a little older I will explain it to you further, but because of your humanity and my desire to protect you, I am able to wield my Father's sword."

"So I'm like...your secret weapon?" She grinned up at him brightly.

"In a way, yes. I suppose you are," he smiled down at her and she giggled.

"Quiet now, the others are approaching. Remember Rin, our conversations are not common knowledge."

"Yes, of course," she nodded in agreement, noting his warning to not gossip as she saw the others step in to the clearing. Kagome approached Sesshomaru and handed him her bottle with the jewel shards.

"It's probably best to hold her when you jump. I'll go first, you can jump in after me, and Inuyasha you'll bring up the rear. We already know you can cross over."

"Whatever lets just get this over with," he motioned with his hand and Kagome jumped into the well.

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Yeah I know, short chapter. But I realized this morning there were some loose ends and questions lingering so I thought it best to go ahead and take care of those.