A/N:
Oi! I didn't realize that the last chap. was that short! I apologize! Being as short as it was, I've decided it will only be Chap. V Part 1 and this will be the continuation (Ch. V Part 2) get it? Good. . . I really am sorry for, uh, it being so short. But its better than nothing at all. . .right? I hope your not mad at me. ^__^'. Eh heh heh. . .

I left it on a kinda cliff hanger too; my apologize. . .-again-. And for the length of time that it took for me to get this chapter up, it didn't help that I'm to lazy to check my own work and the person that usually checks it is out at the moment, heh heh, and that the weather isn't too "nice" over here either *Shakes fist in air* curses! Foiled again! .But you wanna know something really cool?! I got a scanner! Yay! I can finally send in all that fanart I've been saving! Lol. Oh! Also, I scanned and colored the pic of Yurai I drew. Looks cool, at least my friends and myself think so! But, friends are supposed to be nice, eh? heh. Gah! I just feel bad, for the last chapter! I swear! I will make a longer chapter . . . if I can! Well, I'm sure you want to read, so I'll shut up! Sayonara!

Enjoy the fic and "*" are used for thoughts like *I wonder if we have any doughnuts left. . .* and "-" are used for italics such as -stupid-, -annoying- brother. . .

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Protecting Rin Part V (2)

Yudai stood by the doors and waited for Sesshoumaru to enter before he closed them behind them; his back to the door, like a guard. Sesshoumaru peered around the room, his eyes falling onto a man sitting in the middle. *Sen. . .* He stepped forward, Yudai began to also step forward but a wave from Sen told him to not bother about it. There was a pause in the room before Sen spoke, "So. . .I see you've made it here in one piece, Lord of the Western Lands. . .".

"Heh, were you not expecting me to? Sen?" Sesshoumaru asked sarcastically. Sen glared at Sesshoumaru for a moment before regaining his stoic visage. "Actually, I was planing that you would. . . I have larger plans for you yet, Sesshoumaru. But, I will reveal them in due time. . ." Said Sen, hinting that he had knowledge that was unbeknownst to every one else, even to his 'comrades'. The questioning look Sesshoumaru saw on Yudai's face , and the other scattered servants around the room, led him to that conclusion.

Sesshoumaru decided that he would tell every one why he had come here to get it over with faster. "You should know, Sen, that I came to, and will, get Rin back. And in the making, I will kill you. For taking what is mine. . ." . Raising his hand to chest height, he cracked his knuckles, and let his hand fall back down to his side. Showing that he was ready and willing to fight and to rip Sen's head off. "Don't be in such a hurry to die, my friend. You will met your end soon enough. . ." Sen said menacingly.

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Yurai was sitting in front of a door in a large circular room. The rooms walls were painted a soft pastel yellow. It was furnished with a large bed towards the right and a small wooden table to the left. It had one long rectangular window placed at the far end, where he could see Rin, gazing at the sunset. Yurai could plainly see that she was unhappy. He also felt unhappy. He'd done something very unjust. He had taken a pure little girl and introduced her to betrayal. But, he realized, he wasn't just pretending he didn't mind her holding his sleeve while they walked, or when she would snuggle up to him when they rested, or how she would make him smile when he didn't know why.

He realized that, like Sesshoumaru, he had grown attached to the little human. She reminded him of his younger brother, when they were still children. When their clan had been destroyed Yurai was the one who took care of his brother, much like how he took care of Rin on their journey here. He knew now, that he wanted to protect Rin. Because she was an untainted, pure, child, even if she was human. *There aren't many people out there that are sinless. People like that need to be protected from foul things*.

"Even if I have to protect her, from Sen. . .". Yurai lifted his head up from its downward position, slightly surprised he had voiced his last self- comment. He turned his head towards the window and saw that Rin was looking at him. He knew he apologized before, but he was going to try again. "Rin, come here" commanded Yurai in a soft voice. Rin slowly walked over to where Yurai was seated by the door and stared at her feet. Yurai decided to continue on, "I truly am sorry Rin, for tricking you. But," he paused "But, I've decided that I really am your friend. Even if you are a human child. Also, I want to help you. You are so young, and the young are supposed to be happy. You deserve to be happy.".

Rin lifted her head, and to Yurai's glad surprise; she had a smile plastered on her face. "Domo Arigato! Yurai-sama!" with that said (more of- yelled), Rin leapt forward, grasping him around the waist in a hug. Yurai gave a smile, not caring if it did make him look weak, and tousled the girls black hair. "All right, listen up Rin, this is important."

He knelt down and began telling the girl about how they were going to get Sesshoumaru's attention to show that they were making their departure. Let him some how get out on his own, and rendezvous by the front gates. All the while listening to Yurai, Rin nodded her head in agreement. "Do you understand Rin?" asked Yurai. "Hai! We are going to get Sesshoumaru-sama!" stated the girl. Rubbing his head, Yurai gave a smile. "Ehhh. . Close enough. . ." He shrugged and continued to talk. "Okay Rin," pointing to his back he told Rin to get on. "Hold on tight so you don't fall off. We'll get there much quicker this way. Lets just hope Sen hasn't put up a guard for his guard. . .".

Sitting on his back Rin got a better view of everything around them; Yurai being so tall and what not. She could see that his ears were pointy like Sesshoumaru's and decided to experiment with them. Taking her thumb and index finger she bent his ear. After letting go it snapped back into place. Yurai looked out of the corner of his eye, noticing that Rin was playing with his ear. *Well, that's. . .interesting. Kids these days, so easily amused*. While standing still in the round room, Yurai thought of the quickest and most efficient way to get to Sen's quarters. He noticed that the light weight on his shoulders had moved from messing with his ears to, messing with his hair. Sighing a bit, Yurai told Rin to keep quite and that they were leaving now.

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"Heh. Die? Me? Not any time soon. . ." Scoffed Sesshoumaru. Sen simply smirked, "Who can tell what the future holds. . .hmm?"

Sen gestured for one of his vassals to come to his side. He told the servant something, then all of them left the room. Leaving Sesshoumaru and Sen to their business. When they seemed to be alone the temperature dropped dramatically, almost to the point were one could see ones breath. The rooms lighting seemed to dim to an eerie glow. Sesshoumaru sniffed the air, he remembered the scent from before. Familiar. . .but not the scent of a friend.

Sen gave a chuckle and seemingly disappeared into the blackness in the now shadowed room. "Your childish games won't work, Sen. . ." said Sesshoumaru coldly, seeming unfazed by this little vanishing act of Sen's. "Oh, but it has, Sesshoumaru. . ." Sen's voice seemed to encompass the whole room, coming from all directions. Sesshoumaru was slightly curious to what he meant by that.

A shaded figure was outlined by the dim candle light. "My 'childish games' have worked, just as I planed them to. . ."

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Yurai put and ear to the door of the circular room, listening for sounds outside. Like a true panther, his hearing was very good. On the other side of the door, the only thing heard was the small crackle of fire from a candle or torch. Cracking the door open slightly he peered through to see if he was correct about the noises. The hall was empty.

Pushing the door open slowly, making sure it didn't creak, Yurai crept out into the hallway. *Strange. . .Where is every one. . .? * Standing up straight, Yurai began to walk slowly towards Sen's room. A strange feeling was making Yurai's stomach twist and turn. *Something isn't right here*. Quickening his pace, Yurai took another turn into the hall that had the tall wooden doors. He could smell that Sesshoumaru was already here, but the odd thing was, there was barely any light coming from underneath the door and it seemed to get colder as he approached.

"Yurai-sama, Rin is cold" pronounced Rin, who was close to shivers sitting on his shoulders. Yurai hushed her and placed a hand on the door. It was like a giant block of ice. Pushing a little the door cracked open. Yurai and Rin looked through the small opening showing Sesshoumaru and a shadowed figure standing in front of him.

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Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes, reaching his hand towards the hilt of his sword. Putting his clawed thumb on the sheath, he flicked it open and pulled his sword out in one fluid move. 'Sen', taking this as his turn, walked slowly towards Sesshoumaru. The light creeping along his features, which seem to have taken on another appearance. Candle light spreading over a pelt of pure white. A lazy mist rolled onto the floor from 'Sen's' feet, spreading out.

*I recognize these toxins . . .* "-Naraku- . . ." hissed Sesshoumaru.

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Yurai was completely shocked by the sudden transformation that his supposed 'Master Sen' took on. But, in a way he was happy that he knew the old Sen wouldn't have done this little trick just to get revenge on someone. He was also happy that now he could take care of Rin and not be disowned by his clan for betraying them. But something was bothering him. Who was this Naraku? *Maybe Rin knows . . .* "Rin. Do you know who this Naraku is?" asked Yurai. Rin answered with "Sesshoumaru-sama says that Naraku is a very evil Hanyou. He said that once Naraku kidnapped Rin and that he tried to kill Sesshoumaru-sama. . . Rin does not like Naraku!". "I see, so he is probably trying to kill Sesshoumaru again because he failed the first time." said Yurai.

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"So, you have figured it out have you. . .Sesshoumaru?" after drawing out Sesshoumaru's name, Naraku gave his signature evil laugh and continued. "I knew that the same trick would not work twice. So I took the old trick, and twisted it around a little. But in the end, you've fallen into the same trap. . ."

"Heh. At least I do not have to steal bodies to keep up my strength, Hanyou. . ." Sesshoumaru said mockingly. At his comment Naraku narrowed his eyes to dark slits. "Fool. I may be only half now, but I have consumed enough Youkai that my strength isn't limited by my title. . ." Said Naraku.

A few moments passed were Naraku and Sesshoumaru only glared at each other, sizing each other up and prepping for attack.

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Rin was struggling to contain her excitement at seeing Sesshoumaru again, going almost a week with out him, she was beginning to go through a strange type of Sesshoumaru withdrawal. Yurai was to intent on watching the on coming fight to notice the little girl squirming on his shoulders. Before she could help it and before Yurai could stop her, Rin leapt of Yurai's shoulders and hollered a loud high pitched "SESSHOUMARU-SAMA!!!" running towards the unsuspecting Youkai lord.

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Sesshoumaru had been so busy staring down Naraku that he had barely noticed the young human's scent. You could honestly say that he had a complete look of shock plastered on his face; this was not a good time for Rin to be around.

He only had a few seconds to think before the small girl bounded right into him, making him wobble a bit. "Sesshoumaru-sama! I missed you so much!". She clung to him until he put his hands under her arms and removed her from his mid-section.

Meanwhile, Yurai is still by the door mentally smacking himself, as their plan was just completely ruined by the small/large show of affection.

Sesshoumaru could smell that Hyo-Youkai all over Rin. It was strange, as if they had embraced earlier. *But why would Rin do that to some one who kidnapped her. . .?* This puzzled him until he sniffed the air and the scent of the Youkai he was thinking of drifted from the direction of the door. He turned his head in the direction catching the person he was going to kill, besides Naraku of course. . .

Yurai noticed Sesshoumaru's gaze upon him and looked up from his mental bashing to see him peering at him with a placid facade. Yurai looked Sesshoumaru straight in the eyes then his traveled down to Rin, who seemed to have noticed the tense atmosphere. Naraku simply looked at the small exchange with a smirk on his face and decided this was going to be an appealing confrontation indeed.

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Sesshoumaru gave a loathsome glance at Yurai before he began to speak. "So, you are one of the Hyo-Youkai that had their clan decimated fifty years passed." He stated that before continuing on, "And, you are also the one who deceived Rin into coming to this place, her scent is all over you. . ." once again stating of his knowledge in a agitated tone.

At Sesshoumaru's last comment Yurai cringed, for he knew that Youkai Lord all ready had a deep distaste for him. "Ah yes, I see you have met one of my pawns Sesshoumaru. . ." Naraku finally spoke after his long silence of watching from the side lines. Yurai felt growing disgust for this new enemy, Naraku, and almost couldn't hold back from lashing out at him. Sesshoumaru saw Yurai's rage and smirked at the lower class Youkai.

Yurai concluded that Sesshoumaru was going to try to kill Naraku and was certain that he himself wanted to join in. That's when he decided to voice his strategy. "Sesshoumaru," he paused a moment going over how he was going to say this. Sesshoumaru looked at him waiting for him to continue. "Sesshoumaru, I want. . .I want to help you, destroy Naraku. For deceiving me and for. . . deceiving Rin."

Yurai could see the look of laughter on Naraku's face but, that's not what he saw on Sesshoumaru's. What he saw on Sesshoumaru's face was that of very slight shock and that of understanding. Sesshoumaru smirked "Heh, I don't need your help with anything. . .but, I'm not going to stop you. You do realize, after I'm done with Naraku, I will be taking Rin with me and you will never see her again. . .". Yurai tilted his head, he knew something like this was going to happen, he just never wanted to believe that he would never see the bright eyed little girl ever again. He slowly rose his head from its bowed position to speak. "Hai, I understand what will happen. I apologize. . .for all the wrongs I have committed."

Sesshoumaru seemed to except this but didn't give any signs of confirm it. He looked down at Rin who looked very dispirited about the information she had gained on how she would never see her friend again. Sesshoumaru didn't like seeing her so upset, so he nudged her in Yurai's direction so she could say good bye to him.

Before she could make her way over to him though, Naraku gave a malicious laugh. "Gomen for having to disappoint you, but every one here today will become part of me. . even the small child. What's a body between friends?" He finished his sentence off with another deep throated cackle. Yurai felt nauseated at just the thought of the innocent Rin becoming apart of the corrupted thing that stood before them. He could see the fury grow inside of the Youkai Lord which now stood a few feet away from him.

Yurai knelt down to Rin, who stood in between himself and Sesshoumaru, to speak to her. "Rin, Sesshoumaru-sama and Yurai-sama are going to get rid of this Naraku that nobody likes, OK?" Rin nodded her head vigorously. Yurai continued, "All right, Rin, we need you to go outside this room. When you get there we want you to close the door and go to the room you were in before, understand?" he asked. Once again he was greeted with a nod. He wrapped his arms around her for a hug before he nudged her towards the door.

"Be careful Yurai-sama, Sesshoumaru-sama!!!" She yelled before scurrying out of the room. When she closed the door Yurai and Sesshoumaru, drawing out their swords simultaneously, prepared for the bloody battle to ensue.

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A/N:
Well there ya have it Min'na! Ch.V (2) twice as long as the first Ch.V. . .yup! Sorry that it took so long. I had a very busy weekend and week. And especially since MetroCon is so close. . .this Friday matter'o'factly. Oh! I'm so happy! Cliff hanger any one? Heh, yes I left on a cliff hanger, because I knew if I continued I wouldn't be able to stop! And of course I have to have a next chapter and not just one loooong one. Besides, you prolly don't want me taking so much time on this chap. Right? Right? I know I am . . . come on! Say it! Heh, okay. So I hoped you enjoyed this chap! Thanx for all the friendly reviews! Oh and for you people out there, *Cough*, who want me to continue this fic, like into the next year. I'm not gunna! You know why??? Cuz I'm gunna make a sequel to this fic. Yup! I already have some great ideas! Okay okay. So it's basically about what happens after this. And If I told you any more it would give away the ending to this fic! Now that wouldn't be good. . .or would it.??? Heh. I can tell you that it won't be out for a while (I'm takin' a break!!!) and can honestly say that it will prolly have more talking for one, more funny things, still keeping some violence *snicker*, and more. . .heh. That's all for now. What?!? More?!?! To bad! Lol. . . I'll tell you more at the end of this fic, which I'm guessing is the next chapter followed up by a short uhhh. . .what was it called again. . .ahg! I can't remember. The thing where you tell what happens after the ending. . .and no, its not sequel. Lol. Well, you get the point. Gomen again for taking so long! *sigh* I can take long, this is for fun! heh heh. Oh! And I got lazy and decided if you didn't know the few Japanese words in my fic, just look at the older chapters, please, save me the trouble and remember something for once! (Just kidding!) well, I'll see you soon! Feel free to e-mail me, or what ever. Oh! One more thing that is completely non-related to the fic or metro con! If you ever see 'Demon Diary' at your local book store check it out! Its hilarious! The Manga is so funny! And cute! Oh, but it hints Shonen-ai, thought I might tell you that. . .heh. (I said "Hints" for a reason). Its great. Well SAYONARA!

PS. My com contracted a virus a yesterday, few, I'm glad nothing happened. Think of what would have happened if my story was deleted. . .I would prolly just give up! Lucky for you it wasn't! ahhhhh!!! Storm! Lighting thunder! Gotta run!

-Animyth out-