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Chapter 3- The Meeting Of Two Brothers

The peaceful nightly noises of the forest were cut off as a pitch black circular portal appeared. The animals present when it suddenly arrived instantly grew quiet and froze with fear. A woman walked through the darkness, she was the most beautiful woman most men have ever seen or were lucky enough to feast their eyes upon. Behind her an inu youkai walked out, "We have returned to our world," he observed looking around before his eyes settled on the human in front of him.

She was only sixteen but had grown into a fine young woman. The moonlight turned her flawless ivory skin a cream color. Two dark locks framed her face while the rest was left to flow down her back.

At her waist hung an assortment of weapons, a sword, throwing stars, and a short knife. Among her clothing he knew there were yet more daggers she kept hidden. In the place that they had come from, to be unprepared meant death by on of the dangerous monsters that always lurked somewhere in the shadows.

"So we have," she replied looking at him. "But why now after all those years? Why have we suddenly had to opportunity to return?" Her lovely face looked worried; it had been years since she had seen such a peaceful place as this.

The demon looked at her, he hated seeing her unhappy, "Do not think about it, just be glad we are back." He looked her up and down before silently adding, 'Now that we are back, I can find you some different clothing.'

He had never liked the outfit she wore now, they had found it shortly before being sent to the other world. Sesshomaru had stumbled on a massacred village, and in one of the huts lay the clothing she wore now along with its matching necklace, they had been laying neatly among the dead bodies that occupied the hut.

'It was all too convenient,' he thought, plus he hadn't even mentioned of the most interesting part.

Rin had taken an immediate liking to the outfit, though she had been too small to wear it yet. The outfit consisted of a top of harden maroon leather, and a short skirt of the same material. She wrapped the skirt around her waist and tied it securely on her left hip. The top stopped just above her belly-button, showing what he thought was an indecent amount of skin, and it also provided coverage for the tops of her arms by a bit of the leather coming out of the top and laying over them.

The material acted as a type of armor, but still provided the person free movement, the fact that the skirt was split on each side helped. The symbol on it though was what had first attracted his attention after Rin had put it on. There was a small cherry blossom that was embroidered on the lower right-hand corner of the skirt. There were vines that extended from it and crawled up the right side and across the bottom-front. The necklace was also make of a cherry blossom that hung from a fine chain shaped like a vine.

Rin had grown enough to fit into it at age twelve it had fit well at the time, it was almost like the outfit had been hand pick for her, and here was the best part, the outfit grew as she did. Throughout all their long years he had never he to get her other clothing because the one she had now had grown as she did, never becoming any tighter, it seemed to have been made for her the day beforehand.

She nodded her head, clearly still upset. He sighed, "Rin," he said warmly, "Do not worry, everything will turn out just fine."

"Hai," she said still facing him, then she smiled, "Can we explore this world a little, I've forgotten almost all of it."

Sesshomaru looked at her lovingly, "Of course we can," apparently he had a soft spot when it came to this girl. It had been such a long time since he'd seen her smile like that. Back in the other world, there wasn't much to smile about.

~*~*~*~ Kagome and Inuyasha were wandering through the woods. Kagome had thoughtfully brought her bow and fletching full of arrows before they left the hut. She slowly trotted after Inuyasha, he hadn't said a word since they left.

"Inuyasha," she ventured.

"Hm."

"Where exactly are we going?"

"I don't' really know, just," he paused, "somewhere quiet."

"Mmm...." Kagome said. She continued to follow Inuyasha, until he suddenly paused sniffing the air. "What is it Inuyasha?"

"I can smell Sesshomaru," he said half turning to her, "and he's close." Inuyasha didn't mention that Sesshomaru's scent had changed slightly, or that there was a human with him. He was busy preparing himself for the inevitable encounter that would take place.

"What?" Kagome whispered, "We haven't done anything for him to come after us, why would he show up now?"

"I don't know," he said drawing the Tetsusaiga from its sheath, "They are headed this way." He halted looking intently at a group of bushes, "Kagome, get behind me," he growled as Sesshomaru walked into the clearing, and he prepared himself to fight.

Sesshomaru spoke as soon as he saw Inuyasha, "Why my dear brother Inuyasha," he said as he moved out of the way for another figure to appear, "It has been such a long time."

"Not quite long enough," countered Inuyasha looking at the woman who was waling out behind him.

"Sesshomaru," she said, "This is your half brother? The one you have been trying to kill?"

"Hai,"

She peered at him with a critical eye, "He's not much to look at, is he? I mean, take his stance for example, it looks as if he's about to dance not fight."

Inuyasha growled at the insult, "What's this Sesshomaru? You're keeping company with a human? I guess you are our father's son after all."

Sesshomaru gave Inuyasha a piercing look before noticing Kagome, "What's this?" he said, "She is the same age as before."

"What do you mean 'same age she was before'?" Inuyasha asked positioning himself in front of Kagome, he wouldn't let anyone touch her if he could help it.

"It has been ten years yet, she remains the same," he said letting some of the puzzlement that he felt enter his voice.

"Ten years? Feh," he said with scorn, "You've obviously gone insane. We saw you just over three months ago."

Sesshomaru was silent, "Interesting," he said finally.

"It's been nice chatting with you Sesshomaru, but I'd rather fight," Inuyasha repositioned himself.

"Sesshomaru?" asked Rin, "May I fight him instead?" she looked at him waiting for his answer.

"This would be a good time to test you skills," he said thoughtfully, "Go ahead Rin, you have my permission." She nodded to him while stepping forward.

"Sesshomaru, you've go to be kidding. You're letting this woman do your fighting for you?" Inuyasha accused after hearing their exchange of words.

Sesshomaru didn't answer him, but was watching Rin intently; this was going to be her first fight in this world. He was thinking about the different times her, himself, had fought Inuyasha. Sesshomaru was almost positive that she could beat him.

Rin unsheathed her own sword, positioning herself in a fighting stance a little way from Sesshomaru. "I am ready," she declared, "You may attack first if you wish too," she said mildly.

Inuyasha growled, he couldn't even use the wound of the wind on her seeing as she was human. 'No matter,' he thought, 'I can still beat her.' Inuyasha rushed at her and cut down swiftly.

Rin avoided his attack with ease, slashing Inuyasha across his back, Inuyasha bit back a cry of pain, he hadn't thought she would be that fast, after all, she was human.

"Inuyasha," cried Kagome seeing how Rin's sword buried itself into his back before the girl jumped away.

"Stay back Kagome, it's only a scratch," he said in his most confident tone of voice trying to convince her.

Rin took up her fighting stance again, her blade glistening red in the moonlight from his blood. "He is an even worse fighter than I first thought he would be," she said to Sesshomaru, loud enough that Inuyasha could hear her, "That attack wouldn't have hit me if I was blindfolded."

His eyes flashed at her remark, "How dare you!" shouted Inuyasha, losing his temper.

"You heard me," replied Rin coolly.

"Adjust your left foot slightly," came the instruction from Sesshomaru. Kagome and Inuyasha looked at him surprised to still find him here, they had, surprisingly, forgotten him. Sesshomaru had remained silent for the first part and the two had been so involved his appearance had gone unnoticed. "It is off a little Rin."

She did as she was told saying, "How could I have forgotten something as basic as that?"

Rin and Inuyasha continued to fight; it appeared that Rin had the upper hand. She landed more blows upon Inuyasha than she did to her. The fight dragged on for another ten minutes or so, with neither part landing any serious attacks.

Sesshomaru was so intently following the battle that he didn't notice as Kagome slowly arrow to her bow and drew the string taut or as he carefully took aim of him chest. Only once the arrow had been released did he realize what was happening. All Sesshomaru had time to do was position himself so the arrow hit him in the shoulder instead of his heart. The arrow flew true even with Sesshomaru's last minutes adjustment, it hit straight on, creating a hole in his lower shoulder, dangerously close to his heart.

"No!" shouted Rin when she saw what was happening. "You BITCH!" she said to Kagome, trying to evade Inuyasha to get to her.

Inuyasha positioned himself in front of Kagome, "I don't think you want to do that," he remarked, "Sesshomaru may be alive now, and just leaving him lying on the ground might not be a good idea."

Rin looked at them, hatred filling her eyes as she glanced from Inuyasha to Kagome. "She will pay for this, remember that Inuyasha and enjoy your last days together." With that Rin sheathed her sword, picked up Sesshomaru, and carried him off, a surprising feat for someone as small as herself.

The hanyou watched them go before turning to Kagome, "Why did you do that?" he asked her, his eyes and voice betraying how worried he was.

"What do you mean?" she asked clearing surprised, "It looked like you were having a trouble dealing with her, plus," she shrugged, "It was the perfect opportunity to get rid of Sesshomaru."

He sighed, "You should have left that for me to deal with." Inuyasha glanced over his shoulder before adding, "She might give me some trouble."

Kagome stared blackly at him, "Do you mean you might not be able to defeat her?"

He growled at her, "Of course I can defeat her. It might take me a while to do so and now I have to worry about your safety," he said thinking back, "She looked pissed."

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Ok here's the next chapter I hope you like it. . .