Disclaimer: Nope don't own him, but I do own the pix I have done of him, Kikyo, and Kagome, and an Original Character I made for 'Stick To It'; although I have to say the Kikyo one sucks ass. N E way, continuing on with the story! Oh, I am glad you all liked the fluff! I was wondering if you guys want me to attempt a lemon or not. It is entirely up to you, the readers. I don't have to, but if that's what you want then I will try.

~*~Chapter Fifteen: Sesshomaru's Thoughts~*~

Kagome looked at him and he held eye contact. She gave him a weak smile. He pulled her closer, his face in the crook of her neck. She leaned her head on him and they both sighed contently. His grip tightened possessively.

"Inu Yasha, I-"he cut her off.

"Shhh...We're not alone." Kagome moved trying to stand, when Inu Yasha pulled her back into his lap. "Sesshomaru!" he yelled to no one in sight. "What are you doing here?!" Out of the bushes came Sesshomaru, walking calmly toward the couple.

"Brother," he stared.

"Feh, brother," the hanyou spat. "You mean half-brother. What do you want?" Inu Yasha set a scowl on his face. Sesshomaru stood ten feet from him and Kagome. She sat, curled in his chest, startled by the sudden appearance of the inu youkai.

"I am merely here to ask you a question. What had transpired over the past few days? I don't remember your scent being like this after our last encounter." 'Your blood is like mine, Brother.'

"You damn bastard, is that all? Well, newsflash (A/N: he picked the line off Kagome) I don't fucking remember!" Inu Yasha was becoming more irritable as time passed. He had never like Sesshomaru's visits, and now he was interrupted while with Kagome! "Now, care to leave?"

"Dear Brother," a slight huffing noise was made, but he continued on. "No need to get defensive and aggressive. I only wanted to know. But something tells me that your miko remembers," he inwardly smiled at their reactions.

Kagome instantly stiffened, and Inu Yasha's eyes went wide with shock. Her heart was pounding in her chest. 'How did he know I was scared he'd ask me that?' She looked at Sesshomaru and narrowed her eyes. Of course. His acute sense of smell gave away her fear and he only had to guess what it was all about. Bingo, he had got it on the first try. Inu Yasha looked at Kagome and saw she was angry at something. When she narrowed her eyes at Sesshomaru, he only knew too quickly it was he she was mad at.

"So, young miko, care to share what you know? The sooner you do, the sooner I can leave you two to continue on with your mating." Kagome flushed blood red from embarrassment. Inu Yasha blushed heavily and glared at his half brother.

"All right," Kagome gulped audibly and told Sesshomaru of Inu Yasha's transformation. 'I seem to be explaining myself a lot in the past few days,' she thought as she finished her story.

"Good bye," Sesshomaru said without a second glance and left the way he came. Kagome looked at Inu Yasha and they exchanged confused looks.

~*~

Rin lay on the cold ground by the fire as the last embers died. The dim glow illuminated the area enough for her to see five feet in front of her. A warm breeze found it's way to her and ruffled her hair. She welcomed the warmth it gave her when her own body heat wasn't enough. Rin closed her eyes as the last sparks disappeared in the ashes. Using her arm as a pillow, she drifted in and out of sleep, finding it hard to do so. Jaken kept disturbing her every time he took a breath. A hoarse, raspy snore erupted from his large, triangular mouth, waking her up whenever she fell into dreamland.

Grunting in defeat, she sat up, crossing her legs and making designs invisible to the human eye. A half moon hid behind a large cloud, stealing the world from an otherwise beautiful night. Rin set her chin in her right palm, propped up on her knee. Where was Sesshomaru? Without him, she felt so lost and unprotected. 'And,' she thought with a laugh, glancing briefly at Jaken, 'he threatens Jaken for making such loud and restless noises.'

Her long chocolate colored hair fell around her adult like features. She had grown more than a normal girl, for she had been traveling with an inu youkai for three years. She picked up basic fighting skills for when she was picking flowers by herself and was attacked. Her body, though still slim, long and lean, had muscles forming where necessary. She had proved useful in her abilities a few times during small battles. She would usually be the one to find the enemy, or more correctly, it found her, and would start the violence for her side, until Sesshomaru showed up.

She sighed dreamily. Sesshomaru always saved her, and she was eternally in his debt, especially after being brought back to life. Rin closed her eyes and remembered the countless times she had been save from vital attacks. She was so wrapped up that, after learning to sharpen her own senses, she didn't even notice when a familiar youkai approached.

Sesshomaru arrived at the little campsite and, thanks to being youkai, saw Jaken sleeping under a tree. Bones surrounded him. 'Pathetic,' he thought. His gaze traveled to the young girl sitting beside the long gone fire. He watched her as her fingers on her left hand absentmindedly played in the dirt. Her eyes were closed and she seemed content in her thoughts. He took a few steps closer so that he was a few feet from her, but close enough to see what was in the earth. She had made a small scene of one of their battles. 'She must have been working on this for a while,' he thought as he noticed the large youkai that had attacked them in the doodle. He saw himself, slicing through the enemy, and Rin, along side Jaken, standing to the side.

Rin's eyes fluttered open as she wiped the small work of art away, making the ground at her legs even once more. Without even looking in his direction, she knew he was there. She always knew Sesshomaru's aura and scent from any others. She smiled and looked at him, or in his direction.

"Where were you, Master Sesshomaru?" she asked in a whisper, know he could hear he perfectly.

"I went to see my brother, Rin," he answered, closing his eyes as he sat at the base of a tree close to the girl.

"Your brother? Why, m'Lord?" she knew she shouldn't have been asking such questions, but at this late hour, the sleep deprived Rin didn't acknowledge that fact.

"It appears as though my brother is in danger," Sesshomaru said in his normal unconcerned voice. "Do you remember when I had Tokijin made?" Rin gave a slight nod. "While I left you and Jaken to find my sword, I met with my brother. Inu Yasha changed full demon. He has done that twice in less than one week. His human heart will be devoured soon." He stopped and waited for her reaction.

"And you care for your brother too much to let that happen, don't you m'Lord?" Rin asked, looking toward the ground. 'He wont be too happy with that one,' she added as an after thought. On the contrary, Sesshomaru was partially taken aback by her comment. She knew how he felt for the inu hanyou. She understood him. He smiled lightly at this new discovery.

"Yes, Rin. I do." He saw her look up with a large grin on her face.

"All right, Lord Sesshomaru," she said, lying down, content with the answers she had gotten. "Goodnight m'Lord." She fell asleep instantly, blocking out Jaken's noisy snores and thinking of how safe she was at the moment.

Sesshomaru watched the girl fall asleep, faint traces of his smile still on his face. This girl had changed him in the past three years, as had that miko to Inu Yasha. Sesshomaru felt something for this human, and he was somewhat disgusted with himself. 'Human,' he thought as he himself drifted into sleep.

~*~END CHAPTER~*~

Ok, so Sesshomaru and Rin are kinda OOC, but, hey, it's a fanfic that has some tweaks. Sorry if yas don't like it. If you want to see any of my artwork, then say so and I can email it to yas! N E way, see ya soon!

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