Hey guys! Gomen about the long wait. I can't believe it took me so long to post. I've had writer's block for the longest time! Plus, I sprained my ankle last Thursday so I couldn't go on the computer for a while. If you want to know how I sprained my ankle, my friend bumped into me in the stairwell and I fell down a flight of stairs. So I blame this long wait on HER!!!!!!!!! I'm just joking! She may have been the cause of my sprained ankle but I could have written my story a lot faster.

Anyway, I want to thank ya'll for all of the reviews. I love dat ya'll love this story..it makes me want to write this story a lot more. So I'll try to get them out as fast as I can. Okay? Okay! ~.^

I'll stop blahing and let ya'll read chapter 8 or is it 9? The next chapter of 7 Days. ^.^!!!! ((I don't even know what chapter I'm on, dat's pathetic.)) WAIT.It's chapter 8! See, I knew it the whole time! Hee.it's just that fanfiction.net says it's chapter 9.

No.I won't.you can't make me!!!!!! *lawyers pull out secret holding place where all my mangas are* O.O.where'd you find dat? You.you.wouldn't.*lawyers take the top off* .o.o.*lawyers dump out all the mangas inside the box* .O.o.*lawyers pull out a lighter*.O.O. NO MY MANGAS!!!!! MY.NARUTO AND SHAMAN KING MANGAS!!! AND MY FRIEND'S RAYEARTH MAGIC KNIGHTS SET OF MANGAS!!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!! *lawyers light the lighter* .O.O. ALRIGHT...ALRIGHT.ALRIGHT.I'LL SAY IT JUST DON'T BURN MY MANGAS!!!!(starts to cry).*lawyers cap lighters* .I .I .don't own Inuyasha.I only own the mangas dat the stupid lawyers might have burned.*lawyers walk away happily* .damn lawyers.what they don't know is dat.I DO own Inuyasha.*lawyers throw the lighter and hit Rose on the head*.Ow.dat hurt.fine I really would like to own Inuyasha but cause I don't my life sucks.HAPPY YOU FUCKING LAWYERS!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRR..to the lawyers..

Chapter 8: More Practice

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It was getting late and, not mention, dark. And Sesshoumaru knew they were going to have to head back sooner or later but he didn't want Rin to be sad.

/We've been looking for a miko all day and haven't found one./ Rin sadly thought. /What am I going to do?/

/She's starting to get discouraged about finding a miko./ Sesshoumaru thought.

The two walked in silence. Rin, tired and discouraged about actually finding the key element needed for the third requirement, sulked almost the whole way. And Sesshoumaru kept Rin safe by making sure that no demon attacked her.

From the time they left the forest to now, was bent on finding a miko. But had no success in finding one. All the miko's had either, left their village or died. This was real bad luck on both Sesshoumaru and Rin's part. Sesshoumaru, because he couldn't smell any miko and he mentally kicked himself for this. And Rin because she needed to kill a miko to remain a full blooded demon.

"Rin, we should be heading back now." Sesshoumaru suggested.

Rin looked up at Sesshoumaru, who she was walking right next to. "Why? It's not that late."

"I know. But there are annoying demons that come out at night that I really don't feel like fighting right now." Sesshoumaru looked down at Rin. "And I don't think you can handle them by yourself."

"What do you mean by that?" Rin gave Sesshoumaru a frustrated look. "I can easily take out any demon. I am a demon too you know."

"I know that Rin. It's just that most of the toughest demons come out at night. They usually come out trying to find their dinner." Sesshoumaru caught a scent of a nearby demon, but thought it be easier if Rin didn't know. "You still carry the scent of a human. They might not think you're a demon. And you can't possibly complete those requirements if you're dead."

Rin also caught the scent of the demon. /There's a demon nearby. In fact it's very close. I could kill it if I'm given the chance./ Rin quickened her pace to a slight jog.

/Now why is she so eager to.wait she's trying to get to the demon. She's starting to act on her demon instincts./ Sesshoumaru started to try to catch up to her. "Rin, where are you going?"

"To kill that demon." Rin's voice held a hint of a growl to it. /Where is it?/

/She's going to get hurt./ Sesshoumaru started to run after Rin, but Rin kept getting little faster. /Damn. Why does she has to be so fast?/

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Inuyasha and gang had just made it back to the campsite and Kagome and Sango had started dinner while Inuyasha and Miroku were left to talk.

"So.you really think you can beat me? Huh, hentai?" Inuyasha had been trying to get something out of Miroku for the past couple of minutes now and wasn't getting anywhere.

/Don't answer him. He's trying to psyche you out. Ignore him./ Miroku continued his meditation or what appeared to be him meditating.

"Are you just going to sit there all night?" Inuyasha was starting to get aggravated at Miroku ignoring him. "STOP IGNORING ME!!!"

/He can yell all he wants, I'm not losing this bet./ Miroku just sat there, ignoring Inuyasha.

Inuyasha wasn't going to beat the crap out of Miroku if he wasn't going to talk. "Fine, be that way. See if I care. I shouldn't be worried at all, since it's not going to take you that long to break your end of the bet." Inuyasha jumped up in the goshinboku tree and crossed his arms. "I really don't care if you ignore me or not. All I care is if I win."

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Rin had lead Sesshoumaru on a wild goose chase. She knew he was following her, but she knew he would stop her.

"Rin! Stop! You don't know what you're doing." Sesshoumaru yelled after Rin, who was far ahead of him.

"No, I want to practice my fighting on this demon." Rin jumped over of some of the bumps in the road.

Sesshoumaru thought this was the perfect time to catch up to Rin. He sped up and caught Rin before she landed on the ground. "Will you please listen to me?"

Rin looked up at Sesshoumaru and answered in a small voice. "Okay."

Sesshoumaru sighed a sigh of relief and set Rin on the ground. "Listen, you're going to have some temptations for killing but you got to get control of them."

Rin nodded in agreement to Sesshoumaru. "Okay, I'll try. I'm sorry."

Sesshoumaru brought Rin into a hug. "It's okay. I know it's hard. It was hard for me too."

"It was? You had to go through this as well?"

"Yes, when I was a little younger than you. I got over it by killing a demon or two." Sesshoumaru thought about what he had just said. "How about I let you kill that demon for a little practice? Maybe it'll help you get over these temptations."

"Okay." Rin gave Sesshoumaru a little smile.

"Okay, then do you want me to come with you?"

"Uh.Is it okay if I handle this by myself?"

Sesshoumaru knew he should object and come along with her but he also knew she would go off by herself anyway. "Of course you can. Just be careful." Sesshoumaru released Rin. "I'll be waiting right here for you okay?"

"Okay. I'll be back as soon as I can." Rin took off in the direction of the demon.

/I hope she'll be alright. If anything happens to her, I'll never forgive myself./ Sesshoumaru watched as Rin ran off after the demon.

The demon's scent was getting stronger and Rin knew she was getting closer to the demon. /I'm getting closer to the demon. It shouldn't be much farther now./ Rin continued to run after the demon. It wasn't too long until she was face to face to the demon.

"It looks like my meal has come to me." The demon said. This demon was a strange demon. It had the characteristics of an insect demon but it's features were slightly off.

"I'm not here to feed you, I'm here to beat the crap out of you, you fucking insect bastard." Rin snarled.

"Poor pathetic human. You think you can hurt me?" The demon gave Rin an amused look.

"Think? No, I don't think I can hurt you. I KNOW I can KILL you." Rin got into a fighting stance.

"Oh.so you're a little hyper one now aren't you? That's good, I like my food to have some perkiness to it." The demon got into a fighting stance.

Rin just grinned. /Sesshoumaru said to be careful. Maybe this demon is stronger than I think./

Without hesitation the demon attacked. Rin was able to dodge but she still received a little of the attack in her right arm. Blood trickled down her arm but she didn't seem to mind. "That's it? Your weaker than I thought."

/She carries some demon reflexes. Maybe I'm not getting the right scent./ The demon tried to catch Rin's scent again.

Rin saw that the demon was preoccupied and decided to attack him while he wasn't aware of her. She quickly delivered her attack to the demon but he easily dodged it and sent her to the ground with an attack of his own. This time his attack was directed to her left side, where he made a gash in it.

"You're scent is very confusing. You look like a human, but your scent tells me that you're a demon. Which is it girl?" The demon started coming toward her.

".I.I'm a demon." Rin stood up and was ready for him. She was a little light headed because of her blood lost, but that wasn't going to stop her. ".I'm here to prove myself. I have to prove myself. And killing you is the way to do it."

"Really? Then you won't be happy with the end results." The demon lunged toward Rin.

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Gomen nassi about the short chapter. I haven't had enough time to write it. But I have the entire week off from school because of Thanksgiving. So I'll be able to write a whole bunch of my stories! If I can get on the computer that is.

Anyway, I'm going to make sure that I write and post the next chapter a little faster. In fact I'm going to start on the next chapter right now while listening to 'My Will' ((the first ending theme song for Inuyasha)). Ja ne! ~Rosepedal711~