I'm only gonna say this once through out the whole story, I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS! But I may add others into the story. :: = Thinking ""= someone talking without :: or "" means action

Rin sat alone, picking her favorite pink flowers. She was a teenager now. As she picked the flowers, she thought about her days as a child with her family. With Sesshomaru and Jacken. Everything raced through her mind. She decided she would try to remember everything that had happened to her in her whole life. As far back as she could remember.

:: Sesshomaru-sama and Jacken-sama have left to go patrol the land. They claim it is much too dangerous of me to go with them. Well, Jacken-sama did anyway. Sesshomaru-sama just stood a few feet away, his back turned to me. I wish he would show some emotion towards me. It bothers me when he sits there, staring into nothingness with no emotional expression at all. But may the Gods strike me dead for what I sometimes think. He saved my life, so I'm forever in his gratitude. I wonder what would become of me if my family never had died from those bandits. My family...that is a story to tell. Sesshomaru-sama never has asked me what my life was like before, not that it would interest him or anything. I miss my family. My mother, my father, my older brother Touya. Every night I think about them, wishing they hadn't died. But they died, and now I'm with Sesshomaru-sama. If he ever does ask me about my life before we met, I want a good story to tell him. So I'd better put it together now. ::

:: It was a normal day. One day before their death...I was with my brother in the village, getting some spices and seasons for my mother. She was planning on making seasoned rice and spicy fish. I couldn't wait! My brother was telling me something about hunting or joining some kind of group like that. I wasn't interested; I was eyeing the flower cart. After shopping, we were on our way back to the village, some strange man had fireboxes and offered them to us.( fire boxes are gonna be fireworks.) My brother got excited and pulled two coins out of his pockets. I told him it wasn't a good idea and that father would get angry with him. "I made this money by myself! I was working for Miss Cano! Don't worry, you need to learn to take risks anyway." That confused me. The two coins bought three boxes. On our way down the path, Touya pulled out more boxes. "You stole those from the merchant!" I remember yelling at him. That was what he meant by taking risks. "He was ripping me off. Fire boxes don't cost that much!" He put them backing his knapsack and we went back home. That night the food was delicious. I had been picking flowers early and Mother said they were beautiful. She made me feel to proud that I could pick such good flowers. After supper, Touya and I went outside near the fish hatchery. There we lit the fireboxes. Touya was right, they were a rip off, but he figured that if he combined them, it would be better. That one combined firebox with all the others lit up the night sky. It was so amazing. ::

At that moment, Rin closed her eyes and tried not to cry. That was her last night seeing her family alive. She didn't want to remember them anymore, but she had to go on. She knew she would feel better once she let her story unfold.

:: Later that night, while everyone was asleep, I went out to get some water from the village well. I knew I wasn't supposed to go out alone after dark, but I thought I was old enough. As I made my way to the well, I thought I could hear noises and whispering. All of sudden, one of the huts caught on fire. Bandits came from everywhere and started stealing the animals and chasing the women. Men went to defend them, but some were unlucky. The bandits had long knifes and they were swinging them around, slashing innocent people that were in the way. I ran towards my home, trying to avoid being seen. I entered our hut by the back way, and to my horror, bandits were already entering through the front. My father awoke and grabbed a spear by his bed, but the bandits speared him first. Mother let out a scream for Touya and myself to run and hide somewhere. I hid near the clay pot and searched for Touya. He was gone. I looked back at my mother as one of them stabbed her through her stomach. She fell and crawled to my father's side. There she died with him. Now the bandits started searching for Touya and me. As they began to get closer to me, Touya jumped out from the shadows with a knife. He cut one of the bandits across the throat. Two of them fled, leaving one left. I peeked out from behind the pot, seeing only one left. I was almost filled with joy. But I looked back at my mother and father. They died protecting us, and wanted to help kill this last bandit. I reached into the pot for any sort of weapon, but I only found rocks my mother used to collect. I grabbed the biggest one and got ready to throw it. Touya was fighting the bandit. I thought he was going to win...but the bandit stabbed him right through the heart. He laughed as my brother fell to the ground. I threw the rock right at him, and it struck him in the head. He fell over and lie motionless. I ran to my brother's side. He was alive, but barely. Tears were going down his face. "Little Rin, don't be afraid. Everything will be okay..." "But mother and father have died, and you're almost..." "No, I'll be here with you, don't worry. Be strong...Rin..." And there he died in my arms. I cried all night until the other villagers came. They buried my family and burned the dead bandits. I wouldn't speak to anyone. I was to heart broken. Soon the villagers left me in my home, alone. They didn't seem to care anymore, but I didn't care. I didn't want to grow close to them because they might die just like my family. After a couple of months of being alone, I decided to go for a walk in the forest. I hadn't since the night before my family's death. I brought some water in a bamboo holder and went on my way. I was going to pick flowers and bring them to the graves. As I went on my way, I thought I heard a low growl. I went off the path, knowing it wasn't a smart idea. I peeked over a tree, and saw a demon. It immediately hissed at me, but I saw he was wounded. I gulped and slowly walked toward him. He stared at me. I watched him carefully. He looked like a human, but he was a demon for sure. I remembered I had my water and dumped it on his face. I wanted to help him, for he sort of reminded me of my brother. After a couple of days, I went to see if the demon was still there. I brought some more water, mushrooms and fish. I peeked over, and there he was! He looked better, for I had washed most of the blood of his face. I offered him the food, and he slapped it away and said, "Don't trouble yourself...human food does nothing for me." I was a little disappointed. I had wasted my daily ration of fish and the demon still didn't like me. Later that night, I couldn't stand the being so hungry. I snuck down to the fish haterchy and caught a fish. The villagers caught me and beat me up for stealing the fish. They threatened to kill me next time. I limped off back to my home. I slept hungry that night. I decided that I was going to find foods humans didn't eat. Maybe than the demon would accept it. Early the next morning, I set out to look for the strange food. I caught a mouse and lizard. Humans surely didn't eat this. I put it on a leaf and went to go see him. I was kinda embarrassed because my ace was bruised and I lost a tooth. I couldn't open my left eye either. I held the food to him and waited patiently. He stared at it and than turned his head and said, "No thank you." I sighed and looked down at the food. "What happened to your face?" I looked up in surprise. Did he actually care? I was too stunned to respond to him. "...Alright then, don't tell me." I let out the biggest smile ever! He cared! For once in a long time, I was happy again. I figured once he got better, he could stay with me! I left him and went home, humming and skipping on my way. I walked to my door and opened it, and I stepped back. There was someone inside! He turn around and said, "What? Is this hovel your home?" Someone screamed and the demon fled. I watched as many wolves devoured the villagers. I saw some coming at me and I ran for the forest. The demon would help me. He had to I would be dead! I tripped over a stick and I remember a sharp pain in my side. What I came to, the demon was before me, helping me up. I wasn't dead....he saved me. ::

At that moment, Sesshomaru and Jacken appeared before the forest, walking slowly towards her. She smiled and got up, running to them. "Sesshomaru-sama, you've finally returned!" "You've been crying, haven't you Rin?" She looked down, blushing slightly. She knew he could smell the salty smell of tears. "Did something happen to you?" "No, I just was thinking about something..." "Hmmm...and what was that?" "About my family before I met you, Sesshomaru-sama." "I see...why don't you tell me about them." The great lord walked to the forests edge and sat on a log. Rin followed him and sat beside him, smiling happily.

Tell meh what ya think! This took two days to make! Yay me! Should I add more? And if so, what should happen! I gotta think about that! Bye!!!!