Realize, most of time, only one head is operating the dragon's body at one time. They're still totally two different people. Demons. Whatever. And yes, must I have to spell it out; this is SORT OF like Beauty and the Beast. Shall I say it again? This is SORT OF like Beauty and the Beast. Well, sorry this took so long to put out, my disc was having a few problems…. Thanks for all your awesome reviews!

Chapter 4: Bleeding Bears

"Don't go!" On yelled sadly.

Un looked down depressed, when On started to turn around. Un looked up, and saw On's face enraged. He growled, until he was yelling, and moved their body forwards, faster and faster to the dog.

Un was trying to slow down his angry brother, by taking control of the right legs. On kept on determined, spinning them all the way down the halls.

Sesshomaru smelled the two catapulting down the halls towards him. On was steaming with anger. He knew the dragon had become attached to the young human, even with her insufferable uncooperativeness in the few days she was with them. He stood still.

Un and On came skidding in, On stopping suddenly, while Un's will power gave up, and sent them crashing into Sesshomaru. He barely even blinked. On's face was red, and Un's was quite wearisome.

On glared at the large dog a few moments before yelling, "She ran away!"

He only nodded.

"What did you do? How could you? She's gone!" On hesitated only momentarily.

"She is human. She is only afraid of what humans are afraid of." The dog said emotionless.

Jaken had returned wearily, but found On and charged at him, smacking him on the head with his staff, "Hit me will you? She was afraid of him!"

On was hit to the ground, and Un fell with him. Jaken stood proudly, before Sesshomaru raised his paw, and Jaken crashed to the ground a second later.

"Yes. She saw the great demon of the Western Lands for the first time since she was a child."

Un sighed, "So, she has seen you before."

Sesshomaru turned glaring through the glass floor into the deep, soft earth, "I killed her parents."

On growled, "How could you?"

The large dog didn't even acknowledge he spoke, "It was after my battle with Inuyasha. Do you remember? Before he was suck to that tree. He had almost defeated me, so I left, and started attacking the humans."

"I left the Western Lands, and killed so many of the humans to take out my vengeance with my brother. I was laughing. Laughing dangerously. I had come upon a clearing where a family of three was having a picnic." Sesshomaru said, reliving the moment.

Un spoke up, "And Rin was one of them."

"She was only five. I killed her parents as she ran away, and then started to eat them. It pleasured me then, but I despise myself for my un-knowing of the girl."

On was almost calm, but more then anything shocked.

It was silent except for the soft croaking of the unconscious toad, when, "Go get her."

Sesshomaru turned around, and On said again, "Go get her."

Un raised his head and nodded.

With that, the dog bolted out the door, and through the forest.

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Once again, Rin was completely lost. She smacked herself for leaving, but to stay with the monster that changed her life forever… it was too much to bear.

The forest was calm, but an eerie calm. The darkness didn't help. Now she was so confused, wondering if the demon dog would attack of not, where as before, she was only contemplating when. It was nerve racking. She grabbed the side of the tree trunk, all to well remembering the last time she had. Waiting cautiously, she glances around, preparing to run at any moment. After a few minutes, she found it was just a regular tree, and relaxed her tense muscles. For now, it was her sanctuary; her hiding spot from the forest, the sky, and everything else that could harm her.

Rin tried hard to look through the darkness, as to find light to lead her home, but saw nothing, for the moon was almost gone; barely enough to see past her feet. The tips of something like trees were seen, but below that was a mystery. She racked her brain, trying to figure out how to not be eaten. Staying at the tree would be useless, even if it were safe. Who knew what kind of other demons were in the Western Lands Forest?

But finally, she found herself drifting from the dark world around her, and into an enchanting sleep. Rin fought to stay awake, to be on guard, but the tree whispered a lullaby, and her eyes closed softly.

~!~

A great rumble rang in her ears, and she opened her eyes hastily. All was silent once again, and Rin pulled herself upwards to look around. All was still dark. The air was cold, as a breeze had started up. She put her hand to her face, trying to figure out which one was colder, when large grumble was heard, followed by several roars.

She knew the sound. She had heard it only a few days before, when the bear demon attacked. But this time, the bear had friends. Rin's eyes widened, desperately trying to hide, even wishing she had no scent. They came closer, until she saw the treetops parting in front of her, and four beastly figures glowered down at her with demon yellow eyes.

Rin screamed, although she knew it was helpless. All was helpless. She scrambled up the tree, although she knew they could easily catch her. They were enormous up close. The century old trees barely cleared their heads.  The one on her right look greedily at her, and Rin screamed once again. It tried to grab her with its enormously hairy and gross claws, and Rin desperately jumped out of the tree. The bear growled while his friends chuckled, which sounded like a bass electric guitar with squeaky strings. The angry bear reached for her again, and she started fleeing from her sacred tree. The bear took two steps, and caught up with her. He was getting tired, and decided to finish it then. He raised a mighty claw, and swung down. Rin fell to the ground. Then, the moon disappeared. Rustling was heard, and then some muffled growls.

 Rin opened her eyes, and wondered if she was dead. But the world was still dark, and dark figures were moving around in a struggle. The moon was recovered, and Rin saw something silver. A big something. It was fighting the bear demons, and she couldn't figure out who was winning. It was bigger than the bears, but the advantage of numbers came into play.

The big thing tossed two of the bears onto the ground, while another bear bit him. A howl, and then a thump. Another bear was down. The only bear that was still up was the bear that had tried to kill her. It was thrashing about as bits of light fell upon its grotesque foundation. Both the bear and her "rescuer" were fighting without end, never seeming to give up, no matter how much they wanted to. She saw a green light, which only uncovered the beastly bear. It had markings of evil. As such, something else possessed the bear. Or had. The green was injected into the bear's stomach, and it's claws pushed into the dark figure. The bear fell first, and then so did the figure, red eyes staring at her. She knew who it was.

She walked steadily towards him, and he watched her the entire way, red eyes illuminating her path. She could hear the labored breathing, and his blood gleamed in the moonlight. HE had KILLED her parents. But he saved her. Again, actually. He knew she was there, yet, he let her escape when she was little. But to be grateful for that, she would never be. There were so many years of wanting to die with them, and the many thoughts of suicide that still stung inside of her.

There was silence, until she was face to face with the great dog demon. Rin stared into his eyes, and a wave of uncertainty held her to her spot.

"Why did you do that? They were going to kill me."

His usual gruff voice was softened, by something she didn't understand, "Exactly."

Then his eyes closed, and he was silent. Rin touched him, before flinching back, as she thought he would hurt her, but he didn't move. Realizing he was unconscious, she touched him again, moving her hand over his amazingly soft fur. She petted him gently, until she found something cold, which turned out to be his blood, from the bite. It was on the side of his enormous neck.

Her eyes widened, and she called, "Un? On? Help me! Lord Sesshomaru, he's injured!"

Her eyes struggled to make out where the claws went, but with the night and his size, it was impossible. As the silence hung over her, she hoped Un and On would come. They loved their master, despite how beastly he was, and how he treated them. (At least in front of her) Stroking for a few more moments, she stared frightened, and hoped her poor attempts would help.

"He's unconscious! I can't help him!" Rin called out once more to the heavens, hoping that the tree demon would hear her, and call for the dragon.

She was in luck. She heard a tree roar, and then another one follow. Rin sat hopefully, looking at the dark sky. It was getting lighter, as the sun was barely peaking its head out at her. She looked at the dog, and jumped back, intimidated by being so close to the humongous creature. The light was momentarily covered up, and she heard the voices.

"Rin? Rin where are you?"

"What happened?"

"I have no idea, he's unconscious! Help me for once! Rin?"

"Rin? Hey, there they are!"

Over the trees they came, and hurriedly landed.

"What happened?"

"Bear…demons… I was attacked… and he… he saved me… he's hurt…" Rin found herself short for words.

Un looked him over critically and said, "A bite to the neck, that'll do it. And a fist in the gut. Classic."

Rin stared at him angrily, "What are you talking about? Aren't you going to do something? It's not funny, he's bleeding! Stop talking and get him back to the castle! He needs medical attention!"

Un and On smiled secretly at each other, and then with an enormous effort, dragged him back to the castle.

Yeah! Well, I guess if all you wanted was the attention… Tell me what you think. I'm literally dying here. The next chapter is called The Child Inside and Naraku's Insanity, just so you know. If you figure out what's going to happen, I'll give you a cookie!  ~Mica