Author's Note: Hi, I'm Raine. Mel and I worked hard together finishing this fan fiction. I really hope you like it and we will really appreciate any reviews. Thanks!
"Lord Sesshomaru, is that you?" Sesshomaru awoke in a lot of pain. He saw Jaken standing beside him, looking very nervous indeed. Jaken also had several burn marks on his face.
"Oh, Lord Sesshomaru, thank goodness I finally found you! I've been looking everywhere for you. Oh, you look terrible! Allow me to get you a bucket of water." Jaken hurried away quickly. Sesshomaru looked around him. It was nightfall. He had fought the demons just after sunrise. He was lying in a thick, leafy bush.
"I have returned with your water, Lord Sesshomaru." Jaken hurried back to Sesshomaru with a dirty wooden bucket filled with lake water. Sesshomaru eased himself into a sitting position and stared into his refection in the water. He almost didn't recognize himself. His face was covered in burn marks and dirt and there were large gashes on his forehead and left cheek. His neck was almost completely covered in blood and dirt. His long, silvery hair was also covered and was stuck together in big clumps. His clothes were torn in several places. He took a sip from the water when he suddenly remembered, Rin.
"Where is Rin?" Sesshomaru said to Jaken. Jaken looked grave. "There is no chance a small human could survive such an explosion. She is most likely dead, Lord Sesshomaru."
"Oh. I see," Sesshomaru said, trying hard not to show any emotion at all. He remembered Rin, the small, sweet girl who cared for him no matter what. The small girl who had spent her last moments worrying about Sesshomaru. Then he slowly turned his head away so Jaken would not see his incredibly sad face.
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Rin awoke to see two brown eyes staring softly back into hers. The eyes belonged to a teenaged girl.
"How are you feeling?" the girl asked softly. She was holding Rin carefully in her arms and was sitting on a dirt path.
Rin was confused. She couldn't figure out why this strange girl was holding her and not Lord Sesshomaru.
But wait - had see seen this girl before? Yes, she was the girl in the background. The one Lord Sesshomaru's brother tried to protect whenever he fought against her master.
What was her name?
"I'm Kagome," the teenager said with a bright smile. "Are you okay?"
Rin was utterly terrified. Her master's enemy. She didn't look like she was going to harm Rin. But what if she turned her over to her master's brother...Inu Yasha?
Rin wanted to cry. She wanted cry, get up and run away, away from these strangers, run to Lord Sesshomaru who would hold her and kill the strangers
She couldn't run. She couldn't cry.
What's the dead kid doing?" Rin's heart stopped. She knew that voice. She knew it well.
"Oh would you give it a rest?" Kagome barked at the half-demon Inu Yasha. "She's really hurt, ya know?!"
"So, who cares? She's just a little runt anyway… Wait a second." Inu Yasha appeared over Rin his soft silver hair, so much like Sesshomaru's fell from behind his shoulders. "She looks familiar. Kinda like..." Inu Yasha's eyes grew huge. "Kinda like that kid that follows Sesshomaru around! That scruffy little kid!"
"She is not scruffy!" Kagome retorted and then looked more closely at Rin. "You're right, though. I couldn't tell from behind all those burn marks."
Burn marks? Rin thought. I must look like a complete mess. But wait-if I'm burned, then what about-
Rin summoned up all her strength and sat straight up. She couldn't breathe and ignored the pain as she looked around for her amazingly beautiful lord.
He wasn't there. Did that Inu Yasha man kill him? Oh, where was he?
Inu Yasha studied Rin in her new found position and said "Sesshomaru's not here if your wondering. And I didn't kill him." Under his breath, he muttered, "All though that would still be too good for the ."
Rin looked afraid. Terror could be seen through her big brown eyes. Kagome's heart immediately reached out for the girl. "Don't worry," she said softly, slowly pushing Rin back down into her bed of many blankets. "I'm sure he's all right. And it's okay. You can stay with us until he comes back."
"Like he would ever. That girl is just an annoying leech, and I'm sure that would be glad that she's gone." Inuyasha said.
"INUYASHA!!!" Kagome gasped, covering Rin's ears. "Watch your language!"
"Inu Yasha, quit it!" Kagome shouted to Inu Yasha, "This girl is really hurt, give her a break!"
"So?" Inu Yasha shot back, "She's going to die anyway. Quit wasting your time watching over a little runt."
Kagome looked startled. She walked to Inu Yasha and began to whisper angrily to him. But despite her efforts to make sure Rin would not hear, Rin could hear her muffled words.
"I know she might die, Inu Yasha!" She hissed. "But she might not know that. Let's make her last moments happy, okay?"
Inu Yasha looked annoyed. "Fine..." He finally said.