Author's Note: Hey, it's Raine again! Here it is, Chapter 4! Enjoy, and remember to review!
"Wake up," Rin heard a voice say. She hoped that she would open her eyes and see Lord Sesshomaru there, that everything that had happened the night before was just a dream. But when she opened her eyes, it was just the girl Kagome.
"Good morning," Kagome said brightly, "How are you feeling?"
Rin hadn't said a word since she had been separated from Sesshomaru, and she didn't plan on saying anything to these people. She only talked to people she really trusted.
"Kagome, is that girl up yet?" Inu Yasha shouted from ahead in the dirt path. "We need to get a move on!"
"She's up, Inu Yasha!" Kagome yelled back. Rin was surprised at how often they fought. "Can you quit picking on her!?"
Inu Yasha shook his head and started down the path. Kagome groaned.
"Here," she said and picked up Rin and started walking down the dirt path after Inu Yasha. "We're going to lady Kaede's home. She's a powerful priestess who will be able to help heal you."
Rin was confused. These people were her enemy, right? Why were they trying so hard to make her better? Should she trust them?
"Don't worry, you'll be better in no time," Kagome said, smiling, as they continued down the path.
"We're meeting up with our other friends, Miroku and Sango. You'll like them. The two are very nice, but Miroku can be...misbehaving sometimes."
Inu Yasha smirked. "Sometimes?"
And of the two went bickering again. Rin just closed her eyes and thought, If only Master Sesshomaru would meet up with us there. I wish he would. I...miss...him...
She fell asleep.
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Sesshomaru jerked awake in a sweat. He just had the strangest dream. In the dream, he, Sesshomaru, was walking alone through a patch of dense woods. Thousands of trees surrounded him, yet he walked quickly and purposefully in one direction. He came to a clearing and what he saw surprised and scared him. There was Rin, covered in burn marks, lying perfectly still on the soft dirt with her eyes closed. Was she dead? Sesshomaru hated the thought of that. But now Sesshomaru knew, dead or alive, he could find Rin. He recognized the forest. It was the forest of Inu Yasha, named after his pathetic half-brother who was with Rin that very moment.
Sesshomaru felt anger surge through him and, with all the strength he could muster, stood up to his full height.
At that moment Jaken was walking towards him with a bucket of water, but the sight of Sesshomaru made him drop the entire thing.
"Mi-Lord!" He exclaimed, appalled.
"Jaken, we must travel to the forest of Inu Yasha." Sesshomaru said coolly. "That is where Rin is heading."
"But Mi-Lord-" Jaken began, but Sesshomaru interrupted.
"We must go at once." Sesshomaru said, and he started, ignoring the pain his injuries caused him, in the direction of the Forest.