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Chapter Eight


Firey eyes looked upon Baiko and Bakin. "What is going on hear?"

Baiko and Bakin looked around, trying to find something to say. Inuyasha was speechless, and the rest of the traveling group was confused.

"You two...!"

Kat came from the shadows. "Calm down I'll deal with them."

"R-Rina?" Inuyasha moved forward. She looked at him, eyes calming some.

"You...Inuyasha." She breathed. Stepping down from the ledge she walked a few feet to him.

Kagome stepped between them. "Hold it. Who are you?"

Mana and Chi pulled their weapons out. Kagome stepped back some. Miroku and Sango pulled their weapons too. Kilala growled.

Smirking Rina pulled out her sword, eyes never leaving Inuyasha's. He followed her. "Kagome get out of the way."

"But.."

"Just do it."

Relunctantly she moved. "Sango, Miroku. Do either of you know Inuyasha's opponet?" They shook there heads.

"It's been a long time Rina." Inuyasha cirlced her.

She narrowed her eyes. "Too long if you ask me."

He attacked first, she blocked. "Your looking well."

Breaking the stalemate they backed off. "Your not looking bad yourself, Inuyasha." Rina put her sword back in the sash.

Inuyasha was confused. "Hey...what...the...?"

"Sorry Inuyasha not tonight." She walked back up with her group. He still looked confused. "What's the moon phaze tonight?" She asked him.

"Full why?"

Smiling she walked away. "Then you understand why I must leave."

Putting his sword away as well, he chased them. "Hey you can't just walk away like that."

-

"Since you followed us, I suppose I should have an area made out for you huh?" Kat asked.

"Yea sure, whatever. Where are we anyway?"

"The upper left wing of the Sacred Lands." A soft voice answered.

"Ayano!" Kat snapped. "You shouldn't be out here."

"Last I checked Katrina, I was telling people what to do." Rina came from behind Ayano.

Kat grummbled some, stood, and walked off.

"I'm sorry Rina." Ayano said apologenically. Smiling Rina nodded her head. Ayano bowed and went back into the main building.

"Can I get your group anything, Inuyasha?" Rina asked but didn't look up.

Miroku moved foward. "A talk with your greatness is all I desire." Sango slapped him. Rina blinked at the situation.

"I found nothing wrong with that request."

Sango patted her hands together. "You would if you knew him as long as we have."

"A place to sleep would be nice." Shippo peaked from behind Kagome. "Oh and some food too."

Smiling Rina nodded again. "Of course, follow me please."

-

The group was setted near the stream that ran outside the town. Kilala and Shippo were sleeping, while Kagome, Sango, and Miroku talked about recent happenings. Inuyasha was sitting in a tree. A bell brought him from sleep and grabbed the attention of the other three.

"It's Rina." Miroku observed.

"I wonder what they're talking about." Kagome wondered.

-

"Mind if I sit?" Rina asked. Shaking his head Inuyasha sat with her. "That was a weird introduction wasn't it."

"Yea but I've seen worst." He smiled. "I had forgotten you changed human on full moons, until you reminded me."

She laughed softly. "You were always forgetting things.

Kagome, Sango, and Miroku were hiding in the bushes listening to the conversation.

"Sounds like normal talk to me." Miruko quietly stated.

"I may have forgotten things but I can still remember some. Like how we had many talks like this, by a stream, under a tree."

"That's how we met, and slowly departed." Rina barely said looking down at her feet. Small drops of tears swelling in her blue eyes.

He looked at her. "What do you mean? Slowly departed?"

She didn't look at him. Just played with the loose dirt. "When Bakin and Baiko first came, when they attacked us. Our world changed that day, don't you remember?"

Inuyasha thought for a moment. "I do. It's when we met Kikyo. I thought you liked her."

Rina wiped some tears away from her eyes. "Rina what happened that night. I thought you were gone, Kikyo said you didn't survive the blast. B-but here you are."

She looked up at the moon, distance in her eyes. "It's a long story, sure you have all night?"