Rin's stomach hurt, on the outside and on the inside. Everywhere ached so much. She continued to sleep until a few hours later when she was awoken by very cold water. Rin would've bolted upright and jumped up to see who did that to her, but instead, because of her ribs, she just opened her eyes. Toki and Umeko stood over her with buckets. Toki was the first to speak, "Kameko says you stink and need to get washed, so get up". Toki walked away, but Umeko bent down to help her. "You know you shouldn't have tried to run away, you'll only cause trouble for yourself now" Umeko whispered. Rin didn't reply, she only tried to get up without a large amount of pain. Umeko walked with Rin into a group of trees where there was a spring. (hot springs tee hee) "Make sure you get the blood off your face, when we get back you don't want the men seeing you like that" Umeko said. "When are we going to be arriving" Rin asked quietly? "Well we've been delayed maybe, hmm, definitely not today, maybe the day after tomorrow" she answered. Rin nodded and began to wash off the blood.
"Mi Lord" Jaken called. Sesshoumaru stepped away from the tree he'd been standing beside. "Yes Jaken". Jaken was very nervous and unsure of how to say what he knew needed to be said. "Lord Sesshoumaru you don't think that perhaps you or- or I could go and fetch Rin" Jaken squeked. Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow at this. "And why would that be necessary" Sesshoumaru asked? Jaken was a terrible liar and Sesshoumaru knew this. Jaken gulped before speaking. "Well I thought, well, I mean I noticed that you, I-I mean I have (pause) missed-her-company".(major sweatdrop) Sesshoumaru scanned Jaken. "Master what is your decision" Jaken asked? "I have already made my decision and I don't intend to change it" Sesshoumaru replied cooly.
A while later Umeko returned and informed Rin that Kameko was very upset and they were going to stay the night. Rin nodded and thought 'Well that gives me two days to get away, and I cant leave tonight even if my body would let me, Kameko would expect that'. 'Tommow night, no matter what state my body is in tommorow I'll leave to go back home'.
It was final, he wasn't going to think about Rin anymore. He'd always love her but unless she wanted to come back, he wasn't going to fetch her. He wouldn't bring her back and force her to love him. He would tell Jaken tommorow that if he spoke of Rin again he would be punished.
Rin slept the night, not particularily well but her body was exhausted. Kameko had neither spoken nor looked at Rin since the scuffle. Toki was constantly giving her evil looks and whispering hateful, threatning words in her ear. Rin awoke in the morning to a painful shaking. Her eyes shot open to Toki throttling her shoulders. "Get up" she barked! Rin silently obeyed, holding in her whimpers. She inhaled deeply to avoid making any sound indicating her discomfort. Umeko offered her foodand this time Rin accepted knowing that she would need all of her strenght to get back to him. 'Tonight, tonight she would make her way back to him'. Rin tried to calculate how long it would take her to get back. It had been about three days so far and that had been in a cart. Hopefully no more than five, six days. She didn't know who long she could survive on her own. If she did die at least she wouldn't die with a stranger or a trio of mean women. She would die trying to get back to her Sesshoumaru-sama.
