"Jaken, go get Rin back." "Yes Mi Lord, right away!" Jaken replied eagerly, he certainly didn't need to be told twice.

Sesshoumaru watched as Ah Un took off into the skies with Jaken grasping onto the reins. 'Perhaps I should've gone. It might have been faster.' Sesshoumaru thought. 'You fool! What have you done? Bringing that pathetic mortal girl back into your life. What use is she to you?' Sesshoumaru's boastful side spat. Sesshoumaru sighed. 'What will the other demons think? You should be ashamed.' His imperious side commented again. 'I don't care what other demons think. I don't care what anyone thinks. I love her. I love Rin and that's all that matters.' He cast away any other ostentatious thoughts and began attempting to pick up the last traces of Rin's scent.

'This is certainly harder than it appears.' Rin thought while pushing away the large clusters of branches and hanging leaves. She felt a sting on her cheek after a branch snagged a thin line across her face. Rocks and the roots from trees caught her feet as she walked, making her repeatedly fall to the floor of the woods with a loud thump. Wiping away the tears and sweat off her face Rin continued to press on.

In mere hours Jaken and Ah Un had covered all the main roads that humans traveled on, and just as the sun was beginning to rise, brining warmth and light to the world, Jaken spotted the cart that had taken Rin away. "Land down there!" Jaken called frantically to the beasts hitting one of them over top the head with his staff. They did as they were told, and Jaken jumped off and ran towards the women, but before he could demand that they return Rin immediately he was jumped on my Toki. "You wretched little imp! Where's the girl? Give her back now! We need the money, you got that?" She screeched.

"Get off me you feculent wench!" Jaken bellowed from under the pressure of the girl. Toki got off him and with clenched fists she again demanded, "Where's the girl?"

"The girl?" Jaken repeated.

"Rin! The young girl we took from your Lord a few days ago."

"She's not with you?" Jaken asked frantically.

"Well, no, not until this morning when we woke up and she was gone." Toki replied staring at the ground. "You fool! I could lose my head because of your stupidity!" Jaken yelled jumping onto Ah Un.

The sweat was pouring down Rin's face, sweat, blood, dirt and tears. 'If only I could find a river or stream to wash off and take a drink.' She thought while pulling up the sleeves of her kimono. The rise of the sun made it very uncomfortable for her to move around. Especially when she was trying to keep a fast pace. Although she'd been walking throughout the night and had a greater advantage over the ladies who might possibly be after her, she didn't want to stop. Stopping meant time wasted, and she didn't have any time to waste.

'Where did she go? Doesn't she know that it's extremely dangerous for humans to be out on their own? She could be killed! I could be killed for her being killed!' Jaken thought while perched up on Ah Un searching the forest below.

'What an incompetent fool. It should not take him this long to fetch Rin.' Sesshoumaru thought searching the skies for any sign of his vassal. Of course he was no where to be found. Sesshoumaru suppressed a growl that was rising in his throat. He wanted to see his Rin! He paced around for a moment before following the traces of Rin's scent onto the 'human's' main road.

'I should almost be there…right? I haven't stopped for a while so I should be something that's familiar right?' Rin thought frantically as she quickened her face. Everything around her looked the same. Rin's head spun and her vision blurred. 'W-what's happening to me?' Was the last thing Rin thought before her world turned black.

'That scent. A lowly weak pathetic snake demon has charmed its way into the mind of a human.'

'Rin…Rin come to me." A deep voice called from the darkness. "W-who's there?" Rin asked timidly raising her hands above her face.

"Do you not recognize the sound of my voice? I am your Lord your Master. The one you belong to." The voice hissed.
"Sesshoumaru-sama?"
"Yes." The voice came from behind her. "Now come child, let me hold you."

'That isn't just any humans scent. That's Rin!' Sesshoumaru thought frantically using his demonic speed to run to where the snake demon had lured his love.

He jumped high into the air and saw the demon wrapping its body around Rin, it pierced her ivory skin with its poisonous fangs and he came down and slashed the demon in two. He threw way the demon carcass with was entangled around Rin's small waist, and gathered Rin in his arms. He listened as the signs of the poison took their effect. Her breathing became labored and her heart rate dropped dramatically. Small beads of perspiration began appearing on her forehead.

He kneeled down and rested Rin's head against his chest. "No Rin you can't die. I came to save you. I won't let you die, even if I can resurrect you. I'll save you now and show you how much I love you." Sesshoumaru said softly to the unconscious girl.

"No Sesshoumaru-sama don't let me go! Please come back!" Rin cried into the deep abyss. The feeling of strong arms encircling her waist was gone; the voice that she was sure was Sesshoumaru-sama's was gone. She was all alone, her worst nightmare.

Sesshoumaru rolled up the sleeve of his white kimono. He knew what he had to do. Dog demon blood could repel any poison. He took his clawed index finger and dragged it across his wrist. Not crossing and major veins, just break the skin so the blood could flow easily. The blood immediately dripped from his hand onto Rin's kimono. He quickly pulled away the blood soaked fabric that covered the wound on Rin's shoulder. He watched carefully as the blood dripped onto the wound, encasing and trapping the venom and turning it harmless.

"I love you Rin." Sesshoumaru mumbled into Rin's hair. He kissed the top of her head gently before closing his eyes and waiting for the moment when Rin would awaken.

"I love you Rin."
"I love you Rin."

"I love you Rin."

"Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin called sleepily. She felt warm, strong arms wrapped around her shoulders protectively.

"Rin. How are you feeling?" Sesshoumaru asked, immediately opening his eyes as soon as he heard the sound of her voice.

"Sesshoumaru-sama. Where am I? What happened to me?" She asked wiping the sleep from her eyes. "It felt like I slept forever." Rin's eyes widened when she noticed that she had slept in Sesshoumaru-sama's arms.

"You were being attacked by a demon." Sesshoumaru said simply. "How is your arm?"

"Sesshoumaru-sama…You saved me?" Rin asked.

He nodded. Rin threw his arms around him. "Thank you Sesshoumaru-sama! I never thought you would come for me! My arm? What do you mean? Is something supposed to be wrong with it? It feels fine." Rin gasped suddenly; "I ran away from those ladies I'm sorry." Rin said quietly lowering her head as she waited to be punished.

"No Rin you don't have anything to be sorry for." Sesshoumaru watched her shocked expression.

"But Sesshoumaru-sama I disobeyed you and Jaken-sama said never to disobey you, cause if I did then I would—

"Rin." Sesshoumaru interrupted.

"Yes Mi Lord."

"You helped me realize something very important."

"I did." Rin said staring at him with her cinnamon brown orbs.

'It was now or never.' "Rin—

"--Sesshoumaru-sama

"--I know that you may not—

"--Like me because I'm just a human,

"—Because I'm a demon,

"But…

"Rin I love you."

"Sesshoumaru-sama I love you!"

The pair said nothing for a few moments while they both digested what they had just admitted to each other.

"Really?" Rin asked.
"Yes Rin." Sesshoumaru said watching her expression. She smiled. She gazed into his beautiful golden orbs as the clouds opened up and the rain began to fall.

Sesshoumaru looked down at her as she gazed at him. He brushed away the rain that fell on her cheeks. She blushed at the contact and briefly looked away. "Rin." He said softly leaning down closer to her face.

"Y-yes Mi Lord."

He skimmed her full pink lips with his thumb. He heard her heart race inside her chest as she looked at him longingly. He gently pressed his lips down upon hers and waiting for any sign of hesitation from Rin. Any signal that she was going to push him away or be unresponsive to his unnatural sign of affection. She did quite the opposite. She kissed him back softly. He pulled away and cupped the side of her face when he began to smell her tear.

"Rin why are you crying?" He asked thinking that he'd done something wrong.

Rin wiped away her tears with the back of her hands, "I'm crying because I'm happy."

"Do all humans react this way to certain situations?" He asked

"Some do."

"Well what can I do to make these tears stop?"

"Well…First off you can kiss me again." She replied blushing. Her request was not to be denied, for as soon as the words left her mouth, Sesshoumaru pressed his lips against hers. She teasingly bit his lower lip before her tongue slipped daringly into his mouth. Sesshoumaru began making his way down her jaw, licking, kissing, and teasing her all the way.

"What else do you request?" He asked nipping at her neck.

Rin moaned softly before replying, "Promise you'll never leave me?" It was more of a question than a request.

"I'll stay with you always." Sesshoumaru said softly capturing her wet lips once again.

THE END!


A/N: Wow that's the first time I've EVER been able to write that! I finished the fic! I finished the fic! Yay! I feel so proud and happy, although in my opinion it's not my best work and it's very rough, but hopefully you enjoyed it . - Thank you very much to those of you who reviewed cries tears of happiness I love you all! – I know that there's TONS and TONS of errors but what can I say I'm young and inexperienced (lmfao Shuichi said that to Yuki once in Gravitation) :P -- Again thank you so much to anyone who reads this fic - TA TA!

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