(A/n): This chapter is really short. The length kinda varies with the song. But I got the message in that I wanted, so it's all good.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of Rumiko's property, nor do I own any of Evanescence's lyrics. If I did, I could swim in the cash I make. But I don't. (

Chapter Three: Hello

Playground school bell rings again…
Rain clouds come to play again…

Sesshoumaru lifted the small girl with easy, carrying her back to the plain where he was staying for the night. Jaken was there, waiting as always, but the small demon dropped everything when he saw Rin, limp in his master's arms.


Has no one told you she's not breathing?
Hello, I am your mind, giving you someone to talk to… Hello?

Sesshoumaru ignored Jaken's squeaky cries, laying the girl next to the fire. He felt a sadness welling up inside, staring at those eyes, once open and wondering, now closed…forever…

If I smile and don't believe-
Soon I know I'll wake from this dream…

Rin shuddered slightly, rolling closer to the fire. Her delicate chest rose slowly, shallowly.

Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken!
Hello, I am the lie, living for you so you can hide… Don't cry!

Her eyes flickered open slowly, as Sesshoumaru watched in silence. She reached out towards the fire, drawing her hand back quickly from the heat.

"But then… If I'm not dead…" She whispered, painfully pushing herself into a sitting position. She turned around, and let out a gasp.

Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping!
Hello? I'm still here! All that's left of yesterday!

"Sesshoumaru-Sama!" She cried hoarsely, throwing herself onto him. She buried her face into his fur, contenting herself with the knowledge that she was with him again.

"You saved me, Sesshoumaru-Sama," She smiled. She should have known. Eight or eighteen, her Sesshoumaru would always come to save her.

Oookay, I guess I should tell you what the timing 'n stuff for this story is. Rin followed Sesshy around for ten years. Then she was kidnapped by a demon, and somehow managed to survive for another three months on her own. At the end of the first chapter, Rin loses consciousness, to such an extent that her breathing is almost undetectable. The warmth of the fire brings her back.