Omg! Thank you all for all of the nice comments!

And yes I am updating quite quickly because this is perhaps my best fanfic yet and I have.. A lot of free time on my hands now that I'm not in geometry anymore )

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The dark corridors seemed endless. Kagome gave a mental sigh in relief as Sakura finally stopped in front of a door. She stepped aside and notioned for Kagome to go inside, and she did.

"This will be your room during your stay," Sakura said, "If you need any assistance, just call my name. My room is only a little further down the hall, so I will hear you." She smiled humbly, bowed, then exited the room. "I will come to your room around nightfall and guide you to dinner." Kagome heard Sakura say. Then she sat in silence as she heard the sound of footsteps slowly fading away.

'What now?' she thought. 'Will I really stay here to help Rin and Sesshomaru? Will he let me visit my family?' Kagome felt tears returning to her eyes again. 'But going home won't be the same without Inuyasha.' She remembered that almost everytime she went home Inuyasha would soon come down the well into her time to pick her up early. She wondered if she would act this weak when her mother would ask why Inuyasha wasn't with her or why she wasn't acting like herself.

"Kagome, are you okay?" Kagome quickly looked up as she heard a high voice. She saw Rin staring at her with concerned eyes and tried to smile.

"Yes, Rin-chan, I'm fine.. I'm just.. Remembering something.." She managed to force the welling tears back down so that Rin wouldn't see that she was crying. Or has she already?

"But Kagome was crying.." Rin said and walked closer to her. Kagome sighed.

"Yes.. I was remembering something sad that happened to me recently.."

Rin knew not to pry into Kagome's business, so she said nothing. Sesshomaru had already taught her not to be nosy.

"Rin remembers when.. She felt very sad. When her parents were killed.. Rin felt so alone.." Kagome looked at Rin sympathetically. She felt shock as a tear fell from one of Rin's eyes and made a dark spot on Rin's orange kimono. 'I didn't know Rin still felt so strongly about her parents..' Kagome thought, then did what the first thing came to her mind was. She hugged her.

Rin's eyes widened in surprise but she consciously hugged Kagome back. Kagome smiled at Rin's warmth and the way she felt comforted by their hug. The first time she really smiled in a while.

When they pulled away, Kagome noticed that Rin had stopped crying and that all that remained were half dried tears on her cheeks. Rin looked into Kagome's eyes.

"That was the first time that Rin remembers someone hugged her.." Rin smiled at Kagome. "Thank you, you've made me feel a lot better.."

"You've made me feel a lot better too, Rin," Kagome replied. 'What a sweet girl.. Who would've thought that Sesshomaru's ward would be so.. Kind?' Kagome thought.

"Rin feels that Kagome is like a mother to her.. Rin really likes you!" Rin exclaimed, hugging Kagome again. 'But I've barely even spoken to her.. But I suppose actions say more than words do,' Kagome thought.

"Hey Rin," Kagome said, then Rin looked at Kagome, "Let's go pick flowers," she smiled, then Rin did too. 'Something I haven't done in a long time..' Kagome thought, then felt Rin's small hand tugging her out of the room.

Nightfall came quite sooner than Kagome would have thought. But she was happy to have gotten to know Rin better. Yet one thing still pondered her mind..

'Why did Sesshomaru revive Rin? Even if it was for an experimental purpose, why did he take her in?' She knew not to ask him that question because she knew he would just tell her to mind her business. After all, it wasn't her business, anyway.

She was waiting in her room when she heard a soft knock on her door. She saw Sakura come in and figured that this was her cue to get up off of the bed and follow her down the dark hallways once more. So she did.