Chapter 24: To simple

Authors Note: It's not immediate but it's pretty close I hope you guys are still readin o Review!

"Totousai" Sesshomaru's calm mellow tone voice filled his house within a deathly silence. His footsteps and Rin's echoed through the house, he walked up the stairs detecting their auras turning to look at the little girl over his shoulder.

Rin looked towards him in pure amazement examining the place but when his eyes met hers, she only smiled; a wide smiled that for a second reminded him of Sango. Sesshomaru entered the room calmly; Kikyou was on the floor and Inuyasha by her side Totousai on the bed talking to them.

There was a small book in Kikyou's laps, pictures it seemed to be a photo album. There were pictures of a woman that in his guessing could be known as Midoriko- her mother. And there were pictures of her…with Inutaisho. They appeared to be younger much younger around the ages of 5 or 6.

"Oy! Sesshomaru who's the girl?" Inuyasha said his ears twitching from the unusual sense as they stepped in towards the room. Sesshomaru ignored his comment and stared towards Totousai in a direct sense of business.

"I'm ready"

"You saved the girl?" Totousai asked in amazement staring towards Sesshomaru in a sense of amazement and disbelief. He had obviously not believed that he could have done it by his expression and surely he had…or so it seemed.

"She was dead" Sesshomaru said simply, "Tenseiga saved her"

Rin looked towards Inuyasha in an awkward sense of amazement and Inuyasha sighed inwardly and knew exactly what she was amazed with- his ears. Every girl since he was little liked his ears, his god damn ears; he had seen the same fascination in them in Kagome, Kikyou, and…Sango.

"Can I touch them?" She said rather boldly staring towards Inuyasha. Inuyasha gave off a little gulp and for a second she seemed just like Sango and that…really bothered him. "yea…" he said quietly as she reached over crawling into his lap and gently tweaking his ears.

"Don't be mistaken she was most defiantly dead, there's dried blood on the side of her head where she where she was injured"

"That's incredible, was it just because she was dead you decided to…?"

"No…Tenseiga told me too, it…it pulsed"

"Hm…peculiar"

"How so?"

"It just is…aren't things going a little to smoothly, there was no problem getting it to work, finding me or the sword itself I assume it just seems unreasonable"

"It is a bit strange" Kikyou prompted into Sesshomaru's and Totousai's conversation with own ideas in mind. "Naraku or even my sister hasn't shown up one bit to cause any trouble, something defiantly isn't right Sesshomaru."

Inuyasha nodded and Rin stared towards Sesshomaru in a questioness gaze but remaining silent. However this man who had saved her had honestly had a huge effect on his new intentions. Perhaps she was JUST an intention but she wouldn't think about it. It didn't matter did it? She was alive- dear god she was alive.

She felt tears brim her eyes in relief and wiped her eyes aimlessly.

"You okay kid?" Inuyasha asked looking to the girl as she nodded quickly.

"Hai!"

"You know Japanese?" Sesshomaru said intently looking towards her over a shoulder. 'No wonder there was such a strong connection' he mused quietly as she nodded towards him eagerly.

"I've done what's done; Naraku's gone and as long as I can save her before he comes back in the end it true fully doesn't matter." Sesshomaru pressed firmly, turning towards the door. "Let's go Rin"

Kikyou and Inuyasha stared helplessly as they rode to a stand. Somewhere in Inuyasha's mind he knew going home was going to be worse then coming here. That the 2 hours ride would take 2 minutes with Sesshomaru driving, child or not.

Kikyou held the photographs of her mother in her lap as she stared towards Totousai. "Keep the alblum" He said softly "You have a friend to save"

"Sesshomaru"

"What?" Sesshomaru said turning a shoulder towards Totousai.

"Go save your mate." He said simply giving off a soft elderly smile.

Sesshomaru flinched for a few seconds looking down seeming a bit solemn. "It won't happen again." He said quietly staring to the ground his hand in a trembling fist. "I'll never let her get hurt again!" He said staring towards him, there was such ferocity in his eyes that made you shrink in fear and rise in hope. It wasn't the fury of a mad youkai it was the fury of a demon who missed his lover.

He stomped out Rin following loyaly by his side, Kikyou and Inuyasha following beside him.

"Sesshomaru" Totousai mused quietly. "You've always wanted to surpass your father" He looked down to the ground in sort of a sympathetic chuckle. "But you're just like him…if not better"

He looked towards the photo of Inutaisho and him lying on the desk. "He was a great man, and even he would have been proud of you…the arrogant asshole, you hear me Inutaisho?"

His only answer was the still silence of the room as the front door echoed closed.

Authors Note: Sorry it's a little short and a little bland but next chapters gonna be a HUGE step up so…+sweat drops+

Chapter 25: Kikyou abducted and Tenseiga stolen!