Hidden Feelings

Disclaimer: Inuyasha does not belong to me, but I own the plot. Blah blah blah…

A/N: This fic might seem a bit like a SesshyxRinxKagura love triangle, I myself am not sure either (hehehe). Anyway, thanks to those who reviewed my story!

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Chapter Three: A cold night without you by my side

The sun was about to set and it was a magnificent view. Sesshomaru, Rin, Jaken and A-un were walking along the top of a cliff. Rin paused to enjoy the view of the setting sun.

"Rin! Do not get left behind!" Jaken shouted. Rin ignored him.

"Jaken! Leave her alone!" Sesshomaru commanded.

"Oh, okay," Jaken could not believe that Sesshomaru allowed Rin to do whatever she wished to.

After a while, Sesshomaru told Jaken to take care of Rin and Ah-un as he wanted to take a breather from all the fighting (but he did not tell him that). Jaken had no choice but to obey his master.As he was stupid,he asked this stupid question that made him seemed even stupider. "Sesshomaru-sama, may I know where you are going?"

"Do not question me," Sesshomaru answered in an icy tone and shot an angry glare at his servant. Without saying another word, he walked away.

"Why am I so hated?" Jaken thought, "But if I don't ask him, who else could I ask?"

He glanced at Rin and shook his head. "It can't be her. What more does a human brat know besides eating and sleeping?" He turned to look at Ah-un and asked them that stupid question. Ah-un just snorted at him. "WHY? WHY AM I SOOO HATED?" Jaken was furious and sat down on a rock. He seemed depressed. Rin looked at him with an innocent and curious look. "Jaken-sama! You look depressed! We should try to forget all of our worries and imagine that they are flowers! That way,our world will be filled with flowers!" Rin said.

"Shut up and wait for Sesshomaru-sama quietly!" Jaken said, both irritated and depressed.

"Oh.. okay," Rin said obediently. She waited for Sesshomaru patiently until night fell. That was when she felt her stomach grumble.

"Jaken-sama!" Rin said, "Rin is hungry!"

"Why are you always hungry?" Jaken was irritated, "Go and find some food while I wait for you here."

"Hai!" Rin answered with a cheerful smile. She skipped off into the forest to find some food for dinner.

After walking for quite some time, she came across some mushrooms. She was delighted and began to pluck some. As she was about to return back to Jaken and Ah-un, she felt something grabbed her left leg. She was about to run away but she tripped and fell. "AHH!" she let out a piercing scream. When Jaken knew that Rin was in trouble, he immediately ran to search for her.

"RIN!" Jaken was worried that if Sesshomaru found out that Rin was in trouble while he was away, he would get punished. When he saw Rin, he realized that she was being carried away by a huge ugly demon (A/N: Not that Jaken wasn't ugly. I HATE JAKEN, anyway.).

"RIN!" Jaken tried to save Rin but his attempt proved to be futile, as he couldn't even catch up with the demon. "JAKEN-SAMA! SAVE ME!" Rin was screaming and kicking the demon, but the kicks were too weak to injure it (A/N: Is it him or it?). The demon smirked at her and said, "I shall trade you off to some other demons!" Rin was too frightened to speak, not to even say, shout. Jaken was worried sick of the responsibility that he would have to bear and the consequences of losing Rin.

"I have no choice! This is my last resort," Jaken said. He tried to use his two-headed weapon to burn the demon (A/N: hehehe I forgot what the name of his weapon is! Gomen!) but failed to do so. As the demon ran further and further away from Jaken, it disappeared into the thick and dense forest until Jaken could no longer see where the demon had gone.

"RIN!" Jaken was worried but happy at the same time. He knew he would be punished by his master but he looked on the bright side and thought that Rin being kidnapped by that demon would mean that Rin no longer had to follow them. He was delighted at that thought and continued to walk, hoping to find Rin by coincidence. "I guess today is my lucky day!" he said happily. But he didn't know just how wrong he was.

(Sesshomaru's POV)

Sesshomaru was strolling along a river bank not far from Jaken and Rin. He was thinking of a way to defeat Naraku. But whenever he thought of how to defeat him, he would always remember the incident six years ago. He told Jaken on that very day six years ago to take care of Rin and Ah-un.But when he saw Jaken coming back to him, he did not see Rin coming along as well. Jaken had told him that Kohaku killed Rin that time. Of course, he did not believe Jaken's story at all but at the same time, he did not know where to find her so he just left the matter and carried on to find Naraku and defeat him.

As he walked on, he thought of the memories he had with Rin. (A/N: Okay, at this point, his thoughts are rather OOC. I suck at describing people's thoughts.) He had always thought of human as useless, unworthy people. But ever since he met Rin, he began to be more compassionate and kind to humans. She was the one who had melted his cold and solid heart. She was the one who cheered him up when he was sad or gloomy. Though he never showed his feelings, he could feel as if Rin could read his mind. Deep inside his heart, he knew that he liked Rin. As in the sense that he treated her like a little sister. And somehow he never minded Rin following him. Some people said that Rin was his weakness. He laughed at that in his mind. Perhaps it was true.

His thoughts were being cut when he heard a familiar voice calling out, "RIN! SESSHOMARU-SAMA!" Immediately, he knew that Jaken had failed to carry out his orders of taking care of Rin and Ah-un again. He sighed and quickly walked to where Jaken's screechy and irritating voice came from.

Meanwhile... (nobody's POV)

"Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!" Jaken called out while walking through the woods. He was perspiring like mad due to the sweltering heat. Everything seemed so blur and he was beginning to think that he was in dreamland. He was walking round and round in circles and he began to feel dizzy. "RRIIIIIN!" he called out again. "SESSHO..MARU-SA..MA!"

Jaken had already lost hope by then until a familiar voice called out his name.

"Jaken!" Sesshomaru commanded.

"Yes, Sesshomaru-sama?" Jaken was shaking with fear as he had let down his master again.

"What happened to Rin?" Sesshomaru asked in a cold tone.

"She .. she was kidnapped by a demon," Jaken said, fearing for all his life that he was going to get punished later.

Sesshomaru just walked away. He smelt her scent and followed it.

Meanwhile… (Rin's POV)

The demon knocked Rin unconscious so that she would not try to escape.The demonresided at a cave and it was carrying to Rin back to its place. When he finally reachedits cave,it threw Rin into the cave. As she collided with the floor, a sickening crack was resounded. (A/N: Particles of Sand suggested using this phrase.) She opened her eyes when she heard and felt her backbone cracking a bit. She looked around and realized she was in the dampest, smelliest place she had ever been. The cave was full of moss. She was scared to tears, as that cave seemed so unfamiliar to her. Suddenly, she remembered thatshe was kidnapped by a demon earlier.

She looked around and saw a few children were huddling together as they were too afraid of the demon. The demon was glaring at them, as if to remind them every time that it would kill them if they ever made an attempt to escape. They were shivering with fear and also due to the coldness of the cave.

"Neh," Rin said as she got up despite her aching back, "where do you all came from? And why are you all scared of that demon?"

"We are froma village not far away from here. We heard that there was a demon kidnapped children from other nearby villages to trade them off to some other demons. But who knows, the demon apparently came to our villageand we were unlucky enough to get kidnapped by it as well! We had beenhere in this cavefor a few days and no one had come to rescue us, that's why we are scared!" one of the children replied. The younger ones were crying, while their elder siblings were comforting the little ones and praying that someone will rescue them soon.

"I'm not scared of demons. Bandits are scarier. They killed my parents and brother!" Rin said. She rubbed her hands to warm herself up as the cave was too chilly. She tried to hold back her tears as she remembered the horrible scene of her parents and brother being killed by the bandits who robbed their village. Then, she remembered that time when Sesshomaru saved her from Kouga's wolves. She wiped away her tears as she told herself she must be strong.

"Minna! Do not be scared! Someone will save us from this demon!" Rin announced as she was confident that her master would come and rescue her.

"Are you sure? I bet no one will rescue us. This demon is too frightening!" the children wept even more as they imagined the horrifying scene of the demon trying to eat them up.

"Sesshomaru-sama will come and save us!" Rin said with a smile.

"Who's that?" they asked curiously.

"Don't worry! Put your minds at ease! We will be saved, you'll see!" Rin said as she closed her eyes and fell into a long, deep sleep partly due to exhaustion and hunger.

Sorry to all my reviewers for updating my fanfic soooo slow! I'm working on other fics as well, so look out for them too (and hopefully, review)! Anyway, I am sooo happy I can go to my dream school, Crescent (hehehe, for those who are not Singaporeans, you will not understand)! Now that PSLE is over, I hope I can update faster! Please R&R!