Hello readers! I know I haven't been very attentive lately but I'm hoping to get a few chaps up so that it will tide you over for a while. Well I better go, hope you like this chap!

Chp. 14: I shed my blood for you.

For Rin, time went in slow motion. She saw the deadly black claws sweeping towards the tender flesh of her stomach. Felt the ripping of her flesh, and the running of blood. She heard many sounds. The evil cackle of the triumphant cat, the choked noise from Sesshomaru's direction. Even the clank of steel hitting the ground. But as her vision blurred and her back found the cold stone floor…. she could hear nothing…she never heard Sesshomaru's shout…nor the scream of the cat as it's throat was slit….

Rin was completely at peace…. nothing mattered where she was. Not the warmth of the sun as it filtered in from a nearby window…. not the warm strength that enveloped her in a cocoon of protection…. not even Sesshomaru mattered…in this world of nothing. In this terrible, awful place between the living and the dead. All was black, warm, and calm. She had no worries, no fears…. not even a single regret. It's as if…. she were nothing…. was never anything….

Sesshomaru ran quickly to Rin, trying not to grimace when he saw the gaping wounds in her stomach. Then his stomach did a flip-flop. It was his fault. He was the reason she was hurt. He was the reason she could die. He was the reason his other half…would never live to be his light. Sesshomaru felt the great beast that was anger, raise it's head. It seemed to sniff the air, noting something was amiss. But when it scented Rin's blood…a great roar echoed inside him, tearing free from his throat to reverberate around the tower room.

Rin please! Say you can hear me…call to me please…Sesshomaru cried out to her, using his race's way of communication…using the way of a life-mate. Sesshomaru? Oh God! Her voice was so weak! Why did she have to be so pale? Why couldn't she be the way she should? Why did this have to happen? Sesshomaru? Please, don't think those things… Even though she was weak, and her life was as fragile as glass…. she still always managed to keep her voice so firm.

Rin! Please! Let me help you! You'll die if I don't…and once you're gone…my soul will fade…it will be a horror beyond your comprehension! If you do not live…I will not live. Sesshomaru tried to make his heart stop beating so, tried to calm his nerves for her sake. So he waited…. his entire body stretched taught with grief as he waited for her answer.

What will you do? She asked…the voice in his mind being one of disbelieving laughter. My stomach has been ripped open…and we are miles away from any hospital…tell me. What is it you will do? She sounded carefree…. like the old Rin. But he knew her thoughts…. his blood ran in her veins…. he knew things about her she could not imagine…right now…he knew she was afraid.

He answered her simply and without emotion…. for he knew that would get her slight cooperation. I will give you my blood. I will transfer my blood to your body…I will take you outside…into the sun…I will heal your wounds…force you to live…to stay alive. That is what I shall do. Instantly he felt her pull from him, if not physically, then mentally…but however it was…. she tried to hide…. from the answers he mind sought…from the truth behind his past.

No Rin…don't hide from me…don't hide from the truth…from what you know…that…would be almost as painful as your death to me…I can't save you only to have you resent me later. She must have heard the plea in his voice...for she came back…. her mind weary and her life slowly ebbing away. Fine…do what you must…but I want explanations afterwards. Sesshomaru could have kissed her at that moment but he refrained, trying to cause her as little pain as possible.

All right, this may taste strange but you have to…Rin sighed and told him to just do whatever need be….apparently she wasn't in the mood for explanations. Sesshomaru unbuttoned his shirt; letting the cool air, brush over his chest before slicing his nail across it, his lifeblood spilling free. Gently he brought Rin to him, grimacing when she hissed in pain.

Now…drink! He let the command roll from his mind, getting total obedience from his weakened partner. Her lips met his skin, sending a lightning bolt shooting through his blood as she replenished her blood supply. But something didn't seem right…something was wrong. Quickly Sesshomaru scanned Rin's vital systems, finding tracing of poison in her low blood supply. Sesshomaru cursed fluently before he ordered Rin to stop. Rin's stopped and went limp. Damn! Sesshomaru cursed again, licking two of his fingers and then rubbing them over the gash in his chest, his healing saliva closing the wound.

Immediately afterwards his mind was one with her's, using this to push the bad blood and poison from her system. His ancient blood ran swift, and fought off the intruder…all the while proclaiming he was even closer to her being his life-mate than he was comfortable with. He had to get somewhere safe. Slowly he pulled his mind from her's. The loss of contact made him dizzy and he shook his head, trying to dispel the weariness that threatened to overcome him. He didn't waste time though. He drew Rin to him and morphed into a fine mist, going as fast as he dared back to her apartment.

"It's a shame he won't make it in time…she was such a pretty little thing to. Fenrir did his job well." The honey sweet voice seeped into the walls…. it's cruel humor sending a shiver of apprehension through the spine of everyone present.

"Well….we all know death would have claimed her sooner or later…and I love the face Sesshomaru made when he was scared….makes my blood hot just thinking about it." The voice cackled, lust making it husky and sickening.

"Soon I will be able to see that face all day…. the face…. of his utter defeat."

Weeeeeelllll…that was…ummm…. yeah…. not so good huh? Well if you want to know what happens…please R&R! Love you all! Buh bye! Oh yeah...have any of you read Dark Melody by Christine Feehan? I didn't think any of her books were like the one I'm writing but...man...I haven't even read that one I swear! it's funky...oh well...I just heard about in the back of the Dark destiny book and it sounded like this...sorry to disturb...it yah think I'm lying about htis then...shrugs I couldn't care less...oh...uh sorry...scratches head I'm in a right awful mood...lol, love you all! Buh bye!