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Going into his quarters, Sesshomaru quickly went to his bed. All of a sudden Rin was there staring out toward the window, her back facing him. Slowly, he began to creep behind her, breathing in her intoxicating scent of wild flowers. Gently pulling her close, he began to pull down her kimono to her shoulders. he kissed her neck causing her to moan, then he undid her obi then kimono...

"Lord Sesshomaru! Lord Sesshomaru! It's urgent come quick!" Jaken screamed through the halls, ending the wet dream. Leaving his room, he was about to strike Jaken, who was bowing in front of him.

"My lord, Rin said she is leaving right now." The thought of hurting Jaken was out of his mind, his only thought was Rin.

'Is it about what happened last night?'he said,walking outside without caring he was not properly dressed. In the front of the gates was Rin staring at the sky. Many servants were begging her to stay, then reluctantly saying their goodbyes. Ignoring the scene the taiyoukai simply said "please leave." They all did.

Okio blushed, entering the palace noticing her lord was bare chested leaving Rin behind with him.

"Why are you doing this Rin?" His voice softer then usual the voice he used when they were alone.

"I need to leave." she whispered.

"You promised me."

"How can I stay here? I'm a human, something you despise. I will die before you gain a wrinkle."

"I do not despise you at all..." holding her shoulders, her face swelling up in tears.

" Don't make this harder than it already is my lord... Goodbye." taking his clawed hand from her, letting go.

"Don't do this Rin."

"I have to my lord." walking away toward the gates.

"Ah-Un will protect you on your trip." he said before entering the palace.

The dragon flew her to a village in the Northern Lands, where she decided to stay on a strange hunch. Day after day, week after week, there was no word from Rin. Everything was quiet and uncomfortable in the palace. Okio and Ziyi kept their lady's room spotless, awaiting her return along with the other staff. Jaken paced around the halls trying to get his mind off of her. He hated to admit it, but Rin was like a little sister to him. To the western lord she was the woman he loved. The woman he wanted to rule the Western Lands with, spend eternity with and bare his children, even if they were hanyous. She did that to him, made him want to settle down, gave him something to protect.

Eight weeks two months no word, everyone was losing hope of Rins's return. Sesshomaru tried to forget about her but couldn't. From what it seemed her leaving didn't affect him.

She settled in small village in the north. Everyone was nice and welcoming, just happy to have someone new and beautiful in their presence. A strange but nice old woman took her in, sharing her cozy cabin with her. Her hair was extremely long and gray, past her ankles, always wearing a scarf or hat over her head. Many men were attracted to Rin, even the lord of their lands, regularly visiting, bringing her gifts but she never accepted them. Lord Kiaiki was a demon not very strong physically, but magic was his forte. The old woman, who never gave her name, told her about him. Four scratches were across his face, which were caused by Sesshomaru, but of course Rin never knew about it.

' Lord Sesshomaru would easily crush him.' thinking to herself. Personally Rin and the old woman found Kiaiki annoying and ugly, always talking about his wealth. The odd thing about it was she would leave minutes before he would arrive saying she had something to do.

' I wonder how is everyone doing, how is HE doing?'

' Is he thinking about me?'

' I miss him.' These thoughts ran through her head while running errands for the old woman.

One night the old woman became curious about Rin, so she called the girl into her room to find out about her.

" Rin, child, please come here."

" Yes?" taking a slow step inside the dark room.

" Tell me, why did you come to this village? You were dressed like a wife of a great lord, please tell me." pointing to the chair next to the bed, her lavender eyes waiting for an answer.

" To find myself, to find out if I was really in love" hiding her blush behind long bangs.

" With who?"

" A demon, please don't tell anyone." afraid the villagers would treat her different.

" I understand, but Kiaiki must not hear about this. He would surely come after him!"

" This demon is strong. He would not stand a chance."

" Kiaiki is strong, never underestimate him. NEVER! Belive me child, you never want to find out." her eyes showed pain as if she knew first hand. The old woman never spoke about her past and the villagers didn't know much either, she just was always there.

" What do you mean?"

" I hope you never find out. Now go to sleep." This made Rin even more curious about the old woman and Kiaiki.

Later on that night Rin was disturbed from her sleep by a woman's scream.

" Help! Please! NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Not far from the small cottage a woman was struggling with two dark figures. Before Rin could say anything a dark figure covered her mouth and pulled her into the darkness. Seconds later, she and three other captured women were in front of the nothern lands palace, it was extremely large and unkept. Dead plants covered most oft he palace.What should of been the garden was barren, even the dirt was dead.

All four women were thrown into a underground dungeon.There were already four other women inside, very beautiful and crying on the cold ground.

" What's going on?" Rin asked.

"We're going to be sacrificed." One girl with dark brown hair in a messy bun answered. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying. From the clothes she wore you could tell she was a peasant.

"What do you mean sacrificed?" tears welling up in her eyes, collapsing on the floor.

"Exactly what I said. Kiaiki is going to kill ten maidens to cast a spell to kill Lady Sayuri, the real ruler of the Northen Lands."

"He needs ten beautiful human women for the spell." said another girl sitting with her head buried in her kimono.

"Lady Sayuri ruled with Lord Xu, a human, over 300 years ago. They always looked after everyone, making this land prosperous. After Lord Xu's death their daughter ruled until she fell for a demon in the east and lived with him. Many lords come and gone after that, but Lady Sayuri pulled their strings until Kiaiki overthrew the last lord ten years ago. She disappeared after that." said a girl named Yuka, the daughter of a rich merchant, who was a descendant of someone who knew Sayuri very well.

"Lady Sayuri is a demon, right? How is he going to kill her?" Rin asked.

"Lady Sayuri cast a spell on herself to age with her husband until he died, when he did, she was supposed to return to her youthful form, but she decided to stay an old woman forever." a teen named Kai blurted out from the corner she was standing from. She was the one Rin saw before she was captured.

"She resented her immortality and her inability to make Lord Xu immortal. Punishing herself, she kept the spell." said Yuka.

"Kiaiki is creating a spell to make her mortal. She will die instantly because she is so old." another girl, Yoko, whispered to herself but, everyone heard. Hearing all of this made the girls cry, not only for themselves but for their lady. Kai became angered by their fear, hiding her own by lashing at everyone.

"Quiet! Stop crying! It only shows weakness! Die with honor!" shedding tears of her own, Rin, on instinct, pulled her into an embrace, rocking her gently.

"Stop it. Were all scared... don't make it worse than it already is." she wispered into Kai's ear.

"I'm so scared, I don't wanna die, not like this..." pulling Rin closer to her. That night everyone cried themselves to sleep.

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