CHAPTER 3

Rin just stood there after he left. 'He must have left to his room.' She thought, but then she felt a shock of pain. "Sesshoumaru." She whispered to herself. She was confused at how she knew it was him. Then she ran off to find him.

When she got outside, she tried to figure out which way he went. Then she mentally smacked herself. 'You're a hanyou, you idiot. Follow his scent.' She sniffed the air, found Sesshoumaru's scent, and went in that direction.

She arrived in time to see Sesshoumaru fall down. She hurried up to him. When she was stopped by him she heard him moan. She touched his face.

"Relax, taiyoukai. Everything will be okay." She said. Then she heard him faint.

'Great. Just what I wanted. Now I have to carry him back. Oh, Kami, give me strength.' She thought, then she pulled Sesshoumaru onto her back and started to run back to her room.

She was about there when she ran into her father again.

"What are you doing with that slave on your back?"

"He fainted and I didn't want him to get killed."

"You could have been killed. What were you doing out there anyways?"

Rin thought quickly to come up with a lie. "We were going to Kasagi town to see the tailor there. I forgot to take my slaves papers so by the time we were five miles away from them, he started to feel the pain. It wasn't too bad for him so he kept moving. Finally the pain was too much, so he fainted. Then I pulled him onto my back and came back."

"Why didn't you just go to the tailor's here?"

"Because this tailor doesn't make clothing that fit a demon."

"Next time, have someone else go."

He stepped aside and let her pass, but she knew that she was going to be in trouble.

She laid Sesshoumaru onto her bed and pulled over a chair too sit and watched him.

Sesshoumaru woke up to find himself in Rin's bed, Rin right beside him. He hurried and got up. The movement woke up Rin.

"So you are finally awake. You've been unconscious for three days now." Rin smirked. "What, may I ask, do you think you were doing? What did you think you could accomplish?"

"I don't need to answer to you, hanyou." He growled at her.

"Oh, yes you do, Mr. High and Mighty. If it weren't for you, my father wouldn't have grounded me to the castle. I would be able to go outside." Rin growled back.

Sesshoumaru couldn't help but be amazed. Most people backed away from him when he growled. Rin was the only person who actually fought back, well besides his half-brother. She didn't even flinch when Sesshoumaru slapped her.

"HOW DARE YOU!" Rin screamed, angry that he had slapped her. "This is what I get for trying to help you be free! I get slapped!"

Rin grabbed the slave papers and scanned them for the word she was looking for. She found it.

"ITAI!" She yelled.

Sesshoumaru felt nothing at first then he felt pain run up and down his body. He fell onto the bed. The pain disappeared but it left him paralyzed.

Rin moved her hair away from her eyes. "Now if you'll excuse me." She said, acting like nothing had happened.

She walked out of her room and slammed the door behind her.

Sesshoumaru got up as soon as the paralysis was gone. Then he walked over to his room and got in his bed. He tried to go to sleep, but for some reason he couldn't.

Rin was in her toy room that she used to play in when she was little. Tears were streaming down her face. She felt bad that she had used the word to cause Sesshoumaru pain.

'You did it because he made you mad. It's okay.' The demon half of her said.

'It is not okay. What you did was wrong. You should have done it a kinder way.' Her human half said.

"Will you two just shut up?" She said out loud. She hated being a hanyou. It was really annoying having too exactly opposite personalities.

She heard her father walk in. "Did your slave hurt you?" He asked with concern in his voice.

"No." She replied bitterly, remembering that he had killed her mother.

"Good." He replied happily. "Prince Naraku is here and he wants to see you. So go on and get in some better clothes and look your best for your future husband."

He left her. She snarled, 'Great…and if my day couldn't get any better.' She thought as she went to her room. She saw that Sesshoumaru's room door was shut. 'At least I won't have to have another go at him.'

She got dressed into the only dress that was made by here mother. It was black. She had made it out of her own demon hair. Rin remembered her mother telling her, that if she wore it on a bad day, her luck would get better. She rubbed her fingers up and down her dress. Then she heard a movement behind her. She quickly turned around.

"What?" She asked Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru said nothing for a second. "I'm sorry." Was all he said, then he went back into his room.

Hearing him say those words shocked her. She went into his room and walked over to him. "I'm the one who should say sorry. I caused you pain. I shouldn't have yelled out that dreadful word."

"RIN! HURRAY UP!"

"I gotta go Sesshoumaru," she said then a look of disgust crossed her face, "I got to go and meet my future husband."

Sesshoumaru watched her hurry out. He growled. 'My Rin being forced to get married. Wait…when have I become protective of her." He was confused. 'What's wrong with me? No one has been able to melt my icy exterior this fast.'

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