A/N- Hey Everyone! I have now added three new chapters and I am so tired! Please continue to read and REVIEW! LALALA... Enjoy!
It was nearly nightfall, they were all equally tired. Their adventure today with the Sourceless took out most of their strength. When they finally reach the river they made camp. They stayed silent most of their journey even now while they camped no one knew what to say. They were all equally scared of the outcome of the Souses awakening. "Ok, we need to come up with a plan." Kaname said breaking the silence. "I agree. You two must go home. I will continue my journey alone." Rin answered. Kaname and Sousuke stared at her. "Out of the question! I was ordered to help and I am now here to do so!" Sousuke stated firmly.
"I as well Rin. Lady Kaede told me to watch over you and protect you from your stubborn ways and I will not disobey her dead or alive!" Kaname said. Rin smiled. She didn't want to be alone. She didn't want them to feel burdened to help. She hated being alone, though she felt she always was. She knew if she did this journey alone it would make her colder than she already is.
"I am glad you are willing to stay with me! Now is that rice done?"
"Yep." Sousuke said dumping a pile of it on her small plate. "So what is our next move?" Kaname asked with her mouth full.
"Well I feel we should stay on this path until we reach the next town. I don't really understand why I just think we are close to something." Rin answered.
"We will trust your instinct, after all the Sorceress told us to follow your senses." Sousuke added taking another bite of rice. "I don't know why she said that. Rin has never been at one with them. One time we were in the forest running from the Inuyasha boys playfully and Rin was convinced she could run with her eyes closed. That her miko powers would be able to take control and would protect her. She ran right into a tree." Sousuke bursted out laughing while Rin glared at Kaname. "And if that wasn't bad enough she said she followed her instinct and continued running with her eyes closed and hit a dozen more trees." At this point they all bursted out laughing almost to the point were they were in tears. "So how old were these Inuyasha boys to make you run like this Rin?"
"Four..." Rin said blushing. "And how old where you Rin?"
"Seventeen..." Sousuke bursted out in laughter that, once more had a contagious effect. "Oh how I miss Kagome and Inuyasha... Rin we didn't even get to say good bye to them..." Rin smiled at Kaname. She too missed her dear friends. "Well at least they are safe."
"I have heard of this Inuyasha. But they were tales to scare me as a child. Is it the same fierce half breed who restored the shikon jewel?" Rin nodded. "Yes but he isn't all that fierce. Thankgod for Kagome otherwise I don't think I could handle his whinny tempers." Rin laughed. "Kagome was the miko that help guard the jewel."
"I thought her name was Kik... something?"
"Yes, Kagome was the reincarnation. She found a portal between the future and the present. Her and Inuaysha married when she was twenty. It was a very romantic tale." Kaname said over-dramatically. Rin smilled with her friends. She didn't remember a time when she laughed this hard.
They continued their stories until Rin was too tired to laugh any more "Well my friends I am off to sleep." She said. Kaname and Sousuke waved at her and Rin went behind the trees to her pallet. When she laid down she immediately thought of Sesshomaru. He was a very good friend to her. When he left her with Lady Kaede he never came back. He went home to his palace. 'I wonder if he thinks of me.' Rin thought, looking down at the necklace he gave her for protection. He had spoken truth about this necklace when he had said it would always protect her. She took it off and placed it under her pallet and drifted off to sleep.
"Kaname?" Sousuke said in a quiet voice. "Yes?"
"I umm... I wanted to apologize for how I acted the night before." Kaname smiled, lighting her eyes. "I should not have intruded the way I did." She still kept her smile as she dazzled him with her beauty. "There was no intrusion, I... am... just..." Sweat began to tickle his forehead. "Sousuke what is wrong? Why do you act so nervous around me" He didn't answer her. He simply laid down on his pallet and turned away from her. Kaname, feeling like she was completely insulted, laid in hers. But instead of turning away from him she stared at the back of his head. "Kaname..." He woke her from her daze. "The reason I act nervously is I have never been around such a beautiful woman before." Kaname blushed excitedly and soon drifted into sleep.
"Run." Rin wispered in her sleep. He eyes shot open. She was panting rather hard. Her nightmare's were becoming more intense every night.
'It's ok it was only a dream.' She tried to convince herself. Rin sat up in her pallet. Sweat was soaked threw her robes. She got up and walked to the river. Briskly, she washed the sweat from her body. She hated the way her skin felt when it was covered in sweat. Rin started humming as she continued to wash.
"HOWL!" RIn's blood ran cold. She turned her back to see a pact of wolves behind her. He heart began to pound. Ever since she was a child and watched her village massacred by wolves, she had been afraid of them. Kaname always thought it was a dumb fear mainly because she was able to handle three headed demons without breaking a sweat. But she still went numb when she heard wolves. "They are just animals." Rin said out loud. But that wasn't going to work. She has died from these creatures once... Sesshomaru. She searched for the beads Sesshomaru gave her for warmth. She couldn't find them. They were still on her pallet. Tears flooded her eyes. 'God Damit Rin! Does your stupidity know no bounds!' Rin held her breath and ran as fast as she could down stream. Her heart pounded wildly through her robes. She fell to the ground in fear. The wolves jumped on top of her. Blood, dripping down her sides. Rins eyes shot open in pain and the world went dark.