Ok chapter 4 is here this is a pretty short chapter though the next one will be longer I promise.Thanks to everyone who reviewed and please review again. Enjoy chapter 4!

Chapter 4

Sesshoumaru's POV

Rin will be safe. I think as I dodge the dragon's fireball. Another fireball comes hurtling at me, I cut through it with Tokijin. This is going to be a long, hard war. I look towards me troops, two thousand inuyoukai, half of whom are transformed.

"Alright men, let's move on forward and win this war!" I shout.

The men charge forward into the dragon's ranks.

Rin's POV

It's been three months since my Sesshoumaru-sama left. No letters, no visits, no word from him since. My advancing pregnancy is beginning to show. A slight swelling of my belly, the sickness in the mornings and the constant hunger; all signs of a normal, healthy pregnancy. I'm weaker than most women as I am carrying a half-demon child. Kagome has been very kind to me, as she understands what I am going through with the child, though she will never understand how much I miss my Sesshoumaru-sama. She is here with me now, and this morning is particularly bad.

"Kagome," I cried, the girl running to my side, "I can't get up. I'm too dizzy." The whole room was spinning lazily.

"It's alright Rin, this is perfectly normal," Kagome said seemingly unconcerned, "Just lay there till it passes."

I lay back until the dizzy spell passes. Slowly I get up and walk to the door.

"Kagome, I'm going outside to play with the kids. I'll be back for lunch."

"Alright Rin. Just be careful," she answered.

"I will," I open the door and walk outside. The first thing I see is Namiko sparring with Inuyasha. I walk over to where Kumiko, Kamui, and Yuzuka are playing. "Good morning Kumiko, morning Yuzuka, morning Kamui."

"Good morning Aunt Rin," Kumiko chimed at me in her sing-song voice.

"Good morning Rin-san," Yuzuka, Miroku and Sango's eldest girl who is eight, welcomes me.

"Good morning Rin-san," Kamui also greets. Kamui is the same age as Kumiko and Namiko. He looks as much like his father as Yuzuka looks like her mother.

I watch as the children resume their game. A shiver runs through my body as a cold hand rests on my shoulder. I look up to find the Lady Kikyo standing behind me.

"What is it, Kikyo-sama?" I inquire.

She was looking down at me with her cold, dead eyes, "Please come and walk with me Rin-sama."

I give her a big smile, "Sure thing Kikyo-sama." I get up from my place and walk with Kikyo towards Inuyasha's forest.

As we walk into the forest, away from prying ears, Kikyo begins to question me, "Why is it Rin-sama, that Sesshoumaru is so interested in a mortal girl such as yourself?"

"That's Sesshoumaru-sama," I snap at her, "And I don't know, maybe he loves me." It had never occurred to me to wonder why he had done it. I figured that you only married or mated with someone that you love.

Kikyo laughed, "Sesshoumaru . . . love? . . . And a mortal nonetheless," she composed herself, "Come now, there must be something about you, something that would make it advantageous for Sesshoumaru-sama to take you for his mate. I mean, look at you, you're not even very pretty."

I lose it and slap Kikyo in the face knocking her to the ground, "Who do you think you are to question Sesshoumaru-sama's decisions, and how dare you so insult the Lady of the Western Plains!"

Kikyo gets up onto her knees, "I beg you to accept my apology, my Lady."

I smile down at her, appeased and calm once more, offering her my hand, "Truce?"

She takes my hand, "Truce."

I help pull her to her feet. She brushes herself off and we continue as if nothing had happened.

"Since we're asking questions, why are you here helping Inuyasha? I know that you hate that he chose Kagome over yourself," I inquire.

"Well . . . ,"she answers.

Kikyo's POV

The girl asked me why I stay here and help Inuyasha. What a silly question. But maybe she doesn't understand.

"I'm not," I answer simply.

The girl looks at me confused, "What do you mean you're not? You're not helping Inuyasha?"

She understands nothing. "I'm not here for Inuyasha's sake. I'm here for the sake of what could be considered my offspring."

Rin looks even more puzzled, "You have children? I didn't know that."

I don't have time to play this girl's games. "Kagome and I share a soul, so her children feel to me like they are my own. My children were in danger so I came to help them." She still looks perplexed so I continue to explain, "As you know, Kumiko and Namiko have both youkai and miko powers. However, you did not know that the two do not usually get along. The powers were warring within the girls, threatening to destroy them from within. I taught them how to blend their demonic auras and miko powers." There, now she should understand.

Rin doesn't look confused anymore, "Alright, does Kagome know why it is that you are here?" she asks. The girl has a clever smile on her face.

"I'm sure she does. She is the other part of my soul," I answer beginning to walk back towards the village. The girl is following closely behind me. We get to the village just in time to hear Kagome call for lunch.

Inuyasha's POV

I stand there and thank the gods that men can't get pregnant. Rin is standing over a trash can puking her guts out. She looks up from the can and declares through clenched teeth, "I swear the next time I see Sesshoumaru, I'll KILL him!"

It's been six months since Sesshoumaru left his wench here. She is very pregnant. The swell of her belly is huge. Not quite as bad as when Kagome was pregnant with the twins, but almost. She was pale and weak for the most part, but Rin seems to have it worse overall. Bearing this demon child is going to hurt her so much, I almost feel sorry for her. I step outside for some fresh air, the smell of the vomit had begun to overwhelm my senses. I look around and the scene is . . . wrong. The children are standing still. Sango is standing there in her armor, her hand on her Hiraikotsu. Miroku is holding his staff at the ready. Then I realize what is going on when detect a powerful demon aura.

"Kagome!" I yell, "Get you bow and sword and get out here now!"

Kagome rushes out the door, bow and katana in hand. She tucks the katana in her obi and holds her bow, "Inuyasha, what is that aura?" she asks. Her voice is trembling.

Her question is answered when the source of the aura crests the horizon. The figure is a man, scales in patches cover half of his face. His right arm is completely covered in them. His bare chest is also patchy with them. His most distinct feature is the draconic wings that protrude from his back.

I yell, "Who the hell are you and what do you want?"

He advances until is clearly visible and answers, "My name is Ryukumori and I'm here for the girl."