Note- Oh boy, I was so happy getting those reviews I just had to give you chapter 3. So here it is…hope you like it. Love it if I get more reviews.
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Chapter Three – Taking care of Rin

The next morning Kagome awoke in a bed, momentarily forgetting where she was. She then remembered everything that had happened. Her seeing Inuyasha hugging Kikyo for about the thousandth time, running into Sesshoumaru (literally), and then Sesshoumaru agreeing for her to stay at the castle to heal the human child that travels with him.

Kagome got out of the bed and looked over to Rin who was still sleeping {that's good, she needs all the rest she can get} she looked around and found a side door that the night before had looked like a closet to her {I wonder where that leads to}. Kagome debated with herself of whether or not she should check it out. Curiosity won in the end and Kagome walked over to the door and opened it, inside she found a hot spring. Her eyes went wide with surprise {hmm, I wonder if it's because of Sesshoumaru people now have indoor hot tubs} she thought and couldn't help, but giggle at the thought.

Kagome quickly went back and grabbed her things before going to bath. Once she was in the tub she found herself totally relaxed. It had been some journey. 2 years later and the shikon no tama still wasn't complete. She was now in high school, but she had barely made it in. Teachers now were even talking about kicking her out because she missed so many days of school. Jii-chan's stories of her being sick weren't helping either. She let out a deep sigh. 17 and still looking for jewel shards. She had met many demons, some nice, other's not, and some you just couldn't tell. Yes, she deserved this break from jewel hunting… even if she was spending it with a taiyoukai who had tried to kill them every time they met.

That brought Kagome to her next question. Why was he letting her stay? She had known the demon lord for 2 years, not as a friend, but as an evil acquaintance that tried to kill them every so often. So, why was he being nice to her? He had helped her group once before when Inuyasha had become a full demon and had slaughtered some bandits. Sesshoumaru had shown up and had stopped Inuyasha, but didn't kill the hanyu and didn't even try to kill her or the others. Kagome groaned. No answers to any questions {well I'm staying here for a while, maybe I can find some answers} she thought and then decided to get out and check on Rin.

Once she was dressed in her school uniform she went back into her room to see Rin had already awoken "ohayo Rin-chan"

Rin looked at her and smiled "ohayo Kagome-chan"

"How do you feel this morning?" she asked as she walked over and felt the child's forehead. To her relief the fever had gone down a lot.

Rin grinned, "I feel so much better, my throat doesn't hurt that much"

Kagome smiled "that's good"

Rin then frowned "so, can I go and play now?"

Kagome shook her head "afraid not. We don't want this to come back again. Why don't you do get cleaned up. The steam from the hot spring should help your throat even more"

"But I thought I wasn't allowed out of bed"

"Only to go do your business and that's it," Kagome informed. She watched as Rin went into the next room. She waited on her bed for Rin and decided what she was going to do to entertain Rin while the child was in bed {not much ya can do} she thought. After 10 minutes of waiting, Kagome knew something wasn't right and went over to the door "Rin? Daijouka?"

A small voice came from the other side "hai" there was then a brief silence "uum, Kagome-chan?"

"Hai?"

"Can you help me?"

Kagome walked into the room to see Rin in the hot spring "what's wrong Rin?"

Rin frowned and blushed a little "I-I don't know how to wash my hair"

Kagome smiled "that's alright, I'll show you"

Rin looked up at Kagome with surprise "you're not going to make fun of me?"

"Of course not Rin" she answered a little taken back "what makes you think that?"

"Because most girls know how to wash their hair by now" Rin replied sadly.

Kagome just smiled as she walked over and put some soap in her hand and began to do Rin's hair "where I come from Rin, some girls your age still have trouble washing their hair on their own. I did"

"Honto?"

Kagome nodded "yeah, I was terrible at it, but with a little practise and some help from my mom I became just as good as anyone else"

"Oh, I don't have a mommy"

"What happened to your mom?" Kagome asked. She had been wondering how the child ended up in Sesshoumaru's care ever since she first laid eyes on her.

"Mommy and Daddy got killed by wolves. I was able to get away though then I came across Sesshoumaru-sama. He was injured and I tried to help him. Later these wolves came after me. I remember them jumped to attack me and then all went blank. When I woke up I was in Sesshoumaru-sama's arm" Rin looked up at Kagome "why does Sesshoumaru-sama only have one arm?"

Kagome blinked "uuh, well you see Sesshoumaru-sama has a younger brother, a hanyu named Inuyasha. The two got into a fight and Sesshoumaru-sama ended up losing his arm in the battle"

"How do you know that?" Rin questioned.

"I was there" Kagome replied

"What other things have you seen? What's your village like?" Rin then started in a whole bunch of questions before Kagome could answer one.

"Rin" Kagome quieted the child before another question could be asked, "how about we spend today getting to know each other?"

Rin smiled "hai! That will be fun, we can tell each other stories!"

Kagome smiled and nodded. She then finished Rin's hair before helping her get dressed in her orange and white kimono. When they went into the bedroom they saw to trays of food. One placed on one bed while the other tray was on the other bed. They quickly ate together before Sesshoumaru came into the room.

Rin looked at him "Sesshoumaru-sama! Ohayo!"

Sesshoumaru gave a abrupt nod before looking at Kagome and nodding. Kagome gave a nod in return "ohayo Sesshoumaru-sama" she then stood up and looked at Rin "are you finished Rin?"

Rin nodded "hai"

Kagome nodded "then I'll take these to the kitchen to be washed" she walked up to the door, but unfortunately Sesshoumaru was in the way "excuse me Sesshoumaru-sama"

Sesshoumaru looked down at her and noticed she did not meet his gaze, but instead seemed to be admiring the floor. He moved out of her way and watched her exit the room before looking at Rin "how are you today?"

Rin grinned "very well Sesshoumaru-sama!"

He nodded "I'm glad to hear that" he then thought about the human girl {whatever she has done it has worked} he thought.

Rin quickly got out of the bed and ran over to Sesshoumaru and hugged his pant leg "Sesshoumaru-sama?" a grunt was her answer "I like Kagome-chan. She's very nice" she looked up at him and saw he was looking forward out the window "we're going to be spending the whole day getting to know each other. Kagome-chan even told me how you lost your arm"

That caught his attention and he looked down at the small child "nani?"

"Kagome-chan told me that your younger brother and you were fighting. That's how you lost your arm" Rin then frowned "is that true Sesshoumaru-sama?"

Sesshoumaru gave a nod. Yes, he remembered that day very well when had tried to steal tetsusaiga and failed miserably. He mentally shook his head from the memory just as Kagome came back in. He gave a small bow to her before leaving the room.

Kagome was a little surprised to see the demon lord bow in politeness to her. She shook her head {I must be going insane} she thought {that or maybe Sesshoumaru is}

"Kagome-chan?" asked Rin bring Kagome out of her thoughts "what are your parents like?"

"I'll tell you the minute you get back in that bed" she replied and watched as the child obeyed. She then went and sat next to Rin on the bed "well, my mom is very nice and really seems to understand me. Sometimes I don't have to say anything, but she knows"

"What about your daddy?"

Kagome gave a sad smiled "he died a long time ago. Shortly after my little brother was born. I was still young so I don't really remember him too much. We don't have many pictures of him either"

"Why did he die?" asked Rin.

Kagome shrugged "he got a sickness that had no cure and it slowly killed him"

"Oh" Rin said sadly

Kagome placed an arm around the little girl "don't be too sad Rin-chan. I'm okay with it. I knew he loved me and that's all I needed to know and besides I got my jii-chan who acted like a father to me"

Rin then smiled. They talked about parents, other family, and stopped briefly for lunch. They talked a bit more before Rin finally fell asleep. Kagome sighed, there was no way she was going to sleep in the afternoon. She stepped out of the bedroom just as she saw Jaken "Jaken?"

He looked at her and grumbled a "what now?"

Kagome glared at him "do you know where the library is?"

"Hai" he replied.

"Good then you can take me there" she said confidently. Kagome quickly learned that the only way to get Jaken to do something for her was to order it.

Jaken nodded and then started to lead the way. A smirk crossed his lips {little does this wench know that Sesshoumaru is in there doing his paper work and always hates to be disturbed. When she walks in there he's going to throw a fit and kick her out…possibly even kill her} he thought.
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Ohayo- good morning

Daijouka- are you okay

Honto- Really

Hai- yes

Nani- what
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Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know I left it as a cliff hanger…so if my computer isn't taken away to be fixed and if it behaves long enough for me to get a chapter in I'll try and do chapter 4 so you can see what happens between Kagome and Sesshoumaru…. note, they're not going to fall in love in the next chapter. Come on people…. that's far too fast.