Chapter Two: Travels

The second woman smiled at Rin and held out her hand to be shaken.

"I'm Kagome," she said. "And that's Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Inuyasha, and Sesshoumaru." Kagome said pointing at each one in turn. "What's your name?"

"I…I'm…My name is Shuurin it's very nice to meet you all."

"Tell me," Miroku said, "were you really going to fight that demon all by yourself, a little girl like you?"

"I'm not a little girl I'm seventeen and I can take care of myself."

"It really looked like that! You're lucky we diced to help you next time we won't!" Inuyasha snapped at her.

Rin gave him a look that would make any human cower. "Good next time maybe you will let me fight my own battles."

"It wasn't your battle to fight." Inuyasha snarled.

"Oh it wasn't? Then do tell why the demon came after me?"

"Perhaps he was looking for something to eat?" Sesshoumaru asked. Rin looked at him then rolled her eyes.

"That kind of demon doesn't eat humans." Sesshoumaru gapped opened mouth at what she had just said. How did she know that, he wondered.

Kagome smiled at Rin, "If you want you can join us on our journey."

"Where are you headed?" Sango asked Rin.

"I'm not sure." She replied.

"Then I insist that you join us," Kagome said as if that settled the matter.

"I'm not sure if that's such a great idea. I don't really know anything about any of you after all. What are you doing in the South?"

"What makes you think we're not from around here?" Inuyasha asked her.

"Your not."

"How do you know for sure that we are not from this area?" Sesshoumaru inquired.

"I've lived around here for seven years demons don't usually come around this area for fear of the village of demon slayers."

"There's a demon slayers village in the area?" Sango asked.

"Yes."

"Can we get moving, you can talk later." Inuyasha said.

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Evening

The group sat around the campfire apart from Rin, who was standing underneath a near by tree looking up at the starry sky, she knew the others were talking about her. Inuyasha wasn't the least bit happy that Kagome had invited her to join their little group.

"What do we even know about her Kagome?" Inuyasha demanded of his mate.

"She's only seventeen she can't go traveling by herself. That was the fourth demon that you two killed in the area."

"If you recall she said that she could take care of herself," Sesshoumaru pointed out to Kagome, which earned him a glare.

"I don't care what she says I'm not letting her go off by herself and the person that did should be killed." Kagome snapped before adding, "Inuyasha please let her stay it's not like she's doing us any harm we could use an extra fighter. Please Inuyasha let her stay. Please?" Inuyasha looked around him from Kagome to Sango.

"Fine she can travel with us, but at the first sign of trouble she gets left behind."

"Thank you Inuyasha." Kagome said.

"Girl," Inuyasha yelled at Rin causing her to look around. "Get some sleep we leave at dawn." Rin nodded and sat down at the base of the tree still staring up at the starry night sky. She's going to sleep sitting up like that and why was she staring up at the sky? What was so interesting about the stars anyway? Inuyasha wondered as he laid down to sleep.