Chapter 5: The Demon in the North

In the North

Kagome still could not believe it Shuurin had come from the same village that Sesshoumaru had left Rin in. Was it a coincidence or not? She couldn't decide. They had been traveling together for several days now and had almost reached the castle where Raidon, the dragon demon of the North, lives.

"Shuurin, why did you leave the village?" Kagome asks.

"I was tired of living there."

"Won't your family miss you?"

"I don't have any, they died when I was five."

"Oh I'm so sorry. Who were you living with?"

"A friend." Rin said before she fell back to walk next to Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru looked down at her as she walked next to him. She was a very odd young woman he thought.

"Who was the friend you lived with?" He asked her

"Chiyo, she was the healer in the village."

"Why did you leave."

"I was tired of living there. Why do you keep asking me the same things as Kagome?"

"You didn't tell her who you lived with."

"I wish I had. It would have been better to tell her than a demon who leaves people and doesn't care what happens to them." Rin sapped as she fell back behind Sesshoumaru.

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That Night

"We'll camp here for tonight," Inuyasha said as he looked around. Rin had gone and sat down under a tree and was staring up at the sky, looking for the first star to appear.

"Why do you think she always looks up at the stars?" Shippo asked Kagome as he looked at where Rin was sitting.

"I don't know Shippo. Why don't you go and ask her?"

"Alright," Shippo says as he gets up and runs over to where Rin is sitting under the tree. "Shuurin?"

"Hmm?"

"Why do you always look up at the stars?"

"When I was little I used to live with this person and he would always stare up at the stars too. He told me that the stars never change they're the same everywhere so that if I looked up at the stars when he wasn't around then he would be looking at the stars too so that way we are always looking at the stars together even when we're apart."

"Oh. Do you miss him? The person who told you about looking at the stars?"

"Yes."

"What happened to him? Did he die?"

"No, he didn't die he just left one day and never came back."

"Why did he do that?"

"I guess he thought l was safer if he wasn't around."

"Why would he think that?"

"Demons where always trying to kill me when I was with him, not that some still don't try now."

Late that night when everyone is asleep Rin wakes up to the rustle of leaves. She sits up and gropes in the dark for her sword. Sesshoumaru who is the only one a wake is up and by her side in an instant.

"Did you hear that noise?" Sesshoumaru nods his head in answer to Rin's question.

"Be quite," he breaths in her ear. Rin nods her head and looked over to where the others lay sleeping. Suddenly a kappa demon walked out of the bush.

"Hel…hello….Lor…Lord…Sess…hou…maru, Mast…er Raidon sent me t…to come for y…ou and your fri…ends. If….if…if… you would follow me, I shall take you to him."

Sesshoumaru looks at Rin. "Go and wake the others."

Rin quietly walks over to where Inuyasha sits sleeping and promptly shakes him awake. He glares at her with amber eyes. "What?!"

"Your brother told me to wake you and the others. There is kappa demon here that says he is to take us to Raidon. So get up."

"Alright, alright I'm up, go wake Miroku and Sango. I'll wake Kagome and Shippo." Inuyasha said as he stood up.

Rin smiled and walked over to were Miroku and Sango slept together. "Miroku, Sango wakeup."

"What is it?" Sango asked as she sat up.

"There's a kappa demon here that says he is to take us to Raidon."

"Can't it wait till morning?" Miroku mumbled.

"No it can't wait. Now get up," Rin snapped at him.

"Alright, alright I'm up."

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Raidon's Castle

The group arrived at the castle of Raidon shortly before the first lights of dawn appeared over the horizon, led by the kappa demon. A young woman appeared in the main doorway and stood looking at the group.

"I'm sorry but Master Raidon can not see you in till later."

"You mean we could have slept?" Miroku asked.

Rin looked the young woman up and down before asking, "Who are you?"

"I am Naomi. I serve Master Raidon. If you come with me I will show you to your rooms."

Naomi lead them down a long hallway, and stop at the end of it. On either side of her were two rooms, she lead Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Miroku, and Shippo into the one on the right and Rin, Kagome, and Sango into the one on the left.

"I will come for you when Master Raidon can see you." Naomi said as she shut the doors and left.

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Noon

"Shuurin, where are you going," Kagome asked as Rin quietly stood up and slid open the door.

"I want to have a look around. Don't tell the others, please Kagome."

"Alright, stay out of trouble."

Easier said than done, Rin thought as she slid the door shut behind her. She looked around the empty hallway before heading in the opposite discretion of which they had come earlier. Has Rin walked down the hall she became aware of a light behind one of the closed doors. Whit out thinking she pushed the door open and stepped into an office. Seated behind the desk was the a demon Rin had seen only once before when she traveled with Lord Sesshoumaru. Raidon the dragon demon of the North.

Raidon looked up from the paper he was reading to see a human girl about seventeen standing in front of him. She had long dark brown hair and big brown eyes. He searched his memory for her name, for he knew her face at once.

"Hello Rin, it has been a long time has it not?"