Chapter 10: The Demon Slayers Village
A Few Days Latter
"Where are we going now?" Kagome asked, as the group walked along the dirt road south.
"To the demon slayer's village, where Rin used to live." Inuyasha said in an undertone so as not to make Sesshomaru any angrier then he all ready was.
"Why are we going there?" Demand Rin. She didn't want anyone calling her by her really name.
"I want to know how someone's scent changes; and Nami will know how it happens as well as how it's done." Sesshoumaru snapped at her. Rin looked taken aback for a few seconds. Before sighing and falling to the back to the end of the line.
Well there was no way she wasn't going to be able to get out of her lie anytime soon. As soon as Aki, Amaya, and Jiro saw her they were going to call her by name. And then Sesshoumaru was going to kill her for lying to him. Why hadn't he figured out who she was yet?! She hadn't changed that much she had looked in a mirror at Raidon's palace. Why was he being so stupid right now anyway? Nami didn't know how her scent was changed or how it was done.
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The Demon Slayers Village
The group reached the village a week later. It was dark out and Inuyasha didn't want to take any chances of the villagers attacking them. They camped that night in the forest just outside the village walls.
Rin was the first to wake, except for Sesshoumaru who didn't sleep. Standing she stretched and looked around her. She was shocked to realize that the last time she had been in this forest was when Sesshoumaru had left her with Nami. Deciding that moment that she wanted to see Aki, Amaya, and Jiro before the group reached the village she slipped out of the campsite. Sesshoumaru watched her go. Now what is she up to? He stood and silently followed her to the village.
"Who goes there," a voice called down from the tower.
"A girl left by the demon." Rin said using the term everyone used when they talked about Sesshoumaru in front of her. The guard stuck his head out and looked down, it was Jiro. Yelping he opened the gates for her. Slipping in Rin looked around her. She froze she could have sworn that she had seen a strand of white hair vanish behind a tree.
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The Campsite
Why did she say that? What did that mean "A girl left by the demon"? That was going to drive him crazy until he found out what it meant. Sighing Sesshoumaru slipped back to the campsite. Inuyasha was a wake now, but the others slept on.
"Where's Shuurin?" He asked quietly so as not to wake the others.
"She went to the village."
"Why?"
"It's her home, the place where she has lived all her life." Inuyasha nodded as he watched his brother.
"What's wrong?"
"She said something odd when they opened the gates for her."
"What did she say?"
"A girl left by the demon."
"What does that mean?"
"I have no idea."
"How long do you think it will be until she comes back?" Shrugging Sesshoumaru sat down.
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The Demon Slayers Village
Rin sat in the council room the elders where there and she was telling them what had happened since she had left the village. Nami was there as well.
"I must ask you to call me Shuurin while I am here and if someone a part from Nami could pretend to by my parents?"
"Of course Rin. You have done much for our village it is the least we can do for you. We will tell the villagers while you return to your companions." The chief elder said.
"Thank you," Rin said looking around the room. Standing she said, "I must go now, if you will excuse me?" The chief elder smile and nodded his head.
Rin quickly left the village and found her way back to the area where they had camped last night.
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The Campsite
Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha were the only ones up when she returned. Rounding on her Inuyasha demeaned to know where she had gone, while Sesshoumaru just looked at her.
"I had something to do."
"In the village?" Sesshoumaru asked not breaking eye contact with her. Rin didn't even blink.
"It was you in the forest. Yes I had to do something in the village."
"What?"
"I was making sure we would be allowed safe passage that my father was home and that Nami was there as well. The chief elder said that we could enter the village in an hour's time." Sesshoumaru nodded, still looking at her.
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The Demon Slayers Village
An hour later the group sat in Nami's front room. Nami sat with them looking from Sesshoumaru to Rin and back again.
"What can I do for you, Lord Sesshoumaru?"
"How does a person's scent change?"
"Anyone in particular?"
"Rin."
"What makes you think Rin scent has changed?"
"Shuurin said that when Kamavirya captured both her and Rin he said that Rin looked the same as the girl he had tried to kill, but she didn't have the same scent."
"When did Kamavirya capture you Shuurin?"
"About five and a half years ago."
"And you never told me?!"
"Why would she tell you?" Sango asked.
"Never mind. The way that a person's scent changes is when they either mate with a demon or a protector places a Sha-mai spell on them which gives the person a different smell until the protector has passed away."
"Did you place a Sha-mai spell on Rin?" Miroku asked.
"Yes, I placed the Sha-mai on her a few days after Kamavirya first attacked the village. I felt it was the safest thing to do for her."