Symphony of Dreams
I apologize for the mistakes in the previous chapter. In the past two days, there was a thunderstorm, if you did not know. A very bad thunderstorm. Well, it just so happens I've been afraid of thunderstorms ever since I was nearly struck by lightning. So I had stayed up all night in fear, while I only had one hour of sleep the entire time. Then as soon as I woke up, I had to work. So, I was really tired by the time I started on that chapter. Not to mention this stupid keyboard went out on me and so some of the buttons didn't work. So once again, I apologize. Thank you and enjoy.

Forbidden
Chapter Two

Rin's stomach growled in hunger as she waited for the rising sun. Kagome was off to the side sleeping soundly, but Rin could not. She had disturbing thoughts within her head. The death of her horse still nagged at her, and the fact that Kagome still had the Jewel to remember their family by made her jealous. Kagome had lived with their real family for five years. Rin had not even glanced at their faces, being born a day before their deaths. It angered her that she was born in such a way. But she quickly simmered, knowing it wasn't right for her to be angry at Kagome. She could not control when Rin was born, nor could she prevent their families death.

Rin sighed to herself. She held her throat, just as she did for so many years when troubling thoughts came to her. Fourteen years...fourteen years she had been mute. Being struck in the head at the age of two, knocking off her sense of vocal activity. Rin had always prayed every night for her voice to return somehow, everyday testing it only to recieve silent words. She knew it was impossible, but she still hoped to gain it back.

She looked over silently as she heard the door creak open. Her eyes went wide as she stared at the man that entered.

No.

She hit herself mentally. This was a demon. Her master. The Lord that they were cast off to. She glanced at him again, their eyes connecting. His amber ones locking onto her brown ones. His glared into her, through her, sending ice through her entire body.

He didn't like humans.

She flinched under his glare and bowed her head in respect. She glanced over to the still sleeping Kagome under her bangs as she lightly snored. Rin felt her fear and anxiousness rise. What was he going to do? Would he hurt her? Or Kagome? She couldn't take it and glanced back up at him, raising her bowed head.

She regretted it as his eyes immediately came to her, narrowing once more. She felt cold, her blood draining from her face and body. She felt stiff and sick as he continued to look at her. She could feel the shivers continuosly going up and down her spine. What was he going to do?

"Human."

She flinched. His voice was so cold, so emotionless. How could someone sound like so? She looked back into his eyes, only to see them tinged with red. Her fears maximized as she went rigid, shakes becoming visible as her breathing became ragged. He growled again.

"You will show respect for this Sesshomaru."

She immediately bowed her head again, this time to the ground. She knew what would happen. He would kill her for her insolence. She felt the tears coming to her eyes as she heard the soft footsteps upon the stone floor. She heard the clinking of chains and looked over to Kagome. She had somehow been tied with the chains to the wall.

"Hey!" Kagome screamed, now fully awake. She looked at Rin, her eyes wide as she realized that the demon who had those men killed was nearly in front of Rin. He stopped walking and glanced at Kagome. She pulled against the chains, trying to protect her sister, but to no avail. The binds held strong.

"Do not waste your energy. Your actions are futile."

She growled at him as best she could. "You stay away from my sister! Rin, get away from him!" Kagome screamed. Rin whimpered as the tears fell from her eyes. She silently told Kagome to shut up before she got herself killed. She did not move from her spot as she pressed her forehead harder into the stone, her eyes squeezed shut.

Sesshomaru smirked at the woman on the wall. She was a fighter, that he knew of. He glanced down to the shaking girl under him. She was her sister, and the woman seemed very protective of her. He smirked again.

"Human." He said. The girl went stiff before slowly looking up to him. He could see the fear in her eyes and the tears that rolled down her face. She would be easy to break. And she'll be the perfect weapon against that ignorant wench in the chains.

He picked the groveling girl up by the neck and ignored her gasp of pain as he held her firmly. Kagome yelled for him to let her go, pleaded for him to take her instead. He smirked inwardly. The wench would pay for her insolence...dearly.

He forced Rin up the steps and toward his chambers. She whimpered in his hold and opened a metal door next to his. He threw her in there and closed the door behind him. He walked to his own room and walked in.

Maybe keeping them would be fun after all...

Rin looked around quickly. She was in a room similar to the one she and Kagome were in, except it had steel instead of stone. There was a metal bed as well and a whip on the far side of the room. She walked to the corner farthest from the door and huddled herself. Without Kagome near her, she felt so vulnerable, weak.

She felt her neck as it pulsed, the pain knocking in her head from the grip that man had on her. The door she had passed before being brought here frightened her. The black fire, the dark oak...the shadows and silence within the hallway...it was unnatural for her. She was used to the noises from the village, used to the stories of their family Kagome would tell her at night.

She was used to life.

But in this place, you either did what you were told or you were killed. This was a place for death, not life. Slaves, not freedom. The complete opposite that Rin had always believed in. She cried to herself, wondering if she would ever be able to see Kagome again. She then began to wonder what that man would do. He said 'this Sesshomaru' so did that mean his name was Sesshomaru?

She looked to the window that she had discovered a few seconds ago. It was covered over with bars, but she didn't care. She just looked out of it, over the barren wasteland, over the peaceful forest, over the golden meadow and beyond the gentle ocean. This was her life now. A life of slavery, pain and sadness. But it wasn't her choice, as always, anymore...

She just had to accept it.

Kagome stared at the door in a complete loss. Her sister had just been taken away. Away by that killer...that...demon. She felt her body go limp against the chains as hopelessness entered her conscious and grasped it, caressed it, filled her and left nothing else. She cried to herself, praying for her sisters safety. Prayed that that demon that held her now wasn't the same way towards females.

She felt the chains loosen and she fell to the floor, not even realizing someone was in the room with her. She just cried, cried into the red hoari that she didn't notice, cried into the arms that wrapped around her body.

Cried on the shoulder of the hanyou she didn't know was there.

"Rin...be okay..." She whispered.

"...please..."

He walked to the chambers of his Lord as his little stubby legs tripped over themselves a few times. He reached his master's door and was about to knock when something distracted him. He looked over to the metal door that sat next to his Lord's and began to wonder what was in it. He looked back to the dark oak, then to the metal. He knocked on his master's door and heard the grunt that came from the other side.

He slowly opened the door and looked at his master, who was scribbling things on scrolls from other Lord's. He knew his master was busy, so he did not comment on the sounds coming from the metal chamber. He walked over to the silver-haired man's side and began to speak.

"Milord, word has been sent that the destruction of the village was successful. But the demon's were injured as well and-" He stopped dead upon the actions of his master. He had stopped writing, looked to the imp and then glared.

"How?" Was all he said. The imp panicked for a few moments before speaking. "The humans have some machine with the ability to harm demons. I believe they are called guns Milord!" He said, pleased that he knew what he was talking about this time. His master seemed deep in thought at the moment, so he dared not say anything.

"Very well. I suppose my men will need a few days rest then before returning." He said. The imp knew not whether it was a question or a statement, so he only nodded. The Lord went back into deep thought once more.

If humans were able to injure demons with such weaponry, then they could probably kill one with the right tools. If that ever happened, they would probably come after him. He knew he could hold his own, Inuyasha as well, but the servants and the other living creatures within his household could not. And he swore to his father that he would protect the castle until his death, so he would naturally stand his ground, but just in case...

"Jaken, have all humans confiscated of this weaponry. I will not have my kingdom crumble because of the carelessness of humans." He said. The imp nodded, understanding what his Lord was thinking of now. He bowed.

"Hai Milord, right away!" He said before wobbling out of the room. Jaken paused as he heard the noises from the room again. His yellow eyes stared at it in curiosity as he thought of what punishments his master would give him if he were not allowed within it. He stared at his master's door, then to the metal one once more.

He made his way over to it.

As he did, he slowly opened the door, the sound of his feet echoing off the walls of the metal room. He now knew what the sounds were that he was hearing. Someone was crying in here. He stopped as he saw a young human female wrapped around herself as she cried, her face hidden from his view.

She was a slave...

She was a concubine.

Jaken huffed before walking up to the girl slowly, the Staff he held nearly falling as he jumped when he thought she was going to look up. He sighed to himself when she didn't though. He walked up to the ningen again, regarding her image to be the one from the village that dared to mock his Lord.

She looked up.

He stood stock still, his green skin paling a little. She stared at him as well, her brown eyes wide in shock. What...the...hell...?

They both screamed.

He jumped off his chair in shock and surprise, the chair in which he was sitting in falling over, resulting in him tripping backwards over it and landing on his back. His scrolls flew everywhere as the sharp sound rung in his ears.

Someone screamed.

He quickly got up, his eyes slowly becoming red. He calmed though and quickly walked out of his room, then to the chamber in which he held the slave. He just wanted to kill something at what he saw.

His retainer was running around in panic, screeching his head off as the young human was holding her eyes in one corner screaming in fear. He slowly made his way up to Jaken and stuck his foot out, successfully hitting the imp in the face and stopping his noise. He then looked to the human girl. She was still screaming. He stood there as he realized the Staff of Two Heads was sitting near her. He looked to Jaken, then to her.

"Quiet."

She immediately stopped all sound as she looked up to him in something akin to fear and...relief? He narrowed his eyes. Why would a ningen brat be relieved to see him, the one who could kill her without a second glance? He waved it off and turned around, and was about to close the door behind him when he heard the distinct sound of wood against a skull.

He looked back to see the human chasing his retainer, who had just gained consciousness, around the room waving the Staff of Two Heads dangerously close to Jaken's head. He smirked as he closed the door.

Maybe he should treat the human a little better...if she could keep that imp's mouth shut.

I hope you liked this chapter. Just so you guys know, Sesshomaru's going to be a jackass to everyone, just like in the Anime, except he doesn't know Rin as a child...Oo so...yeah.

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