Symphony of Dreams
I've had a recent complaint from a reviewer about Rin being...weak. Well, this reviewer has obviously not read my first story Nothing, in which Rin kicks some Naraku ass, along with Kagura...not to mention she beats the snot outta Sesshomaru. But, if you read all my stories, I would like to say that Rin changes repeatedly from being weak with emotions to being a mean little bitch, to being...well...a strong young lady. (nods) So, anyway, thank you and enjoy.

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Chapter Four

Rin sighed as Jaken pushed against her leg. He couldn't even budge her, and still he kept doing it. It was getting pretty annoying. Especially as he kept shouting and squawking over and over. She stepped away from the door, watching in amusement as Jaken fell backwards in a shock. She giggled a little before sighing as he got up again. She looked around the hallway as he began screeching again.

"Foolish mortal! Master Sesshomaru will surely punish you for disobeying him! How dare you even think of entering his chambers!" Jaken yelled. Rin glared at him before kicking him into a nearby wall, knocking him unconscious. Rin smiled and nodded at her achievement before looking at the door again. She walked up to it, feeling the power radiating off it. She put her hand on the dog handle's and was about to open it when...

A large hand shot out and gripped her wrist tightly, two fuchsia stripes on the wrist. Rin gulped and looked up into the fierce golden eyes that stared down on her. She smiled nervously and pulled her hand away from the door. She looked up to his face and then to the ground with a blush on her face, embarrassed from being caught in the act. Rin looked up to him, only to see his attention no longer on her, but on Jaken. She looked over to see the imp still unconscious.

"Hn..." Sesshomaru grunted, glaring at his servants limp form. He looked back up to Rin, narrowing his eyes.

"You have directly disobeyed a rule within my household, and even attempted to enter my chamber. Is it your will to die by my talons, or are you just a fool?" Sesshomaru asked. Rin blushed again and looked down, however, she felt the anger in her rise as he said that. Who did he think he was? Under her bangs, Rin secretly glared at him. Sesshomaru rose a single brow as he glanced at her. This human was actually...amusing to him.

"Human, you dare turn away from this Sesshomaru?" He said. Rin growled in annoyance, then looked back up to him, although her eyes traveled else where, away from him. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. This human was amusing, but she took things far too lightly with him. Her antics were becoming annoying quickly.

"Human, look at this Sesshomaru when he speaks to you." He growled. Rin immediately looked at him, although her face was totally red from embarrassment, shyness and anger. She had a name you know...

"What are you doing outside of your rooms? It was an order that you do not leave unless ordered by Inuyasha or myself." Sesshomaru said. Rin looked apologetic. She was just so bored up in that room...there was nothing to do, at all. She opened her mouth, before quickly closing it. She had forgotten she couldn't speak. Which was unusual because she always remembered that she couldn't. She looked back down to the ground as her hand once again went to her throat and held it.

Sesshomaru watched her actions closely. She had seemed as if she wanted to say something, but then she stopped and held her throat for some reason. He raised one brow in question. Was this girl perhaps a mute? His eyes narrowed. Or was she perhaps toying with him in order to get him to...pity her? He scowled.

"Human." He said. Rin glared at him again before looking at him with her head up, her hand going away from her throat. She sort of backed away as she caught sight of his scowl. She quirked her head in question, waiting for him to say whatever it was he wanted to say. Sesshomaru looked at her throat instead of her face however.

"Are you a mute?" He asked. Rin really didn't know how to answer that question. She was able to speak before the incident, so that meant she wasn't mute, however, she hasn't spoked at all for fourteen years, so did that count?

Rin merely nodded and looked away in shame. Here she stood before a regal Lord and master, and she couldn't even respond to his questions, or say anything for that matter. How stupid was that...? She looked at him sideways and saw his eyes closed. She looked at him questioningly. She waved her hand a little, but she recieved no response. She stepped forward once, pausing to see how he would react. When he didn't, she stepped forward once more.

Sesshomaru knew she was coming towards him, however, his curiosity got the better of him as he wondered what she was going to do once she reached her destination. He was currently pondering something, but once he heard her take a step, his mind had jumbled a little, now he waited to see what she would do. He could smell her right under his nostrils.

She was right up under him.

Rin stared at his face before looking at the markings that adorned it. She carefully set her fingers upon the two stripes on his right side. She brought her fingers over them gently, tracing them with her tips. She looked back to his eyes and saw them closed still. That's when she noticed the markings on his eyelids as well. She looked to the crescent moon on his forehead and lightly traced that as well. She had never seen a demon before, and she didn't want to forget how one looked.

This was her perfect opportunity.

Sesshomaru was quite shocked to say the least when the human touched his face. He nearly jumped as well, but refrained. He was silently cursing his curiosity as well. He didn't understand however why a human would rather touch his face then run for safety. He supposed it was because he hadn't really given her any reason to fear him.

He would make that correction very soon.

As Rin was about to move her fingers to his eyelids, they suddenly shot open, except instead of the cold amber they were, they were now a dangerous crimson red, glaring down on her as a vicious growl escaped him. Rin immediately took her hand back and jumped away. Sesshomaru allowed his demon form to slightly show as his face elongnated and his stripes formed around the corners of his mouth, ragged. His canines grew as he towered over her.

Rin stood still as fear overtook her. She could actually feel the aura radiating off of him, growing stronger if that were even possible. She began to feel that same weak sensation as when her Father would beat her and Kagome, where she could do nothing about it. When her horse was killed, she was helpless to defend it. She collapsed to her knees and curled into a ball, crying to herself. She let loose a string of gurgles, nothing coming out coherent. She felt all the horrible memories coming back in one huge heap.

Sesshomaru relaxed as he realized the girl was now weeping. He stared at her jerking form as something came out of her mouth, like air bubbling up from water, gurgles, nothing more. It confused him though that this human wasn't fearing or crying because of him, but weeping for something else. She intrigued him very much, even though he couldn't say how much she had.

He looked to the steel door and walked over to it, grabbing her tightly by the arm and dragging her into the room, not even daring to think he would carry this pathetic excuse for life. He set her down near the metal bed, walking out of the room, the door still open. Rin, however, had not noticed, being too busy in her memories. She jumped when something hit her though. She looked up only to see Sesshomaru's back in the door frame.

"If you disobey this Sesshomaru again, human, rest assured that you will be punished." He said before gently closing the door behind him. She looked at what was thrown and smiled slightly as she saw a soft blanket and a fluffy pillow. She put them on the metal bed and layed down. It was still rather uncomfortable, but for now, she could handle it.

She smiled softly as she closed her eyes, tired from her recent outburst. She allowed her mind to ponder the state of her older sister before blissful sleep took her.

Sesshomaru stood outside of the steel door as he listened to her steady heartbeat and slow breathing. Fool! He had shown her kindness! What was wrong with him? Fool! He growled at himself. What had caused him to do such a thing? Regret? Pity? He grunted in affirmation. It must have been pity. He smirked as he realized that this wasn't going to be the only time the human disobeyed him.

He made his way to the next door, setting his palm on the handle, but nothing more. He stood within the hallway, his thoughts traveling.

That human girl was...unusual. He could sense the pain and sadness radiating off of her, but also happiness and hope. How could she be pained, yet happy all the same? It confused him to no end! When he conflicted pain on someone, they did not laugh, or smile as one would out of happiness. They screamed and cried in agony. So why was she?

He opened the door and walked in, heading towards the window, looking out of it as if searching for the answers to his questions. She was unlike many female's he had met in his life. Very few times he had come across one that was pure, and now he had two of them within his household. But one thing confused him the most about this human.

She said she was mute.

Well, not exactly said as much as nod. But, if she was mute, then she shouldn't have been able to make a sound. And yet, she could scream and cry as if she wasn't. Was she perhaps only a temporary mute? Did that mean she must have still believed herself to be mute then? But what could cause such a thing as to knock out her sense of voice?

Sesshomaru shook his head furiously to get rid of his thoughts. What was he doing! He was pondering over a human! He was thinking of a human! He growled as he went to his bed. He needed rest. His mind was too confused and full of questions right now. He laid down and closed his eyes for a few minutes, when suddenly, they opened again, staring at the ceiling.

Didn't that woman say the human's name was Rin?

Inuyasha opened Kagome's room door. He had recently decided to move her out of that dingy prison and into a room of her own, one near his own, just in case Sesshomaru decided to pay him a visit, which was scheduled a week after never. He closed the door and turned, only to have something thrown at his head.

Hard.

Inuyasha looked up, only to see a flustered Kagome, face red from anger and embarrassment, in nothing but a towel. Inuyasha swore that his jaw literally dropped to the floor. He was quickly brought back to the real world however.

"You pervert! Get out! Out, OUT OUT!" She screamed, throwing whatever objects she could grab at him. Inuyasha tried to dodge, but his mind was still picturing her in that towel and his body was moving slowly. Kagome picked up a vase and aimed for him.

"Inuyasha!" She screamed, throwing the vase, only to have it miss and hit...

"S-Sess-shomaru?" Inuyasha stuttered.

There in the doorway stood Sesshomaru, covered in broken pieces of the thrown vase. His eyes were closed and one of his eyebrows were twitching. Within his mind he was slowly counting to ten and then reversing repeatedly. When he thought that he had cooled down enough, he opened his eyes, glaring at Inuyasha.

"Please meet me in my office...little brother..." Sesshomaru ground out. Inuyasha carefully but quickly made his way past the ticked Sesshomaru and out into the hallway. Sesshomaru looked to Kagome.

Her body was frozen in a mid-throw, the object in her hand nearly falling from her limp hand. Her face was stuck in the expression mixture of shock and appallment. The towel around her began to fall down from the loose grip her hand had on it. She...she...

Sesshomaru felt the annoyance rise. He was just about to go to sleep when he heard screaming from the other side of the castle, near his brother's rooms. He was going to ignore it, but when he heard more screaming and the distinct sound of objects being thrown, he decided to investigate the matter. However, when he arrived, he only found a vase crashing into his skull. It was then he saw his younger sibling was harrassing the other slave they had recieved. How she had gotten a room of her own, he didn't care. Right now, he just wanted to shred something.

"This Sesshomaru would appreciate it if you would cease in throwing the objects within his household. I would also like for you to refrain from showing me anymore of your disgusting mortal body as well." Sesshomaru said. Kagome blushed and immediately ran into another room. Sesshomaru growled as he stomped out of the room to find his dearest younger brother. As it turned out, Inuyasha was already in his own room, doors locked and windows shut. Sesshomaru smirked. So, the boy had learned from all the times Sesshomaru spent breaking in and beating the crap out of him as a pup.

He walked back up to his own room and collapsed on the bed.

He definitely preferred Rin to the other one...

Inuyasha waited a few hours before exiting his room. He looked around, sniffing the air for any signs of Sesshomaru. When he found none, he quickly made his way to Kagome's room. When he opened the door this time, he looked in before fully coming in. No sign of Kagome...

...why did he think that was bad?

Inuyasha stepped forward, only to trip over a wire and to slide across the floor in some wet slippery substance. He screamed as he hit the hot spring waters, which were scorching hot for not being cooled off. He immediately jumped out, soaked to the bone in scorching hot water.

He glared when he heard the familiar female laugh coming from the front room. He walked in, only to see Kagome laughing her ass off, holding her sides as if in pain on the floor. He growled.

"That wasn't funny..." He muttered, only causing Kagome to laugh harder. After a few minutes, she stood up, wiping the tears from her eyes. She smirked at him.

"That was for walking in on me earlier, now out of my room." She said. Inuyasha huffed and walked out, yelling from the other side of the door as Kagome slammed it in his face.

"I'll get you! You know I will!" Inuyasha yelled. Kagome sighed and shook her head, but she didn't respond. She slowly allowed herself to fall to the floor.

She wondered how Rin was doing...

Alright, I know, long time no update. Right. But, my computer is now worm-free, so no worries. Anyway, this chapter was a little nice, wasn't it? (smiles) That prank Kagome played on Inuyasha was something I did to my cousin on April Fools Day, it was so funny. I told him that there was something I wanted to show him on the computer and he ran up there to see, because we promised each other we wouldn't prank one another. Oh brother, I was so going to get him before he got me.

Anyway, I had soap all over the floor and he slipped on it and, conveniently, my room has a back balcony, because I'm at the back of the house. Anyway, he flew out of the balcony door and off the balcony into the pool of freezing cold water. It was so funny! (grins) Although I got in trouble because "he could have gotten hurt" but it was so worth it.

Q: Why is Rin in the room next to Sesshomaru's?

A: Because it was conveniantly placed there and because I want her to. (smiles) Okay, really, it's because it was a torture chamber once. Remember that whip on the wall? That was one way for the torture, but Sesshomaru wanted it next to his room, because remember, he's a killer.

Q: What is he going to do to her?

A: Scare her, love her (eventually) abuse her, and ra-... ...oops.

Q: Will there be a lemon?

A: I believe that question was answered already, but yes.

Q: Who screamed?

A: Inuyasha. He don't like his ears touched, remember? (smiles)

Q: What is Sesshomaru's motive?

A: Sesshomaru was originally going to torture them and see what extent of pain humans can take, and just have his sick little fun with them. You know, sadistic things, torturing, raping, killing...that kind of thing.

Anyway, hope that helps.

Thank You:

Nevaeh Azalea
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Akihanah
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Deaira
Lady Michiru
(sigh) Because of her life. Don't you think that you would be afraid a little after having the only guy in your life as a father constantly abuse you, hit you and scorn you? She's never known her family, and she's never been away from the village. This is the first time she's ever seen a demon, so everything's new and dangerous to her. So what, are you just going to go up to something that can rip you to shreds and yell at it just for calling you human? I'd like to see that happen. Besides, Rin's always strong in my stories. Read my other one's if you want.
Anonymous Person
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Tochigo
No it doesn't make sense, no I'm not confused, and I like to confuse people too. (smiles) What do you get when snow melts?
KatrinaKaiba
Averto Angelus
You are not because I would so do the same thing. O o
Mina
rosery
Are you and Mina the same person or something, because you two keep having the same reviews...O o
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