Symphony of Dreams
My dog has finally had her puppies...(sigh) Now we have to wait until we're attached to them again and then give them away...and I'm gonna cry again... And sorry about the long wait too. I've just started high school, so everything's in pure confusion right now...ehehe...(sweatdrop) Anyway, read and enjoy!

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Chapter Six

Kagome scowled again. After the breakfast, Inuyasha claimed that he wanted to find out what was upsetting his brother so much and left Rin and herself alone to find their way to their chambers! He was such a jerk! Kagome looked at Rin, who had a solemn look on her face. Her eyes were downcast and her smile was gone. Kagome sighed softly. Rin always got like this when something from the past surfaced. It was obvious because when Kagome would accidentally speak of their family, Rin would not smile for days on end.

"Hey Rin?" Kagome called. Rin snapped out of her thoughts and gazed at Kagome's worried face. Rin smiled, although forced. She walked ahead of Kagome, the thought of her getting lost not entering her mind as of yet. Kagome shrugged and followed after her, memorizing the way they came.

She knew they'd get lost at some point...

(Oh, and just so you guys know, in the last chapter, Rin did not punch Sesshomaru. She merely imagined herself doing so. You must pay attention to the wording that I have put into my story. Thank you, please continue.)

Inuyasha quickly shut the door before another rock could be thrown at him. He turned with a sigh, when a rock ripped through the tapestry and knocked him in the head. He growled and opened the door to the supposed-to-be garden outside, unfortunately, everything here was dead.

"Damn it Sesshomaru! Quit throwing rocks at m-" Another rock hit him in the mouth before he could say anymore. He glared at Sesshomaru's back before spitting out the rock and grumbling as he slammed the screen close once again.

Sesshomaru ignored Inuyasha's shouts as he stared out into the vast green forest. Something was wrong. He knew it the moment he awoke, which was what set him in such a nasty mood. Not that something was wrong...

It's that he didn't know what.

Sesshomaru didn't like to know something was wrong within his kingdom, only to not know what it is. It annoyed him at first, but then it became frustration, now it was full blown fury. The forest seemed peaceful, and even Sesshomaru would have missed it, even with his youkai senses. Something was within the forest.

Something that didn't belong there.

What troubled him more was that the three youkai scouts he sent out to destroy the village had not returned still. He was sure that they would have by now, even with the sustained injuries they recieved from the ningen weaponry. The last he had heard was the message that they were going to rest within the forest until their injuries healed.

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. He had a suspicion that whatever was within the forest was there because of the humans they were given. He growled. No one was going to take what belonged to him, whether human or demon.

No one.

He flexed his claws. He would destroy this intruder. And save his lands as well. He turned and walked back into the castle. He growled when he found that scent again. It was...unlike anything he had smelled before. It was...pure, yet impure as well. It was of springs, forests, wind, flowers...it was as if a mixture of life itself. He sniffed again. But he could also smell decay, death, and pain. It was a mixture of life...but death as well.

He growled as he followed the entrancing scent through the halls. He turned corners and went through doors. He narrowed his eyes as he realized that he was heading toward the weaponry room. Whoever that scent belonged to had better not have touched anything there...

He quickly rounded the corner, his annoyance rising, as well as his anger. He wanted to know what this scent he had recently discovered was. He glowered as he saw a wooden door opened and quickly made his way to it. He growled.

"Stop."

Kagome smiled and sighed as Rin stomped her foot once more. It was very entertaining watching Rin try to find her way to places. She was horrible at coordination, and she never bothered to learn. So, she often got annoyed quickly when she became lost. Rin glared at Kagome and huffed before going in another random direction. Kagome giggled and followed. She too had lost her way re-tracing their steps. There was so many corridors that she was amazed that even the youkai in this place didn't get lost as well.

She paused as something waved through the atmosphere. It felt dark, dangerous...deadly. Kagome immediately held the pink bauble around her neck, her fingers grasping it in a death lock. She felt her body go rigid and cold, her spine shivering from the dark essence that surrounded her. She felt her head become dizzy as she was near to collapsing.

She shook her head as she realized Rin was gone. She looked down the hall, looking for any signs of Rin before moving on. She opened a door and jumped as she ran into Rin on the other side. She glanced down.

"What is it Rin?" Kagome asked. Rin grabbed her arm and pulled her, Rin's face turned into a bright smile. Kagome grudgingly followed, knowing something had caught Rin's interest. She gasped in surprise as she was brought into a bright room.

The walls were a pure white stone and the floors were made of the purest of white marbel. Along the walls were shelves filled with old worn shields with strange symbols upon them. Some had a large glaring eye, while others ranged from the firey pheonix to the crescent moon. They also had dents in them as well.

There was also a variety of swords, that Kagome was sure were emenating a faint youkai aura. The swords were ancient to have such weak power. She looked around, a rainbow-like light shining through her eyes. She looked up, only to see a large window, a variety of colors among it, a white dog designed as well in the colored glass.

(just imagine those types of windows in chapels and stuff...or cathedrals. Sorry if I mispelled that.)

She followed the light, watching as it trailed down to two single swords, both looking new. One had a dark aura around it, while the other seemed to have a bright one. Kagome's eyes widened as Rin walked forward, her hand nearly touching the sword Kagome felt the dark aura coming from.

"Stop."

Kagome and Rin whirled around, to see Sesshomaru standing in the doorway, his eyes staring intently at Rin's lingering hand. He growled and disappeared, reappearing in front of Rin and grasping her wrist tightly, yanking it away from the sword. His eyes were crimson.

Kagome was frozen in her spot. She couldn't move. Her body wouldn't obey her. Rin stared bravely into Sesshomaru's eyes as they slowly went back to their steel amber.

"Do not touch Souunga. It is a youkai sword that will possess and destroy you." Sesshomaru said. Rin blinked, looked to the sword she nearly touched, then back to Sesshomaru. She looked to everything around the room, her eyes lingering upon the second sword. She looked back to Sesshomaru.

"That is the Tenseiga. A sword forged from my father's fang. It is useless to me." He stated blandly. Rin looked at him confusedly. A useless sword? She had never heard of such a thing! She looked at Tenseiga again, then to him once more. Sesshomaru let loose a low annoyed growl, but no one else heard him. This girl was too curious.

But that scent was in this room...

"The Tenseiga is a sword of healing and life." At this, he turned toward the sheathed sword. "My father forged it to save the life of his human mate...and then he wished to give it to me. However, I found it insulting to my person and found it useless." Sesshomaru said. He turned around, sniffing the air to find where the scent was coming from.

His eyes landed on Kagome.

He scowled as he hurried toward Kagome, who in turn tried to move out of the way, failing miserably. Rin didn't even know what was going on as she stared at Tenseiga. A sword that could...heal? She had never heard of such a thing! Then again...she was living in a castle with demons...

"Hey! Get away from me!" Rin's head snapped to where Kagome was. Her eyes widened as she watched Sesshomaru roughly grab her sister's arm and yank it, dragging Kagome to the floor. Rin quickly ran over to them and bit Sesshomaru's wrist. She would fight back this time.

Sesshomaru stared at Rin impassively. This girl was absolutely idiotic! Did she really think that biting him would hurt? He growled and shoved her away, accidentally letting go of Kagome's arm. Kagome quickly got up and went to stand in front of her sister, but was shocked into a dead stop as Rin stood up and launched herself at Sesshomaru once more, this time trying to punch his chest through his armor. Kagome sighed. Rin had no clue how to fight...

Sesshomaru was flabbergasted. This little girl was highly amusing in her efforts to overthrow him. She was banging her tiny fists on his armor, although she was wary of the spikes, and she was currently screaming what he supposed was to be her battle roar.

And a pathetic one at that...
Sesshomaru thought. He backed away and watched, amused, as Rin paused in her fight, fists in the air and her face questioning. She looked at him, then her body began to lose balance. Poor girl had to stand on her toes just to reach as high as she did.

She fell flat on her face.

Sesshomaru tried to hold in his laugh, but a chuckle of amusement slipped past without him knowing. Kagome was horrified from embarrasment at what had happened. Rin stared at Sesshomaru as his shoulders lightly jerked up and down from his chuckle.

She decided that she liked him better when he laughed.

She quickly got up though and glared at him. Sesshomaru rose a slender brow at her. Rin stepped forward and...

...stuck out her tongue in Sesshomaru's face.

Sesshomaru quickly backed away as he saw the wet pink thing come out of her mouth. She was close to licking his nose! He growled and glared at Rin, who was grinning, believing that she had won the battle. Sesshomaru huffed and looked back to Kagome. That scent was even stronger now that he had her close up. Kagome noticed his stare and glared.

"What do you want? Leave me and my sister alone!" Kagome cried. Rin stopped grinning and looked at her sister. Sesshomaru smirked.

"I do not believe that you are in the position to tell me what to do, slave." Sesshomaru said. Kagome blushed. Did she really want to die? She was lucky he didn't do anything after she threw the vase at him, now she was questioning his authority. Sesshomaru glared.

"You will come with me." He said. Kagome growled and followed as Sesshomaru left the room with Kagome at his heels. Rin watched the pair leave, her stomach heating up and her mind becoming fuzzy. She glared at the door her sister and master had gone through. She quickly shook her head as she realized what she was doing. She looked back to Souunga.

Rin...

Rin gasped as the sound echoed through her mind. She backed away from the sword and looked around to see where the voice was coming from.

Rin...

Rin felt her stomach heat again and her mind fuzz. She immediately looked to the door that Kagome and Sesshomaru left through.

Together.

Rin glared harder. She quickly shook her head once more and looked back at Souunga. Her eyes widened and she quickly left the room.

She was not jealous...

She didn't see the aura that surrounded Souunga...

Sesshomaru stopped in a dead end hallway. This castle was built as a maze for intruding demons. If they did not know their way around the castle, they would be stuck wandering the halls of this fortress. So, Sesshomaru took great care to memorize every detail and pounded it into Inuyasha's head. But the hanyou made sure to memorize it anyway as he was once lost in here for three days. Their father had to go and find him.

He turned to Kagome, who was still glaring at him. He didn't care though. He looked her up and down before nailing the direct spot in which the scent was coming from.

Her neck.

He used his youkai speed to grab whatever was there, knowing that she would protest. Kagome didn't know until she saw him holding a pink jewel.

"H-hey! Give that back! It's my mother's!" She yelled, trying to grab it from Sesshomaru's hand, and was failing miserably considering he was taller than anyone she ever knew. Sesshomaru's golden hue's narrowed. This wasn't...was it?

"What is this jewel...called?" He asked. Kagome growled. "It's called the Shikon no Tama, now give it back! It's all I have of my family!" Kagome screeched. Sesshomaru stared at it a little longer, he could feel the jewel pulsing in his hands, begging for him to use it's power that this girl had no idea was residing within.

He looked to Kagome and quickly gave it to her. He refused to allow a petty jewel to use him in it's desire's. He glared as she put it back on around her neck.

This wasn't good.

Now he knew why whatever was out in the forest was there. It wanted the Jewel. He growled, scaring Kagome a little. Now that the Jewel was within his household, many demons would come here, raiding and killing off his servants to get it. But, if he released the girl and Rin out into the wild, they would be killed and the demon would gain the Jewel, possibly overthrowing himself.

He growled again. Either way, this could be a losing battle for Sesshomaru. It was then he realized he had used Rin's name. He narrowed his eyes to slits. That girl was getting on his nerves...

His eyes widened as he felt that same sensation from when he was staring at the forest. They were getting closer...

He heard a shrill scream from within the castle. He immediately ran to it. He knew who it was.

Rin...

There you go! I hope you like it. Sorry for the late update and stuff. Being a freshman is hard!

Q: I thought Rin is a mute. How does Rin communicate with Kagome?

A: Kagome has learned over the years how to tell Rin's mood by her body language. They are sisters after all.

Thank You:

KeithKnightsGirl
- - You are one perverted person...I like you! (grins) Anyway, I know where you can get stories with sex in every chapter. It's a Sesshomaru/Rin too. Wanna know where?
georgi neko
Tochigo
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SilverCrystalTears
Another time period? When did I do that? 0o OMG! Am I becoming Kagome? NOOOOOOOOOOO! Wait...she gets to see Sesshy...YEEEEEEESSSS!
MeiMeiPrettyFlower
Akihanah
Ren
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Jackalobe
- - What gender are you? I just wanna know before I say something like I'm wanting to...
Mina
Thank you! Finally! Someone who doesn't think Rin's weak! Well...she didn't really know where Kagome's room was so...yeah...I love Inuyasha and Kagome's relationship too!
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Arashi
Someone who can read! Thank youuuuuu!
Jackalobe...again
You reviewed me twice? O...kay...
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heka
WINNER WINNER WINNER
essis

We have a winner for the riddle in Chapter Five!

An eye in a green face, and an eye in a blue face.
"That eye is like this eye..." Said the first eye.
"But in a low place, not in a high place."

The answer to the riddle is...

Sunshine on daisies!

Congradulations to heka for getting the right answer! Congradulations! The person who gets the most right will get a story written by me onto Fanfiction. Answers will be recorded throughout the story. The winner will be named when it's over.

Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha.

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