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Kikyo snickered as the plan reached her ears. "…What do you think?" Naraku asked. "Dare I say, it is brilliant. I will start it A.S.A.P!" Kikyo grinned to herself as she walked out the door. She hopped into an elevator and headed off to prepare for action.

Chapter 22: Rin's Memory's and Pain

Kagome took in a deep breath as she awaited Sesshomaru's reaction. The atmosphere was tense. Inu-yasha swallowed, he had been the only to ever do such a thing to his brother and make it through the rest of school week. But he had been young and innocent then…okay. So maybe he hadn't been innocent but more so than he was today.

Rin looked around the ceased elevator. All eyes were on her and Sesshomaru. 'What did I do?' She wondered as her eyes met Kagome's eyes filled with curiosity. Then her eyes glided to Kagome's boyfriend's eyes. The amber eyes showed pity. She didn't want his pity but didn't feel like yelling at him to get his pity off her. She returned the coffee coloured gaze to the icy amber eyes before her. 'Dare she repeat the question? Sure why not?' "I'm sorry. I didn't hear you. What is your name? I forgot." Rin asked in an angelic voice.

Sesshomaru's cold gaze was locked on her. How dare she? "I am not deaf girl." Rin's surprise flashed through her eyes for less than a second. Rin brought up her full height and stood on her tippy-toes so she could look him straight in the eye. "I have a name you know!" Rin hissed in a devilish voice.

Kagome's eyes moved from Rin to Sesshomaru. She was now sure that the two before her had totally forgotten that her and Inu-yasha were there.

Sesshomaru's golden stare narrowed. His eyes seemed to be layered with ice as he starred into her eyes. Rin was not giving up though. She narrowed her eyes and stared back with flames.

'Who does he think he is?' Her thoughts fumed.

'Who does she think she is?' His thoughts fumed.

Rin's gaze lied. Secretly she admired that he could withstand her glare for so long. He was the first to ever put up such a good fight.

Sesshomaru's emotionless stare didn't falter. He admired that she could hold her part in the…'War' but she would not win. He would make sure of that.

"I have a name to, but seeing as how your mind was incapable of holding it in memory for more than a few minutes I find it more than sensible that you no longer have a name in MY memory." Sesshomaru whispered coolly to her.

"My memory could hold your name but did not wish to so I thought I would ask politely for you introduce yourself." Rin whispered hotly. Then his name popped back in her head. "Sesshomaru is it not?" Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed. "Lord Sesshomaru to you." "Would you make your date call you Lord?" Rin countered like an angel. "Yes." Rin pouted as she turned. "Oh! I forgot you were here Kagome and…Um…Wait!...Inu-yasha!" Inu-yasha fell down anime style.

"LORD Fluffy over there is a meanie." Rin whined to Kagome. Kagome put a hand over her mouth to stop the laughing. Sesshomaru leaned against the elevator wall while he pretended not to listen. Inu-yasha stood back up and leaned against the opposite wall of his brother and thought to himself.

Suddenly the lights in the elevator began to flicker. Lights. No lights. Lights. No lights. And so on. Then they were gone all together. "What the?" Inu-yasha started as he stood up straight. Kagome took in a breath then she remembered something horrible. Rin's weakness. Her only fear was fear of the dark. Kagome heard something shaking as something hit the ground.

Rin had started to shake as she was sitting down. The dark shadows were clawing at her. Just not reaching her face they pulled away and charged in again. The voice echoed in her head. Pain struck across her face.Rin was lifting her arms to cover her head when an arm wrapped around her and pulled her from the cold tiles. Her body was held to a warm, strong body and the shadows leapt after her no more.

She could hear the strong heart beat as she rested her head on the hard chest of the man holding her. "Rin?" Kagome's voice called. She had bent down to look for her friend but she hadn't been there. "I…I'm here." She whispered. It was around 11:30 – 12:00 but she could have fallen asleep right there and then. Inu-yasha's arm found Kagome and pulled her in to his chest.

A light flickered. Inu-yasha saw his brother holding Rin close to him while the girl took deep breaths. Inu-yasha was angry that he was already close to the girl. The flicker ended before he saw anything else. Another flicker. On. Off. On. Off. On. Kagome blinked a few times. The new light blinded her.

Sesshomaru placed Rin back on her feet. Rin blushed the tiniest bit as she blinked. Sesshomaru closed his eyes. Inu-yasha did the same but after ten seconds he opened his eyes and could see perfectly clear. Kagome had moved from his body and was in front of him. Beside her Rin rubbed her eyes before she got her vision cleared. Sesshomaru leaned emotionlessly against the wall opposite him.

Kagome asked Rin to talk to her after they got out of the elevator. Kagome sighed. How long would it take before it started to move? Kagome and Rin whispered to each other.

Sesshomaru's eyes were open tiny slits yet he could see around the small room perfectly. With his sharp hearing he heard every word they whispered. "…and then the lights went out and I freaked. You know…my condition…" "You have every right to be scared to death of the dark." Kagome whispered consolingly. Rin smiled. "But I wasn't afraid when Sesshomaru…Sorry. Lord Sesshomaru picked me up and held me. He is the only person other than you who can make me feel safe in the dark." Rin whispered. Sesshomaru couldn't help but wonder what terrified her of the dark. Was it because she was defenseless then? Or because everything seemed to be unknown in the shadows? He could not be sure but he listened on with out a single pang of guilt.

"Sesshomaru has that thing about him. No matter what I always feel safe in his presence." Kagome whispered. This made Sesshomaru happy but a small pang of guilt came but he easily shoved it to the side. Suddenly the elevator started to dive down at abnormal speed…for an elevator that is…and the girls were sent flying once more. Rin fell into Sesshomaru's arms while Kagome was aiming for the floor.

Inu-yasha rapidly caught Kagome's figure and pulled her into his embrace. Kagome blushed as she stood on her feet and turned to see Rin in a similar position. Sesshomaru had tried to help her up but Rin would not accept help and slipped and she fell into his arms pressing her full weight on him.

Rin blushed a little bit as she pulled herself off of him. Sesshomaru looked down at her emotionlessly. Rin looked him in the eye for a little and she thought she say something in his eyes but he blinked and it was gone. Rin pushed herself away from him. She wouldn't let herself love so freely again not after the last man she had loved.

Flashback

Rin was going to meet Him after school. She ran out the door waving bye to Kagome and the others. She hopped in his car, threw her back in the bag and giggled as she placed a tender kiss on his lips before he pulled away. "How was your day?" He asked in his charming voice. "Great!" Rin thought nothing could go wrong. She was doing perfect in school, she had great friends, and the best man to give her heart to. But that night would change everything.

He drove her to his place and they walked in together. She plopped her bag on the couch. They kissed before she pulled out her books. At about 5 o'clock she got up to get herself food. He grabbed her arm gently and lead her upstairs to his room. "The kitchen isn't in your room!" Rin whined. He just smirked and continued up the stairs. Once in his room he closed the door. HE turned out the lights and locked the door. "What are you doing?" She asked, but she trusted him and let him lead her to his bed.

HE roughly ripped off her shirt. Rin gasped and covered her chest in the darkness. "What…What are you doing?" She chocked out. "Time to play a game Rin. You like games don't you?" HE said as he roughly pushed her down flat on the bed. She screamed for him to stop and said that she had trusted him. Then she resolved to kicking and punching but he easily tied her up.

HE slapped her across the face when she screamed. He undressed her and thrusted his self in and out of her with no worry to her. Blood covered the sheets. She sobbed and screamed but her wouldn't let her go. Her felt every part of her body. Then when he finished he untied her and whispered in her ear words she would never forget, "This is my way of dumping you. You are not worthy of my love. You are not worthy of anybody's love. You are just a pathetic girl that talks to much."

Then he left her there to cry. She heard the door slam as he left her in his house. Later his brother had come home to hear crying. HE ran up and saw her curled up in a ball. Blood glimmered on the white sheets he covered her and took after her as best as he could considering she screamed every time they were in the same room.

His brother called Kagome and she was over in a second. She took care of Rin and took her home. The dark was a time that he could torment her. She would never feel that helpless again.

End of Flashback

Rin turned and glared as Kagome smiled at her. Then Rin couldn't hold it back anymore and she showed her sadness to Kagome. Kagome understood. As soon as they got out of the elevator Kagome turned to the boys. "We will be right back and if you two argue I will have BOTH your heads." Kagome hissed as she took Rin away into a public washroom near by and Rin let her tears fall.

"Kagome I can't! I feel something for him. He is different but that is what I thought about…Him." Rin chocked on her words as tears streaked her beautiful face. "Rin…I can't promise that Sesshomaru isn't like that but I would trust him with my life. And I know you can't give that trust out yet but I won't let him hurt you." Kagome hugged her friend. Rin whipped her tears. She knew her friend was right. She splashed cold water in her face and the two girls walked out.

"What was that all about?" Inu-yasha asked as he stood up off the bench and walked over to the girls. They looked at each other. "Girl stuff." They replied simply. Inu-yasha rolled his eyes. "I called Miroku and Sango to explain why we are late. And that we got another…couple." Sesshomaru came up from behind. "So where exactly are we going?"

Kagome blinked twice. She had almost forgotten they were going out. Then she smiled. "You will see." She smiled as she led them to Inu-yasha's car. She hopped in the driver's seat and held out her hand for the car keys.

Inu-yasha laughed. "You think that you are going to drive MY car? Think again." He said as he starred down at her. Kagome pouted. Rin hopped in the back seat and patted the spot beside her for Sesshomaru to join her. Sesshomaru jumped in beside her. Kagome continued to pout at Inu-yasha. "…MY car." "I'm your girl friend!" "It is still MY car." "PLEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASSSSSEEEE!" She begged. "HHHMMMM…Let me think about it…No." "Inu-yasha!" "No." Kagome pouted at him. Then she gave him the puppydog face.

"No." He sighed as he signaled her to shove over. "but Sesshomaru would let me or Rin drive his car right?" She turned to him. "Your kidding me right?" Inu-yasha laughed. Kagome looked at Sesshomaru. "You would right Sessy?" Kagome pleaded. "No." He shrugged. Kagome turned defeated she moved to the passenger's seat.

Inu-yasha smirked as he jumped in the seat beside Kagome and started the car. Kagome just glared at him until her face lit up with a scary smile. "What's that smile for?" Inu-yasha asked as he started to pull the car out of the parking spot. "You don't know where we are going and I'm not going to tell you." "But I DO know." He smiled. Kagome's jaw dropped slightly. "How…How do you know!" Inu-yasha just smiled as he drove.

Then he pulled up at the restaurant where they had gone on their first double date. "It's Miroku's favorite restaurant. I had a feeling he would pick this place." Kagome jumped out of the car and waited for Rin and Sesshomaru to get out.

Inu-yasha parked the car. He locked it and jammed his hands in his pockets. The only reason he had really thought of this place was because it was where he had gone on his first real date with Kagome. He walked in front of Kagome and entered the building. Kagome hooked arms with Rin and Rin dragged on Sesshomaru's arm, since his hand was in his pocket, and they entered behind Inu-yasha unaware of eyes following their every move. Sesshomaru glanced back, someone was watching Kagome and Rin. He could sense it. But as he looked back all he saw were lots of guys following the two girls in short skirts with jealousy directed to him and Inu-yasha.

Naraku sneered. He pulled out his cell phone. "Hello?" "Hello Jakotsu." "Naraku!" "I wish to speak with Bankotsu." "Right away." "Bankostu!" Jakotsu's voice rang in the background. "What is it?" "Naraku wishes to speak with you!" "Ah…Naraku eh? Yes Naraku?" "I have a…favor…to ask of you Bankotsu." "What will my payment be?" "Listen closely…"

A/N

SRY! I know it is short…I know it is a cliffy…But…Ya…Who will be my 100th reviewer? Who will be #101? I love the #101!

Who will be my first flame…if ever. I want to encourage people who don't like my story to review. I haven't gotten a single flame but I know that not everyone can love my story! HA! REVIEW! Or I just might not continue the story…