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Recap: Chapter 24…

"What did he do to you?" He whispered softly. "He…he hurt me." that was all she needed to say for Sesshomaru to understand. If he ever saw Manten again he would hurt him bad. He pulled Rin into a tight hug. "Don't worry. I'll protect you from him." Rin looked into his eyes and saw he was serious. And for the first time she felt truly save. Truly and completely. She lifted her arms around his neck. "Thank-you Sessy" She whispered in his ear.

Chapter 25: Pain and Secrets inside…

"Kagome's…" Miroku swallowed. "Does…Does Inu-yasha know?" Sango shook her head. They looked at each other. "She doesn't want top tell him while he is hurt." Sango whispered. "You realize once he knows…He'll be…upset." Sango looked away from him. "I don't know what to do. Inu-yasha…I promised him." Miroku was confused. "I promised Inu-yasha I would tell him if anything was wrong with Kagome, if something ever happened like this."

Miroku looked at Sango. Her long brown hair covered her face. He wrapped an arm around her. She was crying. She sobbed on his shoulder. "Inu-yasha deserves to know! They both deserve to be happy!" Miroku was speechless. What to do? On one hand Kagome had a point. Telling Inu-yasha would only hurt him further. On the other hand Inu-yasha had every right to know. After all, he loved Kagome. And this would change everything. Good or bad…was undecided.

Sesshomaru held Rin's hand as they walked across the sand. They hadn't said a word. Sesshomaru stopped. Rin stopped beside him. Some one was calling Sesshomaru's name. "Sesshomaru! Baby!" He rolled his eyes. Shiori ran up to him. Her long silver hair flowed behind her as she ran at full speed. She stopped in front of Rin. "You can't be serious. She's a grade lower than you. She couldn't possibly be smart enough for you." Shiori thought she had won this one. "Says who!" Rin yelled. A group of boys ran up. "Dude!" they thought having these two girls fighting over them was heaven.

"How about a trivia? Smartest one gets a kiss from Sesshomaru!" Shiori smirked. Some girls that had gathered near by sighed. "I will decide who I kiss!" Sesshomaru snarled. Rin looked at him. "Trust me. I can handle it!" She cheered. He cocked an eye brow but didn't speak. "Who here is 3 year in college?" Shiori yelled at the crowd. A tall man stepped up. "I am!" He had a strong build and was very handsome. Ginta was not the smartest third year there but he would do fine.

He stood in the middle of the girls and asked questions. Shiori got the first one. Rin correctly answered the second and so on. Soon it was a tie and the last question was being asked. It was asked. None knew the answer. Sesshomaru smiled. He knew the answer. Rin was concentrating hard while Shiori wracked her brain. Three hours of studying straight after her loss wasn't helping her now.

"10." The crowd called. She gulped. Still not a clue. "9" Rin glanced at Shiori. "8" still no answer. "7" They stared at each other with hatred. "6" Rin looked at Sesshomaru. "5" Shiori looked at the quizzer. He grinned. "4" The crowd was tense. "3". Shiori smiled. "2" Sesshomaru worried. "1" Rin sighed.

"TIE!" Ginta yelled. "What does this mean?" A person in the crowd groaned. "I wanted the silver haired babe to win." Another yelled. Shiori smiled. "Yeah! Then we could have the black haired chick to ourselves." Shiori glared. Sesshomaru grinned. "This means I pick who I kiss." He walked up to Rin and leaned down. His lips were about to caress hers when she went flying. "No. One. Will. Kiss. MY. Sesshomaru!" Shiori yelled. She had pushed Rin out of the way. Sesshomaru growled. She had gone too far. He stepped between the two girls. Shiori thought she was going to receive a kiss but was far from it. He picked her up so he could stare her in the eye. "Never. Touch her again." He whispered so only she could hear.

She gulped. Sesshomaru put her back down and walked over to where Rin sat on the sand confused. One second she was about to kiss him. Next she was on the sand with an aching head ache with no kiss.

Rin rubbed her head. The sun was hurting her head. Then a shadow shaded the sun. She looked up and saw Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru picked her up and carried her away from the crowd. He came to a group of large rocks. The rocks looked over the water. He sat on the largest rock the hung over the water and sat Rin on his lap.

She blushed when she looked into his eyes. He leaned in once more She leaned up. Their lips met at long last. (A/S/N Author's short Note This was a request. A reader requested that a kiss be shared between these two. I give them a kiss. :P) Sesshomaru pulled away. He opened his light gold gaze to see her auburn stare locked on him. Her cheeks were soft pink under her freckles. One of Rin's dark bangs fell into her eyes. She crossed her eyes to look at it. Then she started to giggle. Sesshomaru chuckled as he lifted a hand and pushed it back. He stroked his hand through her soft tresses. She cuddled into his muscular chest. She wanted to lay there for ever. She felt safe. She felt loved. And most importantly she felt free.

Breezes whipped around them. The sun had lowered and the moonlight glowed on her skin. The breezes were cool on her skin. She was still wearing her wet swim suit. Sesshomaru's warm arms wrapped around her. "Are you cold?" She shook her head. "No. I am fine." She knew if she told him she was cold they would leave their spot on the rock and would go get her something warm then he would probably go back to the hospital. "You are bad at lying." He whispered in her ear. She looked at him. He picked her up and carried her to where their towels were still laid out. He put her down on her towel and covered her with his. He picked up their other stuff and then her.

"You don't have to carry me." Rin whispered. "I want to." He replied. She sighed and cuddled into his chest. Her eyes closed and everything was right…

Kagome opened the door. Inu-yasha was sitting up and breathing heavily. "Inu-yasha!" She ran to his side. He fell into her arms. "I can…do what…ever I want…to…ugh!" He cried out in pain. His arm that was bandaged was throbbing. He had fractured 3 spots on that arm…the left arm…

Kagome laid him back down. "You are not getting up!" She sternly told him. He groaned but did not argue. "You…You should rest as well." Kagome froze. "W…Why is that?" She stumbled on the words. He looked at her. "You know why." He closed his eyes and fell asleep. Kagome couldn't believe it. How could he possibly know? He must've been talking about something different…He must've…

Rin opened her eyes. "Nice to see you awake." She looked up and saw Sesshomaru looking down on her. She lifted her head and blushed when she realized it had been placed on his lap. She was on her side facing Sesshomaru's torso. She slowly sat up beside him. She was still wrapped in the towels in her swim suit. Her blush deepened. She stood up and realized they were at his dorm. "Sango is staying at Miroku's tonight." He said simply. She had been wondering where his room mate was…

"Sango is your roomy!" She said as she stood up with the towel around her body. "You can borrow a t-shirt if you want." He stood up and walked into his room. Rin followed. He pointed at his dresser then to the washroom. "Or I don't think Sango would mind you borrowing some clothes." He walked back to the couch. Rin looked between the dressers and finally chose one.

She came out in a long, black t-shirt and a pair of his boxers. Sesshomaru had only glanced her way when she came out the door. 'I can't believe she's wearing MY boxers' He thought to himself as she sat down beside him and leaned her head on his shoulder. "Thanks." She whispered. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder. Then she heard a knocking on the door. She looked at him inquiringly. He stood up abruptly and made her fall where he had been sitting.

He ran to the door. By the time Rin pushed herself back into a sitting position he was back. He was holding two pizza boxes in one hand and two cokes in the other. Rin smiled up at him. He placed down the boxes and the two pops and turned. Rin grabbed his hand and pulled him to the seat beside her.

He looked at her curious as she opened one box and smiled. "Who told you my favorite!" Sesshomaru just starred as she grabbed a piece. "Ever hear of plates?" He asked her while raising an eyebrow. "Of course! But who eats pizza on a plate?" "Me." "You need to let lose." She picked up a second piece and held it out to Sesshomaru. He starred at the pizza.

Rin rolled her eyes. "Open." She moved the pizza to his mouth. "You ha-" he was cut off by the pizza being stuffed into his mouth. After he swallowed the bite he glared at Rin. "Do I have to feed you or can you feed yourself?" she teased.

Sesshomaru lifted his hand and instead of taking his slice he took hers. He took a big bite from her slice and smirked at her. Rin giggled. She took his slice and ate his. Rin ended up eating 3 slices. Sesshomaru ate the rest of the pizza and brought the other one to his fridge.

Rin had turned on the T.V and was flicking through the channels at random. The movie "Labyrinth" was just starting so Rin left it at that. Sesshomaru rolled his eyes and sat back down beside her.

Rin cuddled up to his chest. Sesshomaru held her close to him. He watched the movie with out interest. Half way through the movie Rin fell asleep. Sesshomaru turned off the TV and carried Rin, bridal style, and placed her in his bed. He got changed into a pair of boxers and a sleeveless shirt. He realized she was in his bed and went to move her to Sango's. As soon as he got near Rin turned to face him.

He positioned his hands beside her and was about to pick her up whilst Rin grabbed his hands and pulled them tight to her body. Sesshomaru blushed once his hands came in contact with her warm, chest. He tried to release his hands with out waking her but failed.

She turned again and pulled him to lean over her body as his hands were pressed tighter to her chest. He positioned his knees on the bed and tried to free his hands once more. She just turned onto her stomach so his hands were around her. He placed on knee on the other side and was about to move completely to the other side when she flipped over on to her back so his arms were under her.

Sesshomaru fell onto her softly. One leg on the other side he tried to lift himself. He couldn't. If he woke her it would be bad. Very bad. Sesshomaru was stuck. Rin let go of his hands. Yes! He slowly slipped his hands from her body and they were now under her back. Rin's arms wrapped around his back and held his strong chest to her warm chest. "Shit…" He whispered.

Rin sighed in her sleep. She buried her face in his silver hair. Sesshomaru couldn't move. Not without the risk of waking her up anyways. The stuck Sesshomaru let out a deep breath. It would be a long night.

Inu-yasha had a horrible night mare. Kagome was laughing. She was walking away with Naraku. Inu-yasha had just been beaten up really bad and Kagome laughed and walked away. Suddenly it all went black. He heard a baby crying. Crying. And crying. It brought tremendous pain to him. He fell to the ground. The crying wouldn't stop…

Kagome was walking. Inu-yasha was in front of her. His back to her. It seemed unusually bright around her. Everything went dark. There was a circle of light around her. She couldn't see any further than that. Inu-yasha's voice rang out. Pain. She ran to the sound. It stopped. She ran. She tripped over something. Sprawled on the ground, Kagome turned her head to face Inu-yasha covered in blood.

"Inu…Inu-yasha!" A rough hand grabbed her arm from behind. She recognized the hand. She screamed. "He ain't here to protect you no longer." The voice of the man whispered. Kagome couldn't defend her self. The darkness was swallowing Inu-yasha's body. She was being dragged away. Into complete darkness.

Kagome awoke. She was on the couch. Inu-yasha was moaning in his sleep. Apparently he wasn't having the peaceful sleep he deserved. Kagome walked to sit on the edge of the bed. She placed a hand on his forehead. He was feverish. Kagome whispered a song. A Whole New World. He calmed. Slightly. Inu-yasha's breaths were deep. His hands clenched; he stirred.

A sweet sound brought the night mare to an end. He fought to see what could make the angelic sound. His eyesight came blurry at first. Soon the sight before him cleared. Kagome's eyes were closed. "I can open your eyes…Take you wonder by wonder…" "Yes you can" Inu-yasha whispered. Kagome's eyes flung open. A single tear slid down her rosy cheek. She hugged him. It brought pain to Inu-yasha to wrap an arm around her but once in place his arm felt better.

"Inu-yasha…I have to tell you something…but not now…ok?" Kagome whispered in his ear. Inu-yasha wanted to push her to tell but he could tell she was on the verge of crying. He smiled a little and nodded. Painfully he swallowed.

He couldn't stand that she had a secret but he had one of his own. He would tell her of the problem soon. He had to soon. Otherwise…he didn't want to think about otherwise.

Sesshomaru stirred. He hadn't fallen asleep yet. 3 hours of lying in the same position. Rin suddenly let him go and turned. He fell of the bed. "Ouch." He grumbled. He stood up and walked over to Sango's bed. He sat down. He wasn't tired. He wanted to go to the gym but he couldn't leave Rin here alone. He sighed. He grabbed his text books. He had read each one twice. Completed every assignment of great quality and was bored. According to him he had already finished his second and third year of college.

He opened the biology text book and read over the last assignment. He rummaged through his closet and found the assignment. An A+ was taped to the side. Every teacher loved him. Not to mention every girl. If not him his brother but they still melted at his sight. Any girl he asked out would have fainted before saying yes. Rin and Kagome were the only girls not like that. Kagome had fallen for his brother though. Nothing he could do would change that but honestly, he wasn't sure he wanted her.

He turned around to look at Rin's sleeping face. She looks really cute when she's asleep…Sesshomaru blushed. Did he just think that? He mumble to himself and turned around. With his back to her he could relax a little more.

Rin awoke. She sleepily sat up. Sesshomaru was sitting on a chair with his back to her. She silently got up and snuck into Sango's bathroom. She used a spare tooth brush and her hair brush. Once she was done she walked out soundlessly to behind Sesshomaru. Thinking he was asleep she pondered what to do to wake him up. She decided not to be pure evil and wake him up with a kiss.

She slowly put her arms around his neck. He didn't move. Rin would kiss his cheek so lightly he wouldn't feel it and she could be 'angry' at him. Of course she wouldn't really. It would be a joke. She slowly pressed he lips to his cheek and noticed something odd. He was asleep. But his hand grabbed her wrists. He turned around in the chair. "You think I would leave myself defenseless?" He whispered. Rin giggled. "Awww. I thought Sessy was asleep." She pouted.

Sesshomaru just let her wrists go. Rin stood in front of Sesshomaru for awhile. Thinking of what to do now. Her plan back fired. In a way. He was awake. He got a kiss. That's all that really mattered. Rin smiled and sat down on his lap and leaned on him. He was slightly surprised by this move but did not show it. He wrapped a strong arm around her waist. He brought up a hand and moved the hair in her face to behind her ear, after he gave her a small kiss on her cheek. Rin smiled as she cuddled up to his chest and fell back asleep.

It was lunch time and Sesshomaru decided he wanted to get up and take a shower. He lifted Rin and placed her in the bed being watchful of her hands. He covered her so she would be warm and he turned to grab a towel and clothes. He had a black muscle shirt and dark blue jeans.

He took a quick, hot shower and got dressed. He brushed his teeth and left the room. Now he really wanted to go to the gym. He left Rin a note saying this and walked out the door. An hour passed quickly. Rin mumbled something as she sat up. "Note to self. Fall asleep on Sessy and wake up in bed." That's when she noticed Sessy wasn't in the room. She thought he was watching T.V until she saw a note. Her name at the top she opened the paper.

Gone to gym. Room 132.

Sesshomaru.

P.S. Get changed before coming down. Use Sango's clothes.

Rin looked down on her outfit and smiled. She ran to Sango's dresser and pulled out three things: Tight jeans, a bra and underwear. Then she ran to Sessy's and pulled out a sleeveless, black shirt. She got changed and looked in the mirror. It looked pretty good. She grabbed one of his sweaters and ran down the hall to the stairs. She was soon in front of the gym. She opened the door, waving to a few people she made her way to the silver haired man lifting weights twice the size as his arm. It showed he had been working out for a while already. She put her hands in front of his eyes and he continued to lift the weight. Some one else said "guess who" to Sesshomaru. "Shippou is talking and Rin is covering my eyes."

"Aww." Rin pouted as she pulled her hands off his face. He turned and looked down at her clothing. Right away he noticed his shirt. Sango's pants. The combo looked really nice on the small girl before him. He turned his back to her as he continued to lift the weight. Rin walked over to a weight the same as Sesshomaru's. she was about to pick it up with one hand but a man ran to her side. "No. You can't lift that. It's the heaviest one here! I can barely lift it!"

She faced him and removed his hand from her wrist. "I can handle it." She glared daggers of fire into his weak eyes. He took two steps back. Rin turned back to smile at Sesshomaru and then she placed on hand on the weight. She traced up and down the bar and found the direct center. She slowly lifted the weight. She took another one in her other hand. Without shaking she dropped them to her hip and lifted it once more. The same process repeated for half an hour straight until Sesshomaru took the weights from her and decided they should go get lunch. All the men were amazed such a small girl could lift the largest weight in the building. The couple walked out of the building together. Perhaps the strongest couple.

Inu-yasha held the scared Kagome to his chest. Soon she fell asleep. A nurse came in to check his monitor and left, turning off the lights and leaving him in the darkness. The darkness swallowed his sight. The only way he knew Kagome was there beside him, was her occasional sighs and her hip slightly moving with every breath she took. Inu-yasha removed his hand from her hip. Kagome mumbled in her sleep.

Inu-yasha's thoughts were swimming through his head. Most were painful; thoughts. What would happen soon in the future? Would she accept it? How could she? Should he tell her? He had to. He…loved?...Her…

The most painful question hit him. Does she love me to? (A/N …-thoughts). He grumbled as pain sliced at his arm. Kagome woke up. He couldn't bare the pain. His hand shot up to his shoulder. His shoulder blade was throbbing. The bandage that stopped the blood flow on his shoulder reddened. Kagome lightly pressed it down to slow the sudden blood flow.

A nurse ran in. She pushed Kagome away from him and tended to Inu-yasha. Soon Kagome was alone in the now bright room. Inu-yasha, his bed…were gone. To the OR. (Operating Room) They had to sow the wound shut or it would kill him…a second time.

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