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After all you put me through

You'd think I'd despise you

But in the end I want to thank you

Because you made me that much stronger

It had been two days since Rin had last seen Sesshoumaru. She hadn't even given thought to the village but instead started walking down the road that lay before it.

True to his word and as much as Rin wanted to deny it, it seemed Sesshoumaru had been being truthful when he said,"What you do now is none of my concern."

A sigh escaped her lips,"I hope your happy Sesshoumaru-sama, just look at me now! Out here wondering around, is this what you wanted? Did you intend to do this all along? To leave me stranded somewhere, or was it her, Kagura, did she put you up to this!"

Rin rubbed her head,"Great I'm talking to myself."

A rustle in the bushes stopped her in her tracks,"Sesshoumaru-sama?" "Jaken-sama?"

The only answer she got was the bushes rumbling, and whatever it was, it was getting closer. She began to walk faster, but as the noise got louder, she took off in a run.

Rin soon found herself face to face with a youkai that looked like a fairly giant lizard it had bright red eyes and it hissed at her through bared fangs. Rin ran as fast as she could into the forest from wence it had come hoping she would lose it as she dodged the trees in her path.

She made a mistake, she looked back to see how close it was to her, and her ankle caught n a tree root sticking out of the ground, the last thing she saw when she hit the ground was the lizard coming towards her.

A few hours later Rin awoke in a hut and as she sat up a girl with dark brown hair and hazel eyes came toward her,"I'm glad to see you up, you took quite a fall, my name is Mischa."

Rin rubbed at her eyes as she sat up,"Where am I, and what happened to the youkai that was chasing me?"

Mischa smiled at her,"Your in a secluded demon slaying village, Priestess Nyosan found you and brought you here, you've been out for almost a day, so whats your story?"

At that moment a tall graceful looking woman with long platinum har that was tied into a low ponytail walked in her violet eyes shimmered, she was wearing miko robes," Ah so your awake, my name is Nyosan I am the priestess of this village, I found you about five miles from here. Tell me what was a young girl like you doing in such dangerous woods?"

Rin didn't know what to say should she tell them, they where slayers, would they run her out of town or worse kill her if she told them?

"You look nervous, don't be, we may be demon slayers, but we are good people, you're safe. Start at the beginning and I am pretty good at detecting when people lie so I suggest you go on and tell the truth," Nyosan smiled warmly at her as both she and Mischa sat down in front of her, Nyosan pouring her a cup of tea.

"So your not going to kill me if I tell the truth?" Rin asked.

Nyosan burst out laughing," No!" "What gave you that idea, now tell us your name."

Rin sighed," My name is Rin, when I was young my parents where killed by banditss.cI don't remember that much about them, Ilived on my own from the time I was three until I was eight. I was orphaned, I lived in a hut that the villagers let me have, I didn't talk after the experience and they thought something to be wrong with me, one day I was walkign through the forest and I stumbled upon an Inuyoukai..."

"So I was walking when the youkai attacked me," Rin finished.

"So your the girl that everyone talks about, you are the one who traveled with the infamous Sesshoumaru of the Western Lands," Nyosan inquired to Rin's surprise.

"You mean your not going to run me out of the village?" another womans laughter filled the room, Rin turned to gaze at her she had long ebony hair pulled back into a hgih ponytail, ebony colored eyes and she was wearing a demon slayers outfit," "No of course not, infact I find it quite interesting that you survived so long with a youkai, we've heard much about you, from traveling and demon slaying! My name is Sanokawa, I am the lead warrior of this village."

"Lead warrior?" Rin questioned," but what do the men of this village think about a woman being a better fighter then them?"

Mischa errupted into laughter," I think it's our turn to explain!"

Sanokawa sat next to Nyosan as Nyosan spoke,"Rin, this village is the absolute best demon slaying village in all of Japan, our strength match that of some youkai as do our skills in fighting. This village is all female warriors, males pass through every once in a while, normally other demon slayers and on rare occasions travelers, this is more like a training place then anything, are warriors train here then go out and slay demons that give villages other problems and they normally reside here until they are married."

Rin look astounded,"What do you do Nyosan as priestess here?"

"I look after things, I am a very strong miko and my powers are well known around the country, but I am also a skilled slayer, I help heal those wounded in battle as well," Nyosan seemed very proud of this new information.

"What about you Mischa?"

"Actually you and I have quite alot in comman Rin! I'm an orphan too my family was killed by demons when I was young, but luckily the slayers from this village took me in, I'm 16 too, Ya know, I bet we're going to be friends!" Mischa smiled warmly at her.

Sanokawa inquired," Rin if you aren't going to the village Sesshoumaru told you to go to then where do you plan to go?"

"I'm not sure, I have no where else to go and with Sesshoumaru out rescueing Kagura or whatever he's doing, I'm not sure what I'll do."

The three women excused themselves leaving Rin to ponder what they where doing, they all returned shortly with grins on their faces.

Nyosan was the first to speak," Rin we've come to the conclusion that if you want you can stay here and train to be a demon slayer, very few get this opportunity infact their are only 20 of us right now!"

"I don't want to be any trouble," Rin began but was cut off by Sanokawa.

"Nonsence!" Sanokawa smiled," infact, I insist you stay."

"So what do you say?" Mischa put her hands up in a pleading motion.

"I would love to!" and so Rin became apart of the village.

Rin started her training with the others, but in a few months do to her quick learning she soon was given the opportunity to train exquisitally with Sanokawa. Nyosan also began showing her ways of detecting the youkai in a being so she could sense their presence around her.

Over the first year that she stayed in the vilage she had become best friends with Mischa and her story quickly spread throughout the twenty others and she was excepted and often asked to tell of her travel, there where only two girls that both she and Mischa didn't get along with Kishi and Sonkei.

Kishi was seventeen and had long waist length sable hair and hazy blue eyes, her best friend was Sonkei and as the meaning of her name, Sonkei expected respect, even though she did little to return it. Sokei had platinum blonde hair that went a little below her waist and shining ebony eyes, she was also seventeen and envied Rin for her fighting skills, and later would come to envy her for her beauty. Before Rin had come to the village Sonkei had been at the top and she was not one to be bested.

Rin soon became accustomed with a signature weapon like she remembered the taiji Sango being with her boomerang. Rin's signature was her Shiriken "throwing star" or as she prefered to call it her Kyosei "giant star", it was a ninja star that had a red sash around it it was normal size and woukld turn the size of Sango's boomerang when you put miko energy into it, as Nyosan had taught her, the sash was to catch it after it had been thrown because it was razor sharp and you could be injured if you didnt caatch it properly, and Rin could proudly say she and Sanokawa where the only people in Japan that could use it. Rin was also handy with a sword.

By her second year in the village she had already began traveling with the slayers helping to bring down troublesome demons in the area, but she always kept an eye out for one in particular silver haired Inuyoukai.

It had been nearly five years since Rin had come to the village, and she had changed greatly her body once lean and short had become tall and extremly curvy, her shiny black hair hung to below hair waist and curled out at the ends,and her chestnut eues radiated a firey look, she had full lips and a perk nose, every girl was jealous and every man desired her, she being at the age of 21 was well over marrying age.

Yet despite her looks Rin was a force to be reckoned with she had lightning fast reflexes and her skills were rumored to match that of a youkai, she was rumored to be the best youkai slayer in all of Japan, a title she took proudly.

It had been almost 5 years since she had seen heads-or-tails of Sesshoumaru, she never expected the visit from the villages' youkai alies, the white wolf clan from the north, and a meeting with there leader Ayame,would change that.

'Cause it makes me that much stronger

Makes me work a little bit harder

Makes me that much wiser

So thanks for making me a fighter

Made me learn a little bit faster

Made my skin a little bit thicker

It makes me that much smarter

So thanks for making me a fighter

Fighter-Christina Aguilera

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-Michiharu