Well, last chapter guys! :( Anyway, thanks for all the reviews! You guys sure know how to guess...haha! ;) Then again...now that I think about it I might add one more after this. Idk...we'll see. Oh, and if Sesshomaru's mom has a name...please inform me on what it is. I can't find it to save my life... SO, I've decided to give her my own name. ^_^ Oh, and in this story she has never met Rin before. :)

Sesshomaru walked towards the castle nonchalently, earning confused glances from the others. After a moment or two, everyone began to follow him in confusion. Rin skipped along with him, smiling wide.

"It seems that you have found it Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin said happily. "May I ask who it is?"

"Yeah!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"You shall see soon enough," Sesshomaru said plainly, continuing to walk.

Once they came to the castle gates, they stopped in their tracks. Sesshomaru did nothing to break it down, and neither did Inuyasha...though why would he anyway?

"Well this is great, now what?" Inuyasha asked sarcastically.

"Be patient," Sesshomaru said glancing at Inuyasha from the corner of his eye.

"But-" Inuyasha froze when the castle gates opened wide.

Everyone stood there in awe, wondering why anyone would open a gate to a demon, a hanyou, and some humans. Plus Jaken. Sesshomaru walked forward after a moment, followed by Rin who had become rather excited. The entire castle was built in some sort of white stone, and had purple flowers along with some vines growing on it. There were guards of course, but none of them made any movement to harm them.

This deeply confused Inuyasha and Kagome, who had naturally assumed that the guards would not wish to welcome strangers...especially Sesshomaru of all people. Even in demon ranking he was pretty high, if not the highest. Most demons feared him, and those who didn't were either friends with him (which is highly unlikely) or were complete idiots.

What surprised everyone further was when Sesshomaru opened the door without a second thought.

"It's as if he LIVES here!" Kagome whispered to Inuyasha.

"Maybe...he does?" Inuyasha suggested.

Everyone followed Sesshomaru as he continued to walk, which pretty much said he'd been there before. It was obvious, because nobody would know their way around that well the first time. It was impossible. Seriously.

Sesshomaru stopped and turned around, "Be polite."

Then he turned back around and walked up to a large door. Everyone looked at each other, before shrugging.

He opened the doors, and stepped inside followed by everyone else. When they entered, everyone noticed that they were not alone.

There was a woman sitting on what looked to be a throne, who looked suspiciously like Sesshomaru. Her hair was whiter than snow, her eyes were golder than...gold? She also had a crescent moon on her forehead, and one purple strip going down each of her cheeks.

"Yup, that's his mom," Inuyasha muttered. "The fluff around her says it."

Kagome giggled quietly, which thankfully went unheard by anyone but Inuyasha.

"Mother," Sesshomaru said bowing slightly. "I trust you are well?"

The woman made no actions, but instead replied in the same nonchalent tone as Sesshomaru, "I have fared quite well. And you my son?"

Sesshomaru nodded simply, "I've been well."

The woman looked past him towards us, raised an eyebrow, then looked back at Sesshomaru expectantly. Sesshomaru sighed before turning to everyone else, with his arms crossed.

"This is my mother, Ruikokoru," Sesshomaru said. "Queen of the Western lands..."

"I WAS RIGHT!" Rin exclaimed happily, before covering her mouth and blushing.

Sesshomaru grabbed her from behind, and covered her mouth tightly, "Pay her no mind mother..."

"I see you have begun to grow feelings for humans," Ruikokoro said simply. "And not only that, but human girls."

Sesshomaru caught on to that quickly, and turned scarlet, "Hardly."

His mother smiled slightly, before looking down at Rin, "Come here child."

Rin slowly walked forward, and curtsied...or at least tried to.

"What is your name?" Ruikokoru asked.

"Rin," Rin said slowly, before being picked up by the woman.

"How old are you?" she asked.

"I just turned eleven," Rin said with a smile.

"Ah, so close to adulthood no doubt," Ruikokoru said with a kind smile. "Well it is a pleasure to meet you, I can see why Sesshomaru is fond of you."

Rin giggled before hopping off and skipping over to Sesshomaru. She leaned up, and pulled on his sleeve to get him to lean down slightly.

"I like her..." she whispered with a giggle.

Sesshomaru rolled his eyes, "Mother, please."

"What?" Ruikokoru said. "Do you not wish for me to show her kindness?"

Sesshomaru was about to reply, but closed his mouth after a moment...slowly turning red.

"Yeah, that's what I thought," Ruikokoru said in a motherly tone. "Now...go brush your hair, I'm starting to spot some split ends."

Sesshomaru's eyes widened, before he glared at Rin, "So I suppose SHE has good eyes too?"

Rin whistled innocently and looked away, earning another glare from her fluffy lord.

Sesshomaru then got down to business, and turned to his mother, "First, we need to discuss something."

"Oh?" she said with a risen eyebrow. "And what would that something be?"

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed, "You took my mokomoko, and I wish to have it back."

"Oh that old ratty thing?" Ruikokoru said. "I threw that out."

"WHAT?" Sesshomaru yelled.

Ruikokoru, "Sesshomaru, calm down. I was merely joking, you really need to lighten up a little."

Sesshomaru groaned, "Mother, where is it?"

"It's being cleaned," Ruikokoru said. "I purpously took it to clean it, because honestly...dragging that thing around on the ground for three decades and not cleaning it is very unsanitary. You could catch the plague."

"Mother, I'm a demon," Sesshomaru said slowly. "I don't become sick."

"Oh really?" Ruikokoru said with a frown. "Then what about that day when your hair fell out?"

"It didn't fall out, it was cut," Sesshomaru groaned. "And that is why I hate Totosai."

"Oh yes..." his mother said. "Well how about when you threw up all over my new couch, and I had to get a new one?"

"That was the result of your tea, and pho," Sesshomaru said. "I was not sick."

"Oh," Ruikokoru said. "Well what about all those years where you had the chicken pox, and you lost your voice for a week?"

Sesshomaru eyed her, "You are toying with me."

"I am not," Ruikokoru said simply.

Sesshomaru sighed, "That was puberty; I had acne, not the chicken pox, and my voice changed."

Sesshomaru's mother stared at him, "Well you seem to have an answer for everything don't you?"

Sesshomaru sighed, "Look, may I please have my mokomoko back? NOW?"

"It's drying," she said simply. "You will never believe me when I say that thing wants to stay wet..."

Sesshomaru sighed, "Well then I suppose I shall just have to wait then."

"Yes, I suppose," Ruikokoru said before smiling a small smile. "Not that I mind Sesshomaru."

Sesshomaru turned his head towards her slowly, and raised an eyebrow, "Do you mean to tell me that you do not care for my inconvenience?"

"Well no, but if you put it that way...then yes," his mother said with a twinkle in her eye. "Of course not darling, what I meant was that I have been rather melancholy in your absence. You are my son after all..."

Sesshomaru sighed, "I'm sorry mother."

"You know you used to come visit, but no," Ruikokoru complained. "Apparently demons venturing out on their own is the style these days, and heaven forbid you not stay with the times."

"Mother-"

"Not to mention you've been out messing with that Naraku fellow," Ruikokoru said resting her head in her hand. "What did he do to you again? I believe you said it had something to do with awful smells, human women, and wolves..."

"Mother-"

By this time everyone except Sesshomaru was giggling, earning very infuriated glances from the demon lord. Kagome was trying to contain her laughter, but it was beginning to become harder by the moment. Inuyasha snickered, but attempted to keep it in...probably for Ruikokoru's sake. Jaken stood firm, but every once in a while a small smile would start to etch onto his face. Rin was burying her face in Sesshomaru's sleeve, shaking uncontrollable...though she was trying to keep her giggles in check.

"I remember back in the good old days when you would visit every week. You would come unexpectedly with a gift from your travels, and you would greet me properly. I still have not received a hug from you young man," Ruikokoru said with an irritated expression.

By then everyone's faces were going red trying to hold in the laughter.

Sesshomaru glared at his mother, "Mother that was centuries ago."

"Oh foolishness," Ruikokoru scolded. "We demons live until we are killed, so a century is only a decade to us. Now come and give me a hug, like a son should do."

"Mother!"

Sesshomaru's mother leaned forward on her throne slowly, giving Sesshomaru 'the look'.

"Now," she said in a low tone.

Sesshomaru groaned, and walked towards her slowly. He stopped about a foot from her, and slowly held his arms out. Of course he was blushing madly the entire time, mostly because Inuyasha was there. Ruikokoru stood up and hugged Sesshomaru, a large smile creeping on to her face.

"Much better," she said before leaning up to kiss his cheek.

Then she looked around, and back at Sesshomaru. She sighed, and looked at everyone.

"You do realize you all look like constipated tomatoes," she said eyeing them.

Of course they did...they were all trying not to laugh!

Okay, so I've decided to stop there...and make ONE more chapter after this. ^_^ Sorry for the late update!