Chapter five: Unexpected Reunion
"What!" Taguro grips onto Rin's shoulder tightly. "I SAID IT"S BECAUSE I'M IN LOVE WITH LORD SESSHOMARU! PLEASE LET GO OF ME!" Rin cries out, shoving Taguro on the side of the riverbanks as she stood up. "RIN PLEASE STOP! I'M SORRY, DIDN"T MEANT TO HURT YOU, COME BACK!" Taguro runs after her than stops and breathes deeply. "How can he do this to me? I don't know what to do anymore," thought Rin, crying inside. "Sesshomaru, please come and save me." Behind the trees and bushes stood Aya, fill with grieve, staring at Rin running back to the palace. "What a stupid woman."
Sesshomaru glances down below and looks around, "I smell something. What is it?" Jakken was down below with Ah- Un. "I don't see anything Lord Sesshomaru," Jakken calls out from below.
"Lady Rin, you're back already? I thought you were looking for Taguro-sama," asks one of the samurai guards. Rin ran pass them, running to her dorm room. "Was Lady Rin crying?"
"Why am I so stupid," said Rin, wiping her tears away, slamming the shoji aside. "His and my gaze will never meet again." Rin's tears kept overflowing. How can a person who had save her and took her under his wings do such a thing to her? Rin sat on the floor consciously thinking, "Sesshomaru…"
Taguro enters the main gate with Aya. "Taguro-sama, Lady Rin is crying in her room, do you possibly know why," ask the guards. Taguro looks away, "I don't need to answer that question."
It was dark now, the stars appears in the moonlit sky. Taguro walks towards the main dorm. There stood Lord Hodaime, "You ask a request. It's about the war isn't it?"
Taguro replies, "Yes. If that demon wants to have us battle with him, he can come. And when he does, I'll slit his throat open downward. He's not going to make a fool out of me." After the meeting, Taguro left the room, "Sorry Rin, you'll have to learn how to live without him."I'll make sure he leaves us alone at once."
"Sesshomaru, where are you," Rin thought to herself. She wanted to see him so much. She wanted to tell him how much she loves him. She would always think he would remember her even if years had passed.
Flashback
"Lord Sesshomaru, look gravestones." Sesshomaru turns around. "Say Lord Sesshomaru, if I die would you remember me," said Rin with a sad smile on her face. "Don't be stupid."
End of flash back
"Lord Sesshomaru please, find me."
It was the next day, the war began. "Everyone stand on your ground and get ready," exclaimed Taguro. Rin hurried outside of her room, "What's happening? Taguro-sama, what are you doing!" Taguro leaps onto the deck of the building where Rin stood. "Sorry Rin, you can't be out like this. I'll have to put you in a safe place where he can't hurt you." "What are you talking about? Taguro you can't possibly- you can't do this to me!" Taguro, without hesitation, thrust his palms onto her shoulders. "Sorry Rin, you need to sleep for a while. Court Ladies, may you put her in the cells where she can't be founded by the demons!" The court ladies immediately lift Rin, following Taguro's orders.
"Lord Sesshomaru, wait for me. Your mother has send demons for you," said Jakken. Sesshomaru glares at Jakken. "I can deal with those pitiful humans myself." Sesshomaru stood in front of the gates of the palace.
Taguro was anxious for Sesshomaru's arrival. "Here we go everyone, stand on your grounds! When I tell you to fire, shoot, you got it! OPEN THE GATES! PULL!" The gates flew open, landing on the ground. "Where is he?" Taguro saw nothing in sight, Nothing but dust.
"Looking for me," said Sesshomaru. He had already been in the palace. "How- how did you get there." Sesshomaru turns around, "I sense something familiar. "Taguro felt uneasy, "What do you want from us you demon!" "Nothing but the shard," reply Sesshomaru. "The shikon jewel shard? Well you can't have it." Sesshomaru drew out his Tokijen. "Must I take it by force?" Taguro drew out his blade. "I guess so." Taguro lifts up his sword, calling forth its power. "Lightning Blade!" Everything in Sesshomaru path turned into rust. Luckily taguro was able to counter attack with his sheathe. "Interesting, how did a half demon like you wield a sword like that," Sesshomaru ask. "To bad it's not match for my Tokijen." Taguro felt frighten but it didn't stop him from attacking Sesshomaru with his blade. Sesshomaru moves forward. "It's no use, Dragon Strike!"
Meanwhile
"Where am I?" Rin wakes up, feeling drowsy wondering where she was. "Why am I in the cell." Rin was clueless. She didn't even know that Sesshomaru, her lord, was outside. "Let me out of here. I need to find Taguro-sama." The she heard steps from outside of the cell. "Please help let me out." Surprisingly, it was Aya! "Well look what we got here, the lowly servant, Rin." Rin quickly grips onto Aya's wrist through the wooden bars. "Please, you have to get me out. Please, I beg of you." But Aya just stood their and laugh with a smirk on her face.
"Why should I. You've broken poor Taguro's pure heart. I can't believe that a person like you actually drove Taguro crazy, falling in love with you. Now he has to suffer in your state now." Rin releases her hand. "What are you talking about?" Aya lifts up the keys she had kept. "Taguro-sama, the one who loves you truly, is out there fighting with your so called beloved Lord Sesshomaru. It's too bad that I can't let you out in this type of situation." Aya then puts the key in the side of her obi. "Bye." Rin was confused. She wanted to see Sesshomaru.
"Taguro-sama, the one who loves you truly, is out there fighting with your so called beloved Lord Sesshomaru. It's too bad that I can't let you out in this type of situation." Aya then puts the key in the side of her obi. "Bye." Aya walks away. "No you have to come back! Wait, Princess Aya come back with the key. You have to let me out!" Rin started to cry, falling onto the ground. "I'm such an idiot. Why am I crying for?" Rin wipes her tears feeling hopeless but she knew she had to get out of the cell somehow. She stood up and stood against the wall. "I'll get out of here by force then."Rin started d to run towards the wooden bars. "It's now or never. Here I go!"
"Are you tired yet you demon," said Taguro. Taguro breathes harshly, trying to catch his breathe for air. All the other samurais were either killed or wounded. There was no match for Lord Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru stood with such pride without any marks or wounds on him. "Are you sure you're talking to the right person," replied Sesshomaru. Taguro was jealous and angry. "What do you have to offer for her that makes her love you so much? I hate it! I hate everything about you Lord Sesshomaru." Sesshomaru had not one clue what he was talking about and of course he didn't care. "Your end is here half demon." Sesshomaru stood with a stance aiming his Dragon Strike where Taguro stood with his whole body wounded. "Dragon Strike-,"
"Please stop!" Sesshomaru was interrupted by a called from behind. Sesshomaru turns around only seeing a woman. "Rin, please stay back!" Taguro calls out, ordering her to go back inside the dorms. Rin immediately ran to Taguro. "Taguro-sama, you're hurt and it's all my fault." She held taguro in her arms.
Sesshomaru withdraws his Tokijen. Rin stood up. She turns around and at that moment, Sesshomaru and Rin's eyes met. "Sesshomaru…," Rin thought to herself. The wind blew a gentle breeze. Everything in sight grew silent. Their eyes met in a daze.
