Rin slowly pulled her self from the fog that tried to hold her down, she could hear Jaken worrying, his small feet slapping against the stone floor of the cave.

"What are we going to do my Lord? Surely they will want to take Rin back with them." Jaken said, letting out an oomph as Sesshomaru hit him on the head.

"I don't want to go back." Rin said, her voice horse with all the coughing. Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder at her as she struggled to sit up.

"I will not have someone under my charge that runs from a problem." Sesshomaru told her plainly. Rin looked at him, her eyes wide. She knew that her lord hated weakness and what she was doing at the moment was doing nothing but showing just that.

"I'm sorry my Lord. I will return as you wish." Rin said bowing her head.

"No one ever said you were going to. But I will not have you running away from things either." Sesshomaru told her, causing her to look up at him once again, hope shinning in her eyes.

"Rin!?" Inuyasha screamed as he ran towards the cave, Kirara flying behind him with Miroku on her back. Inuyasha drew his sword as he glared at his brother.

"Stand down mutt. I do not wish to kill you in front of Rin." Sesshomaru said, not bothering to get up from his sitting position against the mouth of the cave.

"Rin! Are you alright?" Miroku asked as he ran into the cave to her side, kneeling down next to her. Sesshomaru's eyes darted over to them, ignoring Inuyasha's snide remarks and attempts to get him to fight.

"I just have a cold. I will be fine. Lord Sesshomaru and Jaken-Sama have been taking care of me." She answered him with a weak smile.

"Come on then brat. We'll take ya to the old hag and she'll have ya better in no time." Inuyasha said, putting his sword over his shoulder. Rin shook her head at this as she coughed lightly.

"No, I don't want to go back. I want to stay with my Lord. You understand right?" She asked, looking at the two mean pleadingly. Inuyasha scoffed at this, turning his face away.

"But what of Kohaku? He wishes to wed you, and Sango would love to have you as a sister." Miroku said, worry on his face.

"I don't wish to wed him. Why didn't any one even ask me how I felt!? If I wanted to marry him? I only see him as a brother. Just as you or Inuyasha. Nothing more. I... I love another."

She bowed her head, not able to look at any one as they all turned to face her, coughs leaving her lips.

"Another? Who the hell is he?" Inuyasha asked, causing Sesshomaru to roll his eyes.

"Rin... surely you know..." Miroku said, not finishing his words as she nodded. She lifted her eyes up to Sesshomaru who was looking out into the forest now.

"It will be hard. There's no way my feelings could ever be returned. But I still want to do what I wish." Rin told him, her face set. Sesshomaru looked down at his boot as a butterfly landed on the toe, not responding to her words. Inuyasha groaned as he kicked a rock.

"Who is the man?! If he doesn't love ya back he's an idiot! Tell me who he is and I'll beat the crap out of 'im for ya and ya can come home." Inuyasha said gaining a giggle plus coughing from Rin as Miroku shook his head.

"Rin, lay back down." Sesshomaru said, his eyes flickering over to her. She nodded and did as she was told.

"I will tell the others that you are safe. Please, do come see us soon though. Or at least send word." Miroku said with a sad smile before he stood up, walking out of the cave.

"Don't ya let 'er die." Inuyasha threatened, pointing his sword at Sesshomaru before walking after the monk.

"I agree, I don't see who couldn't love our Rin. She is beautiful, smart, brave-"

Jaken's words were cut off again as Sesshomaru hit him in the head again, grinding into his skull with his knuckles.

"You are a fool." Sesshomaru said, looking back into the woods as Rin looked at him before she fell into sleep once again.

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A/N: Not much of a chapter I know, but my brain is not running very well I am afraid. I'm not really up for writing this right now. I need to get into a hard core Inuyasha mood but I am not in one right now. I am shipping another couple from something totally unrelated and they are taking my full time I am afraid. But I will give you more to this. It just might be in short burst is all.