Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, Sesshomaru would be with me and Rin would be my daughter. (She is so adorable!) Yeah... And in the last chapter I forgot to mention that I also own Suzume.
Notes: I'm not writing this from the library any more! YAY, I GOT MY COMPTER BACK!!!!!! Oh, and Sesshomaru has TWO arms in this fic.
As Rin bathed, she thought about Sesshomaru. "So he loved someone once? What happened?" she asked herself. "If he ever finds her, I have to make sure they get back together."
Meanwhile...
Sesshomaru shot up from his relaxed position. He had suddenly remembered where Kaori could have gone.
"Sesshomaru!" A small voice cried in a choked whisper as more blood was seen from their hiding place.
"Kaori, you'll be okay, just wait until my father comes. He will make everything alright," the young heir to the Western Lands replied.
A bolt of lightning was seen outside, illuminating the bodies of numerous demons and mortals, followed by a crash of thunder and rain, causing Kaori to scream and cling to Sesshomaru. She was covered in blood from her own wound near her heart and it was getting all over him, but he didn't care.
She was what the demons were after, her and Sesshomaru. They were connected somehow, and yet they were never told. Sesshomaru concluded that it was because of their power, when combined, it was way beyond lethal. But then again, Kaori was such a rare kind of demon; she was an animal transformation demon, but she had priestess powers. She could also release the power of Maga-tsu-bi, the god of multiple calamities, and Kamu-Nahobi, the god who puts thing right again, within herself. In other words, depending on who she grows up to be, good or evil, she could become one of those gods for long enough to destroy the world... Or save it.
"Sesshomaru, I'm scared..." Kaori sniffed, " If Suzume dies out there with your father, I'll have no one, even my parents are dead. What will I do?"
"Don't worry," he tried to comfort her, "My father will figure something out to help you,"
Assuming that he lived, of course.
The two young demons soon fell asleep due to the soothing sounds of the slowing rain on the roof of their hiding place. Without waking her up, a blood-soaked taiyoukai gently urged her from the arms of his son and held her. After smiling at her angelic face, Inutaisho handed her over to Suzume. "Do you remember where to go?" he asked.
Suzume nodded. "To the Bone-Eater's well, right, Inutaisho-sama?"
"Yes, now hurry! There will be other warriors and samurai coming, and you need to get your sister out of here."
"But what about you? Will you be okay?"
Inutaisho closed his eyes and sighed. "My main concerns are Sesshomaru and Kaori. They are the ones I have to protect. Don't worry about me, just go!"
Suzume gave a nod of her head and began running with Kaori in her arms towards the well, but before she and Kaori got in, she turned around and yelled, "Good luck, Inutaisho-sama! Tell Sesshomaru that I'll miss him!"
The whole time he had been listening, and not really asleep. The worst part of that was that he didn't get to say goodbye to Kaori. "I can't just leave Rin here with Jaken, so I guess I'll leave him in charge of the palace." he said aloud to himself, also deciding to go see Inuyasha's miko.
When Rin returned from her bath, Sesshomaru told her what they would have to do, and if it didn't work, they would have to think of something else. "Come, Rin, we have to go see the priestess."
"Do you mean Lady Kikyo?" she inquired.
"No,"
"Kagome?"
"Yes, we have to see Kagome. I've heard Inuyasha saying that she's from a different world, and travels through a well called the Bone-Eater's well, possibly where Kaori and Suzume went." Sesshomaru explained.
"Who is Suzume, Sesshomaru-sama?" Rin asked.
"Suzume is Kaori's sister."
"Oh,"
The rest of the trip to see Kagome was spent in silence, brief periods of rest were allowed so Rin could get a drink or eat a fruit. Eventually she began to slow, and after Sesshomaru heard her yawn, he stopped. "Are getting tired, Rin?"
"No," she lied quickly. She didn't want to have Sesshomaru think her weak.
Without warning he scooped her up in one arm and resumed walking. "If you're tired, you can sleep now."
Rin smiled up at him. "Thank you, Sesshomaru-sama,"
Within five minutes, Rin was sleeping peacefully against the fluffy. Her little hands were balled into fists, each one holding clumps of the fluffy. 'Huh. I expected her to tire more easily than this. Such an extraordinary little human.'
He arrived into the village of Old Kaede with Rin still asleep in is arms. He guessed that his brother caught his scent because he came storming out of one of the huts with Tessaiga drawn. "I don't want to fight, Inuyasha."
"What?! I don't care! Now get the kid out of the way so I can kill you!" he yelled.
"Inuyasha..." called a female in a sickeningly sweet voice.
"What do you want, Kagome?!" he griped.
"OSUWARI!!!!"
Sesshomaru watched in amusement as Inuyasha's face slammed into the ground, creating a large crater as Kagome told him to sit multiple times. He even let a smile slide across his lips.
When finished, Kagome walked over to Sesshomaru. "So, what did you need Sesshomaru? I know you didn't come to fight, or else you wouldn't have brought Rin."
At that moment, Rin woke up, rubbed her eyes, saw Kagome, and hopped down from Sesshomaru's arms to give her a hug. "I missed you, Kagome!" she said.
"I missed you, too, Rin."
Sesshomaru answered Kagome's question. "Is it true that you come from a different world?"
Kagome nodded.
"And you get between the two worlds by the use of the Bone-Eater's well, do you not?"
"Yes, but why do you ask?"
"I don't have to explain anything to you," Sesshomaru replied.
"Please just tell her, Sesshomaru-sama," Rin intervened, "Kagome might be able to help us."
Sesshomaru sighed before preparing himself for a lot of talking.
When he finished explaining everything, Kagome said, "Wow, that's harsh. You didn't even get to say goodbye to her?"
Sesshomaru shook his head.
"And that dream you had does seem fishy... You said that Kaori and her sister are in my time?" Could this be the same Kaori and Suzume that she knew?
"Yes, must I spell it out for you?" Sesshomaru asked in an annoyed tone.
"No, that's not neccesary, but I think I might be able to help you find the well, and take you to where Kaori is, but from there you're on your own." Kagome said with a smile.
Rin giggled, and motioned for Kagome to bend down to her height. "I think Sesshomaru-sama is in love with Kaori." she whispered.
Kagome straightened up and blushed, as did Sesshomaru, for he had heard every word with his unhuman-like hearing. "Oh..." she said awkwardly.
Through the whole process, Inuyasha was sitting on the groung with his arms crossed, pouting. He resembled Shippo after being beat on. "Inuyasha," Kagome said.
"What?" he replied rudely.
"I'm taking Sesshomaru and Rin to the well."
"Fine."
They followed her throught the forest and to the well, leaving Inuyasha to get out his childish anger. "Well, here it is," she said gesturing to it.
"Do we just jump in?" Rin asked peering into the well's depths.
"Yep." Kagome answered.
Rin shrugged and said, "Okay..." and hopped into the well.
"After you," said Kagome to Sesshomaru, who gracefully dropped into it, followed by Kagome.
There was a blue light, and Sesshomaru and Kagome saw Rin ahead of them. It was like drifting through water... really thick water... Which, with Sesshomaru's long hair, was uncomfortable for Kagome, because she came close a few times to getting tangled in it.
Hey, this one was pretty long! YAYS!!