It was the first day of the first winter that Rin has been in the village. Rin was sitting in front of the hut that she shared with Keade, when Kagome came running over to her. "RIN! Rin. Oh goodness I am tired." Kagome said bending over. Rin just giggled at her friend, "What is it Lady Kagome?" "Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, and I are going to take a walk around the forest and we know that you love to travel and since you have been for almost a year now we thought you'd like that. And Rin you really don't need to call me lady, I'm not married to a lord." Rin sighed, "I know sorry I'll try to remember next time La-Kagome." Rin corrected herself.

"So do you want to come with us or not?" Rin thought it over 'Well, I guess it would be nice to at least take a walk in a forest. Most likely the closest I'm going to get to traveling again.' "Yeah that would be fun!" "OK then let's go before we freeze into big, giant ice blocks." They both laughed and met up with Inuyasha and the gang. "Hey you little pain in the ass twerp!" "Inuyasha…" Kagome said venomously. 'Shit...' "SIT!" Inuyasha flew to the ground face first. Inuyasha pulled himself up cursing under his breath while doing so. "What the hell was that for?!" Inuyasha roared. "Don't curse in front of Rin! She is just a kid!" "Fine. Sorry Rin I will try my damn hardest to not curse in front of you." "SIT!" Inuyasha once again face planted in to the rock hard earth. This time making a crater in the process.

"Inuyasha, could you at least shut your mouth so we could get on with the walk?" Miroku asked in a tired voice. "I agree with Miroku here. I want to start the walk because it'll take at least most of the day and I want to get back here before dark. Oh and Rin if you want you can get on Kiarara if you get tired." "OK Thank you very much Sango." Rin said while bowing.

They left and went into the forest. Rin was so happy to be in familiar scenery. She loved how the trees looked as if they reached out to them to help and guide them to a mysterious place where no one else knows where it is. She loved how it always seemed how the forest could show someone something, like how she followed the trees and found Lord Sesshomaru laying down on the ground. She immediately stopped the train of thought right then and there. She really didn't want to cry now. Yet, her mind had other ideas and started the train of thoughts to run to her Lord.

Flashbacks of times when Sesshomaru had saved her life. The two that popped out the most is the very first time he had saved her when she opened her eyes, after being mauled by wolves, in her Lord's lap, and the time he had his mother use her necklace to save her from the otherworld. She couldn't hold the tears anymore. Tears started to fall from her eyes like tiny streams trying to break a dam. Inuyasha was the first to notice it. The instant he smelled salty water he was right by her side, "Rin, what's the matter?" He said with worry and had the urge to kill anything that has hurt this sweet little innocent girl. (Sesshy's not the only one protective over Rin. More than anyone else but still) It took her a minute to process what was happening, "Oh, um…. Nothing. I'm fine, just bothered by thoughts that's all." "Rin," Inuyasha said in a low voice so only Rin could hear, "no matter how big a stick Lord Fluff has up his ass, he would never forget you or leave without having a good reason. You understand me?" He said with the securest way that Rin couldn't deny, "I understand you, Inuyasha. Thank you." "Yeah whatever." He said sporting a blush. "Let's head back." When they got back to the village Rin said good bye and went to her hut. When she walked in she gasped in shock when she saw who was sitting right in front of her.