A.N /\/\/\ Hey guys! Been working hard on getting as much written for y'all as I can! Also again I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA. AT ALL. If I did I'd be entirely happy! But I don't so…I am eternally sad ): ANYWAYS :P Been up for like 2 days if my chapters have misspellings or grammatical mistakes I am horribly sorry. Sometimes word spell check doesn't catch everything. Shout out to the best people in the world, YEP that's right Its YOU! :P anyways Chapter 7 everyone.

Rin's P.O.V

Rin had been lying in her bed for hours worried and crying; trying and failing to sleep. Those females were here to be chosen as his mate! His mother was going to choose his mate for him. Meaning he wanted nothing to do with Rin. He would send her away. She knew he would; He would fall in love with one of those females. Rin burst into tears again.

An hour later Rin got off the bed and looked at the moon. It wasn't yet above the trees, she still had two hours before she was supposed to meet with Lord Sesshomaru. She went to her mirror and wiped her face with a cloth. Rin sighed and started dabbing some of the face paint beneath her eyes to cover the evidence of her tears. Hearing a knock on her door Rin called for them to enter. Rin froze when she saw Lady Yumiko in the mirror.

Lady Yumiko stepped into Rin's room and shut the door behind her. Rin was grateful that the room was dark making it harder to see her room as a tribute to Lord Sesshomaru. Rin sat quietly as Lady Yumiko walked up behind her. "You should try a darker shade, it would cover better." Rin blushed at her words that pointed out her red puffy eyes. "Yes My Lady; Thank you for the tip, I appreciate everything you do for me."

Lady Yumiko smiled, but it was a cruel smile, cold and disconnected. "You know Rin; you're of age to be married now. Have you thought about that any?" Rin was confused and slightly scared of where this was going "No My Lady, I haven't put any thought in to my marriage." She gasped dramatically. "Shame on you Rin; you wouldn't want to be a burden to your Lord now would you?" Rin's eyes widened as she looked up at Lady Yumiko.

"No My Lady…I don't wish to be a burden on Lord Sesshomaru." Rin mumbled as tears started to pool in her eyes again. "Now; Rin darling, Lord Sesshomaru will be marrying Sayuri soon. He couldn't keep his eyes off of her the entire dinner." Each word sent an arrow to Rin's heart. "So, you have to disappear; Giving Sesshomaru time to see that he doesn't need to protect you anymore. Letting him know that it's finally okay to settle down and produce a family."

The tears finally fell down Rin's eyes. "My Lady…may I ask why are you being so cruel? Have I done something to upset you?" Rin watched as all the false emotions fled Lady Yumiko's face. "Yes Rin, you have. You've entered my sons' life! You've Ruined his life! I want you gone. Now, this minute! Pack your things and leave without telling anyone. Disappear."

Rin gasped at the harsh words; had she really ruined Lord Sesshomaru's life? Was she a burden like his mother said? Then why did he say differently? And kiss me the way he did. Maybe he just didn't want to hurt me because he's been protecting me since the day we met? Another set of tears ran down Rin's face. Getting up she bowed to Lady Yumiko "If you please My Lady, I would get ready to leave." Rin watched as the cold feral smile returned to Lady Yumiko's face as she left Rin's rooms.

Sesshomaru's P.O.V

It was thirty minutes before Rin was supposed to show up to his room. Sesshomaru was eager to see her after only a glance this evening. Walking around his room he noticed how different his room was to Rin's. Her room was covered in personal objects. However his was not. He had a large bed with black sheets and white pillows with a large black blanket on top of it. The wood above his bed was carved in intricate designs. His clothes were mostly the same.

There was a soft knock on the door that made him stop comparing the two. He opened the door "Rin you're late…." His words fell off as he noticed it was not Rin standing at the door. "Sayuri what are you doing here?" She blushed and looked confused "I'm sorry My Lord…but didn't you send for me?" She held up a small piece of paper for his inspection. When he read it he growled making her flinch.

"My mother is up to something. I am sorry you were brought into this… She wants me to find my mate, however, I believe I have already found her, but I must not let anyone know, for they would use her against me. Do you understand? I do not turn you down because you are not desirable, but because I am already intended." Sayuri smiled a little "It is alright My Lord; You made it perfectly clear tonight at dinner that you didn't want a mate, that is why I wasn't sure why you were asking for me."

Sesshomaru nodded "My offer for you to stay still stands. Rin needs more friends." Sayuri smiled a real smile then "Rin was wonderful tonight. She's an amazing girl." Sesshomaru smiled "She is indeed." They said their good byes. It was only after he shut the door and looked at the moon that he realized Rin was an hour late. Sighing he gathered his armor and pelt, putting both on instead of carrying it.

Leaving his room, Sesshomaru went to Rin's room. Knocking on the door, sure she over slept. He went in without waiting for a response. He looked over at the bed and noticed she wasn't in it. Sesshomaru went to the bathing room door and knocked. No one answered. "Rin? Are you in here?" He knew she wasn't but he didn't understand why she wasn't here. He hadn't seen nor heard her when he was on his way here.

Sesshomaru looked around again and noticed a few things missing. Her sword and bow was missing. He opened her kurōzetto and saw her traveling pack missing. Without looking at anything else Sesshomaru ran out her door. He stopped at the guards standing at the front doors. In a booming voice Sesshomaru yelled at the guards. "WHERE IS SHE?" the guards flinched "Sir? Where is who?"

He glared at the guard who spoke. "Rin. Where. Is. She?" The guards looked at each other than the other guard spoke. "We haven't seen her Sir… She hasn't come through the doors." Sesshomaru's eyes bled red. "FIND HER! I want her FOUND! Is that understood?" The guards nodded and bolted to wake the other guards and tell them what had happened.

Why would Rin leave? What is she thinking? She could get hurt!
We must find her. If you had Marked her when I told you to, we would know where she is right now. This is your fault.
DO NOT BLAME ME FOR THIS! She is the one who left on her own! Once she is found I will Lock her up and NEVER let her leave again!
Do not be a fool. That would harm her and you know it. You are thinking irrationally. But if she is NOT found; and found Soon. I will kill everyone within sight.

Sesshomaru growled at the guard who walked up to him "Has she been found?" Flinching; the guard shook his head no. "No sir… but we have reason to believe that she has left the grounds. I was sent to get permission to search the lands?" Sesshomaru glared at the pathetic demon "I don't care what it takes; I want her found is that understood?"

"Yes My Lord." The demon bowed and ran off. Sesshomaru started flying towards the northern border in hopes that maybe she went there. When he reached the border he realized he did not know which end of the border the note had meant. Growling in frustration Sesshomaru snapped a large tree in half with his poison whip.

Rin's P.O.V

Rin had been running for almost three hours now, using her new found speed. She reached the northern border about two hours ago. Now she was running up along the border, towards what she didn't know. She had been letting her instincts drive her forward. She wasn't completely sure that she was ruining Lord Sesshomaru's life, but she was definitely sure she didn't want to be there while he took another as his mate.

Rin had decided to leave not because Lady Yumiko told her to, but because she knew Sesshomaru would pick a mate and it would leave her heart broken. Wiping a tear from her face Rin decided to focus on finding out who she was. There were answers she needed to find and she could not do that within a library. Lord Sesshomaru had said she was running from the northern border into the western woods.

Her strategy would be to start at the top of the northern border and work her way across the top following villages; looking for people who looked like her. Rin stopped for a few minutes to drink from her water and to catch her breath. Her lungs were protesting her three hour run. Taking out the bread from her shoulder bag Rin pulled off a piece and ate it slowly. A twig snapped to the right of her.

Rin reacted quickly removing her sword from its sheath and spinning to her right. Looking hard at the shadows between the trees Rin carefully moved forward. Taking slow steps using the trees to hide her body in case it was an archer; Rin found the group of twigs that had alerted her to someone's presence. Looking around Rin called out "Who's there? I have seen your prints in the ground. You have not attacked so I would think you wanted to talk?"

Backing up into her clearing; checking repetitively over her shoulder so she was not surprised from behind. Another twig broke as a shadow moved in front of her. "I will not come out until you lower your sword…I do not wish to fight young one."
"I will not lower my sword until you step into some light so I can see you are not armed to hurt me the moment I put my sword down." Rin lifted her chin in defiance.

A chuckle was heard from the shadow "Someone has taught you well. Very well, back up and I well step forward into the light." Narrowing her eyes Rin backed up several feet, and two more when then shadow moved forward. Once the man stepped into the light Rin lowered her sword. He was an older demon, a wolf demon if she could rely on her instincts. He had dark hair with some gray in it; his beard was even more gray than his hair. He had on the normal clothing of the north with leather armor over it.

Rin was not fooled; even the oldest and weakest wolf demon was stronger than any human. She kept her guard up so she was not tricked. "Who are you? And why are you around the border of Lord Sesshomaru's land?" The old man watched her carefully. "Do you work for Lord Sesshomaru? Has he sent you in response to my letter?" Rin thought quickly Letter? Is this why Lord Sesshomaru wanted to check the border tonight? "Yes I work for Lord Sesshomaru; he could not make it due to his mother and three possible mates attending his hall tonight. What is it you seek to tell Lord Sesshomaru, Speak quickly."

The man watched her for a moment. "It is about the Northern Royal family, it will take time to explain… is there anywhere we can go out of the open, in case anyone followed you?"
"You would trust me at my word? You are a very foolish demon." Rin glared at him when he smiled at her words "No, I did not trust you at your word. However you carry a sheath with the mark of Lord Sesshomaru, and you are human, so that would mean you are his ward correct?" Rin stayed quiet and looked at her sheath. She had forgotten about it bearing the mark of Lord Sesshomaru.

"Alright; follow me, for if we're found… I am not sure you would survive. There is a cave not far from her on the Northern border, will that work?" The man nodded and collected his bow and arrows from behind a tree. Rin watched him then took off at a slower pace than before, worried that the old man would not be able to keep up. When he started running beside her without any signs of tiring, she picked up the pace. Soon they were both racing trying to get a head of each other.

When they arrived at the cave, Rin gathered the stored firewood and started a small fire. This used to be her favorite place when Lord Sesshomaru left her in the Western lands while he went on dangerous missions. The cave had a small opening that let into a larger alcove. The walls looked as if it stopped about fifty feet into the cave, but Rin had continued deeper into the cave. The cave made a sudden left turn that hid any fire from the view of the front of the cave. No one would know they were in there.

Once they were sitting down around the fire each one opposite of each other; they watched each other carefully. Rin was the one who broke the silence. "So, who are you and what did you mean by your note to Lord Sesshomaru?" The old demon took a deep breath and shuffled himself "My name is Jinn. As for my note, I am the Northern Royal family's Secret Guard Captain."

A.N/\/\/\ Oh no! Another cliffhanger! What shall Sesshomaru do? Will he find Rin? What will Rin do when she learns what Captain Jinn knows? Lol sorry guys I know it's moving a bit slowly but I Like to give as much to my fan fictions as I would an actual book. Plus it makes my story longer :P I am nowhere NEAR done! I have so much more that I want Rin and Sesshomaru to do before I let them have a happy or sad ending! Thanks for reading guys! You guys are amazing (: