Sesshomaru glared at her,
"What were you thinking woman, you could have…" Sesshomaru immediately realizing what he was saying in front of Rin who still had no clue who or what he was. Kagome just stared a blank stare and a few seconds later a lone tear rolled down her cheek.
"Kagome," Sesshomaru trying to wake her from this, whatever it was,
"Why didn't it…I could have… my family died, I could have protected them all along…why didn't it work then?" Kagome looking at Sesshomaru for the answer.
"There wasn't that kind of danger involved with you and your family's accident," Sesshomaru trying to explain it to her.
"No, I am a miko, we were in immediate danger, it should have worked!" Kagome shouted, Rin was squeezing the teddy bear tightly, Sesshomaru glanced at Rin,
"Kagome, calm yourself, you're scaring Rin," Sesshomaru gritted his teeth. Kagome looked at Rin and saw her shaking,
"I'm so sorry sweetie, but Sesshomaru, I think now would be a good time to tell her about the history of the engraving on the dresser," Kagome disappearing with tears streaking her cheeks,
"Sesshomaru, she's so sad, why did you make her leave? Why didn't you comfort her? She saved us from the bad people didn't she?" Rin confused. Sesshomaru was shocked,
~Why didn't her powers work to protect her family? Or maybe I was correct, her powers simply did not work because it was not an immediate threat against her family because demons were not involved.~ Sesshomaru feeling a bit sorry for the young miko.
"Yes Rin, she did save us from the bad people, Kagome is a priestess, a miko is the technical term for her, that was her power, Rin, do you see the big dogs carved into the wood on the dresser?" Sesshomaru glancing at the piece of furniture he had bought for her.
"Yes, they are huge and very pretty," Rin running to the dresser and following the shape of the dogs with her little fingers,
"They aren't normal dogs Rin, it is a Feudal Era story, now they are probably legends or myths, no one really believes in them except the people who lived back in those times," Sesshomaru paused. He had Rin hanging onto her seat,
"What are they if they aren't normal dogs?" Rin confused,
"Rin, in those times there were demons, called youkai, some of lower powers, but some of great power, there were four lords, the most powerful of all," Sesshomaru taking a deep breathe,
"Rin, my father is the Great Inutashio of the western lands, he is lord of all the western lands, he is a dog demon, meaning that he can turn into that huge dog that you see carved on the dresser there, I am his son, I also am a dog demon," Sesshomaru breathing out slowly. Rin was stunned, she grinned big,
"I want to see, I wanna see you in your big doggy form," Rin clapping,
"Rin, when I change into my dog form you can not be around, I want you to run from me, when I am in my dog form I don't know who anyone is and there is one thing on my mind, to kill whatever is in my path," Sesshomaru seriously explained to her, she pouted.
"I can show you one of my true forms," Sesshomaru dropping the disguise, there he stood in all his glory, his pointed ears, his crescent moon on his forehead, his claws, his stripes on his cheeks and wrists, and his piercing dark golden eyes with his long silver hair flowing down to his waist.
"Awe you look so pretty Sesshomaru," Rin giggled, she touched his markings with her little fingers, she ran her fingers through his silver hair,
"Its so soft," Rin smiling, he saw her eyes light up with pleasure and glee, she was happy of who he was.
"Rin, I wont harm you in any way, when I take a person into my pack, I protect them, whatever the cost they are mine to protect, you are apart of my pack, my family, I have killed a lot of beasts and a lot of people in the Feudal Era, I have never had any reason to take a family, or as it is called in my time a mate, I don't know how to care for a pup or a child," Sesshomaru hoping she wouldn't be afraid of that.
"You seem so nice now, a little cold to some and very distant but you seem like you might want a family now," Rin softly, Sesshomaru smirked a little,
"I wouldn't say that, I have lived for centuries, I've never had the need to have a family, just… I saw you all dirty and eating filth and in my lifetime I've seen worse things come to children, I wanted some company I guess you could say, but Rin, mikos and demon slayers kill our kind, Kagome is a miko who carries a jewel that is very powerful, all demons will do anything to get their hands on it, that's why we were attacked," Sesshomaru trying to make her understand,
"But she's a ghost and still managed to save us, if every demon wants the jewel why didn't you attack her?" Rin confused again.
"I do not care for its power, I never have and in this time era my family and I have to hide ourselves, we have to blend in with humans," Sesshomaru turning on his disguise again. Rin was in awe,
"I liked you the way you were, you looked so pretty," Rin's eyes losing their shine,
"Rin, males are handsome, it's the females who are pretty, and you are well on your way to being an attractive young female yourself, I'll have to fight the males off you with my bare claws," Sesshomaru giving her a smirk, Rin just giggled, he turned back to his humanoid form.
"Rin, you must not tell anyone of who we are," Sesshomaru explained,
"Like a secret, I can keep secrets, but Sesshomaru, I want Kagome to be happy again, I think I make her upset because I remind her of her daughter she lost," Rin softly spoke.
"Rin, it is not you fault, her and her who family were in an accident, she lost the most important people in her life and I've seen grief of parents who have lost their kids in the past, only time heals those wounds but some never move on," Sesshomaru knowing at her age she couldn't possibly understand grief just yet, he didn't really understand the grief of losing a child or a pup because he had never had any.
"We will help her, wont we Sesshomaru?" Rin trying to lift her own spirits up,
"Of course little Rin, but like I explained, some can not just move on from the incident, no matter how much others try to help them, but we will try," Sesshomaru wondering where the young miko went to. The time came to go to the young miko's friends, Sesshomaru sat outside their house in the car, he brought Rin along.
"Sesshomaru, we have to go in, they are expecting us," Rin softly getting his attention,
"Come Rin," Sesshomaru hoping Kagome would show up. Slowly they got out of the car, he walked with Rin holding his hand up to the couple's door.
"Kagome, you wanted this, you better show yourself," Sesshomaru mumbled, Rin rang the doorbell, Sesshomaru took a deep breathe and Miroku was the one that opened the door.
"Mr. Sesshomaru, you're just in time, come in please," Miroku moving out of the way, Sesshomaru and Rin walked in, Rin was clutching the teddy bear tightly.
"And who is this gorgeous little lady?" Miroku bending down to talk to Rin, she smiled shyly, then buried herself in Sesshomaru's leg. Metal on metal sounded in the kitchen,
"A demon, I smell a demon in this house," a woman's voice grinded out. She came face to face with Sesshomaru,
"Demon, Miroku, why didn't you tell me!" the woman growing with fire in her eyes.
"Sango, sweetheart, calm down, please, he has news and he is our guest," Miroku trying to calm his wife, the demon slayer down.
"News of what…wait, Miroku, that's…that's Kagome's daughter's teddy bear, why does she have it?" Sango getting more tensed and fiery.
"Give me a second, I haven't exactly told her about this," Miroku whispered.
"Miroku, you had better tell me what the hell is going on right now!" Sango growled out as she grabbed his collar of his shirt,
"Um… Mr. Sesshomaru is living in Kagome's house, and…um… Kagome has been haunting him and his daughter," Miroku stuttered.
"Kagome isn't dead Miroku, she's in a coma! And that teddy bear doesn't belong to you!" Sango snatching it away from Rin,
"Sango, give her back the teddy bear and apologize right now, I gave her the teddy bear," Kagome's voice rang out, Sango dropped the bear and tensed up.
"No, it can't be, she's…." Sango collapsing into the floor, Sesshomaru breathed easily and though he was oblivious to what he was doing he was smiling, a real smile.
"Nice of you to grace us with your presence Kagome," Sesshomaru huffed.
"I needed a few minutes to myself, here you go Rin," Kagome handing her the teddy bear back,
"Thank you Kagome," Rin clutching tightly to his leg as she hid behind Sesshomaru's leg. Sango saw the teddy bear magically float into the little girl's arms,
"How are you doing this demon, is this the way you get your kicks now days?" Sango in tears,
"Miko, you are going to have to tell her something only she would know," Sesshomaru getting tired of the demon slayer's attitude.
"I don't know anything, maybe this will help," Kagome putting all her energy into miko powers and turning visible but in a shade of pink. Sango clasped her hands over her mouth,
"Kagome…you're …here, its really you?" Sango laughing and crying at the same time. "Oh Sango, I never knew how much this would affect you, I'm so sorry," Kagome's pink appearance disappearing altogether but Sango felt her hand on her own cheek.
"No Kagome, I am sorry, you lost that little sweet girl that you worked so hard to get and your parents," Sango touching her cheek.
"At least I had her for a little while, Sango, I'm going to fight, I'm not dying without a fight," Kagome strongly. Sango laughed,
"You always never gave up without a fight, you got your little girl fighting all the way, I believe you can get your life back but its probably going to be the fight of a lifetime," Sango laughing at the words she used.
"It will be worth it in the end," Kagome smirked glancing at little Rin,
"Now, apologize to Rin and to Prince Sesshomaru for being so rude, Sesshomaru wont hurt you," Kagome seriously.
"Rin, sweetie, I'm sorry, I got loud and that I tried to take your teddy bear from you," Sango bending down, Rin looked at Kagome,
"Its okay, Sango is a good friend of mine and if I remember correctly she makes really good treats," Kagome whispered. Sango smiled,
"Yes, I do, actually I have chocolate pudding for dessert," Sango knowing Kagome had already attached herself to the little girl.
"What's chocolate pudding?" Rin confused,
"It's chocolate, need I say more," Kagome giggled, Rin giggled too,
"Is it good?" Rin asked,
"The best," Kagome having her hand out for little Rin to take, Rin took her hand and they walked over and sat on the couch together.
"Oh, Sango, you are forgetting something," Kagome reminding her in a sing song voice, Sango puffed,
"Kagome, he's a demon!" Sango infuriately.
"I think that's already been established, now go," Kagome urged her, Sango turned to Sesshomaru, her eyes hiding in her bangs she huffed,
"I'm…sorry…Prince Sesshomaru," Sango gritted out.
"Apology accepted," Sesshomaru lowly,
"Now, you both play nice for the rest of this afternoon," Kagome sang out, the TV came on and the channels turned to some cartoons on its own. Sesshomaru went and sat down beside Kagome, since he was the only one who could see her.
"Thank you for showing up and for calming her down, you are good with Rin," Sesshomaru whispered, Miroku couldn't help but stare at Sesshomaru talking to an invisible being, or to him it looked like he was talking to thin air.
"Rin reminds me of my daughter, she is a sweet kid, she's just scared, she probably has issues with trust after all you found her in the streets, they are the same, Rin may have had parents living but they chose to abandon her, she is technically an orphan, my child was an orphan, you have to work at it…" Kagome being interrupted,
"Dinner is ready," Sango shouted. Sesshomaru winced,
"Sango, sweetheart, don't you think you have done enough screaming for one night?" Kagome appearing by her side.
"Kami, Kags, don't do that," Sango putting her hand to her chest, Sesshomaru glanced at Kagome, he found himself smiling, Miroku laughed a little, Rin was involved in watching of the cartoons on the TV to even notice them, Sesshomaru glared at Miroku,
"Sorry, um, so after two nights with Kagome and you seem like she is growing on you, maybe I dare say, attracted to her?" Miroku getting up and grinning big, Sesshomaru heard a girly giggle, out of the corner of his eye he found Rin giggling and staring up at him.
"No," Sesshomaru spat out sharply,
"She's a ghost, more than like, she will never wake up, she is a human, humans are weak!" Sesshomaru spat out again, Kagome glared at him, Sesshomaru turned and noticed her glaring at him. Sesshomaru opened his mouth about to say something, but Kagome beat him to it,
"Save it, Mr. Big Shot, all powerful demon, I may be human but I am a fighter, I fought for my daughter, and I will fight for my life, unlike you, you are going to be one of those parents who invests all his time in his work and you'll push her onto your own parents and she will hate you for it, she'll hate you because you will just be another adult who threw her away!" Kagome screamed.
"What did you do with your life miko? You adopted a child and I think its safe to assume you never had a mate, you buried yourself in mountains of work before that, you are no better than I, the responsible thing to do was to have a mate and then adopt a kid, you told me that yourself," Sesshomaru roared.
"The only reason she threw herself into her work…" Sango being interrupted,
"I remember now, the only reason I did throw myself into my work was because I was going to get married, the night before my wedding day I walked in on my fiancé screwing my cousin, you guys may be related, he's got silver hair just like yours, his name was…" Kagome being interrupted,
"You were Inuyasha's woman," Sesshomaru lowly,
"Yeah, so you see I had a good excuse, my heart was shattered and you know what, I stopped having any relationships because of trust issues, he screwed my life up, and Sango went to the adoption agency to try to adopt a kid and I saw her, a little girl who had an aura of a half breed that no one was going to want, her chances of getting adopted were slim, I fought for her, I fought to get her, I had not wanted anything as much as I wanted her, I couldn't have the man I loved or I thought I loved but I could have a child to give my heart to, she became my world," Kagome screamed, if she could feel pain her throat would probably be raw by now.
"Inuyasha…a half breed?" Sesshomaru lowly,
"Is that all you can say?" Kagome gritted out,
"Kagome, Sesshomaru, Rin, she's gone," Sango looking around,
"Rin," Sesshomaru softly, he narrowed his eyes at Kagome,
"This is your fault miko, if anything happens to her, I'll…" Sesshomaru being interrupted,
"You'll what, huh? Rip my body to shreds? In case you haven't noticed, I'm technically not alive, machines are doing it for me!" Kagome screaming at him once again. Sango stepped in between them or so she thought since she couldn't see Kagome,
"Look you guys can stand here and keep having this shouting match or you guys can go out and try finding her," Sango trying to get them to calm down. A wail of a cry came screaming from down the hall,
"Miroku, go grab her, I'm going to go help them look for Rin, come on you two love birds," Sango leading the way out to her car.
"I have more speed than a damn automobile woman," Sesshomaru about to take off,
"Sesshomaru, listen to me, you aren't going to do Rin much good if you are caught by people who run tests on your kind, go with Sango, I'll float over town and try to find her," Kagome seriously. Sesshomaru growled,
"You know I am right, come on, get in the car," Kagome strongly. Sesshomaru huffed and got in the car with Sango, Kagome hovered around town, finally a few minutes of searching she found Rin sitting in the alley curled up by a dumpster. Slowly Kagome appeared by Rin's side,
"Go away Kagome," Rin cried,
"Rin, I'm not leaving you alone in the alley by yourself, just come back with me, please, we don't have to go back to Sesshomaru, we can go and see Inuyasha," Kagome sitting down by her,
"He hurt you though, why would I want to go there?" Rin cried.
"Inuyasha may have hurt me but he likes kids, he wont turn you away," Kagome explained,
"Only if you will stay with me," Rin drying her face,
"Of course I will, come on," Kagome holding her hand out. Rin took her hand, they weren't but maybe five minutes from the house and they started walking.