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Chapter 16 Fights and a Reunion

As weeks past Rin fully recovered and she started her training routine again; and although it took some convincing on Rin's part, she got permission from Sesshomaru to spar with Yusuke. She had noticed that he fought and trained with his demon energy but never with his human spirit energy. Rin knew that Yusuke had spent considerable time training with Genkai and had even absorbed most of her energy, making him at least as strong as uncle InuYasha if not more so.

"I told you Yusuke, you can't beat me with demon energy I'll just purify it before it can do any damage! Use your spirit energy!" Rin was currently dodging punches and the random kick from Yusuke; all the while watching for openings to strike, there were surprisingly few considering how wild and undisciplined his fighting style was.

"I can't! I haven't been able to use it sense I found out I was a demon!" Yusuke swung another wild punch full of demon energy.

Rin calmly stepped to one side and placed a hand on Yusuke's wrist to purify the demon energy but didn't go any deeper then his skin so as not to purify Yusuke himself, at the same time she throw a pin point strike to his side affectively bringing him to his knees.

"How do you do that?" Yusuke coughed, trying to stand.

Rin smirked, "I have had several excellent teachers and listened when they tried to teach me something, instead of trying to get stronger with just trial and error."

Yusuke scowled up at her still not able to stand.

"That particular strike was taught to me by Genkai so you really have no excuse to not know it."

Yusuke stood and tried to storm off but a stumbling shuffle did not make for an impressive exit.

Rin turned to Sesshomaru who came to stand beside her, "So what should we do now?"

"Will you join me?" Sesshomaru offered his right arm to her.

"Of course!" Rin said with a big smile, linking her arm through his. Sesshomaru's tail came up and lay across her shoulders and down in front of her other side where she rapped her right arm around the soft fur to help balance herself as Sesshomaru's cloud formed under they're feet and they lifted into the air. "Where are we going?"

Sesshomaru's lips curled up on one side but he didn't say anything as they flew southwest.

It had been early afternoon when Sesshomaru and Rin left the western castle and they didn't land until almost dusk. Upon landing at the gates of a small border fort, a demon opened a door to one side of the main gate and approached them.

"Lord Sesshomaru," the demon said with a deep bow and a slightly questioning glance at Rin. "The commander has been anxious to return to the castle sense he received word of your return to the west. Would you like me to escort you to him, my lord?"

"Hnn."

As the demon lead the way Rin walked next to Sesshomaru content that he would tell her why they were there when he was ready. Before too long they reached a door and their guide knocked briefly before entering.

"What do you want?" came a familiar squawk from inside and when Rin and Sesshomaru entered a moment later she was smiling already knowing who they had come to see. They were now in a rather audacious office. Jaken always did have an attitude of haughty superiority so the expensive wall coverings and small formal sitting area in one corner didn't really surprise her.

"Master Jaken!" Rin ran over and was about to scoop up the startled green imp when she remembered, "Oh sorry," she said quickly pulling her hand back and glancing at Sesshomaru, "I almost forgot, no touching," then smiled down at Jaken, "and I don't think you ever really liked it when I hugged you anyway." Rin stepped back to stand next to Sesshomaru and took his arm again.

For a moment all Jaken could do was gap but he soon found himself and lunched over his desk to kneel at Sesshomaru's feet with his face to the floor. "LORD SESSHOMARU! YOU HAVE FINALY RETURNED! I have awaited your return as you ordered and have served your son Lord Raizen faithfully…" Jaken raised his head, his eyes full of tears, and seemed for the first time to really notice Rin, and he gaped again.

Rin giggled, "You haven't changed much have you master Jaken."

"M… My Lord?" Jaken glanced questioningly at Sesshomaru before looking back at Rin.

"Rin has returned." Sesshomaru offered no other explanation; he had never felt the need to explain himself, especially to those who served him.

"FILTHY HUMAN! YOU HAVE BEWITCHED MY LORD!" Jaken jumped to his feet screeching and pointing at Rin who flinched from the sudden verbal attack.

"Jaken." Sesshomaru stated eyes narrowed.

"YOU DARE TO TRICK MY LORD BY TRYING TO LOOK LIKE THE ONE HE GREAVED OVER FOR SO LONG."

"JAKEN!" the steal and anger in Sesshomaru's voice finally distracted Jaken from his tirade long enough to see the red tingeing his lord's eyes and he gulped.

"But… my Lord?" he withered under Sesshomaru's glair.

"It's me master Jaken" Rin said squatted down to be a little closer to the imps eye level. "I fell through aunty Kagome's well and got here; this is her time."

Jaken still glared at Rin.

"Bring tea." Sesshomaru said to Jaken as he steered Rin towards the small sitting area as the imp left the office.

Tears began to fill Rin's eyes. "He doesn't believe me," she whispered as she sat.

Sesshomaru lifted her chin to look into her face. "When Jaken realized that too many years had past, and that you must be dead, he did not speak a word for almost seven years."

Rin was astonished; she couldn't image the little imp being silent for five minutes in a row let alone for years.

"He followed me; he obeyed orders but did not speak."

"You never told him that I was coming back?" Tears where running down Rin's face now.

"He did not inquire about you." Sesshomaru stated simply, and Rin knew that was all there was to it. Jaken was a vassal, he would never question his lord and Sesshomaru would never offer unnecessary information.

Jaken soon returned with tea, he handed Sesshomaru a cup and after receiving a glair from his lord handed another cup to Rin, before sitting himself across from them with his own cup.

"I know this is hard to except…" Rin began but was interrupted.

"You cannot be the child." Jaken said slowly, and this time Rin heard the pain in his words and saw it in his eyes.

"Sesshomaru…" Rin's voice broke as she turned to look at Sesshomaru, pleading for help; she could not stand to see the strong minded imp in such pain.

As Sesshomaru rapped his arm around Rin's shoulders pulling her closer in order to give comfort, Jaken burst out, "Human you will address Lord Sesshomaru with proper respect…"

"She has the right, Jaken. Both as my pack and my intended mate she need not address me formally."

Jaken's jaw dropped, "Are you so sure of her, my lord, that you would take her as pack and mate?"

"Yes, she is mine and will remain so," Sesshomaru spoke as his tail began to rap itself around Rin securing her next to him.

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