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"How is this possible?" His wide eyes quickly narrowed into dangerous slits. At his sides, his hands had momentarily loosened at the faint hint of Rin's scent on the breeze. But as the breeze stopped, his hands once more tightened into two tight fists, claws digging deeper into his palms; this time causing them to bleed. "What idiot would be foolish enough to use her scent against me?" A low growl emits from his throat as rage filled his chest.

Without even realizing it, his body turned in the direction where the scent was strongest. He took just a few steps before stopping himself. "This could be a trap." He could very well be walking into a trap set by one of his enemies. Rin has been dead for 150 years. Her body was no more than bones at this point. Nothing, not even the power of his Tenseiga, could possibly bring her back.

"This is definitely a trap." Clenching his jaw, Sesshomaru turned away from the scent. "I will not fall for it."

Another breeze blows through the trees, this time Rin's scent was much stronger, but at the same time it was slightly different; not exactly as he remembered. His entire being urged him to not check into this, even though his rational mind knew it was likely a trap, to draw him in with false hope. The fact that Rin's scent wasn't totally the same, only made it more suspicious.

Still...

He turns once more, moving in the direction the breeze was coming from. The closer he came to the source of the scent, the stronger it became. It expected it to smell like death, but instead it smelled of life. Rin had always had a unique scent, like that of midnight jasmine blooming. After her death, he could no longer stand the smell of the flower blossoming. Only now, it also carried the scent of water lilies. It was Rin's but not at the same time.

It didn't take him long to come upon the source of the scent. In the center of a rounded out clearing, the body of a female lay unmoving. The moonlight shone brightly, allowing her to be seen clearly. Though, it didn't make any difference to him, able to see just as well in darkness as he could in daylight. From the shadows of the treeline, Sesshomaru silently observed the female.

He could not see her face, given the position she was laying, but he could tell that this was no child, but a grown woman. The clothing she wore was strange and not of this land. Her legs clad in what could only be considered male pants, while her upper body was covered by a thin white shirt. It vaguely reminded him of the clothing Inuyasha's woman once wore. Was this female from Kagome's time as well?

A soft groan sounded from the girl and he watched as she slowly began to sit up. With her back to him, he still could not see her face, but her hair was long and dark, pulled back in a loose ponytail at the base of her neck. As she came to, her scent only increased, assaulting his senses and making his chest tighten with an unfamiliar feeling.

Bringing a hand to his chest, Sesshomaru frowned. "Is this hope?"

"W-where am I?" His eyes shot up as he heard her speak, wide golden eyes looking directly at her. "What happened?" Her voice, it was nearly identical to Rin's! Or what Rin's voice would have sounded like had she reached maturity.

It only took her a few minutes to get her bearings and start to stand on her own feet. He was able to tell that while she was a grown woman, this girl wasn't all that tall. The top of her head likely only coming to the center of his chest. The moon's reflection made her hair seem darker than it would be naturally, but he could tell that it was a dark brown, almost black. When she finally turned around to face his direction, the breath that he hadn't been aware of holding, was released. Her face, her eyes, they were identical to Rin's!

"Just what is going on here...?" He questioned. How was it possible that Rin was standing there before him? No matter, he would figure this out. Deciding he'd been standing in the shadows for far too long, Sesshomaru steps out of the line of trees, coming to a halt just beneath the moon's light. This made the silver coloring of his hair practically glow and it immediately caught her attention; her brown eyes turning to look right at him. Without showing any kind of emotion, Sesshomaru address the girl. "Who are you girl, and how did you get here?"

When Rin woke up she knew two things, she wasn't in her apartment and she was once again being watching. Sitting up she first looks around at her new surroundings. Wherever she was, it wasn't the small town she lived in. In fact, she couldn't hear anything other than the chirping of crickets. Where were the sounds of traffic? Police sirens?

"W-where am I?" She asked out loud, but obviously to no one, seeing as she was alone. "What happened?" Somehow she didn't think she was anywhere near her apartment, or even in the United States anymore. Just where had she been brought?

Her eyes suddenly widened and she turned around, hearing something moving behind her, just beyond the trees. Was it an animal? No, it was something else. Not an animal, or a human, but something much more dangerous. The being that stepped out of the trees was something from her nightmares. His hair long and silver, gleaming in the light of the moon and from beneath that hair, a pair of pointed elf like ears. Eyes a dark glowing gold, looking down on her like a bug easily squished underneath his shoes. Two purple slash markings were on either sides of his face, while a crescent moon sat between eyes in the center of his forehead.

"I-It's him!" Her mind screamed at her. This was the man from the nightmares she's had since she was a small child!

"Who are you girl, and how did you get here?" His was deep and demanded to be obeyed. When she didn't answer him right away, his eyes narrowed and he takes a step towards her. "Answer me, girl."

Fear paralyzed her. This man was the same one from her nightmares. How? Why was he here?! Was she dreaming? Is this another nightmare? Rin shakes her head, commanding her body to move back, away from him. No, this wasn't a dream. This was very real, he was very real and he was coming closer to her. She couldn't let him get close enough!

"S-stay away from me!" Turning on her heel, Rin makes a break for the trees, running as fast as her bare feet could take her. She didn't know where she was, or where she was going, but she had to stay as far away from that silver haired elf. Moving through the dense forest, Rin did her best to avoid branches and fallen trees, but because the canopy was so thick, the moon's light couldn't reach the ground, making it difficult to navigate.

"Just keeping running! Don't stop, no matter what, Rin!" She told herself over and over again. Crying out in pain as she runs past a branch, the sharp edges, cutting into the tender flesh of her cheek. The sensation of something wet slipping down her cheek told her that the wound was bleeding. Still, she wouldn't stop, she couldn't, not if she wanted to make it home alive.

She was unable to see exactly where she was going, or the hole that was right in front of her. Her foot suddenly went right through the thin layer of leaves and twigs, and with another scream of pain, Rin loses her balance and falls forward. She closes her eyes tightly as the ground comes quickly. This was it, she was going to die here.

When she didn't feel the pain of her face hitting the forest floor, Rin slowly opened her eyes. What had stopped her? Opening her eyes, she looked up into the face of the man from just moments ago. His eyes looked back down at her, but the concern she saw in the depths of those golden hues, had her breath catching her chest. Was he worried about her?

"Are you alright, Rin?" While his voice still held the same amount of authority, she could hear the same concern in his words as she had seen in his eyes.

Wait? How did he know her name?! What was going on here?!

It was all too much. Rin's fragile mind just couldn't take it all in at once. Before she even had the chance to answer him, Rin's vision goes black once more. Falling unconscious, her entire body goes limp in Sesshomaru's arms.

Ugh! Rin thinks Sesshomaru is an elf e.e Though I suppose upon first seeing him, with no knowledge of demons or their appearances, one could mistake him as such. Still...she's in for a rude awakening when she finds out. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, as much as the others. I'm really starting to enjoy writing for the Inuyasha fan base, the responses have been amazing and I do hope you all will continue sending them. Until next time!