Here's the next chapter! As usual, I hope that you'll enjoy this as much as you've enjoyed the others. Thank you all for the reviews you leave, and please, please keep them coming. I love reading them all and your words keep me going, I promise. Let me know your thoughts on how it's coming together!

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"Gone!? What do you mean she's gone?!" Sesshomaru was livid. His fangs were bared, his claws elongated, and his eyes were a deep crimson. He's never felt this kind of rage before and fought to keep himself from ripping the miko apart. Inuyasha seemed to sense this and took a step towards his wife. Sesshomaru didn't miss his hand grasping Tessaiga's hilt.

Kagome sensed it too, the hostility coming off her brother-in-law and she wouldn't let it scare her away. Though, she's been up against many scary demons in the past, none of them scared her like Sesshomaru right now. He might not like showing it, but she could see in his eyes that Rin meant as much to him, as she did to Inuyasha. And a demon with something to protect, was a very dangerous thing. Straightening her back, she steps around Inuyasha to face the seething man before her. "I left her for just a minute to get a few herbs and when I came back she wasn't there anymore. I looked all over the village but I couldn't find her." Taking a steadying breath, she goes on. "I told her about the situation she was in, how she's been brought to the Feudal Era and that getting her back home wasn't going to be easy, but I would do everything in my power to do so."

He growls low in his throat, taking a step towards her. "You stupid girl! Did you not realize telling her something like that would make her run?! The potential danger she could be in now?!" Of course he was thinking about the one who brought her here and the reasoning behind doing so. If they wanted to cripple him, they only need to put her within his reach once more, and snatch her away again.

His eyes widen just briefly at the truth he just realized. Even though she was Rin's reincarnation, already she meant more to him than anything else in this world. He knew nothing about this female, but just the thought of her being injured or killed because of him made his chest tighten and threatened to transform him into his true form. He found himself wanting to learn about this new version of Rin, to see if the little girl he'd known and cared about was still there, or completely gone. Narrowing his eyes, Sesshomaru pushes past the two of them, running through the forest back to the village, where he could pick up her scent and track her down.

It didn't take him long before the scent of lilies and jasmine flooded his senses. She headed out of the village and back the way they'd come. Judging by her scent, she hasn't been gone long; he should be able to quickly catch up to her and bring her back. Instead of going after her on foot, Sesshomaru takes to the skies, covering the distance quicker than he would have on foot.

When he finds her, he was surprised by how far she managed to get in such a short amount of time. She was quite fast for a human, he was impressed. Just before he made his descent, he notices something following behind her. With sharp eyes, he was able to see that it was a type of wolf demon. Like normal wolves, wolf demons hunted in packs, so where there was one, there was bound to be more.

Just as he thought this, two more appear in front of her, cutting her off. She lets out a scream and tries turning around and backtracking, only to face off with the one that had been chasing her from the beginning. Sesshomaru stops above her, staying out of sight. He wanted to see what she would do when put in a dangerous situation.

Trapped between four dark brown wolves, Rin searched for something she could use as a weapon. Anything that would help fend off these beasts. Spotting a large branch, she quickly picks it up and holds it out in front of her. When one of the wolves jumped at her, she swings the branch like a baseball bat, knocking it to the side. Backing up, she presses her back to a tree, wanting to keep them in front of her, knowing if she let them behind her, then she would be done for.

The two went to their fallen friend, checking on him until he started to get to his feet. Shaking off the hit she gave him, the three of them turn towards her once more. The growls they let out were terrifying, but she refused to be killed here. She had to get home to her parents!

Widening her stance, Rin squares off with them. "Come on, try and take me down, I promise you I won't go without a fight!" What she didn't know was that these wolves weren't like any others, they were demons with inhuman strength.

Taking turns they jump at her, and each time she would smack them away, but each time they would get back up and come at her again. They didn't seem to be getting tired! Rin on the other hand was getting weaker and weaker with each swing of the branch. As one makes another jump for her, Rin takes a swing, only to have his jaw latch on and rip it from her hands. Weaponless now, with her back against a tree, Rin had nowhere to go. Looking victorious, the wolves make their advances.

Still, she wouldn't go down without a fight!

Looking around, she tries to find something else that she could use as a weapon, but there was nothing. Turning her eyes back on the wolves, she looks back just in time to see them jumping at her all at once. Suddenly something flashes before her eyes, another moment where she was being chased by wolves, but she was smaller, a child. She remembered feeling the burning in her lungs as she ran for her life. Screaming out, she grabs ahold of her head and falls to her knees, feeling the pain of their teeth from that moment and readying herself to feel them now.

Her entire body was shaking and her head throbbed in pain, but she didn't feel them on her, sinking their fangs into her flesh. The pain of teeth ripping her apart never came. In fact, everything went silent. Once her head stopped throbbing, she opened her eyes and lifted her head, looking right into a pair of golden eyes.

Without even thinking, Rin leaps up and throws herself at him, wrapping her arms around his neck and holding herself tightly against him. "Thank you! Thank you so much!" She pressed her face against his shoulder, no longer fighting to hold back the tears. "I thought for sure they were going to kill me."

He was taken aback by her actions. Unprepared for her to throw herself at him like that and wasn't able to respond right away. Instead, he took a moment to feel her smaller, softer body pressed against his. He was quick to notice how well she fit, almost like a puzzle piece coming together. Sesshomaru found himself wanting something he's never wanted from a human before, physical pleasure.

Pushing the urges aside, he takes her shoulders into his hands and pushes her away, putting space between their bodies. "Rin, you did well against those demons."

He watched as her eyes widened in surprise. "T-those were demons?"

"You fought them off very well. Even though you stood little chance at defeating them on your own, you still did your best."

Rin didn't know how to take this compliment. She felt her cheeks heating with color and knew she was blushing. He must of stepped in and saved her at the last minute, which was the only reason she was still alive. "Thanks, I played a little softball in high school." Judging by the blank expression on his face, she figured he had no idea what she was talking about. Shaking her head, she carries on. "I didn't want to die here. So I fought with everything I had. I would have continued fighting, but something flashed before my eyes and it was quickly followed by an excruciating pain in my head."

"A pain in her head?" Sesshomaru looked over her curiously. Was she remembering something from her previous life? Perhaps the wolf's attack triggered something. He thinks back to the moment Rin entered his life. She was a small child, unable to speak, dirty and covered in bruises. She found him in the middle of the forest, wounded from a battle, and despite his attempts to frighten her away, Rin continued to try and care for him, bringing him food and water. After his wounds had healed, he planned to leave and return to his journey, but just before he was on his way, Sesshomaru caught the scent of the girl, mixed with the scent of blood.

His curiosity getting the better of him, he went to find her and when, he found her laying face down on the ground in a pool of her own blood. It was then that the Tenseiga pulsed at his side. It was the first time Rin had been brought back from death and the only time he had been able to do so using the sword his father had left him. Which raised another question. Would he be able to use Tenseiga on her now that she had been reborn, or would he still be helpless to save her if she should be killed? His hand curled into fists at his sides and his jaw tightened, he refused to let her even come close to finding out the answer.

"Rin," He spoke her name with authority and when he had her attention, his eyes bored into her, demanding obedience. "You will not run away like that again. Is that understood?" When it looked like she was about to argue, he quickly cut her off. "You do not know this world and it's dangers. The next time you run away, I may not get to you in time to help."

Her own hands were held tightly at her sides and she opened her mouth to tell him off. That she could look after herself, he wasn't her father and she didn't have to listen to anything he said to her, but as she looked up into his eyes, the dominance she expected to see, wasn't there; instead she saw genuine concern. He had been worried about her. It was enough of a surprise that she forgot what she planned to say to him. Turning her head away, she couldn't hold his gaze any longer. "F-fine...but let's get one thing straight. You're not my master and I'm only agreeing because you're right in this. I don't know this world and I'm not capable enough to survive on my own. I won't run off again."

His eyes roamed her face. She was about to protest, but something had changed her mind and her sudden submission was astonishing. Since they met that night in the woods, she's fought him every step of the way. He didn't expect her to agree with him so easily. Still..."Good. We're leaving the village in the morning. Now, let's return." Turning away, he begins walking back in the direction of Inuyasha's village. It took a minute, but when he heard her footsteps falling in behind him, a smile pulled at the corners of his lips. It was just like before.

Alright guys, so how did you like this chapter? This one had a little more action going on and I hope to bring in even more in the coming chapters. There was a little bit of "awakening" in Sesshomaru and Rin seems to be gaining memories little by little. Will she regain even more and maybe even start to remember Sesshomaru himself? Come back and find out!

Until next time~