Rin almost couldn't believe the words she heard coming from Sesshomaru's mouth. It was almost like a dream, was he actually admitting to some sort of feelings? She could not tell from the distant look on his face, but his golden eyes seemed to soften and she could almost sense that he was being sincere with her.

"Lord Sesshomaru" Rin whispered under her breath as she turned from him, putting her face down in utter embarrassment.

"Hm" Sesshomaru responded as he kept his gaze straight ahead and Mokomoko had wrapped tightly around Rins wrist. Now, she was certain this was real.

It grew silent for a while, as they traveled towards some sort of familiar shrine. Rin hadn't known where she had seen it, or how she would ever remember coming in contact with such a place but it almost made her feel. At home. Home! Rin thought to herself.

"Lord Sesshomaru, it's getting late" Rin stopped abruptly and turned to him.

"Hm, do you wish to go home?" Sesshomaru questioned blankly

"I'm sorry, I don't know if we had been heading anywhere in specific but it is important that I get home to my adoptive parents, before they start to question where I've been" Rin replied saddened that she had once again had to curfew her night with Sesshomaru.

"Why would you think we were going somewhere specific?" Sesshomaru asked, Rin was caught by surprise he had actually asked a question other than forbidding her to "tell him" what to do.

"It seems as if this place is... Familiar to me. Like I have been here before" Rin answered earnestly looking away from him.

"Hm" Sesshomaru was intrigued by the hanyou's recollection of the area he had been trying to slowly lead her to. "Well, if you wish to go home. You will be reprimanded in due time"

There it was. Rin thought to herself, letting a small childish laugh escape her small pink lips.

"Yes mi' Lord" Rin replied as he glared at her momentarily

"Something funny?" Sesshomaru asked as Rin turned from him and ran back in the direction of her house.

"Nothing at all" Rin yelled, flailing her arms out and running through the street with them at her sides, sprawled out like the wings of a bird.

When Sesshomaru turned to face her, he felt somewhat of a pinch trying to creep it's way to the corners of his lips. He allowed it only for .2 seconds before expelling the look from his face and replacing it with a more suitable one, for the Western lands Lord.

They approached Rin's house a half hour later and it seemed rather lifeless. Which had been unusual according to Rin.

"Perhaps they are already asleep" Rin said to herself looking to the house before jumping to her window. "Good night, Sessh-" Rin began to say as she turned to face him, she bumped into his broad shoulders.

"I'll be here to get you very early, we have matters to attend to" Sesshomaru said calmy. Rin's face was flushed a light pink and began to burn brighter as Sesshomaru drew his face in closer to hers. Was he going to kiss me? Rin thought to herself, becoming extremely nervous.

Sesshomaru sensed this, and brushed her hair from her neck. Making her tilt her head slightly in submission as he sunk his fangs into her neck. Nope... Rin thought wincing slightly.

"Sleep well, Rin" Sesshomaru said as he pulled away from her and was gone in an instant.

Rin cupped her neck wound and sighed lightly. It had gotten less of a pain every time he had done it, but he hadn't done it as often as she'd hoped. Otherwise, the pain would have already been subdued. As Rin climbed back into her window, there were two things that awaited her. A brand new bedroom set, and her father.

"Rin-chan where have you been?! And what the hell happened to your room!? Your mother and I have been worried sick" Rin's father screamed in anger, dragging her the rest of the way through the window.

"I'm sorry father. I lost track of time, I was out with Kagome-chan" Rin explained an obvious lie.

"You are lying through your teeth little girl, who was that man on the roof with you?" Her father screamed in anger. She hadn't known what to say. She couldn't say, my mate. Could she?

"That was Sesshomaru-sama, he is not a man. He is a demon" Rin said looking down

"Demon's do not except you girl! You know better than that!" Her father growled as her mother rushed into the room, admiring the delicate set up.

The carpet was a shaggy plush off-white. The bed , which was now a queen size had over twenty pillows on it that had all been in a specific orange colored design, with little stuffed animals she had seen and commented to her Lord about earlier that day. She had a brand new laptop on a brand new desk, which held a unique new lamp on it. Next to her bed, was a new side table, which held another of the unique looking lamps, and two smaller things beside it she couldn't quite make out.

"Sesshomaru-sama isn't like them, he has accepted me" Rin argued doubtingly as she fought to get out of her fathers tight grip on her tiny wrist.

"He does not fool!" Rin's father threw her to the ground as her mother's mouth was held agape at the sight. "Now do not be so disobedient as to not come home at an inappropriate time again Rin!"

Rin's mother ran over to her husband and grabbed him by the arm. She had many questions for Rin herself, but seeing as how her daughter was nearly in tears she decided to take her husband and ask questions tomorrow.

"Come Nikko" Her mother coaxed him as he nodded to her and they seen there daughter off.

Rin sat up after they had gone, and sobbed softly for quite sometime before hearing a soft buzzing noise coming from behind her. As she turned around to find where it had been coming from, she noticed a small lighted object on her desk. She crawled over to get it, trying to be careful not to make to much sound.

"A phone" Rin whispered picking up the small device and looking at it carefully. It was the newest kind. The iPhone five, and it seemed to have had a message on it.

Rin slide her tiny index finger across the screen, opening it to the main page. The light was shining brightly on her face in the darkened room.

'Sesshomaru' Rin thought to herself reading the message carefully.

'Rin, do you like your new accommodations this Sesshomaru has provided for you?' Rin smiled, she could just imagine the look on his face as if he had been stanging next to her. He was absolutely perfect.

'I do mi' Lord. Thank you, for everything' Rin replied. Sesshomaru read her message and felt more boastful. They would do for now, all of this was just temporary. Until my dearest Rin's memories are fully restored to her. Sesshomaru thought to himself about the little hanyou he'd once taken care of.

'Get rest' Sesshomaru sent her back. Rin didn't read it right away, as she had been caught off guard when she had entered her closet to find appropriate sleepwear.

It was the same old closet she'd once known, but filled with elegant attire. All the things she had tried on today, and much more. Towards the back, were the finest kimono's Rin had ever laid eyes on. She was in awe going through all the different sets of clothings and had immediately decided to pick her school outfit. She decided on a black pair of pants, that were bleached a light gray where rips had been located. A belt with a large flower buckle, a pair of pink converse and of course a low cut shirt with detailed pastel paints on it. It was absolutely perfect. Rin thought to herself staring into the mirror at herself as her ears perked up. What's that? Rin questioned herself noticing a small pendant hanging from the side of the mirror. A crescent moon.

"It's beautiful" Rin said aloud grabbing the end of it and holding it with her thumb and index finger lightly. Rin had never seen another necklace like it. Not only would it be the perfect charm to hang in the middle of her bare chest, it would match the chain given to her at one that was gifted from her father. Rin took the pendant fully in her hand and ran over to her jewelry box, opening the lid carefully spotting the chain. It was a long silver chain, that seemed to have had stars instead of rings that held it together.

Rin smiled cheekily as she pulled it out of the box and attached the crescent moon in the middle. It fit perfectly, as if it had been there originally. Rin was delighted and couldn't help but run back to her mirror to try it on. She threw her hair up in a loose ponytail and clasped the necklace around her neck before feeling faint. She looked in the mirror at herself and began to think.

FLASHBACK

Rin had sat in the garden that she had maintained herself just on the outskirts of the Western Land Castle, where her and Lord Sesshomaru had resided. It was a normal day for her. She ran through the fields singing joyous tunes of her Lord, with Master Jaken. Who had obviously not been enjoying his time. Rin had hoped with each new sun, that Sesshomaru would realize how deeply and utterly in love with him she was. Not just puppy love. But a fiery, passionate love. Sesshomaru was like the air she breathed and without him she'd surely suffocate and die.
"You are the most beautiful hanyou" All the inu-youkai of the castle had told her so. Not all at once, but separately on the odd-most of occasions. However, Lord Sesshomaru was not one to be caught with a mortal or a half breed. She knew that all too well from the way he had treated his younger brother Inuyasha. Rin knew Sesshomaru hadn't found a mate yet, but was sure it could never be her. Not only because of that, but also because of the council. Sesshomaru's son would be the next Lord of the West. It would be unacceptable if he were anything but purebred.

Rin walked into the castle and down the hall to see Sesshomaru's door wide open. She peered in to see him working patiently on something. It didn't look terribly important because as soon as he sensed her, he looked up without hesitation.

"Come in, Rin" Sesshomaru said passively as she obeyed his command. Rin had wanted nothing more than to feel his tight embrace and welcome his forbidden kiss. But she'd known better.

"Lord Sesshomaru, will we travel soon?" Rin asked

"We shall go tonight. It is to be the night that this, Sesshomaru will destroy Naraku" Sesshomaru responded arrogantly as Rin smiled up to him. Rin hadn't had a doubt in her mind that Lord Sesshomaru would defeat Naraku, neither had Kohaku. Sango's little brother who had been traveling along side them in their journey to defeat their formidable foe.

"Yes" Rin responded bowing her head to him lightly "I shall go fetch myself something to eat before we set out"

"Hm" Sesshomaru responded and got back to whatever he was busy working on before she had interrupted. But that food never came.

END

That food never came... Rin thought to herself. What's going on? The era she had remembered so vividly was nothing like where she had currently resided. It was almost completely the opposite. Was it possible that she had just been going insane? She sighed heavily and ran to her phone.

"Kagome" Rin said as Kagome answered

"Do you even know what time it is?!" Inuyasha yelled in the background

"Please! Shut up, it's not like were not awake! Hello? Sorry Rin, what is it?" Kagome questioned concernedly, pushing Inuyasha's hand from her swelling belly and sitting up slightly leaning on her elbow.

"I just seen something... I mean, kinda" Rin said

"You called cause you KINDA seen something?!" Inuyasha huffed and Kagome turned to glare at him, her eyes screaming 'If you don't shut up! I swear I'll hurt you!'

"What did you see?" Kagome asked worriedly

"It looked as if, we were in feudal japan... Fighting someone... Naraku..." Rin said hesitantly as Inuyasha's eyes got bulgy and he remained quiet. "Yes, Naraku was his name... I'm sure of it... I know it's impossible Kagome, but I feel like today... When Lord Sesshomaru guided me to this shrine... I feel like I should be there... Wherever there is..."

"Rin..." Kagome whispered lightly. Kagome had known all about what had happened, why they were there and what it would do to Rin if she had known the entire truth.

FLASHBACK

"Take her with you Miko!" Sesshomaru demanded as Kagome stared wide eyed at him. She couldn't just take Rin with her, could she? It was impossible...

"I can't just-" Kagome was cut off as the body of the little hanyou was thrown into her arms. She stumbled back and they had fallen in. Inuyasha had rushed after them, but in reaching the bottom, it was just dirt.

"Kagome!?" Inuyasha yelled as Sesshomaru had stared down into the well. Inuyasha looked up at him and growled. "What did you do you bastard!?"

"Quiet, the miko will return to finish off the jewel" Sesshomaru replied undoubtingly. He couldn't afford to put Rin in any further danger with Naraku.

On the other side of the well.

"Rin..?" Kagome whispered as Rin lye unconscious on the floor of the Higurashi shrine.

"Kagome what happened!?" Kagome's mother yelled staring at her daughter and the young girl. Kagome was in shock, was she really home. With Rin... How had Sesshomaru known the well would work? Kagome's mother ran down the stairs to aid the girls, upon noticing Rin's small dog ears.

"Kagome... I thought Inuyasha was the only one who could use the bone eaters well?" Kagome's mother asked confused as Kagome picked up Rin's small body and headed towards the house.

Not another word was spoken until they had rested Rin safely in Kagome's room, with a wet cloth on her head.

"I thought so to" Kagome said quietly "Mother, will you watch over Rin until I return?"

Kagome's mother nodded and Kagome set off.

"Kagome!" Shippo yelled "Inuyasha, it's Kagome!" He pointed her out. Inuyasha of course sensed her coming but decided not to look so desperate for her return in front of everyone.

"Inuyasha, where is your no good brother!?" Kagome yelled as Sango and Miroku's eyes widened upon hearing her blunt words. Sesshomaru stepped out from behind a tree, accompanying him was Jaken and Kohaku.

"Miko" Sesshomaru answered dully

"How dare you throw Rin down the well with me!? How did you even know it would work!?" Kagome yelled stepping up to him. Sesshomaru grabbed her by the throat tightly to silence her.

"She is a half youkai, perhaps it was her blood that allowed her entrance into your world. Regardless, I had to protect her. It is much to dangerous here and this Sesshomaru is not able to revive her any longer. I couldn't take chances" Sesshomaru responded calmly as he removed his hand from her throat and Kagome fell over into Inuyasha's arms. Inuyasha was stunned. Sesshomaru didn't care for anyone but hisself and his power, was it possible he had changed?

"You love her... Don't you" Kagome said softly as Sesshomaru brushed off her comment and began to head off.

"Don't be fools! Lord Sesshomaru does not love anyone!" Jaken yelled before being hit in the head by an airborne rock. One Sango could have sworn was thrown by Sesshomaru himself. "Wait, for me mi' Lord!" Jaken yelled chasing after him.

END

"What should I do Kagome?" Rin asked feeling slightly psychotic

"Stay true to yourself Rin, everything will come out all in good time" Kagome said leaving Rin to believe perhaps she wasn't insane.

"True to myself..." Rin said before the other line had hung up. "Kagome?"

"Inuyasha! Why'd you do that!?" Kagome yelled turning to face him

"Kagome, we can't tell Rin. She has to learn on her own" Inuyasha began "If we force it on her, she could never regain her memory fully"

"Yeah, well..." Kagome sighed "Nevermind"

Rin hadn't known what Kagome had meant, but she decided to let her mind stay clear. In her memory she was only around nine years old. What did all of this mean? Nine years... What happened... Had she really known Lord Sesshomaru for nine years...

Rin laid down into her new bed, it felt like heaven. The mattress was so fluffy, like Mokomoko and the pillows had put her mind at ease as soon as her head rested on them. She would deal with this in the morning. It wasn't important for her to figure it all out just then.

"Rin?" Sesshomaru's voice rang through her mind and instantly she envisioned him. She was small compared to him. She held onto the side of his kimono and looked up to him. He had still looked exactly the way he had now. It was amazing how much she had changed and how little he had. "Rin, wake up"

Rin rubbed her eyes lightly and looked up to him.

"Sesshomaru... Your really here" Rin said yawning slightly and siting up. She hadn't even noticed herself fall asleep, or how long she had been asleep. That bed was like a miracle.

"Hm, we have places to go today remember?" Sesshomaru said as Rin uncovered herself. Sesshomaru realized she was already dressed, with the pendant he had given her around her neck.

"I remember" Rin replied standing to her feet and going to grab her backpack

"Today is Saturday, Rin" Sesshomaru said. Of course. Right thought, she was so consumed in thoughts she hadn't even remembered it was Saturday.

"Right" Rin said turning to him with a bright smile plastered on her face. "What are we doing today then Lord Sesshomaru?"

"I would like to take you to my house, so you can become familiar with it" Sesshomaru said before a disfigured silhouette burst through Rin's door

"Wait! Inuyasha and I are coming too!" Kagome yelled peering from behind Inuyasha and grasping tightly onto his kimono... Kimono... Rin thought to herself.

Kagome jumped down off his back, she was in highschool uniform that clearly didn't fit around her growing stomach.

"Hm" Sesshomaru snarled

"Kagome wanted to come okay?! It's been sometime since we've all been... Back" Inuyasha replied trying his hardest not to give any indications to Rin that her call last night was what triggered there activities today.

"Oh.. Wonderful" Rin responded running to her closet and pulling out a orange and white kimono. One she had seen before... Perhaps in her recollection of the past... If that's truly what it was... "Just let me get changed. Kagome, would you like to wear something different? Your belly looks a little snug in that shirt..." Kagome smiled at her and ran into her closet closing it behind her.

When they exited the closet, Kagome was in a white and red kimono. Inuyasha thought briefly of how much she looked like Kikyo.

"You look beautiful" Inuyasha said running to his mates side. Kagome's cheeks burned red as she felt a small kick in her belly. The first kick she had felt so certainly. She grabbed Inuyasha's clawed hand and pulled it to her stomach. The baby was going wild inside her now, moving around so much she could barely believe it. But it was unmistakable. The baby respond to the sound of Inuyasha's voice...

"Are you okay?" Rin questioned looking over to Kagome who's eyes were glazing over with tears.

"I'm fine" Kagome responded holding back her emotions

"Let's go" Sesshomaru demanded holding Rin's window open before jumping outside.

Inuyasha picked up Kagome newlywed style and followed after Sesshomaru. Rin smiled lightly as she climbed on the edge of her window. Her life was about to change forever in that instant, perhaps... Go back to the way things were suppose to be..