A/N: Hello Everyone! I am soooooo sorry this took so long... I do not want any of you to think I have given up on this story, because I haven't I actually have big plans for it I just have a lot going on right now... The more reviews I get though really helps push my motivation for the story! Soo please if your enjoying, want to see some changes, want to see things elaborated...ANYTHING excepthate... Please feel free to review and keep pushing me forward, hell, if I'm taking to long for you... Shoot me a message! I always respond and I will NEVER be rude unlessyouare...
"Rin...Rin...Rin...?" Kagome questioned, taking various pauses between each reoccurring call of the young girls name. Finally, she received a response.
"Hm..." Rin replied patting the pups back gently and making sure he was bundled up nicely in his tiny blue blanket. "Sorry...Did you say something?"
Kagome and Sango both looked worriedly to the girl.
"Are you okay?" Sango questioned boldly, knowing herself in Rin's current situation most definitely would not be.
"Ah, yes. I'm fine" Rin lied. A skillful mask in place, a warm smile.
"You know, it's okay if your not" Kagome added in rubbing her belly gently trying to calm the soft pains.
"I-I know that" Rin muttered, the exterior to her inner feelings being shattered.
"Then you also know anything you say to us is strictly confidential" Sango said reassuringly, patting her tiny child on the bottom as if to simulate bouncing.
Rin sighed softly tilting her head towards the men, one in particular worried her.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered, seeing his ear twitch slightly Sango narrowed her eyes and raised her brow.
"Ah...I see" Sango whispered. Rin was also a half-breed dog demon and she'd known it'd take quite a distance for their conversation to truly be between just the three of them.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted out, devising a plan.
Hearing his pregnant mate call out his name, he immediately turned to face her inspecting her positioning before running to her side. "Something wrong, Kagome?"
"I'm not feeling all that well...Could we...go home?" Kagome questioned sadly, not wanting to really go but knowing it would do Rin some good to be able to vent her problems. Who better than Sango, she was after all, very strong.
"Of course" Inuyasha replied sweeping the miko off her feet and into his arms, comfortably. She gave him a soft smile before turning to Rin and Sango giving them a wink before Inuyasha headed off in the opposite direction.
Miroku called out to Sango, the children following alongside him.
"Is Kagome okay?" Miroku asked concernedly the twins pulling at his kimono as Shinichi marched around them in a protective manor.
"Yes, she is fine. No worries" Sango replied shooing her husband with her free hand as the newborn began to cry softly, like a baby lamb.
"Oh...Sango-sama..." Rin whispered tearfully holding Inuoji close to her heart and stroking his hair gently.
"Rin... Everything will be okay... Just tell me... Are you upset?" Sango asked looking over to her after she'd realized Miroku had turned back on the track to Kaede's house.
Rin smiled sweetly to her, tears running down her flustered cheeks as she looked to the crying child. "No...I'm just... Your baby sounds so...sweet" Rin said her emotions obviously out of whack.
"Rin... Are you..." Sango hesitated a moment, feeling a strong demonic aura approaching them. One she had not felt for over eight years. Naraku... Impossible...
"That aura..." Miroku muttered softly as Jaken' eyes widened...coming across something in the far off distance.
"Naraku..." Jaken spat out turning back to look at Rin who'd developed a strange aura around herself. One which he had never seen.
"Rin your..." Sango spoke softly backing away from the girl as she'd tilted her head slightly looking at the strange light surrounding her.
"Aye! Hurry! This way!" A familiar sounding voice called out to the group. Miroku quickly scooped up his children and ran in the direction of the elderly woman.
"Hurry, Sango!" Miroku called out behind him as Sango took his heed and began to run as well. Carrying the baby close to her. Rin was shaken, shocked, unable to move. The pup in her arms cried out with a low growling sound and she'd held him closer, trembling.
"Come on Rin!" Another familiar voice said lifting the young women off her feet and into his arms as he'd headed in the direction of the old woman and the couple. The child still in her arms was crying louder now as Rin looked up to the man who saved her...stunned by who she'd seen.
"K-Kohaku..." Rin muttered softly her hair flying about wildly "Y-You are...alive"
Kohaku smiled down to her and gave her a small nod. Kohaku had always had an overwhelming amount of feelings for Rin, he would just never show such things in front of Lord Sesshomaru whom would undoubtingly turn him into mince meat for it.
"Thanks to Lady Kikyo" Kohaku replied just before arriving to Kaedas small hut, feeling slightly uncomfortable from the stares he was receiving from everyone...mostly Jaken, he placed Rin to her feet with the screaming pup.
As Rin's feet were firmly planted on the ground once again she gave a warmhearted glance to Kohaku before lulling the pup in her arms.
"Hssh, hsssh Inuoji..." Rin hummed softly staring at the pups beat red face, she positioned him comfortably in the crook of her arm and began to rock him gently, soothingly singing him a song. "In the mountains...In the breeze... In the forest...In my dreams...Lord Sesshomaru...Where are you... Ja-ken is serving under you, to...I will wait for you...On my own...Please return to me...Waiting all alone..."
The small pup began to grow quieter and quieter at each small verse of her song. His fathers name being mentioned, although the pup may not have understood much...That much he had understood and he was completely silenced. Rin, however, was very proud to sing her song and she'd finished it the whole way threw...Wiping the silly tears from her face and then using her index finger to gently stroke the pups plump cheeks.
"There, there Inuoji...That's a good boy" Rin said cheerfully as the pup giggled softly and took hold of her finger.
"Rin" Sesshomaru's voice called out from behind them as everyone in the hut stayed silent. Rin turned to him, there eyes locking on one another's immediately.
"My Lord, you've returned" Rin replied softly, wriggling her finger in the pups grip, playing with him.
"Hm" He responded, seeming a bit hesitant at first as he stared at the glowering half-demon holding his young heir.
Rin, noticing this, quickly questioned. "Is something...wrong Sesshomaru-sama?"
"Hm" He replied turning from her in order to give a more detailed response. Well, as detailed as he possibly could. "It seems you've...gotten a bit emotional recently..." Sesshomaru started out his voice was smokey and smooth. "Naraku had attached a piece of himself to you, Rin..."
Rin's eyes widened as did everyone elses.
"What do you mean?!" Kohaku shouted "She's like...an incarnation..." He questioned remembering Rin's death in the underworld.
"That's foolish" Sesshomaru responded calmly as Rin's heart began to thump wildly against her breastplate. The pup in her arms becoming very aware of this began tugging and biting on her finger to get her attention. "She has merely been used as a puppet in Naraku's final game"
"F-Final...game?" Rin questioned nervously, paying no visual attention to the infant in her arms but still wiggling her finger and rocking him lightly.
"Hm" Sesshomaru responded "Naraku has given himself another chance at life by letting part of his soul into your body Rin and now that you've returned...gained your memory back and have shown such emotion he's set his soul free to inhabit another"
Jaken's jaw dropped, not only because his Lord had spoken more than three words but also at what he'd said. Had he known all along that this would happen...? If so, was that why he'd avoided getting Rin for so long...or could it have been something else? Could it have been Inuoji... Everyone's thoughts were spinning rapidly, but none more than Rin's.
"My, Lord...I-I...don't understand" Rin said trying to shake herself from her thoughts as Sesshomaru turned to face the girl, trying to convey his feelings to the best of his abilities as he'd promised but not wanting to do so...so much in front of others.
"It's nothing to fear, nothing we cannot handle" Sesshomaru replied, before realizing the implications of what he'd said and tried quickly to correct it. "Nothing I can't handle"
Rin whom had still been trembling, looked to Sesshomaru as he'd included her... No longer afraid, she gave a soft smile to him... Before, he'd taken it back... Inuoji, the same as his stubborn father...bit Rin so hard in that moment it caused her to squeal softly and look down to him...Removing her finger from his mouth.
"Inuoji..." Rin said opening one of her eyes, the other still tightly closed. "Why'd you..."
"Son" Sesshomaru said firmly, now directly in front of the small child and his soon to be mate. "Do not bite" He scolded coldly, tapping him gently on the tip of his nose with a clawed digit.
"Sesshomaru-sama..." Rin muttered as the pups eyes began to tear up and he began to cry softly. "You..." She paused herself, looking up to him and then back to the pup. Realizing it wasn't really her place she'd decided against finishing her sentence.
"Hm?" Sesshomaru questioned
"Nothing" Rin replied shaking her head and keeping her gaze on the small pup, caudling him closely. "Hshh, hssh..."
"We should be leaving" Sesshomaru stated boldly turning his back on them once again as Kohaku panicked.
"W-Wait, you guys could...stay..." Kohaku said out of desperation not only to learn more about how Naraku had found a way to keep his soul hidden within Rin but just simply to be...with Rin.
Rin looked over to Kohaku, positioning the pup on her shoulder and patting his back gently...tears and slobber soaking her kimono. Sesshomaru furrowed a brow but held his place.
"No" Sesshomaru said firmly "Rin must come home... The Western Castle is the only place besides Kagome's world where she is safe" Knowing Kohaku wouldn't want Rin in any danger, he'd mentioned that. Otherwise, he would have kept it from Rin until they'd arrived home and had a chance to settle themselves in...talk things over.
Kohaku, falling for Sesshomaru's bait sighed softly but nodded. "Yes, your right" He replied sorrowfully before coming up with an ingenious plan. "Lord Sesshomaru, I would like to accompany you both... I am a very skilled demon slayer and would like to aide in keeping Rin safe!"
Sango's eyes widened... Miroku and herself had always suspected Kohaku to have a crush on Rin but seeing it before their very own eyes was very, surreal.
"No" Sesshomaru responded bluntly
"B-But" Kohaku muttered desperate for words his mind was unable to throw together coherently...
"Lord Sesshomaru..." Rin muttered softly unaware of why he'd so rudely declined Kohaku's offer. "Kohaku has always been a good friend, very dependable...Like Jaken"
Sesshomaru turned to her at the comment, Kohaku getting to his knees before Sesshomaru and placing his gaze to the ground.
"My Lord, it would be a pleasure..." Kohaku said as Sango ripped him up off the ground and looked sternly into his eyes.
"Kohaku, it's to dangerous!" Sango shouted as Miroku grabbed Sango's shoulder lightly tugging her away from Kohaku.
"Sango, let him make his own choices..." Miroku spoke quietly as Kohaku gave Sango a weak reassuring smile and turned back to face the demon Lord.
"Please, accept me" Kohaku muttered as Rin smiled walking to the boys side
"He has already saved me once today, Lord Sesshomaru... When my feet were unable to move, he carried me" Rin said trying to put in a good word for the boy but only making Sesshomaru want him around even less than he had previously.
"Fine" Sesshomaru muttered angrily, looking into Rin's large doe eyes filled with hope and happiness. He couldn't bare to tell her no. Kohaku should consider himself lucky. "Come"
Rin smiled holding the pup out in front of her and giving him butterfly kisses. She hadn't felt so happy since...well, she couldn't even remember when...To finally be where she'd belonged. It felt splendid.
"Oh, Inuoji...Isn't this wonderful!" Rin chirped, holding him out i front her again as he began to coo uncontrollably and kick his feet, so hard he'd knocked his covers off. Rin laughed gently as she'd kissed the pups cheek, Sesshomaru hearing the soft smack of her lips against his cheek caused him to snarl softly and turn to her.
"Come, Rin" Sesshomaru growled as Rin nodded, still giggling softly as she placed the baby tightly against her chest and bent down to retrieve the blanket...in which, she'd placed over his head to keep him from getting a cold.
"Yes, Lord Sesshomaru" Rin responded as she'd stood straight up and followed along side him. Jaken and Kohaku following along.
"Rin?' Kadea said before she'd gotten to far
"I will be back tomorrow Lady Kaeda! So we can have a proper visit! And children, I will take you for that journey as well" Rin replied in a lighthearted tone as she'd disappeared into the distance.
"Aye..." Kaeda whispered softly, the twins and Shinichi bouncing up and down merrily as Sango and Miroku looked to each other happily.
As they'd arrived to the Western Castle...Rin couldn't help but gawk. It was everything she'd seen in her dream, every little detail was exact...Right down to the...garden.
"That garden..." Rin whispered softly as Sesshomaru looked to the girl, her eyes spilling over with excitement. As he'd commanded Jaken and Kohaku to go inside with the flick of his wrist.
"What about it?" Sesshomaru questioned trying to see just how far her memories had lead her. Not being disappointed by her response.
"It's...mine" Rin said holding the tired inu-pup in her arms as she'd walked towards it, taking in the thick scent of flowers and her childhood dreams.
"Hm" Sesshomaru responded following right beside her, staring at her with a softened expression. One of which Rin had missed entirely being so consumed in her own thoughts. She was so happy to be home again, with her memories, with her Lord. Until, something struck her.
"Sesshomaru-sama..." Rin muttered softly "Will I ever be able to go back?"
Sesshomaru furrowed a brow to the girl, she looked worriedly to him. He assumed from his earlier implication of the two places she'd be safe her answer would have been clear but perhaps she had just forgotten.
"If you wish to go back" Sesshomaru responded "But the rules remain the same, both here and there" He said cooly as she raised a brow to him, humming softly to the pup in her arms.
Recalling their previous involvement with each other was one thing, but it was a whole other thing when he had tried to forcefully control her.
"I understand" Rin replied blood began to pool in her cheeks, turning them a deep red. "However, there is no need for you to be so...controlling my Lord. I will follow you and only you, forever"
Mokomoko wrapped firmly around Rin's waist as Sesshomaru appeared behind her, pressing himself firmly against her and looking down to his son whom was now fast asleep in his soon to be mates arms.
"Hm" Sesshomaru responded calmly, dooly noting her suggestion as he'd pressed his cheek lightly against her's the warmth radiating from it was tremendous.
"L-Lord..S-Sesshomaru..." Rin whimpered softly turning her head slightly in submission, her heart racing wildly to catch up with all her fantasies.
"Shh" Sesshomaru replied, his warm breath dancing across her neck...across the informal marking she'd received. "Don't speak" He said in a deep resonating tone, before sinking his fangs into the marking. Rin winced in pain, it had been quite sometime since the last time he had taken a taste of her mark...Therefore, it was semi painful, but as he'd held himself in place it began to send shivers down her spine... It was euphoric.
Rin let out soft whimpering moans...to which had woken the small infant in her arms, startling him. "mayama! nocher ma!" The pup cried out as Sesshomaru gently released Rin at the sound of his pups cries.
"Ahh...Mmm.. Inuoji" Rin stumbled on her words, opening her heavily lidded eyes to look down on the whining pup. "Hshh, hssh" Rin bounced him gently in her arms as Sesshomaru pulled back from them slightly. "It's okay" She assured him.
"Come, Rin... I shall show you to our accommodations" Sesshomaru said Mokomoko pulling her along as he'd began to head off. Rin smiled lightly as she'd followed her Lord into the Castle, greeting countless inu-youkai women and men. Most importantly, Sesshomaru's mother.
"Rin, I assume you've regained your memories?" Sesshomaru's mother questioned from the definite smells she'd been giving off.
"Yes" Rin replied happily as she'd stepped closer and held her arms out.
"Well, would you like me to take the pup?" Sesshomaru's mother questioned as Rin looked down to him, feeling like a mother abandoning her child... She looked back up to the Lady of the West and responded politely.
"No thank you. I shall keep him" Rin replied as the pup cooed in her arms before sticking a tiny fist in his mouth and swishing it around.
"Hm...If you so wish" The Lady responded as Sesshomaru called to Rin from the top of the stairs.
"Rin"
"Coming, mi' Lord" Rin called back to him as she'd bowed to his mother and ran up the stairs after her Lord, causing her breath to quicken and her heart to race.
"Here you are" Sesshomaru said as she'd reached the top of the stairs.
A large golden door with a flying dog demon handle. How elegant. Rin thought with a small smile tugging the corners of her lips as Sesshomaru opened the door to reveal a large bedroom. King sized bed, much like the one he'd bought her but bigger with more pillows made of clouds from the heavens. Rin sighed in pleasure as she'd stepped in, further examining to find a crib... Near the bed.
"Sesshomaru-sama..." Rin smiled heading over to it and laying the pup inside, he whimpered and whined at first...trying to grip onto Rin's kimono tightly but she managed to get him tucked in gently. Sesshomaru watched the young women, trying to maintain his stoic mask.
"Naayaa choomaa ba!" The inu-pup shouted furiously banging his feet and arms against the mattress as Rin looked down sweetly to him.
"Now, now Inuoji...Be a good boy for okaa-san and tomorrow I will take you with me to Kaedas" Rin promised the young pup, as if he'd understood. She placed her hand in the crib allowing him to take hold of it and whip it around as he pleased...
"Rin..." Sesshomaru muttered as she'd turned to him, blushing slightly at the realization of her words.
"I'm sorry... I know I'm not... If you don't want him to... I-I..." Rin stuttered nervously, her voice weak and cracking.
"Quiet" Sesshomaru responded "You are his mother"
Rin's eyes widened at his bluntness as well as his ability to read her like a book.
"You may take him where you please" Sesshomaru finished as he began to undress himself. Rin turned away from him shyly...looking down once again to the pup who had worn himself out and was now fighting sleep by trying to move Rin's finger...
"Aw..." Rin cooed softly biting her lower lip and taking her finger from his weakened grasp...rubbing it lightly on his cheeks as his heavy eyes began to blink...slowly...before closing for the night. "Goodnight, Inuoji..." She whispered.
"Come" Sesshomaru commanded as Rin turned to him once again, her eyes glued to the floor in fear of just how undressed her Lord had become.
"Yes" Rin responded walking to the bed and bumping into her Lord. She felt his bare rock hard body against hers and whimpered softly. "S-Sesshomaru..."
It was the first time Rin had said his name so informally, she tightly squeezed her eyes shut and trembled under his firm grip on her arms.
"Open your eyes" Sesshomaru demanded as Rin peaked open one of her icy blue eyes, trailing down his nearly naked frame before opening the other.
"I-I...uh, sorry" Rin said gently as he had nodded firmly to her.
"Undress" Sesshomaru stated as Rin's eyes widened "We need to get some rest" Rin let out a small sigh of relief as she'd nodded to him and he'd loosened his grip on her.
Rin threw off her kimono and undergarments but kept on her robe. Not wanting to be fully naked but not wanting to be in such a revealing bra and underwear... She was much to shy, Inuoji was much to close...They weren't formally mated...
"Hm" Sesshomaru said raising a brow to the young girl. She had been very cute that was for certain. "That is not what I had meant" Sesshomaru stated narrowing his eyes at her as she frowned. "Though, you look radiant" His words instantly perking her up as she climbed into bed, Sesshomaru climbed in beside her...Mokomoko wrapping around her wrist as he'd nuzzled himself into her neck, pulling her close and growling softly.
Rin's instinctual response was to cuddle closer to him, feeling his erection through the thin cloth of his boxers her face burning bright...Causing her to jump slightly before purring softly and low enough for him to feel it.
"Sleep well, Rin" Sesshomaru said as Rin let out a small yawn, though she was not entirely exhausted. More so because of the current position they were in.
"You...two... Lord Sesshomaru" Rin responded sweetly feeling his large hand grasp her tiny one, intertwining their fingers together.
Rin was satisfied with the way things had turned out, she may have been angry about the time Sesshomaru had taken to retrieve her... About him having a child with someone other than her... About Naraku leaving pieces of is soul inside of her... Mostly about the way Sesshomaru had decided to act about the whole situation in the first place, obviously having everyone in on his little elaborate scam from the very beginning... The fact everyone had even played along... So many things.
Although, Rin was also grateful for those things. The time she'd gotten to realize what her life would have been like...as a normal child. Inuoji, a blessing... A child she could raise as her own. Naraku, for making Sesshomaru send her away in order to give her that time. The situation though sneaky and cruel-ish was full proof and had gotten things back to normal quicker than if she were to linger around in this place...of which, up until her memories returned...She'd only believed to be a dream.
Rin was happy... Sesshomaru, sensing this, was also happy though his facial features hadn't shown any signs of it.
Sessgurl2 5/2/13 . chapter 3
Great! Can't wait for more!
Why did it take Sess so long to go for Rin?
Thanks! &&,Well, thats kind of a secret...but after reading this chapter it could have been one of two things...maybe both?
kawii76 5/3/13 . chapter 3
i really love the way you have both the inu/kaggy and sesshy/rin pairings! so interesting!
Thank you! I prefer Kikyo, but readers choice!(; Also, Kags kinda fits this particular plot line better!
SAMMI 5/3/13 . chapter 4
THIS CHAPTER IS AWESOME! I CAN DEFFFFF SEE RIN REACTING IN A CALM MANNER. SESSHOMARU IS HER LORD. SHE LOVES HIM AND JUST REGAINED HER MEMORIES. WILL MOMIJI AND NAOMI STILL BE IN THE STORY OR IS IT IN THE FEUDAL ERA NOW? KINDA HOPIN ITS IN BOTH!
Thanks!&&,Since this is the second comment ~beforehacking~ about Momiji and Naomi I have decided to make this fiction very much like Kagome's prior situation...going between feudal Japan and our era! Soo, more Momiji and Naomi will be coming soon! Keep up the support!
lovenbbys 5/5/13 . chapter 4
AW! BABY! Kind of sad it isn't his and Rin's but regardless Rin is a genuine sweetie and takes care of him! Loving it, story line is getting really interesting. So much going on, it almost suspenseful. Can't wait to see what happens next... Or where she will be! :)
Thanks! Kinda trying for the whole suspense thing... Keep reading, leave suggestions if you'd like to see something happen or something removed!