Chapter 7: The confrontation and surprise…

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Midori couldn't see anything, she had a bag over her head. All that she was able to do was hear, but even that was hard to do with her heart pounding so loudly. All she could think of through the loudness of the sound of horse hooves and carriages, was where she was going? If she would ever get home and see her family again? And what happened to Juro? Midori heard them come to a stop and some men shouting about something. Her heart was pounding so hard.

"The boy woke up and is giving some men a hard time milord," a rough rugged voice said sounding a little out of breath.

"Well knock him out then," a young man's voice responded.

"Why can't we just drop him off some where, we don't need him," the other man argued still out of breath.

"Because he has seen me and will tell then our whole plan will be blown," the younger man said getting aggravated his lesser was talking back.

"Then why don't we kill him?" the one with the deep voice asked as Midori had her ear pressed up against the wagon wall.

"Because he won't let us, and we need him," the younger one who was in charge said, "besides I have involved the prince in our scheme. If he is dead we cannot put the blame on him and his family now can we?"

"Yes your majesty, you are right," he said before exiting. The man sighed before climbing into the front of the wagon again, and once again they were on the move which felt like forever.

Two and a half days Midori was held prisoner with very little food and water in the dark blocked off wagon. Terror hit her when the wagon finally stopped once more, and two guards instead of one came in without food or water. They grabbed her and dragged her out of the wagon.

"Help! Help!" she screamed before she was knocked out and dragged somewhere she had no reminiscence of.

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Sesshomaru saw his castle come into view more and more, and strangely felt a bunch of long held down emotions erupt. Some were excitement, and some were emotions of sadness. Sadness knowing that Rin was not going to be there to greet him as she used to. Jaken waddled by his side with his staff trying to ignore his lords strangely awkward aura and attitude. It seemed more Jaken got beat a lot since there journey and his lords somber attitude, making his take it all out on the little green imp.

"Are… are you alright… milord?" Jaken shook as he asked a question that he knew would most likely put his lord off the deep end.

"Jaken," was all his master said as he kept walking, "something doesn't seem right. There is a fear in the air…"

"I! I SENSE IT TO MILORD!" he said thinking on it, "I wonder what has happened…"

"Midori," Sesshomaru breathed before taking off for the castle worried about his daughter. Jaken tried to keep up, but his lord was so fast!

'Keep running, heee heee, keep going,' Jaken mumbled mentally as his little toad like imp legs tried to run down the dirt road until it finally met the cracking cobble stone streets of the main village.

"Midori!" Sesshomaru yelled running into the castle as the main entrance doors came flying off the hinges and knocking over some tables with vases.

"My lord!" One of the maids ran down the stairs shaking and crying as she fell to her knees.

"Where is she!" he yelled with such force the walls nearly trembled.

"Missing!" she cried her body fallen to the floor in a bow, "stolen last night. There was nothing anyone could do, everyone was held back and captive."

"Do you know by whom?" Sesshomaru growled cracking his knuckles wanting to kill her, but knowing it was not her fault.

"No milord, but there are rumors it was a prince," she cried and trembled at his mighty presence. Sesshomaru growled before taking off out of the castle.

'I have to find Rin,' he thought as he stopped and looked at three crossroads, 'I can't do this on my own,' his thoughts seemed to win him over and he took off into town following an old scent trail. He knew where it led to without even following it. The small hut that was made into a business in the front stood still under the falling sun. Slowly he walked to it and opened the door. There stood the young man who had stolen Sesshomaru's wife from him. A small growl slipped from him which caught Kenji's attention from what he was doing.

"Sesshomaru," he gasped and forgetting to show his respect by not using his title, "I mean… Lord Sesshomaru."

"Where is she?" Sesshomaru asked smelling her most fresh scent.

"I cannot tell you," he said wondering whether the lord would be merciful on his servant, or destroy him for rejecting him.

"I said… where, is, she," she said almost spelling it out with growls.

"I promised her I wouldn't tell you," Kenji swallowed nervously as Sesshomaru walked dangerously slow towards him. His hand was quick to grab Kenji's throat and lift him into the air. Kenji coughed and spattered as he was losing air, "do, you think… that killing me, will… get her back?"

"What?" he asked dropping him to the floor as the young man reached for his throat protectively.

"Killing me would only make her hate you more," Kenji said glaring at the Lord of the Western Lands.

"This Sesshomaru needs to find his wife," Sesshomaru growled threateningly, "and I don't care about winning her back. So why should this Sesshomaru care about what happens to the likes of you or whether she will hate me for it or not. It would bring such happiness to see you die."

"Right," Kenji swallowed nervously before pointing east, "she headed out this morning."

"Hmm," Sesshomaru just turned around and left the young man sitting on the floor still terrified with his encounter with the great Dai-youkai.

He traveled quickly hoping to catch up to her. The sun was falling faster and faster, and soon he would have to slow down. By the time the sun had pretty much fallen into the earth he had caught on to her scent, and he knew he was getting closer and closer to her. All kinds of emotions hit him when he knew he was gaining on her, and soon he would have to face her.

Once he reached far enough into the forest he could see in the distance a small fire burning. Rin, he breathed as his heart nearly exploded in his chest from the rapidness of its wild beating. He stood there by a tree watching Rin stab at the fire viciously as a small bird roasted on top of it. A small smile came onto his face when he saw just how independent Rin really was after all. How could he have thought she was so codependent he could do whatever and she would never leave. How could he take her for granted like that? How could he be so Selfish?

Sesshomaru walked a little closer trying to see his beautiful Rin closer. He couldn't help it that his heart seemed to try to escape from his heart. Although his ambitions were his own, his heart was still Rin's. Rin jumped and pulled out an arrow and had it in her bow with in a second. Sesshomaru realized he had stepped on a twig and caught her attention.

"Rin it is I," Sesshomaru said in his deep voice.

"And?" Rin said her arrow still pointed in his direction, "why should I not release my arrow Lord Sesshomaru?"

"Because this Sesshomaru must talk with you," Sesshomaru said walking towards her un afraid of her arrow.

"I will release this arrow," Rin warned angrily and when he kept walking towards her she released a warning shot at a tree beside his head. Sesshomaru looked at it then at her and kept moving towards her, "take another step."

"Rin please," he said as she let an arrow go as it hit the ground in front of her feet.

"I will shoot you!" she yelled not wanting to. But Sesshomaru was not afraid, but it killed him to know she would really do it.

"Just listen to me, and I swear you no harm," Sesshomaru said as Rin shakily aimed the arrow at him.

"I don't trust you," Rin said feeling tears run down her cheeks.

"I did not hurt that stupid human back in the village even though he would not tell me where you were," Sesshomaru said looking at her as she shook her head down.

"How do I know your not lying to me?" Rin asked her bow shaking in her shaky hands.

"Because if this Sesshomaru was going to kill you or hurt you I would have done it by now. And I still love you Rin," he said making her eyes widen in surprise. She shook her head no and lifted the bow back into aim, but then slowly dropped it.

"No you don't, however you could have killed me by now," she said dropping the bow at her side. He studied her face which seemed to grow a little cold. Perhaps she had lost her spirit, or perhaps he had broken it long ago.

"Rin," he said standing in front of her, "I'm sorry…"

"No," Rin shook her head backing away and to the other side of the fire, "I won't fall for your lies and trickery one more time. You don't love me, and you never did. It was always about power, and control."

"Rin don't say this," Sesshomaru growled wanting to pull her into his hungry arms so badly.

"Well it must be said," Rin said glaring at him, "I hate you Lord Sesshomaru."

"Rin," he said softly trying to keep his anger from getting the best of him as it always did. The problem was that he was an angry person, and all though to her he always apologized… he was still an angry person. He always let his anger get the better of him, "listen to me…"

"No you listen," Rin said her eyes getting watery before she walked towards him her finger in the air, "I found peace of mind, I am finally feeling good again Sesshomaru. I am on the other side with living, and all my tears have finally been cried. We can't hide the truth, we know each other better. When we try to make it work I end up hurt, and love isn't suppose to feel that way. So stay right where you are, I like it this way because it is good for my heart. I haven't felt this way in as long as I can remember. I know everything is going to be okay if you just stay gone Sesshomaru. Just let me go, and just let me…"

"I can't," Sesshomaru growled trying to walk towards her.

"No stay where you are. It's better this way, I will not fall to you again," Rin said wiping her tears away, "everything will be okay if you just go home and stay away from me."

"Rin there is more then just you and I. I cannot make you love me, and I wish nothing of the kind. However we have a similar problem," Sesshomaru said still standing as the flames licked beautiful light at the god like figure.

"And what is that?" Rin asked crossing her arms.

"Our daughter has been kidnapped," Sesshomaru said staring at the woman who stood before him with her long flowing dark brownish black hair tied back revealing her still youthful looking face.

"What?!" Rin gasped terror filling her eyes.

"I couldn't leave without you knowing. You can come along or continue your journey," Sesshomaru said his golden eyes being licked by the amber light of the fire.

"What are we waiting for?" Rin asked pushing past him.

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When Midori woke up she placed a hand on her head as she slowly sat up trying to fix her vision as she stared into the dark scary stone room she was held prisoner in. Her head was pounding painfully as she felt the damp cold floor with her freezing hands. There was very little light coming from a corner, and she realized that she was in a prison cell.

"Hello?" Midori asked as her fingers wrapped around the cold metal bars of her cell, "Juro? Anyone?"

"Mmmm hello?" Juro's groggy voice came from a cell about two down from her.

"Juro!" she squealed trying to look out the bars.

"Midori?" he asked as he fumbled for the cell bars as well.

"Yes!" she said so relieved to hear his voice and know he was alive… for the moment.

"Are you alright?" he asked feeling the back of his head where a sword hilt had made contact.

"Well I'm alive, but I am frightened," she said slipping from her knees to her butt. A few sniffles came out of her before she spoke up again, "are… are you alright?"

"Yeah I think so," he said hating the sound of her tears, "but you have no idea how great it is to hear your voice Midori."

"Same here," she said as she wiped her watery eyes, "how are we getting out of here?"

"Don't worry Midori we will get out of here, and this I promise you," he said leaning against the bars feeling terrible. If he had not been drinking and got to drunk he could have fought the guys who kidnapped him.

"I know," she said trying to hold in her tears as she thought of all the horrible things that could happen. She softly sobbed into her hands as her knees hid her face.

"What… happened to you?" he asked afraid to hear the possibilities.

"Nothing," she said swallowing as she slowly wrapped her arms around her knees into a hug.

"They… didn't, harm or touch you did they?" he asked as his blood began to boil at the thought.

"No," she whimpered, "I mean I got whacked on the head once when I was yelling for help. But that's it."

"Oh," he said a sigh of relief falling from him as he leaned his head against the bars. Midori jumped when a large door opened and closed. Two men came walking in as they went to each of their cells. Juro jumped up immediately and watched him.

"No funny business you hear?" the guard asked unlocking his cell door and grabbing Juro's arm. Midori backed away from her guard as he walked in at her.

"Get over here," he yelled angrily, "if I have to come in after you anymore I'ma give you a beating!"

"No!" she screamed as he raised a metal stick at her. Juro closed his eyes before grabbing his captor and punching him. He then took his captors sword and swung it releasing the guards head from its neck. He then ran in to help Midori, but was surprised when the guard whacked him with the stick which seemed to shock him as he went flying to the floor, "NO! Juro!"

"Mi…dori," Juro moaned as the guard dragged the girl out by her hair and kicked the boy back into her cell. He locked the door so that Juro could not escape.

"Help! Juro!" she screamed as he dragged her through the doors.

"Midori!" he yelled out still in pain as he laid on the floor. He rolled over trying to crawl to the cell door and whispered, "Midori…"

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"No! Release me this instant! Do you know who I am?!" she yelled as she tried to fight his grip. He then kicked the door open to a large room, and tossed her to the ground.

"Where's the boy?" another guard asked as he watched the girl look at them terrified.

"He killed Giro, so I locked him in her cell," the man said before leaving the room.

"Hello," someone said sitting in a large golden chair which sat on a pedestal. Midori looked at him curiously, and her eyes went wide.

"Benjiro?" Midori asked her heart beating wildly as he watched her with a big smile.

Authors note: Sorry it took me so long, hopefully I will be getting a laptop for my birthday this Wednesday! YAY! Then no one can take over the computer woot woot! And plenty of chapters will be getting up I promise! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I'm going to go get started on the next chapter so I will have a head start on it. REVIEWS PLEASE! Only if you like the story that is =) ideas also are appreciated. I could always use more ideas. =) Thanks everyone!