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Of all the places to hold a sword...why a cave? Sesshomaru thought back when the cougar had told him of the mysterious sword's whereabouts.

"Why a cave you ask?" Sesshomaru's golden eyes turned to the sword in Rin's hands when a male voice erupted from it. "Why that is your answer my boy, a cave is one of the last places anyone would look for a famous artifact. So it is the most sensible place for me to be," he answered Sesshomaru's unsaid question. "So you can read my thoughts then," Sesshomaru stated more as a fact then a question.

"If I have offended you then my greatest apologizes, but when I am met with such an impassive visitor it is my old habit to read their thoughts in search of what they think of me," the sword replied as Sesshomaru made no move to answer.

"Rin," Sesshomaru acknowledged his companion as she froze from the sudden attention, "Please bring the sword to me, I wish to see it," Sesshomaru ordered but for the second time, Rin disobeyed his order. "No milord," she answered her voice stronger then it had been for the past few hours.

Sesshomaru stepped forward anger obvious by the way his muscle in his jaw flexed, "You will bring it to me Rin," he answered his own voice stern, sterner then he had wanted it to be.

Rin wanted terribly to answer her lord's calls but the sword was telling her things that she had not wanted to let the sing song voice stop. "Don't let him touch me, he is tainted by blood lust and will only cause my down fall. Protect me from bloodied hands and I shall protect you in return," he seemed to be next to her whispering in her ear.

Sesshomaru took a few hasty steps forward and Rin recoiled in return as she noted Sesshomaru's fresh anger in his golden eyes. "I-I cannot give you the sword milord," Rin stated her head bowed slightly as Sesshomaru stopped his steps to watch her.

"You understand that you are disobeying my order," he stated his voice impassive which made it all the more horrific. Rin's head shot up and Sesshomaru didn't miss the way she had just winced.

"I cannot give the sword to you, he tells me not to, he promises to protect me," she stated as Sesshomaru's eyebrows furrowed. "And I am not a protector to you?" he asked as Rin then widened her chocolate eyes as she then shook her head frantically trying to tell him that he had it wrong.

"She means that she cannot always rely on you in times of true fright, you see, she has fright that you might kill her on the spot right now. Is that protection? I think not," the sword butted in. Sesshomaru felt a low growl erupt from his throat; this sword was saying that he was not trustworthy. "I would never break my word," he replied as Rin then looked from the sword to her lord.

"I sense that from you, Lord of the Western lands, but it doesn't mean that you will always be at the spot when you are most needed, I am just adding an extra amount of protection for her greater good," he stated as Sesshomaru had the feeling that the sword had had a lot of practice with words. At first it seemed like the sword was rivaling about who would be protecting Rin, now it seemed like they were on the same side.

"Should we leave this cave?" Rin chimed in as both males were silent for a couple of moments before Sesshomaru nodded and Rin then followed close behind. "Why is your mind troubled so?" Rin was taken aback at the sudden question that she didn't answer for a couple of minutes. "I am worried, this cave and the four stones are giving me mixed feelings. I worry the worst," she answered.

"I see, but now you have a very powerful ally, I shall protect you in the most horrendous of times," he answered as that brought a smile of relief from Rin, she somehow felt better. Once the bright sunlight hit the trio's eyes all conversation was terminated for a couple of seconds before all eyes adjusted.

"Explain sword," Sesshomaru ordered once he had seated himself under the shade of a large oak. Giving Rin permission to sit next to him the girl then held the sword's scabbard in her hands as the sword seemed to be thinking things over.

"Explain what Milord?" the sword retorted as Sesshomaru didn't even bother to cover the snarl hovering at his mouth. "Why it seems you can see, you are just a piece of metal as I see it," he answered as he noted the sword shiver slightly as if offended.

"Well as you explained before, I have a soul, so it is just the same as a guardian soul protecting a grave or artifact. Sooner when all of my allies appear I will be freed from this guardianship, until then I shall be kept inside this "piece of metal"" the sword replied.

"Why do you have those odd marks on your blade?" Rin asked but then shrank away looking up at Sesshomaru in shame, she had spoken without permission. Sesshomaru then nodded gently but did not make a move to correct her. "Here Rin, I shall let you handle this anyway you see fit, it seems only you can pry answers from this sword," Sesshomaru stated as Rin then nodded a small grin brightening her features, Sesshomaru had just given her permission to act almost like his equal, in his way of saying it.

"These "odd marks" as you call them, are signs of my varies powers, but each power is also a demon, or my ally in battle," he explained, "First there is fire," he began and the incantation of fire on his blade showed red as blood. "Next there is ice," he continued as the ice marks by the blades tip glowed a bright blue almost white. "Turn me over girl," the sword commanded as Rin did as she was told.

"Coating from my blade to the next sign is thunder, or storm," he explained as the bolt shined a fine gold, almost like Sesshomaru's golden eyes. "And last is water," he finished as the waves changed from their silver hue to a dark blue before all colors changed back into the steel color they were before.

"Answer me this, why are you important for the finding of the four stones?" Sesshomaru asked as the sword took a few moments to answer as if afraid of telling too much. "I am the contactor of the stones; if one is close enough I can sense its exact location. Other then that, you will have to figure out my other uses in time," he stated.

Rin stayed silent when she thought about the second she let the sword free of that pinkish bubble, there had been four dark holes in its scabbard and when she touched then they closed. What could those four dark holes mean?

"You must be confused on why I picked such a pure heart and not a wielder with experience," the sword stated as Sesshomaru's brows shot up slightly at the remark, he had not thought about that.

"You see a long time ago I did just that and instead of my sword being used to help with the stones my wielder used me to kill innocent beings, I wasn't even used for the purpose that I was created for. Soon I thought only to be wielded by that of a pure heart. Also my scabbard is small for a sword blade my size so it was made for that of a small slender hand," he explained as Sesshomaru slightly nodded. It made sense, looking at the scabbard in Rin's hand now he did realize that it did seem small for a man's hand.

"I see you understand, good, so in truth I was created for the hands of a woman, and when your hand grabbed a hold of me I felt that I had finally found the one I had been honed for," Rin blushed for an uncertain reason but hearing that she was meant for someone made her feel special. Sesshomaru also took this as a mental note, a very big mental note.

"Shall we begin our journey then?" the sword asked as Sesshomaru's only answer was to stand while Rin followed. "Do we plan to walk like this to find the four stones?" the sword questioned, Rin answered saving Sesshomaru from breaking the blade in two, barrier or no barrier.

"Well Lord Sesshomaru had left Ah and Un back where we first heard the news about the stone; they are a two headed dragon that I use to travel quicker with Lord Sesshomaru, because Lord Jaken had fallen ill so he needed someone there to protect him. We couldn't let Lord Jaken go unprotected," she replied as she felt the sword seem to vibrate in her hands. "Why, what a kind hearted woman you are, and the lord as well, never Lord Sesshomaru, would I have guessed you feeling sorry for your servant," the sword stated as Rin thought she saw Sesshomaru's shoulders tense. But unknown to her was it wasn't the sword's comment but the thought that Ah and Un were back at the hut with Jaken, he felt like hitting his head in anger. He could've left Rin with the two headed dragon.

"But you didn't want to leave her did you?" the sword asked as Rin sent the blade a confused gaze. Sesshomaru turned sideways to stare at the blade silently cursing it for being able to read his mind. Sesshomaru knew that in truth he didn't want to leave Rin back there with Jaken, but he knew that it was stupid to bring her along. She would only slow his pace down.

"Pray tell sword, as why you cannot tell us where the stones are to be found?" Sesshomaru asked as Rin stopped walking awaiting the sword's answer. "It is not a matter of telling you where they are, for I have no idea where they could be hidden, only I can sense them when we are close to finding them," the sword answered.

"Rin," Sesshomaru called as Rin turned to look at him, "What village do you wish to travel to first, it seems we are going to have to look for the stones the old fashioned way," he stated as Rin's eyes widened in happiness and surprise.

It seemed Lord Sesshomaru was giving her more freedom then just his servant, she was glad. "Let's travel to the village up ahead, Ayame Village," she instructed as Sesshomaru nodded and knelt down again on the floor. Rin now knew what he intended and she hurriedly climbed on his back letting her legs wrap around his waist and her hands hold tightly to his shoulders. Rin had tied the sword to her left hip from a hook in her kimono, as Sesshomaru jumped from the ground and jumped from branch to branch as before.

"Lord Sesshomaru giving human rides on his back, why this will certainly be an interesting trip," the sword chimed in as Sesshomaru then let his hands ball into fists, this sword was getting on his nerves...

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Well that isn't as long as my other chapters but I have a party today so I could only have an hour to write.