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Sesshomaru sat down next to a relaxed stream the soft breezing calming him somewhat; his nerves were ready to blow. Rin then followed almost as if they were one, they had traveled south and Ayame village no where to be found.

Now he wondered if the village even existed anymore, in six hundred years a village could collapse. "Why it is much more fun to listen to you think then watch you glare down at everything that moves," the sword stated as Sesshomaru then looked away making sure his impassive mask was in tact, this sword was driving him nuts!

If he could he would've thrown the blasted thing in the river where they stood now but he knew that the sword was needed. For it to reject him and to pick a human, yes it was defiantly needed, the Tetsuiga was exactly the same.

"Milord?" Sesshomaru looked down to see Rin holding up a rice ball directly under his nose, it seemed that Rin had made them lunch without him knowing. He wanted to reject the gift but knew that it would only cause Rin sadness, he didn't need the woman upset now.

Taking the rice ball, ignoring his mind yelling at him for even thinking about accepting a gift from a human, he took a bite into it. Rin smiled obviously satisfied that her lord had taken her freshly made rice ball without complaint.

"Wow, you can make rice balls too? If only I had a body, I bet those rice balls taste wonderful," the sword chirped in a wistful voice, Rin smiled down at it and patted its sheath softly.

Sesshomaru had traveled before, north to the tree that had made the sheaths for his and Inuyasha's sword and was given another sheath to keep the newest sword intact. Now he truly, with all his heart, wanted to toss the bloody thing down to an endless pit, or throw it at that monk with the wind tunnel in his right hand. Sighing worried that the sword would tell Rin about his thoughts and make her angry he took another bite of her rice ball.

Looking over to the woman by his side he took in her features, Rin was very attractive for her kind, Sesshomaru knew as much. Her eyes were kind and gentle even when he would order her around. Her hair was still long as it had been before and a bit wavy but it only seemed to frame her face more giving her a more of a cute look.

Her lips had changed from the kind smile of a child to the gentle and attractive full lips of a woman. She had grown in height as well, before she had barely reached his waist, now her head met to his chest almost to his collar bone.

"Lord Sesshomaru...?" he blinked as he looked down at Rin his thoughts no longer hazy from memories. A small confused smile was on her lips, and a bright spark in her eyes, "Is something a miss?" she asked when it had grown silent and Sesshomaru gave a small sigh wishing he could tell her what he was suffering, but he was afraid of her response.

He shook his head slightly and looked ahead of them watching as two butterflies flew by, they were flying oddly close to one another and seemed caught in an endless dance as they crossed the stream. He only wished that courting was so easy, now a days it seemed that picking a mate was much harder then just picking a random woman who sparked your interest, she would be obedient and would be gushing at your every word.

Now it seemed women had more mind to them then letting themselves be picked a mate, but his kind, the demons, he was sure that the old way hadn't changed. But oddly enough to him the sound of mating with a demon gave him an odd miserable feeling, it sounded like someone wanting to keep him locked in a cage with shackles on his legs.

A demon woman usually seemed to have no soul, no spark to keep you guessing, and then he sighed again. In all odds in his mind he was replaying images of Rin being his mate, but for some reason the thoughts caused his cheeks to grow a bit rosy. She always was doing things kind for him, either it be cooking or making a bouquet of flowers.

At other times like lately, she had also been disobeying his order, he had no idea if it was the sword or she was gaining a backbone. "Watch what you think," a voice purred in a knowing way as Sesshomaru then turned to glare at the blade, even if it looked stupid he knew the soul inside the blade could see him clear as day.

"Oh!" Sesshomaru was broken from his death glare by Rin's surprised gasp, looking to the right of him he noted a human man staggering to them. His entire right leg was covered in blood and his body convinced Sesshomaru that he was only that of a young man. His shoulders were bony rather then broad and his arms seemed like sticks rather then muscles.

Sesshomaru saw no threat in him but kept his guard up; he blinked in surprise when Rin stood up as if instinct and hurried over to the man showing no sign of being on her toes. "Are you alright?" Rin asked once she made it to the man, he looked up to her but groaned instead of answering as Rin noticed all the blood on his leg as she gave another surprised gasp.

Kneeling down when he had fallen to his knees she then tore the ends of her kimono all the way around and then tied it around the slash in his leg. It seemed to stop the bleeding for now as Rin then turned to ripe off another piece when she felt the man touch her shoulder. Turning back she saw that he held a piece from his kimono to her with a soft smile, smiling back she took it gratefully and then hurried to the stream next to her lord and dipped the cloth into the water and hurried back. Dabbing the man's leg she rubbed off all traces of blood within but ten minutes. The man nodded to her thankfully as she took his arm and pulled him to his feet when she had gotten her own footing.

Bringing him over to her two other companions she settled him down as he cleared his throat lightly and gave Sesshomaru scared glances while he seemed to be calculating how fast he could run without the demon catching him and eating him. "You have nothing to fear," Rin soothed as the man turned to her and his dark eyes softened.

"Thank you," he stated and Rin nodded, his voice was soft and sounded kind as if he was that of a caring person. "What are you doing around here?" Rin asked forgetting that it was none of her business.

"I was in search for Ayame village, my family has just moved there and I wanted to check on them," he answered as Rin nodded; he was caring, if he wanted to check on his family. Most families didn't keep in touch after a moving process, "We were headed that way as well," Rin added as the man then smiled gently at her. "Were you now?" he replied as she nodded.

Sesshomaru stated silent during this ordeal watching, it seemed fate was killing him, during the past few days Rin had seemed to be overly friendly with male visitors. He vowed to himself that she would never travel with him on his journeys again. "What is your reason for traveling?" he asked back.

"We are in search for the "Four Stones"" Rin responded as the man's expression turned grim. "Leave off the mission at once," he ordered his voice filled with warning and hatred. Rin subconsciously moved back at the sudden change of attitude.

Sesshomaru turned to the human with interest, "And why do you say that?" he asked as the man turned to him with wide eyes, it seemed that this human thought he couldn't speak.

Then reclaiming his grim expression he stared down both of them, "No one has ever found them let alone free them, and if one did the sacred powers would only cause destruction. My brother went on a journey to find them and had never returned, and now I believe he never will," the man responded.

Sesshomaru didn't seemed interested at this comment for he turned his piercing golden gaze from his dark eyes and looked down at the water in the stream as if it were fiercely interesting. Rin ignored her lord as she looked at the man with horror, "But isn't there a way to hold the stones? So they wouldn't try to destroy the world?" she asked as the man turned his gaze full on her.

"Not that I've heard of, only about five hundred years ago a strong priestess was able to hold their power and used her sacred powers to use them for good but soon the demons broke from her hold. She had been a demon as well, so the demons, as people say, didn't trust her so broke from her powers and killed her. But before she died on her throne the nearest villagers had built for her she used the last of her powers to seal the demons into four stones. Varying their powers, that is how the stones were made as people say," he explained as Rin nodded.

She wondered if Inuyasha would be useful for this mission, his mate was a priestess, or had priestess powers now that she thought of it the woman was from a different time so she suspected she wasn't a priestess anyone knew. "I don't know if the stones will ever awaken again but from my point of view I hope they don't, those demons will be hard to put back into those stones once more. Also the stones won't be able to be pulled from their resting places unless by the one of a true heart, the sacred sword, or the reincarnation of that priestess who held them before," he continued on.

Rin nodded once again and then turned to Sesshomaru to see him still sitting staring at the stream. Sesshomaru had been starring at the stream because for split moments he was sure that he saw the water seem to form into shapes, such as fish or sharks. But then again he wondered if the sun was playing tricks on his eyes, water fish? What was next? Fire in the shape of dragons?

Tearing his eyes from the stream he then looked back at the two humans who were giving him strange looks, "Shall we go to Ayame then?" a voice asked as the human man gave a start and then looked around frantically. "Who-who said that?" he asked as Sesshomaru sighed angrily.

"Sword, stop your rambling, I have had enough of you speaking of anything you wish," Sesshomaru ordered as the man gave a horrified look at Sesshomaru before looking at the blade resting at Rin's hip.

"It speaks?" he asked as Rin nodded and she thought that his face had turned white, "Are you quite alright?" the sword asked as the man then fell to the floor the look of shock and confusion in his eyes.

Rin sighed and then bent over to shake the man but he seemed intent on staying on the floor. "Sir, we need to get to Ayame Village," Rin stated trying to shake him back into reality; it seemed to work because he shot up the next moment and nodded his eyes bright. "Yes of course!" he stated as he then stood, "I suppose we are now a group then?" he asked wistfully as Rin then nodded and grinned.

Sesshomaru was slightly annoyed that Rin didn't ask his approval but he then remembered that he had let her do things as she saw fit so he thought, by some strange madness, that letting another human travel along was fit.

"By the way what is your name?" Rin asked as the man then turned to her, then flushed, "I never had a name," he stated shamefully as Rin looked at him as he if had just said that he had two heads. "My true parents died before giving me a name, I was with my foster parents but they never called me by a name," he explained as Rin then looked up as if in thought.

"I'll call you Neko!" she cried as the man gave her a strange look, "Cat?" he asked as Rin the nodded, "It is a cute name, besides cats are adorable," she stated and Sesshomaru had the odd urge to ask what she thought of dogs but kept his mouth shut.

"So what is your name," Neko asked as Rin then smiled, "Rin," she answered and Neko smiled. "What a beautiful name," he commented and suddenly had the odd feeling of someone shooting daggers at his back with golden eyes. "Yes it is a beautiful name, sometimes I wish I was free of this blasted spell so I could flatter Rin to no end," a sword chimed in and Rin could not mistake the growl that erupted from Sesshomaru's throat.

Sometimes she never knew if he was doing that as a father protecting his daughter or he was jealous, it had to be father love she thought. Sesshomaru, jealous? Hah! Rin cracked herself up, Rin then turned back when she heard the odd sound of children laughing and the sound of parents calling to their loved one.

Looking fully now she couldn't keep the smile from forming on her lips, the town was filled with light and laughter. It felt like a home that everyone wished to have, a dream home.

Houses were next to one another in lines and people were walking around looking relaxed, "So this is Ayame," she whispered in awe and Neko then patted her shoulder. "We can't gawk at it forever Rin, maybe you'll find something here. There usually is everything here in Ayame," he answered as she smiled but was surprised when she saw Sesshomaru walk up and swipe Neko's hand off her shoulder and pushed it forcefully to his side his eyes a piercing gold, almost as light as the sun.

Neko sent Sesshomaru a wary gaze before putting distance between him and the couple, Sesshomaru said nothing when Rin sent him a confused look but kept walking. He was getting annoyed at the way Rin seemed to be the center of every male's attention ever since they left the hut were Jaken was now resting still ill.

He was even more annoyed when he noticed that he was bothered, bothered, that Rin was getting all this attention from males of her own kind. He was acting like a mate would to his spouse or a teenage boy on his first date with his girlfriend.

He should be glad and send her off with any male that wanted her but the thought of her being away from him sent him strange surges of dread. Rin followed obediently as she now wondered if he was jealous, but still doubting that, she hummed a merry tune as they passed by the village.

"Were exacting does your family live?" Rin asked when she felt that Sesshomaru had finished his strange mode. "All the way to the end of this village, on the top of the hill," he answered.

Once they reached the hill Neko was speaking of Rin stared in wonder, the house was gigantic! Not as big as Sesshomaru's castle mind you, but still big in her eyes. She turned at the sound of Neko's laughter as he watched her. "You look like you have heard that the world was going to end tomorrow," he stated as Rin blushed that Neko would notice her at all.

She wasn't attracted to him really but just the thought that she was noticed by other men gave her happiness. Being with Sesshomaru she only got the demon men attention and mostly they weren't interested in her in the way she wanted, usually they wanted to kill her.

"Let's go in shall we?" Neko asked moving so his right hand was stretched out in a polite manner signaling to go first. Rin grinned and stepped forward but then stopped when she felt the odd feeling of being alone. Turning around she saw that Sesshomaru was not following her but looking up at the clouds.

Sesshomaru was sure that he had just seen a gigantic bird fly overhead, it had been the exact color of the clouds and he wondered if his eyes were playing even more tricks on him. Water in the shape of aquatic animals, flying bird clouds? His eyes narrowed slightly at the thought, why, did it seem, that what tricks were playing on his mind seemed to be the same elements as the four stones. He couldn't mistake the strong stench of a demon, he was sure that the bird had to be a demon.

"The demons broke from the priestess's hold when they thought her a threat and killed her," the human male's words ringed in Sesshomaru's ears and he wondered if...? No, it couldn't be true, but to keep for further questioning he noted that the bird and fish had all been flowing to the north.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" the dog demon turned when he heard Rin's voice and saw that Rin was looking down at him in worry, shaking his head he then walked slowly up the hill joining the others. "I can see why you stopped, the scenery around Ayame is beautiful," Neko stated but Sesshomaru made no move to comment just let the man think what he wanted.

"My, my! You have returned!" an older woman's voice yelled as the group turned to see a woman in her mid eighties walk on the porch outside of the house. Her hair was as white as snow and her eyes seemed strangely blue. "Yes I have, I've missed you," Neko called back as the man hurried over and hugged the older woman as she patted his back.

"Who is with you?" she asked looking over to Sesshomaru and Rin, "They helped me when I was injured and they were heading to your village so they let me travel along with them," Neko explained.

"Well you two!" she called letting Neko go and motioning to the couple standing a few yards from the porch, "don't sit around for the world to end, come in, come in!" the woman cried as Rin followed a smile on her face, it has been a while since she had been invited into a house. Sesshomaru followed silent as ever, something about this woman sent him on edge, but he hadn't a clue why.

"Oh! A dog demon? It has been awhile since I've seen you around," she stated when she let the group in and closed the large wooden door. Sesshomaru sent her a confused look but then stepped back when the older woman flung her arms around his shoulders and brought him into a tight hug. He blinked twice and then tried to force her away but she was like a bull that had just seen a red flag.

"It has been awhile Lord Sesshomaru, why I remember when my great great great great and so on went to celebrate your birth. Why she told my elder ancestors about how beautiful you were when you were born and that you looked just like your mother. After the baby shower she has told my family and for me to tell my descendants to always have our doors open for that of dog demons such as yourself," the woman explained while holding Sesshomaru at arms length.

Sesshomaru had no idea how to respond but did remember the lady, or her great so on grandmother. He couldn't remember the face but remembered the death grip hug all too well.

"Well now why don't I interest you in some tea? I would like to hear all your stories, plus I suggest that you sleep here tonight. A real bed beats sleeping on the floor any day," the woman stated as Rin nodded her head enthusiastically.

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Well now, it seems that Rin and the rest of the group shall be busy with the new person, what does she know? Is she someone they can trust or is she going to try something? Who knows, well I do but-ahem- I cannot say what. Anyway see you all in the next chapter hopefully this chapter made sense!