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"My, my I swear, this village always gets more lively each year," the woman stated with a big smile while Rin smiled slightly. This woman seemed to be a very happy woman, she was always smiling!

The group was seated in a room at the end of the house, the table seemed to be made of marble and Rin couldn't help but stare in wonder at the fine stone. The cups they were drinking from were made of such a fine glass that Rin was worried that even when if her fingers glazed the cup it would shatter.

"It's alright dear, the tea won't eat you," the woman stated still smiling, Rin blushed slightly and nodded taking a piece of bread from the silver plate in the middle of the table and nibbled on the edge. The older lady nodded in approval before taking a sip from her cup, Neko then smiled down at Rin, "Are you enjoying yourself so far?" he asked kindly as Rin nodded quickly with a grin.

"Lord Sesshomaru, please tell me why it seems that you have become kinder of late?" she asked when Sesshomaru turned to look at her, once she finished speaking his eyes narrowed. Rin blinked twice, Sesshomaru nicer...then usual? "My ancestors told me that when they first met you as a young boy you hardly cared for anything, even a demon of your rank." She stated and then turned to look at Rin who jumped at the sudden attention.

"Now you have a human girl and boy traveling with you, why?" she asked as Sesshomaru stayed quiet not so sure about that himself. Rin had actually let the boy travel with them but he knew that the question was directed sonly on Rin. Even he didn't fully understand why he let her travel with him. But he knew if he told the woman that when she had began to follow him he enjoyed having another around, another who dealt with Jaken. That her smiles always seemed to cause a strange flutter in his chest.

But that was too human for him, he had to stop this feeling, but he didn't know how or if he wanted to stop it. "Haha, it seems our ally is too tongue tied to speak, I say you have a way to put this guy on the spot, I applauded your talent," a voice stated as the woman looked to Rin and the girl immediately placed the sword on the table so the woman knew that another was present.

"Well I thank you for your charms but I think that it is rude for someone to butt in on another's conversation." The woman answered as the sword stayed quiet shortly after. Sesshomaru suppressed a grin, finally that sword found someone that was able to shut him up.

"Well if the topic makes you uncomfortable then I will not push, I am not like my great and so on grandmother only in looks," she stated as Sesshomaru took the moment to take in the woman's features. Her hair was long and reached her shoulders, it was white but not as silvery and rich in color like his and half brother's. Her eyes were blue with sparks of mischief that he wondered if she was the usual daredevil woman of humans when she was younger.

She was tall for a woman, her face reached up to his chin making her about 5'8'' or so, she had many wrinkles around her lips he at once knew that throughout her life she always had been smiling. It reminded him of Rin; he wondered when she grew older if she would resemble this woman.

A sudden knocking jolted everyone back into reality as the woman laughed slightly, "Oh it seems that we have a visitor, please excuse me," she stated while getting up from her chair to get the door.

Rin loomed over the table trying to see who was at the door before her shoulder was pushed down gently but firmly as she fell back on her seat. "Rin, it is not polite to stare," Sesshomaru stated coolly as Rin then looked down at her legs in shame.

Sesshomaru felt his eyes soften with guilt when he felt her shiver under him, there were tears shimmering in her dark eyes as his firm grip relaxed to more of a caress. Letting his hand fall when nothing was said he then turned back to waiting for the woman to return, she soon did with another, a shorter person then even Rin.

It was a man surely in his late seventies early eighties, he had a small cap atop his balding head as he looked down at the people seated at the table. Rin first noted the large mustache on the man above anything else on his face. It was longer in width then his face and it was stiff as it forcefully pulled back all the time. "I see, he is here as you stated," he explained but all didn't know if he was speaking of Neko or Sesshomaru. "Otaku it has been awhile," the man stated his features darkening. Rin blinked at the sudden foreign name. "Yes it has," Rin gasped slightly when the sword answered back, his name was Otaku?

"Who are you?" Sesshomaru asked as the man turned to look at the demon, "I am the lord of this village, pleased to meet all of you," he answered while bowing his head slightly in respect.

"I came as soon as I heard that a demon and human has stopped by your house Mizu," (A/N: if you didn't know, how to say Mizu is Me. Zoo, thank you for your time).

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed at the name, could it be...? He did not ask as the woman nodded while smiling. "I couldn't believe that Otaku still lived after all these years," the lord stated as Mizu nodded yet again. "You act as if I am not here my dear friend," Otaku responded.

The man grinned, "Excuse my rudeness," he retorted tipping his hat, "Well I believe I must be going, it seems that I have interrupted you, please excuse me," the lord stated but stopped when his eyes landed on Rin.

"Hmm.. have we met before?" he asked stepping closer to Rin and Sesshomaru growled in warning moving closer to Rin, she turned to look at her lord before tearing her eyes away to look back at the lord.

"I don't believe so," she answered in a small voice as the lord nodded his head, "But I'm sure I saw you somewhere before, wait! Aren't you-" he was cut off by Mizu grasping his arm rather tightly her eyes no longer smiling. "I believe, milord, that you have overdone your stay, let me see you out," she stated as Rin suppressed a shiver the woman had no emotion in her voice as if the lord would reveal something that they shouldn't know about.

"Yes, I see well it was nice meeting all of you, enjoy your stay," the lord replied bowing again as he departed, Rin watched closely to see that Mizu let her grip lessen once they left the room and she noticed her whispering in the lord's ear as he pulled back afterward as if she told him something outrageous. He then nodded and departed in a rush, Mizu then turned around to come back and her blue eyes met with Rin's eyes and for a split second fear consumed her body before Mizu smiled like she always did and returned.

"It seems that we have had an exciting evening but if you excuse me I have to resign in my room for a bit, it is so hard on a woman my age, I hope you understand," she stated standing by the doorway as the men nodded but Rin kept silent and did not move a muscle.

Neko then stood, "Do you need help Lady Mizu?" he asked as Sesshomaru turned to him, Lady Mizu? She shook him off and then retreated to the stairs and went to, he supposed, her room to rest.

"What exactly is this woman about?" he asked the younger man as he sent the lord a confused look before nodding. "She has been a widow for over thirty years; she wasn't able to bear children so she adopted over ten. I included, she was a very loving mother but after the years I think all the work on a woman is too much. I fear her welfare for the coming years, the rest of the children she had adopted have grown up and I haven't heard of any since. We all called her Lady Mizu once we became adults for she thought "Mom" or "Mother" and she always wanted a life with the royals so we called her that nickname to bring her happiness," he explained as Rin nodded, the woman truly was kind.

"If you excuse me I would like to check on her, she has been retreating to her room often even before she moved up here," he stated as Rin nodded and Neko departed. And so only Sesshomaru, Rin, and Otaku were left at the table.

"Say, Rin what do you say to a tour of the house?" Otaku asked wistfully as Rin then turned to the blade, "You have been in this house before?" she asked as Otaku then laughed, "Of course! But that was a few hundred years ago, lets see if the house has changed, what do you say?" he asked as Rin smiled. "Sure," she answered and looked back at Sesshomaru who nodded letting her go.

Standing she then glanced back at her lord one last time feeling abandoned for her lord not accompanying her but he was looking back at the door to the edge of the kitchen exit. Shrugging it off she then walked up the stairs, the length of the stairs made her jaw drop. There had to be at least six stories of stairs!

Taking in a deep breath she began her climb, "Boy, how does Mizu do it?" she asked her self but got a chuckle from Otaku.

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Sesshomaru waited back in the empty kitchen seeing that he was alone for once in about fourteen years, sure when he had his journeys he didn't have Jaken or Rin but he had Ah Uh with him. Now he was truly alone, before he would've enjoyed the silence but now for some reason he felt upset about being alone.

Growling at his human emotions he then shook his head, he needed to forget that woman, and forget her now! "I see you seem to be fighting yourself," a voice stated with a chuckle as Sesshomaru turned to see Mizu standing there.

"If you're wondering why I am here and not in my room is because I knew that the boy would come after me to check on me. I like seeing him worry, this is obviously shake him up," she grinned.

"I also came back to talk to you, I want to know the reason why you have this girl with you," she stated her eyes suddenly turning serious the smile gone from her face. "She is a follower that is all," he answered as Mizu cocked a brow. "Oh? Then I guess a better question is what have you or do you do with the girl?" she asked again.

"If you think that I would take advantage of her you're wrong, she isn't my type," he replied a smile upon her lips but there was no humor in her eyes. "But she was five hundred years ago," she retorted as Sesshomaru's eyes darted back to stare at Mizu's blue orbs. "What is it that you speak of?" he demanded his senses on edge.

"Why she was my great great great great grandmother," she answered, "my name should've jolted your memory well, my older family told me about your affair." She responded coldly.

"It was nothing but a mistake," Sesshomaru answered as Mizu's eyes grew hard, "Oh really? So the love that you spoke of then is no longer there?" she asked. "There was never love," he replied his anger rising, how dare the human keep hounding him with questions! "She just thought that, and fooled me into thinking that as well, she just used me to bring her enemies down. She wasn't in love with me, she was in love with love," he stated.

"But you would have none of that I suppose?" Mizu asked as Sesshomaru stayed quiet, "I was just surprised that's all, the girl is beautiful, more then she should be, I just thought that she sparked your interest and that you would let her die like you did my ancestor," Mizu stated absolutely no emotion in her voice or eyes.

"I did not let Mizu die," Sesshomaru growled, "She did that on her own," he finished as Mizu let her eyebrows furrow forward. "Oh and I suppose that you were too lazy to help her?" she asked as Sesshomaru then grew angered enough that he slammed his fist atop her marble table, surprisingly it didn't break but he left a very big fist printed dent on her table.

"I was not, if I could've helped her I would've, I told her from the start that she shouldn't have awakened them! But she didn't listen, she never listened to me, she just used me as a barrier and someone to blame for everything she did wrong," he responded, then letting his hand relax he turned to look at the woman now standing before him.

Unknown to him was that Rin had stepped into the hallway by the kitchen hearing the bang and now placed her ear by the side of the door. "I don't think this is a good idea Rin," Otaku stated but she ignored him and listened in.

"I was too naïve then to tell what she had done until it was too late, soon I was wrapped around her finger, I would let her blame me and I would second her cry just so that she would love me," he continued as Mizu watched him with wary eyes.

Rin stepped back at that, who was he talking about? Not caring she then pushed her ear against the door again.

"Is it true then?" Mizu asked as Sesshomaru looked her in the eyes this time, surprising the older woman there was fresh hot emotion in his eyes. "Yes, and it will always be true," he replied.

"Then say it, say it so I will believe it," Mizu stated her eyes on the verge of tears, the man that her lovely ancestor was facing her and telling her what he had felt for that long deceased woman.

"I love Mizu, I've loved her then and I still love her now, nothing will ever stop me from loving her and nothing has," he stated but stopped when he heard a gasp from the kitchen door. Mizu jumped at the sound as well and waited while Sesshomaru went to answer it.

Rin was positive that her heart had just stopped, Sesshomaru, loved Mizu? Not the old Mizu for she was sure if he did he would've said I love you but it still stung her lungs and her heart.

Through the years she had grown fond of her lord, more fond then that of a daughter to her father. But now her hopes of that ever surfacing died that very second. Her knees grew weak and she couldn't stop the hot tears that began to appear in her eyes.

He had said that he loved Mizu and that nothing had altered his decision, she couldn't help but feel abandoned and rejected. She wanted her lord to love her for so long, ever since she turned fifteen but now that dream was shattered, for good. The swinging of a door brought her back to the present as she saw Sesshomaru standing there in the doorway.

His eyes were wide in surprise as he looked down at her, Rin could feel the tears stream down her cheek but she didn't brush them away. "Rin..." her eyes widened when she heard her lord whisper her name on his lips but she couldn't handle it, his hand was outstretched and it was about to wipe a stray tear coating her cheek but she pushed his hand away and ran off to the farthest place possible, the yard in front of the gigantic house.

Sesshomaru had never seen Rin tears before; well he had when she was frightened but not in pure sadness. His whole body felt numb with regret. "This is the best for both of you," Mizu stated her voice stern but Sesshomaru did not answer her and hurried off after the woman who had changed his life forever.

Rin was the woman who brought tears of remorse and regret to the Lord Sesshomaru's eyes.

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Aww, I'm sorry you action/adventure lovers out there but I had to do this! It will get better in later chapters but I had to get a little romance and heartache in there!