Back as always, well I hope that you all liked that last chapter; hopefully I'll get back on track action adventure people!

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Ham girl: Lots and lots is really common now but I never tire from hearing it! Thanks for yet another review!

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Inu Obsessed o.o: Lol it is alright it was like I was getting two reviews so that made me happy, there is another Inuyasha game! I'm getting it! Hmm, I wonder if it will have any Sess/Rin moments. Did you know that in the game you have now that there is a Sess Rin moment! I saw it It was sooo cute! Anyway I loved Ayame village, I love when Koga and Inuyasha get into fights, anyway onward to the story!

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"Mmm..." a soft moan came from Sesshomaru's mouth as he clenched his eyelids shut, something was keeping him from fully relaxing.

Opening his eyes he found himself by the tree from last night, the stream was calm and quiet while soft breezes ruffled his silvery hair. Narrowing his eyes in confusion and suspicion Sesshomaru looked around but everything looked at peace.

Butterflies were fluttering by with an easy pace and ducks were floating on the water, looking still he found the reason why this place seemed so strange. No sound, it was as quiet as a grave, his thoughts scattered when a flower fell onto his lap.

Gently cupping the flower he noticed its violet color, Rin's favorite flower, was now resting in his open palms. Looking up he noticed that the tree was blossoming the flowers; some more fell onto the ground as gracefully as a swan.

Suddenly a sound filled his ears with surprise as he darted his head up to the clouds and saw a single bird fly across the blue sky. Its long neck was stretched out wide as if it were aiming for something. It was heading in the northern direction. Its powerful and large white wings were beating against the blue to Sesshomaru's surprise that was the only sound he heard.

To further his surprise he saw the bird's head turn in his direction as the bird flapped its wings once before it was falling to his destination. Its speed almost matched his own as the bird stared into Sesshomaru's golden orbs.

Its black eyes seemed lifeless but the bird did not smell of the dead, rather it had no scent at all. It was as if it were a spirit...

Pulling himself up from the floor Sesshomaru noticed that he was in the living room of Mizu's house. Taking in a deep breath he noted that it was all a dream, the sounds of birds singing and the crackling of dieing ash met his twitching ears.

A soft mumble brought his gaze to his arms to see Rin lying securing between them, her head was resting against his chest and her right hand was softly touching his left shoulder. She still had his shirt attached to her body with a tight knot at her waist and color was back to her cheeks.

It seemed that she somewhat healed during the night, smiling slightly at this Sesshomaru then grasped her lightly by the back of her knees and her shoulders he then gently set her on the couch nearest to the fire and placed new firewood into the fire place.

Soon a strong fire was blazing over the dead ashes as Sesshomaru turned to Rin once more feeling strangely at lose for not having her so close to him any longer but kept his thoughts at bay as he went in search of new clothes.

"Oh, you're up," a female voice stated as Sesshomaru turned to see Mizu there with a red and black shirt in her arms. Two black snakes outlined the red material as they seemed to coil around each sleeve. "Here, this will keep you warm and make you look more presentable." Mizu suggested as Sesshomaru took the shirt and pulled it over his head, it wasn't his usual shirt so it didn't fit him perfectly but it would do. Getting his armor he the strapped on the breast piece and belt of spikes.

"You might want the matching pants with that shirt, you look sort of like a clown with a red and black shirt and white pants," Mizu stated as she handed him the pants that were pitch black, not commenting he went to a room where there was space and switched his pants with the newest ones.

They fit much better then the shirt did but he wasn't complaining, it was much better then walking around the house shirtless. Coming back to the living room he saw Mizu looking up at a painting mounted on the wall over the fireplace.

She turned when he entered and smiled, "Much better, I must say that truly brings out your pale complexion," Mizu complimented as Sesshomaru stayed silent. He walked the distance to her side before turning his body to the painting to inspect it further.

"I see you have Lady Mizu's picture here," he stated coolly as Mizu nodded, "Yes, she was the one who my family line has looked up to," she answered as Sesshomaru turned to the old woman with impassive eyes.

"Do you miss her if even the slightest bit?" Mizu asked before she could think and then bit her bottom lip. She wasn't supposed to talk about Mizu when Rin was there or ever again or then Sesshomaru would grow suspicious once more.

"She was a woman who only searched for power and protection, she wasn't even a person. You must remember back then I was not so heavily guarded nor as smart," Sesshomaru replied. Mizu nodded and looked back over to Rin; with her eyes closed like that she looked exactly like Mizu did.

The only thing different between the women was that Mizu's hair was as straight as string while Rin's was wavy and thick, full of life. While Mizu's eyes were always concentrated on everything and blue Rin's eyes were always bright like Mizu's once was. Also Rin's eyes were dark brown, chocolate looking, other then that she was sure that both could pass off as twins.

"She is so peaceful there huh?" Mizu asked as Sesshomaru took his eyes from the painting to look at Rin and nodded his head slightly. A sudden knock at the door brought the two back from studying Rin as Mizu went to answer the door, she nearly fell over in shock when she saw the lord of Ayame there once again.

"Ah! Lady Mizu it is wonderful to see you again! Oh there is the man I was looking for!" the lord shouted with a wide grin as he pointed to Sesshomaru who showed absolutely no interest what so ever in the man. "Him Milord?" Mizu asked as the lord nodded before walking into the house not invited much to Mizu's anger. Shooting daggers into the lord, Mizu followed back to the living room.

"You look different somehow," the lord observed scratching his chin and twirling his mustache in deep thought. Holding back a sigh of annoyance Sesshomaru waited for the lord to speak once more on his uninvited visit.

"I wanted to get to know you more my boy! A friend of Mizu's is greatly welcome in this town. If you wouldn't mind you could bring that lovely lady with you as we-" the lord didn't finish for Mizu pointed to the sleeping Rin as the lord looked at her in surprise.

"Oh, well I suppose that she won't accompany us then, let me buy you a drink or something lad," the lord stated as Sesshomaru turned to Mizu who made a shooing signal to him, when he turned to Rin she nodded and smiled while he turned to the man.

"I'll take up your offer," Sesshomaru answered as the lord broke into a wide grin, "Wonderful! I shall show you everything there is to know about Ayame!" he stated while walking out of the house Sesshomaru on his heels.

"Have a good time now you two!" Mizu called from the front porch as the lord waved but Sesshomaru did not incline that he heard the woman as the two men continued their stroll.

"Oh yes back to Rin! I have to get her up, Sesshomaru will be greatly surprised what he finds when he returns," Mizu chuckled evilly rubbing her hands in a playful way as she tip toed to the couch where Rin lay peacefully resting.

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"Are you sure about this?" Otaku asked Mizu when she came down looking left to right, "I am positive, now that dress is here somewhere. I know that Sesshomaru will absolutely love it!" Mizu cried as Otaku hovered after her hurried form.

"You seem very energetic about this," Otaku observed as Mizu nodded while sticking her head into one of the closets and throwing clothes all about the room. With an unhappy sigh she then went to the room next door as Otaku nearly fell to the floor in shock.

"What about the clothes in here! You aren't going to leave them are you?" he asked as Mizu grinned, "Relax, I love cleaning, I'll just pick it up later," she soothed as she then rummaged through yet another closet.

"Where is Rin anyway?" Otaku asked, "She is taking a bath, I tell you when I told her about having a bath I have never seen a more grateful person in my entire life." Mizu replied.

Suddenly Mizu grabbed a piece of cloth with her hand as she pulled it up in a triumphant cry, "But Mizu...that isn't a dress," Otaku stated as Mizu grinned, "Oh I know but I thought that you all will be leaving and traveling in a dress is kind of hard, so I'm going for the next best thing!" she cried showing Otaku a kimono that looked like it only met at the waist if that.

"That is a little short..." he stated but Mizu then waved him off, "But she is short, no offense to her, so this will meet at least to her upper knees." Mizu answered but Otaku didn't feel so happy about it.

"Just think, they will match!" Mizu obsessed as she waved the cloth around and Otaku got a good look at it. It was with a black material and two violet flowers decorated around the left chest area. Otaku then sighed but smirked, Oh will Sesshomaru enjoy being slapped a couple of times. The flower was very noticeable; Rin was going to get the wrong idea many times from now on when it came to men and her lord.

But what seemed to drag away the big design was that there were pretty much no sleeves. Also there was a small button opposite of the flowers that held the kimono together; it was as violet as the flowers. The collar was around the neck concealing as Otaku thought that it wasn't that bad of an outfit.

Otaku hovered after Mizu as the older woman then placed the outfit on the door knob and knocked lightly. "Rin?" she called as the young woman pulled her head up from the warm water.

"Yes?" she called back, "Your outfit is hanging on the outside doorknob whenever your done dear," Mizu answered as Rin called back a thank you.

Mizu then went to retrieve Sesshomaru's shirt that Rin had left on the bed next door to the bathing room and she also grabbed his pants and began to wash them. "They obviously won't be wearing those clothes forever, at least I know that Sesshomaru will be very deniable at letting Rin walk around in that outfit," Mizu stated as Otaku hovered by her shoulder.

Pulling Sesshomaru's shirt from soaping and washing she then placed it on Otaku's sheath as the sword then quivered. "Hey! Do I look like a clothes line to you!" Otaku yelled as Mizu smiled. "You do now," she answered as Otaku then relaxed and continued to hover as Mizu placed Sesshomaru's pants on his sheath as well.

"Now stay here while I get Rin's clothes," Mizu commanded as Otaku stayed silent much like Sesshomaru as the older woman retreated back into the house. "Lady Mizu!" the older lady turned at the sound of her name as she saw Rin walk out a small blush on her cheeks as she took in her new outfit.

It hung from her shoulders lightly more like a night gown then a kimono as Mizu grinned, " I almost forgot about the ribbon," she stated after grasping a violet ribbon from the closet nearest and tied it gently but firmly around the woman's waist brining the cloth closer around Rin's body.

"That feels much better," Rin commented as Mizu continued grinning, "And it looks wonderful on you dear, I'm glad that it reaches your knees, I used to wear that when I was young, before I grew a couple inches that is," Mizu informed as Rin nodded listening.

"But once I grew the blasted thing only reached my thighs and you must know that it was very embarrassing to go walking around like that," Mizu stated as Rin nodded once more.

"But I must say that it looks much better on you then it ever did on me," Rin blushed at the compliment as she shook her hands, "No, no I'm sure that it looked wonderful on you!" Rin claimed as Mizu smiled. "I only wished but truly, it also shows your curves much better now then that other kimono. Which reminds me, do you think you can lend me a hand getting the rest of the laundry done? That other boy is fast asleep, it seems that he was on a wild goose chase after you and Sesshomaru disappeared and the poor guy was up all night worrying." Mizu replied as Rin smiled and was obliged to help.

Grabbing a basket from the living room that Mizu had filled before she hurried after the older woman and then began her task at cleaning clothes.

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"What a nice day!" the lord cried as Sesshomaru stayed silent, "You have to say that today has to be one of the nicest days you have ever seen!" the lord cried as Sesshomaru held in the growing urge to kill the loud and annoying lord.

"Yes," Sesshomaru answered as they made their way to the bustling sounds of the town, "Oh wait! You have to put this on your head," the lord commented as he took out a black hat and placed it on Sesshomaru's head.

Holding his anger in very well Sesshomaru turned to the lord, "Why do I have to wear this?" he asked making sure his voice was impassive as always. "So the villagers don't fear death since you're a full blooded demon," he answered and Sesshomaru felt his esteem for the man increase, he wasn't as stupid as he looked.

Letting the hat shadow his pointed ears Sesshomaru continued on with the lord as he continued his blabbering. "This shop was made over six hundred years ago!" and "That woman has been here over seven hundred years, we think she is some kind of witch, she has no demonic aura," and "This cabin has the best beds you will ever sleep in,"

Sesshomaru was already getting tired of hearing the man's voice and he had only begun the tour of the village. "I was wondering about that girl you have with you," the lord stated his voice lowered from it's before booming volume. Sesshomaru turned his head to the lord at the question, "What about her?" he asked back.

"Well she just reminded me of a woman who used to live here, except that girl with you now has brown eyes rather then blue. I heard rumors about a dog demon that had fooled around with the woman," the lord stated but then shrank away when he was sure that he was being frozen in place by the demon's glare.

"We were not fooling around," Sesshomaru commented as the lord bobbed his head frantically. "Yes-yes of course not!" he added as Sesshomaru then turned his gaze back to the road.

Giving a heavy sigh the lord soon followed happy that he was still in one piece, "Not to add to the flames but wasn't that woman named Mizu?" the lord asked as Sesshomaru did not turn his head but moved his eyes to the human.

"Yes, her name was Mizu, but the woman who is traveling with me now is not named Mizu," Sesshomaru answered as the lord nodded. "The woman that you are now traveling with is very beautiful I must say, but don't you think her kimono is a tad bit child like? The kimono's I see women wearing now are much higher on the legs and more form fitting," the lord stated as Sesshomaru felt his eyebrow twitch in anger.

"I believe what she is wearing is fine," Sesshomaru answered as the lord then grinned, "Is it that you are afraid of your desires if she was caught in one of the newest kimonos?" Sesshomaru then looked at the lord full on and the man was sure that a couple years had just melted away on his life span.

Laughing nervously the lord trailed after the demon as he walked with bigger strides, "Hey lord!" a voice cried as Sesshomaru stopped and turned with the Ayame lord following suite.

A young man was standing there with a long sword and a knife in the other hand; a few other men were at his back as Sesshomaru then watched with interest.

"Lord we want you dead!" one man screamed as the short man hid behind Sesshomaru, "Why-why is that?" the lord asked safety hidden by Sesshomaru's bigger frame. "There is a bounty on your head in the next village, a very comfortable amount, so come with us peacefully and we won't hurt you," another man sneered, Sesshomaru could smell the man's fear behind him as he turned slightly back at the lord.

"Well then you're going to have to get past my bodyguard!" the lord cried motioning to Sesshomaru who sent him a glare. "Body guard?" he whispered as the lord bobbed his head, "Oh please help me! These guys look strong," the lord squeaked as Sesshomaru suppressed the need to roll his eyes.

"I am not going to protect you but I'm going to kill these human for they are in my way," Sesshomaru stated as the lord nodded his head and whispered a thank you but Sesshomaru glared at him once more, "I am not doing this for you," he replied as the lord shrank back in fear.

"Get out of the way now before you lose your lives," Sesshomaru warned but the men held their ground, "Do you think that you can take out all three of us?" the guy in the middle asked as Sesshomaru stayed silent annoyed by the detour.

A flapping of wings broke Sesshomaru's concentration as his golden eyes turned from the humans to the sky as his mind clicked when he saw a large body of a bird flying in the clouds, its long neck was stretched forward as if pointing towards something as Sesshomaru then recognized it from his dream. A stronger feeling to follow the bird hit him as he turned to the humans and without waiting for them to attack he lunged forward.

The guy in the middle held his sword up high a smirk on his lips but soon it was swiped away when Sesshomaru punched the sword out of the way with the effort of a love tap.

Then sticking his claws into the human's heart the man let out a gurgled scream as he fell to the floor blood falling from his mouth as he coughed and breathed with some difficulty. The two others then charge at him as Sesshomaru let his fingers glow with acid as a whip formed and with grace twirled around in circles letting the whip attack and melt at the humans' flesh.

Soon both men fell dead as their comrade as the lord then jumped up in glee, "That was amazing! How did you get to be so strong?" he asked but Sesshomaru did not answer but walked back the way they had come, from the looks of the bird's direction it was heading back to where he had stayed last night, at Mizu's house.

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"Oh we're out of water, Rin dear would you mind getting some more water from the stream for me?" Mizu asked as Rin nodded and picked up a bucket and walked to the stream.

Otaku was still hovering soaked in bubbles and water, by Mizu while Rin traveled alone, once she reached the stream she then placed the bucket into the water waiting for it to fill.

Sighing Rin then smiled up at the clouds, today was such a beautiful day...the sound of gurgling brought Rin back to the water when she saw what looked like a hand reaching out to her but it wasn't a hand of flesh but was water.

It then tried to grasp her arm as she pulled the bucket out and her hand as she fell back onto the ground. When the hand then fell back into the water Rin then slowly crawled to the stream's side and looked in the water, she saw no hand but she saw a very familiar bright light in the shape of a fish.

Gasping Rin then stuck her hand in the water and felt her hand skim across the fish's skin, surprisingly she felt scales prick at her flesh as it swam in circles around her hand.

Then it pushed upward so its back was in the air as it splashed its tail wildly, confused Rin then let her hand skim the fish's back as it cooled slightly but then flapped wildly once more.

"I wonder..." Rin whispered as she then stood and slowly stepped onto the fish's back before settling herself in its back like it was a horse as the fish gave a cry that sounded like a musical note as it then dived into the freezing water.

Rin wanted to scream but then she noticed that the water wasn't as cold as yesterday's but she also didn't have the feeling of needing air any time soon. Opening her eyes she saw that the fish was swimming fast towards something, traveling north to be exact as Rin noticed the fish stopping when they hit a cave.

Strangely the cave opening was very small, almost too small for Rin to fit in, but when the fish swam away from her and began touching the cave with its tail Rin supposed that the fish wanted her to go inside the cave.

Doggy paddling into the opening she then noticed that she was a perfect size for the opening as she then saw the water end at the top. Pushing off the cave's end she then was sprouted upward until air filled her lungs once more.

Looking around she noticed that she was indeed inside a cave; it was lit by some weird light from the water as Rin then got out and walked around, the cave was only about the size of the living room at Mizu's house.

A sudden blue light caught her attention as she looked and her eyes widened.

Sitting there in a pink sphere atop a small shrine was a blue stone...

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"Wait!" the lord cried as he huffed and puffed from running after the demon, "Don't leave me alone what if another group tries to kill me!" he squeaked as Sesshomaru glared, "I don't care," he answered as he continued his rapid pace but was stopped when he sensed a human throwing something his way.

Easily dodging the object Sesshomaru turned to see a man there with a knife in his palm; the man was looking at him with lifeless eyes as Sesshomaru jumped forward and slashed the human with his acid claws and the human fell in two with foam coming from his wound.

"This was done by dance of the dead...Kaugra," Sesshomaru stated impassively as the lord looked back at him with confusion, suddenly more and more people came from their houses with weapons of all sorts and they were slowly walking towards the two men.

"Are they all dead?" the lord asked as Sesshomaru merely nodded but then let his acid whip grow from his fingertips once more and took out a few good number of humans but still more remand.

Suddenly a chain wrapped around Sesshomaru's left arm and another wrapped around his neck bringing him crashing to the floor, the lord panicked as he tried to free Sesshomaru but the demon kicked him away and stood up.

"I don't need help from a human," Sesshomaru stated as he then broke the chains with ease. Letting the metal weapons fall to the floor Sesshomaru descended to the humans and destroyed one by one.

"This will last too long," Sesshomaru observed as he then took out Tokijin and sent a dragon strike upon the villagers as the rest fell to the floor with a plop as foam appeared in each human's wounds.

"What happened to them?" the lord asked, "They were already dead and Kaugra used them to try and kill us," Sesshomaru answered his eyes still impassive.

"Kaugra?" the lord asked, "A wind sorceress, a reincarnation of Naraku," Sesshomaru answered but it only made the lord more confused.

Forgetting that Sesshomaru then slowly began walking once more back to Mizu's house, if Kaugra's dead soldiers were here then it would mean that she was somewhere nearby as well.

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Mizu wiped sweat from her brow as she looked back and forth, "I don't see Rin yet, I hope she is alright," Mizu stated as Otaku agreed. A sudden wind broke the conversation as Mizu looked up to see what looked like a big feather fall from the sky, and on that feather was a woman.

"Hmm...she isn't here," the woman stated as Mizu then glared at the woman, "Don't you know that it is rude to appear on someone else's property?" Mizu asked as the woman turned to her.

"I don't care hag, I'm looking for a girl named Rin," she stated as Mizu glared harder, "I haven't heard of a girl named that now please leave," Mizu answered a Kaugra glared. "I didn't come all this way on false information, Naraku wants her," Kaugra answered.

"I said please leave," Mizu repeated as the wind sorceress then prepared to send a large amount of wind on the old woman but was blocked by a barrier from a sword. Glaring Kaugra noticed that Rin wasn't there and the sword had a strong barrier the woman then grabbed a feather from her bun of hair as she sent it in the air and took off.

"Who was that I wonder...?" Mizu whispered as Otaku returned to his post as her clothes line. "Who knows, but now we know that Rin is in trouble, that woman had a strong aura around her," Otaku answered.

Mizu nodded and looked back to where Rin had disappeared to, "I hope she is alright," Mizu stated as she then began folding the dried clothes.

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Well there is a little more action there for you all; I hope you all liked this one!