Ok back once more, this one I really have no idea when it will come out because I'm getting kind of writer's block.
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AznAnimeFanXP: Well you'll find out in this chapter! Hope you like it!
Ham girl: Haha and I have updated! Anyway this one is a little romantic hope you like it!
FROM THE QUILL OF FIDEL: wow, well that was one long review, well I don't know if I should take that as I compliment/ flame/ threat but yeah thanks anyway for reviewing. I wish I could kill Kaugra but...yeah you'll see later. Plus changing Sesshomaru's name is kind of hard at the moment. If you want you could always copy and paste and replace Sesshomaru with Fidel.
Inu Obsessed o.o: Yep she coming now, yay you say it! I was so laughing as well when I saw Jaken get bossed around by Sesshomaru. Yeah there is another scene when Sesshomaru saves your life as well. Well here is another chapter and a little romance for you too.
Inufire: Thank you so much, I hope this chapter is just as good for you.
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Rin blinked twice as the stone glowed a crystal blue, its massive brightness almost made the sun a flame in comparison.
Stepping closer she then reluctantly moved her fingers closer to the pink sphere, but something inside her told her to wait. Snatching her fingers back she then cradled them to her chest.
Why was she getting this feeling of dread all of the sudden? Not wanting an answer she then went to inspect the shrine, a small red roof lay above the small stone but it looked over hundreds of years old. Its red paint seemed scratched and battered with age.
Also its thick wooden walls seemed ready to collapse at any given moment, Rin was afraid about it collapsing on her hand if she tried to grab at the stone once more.
"Mi...zu..." a voice whispered but it seemed to echo around the enclosed area as Rin gave a start before whirling around. Her chocolate eyes were met with a sight that she thought impossible, there stood a man but he truly wasn't a man for instead of flesh on his body he was made entirely of water.
He was mythical looking, the only thing that looked different from him was his eyes, they were the same color and brightness of the stone.
Rin looked to the man's feet but saw that she couldn't see them, the man started from his knees up, the rest was hidden inside the water, it was almost like a funnel shape where he stood. Rin had the biggest urge to touch his face to see if it felt like water but she kept it at bay waiting for him to speak once more.
"So long...it has been..." he whispered as Rin gave the water creature a confused look, then suddenly the name he had called her ringed in her ears. Mizu? "Mizu? You must be mistaken I am not Mizu," Rin stated as the man then narrowed his eyes.
"Your eyes..." he whispered and suddenly he moved forward but still his feet did not show the water from the lake just followed him as he drew nearer to her.
Soon he was in front of her as Rin fell backward and landed on her knees watching the man reach forward and trace his watery fingers along her cheek. To her surprise she noted that his body was made of water she felt the freezing temperature of his fingertips like last night.
"Yes...such dark warm eyes..." he continued to whisper as Rin studied him, he seemed to drop the idea of calling her Mizu but how was that woman tangled in the mess with the four stones?
"Who are you?" Rin asked but the water creature only smiled, "I am...water...and man and fish..." he responded as Rin was stuck further in this mysterious man's description of himself.
"Must...free me from...spell," he stated as his eyes traveled to the sphere behind her as Rin turned to see the blue stone glow brighter.
"You are the water stone?" Rin asked as the man only smiled as Rin stood and brushed off some stones that had attached themselves to her new kimono. "So long...since I have...seen a person...as beautiful as you..." he whispered as Rin blushed at the sudden compliment.
It seemed that both Otaku and this man were charmers, scattering the thought she then turned to the stone and to her surprise the water man followed her as, without fear or feelings of dread, reached into the pink sphere.
The same feeling of vomiting appeared in Rin's stomach when her fingers felt the pink liquid caress and wrap around her hand as she reached in for the stone. Her fingers then closed around the hard object as she heard the man next to her give a sigh of relief and then the sphere glowed and Rin knew what would happen next as she then tore the stone from the sphere and hid against the shrine as the sphere exploded.
The water man did not move as the liquid hit him full force but it merely slid off his body and the outline of clothes on him. (A/N: Yes the guy has clothes that are made of water as well, freaky no?)
After the cave had stopped echoing the sound of the explosion the man then smiled full force as he turned to Rin and walked up to her before kneeling to her level. "Thank...you..." he whispered and leaned in at first Rin thought he was going to kiss her but just when their lips were a hair breath away he was formed into a ball of light and disappeared into her hand. Once she opened her palm she saw a small fish swimming in circles around it before that faded and the stone looked like any ordinary rock, except blue.
Sighing she then brought the stone close to inspect but no fish or man appeared in the rock, looking forward she saw a small trail of water from the opening of the cave to her hiding spot, the water looked normal enough as she went to poke it.
But just when her fingertip grazed the liquid it then gently wrapped around her finger as she gave a surprised gasp but then moved her finger away but just like her hand the water followed her.
Intrigued she then moved her finger quickly to the left and the water followed, when she pointed right it slithered after. Looking freshly at the wall she then pointed towards it as the water coiled around her arm before shooting itself full force to the wall.
A small crack was in the wall at the force as Rin gave a small yelp of laughter, it was like the water was at her control. The water did not return to her hand after though, it just fell into the lake and joined the body of water as if it were there already.
Stepping over the droplets she then tested the water and felt it freezing once more, she didn't want to get back in, especially since that fish had made it much warmer for her.
"Relax..." a voice whispered and Rin noticed that it came from the stone, "Place me in the water..." he ordered as Rin then obeyed but felt a little upset when she saw the stone sink.
Then a bright light showed and the fish appeared again but this time there was what looked like a saddle of some kind on its back. Sitting comfortably on it she thought it felt weird, it felt like she was sitting on water but she wasn't sinking.
"I'll keep you dry," the voice of the man stated as Rin nodded and took hold of the front of the saddle as the fish dived, and true to his word they were engulfed in a bright blue bubble that felt as dry as the cave had been. To her delight she noticed that her hair was drying as was her kimono, once they reached the surface again she was completely dry as if nothing happened.
Setting onto the grass Rin then turned to the fish and grinned, "Thank you," she stated as the fish then jumped in the air but before it hit the water it was overcome by a bright light and a stone took its place as it hovered over to Rin's hand as she squeezed it gently before hurrying to Mizu's, forgetting the pail that was pressed to the tree.
Once the large house came to view Rin grinned bigger as she waved wildly, "Mizu! Otaku!" she screamed as the pair turned to her, "My, Rin dear, you seem very energetic," Mizu observed as Rin showed her the small blue stone in her hand as Mizu inspected the rock.
"Hmm...It is pretty but what is special about it my dear?" Mizu asked as Rin then felt her grin falter slightly, "It is one of the stones," she stated and then Mizu's eyes grew huge and she then jumped in the air with delight but much higher then a woman her age should as she rubbed her back regretfully afterwards.
"That's wonderful!" she cried as Rin nodded Otaku then shook off the clothes that were drying on his sheath as he hovered near.
"Is it true Rin?" he asked as Rin turned to him and nodded showing him the stone, Otaku then gasped, "Why it is! I can't believe it," Otaku replied in awe. Suddenly the incantations entered Rin's mind as she listened to it carefully.
Unless their power is shielded by their own scabbard they will never stop their destruction.
Scabbard! Her mind screamed as she then grabbed Otaku's scabbard savagely as Otaku gave a surprise cry. "What is it Rin?" he asked but Rin then placed the blue stone against the first white hole on Otaku's scabbard. When she had first gotten Otaku there had been four open slots on his scabbard, and there were four stones...
Suddenly like she had been predicting the top slot opened as Rin dropped the blue stone inside it. Suddenly the stone once more glowed and grew into the same stone she had seen when she had tried to free it.
Mizu gasped as Otaku was silent as if not knowing what was going on, once the immense glowing subsided Rin looked at the sword with a new light. The first slot was now filled with the water stone and when she turned it over it also was on that side. It glowed like a fine gem as Rin heard Otaku take a large breath.
"So you have figured out the first of the puzzle," he praised as Rin then grinned, "I did didn't I!" she cried and jumped in the air with a gleefully shriek. Mizu chuckled lightly at this and then she touched Rin's shoulder.
"Alright now my dear, don't over work yourself, you must come and have a snack with me and tell us how you found the stone." Mizu instructed as Rin nodded and followed her into the house, it seemed all thoughts of laundry were gone.
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"Mi...Milord!" a woman's scream stopped the two men as the Lord of Ayame turned to see a woman come out from her home, so it seemed there were survivors. The lord then grinned, "So all was not lost!" he cried as he approached the woman, "Are there others that are safe?" he asked as she nodded moving to the side to show two small boys holding on to her kimono.
"Wonderful!" the lord cried as Sesshomaru stayed silent and a few feet from the scene, a rustle brought his eyes to the left of him to see a man come out from a shop, soon there was at least over fifty people come from their home none wounded.
"It seems that most of the village was not attacked or killed!" the lord cried with relief, "I'm so glad," the lord stated his eyes more serious. "We should all have a party in celebration!" he suggested but Sesshomaru didn't feel so at ease all of the sudden.
"Aren't you being a bit rash?" the dog demon asked as the lord then shooed him off with his hand, "A party isn't rash my dear boy! Why I had thought everyone had died, seeing villagers brings such happiness to me that I must hold a party," the lord answered s Sesshomaru suppressed another urge to roll his eyes.
"But first I think we should check on Mizu and that girl that was with you, hopefully nothing has happened to them," the lord stated his eyes less bright when he spoke of Mizu or Rin getting hurt. Sesshomaru had suddenly felt on edge as well, he had not thought of how Rin could've gotten hurt.
When she was just a girl Kaugra had kidnapped her, now that Rin was older it couldn't stop the wind sorceress from doing what she wanted with her. "Let's start back," Sesshomaru ordered as the lord nodded his own expression losing its light.
After awhile the large house came to view and the lord gave a shout of happiness to see Mizu there hitting a shirt that had recently been held out to dry. To Sesshomaru's surprise to see that the shirt was his that she held, she must've seen them for her head turned and she then grinned and waved wildly at them.
"Mizu! You are alright!" the lord cried before bringing Mizu into a tight hug as the old woman giggled flirtingly. "My, milord what has gotten into you?" she asked with a small smile after he had let her go. "Well the most dreadful thing happened in the village, most of the villagers had been killed and then taken over to kill us!" the lord answered as Mizu gasped her own smile faltering.
"How horrible," she sighed as the lord nodded, "And we hurried over to make sure you all were all right," the lord replied as Mizu smiled, but in her eyes there was fear and stress that Sesshomaru noted.
"That is very kind of you, nothing came this way," Mizu soothed but Sesshomaru heard the small catch in her voice and a small feel of fear for Rin clung to his heart as he waited for her to speak of Rin. "So where is the girl I saw before?" the lord asked as if reading Sesshomaru's mind.
"Oh Rin? Oh yes she is perfectly fine, actually she brought us al little something she had found at the bottom of the stream a little ways from here," Mizu responded as the lord's eyebrows flew up but Sesshomaru kept his cold mask over his fleeting emotion at hearing that Rin had gone to the stream again.
"Actually, I think that you will be pleased to see her current form," Mizu stated a very strange smug smile on her lips as she then turned from the men as if ignoring them but cupped her palms around her lips before calling out.
"Rin dear! Please come here! The men have returned!" at the sound both men saw a shadow of a figure show out from the white sheet that was currently bringing pulled off from Otaku's sheath.
Suddenly Rin poked her head out and then grinned when her eyes rested on Sesshomaru's form. "Oh, Lord Sesshomaru!" she cried before showing her figure from the covering white sheet as Sesshomaru felt ready to fall over in shock.
She had on a new Kimono but Sesshomaru that that it couldn't' be a kimono, it barely reached to her knees and it was very form fitting, and he meant very form fitting. His eyes lazily went over her body as he noted that she had a better figure then he had first thought, the kimono she always wore hardly showed her womanly figure. Of course he had used that for selfish reasons; her innocent face was enough to bring interest in his eyes.
Now he had her body to worry about as well, wonderful. But he had to admit that she did look ravishing in her new outfit. But the thing that bugged him the most was that there was a very big violet flower above her left breast area that he couldn't seem to tear his eyes from.
When he smelt her scent go from ease to embarrassment he then retrained his eyes back to her face to see her blushing and holding his gaze. "Well do you like it?" Mizu asked as she could hardly keep from giggling like a school girl when she had noted the way Sesshomaru had looked over Rin very slowly.
"Take it off," he commanded as Rin then blinked a few times before her cheeks grew even redder. "What did you say?" Mizu asked suddenly thinking that maybe she was making this thing go a little too fast.
"Change back to your other kimono," he added as Rin then nodded but he caught the way her eyes seemed to glow brighter then usual, was she upset? He couldn't keep a small fraction of his sadness in as he then sighed before following Rin's retreating figure, then to his greatest embarrassment he noted that Rin had silky long legs then he had first realized.
Her old kimono that he usually gave her hid her legs so he had never seen them out in the open before, but that brought him back to the present as his eyes narrowed. If he noticed this then he was sure that the full male race demon or human would as well.
Once he was inside the house he saw Rin go into a room and close the door, following after he flung open the door. Trying hard not to flush he noted that Rin had the top button undone on her short kimono and it looked more of a night gown on her.
Seeing her lord barge in like that had made her gasp silently and she noticed that he looked oddly uncomfortable. She grabbed the kimono and held it to her body making sure the material didn't fall off her since it seemed bigger when not tied by the violet ribbon.
Seeming to shake off the weird feeling of un comfort Sesshomaru then cleared his throat lightly as he looked at Rin slightly before speaking. "If you wish to wear the kimono then you may," he stated as Rin's eyes brightened and was about to smile when a thought held her back.
"But you said-" she tried to say but Sesshomaru silenced her with a look as he then began, "Forget what I said back there, I am saying now that you may wear the kimono if you so desire to," he answered as Rin then nodded and buttoned up the kimono before trying to tie the ribbon but to no success.
"Let me," Sesshomaru stated his voice a whisper as he walked behind her and gently but firmly went to tying her kimono together. Rin felt a small blush coming on her face but she ignored it as Sesshomaru then finished for she felt the warmth of his hands leave her back.
"Thank you," Rin whispered waiting for him to lead the way but he stayed right behind her. This time a blush really did appear on her cheeks as she waited longer but caught her breath when she felt his voice on her ear.
"You look beautiful..." he had whispered in her ear as she sucked in a large breath before he stepped back and walked out of the room and Rin soon followed.
"Wait!" she called as her lord stopped and turned to watch her as she then caught up to him, "I found a stone," she stated as Sesshomaru raised a brow. "The stones we are looking for I found one!" she cried as she noted Sesshomaru's eyes widen but only slightly.
"Where is it?" he asked his voice still impassive as Rin then lead the way out the door where she saw Mizu look at her and then her outfit before grinning. "Otaku!" Rin called as the sword hovered obediently to her side.
"Yes Rin?" he asked as Rin grabbed his scabbard and then showed Sesshomaru, the dog demon looked at the hilt before noticing that in one of the slots there was what looked like a blue gem in it.
"A...demon," a voice stated as Rin nodding knowing from Otaku that the all the stones could see them like he could. Sesshomaru furrowed his brows before just thinking that the stone could talk just like Otaku could, how wonderful.
"Uka, show some restraint, you must learn to stop stating the obvious," Otaku scowled as the water man stayed silent. "Rin! You look like a goddess!" the Ayame lord complimented.
Rin blushed at that as Otaku laughed, "Oh Uka you will love Rin after awhile, she can blush so easily and is the nicest woman I have ever had grace of knowing," Otaku stated as the stone then vibrated from its hold in the scabbard. "And the...most beautiful woman...sometimes it stinks...to be water," the stone answered as Otaku chuckled and Rin blushed harder as Sesshomaru felt a dark feeling of envy for an odd reason.
These two objects could easily compliment and flirt with Rin all they liked without having a very strange wave of nervousness over come them. It seemed they were constantly flirting with Rin, or Otaku was.
"Now I hope that you will attend the party I am hosting," the lord stated as Rin blinked. "Party?" she asked wistfully as the lord then nodded. "Of course! And you are invited and I do hope you will come with your friends," he answered as Rin then grinned her eyes bright as usual as she clasped her hands together.
"How wonderful!" she cried before fastening her gaze on Sesshomaru, "Oh please can we go Lord Sesshomaru?" she asked giving him her biggest brightest eyes she could master as Sesshomaru then sighed and a soft smile edged at his lips as he nodded and she then jumped in the air with excitement.
"Oh this will be so much fun!" Rin cried.
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Oh won't it be so much fun Rin! Well you'll have to see for you selves if it will be good, until next time everyone!