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Faded Moonlight: lol sorry about that, I think this took longer lol, don't kill me!

Angels Heart 1622: I know (pets pretty birdie!) wow, I have never had a family member with a bird before, but a friend of mine has two birds.

Duvet: yeah glad u like it, hopefully this one will be good too!

Ham girl: good! Hopefully you'll love this too!

rinsess4Ever: well all the stones were really cursed, but you'll find out why Rin was tied up in this mess later on, hopefully you will catch on soon though, that is what I'm getting at.

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Rin's eyes widened when she recognized the man hunched over to be none other then, "Kohaku," she whispered as the man whirled around on his heel still hunched over to face her. His freckled face flushed at the sudden exchange of glances before he bolted upright and fled through the window.

Rin gaped before hurrying to the window to see a strange feather catch him from the suicidal jump. She breathed in relief somewhat relieved nothing happened to the man; he was kind to her before when she was a little girl. Looking back she saw that nothing looked different granted she hadn't been in this room before but nothing looked harmed except a table made from clouds was tumbled over.

Going to the spot Kohaku was last Rin crouched down to see a large box made from clouds resting quietly in the corner. Nearing it she saw it, the pink barrier that had coated Otaku and Uka. But once her fingers steadily moved forward to reach past a sliver of a hole in the box it closed up immediately.

Rin blinked twice in surprise when she withdrew her hand to see the box then relax, it seemed it had a mind of its own. "Rin, this is the time when my blade is most needed," Otaku stated as he hovered to her Sesshomaru close behind. Rin opened her palm obediently as he rested against her before she placed her other hand firmly on his scabbard. "Use my blade to cut past the box," Otaku suggested as Rin held the blade over her head before swinging it to slash through the clouds.

As if they were clouds as they looked to be they separated with ease at Otaku's lightest touch. Then a small light shown through the round pink barrier, a small golden stone. Rin couldn't help but admire it; it was the same tint as Sesshomaru's eyes, without knowing Rin had stepped forward and reached outward. The stone automatically began to glow at her hand as her fingers were millimeters from brushing its hard surface.

Once her slender fingers closed over the stone it warmed her palm as she brought it out before ducking of what the box was left after her slash. Pink soon decorated the clouds as well as Otaku; Sesshomaru had kept up a barrier. Otaku groaned before shaking his blade getting most of the goop off, Rin breathed a sigh of relief when the after math of the explosion had ceased to sound through the walls.

Rain gracefully glided down on his now open and ruined floor able to get through the overthrown roof, "Well well, I hope this can repair itself one day, having a castle in the clouds is pretty hard to hide when people look up all the time," he stated breathing as if only a fruit had been destroyed rather then a very large, and highly levitated, room that had been nearly blown to bits.

"Don't look so grim Rin, now that the spell over me is broken I don't need a castle to stay in from now on, put a grin on or at least a smirk," he replied as Rin placed a very grim smirk but nodded when Rain shuffled his feathers. "Otaku, I was wondering, now that I am free..." Rain needn't have continued for Otaku caught on before he could finish.

"Oh yes! Rin before Rain gets too tired of sitting around place his stone in my scabbard," Otaku instructed as Rin nodded again mute. Once her fingertips left the yellow stone it glowed and sunk into Otaku before shimmering like Uka's stone. Rain again shuffled his feathers before his body took to a whitish glow and he began to shrink, his long masculine wings shimmered as they grew smaller and his body also seemed to float in the air.

Then before Rin could blink again Rain was a ball of white light before shooting into its stone, looking at it, as Uka's had, Rain's stone showed a small shape. A bird with small wings flew in circles before fading into its haven. "I hope Rain will be happy there, it seems pretty hard to me to be able to live in a stone and call that freedom," Rin stated her muteness fading.

Otaku chuckled at that before lightly patting her on the back with his sheath, "My dear! The stone keeps us from humans and demons alike attacking us and bothering us. Inside that stone Rain and Uka are at peace at last. Uka was trapped by Mizu's stream for at least five hundred years. Rain was stuck here; the stone keeps them from traveling a certain length. The curse that was placed on us prevented us from going freely, if we did defy our priestess's wishes we would be zapped of our power. And as a demon, that was the same as if our lives were taken," Otaku explained before taking in a deep breath tired not being able to breathe for those few minutes.

"Wow, being held in one place by yourself must be horrible, especially if those around you either ignore or you try to kill you-" Rin answered placing her index finger on her chin in deep thought. Rin stopped in mid sentence when she heard her lord begin to sniff the air. "Lord Sesshomaru?" she asked when she saw her lord's eyes narrow.

"It seems it wasn't just Kohaku who was after that bird's stone," Sesshomaru stated before walking calmly to the window that surprisingly wasn't blown away from the explosion.

Rin held her question on her tongue as she shuffled over to look as well but before she could make it to Sesshomaru's side he stated a low order. "Get down," Rin needn't be told twice, when her lord told an order he would not repeat himself. Nor would he be defied, so with that Rin crouched down on her knees and covered her head.

Otaku hovered over to her side making a defensive pose making sure his power was strong enough to call upon a barrier if needed. Within seconds the window that Sesshomaru was looking out of was cut into fourths as the clouds parted and floated away turning into ordinary clouds.

Rin held in her gasp when she spotted a man there with a large spear like object in his large palm. His eyes shown deep blue with dark purple hair framing his pale face. He had on an odd smirk, almost as if he had just won an impossible battle as he gently floated down onto the cloud.

Sesshomaru relaxed somewhat his barrier fading from view but still there just in case this man decided to make a surprise thrust of that large spear. The man looked around stopping at the massacred box in which had held Rain's stone. His smirk growing he looked to Sesshomaru before his gaze fell onto Rin's hiding form.

"It seems you have claimed my prize already, well I think I would like that to be in my hands since I went through all the trouble of tracking these stones down," the man stated as Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed. "And you think I would give you it by you just asking? Think again," Sesshomaru answered bringing his right claw up to his face flexing his muscles, the man before him showed no fear of this but grinned.

"A fight you want? I will be more then happy to oblige," he stated his grin turning toothy as they grew to fangs. Rin looked up letting her hands fall from her head to see her lord and that strange man glaring at one another. One's eyes were red while the other's was glowing green.

Standing she grabbed Otaku and was ready to jump in and help Sesshomaru but Otaku glowed pink making up a barrier stopping her. "Don't go Rin, it is too dangerous, Sesshomaru says this in his thoughts," Otaku stated as Rin looked from the sword to Sesshomaru, "But I-" Rin began walking forward but stopped again when she heard her lord bark, "Stay back!" her eyes widened at the sheer venom in his voice that her heart stopped along with her feet.

She did not ask nor push onward of why her lord wanted her back but she hung her head and did not utter a word. "You have a human with you now?" the stranger asked his eyes still green but he turned his head to stare at Rin. Her head was still hung over; Sesshomaru glanced for a second at her but did not show that he saw her hurt expression.

"I think I'll take her with me after I kill you along with the stone," the man stated his grin widening, that brought Rin's head up as she stared with large eyes at the man that sent shivers down her spine. "She looks tasty, quite filled for a human wench, she will be much enjoyed," he continued.

Sesshomaru's head bowed slightly his growl strengthening at the mere thought of this demon even touching Rin. His eyes darkened as well to blood red, before long there was a small wind blowing across the room making Sesshomaru's strength greaten. The other demon must've noted for his grin faltered and his eyebrows furrowed forward.

"You think you could scare me with your little wind tricks?" the demon asked anger clear in his voice. "I will show you what fear is!" he screamed before another wind kicked in making the stranger glow red.

Just when his whole body was glowing his face began to change, his nose bursting forward making his skin twist and coil until it fully burst from his face to show scales and long teeth beneath. Along with his face his entire body was soon covered in scales, soon he was on his hands and knees.

From his hands grew large white claws, as quick as a blink both hands were covered in scales and he had four massive claws on each. Same was said for his feet, his legs and arms grew in length as he stood like that of a four-legged creature. From his back came a sharp disc as he cried out before his cry became that of a battle warning.

"Do you think that your true form will save you from death?" Sesshomaru asked his eyes still blood red but he still was in his human form. "I will kill you while still in this form," Sesshomaru continued as his nails glowed lime green before his poisonous whip came sprouting from his fingertips.

"Not when I have the upper hand," the demon answered his hand lashing out growing unusually long as it wrapped around Rin's waist bringing her up against the stranger. Her back to his chest so her face was looking straight at Sesshomaru. His whip halted as it fell lifeless onto the floor, "A human wench...to think the likes of her would set Lord Sesshomaru's weakness," the demon sneered.

Sesshomaru merely growled low in his throat at that as the demon's claws moved up to Rin's neck making the sensitive flesh begin to part, blood taking its place. Rin whimpered slightly as her skin broke with every inch the man made with his claw.

Darting her eyes from her capture and Sesshomaru she waited hoping that her lord would save her as he always did. "Let her go," Sesshomaru ordered the demon only laughed at the dog demon's request. "You think I would let her go just like that?"

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed, "If you don't want to lose your life you will let her go as I ask you," he replied his hand subconsciously resting on Tokijin. The man's hold tightened on Rin as she took in a deep breath feeling his legs bend down, she had been in Sesshomaru's arms long enough to tell when a demon would jump high. Noting this she looked down to see Otaku had somehow gotten into her grasp, saying a silent prayer of hope she let Otaku go and to her prayer he did not make a sound but silently floated back behind Sesshomaru.

He must be after the stones as well, to try to kidnap me, it probably was to get Otaku Rin thought her eyebrows furrowing slightly. "I'll take my leave, thank you for this entertaining experience my lordship," the demon responded making a deep bow before taking Rin into a bridle hold and making his movements to jump away.

"She will go no where with you," Sesshomaru snarled his eyesight turning red, but once he took a step closer Rin felt a large amount of dread consume her. A soft movement at her hip indicated to her that the man was pulling something out from his hand.

Looking down she saw a small but sharp claw shine from the small section at her hip where the man was hiding the sharp nail. "No! Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin screamed sending her hand out to stop her lord. Luckily Sesshomaru caught on quickly and stood his ground.

"I see the girl is more observant then I first thought, take another step Sesshomaru, and I slit her throat," he warned the claw suddenly going to her throat. She squeaked at the new threat, she thought he was keeping the claw for her lord not her or she would've gotten out of his hold or let her lord proceed.

Sesshomaru felt anger fresh and hot hit his senses as he watched Rin begin to struggle in the demon's hold, the claw beginning to cut into her arm. "Let her go," Sesshomaru snarled again, the demon only chuckled.

"Alright, this time I will, but let's see if you can catch her," he sneered letting Rin go with a speed unlike most demons. Rin fell onto the cloud but just as her back slammed against the hard ground the demon sent what looked like small stones onto the floor before getting onto the window sill to jump.

"We will meet again Sesshomaru, make no doubt about that," and with that the demon made his exit as Sesshomaru noted the stones began to tick. With a slight widen of his golden eyes he swept to Rin's side in one stroke of his demonic speed and wrapped his arms around her bringing her up against his chest.

In that next instant the entire the room erupted into massive explosions at least ten times stronger then the stone's explosion. Rin screamed as the floor was destroyed from under her causing a falling feeling to erupt into her stomach, "Calm yourself Rin, we will not die," Sesshomaru ordered as Rin closed her lips at the mere sound of his voice happy to oblige to her lord's commands.

Just as he predicted they were then covered in his white light making the falling feeling disappear. The next instant they were next to the village safely on the ground. Otaku soon came down as well causing a ruckus.

"Oh you leave me behind do you? What kind of guy are you to leave poor defenseless swords to wither in that explosion huh?" Otaku asked his voice filled with outrage. "You did not need saving, you are here aren't you? All you have is a bit of rust," Sesshomaru answered his eyes lowered in annoyance before he whirled on his heel intent on getting to Mizu and away from that whiny sword.

Rin followed without complaint but her eyes softened slightly in sadness when she noted that Sesshomaru's kimono was slightly ruined from the explosion, she knew it was expensive. I hope Lord Sesshomaru is not displeased with me, I did make him save me, in front of that demon, it might get out that he has me traveling with him. The thought a dread hit her so hard she was sure that her heart had stopped and she had died for a split second.

"I'm sorry...Milord," Rin whispered when her strides matched his, she was to his shoulders as her lord looked down at her with interest. "I didn't mean...I didn't want to be your "weakness"" Rin answered as Sesshomaru cocked up a brow pretending to not understand her but knew perfectly well what she was apologizing for.

"Well, never mind then, I ruined your kimono," Rin stated trying to change the subject but Sesshomaru noted that her voice seemed higher then usual, she must've been nervous. This troubled him rarely was Rin nervous around him or Jaken not wanting to push since it was unlike him to get information from anyone he kept his mouth shut.

"You know it is pretty dark all of the sudden," Otaku stated out of the blue once both had gone quiet. "What do we say about camping out? Mizu is probably back and asleep, we wouldn't want to wake her would we?" Otaku asked but a twinkle seemed to come from his scabbard.

"Camping? That would wonderful, we haven't camped for over two days now, I am missing sleeping under the stars," Rin answered her eyes brightening. "Can we, Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked turning her chocolate eyes to her lord who merely furrowed his brows slightly. "Do what you wish, I will watch over," he answered as Rin grinned before doing a little jump for joy, in which Sesshomaru watched with the corner of his eye and a small knowing smirk.

After he regained his emotionless mask he stepped over to a tree nearby jumping to one of its high branches to watch over as Rin went to gather firewood Otaku trailing after. Before long a strong fire was roaring and Rin was resting her head on the tree trunk.

Before long the fire's roaring life was dieing down to that of a small source of light, just when Sesshomaru was sure every one was asleep he jumped to the base of the bark of the tree he had been resting on.

Then he stepped forward intent on searching the area for threats but was stopped by a small voice from behind his masculine form. "Lord-lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked, the dog demon turned around to see her resting her head against the tree her eyes large with fear as he stepped forward until he was only a few inches from her.

Bending down to her level he watched as she studied his face as if remembering each line and curve of his skin. "I- I can't sleep, that demon from before...he is scaring me and I cant-" she didn't finish for Sesshomaru twirled on his heel until his back was to her and a few inches to the right of her body. Then he fell back so he was resting next to her slightly shaking form.

Letting his hand rest on her shoulders he brought her up to his side, she blushed but soon relaxed against him. "Rest Rin...there is nothing to fear," he whispered as Rin took a deep breath before her hand rested on his chest letting her body sleep.

Sesshomaru watched as Rin fell into deep sleep before letting his shoulders slump forward and looked up to the stars.

"Sleep well Rin, my Rin," Sesshomaru finished looking back down to Rin's brown head but he glared when he heard Otaku's whispering voice, "Oh my, how sweet, and yes I heard that," he purred as Sesshomaru was tempted to throw his poisonous whip at the sword and stat one word. "Die," he managed to say in a harsh whisper before the sword erupted into soft laughter.

"Oh I will never forget this journey, I hope the rest will be as memorable," Otaku answered with a slight shimmer of laughter before resting with Rin leaving Sesshomaru to go back to his gazing at Rin for a bit longer. Then he closed his eyes but kept his ears open for any danger as he fell into deep slumber, the best sleep he had experienced in years.

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