Hello again I'm sorry I took so long for this I have had so much stuff needed to get done but I got it done! Hope you all like it. Happy holidays!

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"Oh no," was Rin's tight whisper as she noted the deer coming fast upon her, she was almost as fast as Sesshomaru's speed on foot. She knew already that jumping out of the way was in no way a solution. There really was no other way to jump but forward and that was out because all that lay in front of her was fiery pits. Either she fall back into the cave and hope that Otaku was there to protect her or she could jump forward and hope too that Sesshomaru would catch her.

Either seemed more like death wishes as she whimpered in fear and was ready to fall back when strong arms wound around her waist almost painfully as she was dragged roughly to the right. Her hair swished into her eyes as she closed them to keep tears from falling at the speed that whoever had grabbed her was going.

And after her eyes shut in the moment of fear was when her protector as of now stopped its movements as well. Taking in a surprised breath to be alive Rin slowly opened her eyes before looking upward and into deep dark blue eyes.

"Uka," she whispered in amazement at the man standing before her, it was the same as the cave his features carved out of water his eyes bright against the dark blue ocean of his body. One wet arm was around her waist as he held her just above the fiery pits as she quickly made sure that her hands and feet were higher up so not to touch the pits on accident.

Uka looked down at her before nodding slightly but soon turned back to the problem at hand as Rin turned as well to see the fire deer standing just at the entrance her orange eyes all the brighter as if in anger as she stomped her hoof hard against the floor generating flame bits all around her.

"Mizu is mine, let her go now Uka," she ordered to the water man but Uka merely shook his head as the deer glared before Sesshomaru gracefully reached Uka's side. Without a word Uka dropped Rin into Sesshomaru's waiting arms and turned his full body to the deer before speaking.

"Tya...enough of...this playing around...face me in...your true form," he whispered to a degree in which Rin barely heard her but the deer's eyes widened slightly its irises dimming slightly. "You just want an advantage; well you're not getting any. If you're on her side then I am not showing even an inkling of kindness towards you," she huffed but did as Uka asked her deer form began to be surrounded in dark red flames before they disintegrated in a matter of seconds.

Then in the deer's place stood a magnificently beautiful woman but was, almost like Uka, made of entirely flames. Her long hair reached her waist much like Rin's but was a fiery red like the flames that she controlled. Her eyes still blazed orange and her skin was a bright yellow as if the sun but she was as if a goddess her figure and posture perfect.

"Wow..." Rin gaped at the woman as she turned to Rin before huffing again as she looked away, "Don't even try to flatter me Mizu, what you did is unforgivable," Tya responded as Rin closed her mouth before looking down saddened that this woman could hold such a hatred for someone. "What did Mizu do to you?" Rin asked looking back up to the woman's orange irises as she stopped her huffing to really look at Rin before she gaped.

"No, it couldn't be, I couldn't be mistaken," she murmured but looked back at Rin again studying her face. "Your eyes, they are softer, and your face nothing of a self centered demon lurks inside," she observed before her hair turned a darker red as she glared at the small woman in the dog demon's arms.

"You're under a disguise aren't you? Trying to get me to forgive you and trust you again just because I think you're different. Well it won't work!" she cried as she moved her finger slightly a small flame appearing on her fingernails as her eyes burned with great hatred. "Not like before, I won't be tricked again," she whispered before sending the flames a blaze and like blades sliced through the air to meet at every point of Rin's body.

Rin gasped in horror as she quickly hid her head into Sesshomaru's chest as the dog demon wrapped his arm around her frail form and held her tight against him ready to protect her if his barrier was broken. But before he could call on his powers Uka jumped in front of them as his body took in all the flames and extinguished the attacks.

His watery body took in all the blades of fire and they quickly disappeared into his dark body of water. Looking up at Tya holding not even a bruise or scratch from her attack he silently turned his hand outward. As if calling her to him Uka waited as Tya looked down to his hand in question.

"Take it," Uka whispered as Tya watched his form as she slowly walked to him as if somewhat hypnotized her hair dimming slightly as if she was slowly relaxing. "What do you think he is doing?" Rin quietly asked Sesshomaru but the dog demon did not show notice of her speaking keeping his golden orbs on the two before him.

Without waiting for an answer Rin turned her head back to the couple as she saw Tya take Uka's hand her fiery wrists dimming greatly her fingertips almost an orange with Uka's deep blue skin. Her orange eyes were caught in Uka's bright blue orbs as Rin watched a silent conversation transpire between the two as Uka's hand tightened on hers before her eyes widened but the light in her eyes were dimmed. She wasn't focused on anything more like she was in a trace or different line of thought from the scenery before her.

"It can't be..." she whispered as Uka's hand gently let hers go as she looked over to Rin before she spoke to the human. "Your name is Rin?" she asked as Rin nodded seeing that Uka had somehow explained it all to Tya. "How...?" Rin asked looking over to Uka as he just showed her his palm without a word.

"Uka has the power of recalling past events and showing someone by grabbing their wrists and sending those images to the other's mind," Rain explained against Rin's hip as Rin looked down to see Otaku's sheath shaking a little. "Her stone Rin...is around here," Otaku stated as Rin looked back up before noting a small temple the size of Sesshomaru in the middle of the large fiery pits.

"There...Lord Sesshomaru, we have to go over there," Rin advised as Sesshomaru turned his head in the way Rin was pointing to see the small temple himself as he glided gracefully over before sliding Rin forward his hands around her hips holding her upright as she stretched forward to reach the stone.

But just when her hands barely made it to the temple walls the entire building caught up in tight hot flames as Rin gasped and backed off quickly to hit her back against Sesshomaru's hard chest as one of his hands moved up to her stomach to steady her. She couldn't help the small intake of breath and the hard flush that hit her cheeks then at his warm touch but she ignored most of her thoughts by looking back at the lit up temple.

"Reach in," Otaku answered as Rin looked down at the sword in disbelief, "Do you want me to burn off my hands?" she asked angrily. "No I don't but these flames aren't real flames around the temple, just demonic power and since you were able to get the other stones you should be able to purify this and get the stone with ease," Otaku explained as Rin blinked but did as he instructed. And as he had said the flames felt hot but did not burn her skin or cause her any pain at that as she reached in before getting the courage to stick in her head in.

She looked around before seeing the dark red stone resting against a hollow wooden wall as she stuck her fingers in and pulled out the stone with incredible ease. Holding the stone in her hands for a few moments Rin studied the details of the blood stone to see a fiery deer there her head held high. She moved her front left hoof twice before disappearing into the stone as Rin pulled herself out to rest against Sesshomaru once more.

"Got it," she smiled as she took Otaku from her hip and slid the stone inside with the other two as she looked back at Tya as she gently became a large ball of flames before quickly flying towards her and into Otaku where her stone lay third up from the blade.

"One more..." Rin whispered looking at the marvelous stones already collected in Otaku's sheath as she heard Otaku agreeing. "But truly how could Tya change her thoughts so quickly it had to only be about a moment that Uka held her hand," Rin stated in question very curious as she heard Rain's deep chuckle. "My well I believe that she missed him so much that the thought of being in a sword with him for a while was so appealing that she couldn't refuse. I mean they were lovers a few years ago," Rain answered and Rin could almost picture the swan shrugging its large shoulders.

"Oh hush you!" she heard Tya's loud voice before Rin heard a loud bang and Rain's angry hiss. "What are you two doing?" Sesshomaru asked raising one silver brow at the sword as Otaku chuckled to him. "Well the two just got into a fist fight, Tya winning of course and poor Rain being overthrown by a deer at least ten times smaller then him," Otaku replied as both Sesshomaru and Rin heard another of Rain's angry hisses.

"Maybe we should get going," Rin stated as she looked over to Uka but the water man already was a step a head as he was covered in a bright white light and thrown back into his stone as the fish appeared for a brief moment and then disappeared.

"It's hot in here or is it just me?" Otaku asked as Rin looked around before noting that it was getting hot, increasingly. "It seems that this is a volcano," Sesshomaru stated in his usually impassive tone as Rin looked up at him. "Oh why do you say that? Isn't this just a very high large fiery pit?" she asked before noting that the floor was getting brighter and was shaking.

"Oh my, I think it might erupt," Otaku stated as if not a care in the world as Rin felt her body shiver over as she held onto Sesshomaru's shirt. "We need to get down, now!" she cried as Sesshomaru changed her position as one arm went behind her knees and the other around her shoulders. He turned quickly around and sped for the entrance of the cave as they flew through the darkness as light began to shine around their forms Sesshomaru's powers kicking in. In a matter of a second they were covered with his light as they burst at a higher speed and made it out of the cave and were descending down the large mountain.

Just as they reached the bottom Rin heard a large deep bang as she turned her head to look over Sesshomaru's shoulder to see the mountain had erupted dark black smoke started to slowly creep up the sky. Then wet damp lava started to crawl down the tip of the mountain. Without a word Rin faced forward again but breathed in a sigh of relief as Sesshomaru finally slowed down and then stepped against the floor silently as he placed Rin on her own two feet as she looked around to see them back at the village of Ayame as she blinked and looked up at Sesshomaru.

"Why are we here again?" Rin asked as Sesshomaru looked up to the top window as he eyes narrowed. "It seems Mizu has a guest," Sesshomaru stated as Rin looked up to see Mizu standing around talking to someone for her mouth was moving and her hands were everywhere at once. She moved back slightly as Rin caught view of white pale hair only owned by one girl she knew, Kanna.

"What is Kanna doing there?" Rin asked as Sesshomaru shook his head slightly but entered the house with great silence and speed as Rin stayed out not wanting to ruin his chance of getting some clue as to what the white maiden was doing here.

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