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Rin tried to open her eyes but winced when she felt consciousness, and pain, return to her. She kept her eyes shut tightly before she attempted to open them again. This time she slowly fluttered them open, the pain not so shocking the second time.

Her vision was blurry for a moment before they focused onto a ceiling of what seemed to be a cave. Light was filtering in from somewhere, she tried to bring her head up to find out where, but something was holding her there. She tried to move her arms and legs but whatever was holding her head down was also holding the rest of her body.

"Where am I?" she asked in a whisper.

"We were kidnapped," came an immediate answer. Rin jumped at the answer but relaxed when she recognized Otaku's voice.

"By who?" Rin asked letting her head fall back on whatever she was lying on.

"The demon that was following us, the one that I feared was just as strong as Lord Sesshomaru," Otaku replied.

Rin closed her eyes trying to remember what had happened at the Cougar Village.

(Enter Flashback)

"My dear, do not cry you will like it here I promise," the large demon reassured her soon after Lord Sesshomaru's departure. Rin stared up at him still on her knees her face was moist with her tears at losing her lord. He had said he would come back for her, but Otaku had told her that the demon that was following them was just as strong if stronger them him.

For all she knew this time would be the last that she would see of Lord Sesshomaru, for she knew the demon was what her lord was going to go off looking for.

"I'm worried for Lord Sesshomaru, he is going to face someone who he may not be able to beat," she stated through hiccups too tired of crying.

"Do not speak like that child!" the demon roared. Rin shut her mouth immediately as fear struck her into silence.

"Your lord had defeated a mass amount of enemies for my village. We could not fight off all the demons, and we are fighters! He, by himself, took them all out. We were saved by one person alone when thousands of us couldn't even kill a fourth of the demons. So do not speak ill of your lord's strength, I know he has a massive amount in him," the leader stated and some how that made Rin feel better, it gave her hope. A small smile brightened her face as she nodded and shook her head lightly.

"What was I thinking? Of course my lord will succeed!" she cheered and the leader laughed.

"That's more like it, come with me and meet my family," he said. Rin gladly went along feeling immense kindness from this demon. It made her feel welcome and not so alone.

It turned out that his "family" was everyone in his village. It was hard remembering names and matching them with faces but Rin managed to act friendly to everyone and they seemed to like her back.

Her little fantasy soon ended for before she knew it the village was attacked.

Demons she had just met, mothers and children lay before her dead. Huts were set on fire and everywhere Rin heard screaming. She held her head and fell to her knees to block out the noises that she knew were her fault but it only seemed to intensify.

Suddenly she was faced with an unfamiliar face, a man with long bluish hair stood before her with bone chilling silver eyes. She couldn't help it but stare into them, like they were beckoning her she slowly placed one foot before the other, making her way to him. His face was dark in both expression and color, she felt fear take her over yet she continued to walk towards him. She couldn't explain it but she felt like he had strings tied to her and was her puppet master, moving each of her limbs on his accord.

Before she was close enough to touch him she was pulled roughly back and two large bodies covered her view of the strange man. She blinked before she registered that she was able to move her limbs on her own again.

She turned her head to look to the person the right and recognized the lead Cougar. She looked quickly away, how could he protect her when she was the reason his family was getting killed?

She felt her stomach turn at how terrible this had gone, she had just started to relax and get to know everyone when suddenly this strange man took that away from her.

"What are you doing?" Rin asked. The leader turned slightly around to stare at her with one eye.

"I promised your lord that I would protect you, and that's what I'm doing," he replied.

"Can't you see that I'm the reason this is happening? You're family is dieing because of me," Rin stated her eyes tearing up, why must she go through this pain twice in the same day?

"We promised your lord that we would protect you with our very lives, we never go back on our word," the person on the left stated. Rin turned with a surprised look to take in the demon. He wasn't as big as the lead demon but he resembled him greatly.

"My son," the leader explained placing a hand on his son's shoulder with a proud smirk on his lips.

"We will not turn back on Lord Sesshomaru now," the leader stated before both turned to face the blue haired man. Rin was about to grab them and take them away but was grabbed herself and pulled backwards onto something soft.

"Stay away from danger Rin," the voice was male but since it was in a whisper she couldn't tell who it was.

She pulled away and turned around to see that it was Kohaku staring back at her.

"Kohaku!" she cried and embraced him but because he stiffened beneath her she instantly went tense. She had forgotten for a moment that he too was an enemy.

"I don't want to see you get killed Rin. You have to run," he said returning her embrace which let Rin relax in his arms.

"I can't I have to-" she began pulling away to go back to the Cougar demons but saw with dismay that both were badly beaten and bleeding. She gasped and was about to run to them but Kohaku grabbed her arm stopping her.

"There's no more time, promise me one thing?" he asked quickly. Rin could only nod.

"Promise me that you'll remember that I'll come to save you," he stated holding her gaze to seal the promise.

"But why would you…." She couldn't finish for she saw Kohaku raise his weapon that she didn't recognize and smashed it against her skull shoving her to the ground.

Just as she was about to black out she heard him whisper.

"Don't fight him Rin, he's too powerful, just cooperate," he had said and her world had gone black.

(End flashback)

"Rin, we have to get out of here," Otaku stated after she finished remembering how she had gotten where they were now.

"We can't, I'm bound by something," she stated.

"I am too…I was hoping you weren't," he stated with sort of a laugh in his voice.

"Do you think he forgives me?" Rin asked feeling her eyes brim with tears.

"Who?" Otaku asked.

"The leader of the Cougar village, his village and possibly his life were ended because of me," Rin replied.

"He made a promise to Lord Sesshomaru that he would watch over you. I'm sure he took it into consideration that you would be a dangerous person to take in. But he did it anyway, and I think because of his loyalty towards Lord Sesshomaru. Don't feel like it's your fault, the Cougars knew what they were getting into," Otaku soothed yet Rin still felt at fault. How could she make it up to the survivors?

Both stopped talking when footsteps were heard to the south of them. Rin gulped worried because she couldn't pick up her head to see who was coming towards them. Out of the shadows the person appeared before her and she recognized him by his blue hair.

"It's you," she stated.

"Glad you remember, when you woke up earlier you didn't even recognize me. I was deeply crushed that you could forget me so fast. But now I am glad," he stated in an oddly friendly voice, but Rin kept her guard up. There was no way this guy could be a good one.

Rin didn't even remember waking up before then in this cave but she shook it off and kept her main focus on the man standing before her.

"Why do you have me bound?" she asked.

"To keep you to myself of course, if you went running to Sesshomaru then I couldn't have you any more. And I really want you Rin, very badly," he said it so monotone yet Rin felt like he had just hissed out every word. He brought his hand towards her face and let his finger glide along her right cheek, like a butterfly kiss.

"How do you know us?" she asked feeling bold enough to badger him for answers.

"I've known you for a long time Rin, though I remember calling you by a different name back then. Then when we were together I called you Mizu," he whispered the name in her ear and Rin stiffened. How did he know her?