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As the footsteps slowed Rin held her breath and waited for the person to come out of the shadows.

"Rin," a low voice called to her, she turned her head at the sound and saw a hazy outline of a person standing there. She didn't dare utter a word, in case it was that man again.

The person came closer and his face was bathed in light and Rin gasped.

Neko stood there before her.

"I thought you were dead," Rin whispered fear striking her body and soul.

"I was, and then I was reborn. Reborn into a person that I should have been from the start, I'm so sorry Rin. Before I was not myself, and soon I will never be who I wish I could be," Neko told her, but he was making no sense to her.

"Why do you speak in riddles Neko?" Rin asked her eyebrows furrowing forward.

"I was under a spell, a spell that made me do the bidding of a little girl. She had taken away my human soul and replaced it with a demon's that had lived hundreds of years before. It took control of me and made me slowly turn into that demon. Soon the little girl with the mirror will possess all of my soul and I'll be a blood thirsty demon for all eternity. I wanted to help you before that will happen," he explained and made it the rest of the way towards her. With one swipe of his claws the things that held Rin were destroyed. She got up and looked down to see the vines shrink back and fall onto the ground.

Rin moved over the table-like thing that she had been lying on and went to try and pull the vines off Otaku. Surprisingly the vines came off with ease and Otaku was free.

"You must still have a little bit of Mizu's power inside you, we can use that to our advantage," Otaku stated. Rin nodded and grabbed Otaku's sheath and put it through the loose at her hip.

"Stay close to me, there was a lot of demons following me," Neko stated. Rin nodded and stuck by his side as they made their way out of the cave.

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Once Kagome and Inuyasha reached the other side of the swamp Uka let them slide down his body to fall softly on the grass.

"Here is…as far as… I can go," he stated in his whisper voice.

"Thank you," Kagome said in return, "we will find Rin and restore you to Otaku," Kagome added with determination in her eyes.

The blue fish blinked at her and then nodded.

"I must go and wait for the others," Uka said, Kagome and Inuyasha nodded and headed on their way.

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About a half hour later the trio ended up by the swamp themselves.

"This is as far as I can go, the water will soak up my fire no matter how high I fly above it," Tya stated.

"Thank you, we'll try our best to save Rin, hopefully we'll meet up with the others soon," Sango said.

"The others have just exited the swamp," Tya stated. The three turned to their escort for an explanation.

"Uka, the being of the water stone, has told me so. He's coming back across the swamp to carry you across it. There are dozens of man-eating water demons below that will eat you in a heartbeat. On his back at least he can protect you," Tya explained.

"Thank you for aiding us," Miroku stated and bowed respectfully towards her.

"Just save Rin, please," the fire goddess begged and the trio understood that what the stones and Rin shared was a very close bond indeed.

The three nodded and proceeded to wait for Uka to appear to fairy them along the swamp.

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Sesshomaru paused in his running when the scent of the unknown demon became almost unbearable.

He turned from side to side scanning out the area, but seeing nothing. Where could that demon have gone?

"Lord Sesshomaru…" the dog demon tensed at the sound of his name and turned around to see an outline of a man standing a few feet away shadowed by a tree.

"Come out you coward, I will not come to you," Sesshomaru stated and narrowed his eyes trying to get a better look at the man. He only took a step back making his outline that much more invisible.

"I cannot have us fight just yet. I have a few things that I'd like to do before I die. For I know that I cannot beat you, you are the mighty Lord Sesshomaru!" through the man's words Sesshomaru picked up mockery, even slight sarcasm.

With that the man took a few more steps back and disappeared into the trees, Sesshomaru let out a frustrated growl and ran into the trees hoping to catch the man, but was disappointed in finding nothing. The man had somehow escaped from him, but it wouldn't happen a second time.

Sesshomaru immediately set out to find the man once again and save Rin.

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Neko held onto Rin's arm tightly as the two hurried through the cave. Rin didn't know what to do; she hadn't seen this man since he had tried to kill her. It was strange now to see him helping her escape, so unlike someone who would have tried to kill her. Then again he had said that he was someone new, someone he wished he was.

The only things she knew for sure were to continue following him, since he was her only way out of this dark pit of despair. He was also the only one that could lead her to Sesshomaru, where she could be truly safe.

"Hurry now Rin, keep up with me," he called back to her his speed making him nearly having to drag Rin along. She held in her pain and tried her best to run alongside him. A few moments later the two were hit with white light leading to the exit and Neko backed up slightly and pivoted on his right foot to face Rin.

With one swift movement he had the girl in his arms and he made the rest of the way in a heartbeat.

What happened next made Rin glad that Neko had grabbed her. When they reached the exit there was an immediate drop from the cave some thousands of feet. Neko had her safely in his arms and leaped from the edge of the cave to glide across the sky.

As the two neared the ground Neko's hands on Rin's legs tightened slightly and Rin winced at the sound of the pounding his feet made when they reached the ground. The only give away that he had felt anything at all was a discomforted grunt.

He let her slide from his grasp onto her own two feet and looked around for a moment and Rin was hit with nostalgia for Sesshomaru. He would always search the area before proceeding for her safety. More then anything she wanted to be with him right then.

"There may still be danger close by, keep your guard up," Neko warned in a whisper, by how fidgety he was being Rin could sense that danger was very close by.

Without a second thought Rin unsheathed Otaku and held him defensively in front of her body, like they had practiced.

Rin inclined her head slightly to look at Neko and ask him if he knew what direction the danger was coming from, but gasped with she saw him fall to his knees. He let out a painful cry and grabbed for his head before letting his claws drag along his scalp. Rin flinched at the sight of blood following those claws.

He shivered and turned to look back at her his eyes fading in and out that looked like golden eyes. He stumbled as his right arm lashed out to balance his body on a nearby tree.

"Go Rin, it's too late," he murmured covering his eyes with his free hand and facing away from her.

"Neko…" Rin whispered in guilt, she wanted to go and hold him to give him comfort and possibly save him from this fate he was so sure he'd fall into.

"GO!" he screeched to her turning his body to face her. His hair stood up on end and his eyes glowed silver temporarily mesmerizing Rin. She stared in horror as he crouched down and stared into her eyes. His fangs grew out of his lips and he growled, but not like a small growl of an angry man, but a growl of a blood thirsty animal.

Just as suddenly as his transformation began as did it fade away, and for a moment Neko had come back. His body shook and he held his body looking back and forth from the ground to Rin.

Rin felt her eyes tear up for his fate, but only turned on him and ran as fast as her legs could take her from him. She would have to deal with whatever was out there, but one danger at a time. For right now Neko was the biggest danger to her life.

Moments later a loud blood curtailing scream filled the night sky and Rin held in her need to stop and shiver. She had no time to, for moments later she could hear Neko vastly approaching her. She heard his heavy breathing, his feet hitting and bouncing off trees, and saw glimpses of his silver glowing eyes.

She kept running and running through the forest, but it was like she was running in circles. Nothing around her changed, and Neko sounded like he was close enough to breathe down her neck.

"Lord Sesshomaru…" she murmured between breathes her voice shaking, she wanted to be with him so badly. She wanted to feel his arms come around her protectively and save her from the world.

She brushed her hands across her face, ignorant that by doing so it slowed down her running. Neko made sure to use that to his advantage and was able to grab a hold of her right arm pulling her roughly to a stop.

Rin let out a small squeak of fear as she was whirled around to face Neko's blood lusting fangs and his eyes that glowed like lanterns. He pushed her to the ground and loomed over her for a moment, studying her.

Rin was too frightened to move and try to get away, besides how far would she get from him? Three feet? Not worth risking when he might transfer back into the old Neko.

He growled slightly when she had adverted her eyes from him to look to the right for an escape. She turned back to him and he was on her in a heartbeat. His left hand went around her neck, his feet on either side of her hips pinning her to the ground.

"This is the end for you," he hissed in an unfamiliar voice, his mouth opened baring his enlarged fangs his mouth almost double the size of a regular one. Rin stared at him wide eyed from the ground and tried to fight him, but he was too strong.

He bent his head and his fangs brushed her neck, he was about to bite down when he was pushed viciously aside by someone. It was another demon, a large wolf to be exact. Its bluish fur stood on end and it growled at Neko arising rage in the newly changed demon.

Neko charged at the unknown wolf demon, but was made a fool when the wolf dodged his assault easily and followed up with biting the demon's arm. He gave out a scream and fell to the ground. The wolf continued to turn the demon's arm until Rin heard the bone snap, but Neko got up like it wasn't broken at all.

He flung the wolf off him and turned to look at Rin, his prize. She pushed her body back as fast as her arms would take her, but Neko took large strides towards her and was about to try and subdue her again. The wolf appeared again, this time before Rin's shaking form and jumped the demon.

The wolf grabbed Neko by his neck and chomped down, Neko gave out a cry of pain before falling to the ground and soon being surrounded by a pool of his own blood. Rin covered her mouth, but didn't say a word.

The blue furred wolf turned to her then and began to transform back into its human form. To Rin's dismay there stood the man that had kidnapped her in the first place.

He wiped his bloody mouth with his sleeve and stared down at the stain before returning his silvery irises to her.

"You've been gone from my plants for too long my dear. I need the rest of your power to resurrect my dear Mizu, I can't have you dieing on me," he stated and grabbed her arm and proceeded to drag her across the ground back towards the dark cave that she had hoped she had escaped for good…

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