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Sesshomaru stayed frozen in place as he stared at Rin, trying desperately to read her thoughts through her eyes. They didn't give anything away, and she seemed as sincere as ever, but he couldn't stand it and looked away.

"So now you see Lord Sesshomaru, she is with me and is happy. Why don't we forget about this little quarrel between us and I can go back to my normal life?" Hiroshima asked.

"Your life?" Sesshomaru asked back.

"Yes, because you won't have yours by the end of tonight," Hiroshima smirked letting his bangs cover his eyes so to give nothing away. Sesshomaru tensed and reached for Tokijin, the handle heated under his hands and radiated a purple aura, its power so strong it was visible.

"Rin, won't you get rid of Lord Sesshomaru for me? It would make me so happy," Hiroshima stated cupping Rin's chin in his hand and pushed it gently up to look into his eyes. Rin glanced at Sesshomaru for a moment then back at Hiroshima and nodded.

"You don't want to fight me yourself? Are you too much of a coward to face me?" Sesshomaru asked, baiting the demon and hoping to spare Rin from fighting him. Though he could kill her without a problem, but he didn't want to harm her.

"Its not a matter of cowardice my Lord. Its a matter of revenge, you may not remember what you did to me many years ago. I was heartbroken and lost the love of my life because you killed her. She loved you so much that she left me. Because of you she became a power hungry monster, taking control of the strongest demons of each element to impress you. Then she was hunted down like a lowly demon and she had to give up her life to seal the demons away,. Now I want you to feel that pain, feel the pain of losing your love to another man, and having the guilt that it was your fault for killing her," Hiroshima explained, his voice rising with each word until he was screaming.

Rin's facial expression didn't change throughout the ordeal, but she seemed to be happy. Happy that Hiroshima was at last getting his revenge. How did Rin see anything in this demon?

"Rin, do not fall for whatever spell he has you under," Sesshomaru commanded.

"I love him, he has marked me and I am forever his. His love must've been stronger then yours, you never marked me," Rin responded and exposed her neck so the teeth marks showed in the moonlight. She then unsheathed Otaku holding the handle so tight that it too gave off an aura.

Sesshomaru barely had time to block with Tokijin when Rin attacked, her movements were much faster then a human.

"My saliva is coursing through her veins, with every second she is getting closer to becoming a half-demon, by the time the moon sits in the middle of the sky she will be full demon. If you want to end the transformation you'll have to kill her," Hiroshima explained crossing his arms across his chest and watched the two attack and block, attack and block.

Sesshomaru flinched when Rin wasn't fast enough to block his attack and Tokijin scraped her left arm, drawing blood. Within moments the wound healed and Rin made a jump for him again.

After an hour he started sensing her blows becoming stronger, her speed quickening, and her features start to change. Her teeth had grown to fangs and hung over her lower lip, and her irises started to grow a reddish tint.

After the second hour her face had slowly been pinched forward, taking on a wolf-like appearance. Otaku had been slashing at Tokijin and both blades had been singing sad songs as they began to wear down.

With a lucky hit Tokijin had hit Otaku out of Rin's grasp and the woman fell to her knees and watched the blade swing wildly in the air and land a good twenty feet away.

"Rin, stop this madness," Sesshomaru ordered pointing Tokijin's blade toward her outstretched nose.

"I will not, not until you are dead!" she screeched, her voice in harmony with a much deeper, much darker voice. The demon saliva had melded with her blood and was taking over, much like Inuyasha's demon powers did when he lost control.

She stood on all fours and howled to the moon, by this time the moon was nearly at the center of the sky. Fur suddenly grew along her body and her face made the final transformation into a wolf, her eyes shown completely red by this time. Her hair changed into a silvery gray and her fangs came down to her chin.

"It is almost complete! Within moments she'll be lost to the world, and will kill until she is killed," Hiroshima exclaimed and soon transformed into a large wolf demon, looking similar to Sesshomaru's dog form.

Sesshomaru had no idea what to do anymore, though Rin wasn't in her right mind any longer Rin was still Rin to him. He couldn't muster up the willpower to slay her, the only human he had come to admire.

He sheathed Tokijin and stood his ground, but made no aggressive moods to bait her attack. He wouldn't fight her, if the only way she'd survive is if he died...so be it.

Rin tensed up her leg muscles and readied to pounce, and within moments she pushed herself off the ground with her mouth wide open. Her fangs targeting his throat, and Sesshomaru did nothing to protect himself.

A scream echoed through the forest before there was dead silence.

Sesshomaru was shocked to see Rin's wolf form lying on the ground twitching and squirming on the ground in her own blood. Otaku was stabbed into her back and his blade came out the other side.

Sesshomaru looked up from Rin's dieing form to see....Rin! Rin was standing about twenty feet away breathing heavily with her eyes wide open in fear.

The form lying with Otaku in its body deteriorated before their eyes and a small white ball floated back to the Rin farther away and entered into her body. She took in a deep breath and suddenly looked healthier and in more control.

Hiroshima's wolf face tightened in anger as he spotted Rin the short distance away and growled.

"How did you escape from my plants, they should have held you down without a problem. You spiritual powers were stripped from you and placed in your copy," Hiroshima exclaimed.

"Neko came to my rescue, Naraku set his soul free from Kanna's mirror when you didn't help him kill Inuyasha like you had promised him. He is now a half-demon again, his human half freed from the prison you put him in," Rin explained.

"Rin. You're safe," Sesshomaru murmured in relief as the slightest smile appeared on his face.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin cried turning her attention back to her lord taking in his appearance for the first time in days.

"You won't get away," Hiroshima growled making a jump for Rin, claws outstretched. Sesshomaru hunched down and summoned his demonic powers to flow through him. His eyes grew red and his claws glowed green. Tokijin glowed as well and even shook a bit from the power that flowed within it.

Rin outstretched her right arm and called Otaku to her, the sword answered her wish within a second. She held the blade in front of her and waited for Hiroshima's attack. The wolf demon lunged with his claws as they glimmered in the moonlight, each one larger then her.

Otaku pulsed as its voice filled her head with whispers of reinforcement as she withstood her ground. When the claws slashed forward Otaku's blade took the blow with only a few steps lost on Rin's footing. The big beast howled in outrage and lunged forward to sink his fangs into her body but Sesshomaru knocked him out of the way.

The two large demons bit and ripped flesh from each other almost mindlessly. Both their eyes were filled with rage, their fur sticking up on edge. Rin wasn't sure if either would survive this seemingly equally skilled fight. Sesshomaru grabbed a chunk of Hiroshima's neck skin with his teeth and threw him across the forest. He jumped across the way and sank his fangs into the wolf demons throat. Hiroshima squirmed underneath him, but Sesshomaru didn't falter his tight grip on the demon until his body lay completely still.

The dog demon gave out a victorious howl as he transformed back into his human form. Battered the lord stood tall with his head held high even with flesh hanging off open wounds and the rapid lose of blood.

Rin held Otaku's hilt tightly, slightly shaking, not believing its over. The nightmare with Hiroshima and the feeling that Sesshomaru would never come back for her. All over. She was so afraid to blink in case she woke up and found herself still tied up by Hiroshima's vines.

"Rin," Sesshomaru murmured her name, suddenly standing before her. She looked up at her lord, ever adoring as she always did, not even flinching at the wounds and blood. Rin didn't see the mulled, beaten up version of her lord, all she saw was the beautiful man she remembered. Sesshomaru saw it too, and smiled.

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