I awoke; I felt the damp ground beneath me. My eyes fluttered awake and then I was able to recall what happened. I escaped from the bandits, I rode their horse far away in to the night and saw a strange man with tattoos on his face. As far as I know, I made it out with my life. For as much as I know, the man from the night must have ditched me. I sat up and noticed there was a fire burning and a toad tending to it? A toad? Who was he, he definitely wasn't the handsome male I saw last night. Please tell me this wasn't a whole beauty and the beast sort of deal.

"Lord Sesshomaru! The girl, she has awakened!" he had a squeaky voice that made me want to pelt him with a stone.

"Who are you?" I asked the toad.

"My name is master Jaken, fool! Learn some respect!-" The man from last night appeared and kicked him.

"Leave her alone Jaken." He started towards me and I tried to stand. "I wouldn't try to walk yet"

"I'm fine. I swear." I backed myself up to a tree so I could have support. I was already out of breath and dizzy.

"Jaken, go find the girl some food." The man barked over to the toad. I had to stop myself from laughing. His face remained stone cold when he spoke. The only time I saw any sort of emotion was the night he found me or I found him.

I gasped when I realized what the toad referred to him as. Sesshomaru.

"Your name!" I gasped "I know your name."

"Oh?-"

"Yes, I was supposed to find you- because of a girl named Rin!" I forgot. I shouldn't have used her name. His face changed completely. "I am her reincarnation Sesshomaru. I am from Kagome's time period."

He remained silent.

"I'm sorry I probably should have waited, but I assumed you were looking for me; I assumed that maybe you were close to the girl."

He spun away from me. "Nonsense."

He walked away. He looked as if he was gliding on the ground. I could now tell he was a demon of some sort. I couldn't tell if he was a so called half demon or a full. I haven't been around demons enough yet to be able to figure this out. I just barely accepted the idea that these creatures exist two days ago. I felt like I was living in some sadistic fantasy, a fantasy where I'm being hunted down and I fight to survive. There is no prince charming on a white horse waiting for me to meet him.

"Hello? Girl, where are you? I have returned with some food for you to eat; like my lord Sesshomaru asked me to fetch for you!" Jaken walked out of the forest with some berries and mushrooms.

"Thank you …uh Master Jaken" I decided to play along.

"You are most welcome girl." I started eating.

"So your name is Jaken? Mine is Rei." I got tired of him calling me girl. I took a bite of the mushroom, I wasn't a huge fan of them but my body needed food if I wanted to get out of here and find my friends. I was beginning to worry about them greatly. I completely lost them the night I took off on the horse.

I finished what was given to me and I felt better. I could feel my strength coming back slowly. But I was curious about this Sesshomaru person. Maybe the little toad would know what was going on.

"So, what was Rin to Sesshomaru?" I asked him, trying to sound polite so I wouldn't damage the toad's obnoxious ego.

"Why do you ask?"

"Well I want to know! He got all upset when I said her name."

"I am not completely sure. My lord does strange things. And keeping a human topped it all off of the list of strange things he has done while I served him all these years. I would say that girl softened his heart very much."

"What was she like?"

"Well! She was a human of course! So she was obnoxious and sometimes very, very stupid! And you remind me a lot of her. You even SMELL like her!"

I laughed a little because that description sounded a lot like me. He was so ignorant.

"What's so funny girl?!" He snapped.

"Well, I don't know how much you know already but I am Rin."

"That's impossible! Rin was younger and she was killed by Naraku!"

"Master Jaken, you do realize that Kagome herself is a reincarnation as well?"

"Yes, she was the dead priestess Kikyo if I remember correctly."

"Well I am the reincarnation of Rin. Kagome explained everything to me. "

"How do I know you're not one of Naraku's vassals?!"

"Master Jaken, I don't know who this Naraku person is."

"Oh right, you stupid human! I'm watching you!"

"Do you think Sesshomaru knows who I am?"

"Of course he does! Lord Sesshomaru is highly intelligent and he recognizes your filthy stench!"

Speaking of stench, I probably did stink pretty badly. I was still covered in blood that was now beginning to crack from it drying up.

"I have a question."

"What is it girl?"

"How long have I been you know, asleep?"

"A little over a day I would say. I was surprised Lord Sesshomaru was able to save you. But then again, we are talking about the great Lord Sesshomaru!"

The imp was starting to get on my nerves; the way he talked about Sesshomaru, how he obsessed with his very existence. I was still confused about what the toad was talking about. This Naraku person everyone was fawning over was getting annoying. I felt like I was back at school; when all the teenage girls would obsess over boy bands and I would just sit there and smile and pretend that I knew what they were talking about. The feeling of indifference seems to follow me in to the past. Life couldn't suck any more at this point. I couldn't help but laugh. Fate had a cruel sense of humor.

The silence felt like years until Sesshomaru appeared out of the brush. He looked like a god of some sort. I didn't know these kind of people could exist; the perfect breed of human.

"Lord Sesshomaru! You have returned! Praise the gods; for this girl claims she is Rin!" The toad screeched. He probably shouldn't have mentioned that name; Jaken was kicked shortly after his little outburst as Sesshomaru made his way towards me. He was very intimidating for sure. His presence created this aura that made me uneasy and difficult to breathe.

"Girl, come with me." He said. His voice was like ice; it sent chills down your spine.

"Oh- okay." I got up, and started to follow him. My legs were still wobbly and I had a hard time keeping up with him; or was it the fact that he walked as if he was floating? I couldn't tell and I was getting frustrated. He led me down some damp forest path. The air smelled of moisture; like moss was growing in the area. I assumed we were near water.

He didn't talk much, and the silence almost made me nervous. I wasn't quite sure if I'd rather be talking to him. He was intimidating; just being around him made me nervous. I could barely feel my legs as we walked. I just about tripped over every obstacle.

Up ahead, there was a river with a small pool where the water stood still. I smiled; I was reminded of home where we would hunt for these small pools on the river sides so that we could swim on hot days.

"Get undressed" He said as he stopped suddenly right before the water.

"What?" I was shocked. What was he trying to do?

"Don't you want to bathe? You're covered in blood."

"Oh, yes . Could you go somewhere else?" I said, my face getting hot. He gave me a strange look, and then started to walk away. "But could you please stay near? I don't exactly feel safe out here anymore."

He turned back around, "I'm not leaving you."

I watched as he made his way back up the trail and seemingly vanished behind the bushes and vegetation. Once I thought I could trust his word, I started to remove the sticky, bloody clothing from my body. I removed my jeans and underwear, then I cringed when I realized I still had yet to remove my shirt without hurting my wounds on my neck.

I grabbed the end of my shirt from the bottom. Slowly I peeled the shirt up and took a deep breath, bracing for the pain. As my arms rose above my head, I cringed for a sharp pain quickly reminded of what happened not so long ago.

After all my clothes were removed, I quickly covered my chest and looked around one last time. I didn't think Sesshomaru would disgrace a woman; he didn't seem like the type to do something like that. At least I didn't think so. I stepped down to the water's edge and looked down to my reflection. I looked like hell and I was embarrassed for I was in presence of a king, the lord of the western lands and I looked like a simple little servant girl with dried blood and grime all over my body.

I stepped in to the water; it was well above my shoulders and it was warm. It must have been a hot spring. My muscles felt better after a few minutes soaking in the water. I went under the water; sinking below the surface. The water was clear and I could see the sandy and rocky bottom. I let myself sink to the bottom and sat there for a while and let the current pull against my body. I ran my fingers through my hair once the dried blood loosened and watched as it went down stream, gracefully dancing with the current.

I resurfaced, right before me standing on the edge of the water stood Sesshomaru. He stood there like a statue. I looked up at him and sank back down to my chin in the water.

"When you're done, change in to this." He placed a folded pile of cloth on a large rock by the water.

"What about my other clothes?" I asked

"I did away with them, I can not have you wearing rags around the castle."

Without question, I began to get dressed in the silk pile that I found out was a very fancy kimono that was made out of heavy material. Material made for royalty. I smiled. I guess this could make up for the clothes I lost recently. After I tied the obi, I examined the pattern on the silk. They were embroidered by hand.

I grasped my long wet hair and squeezed out a few more droplets before I made my way back up the hill to try and find Sesshomaru. At the top of the hill the trail merged with another; Sesshomaru was waiting for me at the base of a large tree. I stood before him, the sun peeking through the large leaves and branches above us; cascading down on my skin; reawakening my body. Sesshomaru looked up at me, an indifferent, shocked look on his face. He acted like he wanted to say something, but it suddenly slipped his mind.

"We must be going." He spoke suddenly as he got up in one swift movement. "My advisors expected me back a while ago."

A/N: sorry this took so long. A little over a week I was working on this. And sorry, it's kind of a transition chapter to what I really want to happen next. I've been having trouble with that lately; figuring out how to get to the events I want the characters to go through to get to the major events. Also I want to thank those of you who are reading my crap and reviewing it and stuff. Such gratitude yo.