Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry and sorry, and even now I still haven't apologised enough to all of you I'm so sorry, I was still slowly writing but it all seamed so… so wrong some how, I must apologise again as this chapter will not feature kagome or Inuyasha or any of the gang so you still don't know what's happening to kagome but I must say it's getting really good now, its all in my head(with most on paper) I just have to peace it all together. Hope you like it… sorry again.

Chapter 15 "Rin's what…"

Jacken ran quickly trying to keep up with his lord as Sesshomaru followed his noise, and he didn't like what he smelt. 'she's a priestess, of sorts, that would be why I didn't realise it sooner, her sent was dismal compared to the others.' he thought remembering kagome just as he came into the spot jacken was hiding Rin.

Jacken, who stumbled in after Sesshomaru, almost died as he looked up to see rin laying on the grass with her head to the side with the woman in question standing behind her. Even Sesshomaru with his so called 'cold heart' strongly disliked the way Rin way laying she looked as if she were dead.

"Priestess" he said in his normal manor only slightly stronger, "I'll advise you to release the girl at your feet and go about your way".

"What" the woman said as she looked up to the two demons in front of her, she was about 30, thin and small with short dark red hair to complement the colour of her priestess attire, "More demon kidnappers, what have you done to this child." she said as she held up prayer beads, "She was talking nonsense when I rescued her from this vermin" she said pointing to jacken to she looked straight to Sesshomaru. "But now I see you must be the one behind all this.".

"What have you done to Rin" jaken asked worriedly.

"I realised this poor defenceless girl was possessed by a demon you obviously put in her so I had no choice but to excises her…."

"YOU WHAT" Sesshomaru said razing his voice slightly, scaring jacken, and narrowing his eyes at the woman.

"Ha, I expelled whatever demon you poisoned this child with, but her spirit seams to be failing her." she said sadly tho as if it were a normal occurrence.

"She… she's dieing" jacken asked sadly but Sesshomaru ignored him as he stepped closer to Rin, enraging at the priestess.

"Stay back evil fiend or feel my power" she said holding her bands up, beads around her wrist. "I shall save this girls from her suffering, if death is her only salvation I shall grant it for her"

"Be silent" Sesshomaru said holding his poisoned claw to her face as she stilled immediately and sunk back slightly"Now move aside".

"You can't, she's being purifi…" she said stepping in front of him before Sesshomaru back-handed her sending her to the ground gasping in shock with only a red mark on her cheek.

Sesshomaru looked over Rin slowly and noticed she was sill breathing with a steady heart rate , which was luck for the priestess, for Sesshomaru was ready to kill her if it were different. tho something was strange about her, she smelt odd. "Jacken" he called as jacked jumped up and ran over.

"Yes lord Sesshomaru" he answered as he looked over Rin closely.

"Sssss…Sesshomaru… lord Sesshomaru" the priestess said stuttering as she looked up at him now seeing him as the fierce demon lord he was. "Forgive me, please I did not know, I beg you do not kill me." she said as she cowered on the ground bowing with her arms in front of her with her head to the floor.

"I said silence" he said and the woman quickly became silent again. "Jacken" he asked again as jacken looked over to him "She seams to have swallowed something me lord, she's alive but…" he said as Rin moaned in pain.

"YOU" he said loudly as he turned to the woman on the floor "What did you give her?".

"I…I…I gave… her my… my 'demon vanquish' position" she said glancing at the bottle next to Rin.

Sesshomaru picked up the bottle and smelt the herbs in the 'potion' before he dropped it as it landed on the ground spilling everywhere… "fuka plant, you gave her fuka plant" he said actually sounding angry.

"Devils fire" jacken said in shock "But why… how".

"The fuka plant is the most affective poison against demons possessing humans, I concocted a potion that would expel the demon from its host starting from the inside out. Once the demon has successfully been expelled it dies soon after and the host is healthy within a few days." she said proud of herself and her invention .

"But, to use the fuka plant on a human whom has no demon inside her would mean DEATH" he said still angry though it was harder to detect.

"WHAT" both jacken and the priestess said in unison.

"If the poison has nothing to purify it slowly eats away at the inside of its host, in this case Rin." Sesshomaru said glancing back at her.

"No… NO that can't be, I use this position in almost all my successful demon positions"

"And what is the death count on failed attempts…" Sesshomaru asked as the priestess looked at him confused and afraid, "well, I suppose you pretend it was because the demon was to strong and killed the host before the position could take affect… well priestess" he said as if the word was dirt in his mouth while the woman looked horrified as she realised the demon lord was right, she was killing people.

'I…I'm a murderer' she thought looking down at her hands and the potion "I…I…." she stumered as tears fell from her eyes, "I'm so sorry… I'm… I'm so sorry…. I'm sorry…" she muttered as she cried into her hands and curled her body pulling her knees up to her chin.

Sesshomaru chose to ignore her then and focuses his attention on rin. "Jacken" he said scaring the imp.

"She… she isn't really… she's not going to die is she me lord…" he asked deeply saddened,

"Jacken" he said again to grab the imps attention "Place Rin onto Ah-Un, we mush leave immediately" he said as he stood watching as Ah-Un helped Jacken place Rin on his back .

"Me lord, where do we go to, can we… is she…"

"The only cure for fuka plant poison is a small berry plant found in the grey waist lands of the east"

"But me lord, they will kill us, we are forbidden to enter the drakuma forest…" he said sinking as Sesshomaru glared at him.

"I shall go wear ever I wish, those who chose to enter my path have chosen to die by my hand." he said before turning to walk on.

"Yes me lord" jacken said slightly bowing "Of course me lord" he said behind him.

Half way in Rin began to stir in Ah-Un's saddle as her eyes fluttered open she was unable to move her lower body. "ME LORD, LORD SESSHOMARU" she yelled scared as she looked around.

"Do not worry Rin lord Sesshomaru is just ahead" Jacken said as she turned to see him.

"Master jacken…what's happening, Rin cant move her legs…. Master Jacken" she asked as she watched his face sadden, "What did Rin do…".

"What did Rin do, that so called nice woman you just had to talk to poisoned you" he said continuing without not noticing Sesshomaru looking behind with one eye. "How many times have I told you not to go of with strangers Rin"

"I'm sorry master Jacken, I didn't mean to cause you trouble" she said sadly.

"And now lord Sesshomaru is going to get killed helping you and I'm…." he said stopping as he ran into the back of Sesshomaru leg.

"Rest Rin" he said as rin looked up as him with sleepy eyes.

"I'm Sorry me lord…"

"Sleep." he said calmly

"Yes me lord" she said as she closed her eyes and drifted off the sleep. Sesshomaru said nothing as he stepped on Jacken's head and continued walking as Ah-Un followed with Jacken soon after.

'why do I need to save this girl, I go out of my way to protect her even at my own expense, I even cant tolerate it when Jacken speaks to her so…' he thought as he came across a large cliff. 'we are only just half way and I can already here her heart slowing slightly, we'll never make it not even if I go ahead… I will have to carry her alone.' he thought turning to the three behind him 'there's no way I can get them all there without a battle and there's no time for one.' he decided as he walked to Ah-Un's saddle as she moaned in her sleep from the pain 'why does this human, this girls pain affect me.". He thought intrigued as he picked her up holding the small girl curled in his arms.

"Me space Lord, what are you…"

"I will continue on my own from this point jacken." He said, turning back to the ledge.

"But Lord Sesshomaru…"

"It would be faster Should I fly there" he said the same as ever "stay here jacken, I will return shortly" he said as he took off into the sky.

Only minutes after Sesshomaru watch the sunset in the horizon Rin stirred in his arms pulling back his attention as she cried out slightly. "quieten yourself Rin, I would rather not engage myself in a meaningless battle" he said before she opened her eyes rather weakly to look at the Silver haired Demon who carried.

"Sesshomaru," she said surprise "what are we… where's jacken" she asked before she cringed as pain shot up the body and Sesshomaru quickly placed his hand on her mouth to stop a small cried that threaten to escape. 'She's getting worse and now her body temperature has almost tripled, she may not make it' he thought and as soon as it crossed his mind his stomach turned and a strange feeling dwelled in his heart, 'she must make it' he thought before increasing his speed.

"where… Are… We…"

"You should refrain from speaking rin, we are in Mt lion Demon country we're on the way to get an antidote for the poi…" He said stopping to look at her face, at how scared she was. He couldn't stand seeing her so scared and afraid, who was he kidding, he couldn't bear seeing her anything but happy "I believe you're hungry, well are you."

"Yes" she said nodding "yes me

"I'm just taking you to get some berries to make you feel better, I won't have you falling behind rin." he said, than she smiled up at him.

"Thank you Me lord." She said as she became weak in his arms closing her eyes.

"Rin…Rin…RIN" he said as he tried to wake her and his eyes widened with horror when he realise her heart is the longer beating. "No, not yet" he said as he looked up to see the berries just up ahead. Flying in quickly Sesshomaru ripped the bush from the ground crushing the berries in his hand and let the juice slide down rins throat. But nothing changed her heart still didn't beat, her skin continue to cool and her eyes remained closed as all life left the small pale body. 'NO, she couldn't have, she has to be alive' he thought as images of her smile ran through his head, images of her laughing, playing, annoying jacken, not listing to a word he said "Damn that witch" he said slamming his fist into the ground as it exploded sending rocks in every direction, but he made certain that not one due to Rin's body.

"Well, well look what we have here, the all-powerful Sesshomaru" a voice said as Sesshomaru looked up to see a group of deamons gathering around him. "I'm sorry, that would be Lord Sesshomaru , but… We're not in the Westland now are we" the leader said as he eyed Sesshomaru.

"Rakuto" he said with a hint of annoyance in his voice "leave and I will spare your life" he said as he picked up rin's body standing to look down on the vermin below, but secretly hoping they will attack, he had range he didn't even know he held and he needed a release.

"what's this" one said, a feminine voice, as it popped up behind Sesshomaru and grabbed rin's arm "looks like a rag doll" she said she dropped the arm she had picked up and watched it fall.

Sesshomaru growl, a thing really heard from the Demon Lord, as he grabbed the female Demon by the throat "I am not in the mood nakomi" he said dangerously as he threw her towards the others.

"Well that is too bad because we are."

"Wait, the girl she's human" another female said at the back of the pack.

"What does that matter"

"It's fresh, and pure, I want it." She said as she walked to the front of the pack.

"I will let you leave Lord Sesshomaru if I may have the girl." she said smiling back at him. She was different, she looked nothing like the others she was almost human looking. A long black hair flowed down her back pulled up in a high ponytail and she wore a small/mini black fur dress that hang down from one shoulder and a pair of small black shoe's. The only thing that showed she was even a deamon was the razor-sharp nails and fangs when she spoke.

"Wait a minute, who ar…" The leader asked but as soon as she looked at him he was silent and held his head before bowing and stepping back to kneel on the floor before the rest of the group followed. And although Sesshomaru thought it rather strange he was pulled away from his line of thought as he watched the new Demon approach him.

"She is dead is she not" she asked as she held out her hand to the lifeless girl "what would you do with her, surely the powerful Lord Sesshomaru would have no need of a human dead or otherwise"

Sesshomaru said nothing though he glanced down to look at rin 'she's right, rin isn't really useful alive or dead' but it did not matter, Sesshomaru just couldn't let her go, he would fight for her if he had to he knew he would, but he just couldn't understand why. "Whether I have need of her or not is none your concern, she belongs to me and you will not touch that which is my."

"Fine, have it your way" the Demon said as every Demon that was previously on the floor attached Sesshomaru, all at once.

Sesshomaru quickly placed rin down at his feet and pulled his sword out of its sheath and began to slice down his opponents, moving quickly and gratefully yet remaining firmly in front of rin. Only minutes later almost all the Demons were either injured or Slain, all except three, too slightly injured warriors and the female leader.

"You do not believe you will survive this" Sesshomaru said looking to them.

"They won't no, but they were never intended to" she said as the two left run at him ready to attack but with one swipe of his blade both Demons fell to the ground.

"And now you" he said stepping closer.

"I don't think so, I'm not so easy to slain." And although he heard the woman speak he couldn't see her lips moving.

"You have no more protection, no more minions to attack for you"

"And what makes you believe I need protection, or that they were my minions to start with" she said smiling at him.

"it matters little to me, you will die just the same as them."

"Ah Sesshomaru, the Demon Lord renowned for his battle skills and his complete focus on the task at hand, aware of everyone and everything's movement on and around the battle field but also known for his zero tolerance for humans." the female Demon said as she placed one hand on her face glaring at him as if he were a legend standing before her.

Sesshomaru became slightly annoyed with her useless bubbling and stepped towards her with his sword raised. "you're unwarranted flattery will get you nowhere, you have already chosen your fate".

"Ah yes," she continued as if Sesshomaru never spoke. "if only this were true… For a Demon Lord renowned for his battle skills your Grace is sadly lacking your complete focus on the task at hand is including only one thing… you opponent, also your zero tolerance to humans must simply be a joke for here stands the great Lord Sesshomaru protecting a mere human child whom is already deceased and even if we looked past that, even if you push all that aside and said it was all because you are feeling a little bit off today it wouldn't matter at all because if you had focused, if you have been paying attention to anything here today you would have known everyone and everything's movement and you would have already noticed that the one thing you are here to protect, the one thing you refuse to surrender you have already lost"

Sesshomaru quickly turned to look back to where he had left rin only to find the place empty and rin missing. 'What… How could I not have known. I should have been checking on her'.

"Maybe next time Lord Sesshomaru" she said as if his name were nothing "you should pay more attention to what it is you are trying to protect it," "or maybe now you have nothing to protect the next time we meet I will not be so disappointed." she said tho again her lips did not move.

Sesshomaru narrow his eyes looking at the female Demon who now held rins body prisoner, but there was nothing, no trace of demotic aura, there was not even rin's sent in the air, all Sesshomaru's senses were overpowered by the sense of flowers and he could tell there was something hidden in the aroma, something familiar push behind the scent of flowers.

"what are you"

"I am the Demon who faced the Almighty Sesshomaru stole something precious belonging to him and live to tell the tale" she said grinning as she stroked rin hair.

"And what makes you think you will live" he said ready to attack.

"Because… I already have" she said, though again her lips didn't move, as her body, along with rin's, began to fade.

'what… she was tricky me from the start, she has wanted to break to my face' he thought angrily, 'how dare she make a fool of me'

"I will find you which" he yelled into the air knowing she would hear.

'Unlikely' a voice in his head said 'we are already far from you 'Lord' Sesshomaru' she said as if his status was a lie, 'you have little to no chance, you don't even know what I am let alone who' she cackled in his head.

"And that is where you will wrong, you rely too heavily on your power to mask your presence"

"what"

"you would be a telepath Demon… correct, allowing you to speak to individuals through mind communication and creating the illusion of yourself"

"Not exactly…" She said worriedly, "I'm not…"

"but you are not full Demon are you, you are also part human and part florata Demon plant which explains the sent of flowers, you use them to cover up your sent, they also confuse Demons senses making your illusion more believable."

"But how did you…"

"And the only Demon who would need desperately to cover his sense from me will be… Naraku."

"WHAT, I am not Nara…" She said trying to laugh.

"No, but you would be another one of his incarnations" he said his face unchanged from its normal demeanour. "But what would a miserable Demon like Naraku desire with a human girl's body".

"Well well well, it seems you are smarter than you look Lord Sesshomaru. though even now that you have found me out you shall not find us. It's sad really, poor little Rin was deserted by the one Demon she faithfully followed, what a silly little girl to put her trust into such a useless, incompetent thing." she said pretending to care. "Farewell Sesshomaru, we shall meet again, though I promise you next time I will not hold back." she said strongly.

"Witch,… Witch…" He called but there was no answer. 'Rin…I will find you' He whispered in his mind as the last sent of the florata Flowers disappeared into the night.

And that's all for this week, I'm trying to do more but I'm on holidays and I forgot my draft copies at home so I cant really remember everything so next weeks might not be until Sunday or the following Monday night. Hope your all enjoying it please review.