It had been a week since Lord Sesshomaru had left. I had told Lady Kaede about him. She just smiled. I am currently sitting by the river. "R-Rin..." Aito suddenly says walking up behind me; he has been following me for a while.

I smile at him and his face turns bright red. "Yes" I ask.

"W-would you come to dinner at my house tonight?"

"Sure." I say standing I am getting hungry anyways. He grins and grabs my hand, I yank my hand away, "Sorry, just please don't touch me" I say he gives me a shy smile before leading me along the road to his house.

~At Aito's~

"Hi sweetie, did Rin agree to come?" his mom asks.

"Yes ma'am." I say, she looks around the corner and smiles at me. I giggle and we all sit around the table, His parents us and his two brothers.

After we had finished Aito asked to talk to me around back. Of course there was no way I could say no, so, we went.

"Rin..."

"Yeah"

"Would you ever consider settling down and starting a life for yourself?"

"I have considered it..." I was starting to get scared at where this was going. I was 14 and I was of age, and this was the fifth time someone started a conversation like that, they always end badly...

"Would you start one with me...?"

"Aito...," I say exasperated, "I can't, I ... I am sorry, I just… I can't."

"It's because of that demon right, the one who abandoned you here?" he yells suddenly.

"What"

"That demon you used to travel with. Rin, demons are dangerous..."

My temper starts to spike, "What about Inuyasha, Kirara, and Shippo, their demons. And humans are scarier than demon's."

"...Rin, if you keep hanging around demons you're going to end up like Kagome."

"Kagome has a happy life; you just can't see it because your head is so far up your ass that you don't want to. You have been stalking me for a month, which makes you way scarier than a demon!"

"Rin, you are too optimistic, even you don't think he is coming back for you this time, face it, he abandoned you!"

"SHUT UP AITO! I don't want to settle down, not with you or anyone like you. I am sorry, but I never thought of you like that, and now I know why, you put on a front and hide who you really are, a low down selfish pig." I didn't yell the last part I used a dark voice that I had heard on my travels I had never used it before but it came out just like I thought it would menacing and cold-hearted. I walk away; he had to act like that! I sit back down by the river. Did I do what was right? I mean he wasn't a horrible person, it's just when I started to think of a permanent life here, married to him, just like all the others I couldn't take it. It just felt wrong, like I was betraying myself, and I ken I would never be happy, even if I was in my fantasies of marrying a human and staying here… I miss Lord Sesshomaru; he would be able to give me an answer. I wish he was here. I wish there was some way to see him again. I start crying, Lord Sesshomaru are you alright? Suddenly I am grabbed from behind. I kick out at the person. He doesn't even flinch, like they didn't even feel it, suddenly I sense her presence, Min. I am hit in the back of my neck and I black out...

I woke up with a lot of demons surrounding me, I look at them blankly. "Oh look, your awake." said a female voice, it sounded like... MIN! "What...happened?" I ask.

"Oh, nothing much, just kidnapped you is all. Now you will pay for what you did to my face you bitch!" Min said her voice dripping with hatred. Oh yeah, that's right, the last thing I remember is Min her presence suddenly showed up behind me, but I blacked out before I could do anything. "HA! No one's here to save you now; ARE THEY!" Min yelled. She kicks me in the back and I fly forward my hand weren't moving, they're tied behind my back. My kimono keeping my knees from skinning I was feeling nostalgic, so I was wearing one of the kimonos Lord Sesshomaru gave to me before he stopped visiting.

"Damn..." I say. I pull myself to a sitting position and turned to Min. "You think you've won. You haven't, I haven't lost yet." I say. She sneers and slaps me across the face, the men around us laugh, they're all demons. I suddenly feel very claustrophobic, so I glare at Min. She smiles a sickly sweet smile. "You haven't lost have you? Well let's just see how well you fight when you don't have any weapons. I let out a small growl, she is right, I won't last long without any weapons, but I have to try. I think bitterly.

SESSHOMARU P.O.V.

"Jaken, where is Min?" I ask feeling something amiss in the pit of my stomach. Jaken looks thoughtful for a minute then shrugs. I believe she turned in her report a little while ago... then she muttered something about revenge... but who... you don't think she would go after Rin ... do you?" Jaken asks suddenly sounding very worried. Yes, that is something she'd definitely do. I disappear before I could second guess myself. I take off the Kaede's village.

Min… she was here... She was with Rin to… DAMN but who is the third scent?! I hide as a human walks by. "Damn that Rin she thinks she's better than me! Just because she is a priestess doesn't mean she can do whatever she wants! She's still hung up over that damn demon! Can't she just forget him?!" He sits by the river, "Then again, everyone knows she has a thing for demons, I shouldn't have gone overboard… Ah next time I see her I will apologize and ask her to marry me again." For some reason, I feel smug, knowing Rin had turned someone down, for dissing demons … but, why can't the human see she isn't interested. Wait, why should I care, it's her life… Forget it, Rin is in trouble.

I follow Rin's scent to an abandoned village a few miles away. Once there, I see her and Min fighting, surrounded but some of Mins' men. She jumps out of the way as Min slaps down a sword where she had been standing. She was cut in various places, though they weren't as bad as they could be but you could easily see she is getting tired, really tired and fast. There was no way she stood a chance at this rate, not against a demon of Mins' caliber; she is someone I handpicked, especially without weapons. Rin trips and falls. "Ah, this has become boring. Good-bye little bitch." Min says, going to slam her sword on Rin, "LORD SESSHOMARU! HELP ME!" Rin screams, I move on instinct grabbing Min's sword and throwing her against the wall. Rin sat there staring at me dumbfounded. She sobs then throws herself at me. I pick her up, bridal style, and kneel down, putting her back against my leg. She wraps her arms around my neck still trembling; Min was now climbing out of the wall. I am beyond pissed. Rin is mine. You had no right to touch her, my thoughts growled at her. "Min, you have disobeyed my orders for the last time." I say glaring up at her. She stumbles back, and I notice her men have all abandoned her.

"L-Lord Sesshomaru, I-I- What are you doing here?" she asks terrified. My emotionless eyes were glaring at her, causing her breathing to be shallow and rapid. She is beyond terrified at this point. "L-Lord Sesshomaru, please, calm down." Rin says, looking up at me. I could tell she had already forgiven Min. She is too forgiving. I take a deep breath and calm down as she wished. Min looks at me in disbelief. Rin was always able to get me to listen... It even surprised me sometimes... "You must have a death wish, you have one more chance, blow this and I will kill you" I say, it was made scarier by the fact that I showed absolutely no emotion. I have made the resolution to make sure Rin did NOT get hurt again. Well, at least by my men... I pick her up like before and disappear before Min could follow me. Rin's breathing raggedly. She is losing too much blood. I observe. I take a deep breath and walk into Kagome's hut.

"What are you doing he-" Inuyasha cuts off suddenly, "Kagome, Rin is hurt." Kagome runs in from a room, over to Rin who is in my arms. "What happened" Kagome yells in shock. I shrug. Kagome takes Rin from me, I glare at her as she walks away. "What is the real reason Rin is like that?" Inuyasha asks me. Again I just shrug; I don't want to talk to my half-breed half-brother. I lean against a wall. Inuyasha just sighs. He has calmed down a lot. I note dully. Suddenly two little quarters run into the room and start tugging on Inuyasha's ears. "Daddy hungry!" they chant over and over again. They annoy me. Inuyasha just laughs; I scowled as the little boy walked over to me. "Are you Sesshomaru?" he asks

"And how do you know my name?" I ask, it sounded more like a statement, and not a happy one at that.

"Aunt Rin told me about you of course!" He replied happily as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, I just stare at him.

Suddenly a laugh sounded from the wall. Rin had walked in covered in bandages. Kagome gave her a look and said, "Don't overdo it." then she picked up the children and brought them into the kitchen. "Rin" I was cut off by Kagome's shriek, "INUYASHA! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" It came from outside. I heard Inuyasha moan. He still had that cursed necklace, I smirk.

"Are you okay?" I ask her.

"Mhmm" she said walking over and sitting in front of me. "Thanks." she said.

"What for" I asked already knowing the answer, but keeping my voice expressionless.

"Saving me... you didn't have to, but you did."

I gave her an incredulous look. "Rin, your special, I told you. How can I not save you?" I ask her.

She smiles at me. She gets up and throws her arms around me. "You're leaving again aren't you?" She asked.

I looked at her already blurry eyes; she is trying so hard not to cry.

"Rin... I... follow if you please." She tosses me a smile hugging me tighter to her.

I hug him tighter, my heart beating so fast I keep thinking it might explode. "Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU!" I said into his chest. If he hadn't been leaning on the wall we would have fallen back. I love this moment! His hands slip around me. I smile and snuggle into him.

"I gotta go get ready..." I say, it was hard for me to pull away from our embrace. He nods thoughtfully. I smile, and ran out to go pack.

"Lady Kaede!" I yell busting into the hut.

"Yes, child?" she asked

"Lord Sesshomaru is taking me with him this time! I am so HAPPY!" I yell dancing around the room. Kaede lets out a shaky laugh.

"That's good child; do you see that bow?"

"Yes, why, what is it Lady Kaede?" I asked, worriedly.

"It is yours take care of it." Kaede said smiling at me.

I looked at the bow and quiver in my hands. "Gorgeous." I say quietly to myself. Kaede still heard and smiles at me.

"Be good child, Kagome finished her journey, now it is ye turn." She coughs violently. "Do ye see that book, my child?" She asks me. I nodded and she asked me to get it, so I do. It was red and is tied together by a red ribbon. "Take it too, I have given Kagome hers. Those books have all my knowledge in them, I fear that I will be leaving this land to see Kikyo, earlier than expected, goodbye child." Kaede said as she broke out into another fit of coughing. I smile at the woman who has been like my mom. I take out a bag and packed it with my kimonos, my money, and the book. I pick up my new bow and my quiver, it was filled with arrows and before I headed out Kaede stops me, "And child, that bow and quiver were carved from a very sacred tree, it will grow with you." she says softly.

"Yes, Lady Kaede." I smile fondly at her. Then, I leave.