Chapter 13

A/N: so since this is mostly a Rin and Sesshomaru FanFiction and since I have decided make Rin a OOC version in this story, it will be a while before we go back to what Inuyasha and co as well as what the great lord of the West is doing during all of this. I promise though it will be worth the wait, now on with the story.

After she had finished talking with her sister and after promising to do as she had told her she would, what was now expected of her, Aya turned to continue to look out into the forest behind their village and allowed her sister to leave her in peace. Just as she was about to try to free herself once more she took note of the now setting sun, she let out a long sigh as she turned to yell at anyone to set her free only to freeze in place when she found her father walking in with Hiei at his side. Knowing that she would have to wait before she could speak, Aya narrowed her eyes at her father while trying to ignore her old friend as much as she could do so while they were still in the same room. Before she could even take a step forward, Aya froze in place as she heard her father say, "I know your sister has spoken to you, and that you agreed Aya but I just wanted to make things clear that I will not trust you until you have earned it my trust."

"Far enough Lord King but you should also know that I will not be held back and know that I know all that my sister has explained to me you should also know that I know that there is nothing you can do to stop me should I wish to start training with the guards." She calmly replied in her own calm and cold voice.

"Hiei will be your personal guard and your protector until you have been found a mate that will bring honor to you and our family. Aya make no mistake you are home and you are with your true family. The time has come for you lay to rest the memories of a life that should mean nothing to you. Hiei will explain to you the times of the guard's train in the evenings." Was all he had to say before storming out of the room so that he could move forward with his plans.

It hadn't been until she had watched her father take his leave that she took notice that the seals had been removed and that the door was now nothing more than a regular door as he let himself out. Before she could say a word she heard Hiei's cold voice say, "It won't last long I promise you that. I will speak to the Queen and ensure that I will be removed as your protector since you find that you cannot accept me nor can you trust me."

"I trust that you, I always will. You must understand Hiei that I spoke out of anger, hurt, panic and loss. You may not accept it now, you may even hate me now, but I will not say anymore on the matter. Do as you wish and what you must and I will do what I must do to get my life back in order." Aya explained a calm, collected and gentle filled voice as she walked past her friend and let herself out of the room that had held her for a night and a day.

From the moment she had left the room she could feel the rest of her power fill her and reassure her that it was there to help her. There to protect her and there for her use whenever she would need it. Just as she thought that Hiei would ignore her and prove to her that she had lost her only friend, she couldn't help but to grin when he had suddenly appeared by her side and said, "You won't be getting rid of me after this you know right?"

With a grin on her face, Aya shook her head and said, "I've always known that, not that I was ever trying to do such a thing. So what else were you supposed to inform me of Hiei?"

With a grin of his own, he closed his eyes and let out a long sigh before saying, "Your room has been moved from your sister's wing to your parent's wing. You will be given a wing of your own after you have passed their test and proved that you have been properly trained as a Lady. If you pass that you will be given the option to stay and follow your fathers plan and retrieve your sister from the West when she is done visiting for the treaty or to travel with her and her mate while they handle the treaty."

"Interesting, they are trying to make things up to me but it won't work. I will not forgive and forget that easily. No matter how much they will try it will not matter and no matter how disappointed she will be with me after all of this, I will never forgive them." Aya growled out in anger as she began to make her way to her new room.

"As interesting as that sounds, I would just like to know where you think you are going? You have no idea where their wing is at and I'm sure you would rather go to the study to freshen up on a few things before your test." Hiei pointed out as he followed his ward out of the back side of the castle.

"While I'm sure that would be the smart thing to do, I wish to go for a walk in the village and after words I wish to settle into my rooms. Also Hiei I hope you realize that I will not be needing you at my side at every moment of the day. If you promise to leave me be and give me the space I need to breathe as best as I can through all this I promise not to leave the castle unless you are at my side."

"While I will agree to your request and only follow you about as your protector while outside of these walls I must point out Princess Aya that the village is still not ready to accept the fact that you are here to stay." Hiei pointed out in a stress filled voice as he continued to follow after her and toward the full, busy village.

With a grin on her face, Rin took in a deep breath and was suddenly standing before the great dragon of darkness in an ancient dragon warrior's uniform and said, "I don't care that they are not ready for me. I am the second heir, Princess of the East and I will be respected just as they will do nothing to harm me. It is time that they ignore the fact that they are not ready for and that all they need do is to embrace the fact that there is nothing that can be done but to remain in my good side."

Realizing that there was no talking her out of it and that all he could do was to make sure to keep her safe, Hiei let out a low growl and sent off a shadow from the noon sun to go and inform his men that they were to train without his watch for the day. He knew that Aya would soon be joining them at their morning trainings and knowing that would help make things a bit easier for him. Once they had reached the village Aya was not surprised that it had began to quiet down and did not allow the fact that many began to quickly take their leave in an effort to effect her. 'It's been centuries since I have last seen my lands and much have changed. While they are not as advanced as the lands of the West, what progress they have made is still impressive.'

"We don't want you here you foolish mortal child. You should leave our lands before you find yourself at deaths door." A low growl was heard from behind him.

"You are nothing but a pelage that will kill our kind should you be allowed to stay. Leave while you can for we will ensure that you will be removed from our home."

With a grin on her face, Aya took in a deep breath while Hiei growled out, "as the protector of the young Princess I will advise you all to take your leave and let her be. She is home and has been welcomed by her mother and father."

"She will never be our princess, the only princess that these lands have is Princess Maya, the Princess of Spring and earth, she is her mother's child and will do us all well." Others growled as they began to surround the two.

Before Hiei could try to summon some help or call for those that he knew to be loyal to the royal family, all became silent when suddenly the young Princess stood behind them all with a her power surrounding the group that had tried to corner her. After making sure that they would not harm Hiei, Aya let out a low growl of anger and hate and said, "Well now isn't this fun, and while I am having my own type of amusement I must say that this is not what I had in mind when I chose to take a walk through my home town."

"You foul little…"

"Enough!" Aya roared in a power filled voice as all the dragons around her that had heard her voice and the power that it carried quickly dropped down and bowed their heads. Once it was certain that they would keep their place, Aya grinned once more and said, "Its time you fools opened your eyes and realized that there is nothing that you can to do change the fact that I am my mother's daughter as well and that I inherited the same power that runs through all of the royals line. Now I will continue my walk and enjoy the little memories I was allowed to have in peace or you will make more amusement for me and trust me when I say that the type of amusement I'll wish to have is not something you would enjoy."

When they all showed that they would not dare to go up against the young dragoness that clearly held the same power that had taken their current Queen to develop and improve, Aya turned her back to the group and began to make her way through the village knowing that Hiei would soon be behind her and that they would not dare to mess with her now. Of course the walk was not something that she had decided to do on a whim. She was her mother's daughter in power but she was also her true mother's daughter in mind and heart. She would do them proud and when she returned she could only hope that they would be able to accept her for what she was now and for the person she now looked like. By the time she had made it back to the castle word had already spread about her adventures and she had also already gone through the village, the castle and had reached the outer villages where the other courts were starting to grow curious of her. Just as she was about to tell Hiei that she would be fine and that she would like to have her diner sent to her privet study, Aya froze and wished for the second time that day that she had a weapon to use when she heard Hiei's enraged growl say, "I would show myself if I were you. I will not act kindly should you continue to watch the Princess from the shadows that work for me."

"It would seem that the power of the dragon of darkness truly has no bounds. Tell me will you take a mate when you can or will you be like your father and force yourself on a female that is just weak enough in power so that your power will fill your children." A deep voice was heard as a dragon with long, water colored hair growled as he stepped out and blocked Aya's path.

"For one so young you are bold. Tell me child, what makes you think that I would allow such treatment of my protector while I am present?"

"My Princess I am the dragon of water, I am Suichu, and I am here to present myself before the rest in hopes of earning the right to be at your side at your ball."

"You are bold child, how old are you?" Hiei growled out in anger as his shadows began to dim the light around them.

Enraged that they were alright going to start trying to earn her favor and try to get her to fight with them which was usually done between possible mates in their kind, Rin narrowed her eyes at the child before her and growled out, "As bold as you may be I must decline, Hiei get me out of here, I wish to study before I meet with my parents in the morning."

Before Hiei could move to take hold of her to travel with her within his power, Hiei growled in anger as he was blasted away from the young princess and pinned down by a spare of water. Just as he was about to call for the guards that were sure to be around Hiei froze in place when he heard Aya's low growl of warning and felt the power fill the air around him. But before he could warn her not to attack him and fight him least she be tied down so soon, Hiei closed his eyes in disappointment when he heard the first heir's cold and angry filled voice growl out, "If I wasn't mistaking Lord Suichu I believe that my mother had already issued a specific order about presenting one's self to my sister before she is ready."

"Lady Maya," the young lord addressed in a tight voice, "I was under the assumption that you would be detained for another while or so before you would come looking for your sister."

"Yes well I had a feeling that my sister would be in need of me very soon. Aya are you alright?" Maya answered as she turned her full attention to her younger sister.

"I am fine, thank you; I was just on my way to the study to prepare for mother and father's questions tomorrow when we were stopped by this child. Tell me sister do you know why he would think that I would ever consider him for anything that I might need. He is still too young." Aya answered in a calm, cold, emotionless voice as she allowed Hiei to stand in front of her and stare down the demon that had attacked him.

"I'm sure he has his reasons, reasons he will disclose to Hiei at any cost while you and I make our way to your study. There are some things that I wish to speak with you about and I wish to make sure that it is just us. I have given my mate a few things to tend to keep him occupied. " Maya answered as she linked her arm with that of her sister while looking back and glaring at the foolish dragon that had thought he could win her baby sister over. 'While most of these fools wished for her to have never been found they will now try to get the power that our family would give them…the joke is on them for she has already found her true mate.'

Realizing that it would not be wise to ignore her hidden order, the young water dragon bowed down to both royals before turning his full attention to the enraged dragon that he had attacked. While he had wanted to make himself presentable to the young princess his family had told him that as the youngest and as the least likely to find a strong mate since he would not battle all that well unless he was in the water he would have to get the strength he needed from a strong mate. Once they were left alone, Aya turned to her elder sister, let out a long sigh and asked, "Alright, so tell me Maya. Just how badly is it? How upset is father and what does mother think of all of this?"

"Well you don't avoid things do you?"

"I tend not to; they cause unnecessary problems as you can tell."

"Father wishes to lock you up again until you can be controlled properly; mother disagrees and bit a good chunk out of him."

"What did she say?"

With a grin on her face, Maya faced her sister and answered, "That you are truly my sister and her daughter and that if he should try anything without speaking with her first then he was going to get more than just a chunk of meat bitten out of them next time."

"I don't know why he is so upset, I had to prove myself capable and I did just that. What more does he want of me?" Aya growled in anger as she tried not to think of the man that was her father.

"Just leave things be, now tell me. What do you plan to do? Are you going to leave with Haku and I or will you force us to go and spend a few days with my future brother without you before you come to save us?" Maya asked with a playful grin on her face.

Realizing that this would surprise and possibly give her sister false hope, Aya let out a long sigh and turned and focus her attention to the path ahead as they slowly made their way toward the study that would be sure to teach her what she was missing to know about her lands and what it would take to be a respectable ruler. She was after all looking to become her great Lord's equal so she would need to learn what she could to prepare herself for a time when she would be titled as the true Lady of the West. 'Not like Kagome Oka-san isn't the true Lady of the West but she is the current, she holds the title because my great Lord has no mate.' She couldn't help but think and hope that it still reminds true; that the great Lord of the West had still yet to find and claim a mate.

"Well? What are your plans my little dragon? Will you be able to wait to see your Lord or will you travel with Haku and I for a while?"

"I'm still uncertain. While I know that the surest way to return to his side would be to wait and just count the days as I learn what I can, I wish to return as soon as possible. With that being said, I am not naive enough to think that mother or father would allow me to join you and Haku without a guard or my current protector." Aya explained herself in a tired filled voice as they reached the small, yet well let study that held all that she would be expected to learn about since her absence.

"I suppose you are much older than even I would have figured but you should know Aya, regardless what you chose to do, of where you chose to go, you should know that I will always be on your side. I will always have your back even when others would not do so."

Offering her sister a small, sad smile, Aya let out a long sigh and said, "Thank you Maya, I know and I will never forget it, now if you will excuse me I have to get started."

"Of course Mai ritoru ryumasen, I'll let you to your studying. If you need me send for me do not come looking for me." Maya stated in a serious filled voice as she turned to take her leave. "As you can see since the announcement there will be many that will come looking for your favor and for a fight."

With a grin on her face, and while watching her sister walk off, Aya let out a long sigh and waved at her retreating sister and hoped that the plan that she had thought would take her awhile to set into place had been moved up and showed great promise of being ahead since her mother had finally seen some reason and the pain that she was being put through. 'In time I hope you can forgive me Maya…I died trying to prove myself and I will not back down now. If anything I have to continue what I started. I am still Rin and I will forever be Rin…the human child that became the ward of the great Lord of the West, the daughter of the only miko hanyou and master Inuyasha. I will prove myself and I will return to my Lords side…even if it kills me….for good this time.'