Chapter 5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3 MONTHS LATER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Once again Rin was left alone with Jaken near the new campsite. Jaken used his staff of Two Heads and started a fire to keep warm. Jaken sat next to the fire and looked over at Rin who was napping on the floor.

Stupid, insolent girl. Jaken thought. I still don't understand why Lord Sesshomaru is so attracted to her…she's only a mere human.

Jaken walked around the fire, passing by Rin. Immediately he jumped back and held his breath. Man, this girl stinks! Jaken thought to himself. Jaken walked up closer to the sleeping girl and nearly gagged again. Her scent was different; it wasn't a stench of her being dirty. It was something else, and Jaken had an idea as to what it was.

"Jaken…" Sesshomaru said from the trees.

"Yes, Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken retorted while bowing.

"It's not safe here…"

"What do you mean Lord Sesshomaru?"

Sesshomaru walked over to Rin to wake her up and he, too, was also disgusted by Rin's smell. He didn't think anything of it and crouched down near Rin. He gently ran his fingers through her hair and began to whisper her name. Her eyes slowly opened a minute later and saw Sesshomaru above her. Before she had time to say his name, he immediately picked her up.

"What's…." Rin yawned, "Going on?"

"Something's off here, we need to move."

Sesshomaru jumped into the sky and began to travel away from the old campsite. Jaken was still on the ground, left alone. He mumbled under his breath as he jumped onto Ah-Un.

"Let's go." Jaken said, tugging at the reins.

Ah-Un looked over at Jaken and didn't respond. Jaken then tugged harder at the reins now yelling at the demon. Finally, Ah-Un jumped into the air throwing Jaken off guard. They both began to fly after Sesshomaru.

"What's wrong, Sesshomaru?" Rin asked.

Sesshomaru didn't answer; all he did was look into the distance. Rin poked him and kissed his cheek, but he was still unresponsive. Rin gave up and crossed her arms over her chest. Sesshomaru didn't tell Rin where they were going, because he didn't want her to worry.

Why isn't he talking to me? Did I do some… Rin stopped herself mid-thought as soon as she felt sick. She placed her hand over her mouth and tugged at Sesshomaru's arm. He glanced over at her and immediately went to the ground.

"Are you alright, Rin?" Sesshomaru asked, when they landed.

Rin didn't answer, she kept her hand over her mouth and ran into the bushes. Sesshomaru followed after her to make sure she was all right. He saw her on her hands and knees, throwing up. He placed his hand on her back and caressed her. After Rin was done throwing up, Sesshomaru walked her to the lake and got her some water.

"Do you think you ate something bad?" Sesshomaru asked her.

She shrugged as she took a drink of water, it couldn't have been that she hasn't eaten anything all that much recently. It couldn't be that. Then she thought to herself.

"Then what is it?" Sesshomaru asked, leaning into her.

Immediately he froze, leaving centimeters between them. Her scent was somewhat different that before. He continued to sniff her and take in the new scent; this scent was something strange to him, but yet somewhat familiar. Last time someone he knew had a scent like that was when his mother was alive, and before his useless half brother was born. He took one last whiff of Rin and knew what was going on. Their last campsite was fine; it was just Rin's scent that threw him off.

"Rin…" Sesshomaru said.

"What is it?" Rin asked after taking another sip of water.

"You're with child…"

"I am!?"

Sesshomaru nodded as he took in the whiff once more.