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Chapter 2

Departure

"Rin" Came Sesshomaru's deep baritone voice.

Rin whipped her head to the direction of the voice. Her eyes lit up and glimmered with happiness of his arrival. She gave him the brightest smile followed by "Sesshomaru-sama!"

She quickly ran to him like a little girl once again. Oh how she wanted to keep running into him and embrace him in a hug but resisted knowing that he wouldn't want to be touch. She stopped three feet away giving her enough room to bow before looking back up towards his face.

She studied the twin magenta stripes on his cheek, going down to is thin soft lips, up his perfectly pointed nose, and toward the blue crescent moon on his forehead. She would give anything to be able to touch and trace his demon markings. She always wonder if it has the same texture as the rest of his pale flawless skin or not.

"Sesshomaru-sama, welcome back." She happily greeted "I'm so happy you returned. I missed you so much"

"Rin, it has only been a month since my last visit." Sesshomaru stated nonchalantly.

"I know, but I can't help missing you my lord." she giggled whiled fluttering her long dark eyelashes.

"Hn" was his reply.

"So my lord, how long can you stay this time?" Rin asked even though she knew he never stayed for more than two hours.

"Not very long" was his response.

"Oh. I see" Rin said sadly. She lowered her head and stared down towards her fiddling fingers with a glum face.

Sesshomaru noticed her silence and change in mood from cheerfulness to disappointment, "Rin, you know I can't stay too long"

"Yes of course" Rin quickly look back up into his eyes. "I know that you have to go back to your palace to take care of your land in the west." she paused shifting her eyes to the side " I just wanted to spend more time together." she stuttered with a blush.

Sesshomaru couldn't help but notice her nervousness. He continued to stare into her eyes that looked away from him.

They stayed in silence for awhile until Sesshomaru finally broke it. "My visit will be short because I plan on taking you with me."

Rin's eyes widened and gasped at his statement. She reverted her eyes to his. She searched his eyes for signs of him regretting his decision but saw only his tender seriousness. With teary eyes, Rin quickly shut them and nodded before whispering an overjoy "Hai!"

They took their time walking back to the village with Rin rambling on about her activities while he was away, without mentioning her daily training of course. She often talked about her times with Emiko and Hikaru, whom she absolutely adore. She spoils them rotten by playing with them, since she has the energy to keep up with their demonic energy.

Once they reached the village, Rin quickly sprinted to the hut she resides in with Kaede. When she got their, she saw Kaede smashing herbs to make medicine on the leveled floor. "Kaede-sama!" Rin yelled.

Kaede stopped what she was doing and stared questionably at the young woman in front of her.

"Kaede-sama." She huffed "Sesshomaru-sama offer me to return traveling with him" She blurted with excitementin her tone.

"What did ye tell him child?" she asked even though she knew the answer long ago. Whenever Sesshomaru visit, Rin would brighten up more than usual. Though she was content living in the village, she was never truly happy living without her Lord by her side. Kaede noticed that her adoration for her lord deepened into love as she grew older. When she started her first monthly cycle at the age of 13, Rin began to have a an unquestionable attraction to her lord. Though she has never stated this, it was quite obvious to everyone around her to notice.

"I told him yes." she answered back. "I love living in the village and everyone here, especially you Kaede-sama who has been like a grandmother to me but, I can't live without him." She said quietly, but just loud enough for the elderly miko to hear.

"Ay, child. I knew this day would come eventually." She slowly got up walked towards Rin. She opened her arms wide for a hug.

Rin smiled and walked into her grandmotherly embrace. They hugged each other tightly for a minute in silence before Kaede stepped back. She grabbed Rin's chin and looked into her now teary brown eyes.

"Ye have grown up to be such a beauty, so strong yet kind hearted. I'm going to miss you so much." She said while smile softly.

A tear couldn't help but slip out of Rin's eyes.

"Now child stop ye crying. He's going to think you're sad to leave."

Rin dried her tears and giggled at her comment.

"Do you have your thing's packed yet?" Kaede asked.

"Yes. I just have to change into a more appropriate kimono to travel in."

Kaede nodded and walked towards the door. "Take your time changing. I'll go tell the others about the news." She informed before leaving the hut and shutting the door.

Rin waited until the door was closed before she went over to her chest containing her kimono. She quickly changed into a deep blue kimono with big to small light pink flowers printed along her sleeves and leg. She wrapped a red sash securely to her waist before grabbing her sword and tucking it in place. She hid the knife Sesshomaru gave her in her kimono before checking to make sure all of her stuff was there. After she was ready, she took a big breath before opening the door and stepping out.

Before her eyes was Inuyasha and Kagome holding hands with Hikaru and Emiko standing in front of them. Beside them were Sngo and and Miroku with the kids. Hina and Aki were standing infront of Sango, Ryuu was in front of Miroku while he held his youngest son Kei. Shippo was also there beside Inuyasha with Kaede.

"Everyone" Rin spoke. She could see their sad expression on her decision to leave. They were like her family. They took her in and accepted her right away even though they had no obligation to do so, except they'll to face Sesshomaru's wrath if they mistreated her but of course they didn't.

Kagome was the first to start the long line of hugs and tears."Rin" Kagome stepped forward. "We're going to miss you so much. Be careful and remember to practice your archery and powers. Make sure they're always in shape and never forget all the things I've taught you." Kagome reminded while hugging her to death. "I can't believe you're leaving already. You're like my little sister so never forget that." Kagome cried. Rin can only nod while trying to hold back her own tears.

Kagome stepped back for Emiko and Hikaru to hug her. Rin kneeled to hug and kiss both of them. "Aunty Rin!" they both yelled at the same time with tears in their eyes. "Are you leaving us already?" Hikaru demanded. "Why?" Emiko asked. Rin couldn't help but smile and told them that she's going back to where she belongs.

Sango came up and pulled Rin into a bear hug. "Keep practicing your fighting skills and good luck with everything my star pupil. You've easily surpassed my skills and I wouldn't doubt that your'e the strongest demon slayer alive." Rin couldn't help chuckling and hugged Sango tightly. "Thank you for everything." she said back.

Miroku stepped up with his kids and hugged Rin one by one. "Rin, you've grown up to be so beautiful over the years that I think that your should stay and bare my child." Miroku offered while grabbing Rin's left hand. SMACK was all that could be heard. A red hand print was on Miroku's cheek with a fuming Sango. "I've already bare you children you HENTAI!" yelled Sango. "If you keep this up, I'll make sure you'll never be able to have kids ever again" she glared at him. "WHAT!? Sango my darling I was only kidding." Miroku stuttered nervously. The whole group laughed at the couple regular argument.

Shippo came up and hugged Rin as tight as his little body could muster. "Rin, I'm going to miss you. Be careful alright?" Shippo said with tearful green eyes. "I will Shippo. Take care and train hard." She smiled back.

Inuyasha finally step forward with his arms crossed over his chest. Rin stared at him before giving him a crushing hug. "Hey be careful. What are you trying to do, crush me? You know you're a lot stronger now." Inuyasha jokingly complained before crushing her back just as hard. Rin giggled while nuzzling her face in his chest. " Thank so much for everything Inuyasha. I don't know what I'll do if you didn't help me." Rin whispered softly into his chest. "Hey you're like a sister to me. Of course I'll help you. Stay safe and if the heartless brother of mine does anything to you, just tell me and I'll whoop his ass for ya!" Inuyasha smirked. Rin laughed "Will do."

She stepped back and went over to give Kaede one final hug before heading towards the forest where Sesshomaru was waiting for her. She could hear and see their waves and shouts of good-byes until she was too far. Before she even reached the forest, Sesshomaru had already appeared before her.

He studied her appearance and immediately noticed her sword. He still didn't know about her training and kept his eyes on the sword. Rin noticed his intense gaze on her and blushed nervously. She followed his gaze and realized that he was looking at the sword."Oh..um.. this is for hunting." She quickly went to grape the hilt of her sword. "Now that I'm bigger I'll need to catching bigger prey for food." Rin quickly and nervously made up before he could question her. "Inuyasha taught me the basics but nothing dangerous for sure." She continued to make up other excuses so that he suspect her. She didn't want him to know yet and plans to keep it that way for now.

Sesshomaru only raise an eyebrow seeing her frantically trying to make up excuses but left it at that. "Rin, were going." was his response before he turned around heading towards the west.

"Hai Sesshomaru-sama" Rin cheerly sang before she quickly walked next beside him.