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Chapter 3

Encounter

Rin and Sesshomaru have been walking for almost an hour before they came in front of a an open field with a small sickly greenish imp with a two head staff and a sleeping two headed dragon. It was pacing around ranting about always being left behind and having to watch the two headed dragon sleeping a yard away.

"Master Jaken" Rin ran to him while laughing. The imp stopped in its track to look over at the young woman calling his name. His big buggy eyes widen before he shrieked "Rin!". He ran up to her and was quickly scooped up into a crushing hug by the human.

"Release me you insolent child" Jaken screeched. Rin couldn't help but giggle at his protest. She was use to him yelling and ordering her around during their travels together when she was a child and the occasional visits with Sesshomaru.

"I missed you Jaken-sama." She gave him a peck on the forehead. "Ahhh! Stupid human! What are you doing?" Jaken yelled with a red face. "Now we're all together again." She said with a wide smile while lifting him with her arms stretched at eye level. Jaken quit his squirming and only sighed by her sincere words. In truth, he missed her terribly and was looking forward to the day Rin would return to travel with them. Sometimes he'll even ask Sesshomaru when he will offer to allow Rin to come back but always got a silent answer or a rock thrown at his head.

She suddenly released Jaken and made him fall flat on his face. "Oomph! How dare you!" Jaken screamed with his fist in the air. Rin ignored his rant and went over to Ah-Un while calling its name. The two headed dragon quickly woke up from its nap and looked towards the approaching human. It lift its heads up for Rin to grabbed them in a hug. She nuzzled between both of their heads while cupping them.

"Ah-Un!" She greeted. "How have you've been?" The two headed dragon nuzzled against her showing they they missed her. She gave them both a kiss on the cheek before Sesshomaru interrupted their reunion.

"Rin, its time to go." Sesshomaru said with a bored look and tone.

"Hai my lord." Rin replied while grabbing Ah-Un's reign and quickly leading it to follow Sesshomaru.

"Ahh. Don't leave me behind again Sesshomaru-sama." Jaken yell before trying to catch up to the others.

They have been walking for hours. It was early afternoon when they left and now the sun was starting to set. Sesshomaru led them to a clearing with a nearby river to settle for camp. "We shall stay here for tonight." Sesshomaru ordered before walking over to a tree and sitting down with his eyes closed.

Everyone stopped walking and relaxed after they dropped their belongings against a tree. "Jaken-sama can you build a fire for me?" Rin asked in a sweet voice. "Why should I? Why can't you make you're own fire?" Jaken said in an annoyed tone. "Because I'm going to go catch some fishes and plus you're soo much better at it then I am." Rin said while pretending to envy his skills of using his staff of two heads. "Hmph! I guess I could if you put it that way." Jaken said in an pompous tone. Rin giggled and headed to the river.

Meanwhile Sesshomaru had his eyes reopened the whole entire time, watching the young woman trick Jaken and inwardly smirked at her wittiness. He continued to watch her roll the bottoms of her kimono to her knees, showing off her toned creamy calfs before stepping into the cool water. He didn't notice that he was staring at her until Rin quickly bend over to catch a fish. He saw her smile widely at her success and quickly closed his eyes when she turned around. He kept his eyes closed while listening intently to Rin going back a few more times into the river to catch more fish.

Rin caught four fish and cooked two for her and two for Jaken over the fire. She offered Sesshomaru some but of course he declined. It was dark with the moon shining in the night sky when they finished their meal. Rin washed up by the river before going to her bag to grab a blanket and sword to lay down beside Ah-Un. She placed her sword next to her before pulling her blanket over her body. Jaken was a yard away laying against a tree with his staff in his arms.

Rin and Jaken continued to talk and ramble about the things they did over the years during their separation to tire themselves out. Their rambling stopped when Sesshomaru suddenly stood up. They immediately stopped talking and stared at their lord. They knew he was troubled by something.

"Sesshomaru-sama, is something the matter" Jaken asked in a nervous voice. Rin tried to figure out what was wrong by studying his eyes for any hints for his strange behavior. She has aways been able to read him by looking into his eyes and usually she can tell what he was feeling even though his face remains emotionless.

"Stay here" was all Sesshomaru said before he suddenly ran off into the woods.

Over ten minutes have pasted and Sesshomaru still hasn't returned. "What if something happened to him" Rin asked in a quiet whisper. "Of course nothing happen you stupid child. Sesshomaru-sama is too strong to allow himself to get hurt. Jaken said in an annoyed tone while trying to hide the worry in his tone.

They suddenly heard rustling and looked towards it across from the fire. Rin stood up and called out "Sesshomaru-sama?" but to her surprise it was a demon. Her eyes widen and she quickly grabbed her sword which was laying by her feet. Jaken quickly got in front of Rin while raising his staff of two head, getting ready to attack. They looked at the demon and saw that it was seven feet tall with horns on its head and sharp claws and teeth.

It growled before springing towards them. Rin was ready to attack but Jaken quickly yelled "Feel the wrath of the Staff of Two Heads." causing the the staff to produce fire towards the demon. The demon quickly got caught on fire and laid there on the ground motionless. "Hmph, that'll show you not to mess with the great Jaken" Jaken said with an arrogant tone. Rin smile but quickly frowned when she heard more rustling. This time, three demons came out.

They were bigger than the previously one and looked more powerful than it. The one in the middle looked more human than the other two which looked more like the first one but only bigger. The human-like one spoke "Take care of the imp and dragon, I'll take care of the human." it commanded to the other two.

Jaken quickly prepared to attacke. "I must protect Rin at all cost for who knows what

Sesshomaru-sama will do to me if she gets hurt." Jaken inwardly said. He tried attacking them but failed. They were faster and quickly dodge Jaken's attempt. Ah-Un tried to help but they were two close to blast them with its electric beam and could only slam and claw at them. Rin saw the human like demon overpowering Ah-Un so she yelled "Hey! if you want me, you better hurry up and catch me." She quickly ran into the forest with her sword ready to strike at any moment. The demon quickly ran after her with Jaken yelling for Rin to come back.

Rin ran through the forest with only light from the moon to help her see and hid herself behind a tree. She could sense the demon approaching and was ready to attack now that no one would see her. She saw the demon coming to strike at her but quickly blocked it's claws with her sword.

"You're a lot tougher than I though human." the demon growled while narrowing its eyes.

"You're not bad yourself" Rin retorted before pushing it back and slashing it across the chest. The demon roared in pain before breathing poisonous gas at Rin. Rin didn't see that coming and accidentally inhale the poison. She covered her nose and mouth with her left hand while her right held her sword. She coughed and tried to jump away from it but only bumped her head hard into a tree in the process.

Rin tried to balanced herself with her back leaning against the tree but the demon quickly jumped at her opening and dragged its claws across Rin's right arm, causing her to drop her sword. Rin grabbed her bleeding arm with her left hand while looking at the demon. She saw the demon getting ready to strike her for the kill but suddenly to went limp after a deathly roar.

She watched the demon collapse on the ground with a loud thump. When she looked back up, she saw the most beautiful demoness she had ever seen. Her long pale pink, almost white, silky hair ended at her thigh, her skin was pale and shimmer under the moonlight, her eyes were of the deepest blue she had ever seen. Her kimono was a dark purple, almost black, with a teal blue sash wrapping around her waist which held the sheath of her white hilted bloodied sword in her hand.

After she removed the blood off her sword by flicking it in the air she sheathed her it. She stared and studied Rin while Rin did the same. After a short silence, Rin straighten up and quickly spoke "Um.. thank you.. for saving me." The demoness said nothing and just stared with a blank expression.

Rin grasped her bloodied arm tighter and the demoness couldn't help but notice the human's rough breathing. She noticed the blood dripping from Rin's arm and bent down to place her right hand on the dead demon in front of her.

Rin saw a light glowing from underneath the hand touching the dead demon. When it stopped glowing the demon shriveled up as if all of its blood has been sucked out of it leaving only the dry corpse.

She stepped over the dried up demon and approach Rin slowly. Rin pressed her body more against the tree and carefully watched the demoness silently walk over to her. The demoness stopped a foot away from her and slowly lifted her right hand up to Rin's wound but held it there a few inches away. "It's okay." The demoness spoke with a soft voice that sounded like the most beautiful chimes you'll ever hear. Rin hesitantly relaxed and removed her left hand for the demoness to cover her wound with her right hand.

Rin gasped at the contact and fear that she'll do the same thing to her like she did to the demon. A glowing light shined through under the demoness's hand and Rin could feel her pain slowly dissipate. When the light faded, she removed her hand and Rin gawked at the closed wound as if it was never there, only having the the shredded fabric as proof that she was ever wounded.

Rin stared back at the demoness and wanted to ask her how she did that and to thank her. When she opened her mouth, the demoness suddenly jumped back before turning away and quickly disappearing into the dark moonlit night.