Through the well and back again

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A/n: Honestly, I love writing for this story and I'm going to be so sad when I come to the last and final chapter for it. :( haha. However, it feels like it's coming up but I will do my best to draw this out as long as I can. :) With coffee down and inspiration flowing, I think I can manage to do so. :) Also, thank you all for all your kind reviews and thanks to them and a little help from the imagination I have a possible second Inuyasha story on hold and waiting to start while I finish this one up. :) I'm still thinking on it, though. :) I just love to write though and I'm glad I finally got back into it after so many years it feels like because I've missed it to be honest. It helps me get through real life things as crazy as that sounds? Lol. Anyways, onto chapter 15! :D I'm so proud of myself, lol.

P.s: Thank you all again for all the sweet reviews! I don't feel like I thank you enough but they do make my day and really do help keep me going. Love you guys. xoxo~

Chapter 15:

Two days...

It has been two whole days since his beloved Rin had fallen prey to the dreadful nightmares she fought in order to stay alive. She was a fighter. This he knew from experience but was she strong enough to break the spell that held her down? He was more than irritated with the young miko who had claimed that she could heal Rin. The night she had turned to him with a sad, defeated look on his face he had snarled and jumped out the window and gone on a wild killing spree.

Later, he had regretted it. Only because while he was in the middle of killing everything in his site and path, Rin's face kept appearing in his minds eye as he let his claws slice through flesh and shred it without even clearly seeing it. For a moment, he sympathized with his deceased father. He imagined this is how he felt when his human mate was giving birth to Inuyasha and dying from it... but he would never admit this to anyone, not even Rin.

He didn't want to and couldn't lose her. He feared the beast he would turn into if he did. Long ago, he would never have feared that crazed and heartless animal.

In fact, he had been wanting to become that horrible monster. With Rin at his side now and knowing that she would never willingly leave him, he had been willing to change even though he had never let anyone see it. Or speak of it and he would still not hesitate to kill if he had to. He couldn't admit that he almost had to kill in order to feel normal. It was all part of being the great and powerful demon he was.

With Rin at his side though, she eased that desire considerably. With her sweet smiles and easy laughter and playful personality. She wasn't like any of the other human girls in the villages scattered out across the country. She wasn't selfish and greedy and had all eyes for him.

These were the reasons why she was so special. And these were the reasons why he was willing to change himself. For her, he would become and be anything.

After he had come back from his regrettable killing spree, he had thought up a plan in order to hopefully free her from the witches clutches. While he traveled through the lands of his time, hoping she was still alive, he tried not to think about the dreams she was having that was causing her so much pain and suffering...

Rin thrashed around in her painful sleep, hoping the awful images would go away. That is what she would call them. They were far too horrible and awful to be even considered as nightmares.

she knew deep in her heart that this was somehow a punishment for her. It was a punishment for going back in time in order to see her lords past and it was a punishment for the killing of the witch because her lord did not want her to have to give up her first new born child...

Even though it was torture and incredibly painful, she would do it all over again if she was faced with that choice. She didn't regret anything, this much was for certain.

'He murdered us without a care in the world. He is worse than a monster, he is the devil incarnate. He will devour your soul and very heart. Get away from him while you still can.'

On and on they went, telling her to fear him and to flee from him. She endured. She would always endure. She was not willing to give up on him just because of how he used to be.

They continued to torture her and showed her images of her lord, no not her lord and best friend/lover but a different person entirely. This was the demon they were warning her against. This was the man with red eyes, instead of golden and the most terrifying murderous look in his eyes. There was a cold fury to the way he carried himself and yes, it indeed terrified her but instead of making her want to run away from him and never look back, it made her want to stay and try and bring her lord Sesshoumaru back to her, like he was in the real waking world.

She felt like the hopeless and weak human her lord always seemed to speak of and hate and it made her feel pathetic and wish that she could change herself for him as he had done for her without even realizing it.

Except one major thing terrified her and kept her from even trying. The thought of her changing herself but having him not give a damn in the end, no matter what she did and him turning his back on her forever because of the damned fact that she was indeed a human and would forever be one, no matter how much she wished she wasn't.

She could feel her very heart snapping in two at the very thought...

Rin felt like she was drowning in these depressing and horrible thoughts of her worst fears imaginable when a new voice filled her mind. This voice was different from the others, she knew this right away.

"Wake up, darling. You cannot stay like this forever for he awaits your return."

'But I don't want to wake up.' Rin thought pathetically to this new voice.

"You must. You have been asleep for two days and if you do not wake up you will die. Think of what dying would do to him. He may not know how to show it but if he were to lose you, he would be destroyed."

Rin mentally shook her head and wanted to rip this voice from her conscious. For once in her life, she didn't want to wake up and face the look of disappointment and loathing her lord would always have of her kind, even if he maybe possibly felt a little bit different for her.

Deep down, though she knew whoever was speaking to her weak mind was right and that she needed to be strong and force herself to wake. She had never once in her life been selfish or even allowed herself to think of herself more than a short period of time but for once, she wanted to be like the other girls and think of herself and take the easy way out, she was so tried of fighting...

She had already died once before, why should now be any different? She had nothing to be afraid of because death was something peaceful. 'Just like sleeping.' She thought wistfully to herself.

''Because now you have someone looking forward to your return. Last time, you did not. Wake up child, for he awaits. Please."

It was that 'please' that finally made her open her eyes and once again look up at the world she both loved and hated but for once, her lord was not there looking back down at her...

'Where could he be?' She wondered before trying to force herself to sit up in the cot she had been sick in for the last two days but, a hand that was not her lords forced her back down and that's when she became even more terrified. Why was he not with her?

She was determined to find out, even if she had to fight for it for she was very used to fighting for the things she wanted the most...

A/n: What do you guys think?! Please review and let me know! :D And, as mentioned above, improvements for the story will be made once I finish writing it. :) So I apologize in advance for anything that looks weird or funny or any future mistakes I may make while finishing this. :) They will be fixed, I promise! :D And as promised this chapter is (kind of) longer than most. :) However this story was supposed to be just drabbles I couldn't help myself and make the chapters a tad bit longer, anyways. :) Haha. I hope you lovely readers enjoyed this and the next chapter will be uploaded soon! :D