Chapter 18!

Rin explores the palace!

Sesshomaru's Private Room!

The next morning… Rin woke up with terrible back pain as usual. She cracked her back in agony and sat up. Her husband was no where to be found. She rolled out of bed and put her cloths back on, as she tied up her Kimono. There was a note by ther bathroom door. She looked at the piece of paper and sighed.

Rin,

I'll be out for awhile, I'll be back tomorrow night, as I have important errands. Please, get the maids to make you some food, I will return.

Your Husband, Sesshomaru.

Rin rolled her eyes in disappointment. She knew Sesshomaru liked to wonder, even when she was a child back then…..

" Master Jaken, stay here and watch Rin." "Wh-My lord! Where are you going?!" "It is none of your concern." She remembered her lord not saying much, and he was gone for days. "My lord, will you be back?" "I will return, stay here with Jaken." "Uhh, yes my lord…"

Now he was doing it when they were married. She sighed, as she knew it couldn't be helped. She opened the doors of the Master Bedroom and walked around the palace. It was quiet, too quiet for her taste. She was then approached by a maid. "Oh, Miss Rin, you are awake." "Oh, hello." "Come Miss, you must be hungry." "Well, I am a little bit."

Later…

Rin couldn't belive the size of the dinning room, as she munched on her egg, it was huge! After she felt satisfied, she went outside on the beautiful veranda. She wanted a perfect home with the youki, but this one was not envisioned in her mind. She had no idea how wealthy Sesshomaru's family was. She sighed and sat on the porch swing, staring up at the sky. 'It's going to be a long day.' she thought, sighing under her breath.

2 days later….

It was the beginning of July and Rin was now 5 ½ months pregnant. Her back pain was excruciating now. Sesshomaru did all he could to aid her. He comforted her as she cuddled up in bed in utter agony.

"I apologize Sesshomaru." The youki just smiled and pulled Rin closer.

"In sickness and in health, remember?" Rin nodded and cuddled up to Sesshomaru's fur, eventually passing out. The silver haried youki hated seeing his precious Rin in pain. He sighed and fell into slumber as well.

The next day…

Rin woke up once again, alone. Sesshomaru's wondering habbits were starting to irritate her, as she got dressed and explored the palace once again. She explored the dinning room, the parlour room, and the kitchen. She then came across another hallway. 'Where does this one lead?' she wondered, as she cracked her back in agony. Just then, Master Jaken approached her.

"Rin! There you are! Where is Lord Sesshomaru?!" "I don't know Master Jaken, I have not seen him since last night." "Oh! He is wondering again! How inconvinent!" "Master Jaken, where does this hallway lead?" Master Jaken sighed under his breath. "It is Sesshomaru's private wing, no one but him can enter there, not even you. Now come on! You must help me with these errands!" "Oh, right."

With that Rin walked away, smilling. 'I will come back tonight.' she thought, joing the imp demon.

Later that night…

Rin got out of bed, all was quiet. She smiled and grabbed a lamp from the closet. She turned it on and headed back down to that same hallway. She gulped at its darkness. Every night lamp was lit in the mansion, accept in this hallway. Se gulped in fear again, heading inside it. As she walked through, there seemed to be old portraits of Sesshomaru's ancestors, it gave her the creeps.

As she kept going, she saw a room ahead of her, the light was on. She pushed open the large door, to find a large parlour room. Ahead of her was a fire place, on the right was a desk full pf papers and scrolls. Lastly on the left, was something that astounded her. It was Sesshomaru's Family Tree!

It was huge, full of names, spieceis of demon, and what not. She couldn't believe her eyes! She looked away and went over to the desk to hold herself up from the sight she just saw. She then opened her eyes and looked through the documents. They seemed to be studies of the mating ritual between demons and humans. There were experiments, horror stories, and more experiments. 'What could he be after?' she wondered, sifting through the papers. Just then, she heard someone coming, she froze in fear; not knoing what to do. "Jaken is that you? I told YOU NOT TO COME INTO MY STUDY-Oh, Rin."

"Husband, what are all these papers?" Sesshomaru smiled and stood next to her. "Their research. I wanted to see if my mother was right about the mating ritual between Full Demon and Human, of course, she was right."

"What do you mean?" Sesshomaru sighed. "If we do the ritual, you may accedentaly become a half demon." "What?!" "Yes, it is a false hope, I don't think we can do it." "My Lord.. I don't care! I will do what ever it takes to be with you!" "Rin…" "It will happen, just you wait and see." "Rin…"

Sesshomaru sighed then spoke again. "When do you wish to do this?"

"After the boys are born." "That soon? Rin, you are out of your head." Rin clutched Sesshomaru. "So what if I am? I was not ment to be normal, so please do the ritual with me, I want to be with you forever…" Sesshomaru smiled again, and pulled Rin closer. " Rin, are you sure?" "Yes, I want this."

"Heh, very well then." as the couple stood in embrace, the warmth got to them. "Sesshomaru? Can we go up stairs now?" Sesshomaru smiled. "You read my mind, my precious Rin."

So, the couple made love all night. Rin decided there and then that no matter what, she was going to do the ritual. She wanted to be Sesshomaru's, and nobody could tell her different. As for Sesshomaru, he couldn't wait to finally claim Rin as his own.