Hello all! I hope to update this soon for more upcoming chapters. I know that in the previous one, it's hard to believe Sesshomaru or Inuyasha would be so neglectful of their girls. But if my memory serves me correctly, especially for Sesshomaru, he was not and could not always be around to protect his little companions. Luckily, there was always someone else around to defend them. I also hated how vulnerable Rin was at these times. I plan to make her, especially as an adult, much more capable. Although that will take time. I like to see her as a badass for once, including Kagome, Sango, and maybe even Sheensa! We love a good example of character development.

Enjoy the update :) I definitely had to up the ratings after this chapter! (If it is too much for you, please skip ahead.)

Japanese Translation:

Hanbun no pan- Half-breed

Song for chapter: *Never Let Me Go- Florence + the Machine* (I was listening to this and just fell in love with it. I had already written it but as soon as I heard this song, I was like wait... I like to think it meshes well with an upcoming scene...)

Rin stared up at him as he stood several feet away. Her eyelids blinked reflexively, as she stood there astounded by his sudden question. "Um,... what?"

Inuyasha walked over toward the stunned girl and lifted her right arm, revealing several bruises and abrasions. "You were attacked tonight, weren't ya'?"

Kagome too rushed over, "Yes! She was. I already cleansed the wounds for her before she awoke."

"Awoke?" Inuyasha asked, lifting a brow.

"Yes! She passed out after everything had happened."

"Everything?" Inuyasha abruptly questioned. "What did you both see tonight?"

"I didn't see anything. Rin was outside and she was attacked!"

"I was just walking home and... Bankotsu saved me."

"Bankotsu?!" Sesshomaru boomed again. His assertive energy direct and branching out from him through his weakening stoic countenance. So much so that each of their attention present, turned from Rin to face him.

"Uh,... yes," Rin replied, mentally analyzing the ghastly events prior. "He just... showed up. He had a gun and he protected me tonight."

"Reckless!" Sesshomaru spat.

"He protected you? How?" Inuyasha questioned, skeptical.

"He shot it... right through the mouth!"

"Well, that's one way to do it." He admitted, displaying an expressive frown and another lifted brow.

"It's not an IT!" Kagome reminded, nearly screeching. "It was a demon! And I thought they weren't real. Bankotsu told us all about them and even how the police know of their existence."

Sesshomaru stiffened. Inuyasha expelled a regretful sigh, "Look, Rin, Kagome, we haven't been completely honest about what we've been doing out there."

Rin and Kagome eyed each other knowingly, before turning back to Inuyasha before he continued.

"We know 'bout the demons out there too," he explained. "They are snake demons. A type of yokai that prey on the innocent."

"There are different types?" Rin inquired.

"Yeah, there are. Plenty actually."

"I swear it's like we've been thrown into some kind of twilight zone episode." Kagome quipped.

"You jest," Sesshomaru responded. "But this is real life. It always has been."

"Always?" Rin gazed over at Sesshomaru, who already had his eyes fixed on her.

"Bankotsu did say something about an archive on them in our school's library, but that it was all speculation."

"He, and maybe even others, might know a thing or two about the yokai's history. And even how to kill one but,... nothing of what they truly are and what they have the power to do." Inuyasha informed.

"He also mentioned that at some point in history, they ranked highest in the food chain." Rin recalled. "Why did that change? Was it because they were evil and... and needed to be erased somehow?"

"Somethin' like that," Inuyasha answered, looking over toward his older brother, who still had his eyes solely on Rin. "Guys, understand that even though it's hard to believe, there are good and bad demons."

Kagome huffed disbelievingly. "Good demons? Do you even hear yourself? That makes no sense!"

Sesshomaru scoffed, "I suppose he did not inform you of that fact from his insufficient research."

"Oh," Kagome pondered. "Well, well how do you know? How do you both know anyway? And..." she questioned and paused, viewing the pocketed sword in his carefully constructed waistband. Rin looked over too, after seeing her pause in bemusement and noticed that Inuyasha also had a sheathed sword at his side. "...what are those?"

"What this?" Inuyasha chuckled, gripping at the hilt of Tessaiga. "It's how we protect ourselves."

"With... a sword?" Kagome questioned dubiously.

Inuyasha sneered and huffed, quickly withdrawing Tessaiga as the tip of it nearly touched Rin's ceiling. "It was forged from the tooth of one of the most powerful Inu-Yōkai," he ranted, admiring the great sword as it glinted in the ceiling's light. "It's stronger than it looks," he turned and winked at Kagome. "It gets bigger too."

"It does," Sesshomaru added, crossing his arms to his chest. "But, that is also his way of overcompensating for something else."

Kagome sharply gasped and covered her mouth with her palm, attempting to hide her giggle. Rin abruptly coughed, pretending to clear her throat.

Inuyasha smacked his lips together, turning toward the girls, "Excuse my French ladies," he resheathed Tessaiga, before dashing over toward the unfazed, unmoved Sesshomaru. "You DICK! Is that your way of sarcasm? Because it isn't funny!"

Sesshomaru lifted an amused eyebrow, "It isn't?"

Inuyasha scoffed, "Ohhh... so now you jest?"

Kagome walked over, chuckling, and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Inuyasha, it's just a joke," she leaned in closer, whispering in his left ear. "I know that's far from the truth."

Inuyasha smirked victoriously, "He's just jealous because this is the sword he wanted and Otōsan gave it to me, a worthy fighter!"

Sesshomaru scoffed mockingly, "Must we talk of swords or strength?" He smirked wryly, narrowing his eyes at his younger brother. "Is that what you want, Hanbun no pan?"

Inuyasha growled.

"Okay, there's no need for that." Kagome said, stepping between the two prideful brothers. "How about you tell us how your father was even able to find such a sword."

Kagome's delicate hand against Inuyasha's chest immediately calmed his fury, refocusing his thoughts towards the situation at hand. Sesshomaru however, was as usual, completely unbothered.

"She's right," Rin agreed and turned her gaze over to Sesshomaru. He again held his eyes over her intently as she was still unable to read his unstirred expression.

Inuyasha looked over at Sesshomaru, giving him a knowing look. Instead of what he thought he would do, Sesshomaru shook his head. "Our family has connections," he lied, eyes still on his older brother. He then looked down, his voice fraught with guilt in his next words. "That is all ya' need to know right now."

"Interesting though,..." Rin pondered. Everyone present had their attention on her now. "How you had a similar sword in my dreams," she recalled, pointing a finger at Sesshomaru. "Is that how you fight with it?"

Sesshomaru nodded, "Yes. Indeed, your gift to see holds some truth. But remember," he said, taking one step closer to her. "...not everything you see is to be taken at face value."

Rin thought it over for a moment before nodding in agreement.

"Well, whatever it is you both are doing out there," Kagome said, turning toward Inuyasha, pecking him on his cheek. "Please be careful."

Inuyasha's upper cheeks redden and he reached and encircled his fingers around hers. "We always are," he gave her hand a light squeeze before leading her towards the front door. "Come on, let's give them time to talk."

"Okay Inuyasha," she agreed and turned slightly before exiting the small apartment. "Rin, I'll be right down the hall if you need me."

"Okay." Rin said, peering over her shoulder as the door came to a close. She slowly turned and sat her eyes on Sesshomaru. He was standing there still as a stone, eyes unblinking, silent and intensely focused on her, still several feet away.

"Rin?" He uttered in a whisper. His phlegmatic physiognomy cracking under pressure like fine porcelain glass.

"Sesshomaru...," her voice quivering, muscles tensed as warm liquid began filling under her eyes, quickly flowing down toward her chin. "I was,... I was so s-scared."

In a split second he was in front of her. Her entire small frame was crushed to him, as he tightly wrapped his arms around her, burying her sobbing face in his chest. "Rin, please, cry not."

"I just wished that," she said through muffled sobs. "...that you were there."

His face rested in the crook of her neck. He breathed her in deeply there, filling all of her within his chest. He squeezed her tighter, hoping to never let go, as much of the essence of his yokai gnawed at him for being away for so long. That essence; now at the mercy of a small human woman. Throughout all of the recent searching, the satisfaction of killing plenty of those lingering snake demons and any of their allies they were fortunate to find as of recent, he had his own mental battle. An emotional war of torment and anguish. It was conflicting. And even worse, it was distracting. He had never, in all of the centuries he had the privilege to walk this earth, fought so hard within himself to focus on the purpose at hand. He was like a starving man, desperate to finally consume, and be consumed, by the gentle presence of such a distinguished little human.

"But,... I'm so happy you're here now." He heard her say.

"Mmm...," He breathed her in again, satisfaction and rightful pleasure swimming up his nostrils as his eyes involuntarily rolled to the back of his head. It was like ecstasy. She was his ecstasy and he was high off of her. And just like an addict, he was back for more. With no plans or intentions of quitting. "I have,..." he professed, nuzzling his nose in her hair. "...missed you."

Rin's grip around his back tighten, snuggling her face in his chest. "I've missed you more. I swear it."

"Forgive me..."

She lifted her head, parting from him a bit, as she stared up at him through those moistened eyes. She waited for him to slowly open his eyes again, as he still looked lost in contentment. "For what?"

He lowered his dark brows, peering down at her. "For my absence."

She scoffed, "Sesshomaru, are you serious? You are out there fighting to protect not only me but dozens of other people. People you probably don't even know." She removed one of her hands from behind him and placed her palm over his cheek, caressing lightly there. "How selfish it would be of me to want you here all the time when there is a um,... supernatural war going on?"

He did not respond verbally, but his eyes sharpen over hers with fixed steadiness.

"I am patient and...," he saw her gentle smile for the first time that evening. That smile that was singular to her and her alone. "...and I trust you. What you and your family are doing is heroic and brave. I'm so thankful for that."

*Never Let Me Go- Florence + the Machine*

He abruptly placed his hands on the sides of her head, gripping lightly there, drawing her closer, taking control over which ever direction she could turn it. His eyes stilled over hers even more, before tracing them down her face, passed her tiny nose and full lips. He felt his chest began to rise and fall rapidly, as his body betrayed his own control, succumbing to her bewitching power over him. He listened as her heart picked up pace, thumping hastily in his ears.

"Rin?" He uttered, nearly panting now.

"Y-yes?" she replied shakily, her breath becoming rapid. So much so that she began to have trouble keeping up with it, melting in his subduing, possessive gaze.

She saw those darkened brows lower again and his face was tight. He was panting and trying his hardest to keep his composure. "I...,"

She stood on her tippy toes, closer toward his lips, as he searched her eyes frantically. "Kiss me!"

He seized her lips in an instant, brushing his over them wildly. He kissed her hard and rough, and she returned his energy eagerly.

His lips, his touch, his dominance, so masculine in every bit of the word. He was more possessive than before, as if he had never known of what her lips felt like against his. And be damn to anyone who'd ever try to take her away. With her heart or with her life.

He pulled at his sword, carelessly tossing it on the floor. She wrapped her arms around his neck and instinctively jumped, encircling her legs around his waist. In a split second, she felt a rush of air around them, whipping her long hair in the opposite direction, until her back was slammed to the front door. He was lapping and nibbling at her lower lip, her chin, and down toward her neck and chest, like a hungry wild animal. All she could do was submit. Lay bare for him to worship her body.

He was erotic in his pursuit, titillating. And somehow she knew he could smell her wetness, because as she felt her center soak through her panties, he only got rougher and more relentless. Nibbling near that spot on her neck, one hand, that was holding her upward, gripped at her ass- drawing her close to his risen hardness, but not close enough. The other hand reached to caress her left breast- covering it and squeezing there with his entire hand. Her moans were loud and unsuppressed.

Heaven could actually be on earth, because in this moment, as she was sure, it was right here in this room, devouring her sweetly.

Was this his way of apologizing for being away for so long? Or was it his way of showing her how much he really missed her? Because, gods was he savagery, violent even.

"Sess... Sesshoumaru." She uttered breathlessly as he now had his fingers dancing little circles around her hardened nipple. She was cracking, fracturing under pressure. Much of her timid persona slipping away as that dormant, vulgar part of her started bleeding through. And he was the cause of it. With just a single thought of him and she would slip right over the edge, into a perfect bliss. What had he awaken within her? "Take me to the bed, NOW!"

The same rush of air surrounded them, at an unnatural level of speed, had her crushed to the bed in an instant. He rested heavily on top of her. Her legs still wrapped around him and he was closer now, closer toward her center. This time, she pulled away from him and he stared down at her puzzled expression.

"How did we,... how did you do that?"

A corner of his lips upturned in a smug and in his eyes was a small glint of playfulness. "I am fast."

Rin snorted, "Uh, yeah... no kidding. But,... how?"

He paused and looked to be thinking over something, staring at nothing in particular, before he sat his eyes on her again. "I can show you better than I can tell you."

"Is that so?" her voice softened, as she displayed the most cunning, sly smile across her face he had ever seen on her.

Sesshomaru half-smiled, lifting a brow up at her. "What are you thinking about?"

"Show me it!"

Both his brows raised, as uncharacteristic as that was for him. His facial muscles even felt odd, unconditioned to stretch in such a way. 'This girl.'

"Show me you," she pleaded. "I've been so curious."

He nodded in an expressive frown, "That is reasonable." He removed his arms from underneath her and slowly stood to his feet. He had his eyes on her down below with that same smug displayed across his lips. "Are you sure you are ready for that?"

She sat up on her elbows and lifted her toned leg, placing her little toes over his clothed hardness. She looked him straight in the eyes, narrowing, "Now!"

She felt him forcefully grab at her lifted foot, dragging her towards him at the end of her bed. He placed his lips over her ankle, kissing lightly there until he lowered himself downward toward her calf. His long and perfectly straight hair tickled at her exposed abdomen. She bit down on her lower lip, watching him as he teased her, suctioning his lips and lightly nibbling all over that leg, passed her knee. With his other hand, he had unzipped his pants.

He paused near her hips and gazed over at her, eyes blood red, fiery in its burning, passionate and intense. For a second there, she felt a bit doubtful of her overt confidence. Maybe he was too much for her to handle. Maybe she wasn't enough. She had set him ablaze and now, seeing in his eyes, there was no way to put that fire back out.

"Take them off!" She heard him say, referring to her jean shorts.

"Y-yes, okay." She complied, quickly unbuttoning, removing them, as well as her drenched panties, from her body and removed her t-shirt. She sat up, fully naked and surveyed him as he skillfully unbuttoned his shirt, tossing it to god knows where. Her hands were already on his toned chest, mesmerized by his sculpted beauty. She traced her delicate fingers down his tight abs, passed his navel, until they landed on the V-line of his lower abdomen. She slowly brushed her lips over that area, kissing over his hairless pelvis. He growled low in response. She felt that growl vibrate throughout his entire perfect body.

"Rin!" He boomed, before she could kiss any lower.

"Sorry." She said, watching him take a step back. 'Did I offend him?'

"Why are you apologizing?" He asked, removing the rest of his clothes. Finally freeing his large, rigid, swelled sex.

"Uh...," Rin had never held her eyes so wide and mouth agape. She was speechless, wonderstruck. Her eyes had not stopped their blinking. "You are..."

"I don't want to hurt you, Rin."

"It's... you are... massive," she tilted her head, narrowing her eyes, as if that would make things more clear to her. The tip of it was so thick. All of him was thick, quite long, and it looked heavy. Very heavy to carry around she was sure. "How is... how are you possible?"

She heard him snort in a chuckle and looked up into his eyes that were now back to their golden hue. "I know not what you mean."

She blinked her eyes clear, staring mesmerizingly up at him. "You are... so beautiful."

He towered over her on the bed, his lengthen hair forming a curtain around them and he started shaking his head.

"What?"

"It is you that holds all beauty," he admitted, studying her eyes with the most incredulous look in them. "You have captivated me from the start."

She gasped and flinched when the tip of his erection grazed her inner thigh.

He lifted a brow down at her, "Are you afraid of me?"

She hesitated before shaking her head.

"You should be."

She placed a hand over his cheek, slightly trembling, and slowly exhaled, attempting to calm her racing heart and erratic breathing. "But, I... I want you."

For the first time she saw him bite down on his lower lip, closing his eyes. He too deeply exhaled and he slowly shook his head. "I will break you, Rin."

From his words, her breath grew involuntarily erratic anyway, her wetness evident in its increase. She was speechless, yet again.

"I don't want to hurt you." He said, pecking light kisses on that spot of her neck.

She moaned in response, placing her hand behind his back, drawing him closer toward her dampened center. "You said that. Don't you want me too?"

The most pleasurable sound escaped his lips and it sent waves of titillating euphoria through her ears and toward the center of her wanting body. Before she could catch her breath, he encircled an arm around her and pressed the moistened tip of his hardened erection over her most aching, throbbing spot, teasing at it in a circular motion. She sharply gasped, throwing her head back and all of her long hair pooled underneath them.

"What... did you say... Rin?" She heard him growl lowly through fragmented words. "Ask me... that again!"

He was burning hot to the touch, head buried at his placed mark on her neck. Her body temperature was rising too and just by the sound of his delicious groans, his hot breath on her neck, his steaming perfect body, his eyes that burned for her, she was almost over the edge. "Don't..., don't you want me too, Sesshomaru? Because..., I want you... badly."

"RIN..."

"Uh,... I want you... inside me."

He pulled away suddenly, panting, and stared down at her before centering himself at her drenched opening. "You want me," he said, pressing forward with his thick tip teasingly. "...inside of you?"

"Yes! Please," she cried voicelessly.

He lifted her legs up to him and grabbed her by the nape of the neck, drawing her inches from his face. The level of intensity within his eyes was enough to drive her mad. But he was already there, salivating over her like a wild beast. In total control of every ounce of her pleasures.

"Rin, I want...," he moaned, voice shaky and fragmented. He slowly thrust past her opening. "I need to stretch you wide."

Her mouth opened wide, feeling him fill her up, until she placed a hand at his chest, wincing in pain. "Wait,... uhh... give me... a second."

He pulled her face closer toward his and softly kissed her cheek. "Rin, we should stop. If you cannot handle it."

She shook her head and softly kissed his lips. "I can,... or... let me... at least try."

He nodded and returned her kisses, placing his tongue in her mouth as she moaned in delight. That small bit of her surrounding him was suffocating and his mind quickly drifted to the thought of feeling her whole. He was already so close and was inwardly fighting to not release inside her right now.

He kissed her, swirling his tongue all throughout her mouth, tasting every bit of her as he gave her time to adjust.

"I want to feel all of you...," she cried, pressing him deeper now. "...now!..."

"Mmm... Rin," he muttered and groaned, feeling her extra tighten walls surround him. He thrusted deeper, inch by inch. Bent at the mercy of her clutched pleasure around him.

The room was spinning and she felt weightless. Subject to his pleasure and pain. His slow stroke almost agonizing as it took her breath away. He was so huge, almost as if he could tear her in half. Yet, her inner walls were begging for him and any pain couldn't come close to how bad she wanted him. How she wanted him to drive himself in and out of her. "Please, I want... more."

He pressed his forehead to hers, panting heavily. His brows were furrowed and he stopped in his descent. "Rin,... I beg you... no more... talking."

She kissed him again, another sly smile creeped over her lips but, he didn't see it, as his eyes were closed tight. "Drive into me, HARD!"

He quickly picked her up, off of the bed, still inside of her, and dug his fingers at her hips and began thrusting into her, pounding hard.

Rin was overcome with an unyielding pleasure, a pleasure she had never ever felt before. Her head had fallen back, but he held her in place with ease. Her cries, she was sure, could be heard all throughout the building and that seemed to make him more savage.

He was merciless. Ramming at her cervix tirelessly. He was so strong, so powerful and perfect in his ability to please her.

Every... single... stroke... was beyond belief. Stretching her, filling her completely. He was so unbelievably deep and she thought of how it was even possible, that he could fit. But, he barely fit. And somehow, that stretching, was inconceivable, and utterly mind-boggling.

She was so warm and clung around him too perfectly. It was unreal and simply incredible the way she felt. His yokai called to him, flashing within his eyes, images of the crescent moon, his large canine form- howling in the night, and images of her- glowing in his view. And now he was forever sure that he had finally found his mate. His destined consort. The love of his very long life.

"You feel... amazing!" She nearly screamed as she felt him harden even more inside of her.

"Rin! I... I can't... hold on... much longer..."

Hearing his words and the desperate yearning in his voice, she was rushed off her cliff, crashing down hard. And it was even more exacerbated by the feeling of his warm liquid pulsating deep within her. She expelled the most animalistic cry, while his grunts were damn near feral and beastly. He instantly crushed her to him again as he finished pulsating in her. She didn't want him to leave her there, feeling so much like home. A home that she had never known could possibly exist.

She could die now, knowing within his arms, she had already lived.

He walked over toward the side of the bed, still holding her close, and laid them both down, with her on top of him.

She was still breathless, slightly lightheaded, and shaky. He was trembling underneath her and they laid there for a while, catching their breaths, enjoying the lasting bits of mutual pleasure.

She felt him lightly kiss her forehead and lifted her eyes up at him, smiling. "I can't believe we just did that!"

He searched her eyes again, enthralled and spellbound by this little human. "I find it very difficult to believe how incredible you are. How unimaginable you felt around me,... how could I have lived this long without having someone like you?"

Rin smiled a toothy grin, tears welling up in her eyes. "I love you... so, so much."

He reached to brush away any fallen tears from her face. "My love for you knows no condition. It is unequivocal, breaking even through a stoney cold heart."

She laid her ear to his chest, sniffling periodically as he stroked his fingers through her hair. She was sound asleep within minutes and for the first time in weeks, his eyelids too had grown heavy.

Yet still, even as he drifted off to sleep, his calculated mind sought after revenge.

His vision tunneled with unrelenting vengeance. There was even more now, if ever before, a price on all the heads of the snake clan. They would pay. Pay with every ounce of blood.

Oooo... the heat turned up didn't it?

I was writing and I just couldn't stop.

I had some plans for this chapter, mentally thinking it through in my head. And it turned out better than I planned I like to think :)

Things are unraveling and soon, all of the truth will come bursting through. The question is... how will Rin or Kagome respond to it? It may not be what you'd expect...

Stay tuned ... :)