Chapter 23

Recap:

Rin's POV

“You want me to roll over like a good dog?”

I grinned wide, and my eyes widened, did he just make a joke of his own.  “Yes, and if you are a good dog, you may be rewarded.”  I pecked his lips and walked over towards the boulder that I was sleeping against.  I sat down, and looked over to him.  “Is he going to be a good dog?”

“Perhaps.”

He walked to me and sat down on my left side, I leaned against him, my head on his chest, his arms around me, he leaned back against the boulder. Closing my eyes to get a few more hours of sleep.  The sun was rising, and Sesshomaru was resting with his head on my mine.  I moved and looked at him.  “Time to get going.”

We both stood, and I walked to Blaze.  “Are you going to look at me now.”

He nodded and hugged him.  I climbed up, and he started walking. Sesshomaru walking beside me.  I sighed, I am never going to be able to get rid of him.  Okay, I can do this, I can make this work, somehow.  But if anything happens to him.  I shook my head not wanting to think about that.

  Why can’t he let me do this on my own, oh yeah he doesn’t want anything happening to me, well okay I understand his point now.  He can tag along. 

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Rin’s POV

After walking for half a day or more of having Blaze walk for half a day, I decided to stop for a few minutes.  I took a walk around the perimeter, just to think.  Walking past a tree, I grabbed a dagger and swung high.  A man screamed holding his eye, where I stabbed him.  Two more men came out and threw my dagger hitting one in the chest.  He fell to the ground moaning and groaning.  The third came towards me.  I put my hands up ready to fight.  He swung at me and I ducked, punching him twice in his gut, then moving behind him, I used his calf as a stepping stole.  Putting him on his knees, and snapping his neck.  I walked to the man I stabbed in the chest, he still now, but still alive.  I pulled my dagger out, and walked to the one that I stabbed in the eye.  Sesshomaru showed up right when I kneeled down to the man. 

“Who sent you?  How much are they paying you?”

“Crazy Bitch.”

I grabbed him, “Who, and How much?”

“You’re insane.”

“Do you want me to stab the other eye?”  I cocked my head to one side, as he thought about his answer.

“He wants you back, he will stop at nothing to have you back.  He said he would pay us double.”

“Can you deliver a message?”

“Yes, anything, just don’t kill me.”

“I thought you weren’t supposed to beg for your life.”

“Please, I have a family.”

I cocked my head to the other side.  “And what would they think about the life you have chosen.  I mean, I could always go pay them a visit, along with my demon friend over here.”  I turned to Sesshomaru.

The man began to freak.  “No, please, my daughter she just began to walk, and my wife she, we are expecting another.”

“Well then, all the more reason, to do as I say, yes?”

“Yes.”

I gave him my message, and allowed him to live, and leave.  We were back on the road, but I stopped.  Sesshomaru stopped as well turning to look at me.  “If we stay on the road, it makes it easier for them to track me.  We have to go through the trees.  It will make it harder for them to track me, but easier for me to get away, how about you?”

“I can do just find, its not I that you should worry about, Rin.”

“Sure thing,” I jumped on Blaze and he started walking. 

Walking through the woods, was making it harder for blaze.  I stopped him, and hopped off.  “Blaze go.”  He took off back to where ever it is that he likes to go to, when I send him away.  Sesshomaru looked at me.  “Makes it easier.”

The sun started to go down.  “Rin?”

“We keep moving, they would be expecting for me to stop.”  He nodded and we continued.  Moving through the darkness of the trees was something that I had grown used to, it no longer bothered me.  It was easy, Sesshomaru I knew had no problem, seeing or moving in the dark.  Sesshomaru all of a sudden came and put his arm in front of me, stopping me from walking.  “What?”

“Something, doesn’t smell right.”

Well what does it smell like?”

“I have never smelled this before.”

“That’s not good, is it?”

“NO.”

I saw something, in my head, I grabbed my head.  Not this again not now.  Sesshomaru held onto my arm, to keep from falling.  No.  I was gasping for air.  “Sesshomaru, hold onto to me and don’t let go.”  He did as I said, wrapping his arms around me.  I murmured a few words and we were now standing in one of my places.  It was nearby, but out of sight.  Some place hidden.  In a cave, but underground.  I have many places like this.  Well hidden, and out of sight. He picked me up and laid me on the ‘bed’ that I had.  “Rin?”

“I will be okay.”  I sat up straight, grabbing my head, “Aagghhhhh.”  One hand moved to hold onto his shoulder.  “Get out of my head.”

“Rin?”

“Agghh.”

I looked into his eyes.  “I need to borrow something.”  I placed my hands on each side of his face, and started pulling some of his energy from him.  I stopped when it went away, the things in my head.  I was breathing hard, trying to regain my breathing, and I was sweating.  Sesshomaru didn’t look all that great either, or happy for that matter.  “Sorry.”  Our foreheads were now leaning against each-others.  “Are you okay now?”

“Awwww look at who’s caring.”

He laid me down, “Yeah your fine.”

I smiled up at him, as he remained sitting at my side.  He wouldn’t leave me.  He moved a piece behind my hair, and continued to just look at me.  I smiled up at him, yet again.  I grabbed his arm.  He understood.  He laid down next to me, on his side, with his arm around me.  I held onto him.  He still had so much power.  I wanted to continue, until I drained him.  I forced myself to stop, he held so much power, it was unbelievable.  I barely took anything from him, but it was hard.  If I took all that power, no, because that would hurt him, or even kill him.  I can’t live with-out him.    Looking up at him, he wouldn’t look away from me.  He kissed my forehead.  “I love you, I love this.  I love us.”  I closed my eyes, and focused on him next to me.  His body heat.  His breathing.  The rise and fall of his chest.  His heart-beat, I swear I could hear it.  Maybe taking some of his energy heightened my senses as well.  His arm wrapped around me, keeping me close to him, and safe.  I took his arm that was hold me to him.  I took his hand in mine, and brought it to my lips.  I kissed his hand, and put back where it was, around my waist.  I snuggled closer to him if possible and closed my eyes.  “Tell me if something seems off.”  I whispered as I fell asleep. 

I woke to Sesshomaru, telling me that it was morning.  He was no longer beside me in the bed, but standing up.  He must have gone to the surface, and came back down to wake me.  I sat up, and looked at him.  I was so not a morning person.  I ran my hand through my hair, and sighed.  It was all tangles already.  Oh, well, I will survive.  I stood and walked over to him, which was only a few steps.  He watched me, and then started walking, once I was by his side.  We left the safety of my hiding place, to go out back into the open.  The sun was still rising in the horizon, the grass was wet from the morning dew, and you could hear the birds singing their morning tune.  It was beautiful.  The only reason I liked to get up in the mornings, would be to hear the birds singing.  For some reason, I found it calming.  It also allowed for me to think, I always thought, but at night and in the mornings, was when I really thought things through.  At night you could listen to the crickets, and other animals, it just fit the surroundings.  Nature, can be a beautiful thing. 

Walking in the morning with Sesshomaru by my side, I would love to do this every morning, and I would love to do it every night.  It was quiet this morning, nothing seemed off.  It would only last for a certain amount of time though.  Everything must come to an end at some point in time right.  Nothing can last forever.  Even if you want it too.  Eventually the birds stopped singing, but it was all too sudden.  It was too quiet, something wasn’t right.  Something was off.  This isn’t good.  Sesshomaru and I stopped, he put his arm out in front of me. I glanced at him, and then putting my attention back to the surrounding forest.  He looked down at me, I was fully capable of doing anything right now, if I needed to.  I was ready for anything.  An arrow came from out of the trees, but it wasn’t for me, it was Sesshomaru.  He caught it, and threw it to the ground.  He caught another one.  Before he dropped this one I took it from him.  I smelled the tip of it, then I ran my finger along the arrow head.  Rubbing my fingers together, I closed my eyes and focused.  “Sesshomaru, don’t let one of these hit you.”

He gave me a strange look.  “They’re poisoned.”

“They do not have a scent how can you tell?”

“Just trust me.”

He focused back on cathing the arrows that came at him, one came for me, but I stopped it mid air.  My palm towards it, I throw it back at who ever aimed it at me.  I heard them fall to the forest floor.  I hit them.  All of sudden there were many arrows being fired all at once, all of them directed for Sesshomaru and I.  Closing my eyes, and focusing on my surrounding, I grabbed Sesshomaru’s hand.  A force field was blocking the arrows from hitting us, but I also had them fly back to who ever shot them.  Bodies began to hit the forest floor, like it was raining.  Once I knew that I had gotten all of them, I released Sesshomaru’s hand and opened my eyes.  He looked down at me.  “I’m fine.”

I started walking, as did he.  After a while I heard him speak. 

“How did you know that those arrows were poisoned?”

I stopped and looked at the ground and then into his eyes, then back to the ground. “Because I am the one who made the poison.  I knew how heightened Demon senses were, I knew we needed a poison they would not be able to sense.”  I looked back at him.  “I don’t know how they figured out how to make it.  It did not seem as strong, but lets stay safe shall we.”

“You made a poison to even kill me?”

“Not you exactly, I would never think of killing you, ever, but the demons that are harder to kill, yes.”

“How much more is there about you that I do not yet know?”

I smirked up at him, “You will find out eventually.”

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