Chapter 33

Recap: 

Rin's POV

The three of us walked into my home, and sat down in the living room I guess you could call it.  I made tea for my brother and I, while Sesshomaru sat next to me.  He kept an eye on my brother, not looking away from him unless I called him.  It was a little past lunch time, but honestly I wasn’t that hungry at the moment.  I smiled up at Sesshomaru, he looked tense so I then moved and sat in his lap facing my brother that sat across from us.  He took a sip from his tea before speaking. 

“So you and a demon, huh?”

I was in the middle of taking a sip myself, I swallowed.  Before responding.  I also felt Sesshomaru tense up.  His arms wrapped around my waist holding me to him.  I placed a hand on one of his arms that were around me to try to help him stay calm. 

“Yes, me and a demon, this demon, is that a problem?”  I questioned while raising one of my eyebrows, as my gaze on him narrowed, something a picked up from Sesshomaru.

“No not at all.  It’s just.”

“Just what.”  My voice rose a bit, he was starting to upset me.

“Nothing, I just don’t want you to get hurt.”

“This demon.  Is everything to me, and he was there for me, when you weren’t, when no one else was, for the most part that is.”  When I said the last few words Sesshomarus’ grip on me tightened, he feels bad about hurting me, because he left and didn’t see me for so many years. 

“I just want to make sure that you know what you’re doing.”

“I know exactly what it is that I am doing, thank you very much.  I love him and I that’s that.”

“Alright.”

“Do you have a problem with him?”

“He is a demon.”

“What’s your point?”

“His kind killed our kind, they hate us, and we hate them.”

I was about to speak, but Sesshomaru beat me to it.  “Rin, is the most important thing to me, and I would die, before anything happened to her.”

I rubbed his arm some to help calm him, my brother was starting to piss him off.

“Maybe we should change the subject, don’t you think?”  I asked the two of them.  They both nodded in response, and I tried to think of something else to talk about.  “So who do you work for?”  I asked my brother.  His face told me that that was so not going to be the new topic, so I left it alone. 

We finished our tea, while sitting in silence.  Sesshomaru and my brother kept starting at each other, and I didn’t know what to do, all I know is that life really is changing, and I have to figure out how to handle this.

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Sesshomaru’s POV

I cannot believe that this man is her brother.  She said her family was murdered.  But this man does have a slight similar smell, in his blood, they are family.  I continued to stare at him, I wish we could trust him, that I could.  I don’t know what he is up to, and I am not sure if he intends to harm Rin or not.  Perhaps he really wants to stay with her now that they have found one another, but I will continue to keep an eye on him.

Rin looked so happy, but hesitant as they talked.  I wish that this will work out, for Rins sake.  I laughed at myself.  This girl really has changed me.  I am not who I used to be, and I feel things I never have before.

I looked to her, and just seeing her happy, makes my very being crave to see her happy all the time.  To make sure that she is safe.  To protect her, smile with her, laugh with her, to stay with her always.  Seeing her happy is the only thing that I need to survive now.  Only her.  This girl really will be the death of me one day.  As long as that day is not anytime soon.  I want to spend as much time with her as I can, there is not telling how long that time may be. 

This brother of hers, if he even thinks of hurting her, or betraying her, let’s just say no one will have to wonder about him again.  Even if she hates me for it, I will do what is best for her.  I will protect her no matter the cost, as long as she lives.  I was lost in thought that I hadn’t realized she had called to me.

Her hand on my arm, and she was staring at me.  I met her eyes, and she spoke to me.

‘What is it?’

‘I don’t trust him.’

‘I know that you don’t, but could you give him a chance?  For me. Please?’

‘For you.  Anything?’

‘Thank you.’

With that the conversation about that ended.  She focused back on her brother, and I focused on the two of them.  Somewhere in their conversation my mind wondered back to words of my father.  ‘There may come a day that you would risk everything for the one thing you care most for in this world.’

I didn’t get to finish my thought because Inuyasha came barging in like an animal.

Rin’s POV

After talking with my brother for who knows how long, and speaking quietly to sesshomaru when I could, Inuyasha came in.  He was being loud as normal, and he seemed like he had gone mad, but what else is new. 

“Rin?”

“Yes?”

“How did you know?” “Know what?”

“About Kagome.” “Well it was just a feeling I guess.”

“You girl, are an interesting one.”

“Did you just say something that wasn’t pointless or stupid?”

“Shut up.”

“Hey you came to my home, remember?”

“Yeah, well um, I wanted to know if you would help with this one as well, when the time comes.”

“Inuyasha, I would love to.”

“Thanks.”

With that he left.

“Well that was interesting.  I never wanted to help a woman in labor again, but for them, anything.”

“You really have a nice group of friends here, don’t you sis?”

“Yeah, I love them all.  They care about me, at least they seem to.”

“I am glad you found someone as well, even if he is a demon.”  He said as he looked to Sesshomaru, who narrowed his eyes at my brother.

“He means so much to me, both of you do, so if you two could try to get along that would be great.”

“Well we will have to see, besides there is plenty of time for us men to get to know each other.”  He said as he looked between Sesshoamru and me.  One question.  Have you two thought about kids?”

The look on Sesshomaru’s face when he said that, I don’t even know how to describe it. 

I answered a bit quickly, Sesshomaru seemed to be off somewhere else at the moment.  I placed my hand over his to try to bring him back and answered my brother.

“Well Renji, we ummm, haven’t really talked about that yet, and it’s a bit of a touchy subject so ummmm.”

“Alright my apologies, just wondering is all.”  

I glanced back over at Sesshomaru, and he seemed to be slightly coming back.  That was um an interesting conversation that just happened. 

“Alright, well I would love to stay here with you for a bit longer little sis, but big brother actually has something he has to get back to.”

“If I may ask, what is it?”  I asked my brother.  I didn’t want him to leave just yet.

“Well, you are not the only one with a family, even if it is of friends.”

“Oh.”  I didn’t know how else to reply to that, and I didn’t know if I should be insulted or not, I don’t think he meant for it to sound like that, but whatever.

“One day you will meet them, hopefully soon.”

“Yeah let’s hope huh?”

We hugged and then he was gone, just like that.

I looked to Sesshomaru who still seemed a bit more distant than normal.  I sat in front of him and took his face in my hands.  “Sesshomaru?  Sesshomaru?”

He blinked a few times, and he focused on me.  “Don’t do that to me again.”  I told him, as I got into his lap and wrapped his arms around me.  He still seemed out of it.  Was the thought of kids so wrong to him, for the fact that they would be half breeds? 

“Sesshomaru?”  I didn’t realize how bad this affected me until I spoke.  My voice was weak, shaky and I had tears in my eyes.  To this his arms tightened around me.  He’s back.  I turned in his arms, so that I was straddling him, his arms still holding me.

“Does the thought of having kids with me really affect you so, because they would be half breeds, so?”  He cut me off with a kiss.

“We will speak of it more, when that time comes.”

“Okay.”  I was still pretty upset, and he could sense it.  He stood with me in his arms and walked to my room.  He sat down on the bed with me, and then I got out of his arms and laid next to him.  I was tired, that fight earlier made me tired. 

“Sleep.”  He told me.  I tried, and tried.  I finally fell asleep on his chest, and let the darkness of sleep take me.  ~~~~~~~~

I was chained to something hard and cold, a table, no it doesn’t feel like a table exactly.  A stone table maybe.  The air smelled foul, I wanted to throw up.  This smell was horrible. My body hurt, and ached.  My eyes, open, please open.  My head was pounding and I didn’t know what to do, finally my eyes fluttered open.  I was right, it is a stone table.  I tried to move, but I couldn’t, the chains, right.  I looked around me to see.  It was almost like an underground cave or something.  Lanterns were on the walls, casting some light to see, but not much.  It held a creepy vibe, and something had me worried.  I continued to look around me, and then I saw.  Noooo!  Sesshomaru, he was chained to the wall.  I tried to use a spell that would take off these chains, but it only made my body ache more.

What is going on?  Where are we?  What happened?  Why can’t I use my magic?  Why is Sesshomaru chained too?  Why is he not awake?  I was afraid, and more afraid than usual and I don’t know why. Then a man walked in, with a knife, and a bag.  I know what’s in the bag.  Torture devices.  What does he want?

I heard Sesshomaru wake, he too had no luck of getting out of the chains.  He then made eye contact with me.  He too seem afraid, afraid for me.  I couldn’t even speak to him.  My mouth felt dry, but I managed a whisper “Sesshomaru.”

I looked back to the guy that came in.  “You will never guess what I have discovered, and there seems to be a change of plans.”

“Change of plans?”  I asked, my voice hoarse sounding.  I tried to swallow, but there was nothing to swallow.  My mouth felt so dry, and my throat itched.

“Well something has come up.  My master wishes for something else now.”

“What is that?  Who is do you work for?”  My voice becoming slightly stronger, going back to normal. 

“Well you see my dear, he no longer has a need for you.”

I heard chains moving from the direction of where Sesshomaru is, along with growling.  I have heard him growl, and this one is different.  Stronger than the others that I have heard from him before. I looked over to him, his eyes slightly becoming pink, but never a full red.  He seemed to get tired easily.  Then I knew.

“Sesshomaru stop!”  He looked to me.  “They are poisoned, the more you move the more that they will drain you, the more power that you use, the faster you will die.”  We will both die here.  I realize that now, I locked eyes with him, and he seemed to come to the same conclusion.  We held each other’s gaze, and it seemed as if his soul was reaching out to mine.  He was trying to help keep me calm.  He knows that I am actually afraid to die, again.  I don’t want to.  I want to live, I want to live with him, always and forever.  I was finally completely happy with him, and now it is going to be taken from me, from us.

 I was about to say something when the man spoke first.  I couldn’t understand what he was saying, and everything became blurry.  My vision was failing, sounds were becoming mixed together.  I heard chains move again, and I lost consciousness.   

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A cliffhanger.  Sorry guys, but that is it for now.  You will have to wait until the next chapter to know what happens.  Thank you all for reading, voting, and or commenting.