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Sesshomaru rested peacefully on the floor as he heard the soft sounds of Rin's heartbeat, and could sense her dreaming aura on the bed. He had learned to rest while being alert for possible threats. It became a necessity since he could not fully protect and watch Rin all the time without any rest.

The incident with Kagura had bothered him to a great degree. He shouldn't have risked Rin's life for his own benefit of feeding. He heard rustling before Rin's scent got stronger and he realized she had crawled to the edge of the bed, probably to look down at him. He wondering what she was thinking, but made sure to not to give away any signs that he was awake.

He heard her sigh and a moved around again before his hair stood up sensing the body warmth from her hand. He waited patiently for her to run her hand through his fur, but was slightly disappointed when he felt nothing. Curious why she was hesitating Sesshomaru thought about getting up and looking at her, but thought against it. After a time he felt her hand pull away and heard her sit up on the bed. Not wanting to bother her or worry her further since she seemed fearful of him still, he remained on the floor with his jaw resting against his paw.

He waited to hear her move back on the bed, but after a couple of minutes he didn't hear the rustling of blankets. He was sure Rin wouldn't be staring at him this long. He peeped one amber eye open to see that she wasn't sitting there and quickly stood on all fours before sniffing the air desperately. Luckily he found her scent and jumped up on the corner of the bed to see that she had moved. Somehow she had moved back to the corner of the bed she was before without making a sound, and was peacefully sleeping.

He crawled over to her and rested his paw on her arm as he stared down at her sleeping form. While she looked normal enough he couldn't shake off the feeling that something was wrong. Was she still mad at him? He wished she could see that he had merely tried to save her, not kill her. Figuring it was the best time to explain that to her he moved his paw to her shoulder and shook her gently. When she didn't wake up he shook a little harder, but still no response. He closed his eyes and tried to sense her dream aura and it was there but it seemed all wrong. It almost seemed like a...fake.

Suspicious that the human lying there wasn't Rin Sesshomaru stepped back and growled. The body still did not move and he turned into his human form with his eyes glowing red.

"Show yourself," he demanded. The form still did not move. He cracked his claws and let his irises turn green.

"Do not think I won't kill you. Show yourself," he demanded again, but still the form did not move. He stepped forward letting his claws glow green as the poison inside those claws heated up and boiled. Just as he was about to slice the impostor he heard Rin's voice scream out his name. He turned quickly to the right to see a hazy image of a fearful Rin hanging off the bed with Naraku holding her legs and pushing them roughly out of the way.

He could not explain the anger and hatred that filled him when he saw the two. He literally felt his body shake with the demon inside howling for freedom and for Naraku's blood. He also saw an illusion of himself in dog form sleeping peacefully on the floor as if he did not sense or care that Rin was being attacked by Naraku.

He was behind Naraku in a flash and grabbed his arm that was holding Rin's legs and twisted it painfully behind him until he heard the satisfying sound of the bone crack.

"Impossible! No one can see past my illusions!" Naraku cried as he looked back fearfully at Sesshomaru. He growled at him and looked at Rin for a moment to see that she look relieved to see him. Seeing her relief sent a small hopeful feeling through him that she was not hurt, but it was short lived when Naraku pushed harder against her head and held her against the bed.

The thought that Naraku had touched her sent a wave of protectiveness through him that he couldn't explain except how badly he wanted the man's blood on his claws. She gave out a helpless squeak as she tried to push him arm away, but he was too strong for her.

"Now you'll feel a little bit dizzy before you blackout," Naraku warned nonchalantly before giving Rin's head a tap and Sesshomaru saw her eyes slowly close before her struggling stopped and she went limp on the bed. The thought that he did nothing to save her from whatever Naraku had done to her caused Sesshomaru to throw the half-demon against the wall, not caring that he made a hole through the wall.

"What are you going to do Sesshomaru?" Naraku asked in a laugh as blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth, "It's too late for her now, I sent her away,"

"It is not too late. You will bring her back," Sesshomaru seethed as he walked over to the man and held him above the ground by his kimono.

"Why do you care Sesshomaru? She's only a human," Naraku spat as he looked coolly down at him, "will you kill your mentor who has taken care of you for 615 years over someone you barely know? Not to mention that I've kept Inuyasha a secret for you, as well as give him shelter from both the human and demon world. Either would gladly kill him if they found out about his existence,"

"Did you harm Rin?" Sesshomaru asked and felt his eyes darken as well as glow red when he saw Naraku's lips curve up into a smirk.

"And if I did?" he asked. Sesshomaru grabbed him with both hands and shoved him against the wall creating another hole.

"You will regret ever knowing me," Sesshomaru answered and made sure the half-demon looked into his demonic eyes, and could smell fear come off him like a cologne.

"She is not injured, merely asleep by our standards. Like her power to take your memories-" Sesshomaru shoved him against the wall once more.

"How did you know about that?" he growled as Naraku turned away and coughed up blood. It looked like Sesshomaru had done some internal damage. Good, let the traitor suffer he thought darkly.

"I've known a lot about you Sesshomaru," the half-demon answered with a bloody smile, but did not reveal more. Growling at his own curiosity Sesshomaru shoved him against the wall again, enjoying the sound of the man's body crunching each time he was thrown around.

"Like how she stole your memories, she can also time travel," Naraku stated as if he weren't interrupted by Sesshomaru. His hands loosened slightly in surprise at that. Time-travel? What kind of human was Rin?

"But her powers were not awakened, so she could not access them freely. I planned to help her along, but she did not trust anything I said and instead took it as if I was there to hurt her. Funny how both of you thought along the same lines," Naraku smirked as Sesshomaru lowered him to the ground.

"So you came to awaken Rin's powers, then why hide your presence from me?" he asked the half-demon.

"I did not want a confrontation from you, but I guess I got one anyway," he shrugged then winced seeming to be in pain from being shoved around. Sesshomaru didn't apologize.

"When will she awaken?" Sesshomaru asked and Naraku smirked before beginning to fade.

"Eventually. Not knowing is half the fun," he teased.

"Coward! If you speak lies I will hunt you down no matter how much you have done for me," Sesshomaru growled as Naraku disappeared. He looked down at the bed and saw Rin was still awkwardly hanging off it. He relaxed his demonic features and walked over to her before picking her up so her legs hung off one arm and her head rested against his shoulder. He walked over to the side of the bed and placed her down so she was lying on her right side and her head was cradled by the pillow. His nose caught the smell of Kagura's scent before he heard the sound of footsteps vastly approaching his room.

"What is going on here?" she demanded as she walked into his room and looked at the two large holes he had made in the wall. He growled at her entrance and stood protectively in front of Rin's sleeping form. She scowled at him before pointing her nose up in the air.

"I'm not going to hurt your pesky human Sesshomaru. I've learned my lesson," she stated.

"What do you want Kagura?" he asked, still standing protectively in front of Rin in case she tried something.

"I heard all the noise, are you going to punish me for being curious?" she asked back, "but I see my presence isn't wanted here," she added and as she turned to leave but paused mid-step before looking over to Rin.

"What happened to your human?" she asked as she took a step closer but stepped back when she saw Sesshomaru's eyes turn red in warning.

"She is sleeping," he answered.

"But she has no dream aura," Kagura pointed out as she inclined her head to try and look around Sesshomaru at Rin, "obviously something is amiss. You didn't suck out her soul did you, my sweet?" Kagura asked her tone around him changing all of the sudden.

"Her soul is intact," he replied.

"I wouldn't care if you admit it to me, Sesshomaru," Kagura purred, "I'd say good riddance to the nuisance. Then there'd be nothing in between us,"

"There is no "us" Kagura. There never was," Sesshomaru informed her, feeling the need to end the conversation.

"Say whatever you want. I know eventually you'll lose your little pet and need someone to fill the void in your heart. I'll be waiting for that," Kagura proposed with a wicked smile before she continued on walking out of his room. Ignoring Kagura's suggestive proposal Sesshomaru looked back at Rin and indeed notice that she did not have a dream aura. He could only hope her soul was intact, for if Naraku had sucked out her soul he wouldn't have too much longer to live.

He moved to the corner of his room and rested against the wall with his arms crossed across his chest. He'd just have to wait for her to wake up.

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After a time Sesshomaru noted Rin's chest rise up as he heard her inhale a big gulp of air. His senses pricked up as he waited to see what would happen to her. She took a few more large breathes before he saw her body begin to shake. She sat up on the bed and looked down at her arms to see them shaking, she looked fearful and confused on what was going on.

He was about to call out her name when she looked up and spotted him in the corner. She looked at him for a couple of seconds as if thinking about something before hurrying over to his side on shaky legs and embraced him tightly while she buried her head in his chest. He was taken a back at her actions and for a moment tensed, but calmed down and let her continue to hold onto him.

"What happened to you?" he asked after a time of contemplating what could've happened. She didn't look up at him when she responded.

"I passed out and time-traveled. Naraku met me there and told me about my powers and about...our past,"

"What about our past?" he asked almost immediately, but she didn't have to tell him. He already knew they had met when he was a teenager, somehow she had had an affect on him then. Knowing her then is what stopped him from killing her when he found her in her dream later. It also explained why he was so obsessed with her when he had found her in the dream realm. But he couldn't believe that it was her since it had been over 607 years since their meeting.

"Nothing important," she answered him. She inclined her head and looked up at him with bright eyes and a soft smile, the same expression she had when he first laid eyes on her. Making the connection he couldn't help himself as his hand came up and cupped her cheek affectionately. He wanted terribly to smile back at her, and gave it his best shot, but he was sure it wasn't anywhere close to the smile he wanted to give. Rin grinned at him anyway.

"Don't forget the Ball is in two days," he informed her, with all that had happened he was pretty sure she needed reminding. When he saw her face go blank for a moment before she panicked he held in a cocky smirk at his guessing abilities.

"I will protect you," the words came out a little randomly, but they felt so right to say out loud to Rin. It reminded him of how he had asked her so many years ago, while it didn't come out as confidently then, the feeling of it being his purpose was still there. She seemed to think the same thing because she knowingly smiled back at him.

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Rin was staring open jawed at the hole in the walls the next day. After overcoming the shock from the all that happened last night she had finally noticed the gaping holes in the wall. Sesshomaru had said it was from the fight he had with Naraku, but still. How could a man survive such a beating? How could Sesshomaru give such a beating and act like he just killed a bug or something?

"Staring at those holes for so long will get boring," Sesshomaru stated who was sitting on his bed and resting his back against the wall. He wasn't looking at her, but towards the floor. Rin turned back to look at him before smiling.

"I'm still trying to imagine how things went down," she responded and turned her head around to continue staring at the holes.

"Don't worry about it. A lower demon will come and fix it," Sesshomaru said.

"A lower demon? Why would a demon fix the holes?" Rin asked. She had assumed that they had their own collection of human slaves (sarcastically since that would make Rin really uncomfortable), or they just fixed the problems themselves.

"It's what they are forced to do for a higher ranked demon. They do it out of respect for Elders, and they will do it for me since I am an Elder," Sesshomaru replied.

"Oh I see," Rin responded and wondered who it would be to come and fix such a mess.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" a rather unpleasant voice cried out. Rin looked towards the doorway to see a very small green man run into the room with a strange staff.

"I have volunteered myself to come and fix your wall my lord! That demon that you fought with last night deserved the beating you gave him, good going all powerful Lord Sesshomaru!" the demon flowed out the compliments towards Sesshomaru and fell onto the ground in a bow. Rin assumed this was the lowly demon he had been talking about.

"Jaken, stop your flattery and get to work," Sesshomaru ordered and the man stayed in his bowing position.

"Of course my lord, forgive my excitement. It is only so often that I am in the presence of such a powerful demon," Jaken apologized before standing up and turned to spot Rin standing by the wall.

"A human?! What on earth are you doing here?" he squawked in displeasure. Rin stepped back stung by the obvious dislike the toad of the man had for her, but collected herself and glared at him.

"Leave her be Jaken," Sesshomaru advised as the toad looked back at Sesshomaru in surprise.

"B-But Lord Sesshomaru! Don't you smell the stench of this human? It's positively horrid," Jaken replied and even covered his nose as if she smelled that bad.

"Hey!" Rin cried angrily as she continued to glare at him.

"She does not "smell" Jaken. You are just not used to her scent yet. Now leave her be or I will find another demon to fix the holes in my wall," Sesshomaru stated. Jaken stared at him in disbelief before hurrying to the side of the bed with teary eyes.

"Please forgive me my lord, I didn't know you felt so strongly for the human!" Jaken begged, "I'll hurry on your wall right away!" and with that Jaken scampered out of the room looking determined.

"He's a weird demon," Rin observed when Jaken disappeared. Sesshomaru smirked at her before returning his gaze to the floor.

"Come sit with me Rin," he stated suddenly and Rin looked at him with analyzing eyes, the mood of the room suddenly changing, and didn't comment or walk closer to him.

"Are you still afraid of me?" he asked, his voice oddly soft, and it sounded like he understood her fear. Rin turned away from him for a moment before bringing her eyes back to him. He didn't look at her, but had raised his head up and was staring at the ceiling.

"Yes," she replied honestly. He turned his amber gaze from the ceiling to her and Rin felt her heart skip a beat. Though it didn't skip because she was scared, no this feeling she felt was much better. She held his gaze against her better judgment, and waited until he said something. He seemed amused at her show of courage, but didn't say anything. He just continued to look at her. After a few awkward moments Rin bit her lip and looked away, unable to hold those calculating golden eyes.

"I know you tried to save me before but...that side of you scares me," Rin stated and felt the hairs on her arms stand up remembering her dream. She closed her eyes and rubbed her arms, hoping to get rid of her goosebumps, but felt another set of hands rest against her shoulders. Rin's eyes shot open and she gasped when she turned to see Sesshomaru standing behind her. His hands covered her shoulders and he started to slowly rub down her arms until they collided with hers. Rin let go of her arms and let him rub the rest of the way down to her elbows and back again.

"Your hands are so warm," she murmured and felt her fear subside as he nuzzled her neck and placed a soft kiss on the skin between her neck and shoulder. Rin knew she should be fighting back, should make him stop, but she had to be honest with herself, she wanted him. She always had, even when they were complete strangers Rin couldn't deny the attraction she felt for Sesshomaru. Even though she was still afraid of what he was, being held by him felt so much better then avoiding him did. By the way he was caressing her now she assumed he felt the same.

Sesshomaru kissed his way up her neck and gently bit down on her earlobe causing a gentle squeak to come out of Rin. He kissed her ear gently, his kiss seeming to sooth the slight pain his fangs had caused. His hands stopped halfway up to her shoulders and he whirled her around to face him. Rin gasped at the quickness of the action and felt a little dizzy when he steadied her. He seemed to note her slight distress because he waited motionless for a couple of seconds and held her in place. When Rin's world stopped spinning her chocolate eyes met with his amber ones and she tried to read them.

"Sessh-" Rin began but couldn't get out the rest when Sesshomaru pulled her roughly against him and locked lips with her. She tensed for a second before melting against his body, enjoying the fiery need she felt coming off him. She wouldn't have ever guessed kissing him after such a traumatic experience would in the end appease her, but she had to admit Sesshomaru's plan of action was working. His hands rested at the base of her back and held her as closely as he could and let his tongue slid deliciously along her lower lip.

Rin felt completely powerless in the tight hold Sesshomaru had her in. Her arms were braced at her sides, his own preventing her from moving them. Even so, Rin had to admit that it felt good to be completely under his control. It sent a wave of need through her and she felt her whole body grow warmer and her cheeks flush. Rin inclined her head and opened her mouth to him, allowing their tongues to merge and rub against one another. A low growl rumbled from Sesshomaru's chest, but it wasn't intimidating in the least. Rather it gave Rin the courage to run her own tongue along his lips and she even bit his lower lip gently. She felt him pause for a moment and immediately regretted her action, afraid that maybe she offended him in someway.

Sesshomaru freed one of her arms by bringing his hand up to run through her hair. He pulled back slightly to look at her before staring at his hand going through her hair. After his fingertips went about halfway through her hair he tugged her head to the side, baring her throat to him. Rin felt her eyes widen in fear and she wanted to ask what he was thinking but her voice wouldn't work. Sesshomaru didn't even seem to notice her distress, just stared at the bared flesh that was starting to get paler from the lack of blood flow. Then he nuzzled her throat and kissed the exposed area gently before the kisses became rougher and Rin could feel his fangs graze her skin. Suddenly he stopped on a certain spot on her neck and continued to kiss and lick that area, he also let go of her hair and she could bring her head back up and take a few big gulps of air.

Rin would've pushed away him for nearly killing her, but then he seemed to change tactics. He went from seeming like he wanted to kill her painfully, to wanting to kill her pleasurably. His tongue along her neck sent delightful chills down Rin's body and the tease of his fangs sent her nearly over the edge. His hands started to move around her body then, starting at her waist and slowly moving up her stomach, sides, breasts, shoulders, and back down again. Rin took in raged breathes every time his hands went over her breasts and her breathing would hitch when he'd pause to let his thumbs move along her nipples.

She felt his hands reach her waist and anticipated them to move back up again, but this time he let them drift lower and she shuddered when she felt his hands glide over her hips and thighs before moving back up. She sighed and tried to lean against him, signaling for him to keep going, but he let his hands rest on her hips and stopped moving all together. Rin sighed disappointedly and heard what sounded like a dark laugh come from Sesshomaru, though she couldn't imagine him laughing so assumed it was probably a serious of growls that sounded like laughing.

Sesshomaru left the spot that he had been lavishing on her neck, a bit reluctantly, and kissed his way up to her ear again.

"I want you," he murmured in her ear and Rin felt her body get even hotter and her need increase ten fold. Rin pulled back slightly to stare up at him and tell him that she wanted him too, but was interrupted by the sound of a very angry demon.

"Y-You horrible wretch! How dare you touch Lord Sesshomaru in such a way?!" Jaken screeched in the doorway. Rin looked over Sesshomaru's shoulder to see Jaken practically fuming at the mouth as he glared at the two. Sesshomaru turned side ways to look at the demon, but didn't remove his hands from Rin or pull away from her. The idea that he wasn't embarrassed or ashamed of their attraction left Rin feeling even better then before. She smiled at him even though he didn't look at her.

"Jaken, leave," Sesshomaru ordered gruffly, but the toad only looked at him horrified.

"But my lord, she's a human! Surely you are disgusted by such a thing?" Jaken exclaimed.

"Does it look like I am Jaken?" Sesshomaru asked back and the toad blushed before glaring at the two again, though mainly at Rin.

"My lord I cannot condone this! I will not leave and allow such a thing to occur, in the Demon House no less!" Jaken argued and Sesshomaru turned his nonchalant eyes into a glare and the toad gulped loudly before bowing his head.

"Forgive me my lord. Surely you must understand where I am coming from. I am only a lowly demon who has never been subjective to such a pairing of species," Jaken apologized, and Rin heard the clanking of objects hitting the floor. She looked over Sesshomaru's shoulder again to see a whole bunch of wood and concrete mix fall out from a bag that was slung over Jaken's back.

"It doesn't matter what he thinks," Rin whispered and smiled when Sesshomaru turned his head to look back at her, seemingly slightly surprised at what she said, "but we should let him fix your wall, he won't leave until he does anyway," she added and gently pulled away from him. She saw Jaken's shoulder relax and his overall composition change now that the two had put some distance between one other. Sesshomaru stared at her for a moment before glaring back at Jaken.

"Hurry up," he ordered and the toad squawked in fear before bowing low at him again and clumsily gathering all his supplies and heading for the first big hole.

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Ok, so if you're curious my biggest point in this chapter was to show Sesshomaru's perspective on the whole time travel thing. As you can tell nothing really bothers him, which is why Rin's power is so great. She can alter time altogether and all those involved except her and Naraku will not realize anything as changed. Thus why Sesshomaru all of the sudden thought about Rin when he met her as a teenager, to him it ACTUALLY happened. Anyway that's what I wanted to get across. REVIEW PLEASE!!