InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Strength of Love ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

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The Strength of Love

I am really really really really really really really (takes a breath) really really really really really really sorry for taking this long to update. It will never happen again!

Thank you sesshy/rin freak, Tiger5913, HikoCassidy, and essis for reviewing!!! (and of course Sam777 for checking my work)Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

(and the ----- to seperate a longer period of time wouldn't work in the story so it's oooo now...)

She woke up the next morning to light pounding outside her door and a man's voice telling them to be quiet. She laughed as she slowly sat up. She took the covers off and moved herself around so she could put her feet on the floor.

"You're up!" exclaimed Kagome as she walked in with a plate of food and some tea. Rin smiled.
"I thought you might be hungry."

"Thank you. Where's Sesshoumaru?"

"In his study."

Rin remembered the journal in the study. "No! He's going to read it!"

"Read what?"

"I was writing him a journal about what happened with me and the baby these past nine months while he was gone."
"Oh. I saw him reading something while we ate breakfast. That might have been it."

"I guess it doesn't matter now. It was for him to read when he returned." She smiled. "I'm hungry!" After she ate she went to the balcony. The balcony looked over the garden and she saw that there was fresh snow on the ground. The snow was glistening from the sun and made everything look beautiful. She sighed. 'Please don't leave again.' She felt an arm wrap around her waist to her stomach.

"I missed you every day I was out there. I wanted nothing more than to know how you were doing." He paused as she felt him kiss the top of her head. "Thank you."

"I wanted you to know what was happening with your son. I wasn't done yet."

"That is all right."

"So, how long until you have to run off again?" she asked. There was a short pause as she realized what she had said. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it that way."

He took his arm from around her waist. "You should rest."

She turned around and saw him looking over at the garden. "I don't want to rest! I want to be with you! I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! Put your arm back around me! I want to feel you again! I want to smell you again!" Tears started to form, but she pushed them back as she continued to plead with him. "Please, tell me, when are you going to have to leave again?"

"I do not know Rin," he said as he continued to look beyond her.

"Are you happy? Are you happy with me?"

"Yes."

"Then why don't you look at me?"

He looked at her. He looked like a scared little boy to her. "Oh, Sesshoumaru." She pulled him close and held onto him. "Everything will be fine." She pulled away from him and pulled him to the bed. "Sit down."

"Rin."

"Sit down." She saw him reluctantly sit down and she sat down on his right side and took his hand in hers. "When someone is having a problem they tell the other. I realize this isn't the way you work. Just understand that I will always be there for you. You don't have to say anything, just let me hold you this time."

She let go of his hand and moved onto the floor. She motioned him to come into her lap. "It won't hurt anything." He moved in front of her and cautiously leaned back.

"I remember you would do this to me when ever I had a nightmare. You did this after I lost the baby. This always helped me feel better. It makes me realize that you will always be there for me, no matter what. I might not be as great as you, but you can always know that I will be there for you."

He moved away from her then turned around. "Get up." She slowly moved from the floor and stood up. "Follow me." She followed him out of the room and down the stairs to his study. There he handed her some papers. "Here."

She glanced at one. "I came back to find a different smell on her. She was carrying a pup, but the next day she lost it. She lost it because of me; because I did not protect her. I fixed her, but she is still upset..."

She flipped and looked at another. "She said she wanted to have another baby, as she calls them. This time nothing will happen to her or our pup...."

She continued to read the next entry. "I smell the difference again. She is going to be happy as I am when she finds out, if not more. I am going to be a father. I am going to be a father. I cannot get that thought out of my head. I wonder if this is how my father felt..."

She looked up at him then flipped to the last entry. "I let her down. I let someone harm her. This demon almost hurt our pup because I am weak. She took my hand and I felt him in her stomach. I have to be strong for him. I have to be strong for her. I have never felt this way. I have never been this weak."

She stopped reading. "You are not weak. You are in love with your wife and mate. You are in love with your child." The tears dropped from her eyes as she put down the papers and walked to him at the other end of the room. "Loving does not make you weak, it makes you stronger. You taught me how to be strong because you love me. I fought back because I love you and our son."

He put his hand on her cheek and wiped the tear away. "Rin."

"Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me," she said as he pulled her close.

He kissed her starting from his mark to her lips. "Rin."

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"Sesshoumaru?" asked Rin as she pushed his leg to wake him up. She remembered falling asleep as he held her in his lap, but now she had to get out of it. "Sesshoumaru?"

"Yes, my Rin."

"I'm going to have the baby."

"Huh?" asked Sesshoumaru.

"I'm having the baby. NOW!" she screamed as she clenched his legs.

Kagome ran into the study. "I heard a scream. Is everything all right?"

"Rin is having the pup," said Sesshoumaru flatly.

"I felt uncomfortable over night, but I thought it was just because I was sitting on the floor," she laughed and then clenched her hands on his legs. "This hurts a lot more than the other time."

"Well, we have to get you upstairs," Kagome said as she took her hands from Sesshoumaru's legs. Rin slowly moved her legs underneath her and with the help of Kagome and Sesshoumaru she stood up.

"Aaaahhh!" Her legs quickly buckled as the pain hit her, but Sesshoumaru hung onto her as well as Kagome and they kept her from falling. "Sorry."

"It's okay Rin. Now we need to make it to the room you are staying in," said Kagome as they walked to the stairs slowly.

"Sesshoumaru-sama! Sesshoumaru-sama!" cried Jaken.

"Jaken!" growled Sesshoumaru. "Rin is going into labor! Do not bother me!"

"But Sesshoumaru-sama," he pleaded.

"Jaken!" he barked back as they made it up the stairs.

"Sesshoumaru. It's fine. If you need to leave, go. I understand," said Rin biting back the pain.

"I am not going to leave you!" he yelled.

"At least see what Jaken wants. It could be important."

"What is it Jaken!" he yelled as he helped Rin into the bed.

"That monster of yours ate my shoe!"

Rin could see his eyes change from worried amber to a furious red. He was about to chase after Jaken, but she grabbed onto his hand. "Sesshoumaru!"

"I will talk to you later, toad!" he roared as Jaken ran to safety.

She squeezed his hand as hard as she could as the pain came back. "Sesshoumaru!!"

He turned his attention to her and she saw the scared look in his face.

She smiled. "Don't worry. He will be here before you know it." She closed her eyes.

She heard Kagome say, "Sesshoumaru. You need..." as she drifted to sleep. She winced as the pain brought her back from her dream. Without opening her eyes she said, "I feel him coming. I feel him coming, Kagome."

"Help me get her up and over the sheets," said Kagome to an unknown person.

Rin opened her eyes and saw Inuyasha coming towards her with a rag over his nose. "Inuyasha!"

"He's the only one I could find to help me," said Kagome.

"What about Sesshoumaru?"

"He's not going to help. He had a hard time standing here while you slept. I think he's in the study waiting for the baby to be born."

"And don't think I want to be here," said Inuyasha as he helped her off the bed and over to the large, yet shallow basin.

Rin screamed as she slowly pushed the baby out. After what seemed like forever to her she felt him leave her womb and she almost collapsed into Inuyasha. After the whole birthing process was completed she was carried back to bed by him.

"Thank you," she said as she closed her eyes and started to doze off.

"Do you want to see your boy?" asked Kagome.

"I'm so tired. I think Sesshoumaru wants to see him first anyway," she said as she completely passed out.

Rin felt eyes upon her so she opened hers and smiled. "I'm sorry. I was so tired."

"That is all right, my Rin."

"Is he everything you wanted him to be?"

"He is and more," he said contently.

"What did you name him?" she asked as she tried to sit up.

"I wanted you to name him."

"Can I see him?" He nodded his head once and walked out of the room.

Rin sat on the bed as she waited for Sesshoumaru to come back. He came through the door with a small bundle in his arm. She smiled as he walked towards her and gave her the baby.

She looked at him. He was sleeping as his mouth was moving as if he was eating something. His hands were curled into small balls and were lying on his chest. She smiled and remembered a name from long ago.

"Tatsuki. I remember hearing that name when I was a child. Perhaps it was my father's or bother's. I want to name him Tatsuki," she said without looking up from the baby.

"Are you happy with him?" he asked uncertainly.

"Why wouldn't I be?" she asked looking up at Sesshoumaru.

"Look Rin," he said with concerned eyes.

She looked back at Tatsuki. The small amount of silver hair he had flowed around his silver dog ears. She looked at Sesshoumaru and flashed her signature smile. "He's perfect." She moved towards the other side of the bed and patted where she sat a moment before. He sat down without taking his eyes off of her.

"I never thought I would love a human and a hanyou this much," he said.

She started to cry as she put her left hand on his cheek. "I never thought you would ever say something like that. Oh, how you have changed." She brought his face closer to his and gave him a long passionate kiss.

She took her lips from his and brought them to his ear. "It's all right to cry," she whispered. She rested her cheek to his and felt a warm tear fall onto it.

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"I want to learn to fight," said Rin a few days later at dinner.

"Why?" asked Sesshoumaru as he looked at Rin who was holding their days old child.

"I want to be able to protect Tatsuki and our home."

"You do not need to. I will protect you," he said stoically.

"What about when you are gone? You can't send Inuyasha here all the time," she said defiantly.

"I felt like my whole world was crashing when Himitsu was trying to attack me. I don't want that to happen again."

He sighed. "Nothing like that will happen again. I have sent for some of my people to protect you and my son."

"But what happens if they can't stop it?" She looked at Tatsuki who was sleeping in her arms. "I have a child that needs my protection. I can't spend my days aimlessly picking flowers."

"I have some of my trusted men coming, Rin!" he bellowed.

"But why can't I learn to fight?! At least I can learn some self defense! Those men cannot be around me all the time!"

"They will not be around you all the time, but they are demons. They can be by you faster than you can protect yourself," said Sesshoumaru, trying to calm down.

"I don't understand?! I want to be stronger! Why won't you let me?! Is it because I'm a human? How will you treat our son?! Will he be the best? Or will you only let him train halfway because he's half human?!" exclaimed Rin, trying to keep her voice down for the sake of the sleeping child.

"Rin! I will not let you train for something that should not happen! Our child is going to learn everything because he is an heir! You do not need to! That is final!!" He yelled as he slammed his hand on the table.

Tatsuki wiggled in Rin's arms then started to cry. She moved him to her right shoulder.

"Shhhhhh, Tatsuki. It's all right. Your father is just being a jerk." She looked at Sesshoumaru evilly. "He is very impressionable at this time. Do you want him to be afraid of you?"

She stood up and walked out of the room. 'How can you be so nice to me one minute and then shut yourself down another? I thought you were changing. I guess I can't change someone like you.' She looked at Tatsuki who was cooing in her arms. 'I don't think I will ever understand you.'

She walked into the study and started to write a letter to Sango.

My Dearest Sango,

Please come and teach me to protect myself. I realize this might be hard for you, but if you can, please come. Lord Sesshoumaru doesn't know about this. By the time you can come I will have hopefully worn him down. Please send a letter to me through the messenger.

With Love, Rin.

She sealed the letter and walked to a servant.

"Please take this to the messenger. Tell him to stay until the recipient gives him a letter in return. Thank you."

"Yes, My Lady," bowed the servant. "I hope Tatsuki is well today."

"He is. He likes to eat his fingers," laughed Rin as they looked at him putting his fingers in his mouth.

"He's the cutest pup I've ever seen," said the servant. "Well, I better get this to the messenger."

"Thank you," said Rin as she bowed her head. She smiled mischievously as the servant walked away. She looked at Tatsuki.

"You are cute, my son," she whispered. "I can't wait until Sango can come and teach me. I want to protect you."

"Lady Rin?"

"Yes," said Rin as she turned around and looked up.

The male dog demon bowed. "My name is Akito. I was sent by Sesshoumaru to protect you."

"Oh. I see," commented Rin as her face started to harden. "Just stay out of my way."

"Yes, My Lady," he said as he bowed and walked out of her sights.

"I don't know why daddy doesn't let me protect you myself," said Rin. She put Tatsuki in his small wooden bed. "I know I alone can protect you. I don't know why he doesn't see that. Hiring these others..." She rolled her eyes. "It's stupid!" She looked at the mirror on her dressing table. "I hope you don't take offence to that, Akito."

She turned to walk out of the room. "Sesshoumaru...sama...Lord!" Rin jumped. She looked into his eyes as their glare started to pierce through her. She looked down to get away from it.

"I will not have you talk to our pup like that!" he growled.

She walked away from him to the balcony doors. "He can't understand me."

"Do not walk away from me!"

She quickly turned around so that her hair whipped across her face. "Who said I was walking away?! I am running to you, but you continuously back away. This time I am running to you to let me become strong. Why can't I? Why can't I be more than that little girl that brought you the flowers? Am I only here to do that? I am not a little girl anymore. I have instincts too and those tell me that I have to protect everything I hold dear. I want to protect Tatsuki and I want to protect you!" She looked down slightly. "I know you will never need protecting, but that is what my instincts are calling for. I want to do anything I can so no one can destroy this family we have made."

Sesshoumaru walked slowly to Rin as she looked back up and past him. "You have me to protect our home. That is all that is needed. I am not a powerful demon if I cannot protect those things dear to me."

"What about when you are fighting? I will be here, alone."

He stopped a few steps from her. "That is why I brought some of my men here to protect you."

"What if something happens? What if they cannot protect us? Then it will be up to me. If I do not have any training they will win. If I know how to fight then we will live. If I had tried to get Kohaku to teach me then our son would still be alive. I would have been able to save him, but I didn't and now my baby will never become a beautiful boy or a handsome man. I don't want our son to die by the hands of some demon."

They stood in silence for what seemed like hours until Sesshoumaru said, "I know you are not a child anymore, Rin, but you do not need to worry yourself with these things. I will be here or my men will. That is how it will be."

Rin sighed as she turned her eyes from him to Tatsuki. "I understand, My Lord."

Sesshoumaru turned and walked out of the room as Rin turned to the balcony doors. She slid them open and walked out then quickly shut them so Tatsuki wouldn't be cold. The coldness hit her like stones. She held onto the railing and moved her head down and closed her eyes. 'I will not let you die, Tatsuki. I will never let another child of mine die because of my inept abilities to protect the ones I love. I will learn, Kohaku. I will become just as strong as you were.'

She looked up and out over the garden. The snow from a few days before had melted and the trees looked dead without their leaves. She turned and sat down, leaning on the railing as best she could. She brought her knees to her chest so she could hug her legs and placed her head on her knees as she closed her eyes once again.

Her deep thoughts were broken as the door was violently slid open.

"Woman! Your ungrateful child is crying!"

She looked up. "I am not 'woman' anymore. I shall be called Lady Rin and my child is not ungrateful!" She grabbed Jaken by his arm and pulled him close. "You need to know who you are talking to and treat me with more respect. I didn't appreciate you interrupting me and my husband to tell us about your damn shoe."

She let him go and stood up to walk to Tatsuki. "Ever disrespect me like that again and I will have your head!"

"Wait 'til I tell Sesshoumaru-sa-" announced Jaken.

"He doesn't care about you! What you have to say to him about this conversation means nothing to him," said Rin as she picked the baby up. She winced as she placed the baby on her left shoulder and wondered why she didn't have Sesshoumaru use Tenseiga to fix her. "Why don't you leave me and Tatsuki alone if all you are going to do is annoy us."

Jaken looked at her in curiosity and slowly walked out.

"What is so strange about me being angry?" she said softly to herself.

"Maybe it's because Lady Rin is always seen as content and happy with life," spoke up Akito as he walked from the shadows in the corner of the room opposite from her.

"What is there to be happy about when your husband, or mate, won't let you protect anything but flowers." She looked at him and smiled half heartedly. "I'm sorry. I should not be telling you my problems."

"That is all right, my Lady. If you don't tell me then who will you tell? It's not right to keep them in you like that," he said with a smile.

"You sound like my sister-in-law's husband. Well, she used to be," she said as she brought Tatsuki down to cradle him in her arms.

He chuckled. "Sounds like quite a man."

"Yeah, you can say that." Rin smiled at the thought of Miroku. "Thank you for listening, though." She bowed her head.

"It is my pleasure. Please, if you need to talk, know that I will always be here," Akito said as he bowed also.

"I might do that. I have made some friends here, but I haven't met anyone who really let me talk." She walked to the door of the room.

"I can teach you some self defense. When you get better, of course," said Akito behind her.

"Sure. I would like that. Let's keep it a secret, all right?" she said, not turning around.

"That's fine."

A huge smile appeared on her face. "Thank you again, Akito."

"You are welcome, my Lady."

Rin walked from the study and towards the kitchen to find a servant to take her new letter to Sango explaining that she had found someone here to teach her. 'Akito. I'm so glad he came here. Things might have become worst if he wasn't here. The gods sure are mysterious.'

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A month later Rin was playing with Tatsuki on the floor of the great room.

"The trees are starting to awaken. The flowers are starting to come alive. I can't wait to walk through the garden with you."

Tatsuki cooed with delight as if he knew what she was saying.

Sesshoumaru walked into the room with a solemn look on his face. "Everything is ready for me to go. I will be back within a month. The four lords are meeting. That is all this is. I do not expect any delays."

Rin stood up and walked to him and gave him a kiss on his cheek. "Hurry back, Lord Sesshoumaru."

They stood together for a couple of minutes watching Tatsuki. He moved his arms and legs around. One of his hands caught his ear and he pulled on it, causing him to be startled.

Rin walked to him, "Oh, you're fine. That's your ear. This is mommy's ear. And daddy has an ear too." She tickled his stomach and he started to laugh and blow bubbles.

"I am going to be leaving now," said Sesshoumaru.

Rin nodded at him and then looked back at the baby. She felt him stare at her for a moment and then heard him walk out of the room. She looked up to where he was standing. "Goodbye, my love."

"How is your hand?" asked Akito as Rin walked to the dinning room for lunch.

"It's fine. It's just a little sore, but I think I'm ready to train now. Can we start this afternoon?"

"Yes we can," smiled Akito.

"I will put Tatsuki down for a nap and then meet you by the door to the garden."

"Sounds like a plan."

Rin ate lunch quickly and put the baby in his small bed and changed into some clothes more suitable to training. She walked to her mirror and looked at her dark green hakama and same colored haori. She laughed thinking she looked stupid in clothes two sizes too big. 'Oh well!' She pulled her hair back with a ribbon lying on the table and walked silently out of the bedroom.

When Akito saw her he laughed. "We need to get you clothes that fit you."

"I will make some starting tonight. This is the only thing I could find right now. It is Sesshoumaru's old outfit." She paused. "I mean Lord Sesshoumaru. He doesn't like it when I call him Sesshoumaru to anyone but him."

"He's not here and I won't tell," said Akito with a wink.

"Thanks," said Rin as her cheeks reddened.

"Shall we start?" he asked as he opened the door.

"Yes."

Rin walked out and into the garden. The day had become warm, but not too warm. Some of the flowers were starting to open as others were still waiting for warmer weather. Most of the trees started to become full and luscious.

"How about here?" asked Akito pointing to a large open area that was almost completely canvassed by a tree.

"Um...I...," stuttered Rin.

"We can pick another place, but this one looks like it might be harder to find once everything starts to grow again."

"It is," smiled Rin. "This is Sesshoumaru and mine's special place. No one ever finds us here."

"We can find another spot then," said Akito as he turned away.

"No! No. We can do it here. This will be the best spot anyway," said Rin walking back into the clearing.

"Well then, let's start with the basics," said Akito as he gave her a dagger still in its cover.

"This is your dagger now. I will show you how to use this. It has brought me luck and it shall bring you luck to you and yours."

Rin motioned to give it back to him. "Then you should keep it. I can always get one of my own. I don't want you do give up something because of me."

"Nonsense! I am giving it to you as a present from me," said Akito as he pushed her hands back to her.

Rin bowed her head. "Thank you very much."

Akito bowed back. "You're welcome. Now, on with the first lesson!"

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"You are really catching on faster than I thought," said Akito three weeks after Rin started her training with him.

"Thank you. I learn quickly. You have to when you live with Sesshoumaru," said Rin as she smiled.

"All right! This technique will be a hard one. Let me get behind you and help you through it." Akito moved from in front of Rin to behind her and grabbed her right arm that held the dagger. Rin blushed once again from his touch as she did every time he was close.

"You thrust your arm forward, step with your left, move your left elbow up like this, and move your body to the side of the other person and move the dagger through like this," said Akito as he slowly went through the motions with Rin. "Let's do it again."

They went through the move again as Rin remembered each part of it.

"Now you try it by yourself," he said as he took a couple steps back and leaned on the tree.

Rin went through the motions as though he was standing right behind her. Akito then stepped in as an attacker and they went through it a couple of times without the dagger.

"You've really got the hang of that, Rin." He paused slightly. "I mean, Lady Rin."

"That's all right. You can call me Rin. I see you as a friend more than my bodyguard. The only one I really like calling me Lady is Jaken and it's only because I know he hates it so much."

"I see that," laughed Akito. "Now let's cool down and we will be through for today."

"Eat dinner with me today. I am lonely in that big dinning hall. It's nice to have someone to talk to at dinner." Rin smiled as she sat down in a meditative pose.

"I don't know if that is the proper thing to do," he said, sitting down beside her in the same pose.

"I don't care. Eat with me. It will be fine," smiled Rin.

"I will," agreed Akito.

"Good."

After they cooled down Rin went to her bedroom to change into her robe to go to the bathhouse. She picked up Tatsuki and wrapped him into a blanket to take him to the bathhouse with her.

"The water's perfect," said Rin to Tatsuki as she stepped into the large tub. "Not too hot for you and not too cold for me."

The baby just made incoherent babble for an answer.

"Daddy's coming home in a week! I bet you can't wait for him! You can show him all the things you've learned!"

The child splashed at the water as Rin poured water over her and him.

"Just don't tell daddy what I've been doing while he's been gone. He'll have a fit and we don't want that, do we?"

Rin stood up and out of the water. She laid the baby on the blanket as she squeezed the water out of her hair. She picked him and the blanket up after she put her robe on and she looked at Tatsuki's face. There was a small purple mark starting at where his ears met with his face on the left side of his face.

"You are looking more like your father each day," she said as she looked at the mark starting on the right side of his face as well.

She opened the door to the bathhouse.

"AAAHHHH!!" Rin screamed.

"Rin. It's me, Akito. I decided that if I was going to eat with you tonight I should be clean."

Rin's heart started to calm down as she comforted Tatsuki, who was startled by her scream.

"You are just like Kohaku. He did that to me all the time. I think it was his favorite thing to do to me," laughed Rin.

"You talk a lot about this man. Was he your brother?"

"He was my husband. He was killed while on the job."

"What did he do?" asked Akito as he walked to a tub.

"He was a demon exterminator. He helped villages that were being terrorized by evil demons. He did it with his sister and sometimes Sesshoumaru's half brother. One day he came back just to say goodbye to me and our child."

"You had another child?"

"Yes. I named him Kohaku in honor of his father he never met. He was killed by a demon also."

"You've had a hard life by anyone's standards, my Lady. I am sorry for all of your losses and I hope with my training nothing like that happens again to you." He walked closer to Rin.

"I know that with your training nothing bad will happen to me or my child. You have taught so much and I hope to learn much more. I thank you from the bottom of my heart," said Rin as she bashfully turned her head away.

Akito took her chin and raised it to him. "You are a Lady. You should never turn your head from the likes of me."

"But I will always be in your debt." She closed her eyes.

"Open them. There is no debt. I am happy to be teaching a woman as lovely and as strong as you are."

Rin smiled. "I'm not that strong."

"You are the strongest human I know," said Akito softly as he leaned in and kissed her.

Rin pulled away as she blushed. "Akito."

"I'm sorry, my Lady. I was out of line," he said moving away from her. "I will not come to dinner."

"No. Please come. It was as much my fault as it was yours. You are my friend. I want you to come to dinner with Tatsuki and me. I'm sure it will be ready soon, so hurry up," said Rin with a smile.

"You are too kind," said Akito as he turned around.

"I am not," whispered Rin as she shut the door.

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"Say 'Look what I can do daddy!'" exclaimed Rin as she watched Tatsuki with Sesshoumaru.

Tatsuki turned over from his back to his stomach and looked with amazement at the small toy just out of his grasps.

"Isn't that wonderful Sesshoumaru?!"

"He rolled over," he said flatly.

"That is a wonderful thing! And look at this," she picked up the child and handed him to Sesshoumaru.

He took him as Rin said, "Look at his cheeks. They have markings. They are coming in more and more each day. These are the only ones I've seen. I guess they are the only ones that he's going to have. They are just like yours. He's looking more and more like you each day."

"He will never look like me," he said.

"Sess...Sesshoumaru." Rin took the baby from his arm and walked away. "No he won't. He will have compassion. I think I know you and then you do something like this."

"Rin," he said trying to apologize.

She stopped. "I am going to put him down for a nap and then I'm going to the garden. It is a nice day, there is no need stay in here."

After she got Tatsuki to settle down and sleep she kissed his cheek and changed into her training clothes which looked like Sango's exterminating outfit without the armor pads. She then put her usual clothes on so she didn't seem suspicious. She walked to the place they picked out to train and took them off.

"Let's start with some stretches. You are becoming more limber, but there is some ways to go," said Akito.

"I don't want to stretch. I want to fight," she said as her grip on the dagger became stronger. She took it out of its cover and tossed it to the air and caught it on the handle.

She did this numerous times before Akito stepped in and caught it before she could.

"Don't think I won't get that back," said Rin as she started to get ready to fight.

"I'm counting on it. Let's see how much you've learned this month," said Akito.

They sparred off of one another until Rin moved to the ground and made Akito fall in front of her. He turned around and she moved to get the dagger. Once she had it she put it to his neck as she lied on top of his securing his arms and legs the best she could.

"I see you have learned well," he said trying to catch his breath.

"I have learned from the best," Rin said as her chest moved up and down almost in rhythm with his.

She stood up and held out his hand to him. "Thanks for letting me relieve a little anger." She winked. "And for letting me win."

"I didn't let you win," he said grabbing onto it and standing up.

"I'm sure you didn't," she said smiling. She walked to the tree and leaned on it. "So how was I?"

"You have learned everything as well as I could have hoped. The only thing you need to work on is your agility and flexibility and that is where the stretches come in."

"All right! You've made your point."

Akito walked over to Rin. "Is it going to be all right training here now that he's back?"

"Yeah. Don't worry about him. He's being the same as always. He hardly comes to the garden. That's my area." She looked out of the corner of her eyes. When she looked back Akito was standing in front of her. "Akito."

"Are you sure? He might surprise you."

"He'll never surprise me. He's the same as he was five years ago and he's the same now. The only difference is..."

"Is what?"

"Is that I'm the mother to the heir of future Lord of the Western Lands."

She looked down at her feet and put the dagger back into the leather cover and walked back to her kimono lying on the ground. "I think we are finished today."

"I understand," said Akito. Rin felt him place a hand on her shoulder. "You are better than that."

She turned around and looked into his brown eyes that matched his brown hair which was pulled back into a low pony tail that made his hair flow like a stream down his back. "You are too kind." She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek and then turned to put her kimono back on.

Akito pulled her back around and kissed her passionately on the lips.

Rin melted into his arms that wrapped around her back until her mind pulled her back to reality. 'I can't do this. He's not my husband. I've never cheated on him before. I shouldn't cheat on him now. I have to leave.'

He let go of her and she opened her mouth, but nothing came out. Rin turned around and picked up her kimono and put it back on the best she could. She looked back at Akito with questioning eyes then walked out of the place that she now shared with two men.

I hope ya'll liked this chapter and have no fear the other one is on it's way. It will be posted by the end of the week, hopefully (or at least on Sunday).

Sorry again and thank you all for the nice reviews....