Based On: InuYasha by Rumiko Takahashi

Disclaimer: I am a fan of InuYasha. I do not own this manga/anime or it's characters.

Spoilers: none

POV: Kaede

Character Appearances: Kaede, Miroku, Rin, InuYasha

Summary: Why Rin lives with Kaede.

Author‘s Notes: Another chapter up! Enjoy! EK

557 ½ The Monster From the West

Chapter Three

One Long Night

Wither or not Jaken had told Sesshomaru it was his idea that Rin spend the night with Kaede, Kaede did not know, and could not have cared any less. Rin had brought back more flowers than Kaede had thought possible to carry, and was now braiding them into ropes and decorating Kaede’s house with them. Kaede was cooking supper for the young people, who had now gathered in her house. InuYasha had to be dragged in by Miroku, otherwise he would have sat guard over the well all night waiting for Kagome. He had growled and snarled at first, but once he smelt the fish cooking, he decided he could stay inside long enough to eat something.

This was the first time any of them had spent an extended period of time with Rin. Usually Sesshomaru was in a hurry to leave, and Rin dashed off behind him, after having said only a few sentences to Kagome. Right now, Kagome was not here. No one knew wither or not Kagome would ever be back here again, now that the well had closed up. Kagome was the only one who knew anything about Rin at all, and granted that was not very much. Rin sat surrounded by flowers, happily singing to herself, as if she was all alone and no one else was in the room with her. It was a bit awkward for the others, to say the least. It was more awkward, the fact that everyone seemed to be on edge, expecting Sesshomaru to tear through the walls at any minute to take Rin out of there. They suspected that this was the first time she had been away from him for this long a time, and judging from what Kaede had told them, he had not exactly been told Kaede was taking Rin to stay at her house tonight. No one knew what to say to Rin, or if they should even speak at all in her presence, as there was no telling what she would say to Sesshomaru once he came for her, or how he would response to anything she said. It was going to be a long night.

“I know,” announced Kaede, “why don’t I tell you the story of the Monster from the West?”

“Huh?” InuYasha could not believe his ears. He must have heard her wrong, but than, Miroku must have heard her wrong too.

“She doesn’t mean Sesshomaru, does she?“ the monk whispered to InuYasha. “Is she trying to get us all killed?”

Author’s End Note:

Thank you for reading this chapter! I hope you enjoyed it!

I would love to hear what you have to say about this chapter. So, tell me, what's your take on this? What did you like about it? What did you not like about it? I try to keep my characters in character with the originals, I hope I succeeded. I’m trying to keep the events in this story in keeping with the events of the manga/anime. Did you see any mistakes I missed, O.O let me know so I can go back and fix them! Think this needs another chapter, a sequel, or a prequel, let me know and I’ll think about adding more. Please review and leave a comment to share your views!

Thanks millions!

EK

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