My first Inuyasha fic! It's being eating at me for awhile the drama CD post-anime...and I wanted to write something. Then I had this idea of the three years that Kagome was gone...and I feel like Rin would want to be Inuyasha's friend. So it's starting as that and going to be Sess/adult!Rin and Inu/Kag because it's in my mind.

I don't own anything...really don't.

He raised his head and took another sniff, someone was coming. He closed his eyes and concentrated on the scent. He could smell the sweet smell of flowers mixed with…tears? Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked down from his perch up in the tree and saw the young girl entering the clearing, rubbing her eyes and sitting down against the base of the tree.

He watched as the young girl pulled her knees and buried her face and sniffled a bit more.

"Hey." Inuyasha called out and jumped down lightly before the girl. He crouched as she looked up at him, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Inuyasha-san?" She said softly.

"Rin, you're not supposed to be out after dark." He sat down on the ground and crossed his legs.

"I don't want to be inside." She said softly and wiped her eyes on her kimono sleeves.

"You need to be inside though, it isn't safe." Her head looked up again as he spoke and she pouted.

"I always sleep outside though…Sesshomaru-sama watches over me." Rin pouted her lip, the bottom quivered before she ducked her head down and she wailed again into her knees. "What did I do wrong?" She cried out.

Inuyasha frowned. Baka! He didn't explain things. Now I have to deal with this. He mentally growled at his older half brother. "Rin." He called to the girl, she did not respond, and he sighed heavily, "Rin, did Sesshomaru explain why you are staying here?"

"He said I had to learn to be among humans." Rin shook as she spoke. "He doesn't want me anymore."

"What an idiot." Inuyasha growled out and Rin looked up at him and glared at him.

"Sesshomaru-sama is not an idiot!" She huffed out and Inuyasha shook his head softly and chuckled.

"I can tell you what Kaede and Sesshomaru talked about since I was there." Inuyasha said and Rin looked up at him, clutching her knees and blinked owlishly at him, eyes red from crying.

"Really?" She snuffled and Inuyasha nodded, folding his arms into his sleeves.

"Yes. No more sniffles there." Inuyasha said and the girl nodded eagerly.

"Yes, Inuyasha-san I will stop crying this moment." Rin said and looked at him carefully, waiting for the answer.

"Yes, you were left here to learn to live among humans but that wasn't the full reason." Inuyasha said, not sure how to explain everything to the young girl.

"What's the full reason?" Rin asked softly.

"He wants you to live with humans so that you can make a choice of your own free will. He seems to value your opinion and choices." Inuyasha was bemused that this slip of a girl actually had weight in his cold-hearted older brother.

"My choice?" Rin asked as she frowned. "What choice?"

"To live with him or to live humans." Inuyasha said.

"Him of course!" Rin said quickly with a smile, "What other choice would there be?" Rin asked and laughed softly.

Inuyasha resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "You also need to learn the other aspects of being a human woman."

"Like what?" Rin asked now on her knees and looking at him curiously. "What do I need to learn from Kaede that I can't learn from Sesshomaru-sama?" Why is she so curious? He fought the blush off; he really didn't want to tell her about the cycles and other things. Those were things that women were supposed to teach each other.

"Kaede will teach you those things that only belong to a woman." Inuyasha said and Rin sat back and sighed.

"I miss my Sesshomaru-sama." Inuyasha blinked at the word 'my'. Surprised flitted over his face. She then smiled softly at him, "You miss Kagome-san, don't you?" She asked gently.

He nodded and moved one hand out of his sleeve and patted her head. "Yeah."

"We are both missing someone right now. Do you think they are thinking of us?" Rin asked.

Inuyasha knew that Kagome was definitely thinking of him, but Sesshomaru was another thing.

That demon's ego did not have room for caring for others. Yet, there was Rin sitting across from Inuyasha. She was proof that he did care. If Sesshomaru was truly selfish and did not care, he would have ignored Kaede and taken Rin and never return to Inuyasha's village. But there was Rin and she was clearly the rule to every exception in Sesshomaru's book. She is human and he doesn't care.

"Yeah, I'm sure he's looking up right now and hoping that you are doing ok. That you are listening to the rules." He said the last part and Rin hopped up and looked up at the sky.

"Oh no! Sesshomaru-sama would be upset if I was out here!" She then looked down at Inuyasha. "Inuyasha-san, please take me back to Kaede's there could be dangers near by."

He got up and stared down at the young girl. "How old are you Rin?" He said as he patted her head.

"I don't know. Jaken-sama has guessed that I am close to eight now." She shrugged.

"You don't know?" Inuyasha asked with a frown.

She looked up at him and smiled. "It's alright my parents died when I was very young. Sesshomaru-sama gave me a new birthday. He said the first day of spring is my birthday now. So, I'll be eight in the spring." She smiled.

She was probably malnourished before she met him. She's tiny.

"Come on, let's get you back to Kaede. I'll say that we went for a walk." Inuyasha said and walked with Rin beside him.

"Thank you, Inuyasha-san." Rin said softly and grabbed his sleeve. "Jaken-sama was quite wrong about you."

"Wrong?" Inuyasha could only imagine what that toad demon said about him.

"He said you know nothing and some other mean things, but I think you are kind like Sesshomaru-sama!" She grinned and then her smile fell, "Can I spend more time with you?"

"Why?" Inuyasha said as they walked into the village and saw the hilltop in the distance to Kaede's house.

"Because then we can be friends and won't be so lonely anymore." Rin explained and hopped ahead of him and jumped on one foot for a couple steps and then reached her arms out and laughed as she balanced carefully. "I feel less lonely already!"

"Alright, I will be your friend." Inuyasha smiled as the girl kept her balance until he caught up with her.

You have a good soul, little Rin. He stopped beside her and looked down at her and she eased her foot down to the ground.

Should I continue this?