Hello my lovelies! Here's another chapter with some cirtus in it, and please be aware there is an attempted rape scene (NOT by SESSHO-MARU) but I just wanted to give you a heads up. I realize this doesn't go very far yeat, but Rin is very scared, Sessho-maru had always expressed his distast for humans, combine that with the verbal abuse of Jaken and you have a very confused Rin. Yes more cute fluff will be coming up in the next chapter, but their journey is far from over, lots of drama shall be coming up soon too.

I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has been taking the time to review, fav, follow, and read this story, I really appreciate your support so please keep it up (like how I subtly slipped that in there? lol). I want to read what you guys think, like, ideas etc.

Also please remember this story is rated M, for obvious reasons, and will continue to be so for the entirety of the story. Also I do not own any of the characters from Inuyasha I only claim to own the looney plot I torture the characters with. And on that note I hope you all enjoy this latest chapter from To Be the Mate of a Lord!

Chapter Twelve

To say that Rin was shocked and confused were understatements, but even more than that she was pissed. Who did he think he was to manhandle her in such a manner? She had agreed to resume traveling with him…clearly that had been a mistake. As soon as the overbearing oaf put her down she intended to gather her things and leave—rain be damned. Suddenly they came to an abrupt halt; Rin glanced around trying to gage her surroundings only to the find that the room was illuminated through some unknown source of light, looking around at her surroundings Rin was surprised to see they we near a hot springs found deeper within the cave, the only sounds were her heavy breathing and the faint echo of the rain hitting the rocks. She futilely struggled over his shoulder one more time in the hope of his grip having loosened, only to find that he tightened it even more in retaliation.

"Put me down." ordered Rin viciously, contemplating using her hidden kunai knives on him if he refused to obey her.

"Rin." one word, it explained nothing, yet it held an authoritative note that until today she had only ever heard directed at Jaken.

"I swear Sessho-maru—" Rin began fingering her knives when she suddenly found herself right side up, looking directly up into the fierce eyes of the Lord of the West.

Sessho-maru stared down at Rin intently, she had been silently fuming as he carried her deeper into the cave, he had been surprised by her lack of outburst, admiring her strength of will and patience. He was going to enjoy this—his thoughts abruptly halted as he caught the last of what she had been saying…

"—I've had it, I thought that traveling with you again might have been a good idea, but clearly I was mistaken. I'm leaving! For good!" she snapped as she proceeded to spin around and storm away from him.

Something inside of him snapped. That she would think she could leave him…that he would let her was laughable, but his demon wasn't amused. He had been on edge since he found her again, his demon whispering, growling, and snarling suggestions and desires into his mind, and now she thought she could leave? His demon wanted her submission—now.

Without warning or hesitation Sessho-maru grabbed Rin by her arm, spun her round to face him and before she could protest further Rin found herself pinned to the floor on her back with Sessho-maru leaning over her, snarling ferociously. He had her arms restrained over her head with one hand, while he straddled her waist preventing further movement. Rin stared up at him dumbfounded when she met his eyes and found that they were once again bleeding into the deep blood red. He had never lost his composure like this when she had been a child, he believed it was weakness to show his emotions in such a manner, he had often told her so—so what the hell was he doing?!

"S-Sessho-maru?" she asked cursing when her voice cracked.

"You are not allowed to leave this Sessho-maru." he growled maintaining eye contact with her.

"You have no say over what I do!" snapped Rin struggling with renewed vigor.

"I have every right." he snarled pushing his face up against hers' so that they were nose to nose.

"NO! I'm not a piece of your property!" shouted Rin bucking her hips against his trying to jar him enough to release her.

Sessho-maru's demon purred, to feel his mate under him, rubbing against him, unconsciously scent marking him was pleasing. Soon he would be returning the favor, soon she would understand.

There was no warning, no time to react before Rin found Sessho-maru using his other hand to slowly begin untying the sashes of her kimono, spreading it open, so that her body was bared to his hungry gaze. She flushed in embarrassment and strained her hands against his grasp again, she had no idea what he was trying to do or why, but she wasn't comfortable with the way he was looking at her at that moment.

"Rin." it was said so quietly that she almost missed it. Ceasing her struggles and momentarily forgetting her anger she took pause to truly look at Sessho-maru, trying to understand what he wanted, what he was trying to say. He had never been a vocal person, most of the time he acted rather than spoke. He had always been that way…

*Flashback*

He had been gone for a long time now…longer than Jaken had expected. He had ordered them to stay put and await his return, that had been two weeks ago. He had never left them for that long before.

She sat on a rock by the stream, her knees drawn up to her chest…not bothering to look around and take in the beauty of her surroundings. A twig snapped behind her, expecting to see Jaken or her lord she spun around with a large smile on her face, only to feel panic and the smile that had been forming on her face fade. It was neither of her companions, but instead it was a large man carrying a sword, obviously a samurai of some sort or another…possibly a bandit and he was staring at her with a malicious smile, the way a wolf looks at a rabbit before it tries to eat it.

"Hello little girl…what are you doing all the way out here by your lonesome self?" he asked approaching her, his gaze smoldering.

Rin had not encountered another human in quite some time, the last ones she had met had been Lord Inuyasha's companions and they had all been very nice, but this man was not any of those things. She knew she needed to leave—now.

"I-I'm not alone…I'm with M-Master Jaken…" stuttered Rin jumping off the rock and edging her way towards the forest's tree line.

"Where are you going? We're just starting to get acquainted." the man asked striding towards her much more quickly.

Without waiting a moment longer she spun around and darted into the forest in hopes of finding Jaken. She was afraid this man could hurt her—she was all alone. She could hear him running after her, his footsteps drawing closer, when suddenly she was forcibly yanked backwards by her hair. Letting out a sharp cry of pain she lost her balance and found herself on the ground, the man leaning over her, reminding her of a slobbering animal. She swung her arms at him, making solid contact with his nose and hearing a disgusting crunch, she fought back a cringe when she saw blood beginning to poor out of it. The man howled in pain and repaid the punch with a hard slap to the side of her face, causing her head to snap to the side and blood to trickle out of her mouth.

"Bad move girlie…I was gonna play nice with you, but it seems like you prefer it rough." he chuckled darkly as Rin lay there stunned and trying to recover from the stinging pain on the side of her face. The man took advantage of that and began to cut, rip, and tear her clothes from her body. Quickly recovering Rin began to struggle anew only to receive another sharp slap, this time to the other side of her face.

"Now, now…if you hold still you might find you enjoy it." muttered the man sloppily slanting his mouth across the side of her face and neck. She could feel the spit and salvia on her skin, she felt bile rise up in her throat and tears beginning to form in her eyes. She shut her eyes, flinching when she felt him touch her again, this time palming her small breast roughly with his hand. Unable to fight the natural reflex Rin opened her mouth and screamed, "LORD SESSHO-MARU!" earning her another vicious slap. She yelped in pain and jerked her head away from him, keeping her eyes shut as her tears continued to fall silently. When all of the sudden his weight disappeared from her prone body. Quickly opening her eyes, she blinked in surprise to see Sessho-maru standing a short distance away from her with the man dangling in the air held up by his throat. Sessho-maru said nothing, ignoring the man's cries and pleas. He simply stared at the man for a long moment before he snapped his neck, his strength taking the head clean off the shoulders. He stared distastefully at the blood that had splashed upon his clothes for a moment before turning his attention back to her.

She flinched as she felt him look at her; embarrassed and humiliated Rin curled up into herself and fought back the urge to cry again. She began to softly rock herself back and forth, trying to calm herself down, afraid to see the same disgust in her lord's eyes when he looked at her. Suddenly she felt the ground beneath her disappear and her eyes flew open in shock. She glanced around to find herself in the arm of Sessho-maru; she met his gaze surprised to see only a calm steady gaze staring back at her. Ducking her head again, she released a breath she hadn't been aware she had been holding, closing her eyes and letting her body relax…she was safe…she was home.

*End of Flashback*

He had allowed her to sleep near him when she had begun to awake screaming from the nightmares. He had never said anything, but she would fall asleep by the fire and awaken to find herself asleep on his fur, by his side. Jaken never remarked upon it either, truth be told she suspected that he probably felt a little bit guilty that she had been in such a serious situation. It was never discussed, but it was only a few months later that Rin found herself in Kaede's village living with Inuyasha and his family.

Rin was brought out of her thoughts when she felt something warm and wet travel down the side of her throat towards her collar bone—his free hand gently beginning to run up and down her side, almost as if to reassure her. The feel of cool air touching her skin, where his hot breath and tongue had previously been trailing, causing her to shudder—her nipples hardening in response.

"Rin. When this Sessho-maru gives you an order, you are to obey." he whispered softly against her skin continuing his path, towards her breasts.

Rin couldn't say what prompted her next words, maybe it could be blamed on all the time she spent with Kagome and the learning of equality of women, or maybe on her own stubbornness, but she knew as soon as the words, "Go to hell." left her mouth that she had well and truly managed to piss him off.

Sessho-maru's head jerked up at her words a snarl escaping from his throat, using the hand that had been trying to calm her down he brought it to her chin forcing it up baring her throat to him in the process. His demon demanding her submission and compliance, he immediately lowered his mouth to the side of her neck and began to lick, suck, and nip at it roughly.

Rin tensed in surprise at the feel of his mouth aggressively on her neck, a moan erupting from her lips as he lavished her throat with his attention. She was almost beyond the point of caring anymore, but a persistent thought in the back of her mind would not let her worries go. Why was he doing this?

Satisfied that she was going to keep her head where he had moved it, he released his grip on her chin and traced his hand down the other side of her throat, before slowly brushing his fingertips over one of her hardened nipples. A growl of satisfaction humming through him as he heard her breathy moans and gasp of surprise, encouraged by her reactions he dragged his mouth away from her neck, ignoring his demon's whimpering complaints and began to kiss his way towards her neglected breast. Upon reaching it he swirled his tongue around the tightened peak teasingly before engulfing it in his mouth, sending Rin arching into the air and further into his embrace, a sharp hiss of satisfaction leaving her lips. He suckled at her breast contentedly for several minutes before switching his attention to the other one he had been caressing with his fingers, granting it the same treatment. Slowly releasing his grip upon her hands he trailed his other hand down towards the line of the cloth covering her womanhood, dragging his mouth away from her breast and up to the other side of her neck where he latched on, and once again began aggressively nipping and licking it. Meanwhile his hand slipped beneath the cloth and moved towards her heated center. His demon howled in pride as he felt her wetness coating his finger tips, gathering the moisture onto one of his fingers he gently began to rub her center, making sure to brush the spot he knew to be the center of her pleasure every so often. His movements abruptly halted however when the smell of salt and water assaulted his nose.

Rin mewled, part of her was terrified by what he was doing and wanted to stop everything and demand answers to the questions she had, but another more dominate part of her was telling her to relax and enjoy the sensations running through her body, it felt so good. He was being so gentle, making sure to take his time with her. She still had no idea what he was trying to convey or even where this entire thing was going to end, but she did know that there was no going back to what they had been now. That thought making her tense slightly, if this ended badly she would loose him all over again—for good…and deep down she knew it would, it was the only way this whole thing could end. He had always hated humans, maybe he tolerated her and maybe he asked (demanded) that she resume traveling with him, but his stance and belief of where humans stood in relevance to himself had always been crystal clear. They were nothing in his eyes, expendable and worthless. Was he planning on discarding her as soon as he had, had his fill? Was he simply planning on making her his whore? Tears streamed down the sides of her face at the thoughts racing through her mind.

Sessho-maru looked up into the eyes of his young mate and felt his heart constrict at the sight of the tears streaming down her face.

"Rin?" he asked softly.

In response she brought her arms up and around his neck clinging to him as great big sobs tore from her throat.

Uncertain as to what had upset her; he gently infolded her in his arms and began to lick away the tears that were running down her cheeks, a pained whimper escaping from him at the thought of her pain and unhappiness, his demon still at the forefront of his mind telling him to comfort her. He tightened his hold on her ever so slightly for a moment before he drew a short distance away from her, allowing him to look her in the eye.

"Rin?" he asked again this time while gently brushing his finger down the side of her face.

"…Sessho-maru…" she mumbled ducking her head, her face aflame.

He leaned his head down trying to catch her words. "Rin." it was an order this time.

"…why?" whispered Rin, her voice cracking.

Sighing against her hair, Sessho-maru tucked her against his chest reassuringly and began to let out a soft purr, trying to put her at ease.

Rin looked up at him in surprise, he had not pushed her away yet and no words of anger had left his mouth, she felt the thrum from his body and found it to be soothing, slowly closing her eyes she drifted into a dreamless sleep.

He nuzzled her hair as he felt her drifting off to sleep, something had upset his young mate, and he was completely uncertain as to what it was. Had he been too rough? Had he hurt her? Was she afraid he would hurt her? Questions raced through his mind causing his demon to pace in agitation. What ever it was that had caused her upset he would have to discover and rectify…immediately. Inhaling her scent he breathed a sigh of relief that for the moment she was where she belonged…in his arms, closing his eyes he followed his mate into a dreamless slumber.