Suddenly Lord Sesshoumaru stopped. They hardly ever stopped before dark or sunset, and it was still afternoon.

"Why is he stopping so early, Lord Jaken?" she asked.

"I don't know, ask him yourself."

"Lord Sesshoumaru?" Rin said.

"What?"

"We're stopping before sunset?"

"It's going to rain."

"Really, Lord Sesshoumaru?"

He nodded. "You should get some firewood. Jaken, you help her."

Lord Jaken didn't look too happy at being told to help, but he did anyway. They gathered up sticks from around the trees, and brought them back to where Lord Sesshoumaru was. He was standing under the overhang of one of the cliffs, and looked like he was really thinking about something.

"What's Lord Sesshoumaru doing, Lord Jaken?" she asked when they went to get more sticks.

"He probably senses something," he said.

"What?"

"Probably demons."

"Oh."

They brought back the other sticks, and then Rin went to find some food. She remembered seeing a tree with fruit, and quickly found it again. Its branches were low enough for her to grab one, and she climbed up, picking the best pieces to take back down with her. She went back to where Lord Jaken was building the fire to eat it, and then she went to pick flowers.

It started to rain while she was playing, but she didn't get out of it. Rin liked the rain, especially on days like today, when it was warm. Most times before, she hadn't had a place to go and get out of it, so she had gotten used to being in it. Rain was only bad when it was loud and stormy, but rain like this was fun. It was soft and cool, and it only barely fell, though she was soon wet. She watched as it fell, threw pebbles into the growing puddles, and splashed in the puddles herself.

But with the deep clouds covering everything, the sky seemed to get darker earlier. When the light fell, it began to get cold, and Rin decided to go back to where Lord Sesshoumaru and the fire were. She went back under the ledge, where she noticed he was once again sitting away from the fire. She thought about sitting next to him, but she was cold and wet and wanted to sit by the fire. After a few minutes, she felt a little warmer. Her clothes were still wet, but at her skin was getting dry. She turned around to look at Lord Sesshoumaru.

"I like it when it rains," she said. "Do you like the rain, Lord Sesshoumaru?"

"Not really."

"Oh. I like it when it rains, but I don't like it when it thunders and lightnings," she said.

Rin turned back to fire, and lay down instead of sat. It wasn't too much longer before she seemed very tired. Soon she fell asleep.

Later, it seemed to Rin like she was moving. She realized that she was lying on the back of Ah and Un, who were walking. Rin suddenly had the vague memory of Lord Sesshoumaru waking her up earlier and telling her that they were leaving that spot. She noticed that it had stopped raining, and she wondered where they were going. But soon she fell back asleep.

The next thing Rin knew, she had fallen on the ground, almost as if something had pushed her off of Ah and Un. She sat up and saw that there was a woman talking to Lord Sesshoumaru, the same woman that she had seen before. They talked about some things that Rin didn't understand, and then the woman seemed to get angry with him. She said some things that weren't nice and then quickly took off into the sky.

Lord Sesshoumaru looked after her for a second, before he turned and said, "Jaken, Rin, let's go."

Rin started to follow, and walked beside Lord Sesshoumaru. She realized that they had been at the top of one of the cliffs that she had seen before, and were now making their way back down. They didn't go back to where they had been earlier, though. They were now walking away from the cliffs. Rin thought that it was sort of fun being up so late. And the stars were incredibly bright this night, since there wasn't any moon to outshine them. The night before, she had even seen a shooting star, and had made a wish on it. She wished that she could stay with Lord Sesshoumaru forever.