InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bring Me to life ❯ The Outcast pt.2 ( Chapter 7 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Disclaimer: do you see me walking around with a poster that says "I'ts mine???" No you don't!!!! but Takahashi-sama sure can… Why can't she give me Sesshoumaru?!??!

Ahhhh…. I got about seven writer's blocks during this chapter, PLEASE enjoy…

The Outcast pt. Two

Rin was working on the orchard in the back of her house. She was 18 years old now. The youkai traits she had developed earlier in her adolescence were even more evident. Her fangs were sharper, and the marks on her wrists were of a scarlet red, but she decided not to hide her attributes, but not to show them either. Rin was peacefully planting flowers in some pots Haneto had put out for her. The suitors came from time to time but she always avoided them. Her life was peaceful as it could get. Except for Cinna's brawling, that got worse as the years went by.

Cinna was playing with a sword made out of wood that Kosene had made her. Cinna was wearing a baggy gray kimono that had belonged to her sister years ago, and had been worn out. With Cinna were some kids from their neighborhood, who had different kinds of wooden weapons.

"Come on Micel, do you have what it takes?!" Cinna shouted towards one of the kids.

"Yeah, can you beat us in battle?? I bet you can't!!" another kid shouted, teaming up with Cinna.

"You can't even imagine the beating you are going to get!!" the kid that Cinna had shouted to first replied, with a cocky attitude.

"Let's gooo!!!!" Cinna screeched, as she charged toward the group of opposing kids.

Rin watched silently irritated, remembering how almost every time Cinna would do swordplay with her friends something would end broken in pieces. Rin decided to ignore the energetic children outside the orchard and kept planting the flowers. Rin knew her hard work was paying off when she glanced at all of the flowers in their respective pots. They were like a small army of flowers. `Haneto and Kosene are going to be so happy when they see how much work is already-' Rin's thoughts were cut off when she saw a wooden sword bashing into the pots she had so carefully organized. `Cinna...'

Cinna and her friends entered the orchard noisily, bringing in the mud and dirt from their playing outside. Cinna, grinning as if nothing had really happened, looked at Rin, who had a blank expression on her face. "I'm sorry Ri-"

"OUT, EVERYBODY OUTSIDE, RIGHT NOW!!!" Rin snarled at Cinna, who was petrified at Rin's appearance. Rin's nails had turned into claws and they were dripping poison. The fangs in her mouth were now completely evident, as she was panting with her mouth open, and they were out in the open. Finally, her eyes were glowing bloody red, and her pupils glowed a golden hue.

Before anything happened Rin realized she had just gone over an edge. Cinna and all of her other friends were staring at her, petrified. Each of their skin tones went from normal to pale the instant she had screamed. Feeling of all the sudden uneasy and nervous, Rin calmed down and went back to normal.

"Rin, what's wrong with you?!" Cinna sort of spitted back at her, but still half scared.

"Gomen-nasai Cinna." Rin hurriedly said as she exited the orchard, running towards the woods.

`Kami-sama! I can barely control myself!! If this keeps up I might en up hurting someone I really don't need to.' Rin thought as she ran through the forest's thickness. When she arrived at a clearing, she stopped. The clearing had a little spot where wild flowers sprouted. Rin had always loved flowers, because they reminded her of her early days with Sesshoumaru.

Rin took some steps towards the flowers, but soon fell down to her knees, remembering everything she missed from her past. `Oh Sesshoumaru I miss you so much… I wish I could be with you right now.'

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Three months before the tenth anniversary of Rin's leave, Sesshoumaru laid sleep in his messy bed, tossing and turning. {{{Sesshoumaru heard Rin's horrible scream. "SESSHOUMARU-SAMA, HELP ME!!!!" Sesshoumaru ran as fast as he could, leapt from tree to tree, and cut everything blocking his way to Rin. "Help me!!!" Sesshoumaru heard Rin's pleading voice once again, and started to run even faster. "HEEEEELLLLPP!!! NOOO--!!!" Sesshoumaru heard Rin's voice one last time. He could literally feel her pain and fear through her screams. Finally, he reached Rin's whereabouts. But he was too late. The spectacle before his amber eyes was too much for him to take. Blood was everywhere. The wolves were on Rin's body, ripping her apart. "Ses…" His name was Rin's last breath. After that, Sesshoumaru could hear Rin's clothes ripping, and her bones snapping by the wolves' merciless bites. Sesshoumaru's anger was unconceivable. In a split second all of the wolves were off Rin's torn body, and shredded on the ground. Sesshoumaru stepped closer to her bloody corpse and fell to his knees. "Rin…" He could feel a hot tear run down his cheek but didn't bother to wipe it off. His whole body was shaking. He could only stare at the horrible picture in front of him. No amount of tenseiga's magic was going to fix her. "RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNN!!!"}}}

Sesshoumaru woke up panting heavily. He brought his hand to his chest; his hands were shaking furiously. When he took his other hand to his face, he noticed that the trails of some tears were left under his eyes. Taking his hand to his temple, he said out loud, "Rin… I miss you so…" Staring sadly at the window's view, his mind was being plagued once again by memories of her, who he had let escape from his grasp; her, the one he came to realize he loved so much. "Rin."

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Three years had passed since Cinna had seen Rin's true nature. Cinna and Rin had never been too close, but since the incident, they always tried to avoid each other. Also, since then, nobody from the town ever came to her for anything whatsoever. The little incident had earned her the fame of an evil monster or something. Not that she cared. Rin preferred to be alone, as much as she possibly could. As the years had passed, Rin always became colder, more absent from the world, withdrawn inside her own. Nobody ever knew what was happening to her, except of course, Haneto.

Haneto was the one person Rin felt she could trust with her problems, because of her past relation to Sesshoumaru. Rin never really had opened to her, but she understood Rin's behavior perfectly. Haneto grew more and more worried of Rin as the years kept passing, but she could do nothing about it, for the only one who could make a difference in the girl's life was herself, or Sesshoumaru of course. Haneto knew how the pain she was feeling for the youkai was draining her of her happiness, for she could only be happy with him. As the years had passed, Haneto had watched the sadness in Rin's eyes growing even worse as each day, week month and year went by. The old woman knew that the pain that Rin was suffering could kill any other person if they were to bare it.

Haneto also watched Rin grow physically during the ten years she had lived with her, for the changes had been drastic. Fangs had grown in her mouth, the markings had appeared on her wrists, and her claws had sharpened. Also, during the recent months, Rin had had some changes. Rin's hair that was once black now had faint silver strakes that flowed down her beautiful mane. Her chocolate eyes had now a thin amber border that somehow brought out even more beauty to her face. Also her fighting skills had become incredibly sharper. Rin, no longer a naïve child, was now a radiant, mature woman.

It had been an incredibly long day and Rin was very tired. Rin had just gotten out of a long, relaxing bath, and was now heading to her bed. Rin arrived at her room and plummeted onto her bed an fell asleep immediately.

{{{A thick pinkish mist that was immposible to see through surrounded Rin. All of the sudden, a woman came out of nowhere.

"Rin, it is I Midoriko. Do you remember me?"

"Umm, yes, I do remember…"

"Rin you must return to him immediately!"

"What? Return to who?!"

"To your lord, Sesshoumaru."

Taken aback by the answer, Rin did not answer immediately. "W… What?" her voice came out soft and weak.

"You must return to Sesshoumaru's side, for he is miserable. See for yourself."

Midoriko opened a portal that showed Rin her former master's state. His room was a complete disaster; everything was torn, broken, and dark. Sesshoumaru had changed his red and white kimono for a completely black one. He had a dark shadow and bags under his eyes from all of the sleep he usually missed. His once vigorous eyes were now opaque and full of sorrow. As Rin watched the image, she took her hands to her mouth in utter amazement.

"You understand now, Rin?"

"W… Why is he like that? Since when he became so…" Rin couldn't describe Sesshoumaru's state.

"Since you left him."

"That is not true!! I did not want to leave him; he was the one who told me that I should leave `because it was for my best interest!!!' " Rin shouted at the spirit woman in front of her.

"…"

"Still, why do I need to return to Sesshoumaru?" Rin said, her temper lowering, remembering whet returning to Sesshoumaru meant.

"You must retrieve the Shikon no tama from him, for his anger is contaminating the jewel, and it may become evil once again. Something that must not happen."

"That's true… but why me?"

"Because you are the only one with the power to calm Sesshoumaru's terrible temper. And when his anger is dissipated, the Shikon no tama will be free from the corruption his anger brings."

"Oh…"

"I believe there is something else I must tell you."

"Huh?" Rin asked, while her eyebrows rose.

"Do you remember the scar Sesshoumaru gave to you?"

"Yes!" Rin answered happily as a reflex, more than a reply.

"That scar is no ordinary scar. When he shared his blood with you, he gave you of his own blood, and you gave him yours."

"…"

"You two now have a special connection now. That is why both of you are so miserable now, you can't stand being away from each other."

"…"

"It also had another effect on you, Rin."

"What?"

"The youkai traits that you have developed are no heritage of your family, as you have believed. They were caused by Sesshoumaru's youkai blood flowing in your own. The youkai blood overcame the human blood in your veins, and now you also have youkai blood. Rin, you are a youkai."

"… I am a youkai?"

"Yes Rin, now, I have told you what you needed to know. You must head out immediately for the western lands."

"Hai, Midoriko-san." Rin answered with newfound confidence, everything that Midoriko had said sinking in her mind.

"Domo Arigato."

"Domo Arigato gozaimazu."}}}

Rin's eyes flew open as she woke up from the startling dream. Faster than she could imagine, she gathered her most important things an wrote a note that read: `I'm going back to my master.' Rin silently exited her room and her former house; she was going to travel to her real home. Taking a last glance at the village she had lived for the past ten miserable years, she started the journey of her return to Sesshoumaru.

`Sesshoumaru, I'm coming back. This time, forever.'

End of Chapter Seven

A/N: kumi: oh god! That took me forever!!!!!! There you gooo!! A nice chappie that ends the (not so mysterious) mystery.

sesshy: as if!!!

kumi: don't worry, I know ur all stressed out… I can help u with that…

sesshy: @o@

rin: (kicks kumi off sesshoumaru) what the hell do you think you're doing??!!?!

kumi: girl, you sure pack a punch!!

rin: (eyes glowing red) grrrrr….

kumi: hehe, just reviewwww!!!