InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bring Me to life ❯ Same old ( Chapter 11 )

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I am back, yet not so good… here u go anyway…

Same old

Rin opened her eyes slowly, adapting to the morning light. She stared blankly at the ceiling, remembering where she had seen it. `Hmm… it looks like… my room… at Sesshoumaru's castle…' Rin turned her head to her left to see the balcony doors half opened, letting the sunshine in. `Is this real?' When she tried to move her arm, she felt something on it. `What the hell?!!'

Her sight flew to the ceiling, afraid of what she might see. Then, to add to her embarrassment and panic, she realized she was naked, and whatever was holding her arm was clearly attached to her body. `Oh damn it all!! …What did I do know…?' Swallowing her fear, she looked to the figure beside her.

`SESSHOUMARU?!' Rin's face blushed to every different shade of red imaginable. Sesshoumaru was laying beside her in her bed, completely naked. His hand had a nice grip of her waist, as his left leg was crossed with her right. She could see that under the covers he, too, was naked. Feasting her eyes in the mirage that was his body, she memorized every inch of his body. Rin examined his shapely legs, from his toes to his knees. Then she gawked at his firm thighs, which led to his… `Oh, Kami-sama it's huge!!! …Well, he is a powerful lord youkai…' She was fiercely tempted to touch him, but with the little shreds of composure she had left she resisted. After several minutes of internal battles, her eyes traveled upwardly to his hard rock stomach that surrounded his navel. Further up, was his wide, well-toned chest. His arms were firm, yet gentle to the touch. His silver hair was spread all over him and the bed, teasing her to run her fingers through it. Climbing his body, her eyes reached his neck. Fighting the urges to kiss him all over, she continued to his tempting lips, thinking of how good they would taste right now. She kept going upwards meeting with his perfect nose, and finally his eyes.

His eyes were closed, as he was apparently still sleeping. His perfect form resembled that of a peaceful angel, his chest rising up and down. Rin focused on his eyes, which she had never had the opportunity to observe like this. His eyes began to open slowly, as she did nothing but freeze as she was. As his eyes focused on hers, her cheeks burned with the memories of last night; she remembered it all with the lusty look of his eyes. She chuckled a bit embarrassed, as he let her see a smile on his lips.

"Good morning Rin." Sesshoumaru said. Rin was staring blankly at his amber orbs, recalling once again last night's events. The blush on her cheeks betrayed her attempt to hide whatever was passing through her mind's eye.

"…Last night…" Rin's voice was trembling under the imposed gaze of his eyes. Another smile graced his lips again.

"I thank Kami for last night." He closed the small gap between them as his lips met hers. Rin moaned softly, as the kiss intensified. As their breathings came shorter, Sesshoumaru broke the kiss. He whispered to her ear, so only she could hear him. "Domo arigato, Rin, for making me complete."

Rin blushed fiercely, but contained herself. She also whispered to his ear, "There's nothing I would have wanted to do more." Sesshoumaru's only response was to nibble on her neck. Sighing, she shuddered under his touch, and she started to run her fingers through his silky hair. She stared at the walls while she felt his tongue brush over her neck. She closed her eyes, and for some reason unknown to her, she remembered about the castle's state. Sesshoumaru was still attending to her neck.

"What happened to the castle?"

"…" Sesshoumaru stopped his nibbling, and sat up on the bed. "I guess… the servants left me."

"But… why?" her confused look only made him feel more defeated.

"Rin," Sesshoumaru shifted to face Rin. "Things weren't the same in the castle after you left. The servants left one by one until there was none left. The castle was soon left unattended and began to obtain the appearance it bears today." Sesshoumaru looked down to the bed sheets silently, remembering how he had been able to merely survive through those awful ten years. His expression wasn't all too evident, but to Rin it was clear what he was feeling deep inside. He was afraid. `Is he afraid that I might leave him again? He sure can be foolish…' Rin kissed his lips softly, pulling him out of his trance. Then she repeated the word that made her able to sustain those ten years with hope of ever seeing him again:

"Now, I will always be with you." His eyes lighted up before he kissed her deeply once again, showing her the immense amount of gratitude he felt towards her.

"Domo arigato." He said with a whisper. She showed him a beautiful smile, and got up from the bed, pulling him with her.

"Let's go get some breakfast," she said cheerily. After he exited her bedroom, she pulled the Shikon no tama from her pack. `For safe keeping, I guess…' Afterwards she exited the room to the old hallway.

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Rin entered the south wing, followed closely by Sesshoumaru. Sighing, she remembered how glamorous the castle used to be. Sesshoumaru simply stared at everything with his usual indifferent stare.

"We have to get the staff back Sesshoumaru… this place is a mess!" she told him, as he raised an eyebrow.

"…" Taking his simple response as an `Ok, whatever,' she kept observing the kitchens.

Rin sweat dropped, "I really don't think that we'll find anything to eat in here, do you? Why don't we go to the closest village for food?" Sesshoumaru nodded casually in response, he himself had no better ideas.

Rin smiled and went outside looking for Ah-Un or Jaken, but she halted. "Sesshoumaru… when you say that the servants left you… you meant all of them?"

Sesshoumaru nodded silently. "Even Jaken?!"

Silence.

"What… what happened to Jaken?" she finally said softly.

"He is… dead." Sesshoumaru's eyes showed no emotion whatsoever.

"WHAT?!" In the past she had always been teasing and hassling the toad, but deeply inside she cared about him too. "How did he…?"

Sesshoumaru hesitated to answer for a moment, but acknowledging this was important for her, he did. "He fell ill, of an unknown sickness. He died about six moons after you left."

"…" She was going to say something, but then realized how lonely the years must have been for him all alone. `That is not a way to live… but now I'm here, and that's all that matters, right?' Sesshoumaru's expression was as blank as ever, but Rin knew better. Taking his hand in hers, she rested her head against his side and walked outside, and headed for the village.

When they arrived at the village, everybody recognized the youkai lord, who had `awakened' from his ten-year hiatus. Whispers could be heard from every store in the streets, whenever they tried to get close to anyone, they would cower away in ear or would not be able to utter a single word. But to Rin's amazement, a little girl came form out of nowhere, and tugged impatiently at her white kimono.

"Oyyy! You are a very pretty lady!!" the little girl smiled innocently.

"Ehh… I guess… Arigato!!" Rin didn't know what to respond really.

"What's your name, pretty lady?" the girl's smile had no intention of fading.

"…Rin." The little girl's smile faded, her eyes widened.

"Rin? That was…" the girl looked at Sesshoumaru for a second, then looked back at Rin. Her face had become from playful to serious in an instant. "That was the name that was heard on the crescent moon nights …the name heard in the screams that came from the castle… Everybody knows your name in town!"

"Eh??" the girl's sight fell to the floor.

"Nobody could really sleep those nights… the screams were so terrifying…" Just as the girl finished saying the words, her mother called her.

The girl's face suddenly turned playful again, "Bye, bye, Rin-chan!!" All eyes were laid on Rin as the little girl waved her goodbye. Loud whispers could be heard once again form the townsfolk.

Turning to Sesshoumaru, she said, "Uh… Sesshoumaru…?" Rin looked at him with questioning eyes. "What she said… I it true?"

"…" Sesshoumaru said nothing, meeting her eyes with his. His amber orbs told her more than a thousand words could. In them, she could see the pain, the loneliness, the fear, the happiness, the anger he felt, all at the same time. `Same old Sesshoumaru…' Nobody could read those eyes better than her. Understanding quickly that everything the girl said was true, and that he couldn't really say anything to explain himself. Grabbing his arm, she held him close to her, as they exited the town.

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He could see Rin by Sesshoumaru's side, comforting him. `Damn him! DAMN HIM TO HELL!!!' His scarlet eyes glowed with a passion never seen before in them; he was madly jealous. Not being able to stand the sight, he turned his back to the couple. "You WILL be mine… Rin."

End of Chapter Ten

A/N: kumi: I know that was lame.

sess: feh!!