InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Captive Soul ❯ chapter 23 ( Chapter 23 )

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Chapter 23: Dream a little dream

Bliss, utter bliss.....A feeling beyond any she had ever known.

She loved him....completely. There would never be a doubt ever again... of his feelings for her.

He wanted her for life.

And she knew it.

Rin held him, tangling her fingers in his silver tresses; loving the feel of it, of him, of his touch, of his kiss.

His lips were soft and warm against hers. Arms, strong and powerful, held her in the most tender embrace.

The wave of emotion carried her to a place she had never been.

A place where only the two of them existed together: no pain, no curse, no barrier to their love.

It was a place she would always have: a world with only Sesshomaru.

For the first time in her life, Rin felt complete but lost at the same time; lost in a dream she never wanted to wake up from.

His kisses fell from her lips and traveled down her neck.

Unprepared, she groaned as he sucked lightly on the skin at her throat.

Rin closed her eyes completely at the delicious feelings invoked as his hot tongue ran over the dip where her neck and shoulder met.

The spot was sensitive; a little ticklish and highly sensitive.

She wriggled at the sensation, breathing a small gasp of pleasure.

With a hint of a nip, Rin heard him whimper once.

Then...she felt it...sadness...coming from him.

It had been conveyed very loudly, yet almost imperceptibly, through his faint, quiet, sound of want.

He wanted to mark her...but he could not.

His voice muffled against her skin and hair. "Rin, what is wrong? You....smell. ...sad."

Opening her eyes, she looked up to the golden ones that now peered down at her with a tinge of concern and worry.

She reached up, cupped her hand on his cheek and smiled. "I love you, Sesshomaru. I would be honored...to be your mate."

The concern dwindled but did not fully vanish. "Rin.....?"

She gave him a warmer smile to quell his worry. "I am alright. We will be alright We will become mates. Promise."

Raising up, she pecked him once on the chin before scooting out from under him.

After sliding off the bed, she looked at the beautiful male laying on the sheets who now gazed up at her with disappointment. "We have alot to do today. I think we need to get moving."

Glancing at the clock, Rin did a double take. "What? It's 12:30?"

Turning back to her quiet housemate, she grinned. "Want to help me out today?"

Propping his head up with his right hand, he showed off the hint of a smirk. "On one condition."

Rin eyed him suspiciously. "What?"

Sesshomaru's eyes lit up with mischief. "You allow me...to sleep with you... tonight...unclothed."

Heat flared up in her cheeks for the hundreth time that week. "I...I..Uh.."

He quirked a thin eyebrow and his smirk widened.

He was messing with her again.

Huffing, Rin crossed her arms. "Your picking on me."

The shirtless male lay back down on her bed and stretched, amusement dancing in his features while he pondered the ceiling. "Am I?...Well, I am waiting. ...What is your answer?"

Before her brain could figure out a good reply, he sat up on the bed, turned to her, then leaned back on his hands.

With a tilt of his head, he teased. "You're not afraid...are you?...Afraid you might like sleeping next to me...naked?"

Rin wanted more than anything to jump in that bed and spend the rest of the day and night snuggled up to him.

And he knew it.

She shook her head at his antics, giving a faint smile. "Okay, you win. You can sleep naked with me tonight but that doesn't mean I have to. I will wear my night gown."

With a shake of her index finger back and forth, she gave him a playful warning as he began to crawl towards her with that feral look in his eye. "But no funny business."

Stopping in mid crawl, he pouted a little at her obvious insight but then shrugged once with a small smile of his own. "Agreed."

Bending down, Rin grabbed his hand and pulled him from the bed. While herding him out the door, she giggled. "I have to get dressed now."

He went reluctantly with a whine "But...Riiiiiiinnnnn."

After shutting her bedroom door, Rin excitedly jumped up and down, happiness pouring into her. With a squeak of delight, she hurriedly went to her dresser and snatched out a yellow tank top and a pair of blue jeans.

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After a brief stop at the bathroom, Sesshomaru headed for his room.

Offhandedly, he glanced down at the rather large blood stain on the carpet, making a mental note to clean it up some time that day.

Finding a pair blue jeans and a white t-shirt, he dressed then went in search of food.

After a quick breakfast, Rin began to wash clothes and clean house.

He too, scrubbed the spot in his room. The task took some time but he finally removed the dark stain.

Sesshomaru carried the bucket and brush back down to the kitchen and set it down on the floor.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a brown ponytail, bobbing up and down while full hips swayed to a silent beat.

Rin bent over, taking clothes out of the dryer.

Stealthily, he eased up behind the female.

When she stood up, he snaked his arms around her waist.

Startled, Rin squeaked.

To his amazement, the little tart ducked out of his hold, giggling giddily, and began to run.

In a blink, he was chasing the bobbing pony tail through the house.

He could have caught up with her anytime but he inwardly grinned at the thrill of the hunt. The plan was to give the minx just enough of a head start before using his demon speed to catch her.

But she knew her house better than him and darted in and out of rooms until he lost her altogether. She had found a hiding place.

Sesshomaru decided to cheat and ferret her out.

Standing in the middle of the hall, he sniffed once then listened.

Sweat mixed with vanilla hung everywhere. She had backtracked.

He swiveled around. The garden.

Slipping out the glass door, he sniffed the air once again then smiled to himself. 'clever girl, hiding her scent in a field of flowers.'

Crouching low, his sensitive ears perked up to every sound around him.

He waited and listened as a shadow passed over him; a cloud had shrouded the sun.

Bending down just a tad, his nose found her lingering essence. This time he grinned outwardly.

Tracking the invisable trail, the dog demon silently prowled along cool moss, hunting through bushes and stalks of tall flowers.

He followed the scent to a very large oak tree.

A wooden plank swung on thick, white ropes which had been tied to a high branch. The homemade swing creaked in the breeze.

Then the oak tree snickered.

Sneaking up to the tree, he peered around the wide trunk to see Rin sitting on a low, thick branch, sniggering to herself.

He smirked then pounced.

Rin squealed, the piercing tone, pinching his ears in its grip.

Never in his entire life had he ever heard someone squeal like that.

Startled, he fell backwards, landing on the lush grass with the wiggling female in his arms.

Rin landed on him laughing, and almost got away again before he came to his senses and grabbed the slippery young woman.

To say this girl was a handful was an understatement.

She could make even the smartest and most skilled tracker blush in admiration at her elusive abilities.

Sesshomaru shook his head to clear the ringing sensation. "Did you have to squeal so loud?"

Still on top of him, Rin flipped over, giggling.

With a laughing smile, she reached up and tweaked his ear. "Awww...did I hurt the wittle doggy's ears."

He narrowed his eyes in mock irritation. "I think you deserve a good comeback for that one." He goosed her once in his hold.

Rin's smile began to fade. "You wouldn't."

He smiled in retaliation. "Oh, yes, I would."

Her eye's widened as she tried to break free of his grip.

Sesshomaru tickled her mercilessly till tears ran down her cheeks.

Finally, he let up, giving the girl on top of him a rest as she lay with her arms and head upon his chest.

The heavy breaths and occasional laughing hiccup died to a shared calm.

Under the shade of the old oak, it became quiet. Close by, a cricket chirped by the small, bubbling stream.

He stroked her hair while gazing up into the rustling green leaves amongst the swaying branches of the ancient oak. Swatches of light from the sun filtered through, spreading shadows all around them.

Sighing to himself as a cool and gentle wind blessed the windchimes, he briefly wondered if this is what heaven feels like.

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Laying her head on Sesshomaru's shoulder, Rin sighed with contentment as his fingers caressed her hair. She didn't know how she could be so happy. There seemed to be no end to the joy that made her heart beat like this.

They lay there together for a long while, the whisper soft wind and quiet chirps lulling her to sleep.

She wanted to stay in this dream forever; But fate, once again, decided to rain on her parade.

"Rin."

"Mmmmm, what is it?" She murmured while drifting off.

"The phone is ringing."

Raising up on her hands, she looked down at her love. Laying there on the grass, he returned her gaze. For only a moment, she became entranced by the color of his eyes. Out here, in the daylight, they almost glimmered with a faint honeyed hue, reflecting other colors in the radiance of the shaded sun.

Before she fell too deeply into those amber depths, she remembered the phone. "Sesshomaru, how fast can you run?"

He quirked an eyebrow.

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Sesshomaru set her down on her feet by the phone in the living room then stood behind her, waiting.

Rin picked up the receiver . "Hello?"

"Hey Pumpkin."

"Daddy! Hey! Where are you calling from?"

"Me and your mother are at your sister's right now trying to get ready for tonight. We just arrived an hour ago. It was a long drive."

"Are you going to stay for a few days?"

"We are planning on it. Tonight and Sunday night. We will probably leave out Monday morning."

Two strong arms wrapped around her waist from behind, holding her lightly. "That's great Daddy!"

"We've missed you, hun. Your mother says you better show up tonight so she can see you in that pretty dress Kagome said you picked out."

With a small laugh, Rin glanced at the clock, noting that they only had two hours to get ready. "I'll be there Daddy.....And I'm going to be bringing someone...someone special."

"Your sister mentioned that you met someone. She didn't go into detail. She said that you would want to tell us yourself in person about the relationship. Your mother has been driving your sister crazy trying to find out who the lucky man could be. She even asked Kagome if it was our good friend: Naraku."

Rin lightly squeezed the strong arm that held her close. "No, Daddy, it is not Naraku. Tell Moma that my escort will accompany me tonight and I will introduce you both. Daddy...he is very special to me."

"Your mother will be just as elated as I am that you have found someone, sweetie. Can't wait to meet him. I have got to go, Pumpkin. Your mother is trying to get ready and I need to go over my speech one more time. See you and your friend tonight. We love you, Rin."

"I love you and Mom too, Daddy. See you tonight. Bye."

"Bye, Hon."

After hanging up the phone, Rin turned around in those arms, looked up and smiled. "Sesshomaru, we need to get ready."

He nodded once. "What am I to wear?"

Her smile widened and she grabbed his hand, pulled him up the stairs then to his room.

Opening the closet, Rin pulled out the antique Royal outfit she had bought him when they had gone shopping. Holding it up, she grinned. "You will wear this."

The dog demon stared at he outfit. The strangest expression flitted over his features for only a moment. But then he shrugged. "It will do."

Rin laid the garments on the bed, looking them over carefully. "I don't know why...but...it just seems that this outfit suits you.....It's dramatic, flowing, and...unusual."

She laughed a little. "I think you would look handsome in it."

Turning back to him with a tinge of heat in her face, she gave him a smile. "But we need to get cleaned up. Want to take a shower first?"

Sesshomaru stepped closer, bent down, hugged her close, then kissed the place next to her ear. "Why don't we take one....together?"

Rin coughed and tried to clear her thoat while pushing him back. "I think...I will take a bath first and you can take a shower downstairs." She blinked up to him through her lashes with a coy grin. "Sound fair?"

He shook his head then bowed slightly to her. "No, but I must do as My Lady bid me to do."

Rin stole a kiss on his cheek before bouncing out of the room. "Great!"

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It hadn't taken him long to get a shower and dry off.

Rin however, had nearly spent an hour in the bathroom.

As he sat on the bed in his towel, drying his hair, he heard the door to the bathroom open and Rin's bare feet padding to her room.

For a second, he fantasized chasing her naked through the house. He smiled. Now that would be a hunt he didn't know if he would want to end. Chasing or catching were equally tempting ideas.

After drying off, Sesshomaru studied the garments laid out on the bed. They were the exact replica of what he used to wear...before...

He dressed in the fine clothes, noticing the perfect fit while he tied the blue and yellow belt.

All that he needed now was the breast plate and his boa.

He brushed his hair then attached his weapons to his belt.

Looking in the mirror hanging on the closet door, he stared in slight awe. It was almost as if time had stood still. His appearance had not changed at all in the last four hundred years. It was almost as if he were still a...prince.

Sesshomaru shook his head and shut the closet door.

Just for tonight, he would wear it for Rin.

But after that, he would keep it put up...as a reminder of what he was and may never be again.

Stepping out of his bedroom, Sesshomaru went to Rin's bedroom door and knocked. "Rin, are you ready yet?"

The girl inside yelled out a reply. "Not yet! I'll be out in a few minutes."

He shook his head. Women, when going out, took forever to get ready. With that in mind, he descended the stairs to wait in the living room on the couch.

About thirty minutes later, Sesshomaru heard Rin's door open.

Curious, he rose from the couch then walked to the stairs.

Looking up he beheld a sight unlike anything he had ever seen.

Stunned, all he could manage to do was gaze in fascination.

Rin stepped carefully down the stairs. As she descended, she held the front of her dress up, alternating smiling glances between him and her feet.

The emerald dress she wore, sparkled in the light, matched only by the twinkle in her eyes. It hugged her waist and hips then tapered off to sway delicately at the shiny emerald heels she wore.

The creamy skin of her shoulders glittered in the light as well.

A small diamond hung on a silver chain around her neck.

Two small diamonds dangled from each ear.

Part of her chestnut locks had been pinned up in back, leaving small curls to fall about her face.

Those brown ringlets wisped back and forth, touching her rosey cheeks with every graceful movement.

A hint of vanilla mixed with some other delicious scent made him suddenly go weak.

He swallowed the nervous lump in his throat as the emerald angel stopped before him.

A part of him wanted to bow, Another part wanted to taste the pinkness of her lips. And still another part of him didn't want to go anywhere, just stay here with her, have their own little...dinner...and maybe...somehing else.

And it seemed the beautiful angel wanted something close to the same thing, for she could not seem to take her eyes off of him either.

For a moment, they only stared at each other until Sesshomaru remembered his manners.

Taking her hand in his, he gently kissed the back of it while watching the beautiful woman blush. "You look lovely, Rin."

She blushed harder and blinked up at him. "And you look....Regal."

He inwardly smiled at her insight.

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The buildings passed by as he switched gears. While keeping his eyes on the road, he reached up and scratched behind one of his ears, noting the small spot where he had rubbed part of the fur off.

He had been doing that alot lately, ever since he had taken on this assignment six months ago. The habit had almost become one of his personality traits.

It worried him.

This case worried him.

He had taken the assignment for more than one reason; One: a favor at the request from the government, two: to take his mind off of Kikyo.

There had been two more disappearances that morning: Both powerful youkai. One had been very influential in the political circles, the other had been a mere gardner.

But both had been very powerful.

If his suspicions were true, the one responsible for these missing youkai could be gaining more power with each acquisition.

This hanyou could have gained more power than even he could handle.

For the past six months he had been on this investigation and all he had to show for it were rumors and insubstantial evidence.

If he didn't find something concrete soon, his superiors would make him drop this Naraku as a suspect.

He pulled his black lexus into the parking lot behind a newly built but unused office building.

After finding a shady spot near the back entrance, Inuyasha cut off the engine.

Sitting in the driver's seat, he rubbed his closed eyelids with one thumb and forefinger. Nearly one hundred youkai had vanished from the country in the last seven months.

They had vanished without a trace, much the same as his brother had over five hundred years ago.

What little youkai population there was had been nearly wiped out by these ...attacks.

Gone.

If anything, he wished Myoga were here. The flea demon was no good in a fight but the little coward sure knew how to get a hold of information.

He had no real clues, no evidence, and no valid leads. Just a rumor from one person who had talked with someone else who had supposedly seen the perpetrator take one of the victims.

A description was all he had: A tall man with long, wavy black hair, very handsome, possibly a hanyou with a tattoo of a spider on his back. It fit Naraku's description to a T, all but the tattoo which he had yet to see for himself.

For the past month, he had tracked the hanyou, learned of his appointments, followed him almost everywhere, staked out his home and place of work. But still the hanyou would always find a way to ditch him for hours at a time. Last week, the sneaky creature had slipped away from him once again. He found out later that Naraku had been lurking around a vendors market looking for a slave: a youkai slave.

If this Naraku was the one taking these youkai then he must play his ace card soon or every last demon in the country would vanish and the dark haired hanyou would become unstopable.

Inuyasha grabbed Tetsusaiga from where it lay on the passenger seat and got out of his car.

He attached the sheathed sword to his belt, rolled up the sleeves of his burgundy shirt then patted his black jeans pockets, making sure he had not forgotten his ticket or wallet or badge.

Reaching into the back seat, he picked up the garment bag with his tux in it.

After closing the door, he activated the car alarm.

Every sense he had was already on alert as he strode in the direction of the tall office building.

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