InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Exhilarating ❯ Beautiful Captor ( Chapter 4 )

[intro] I've just realized that FF.net doesn't show my italics….. -.-0 I'm hoping you all can still tell the difference between what I'm writing and Rin's thoughts….? Just in case, I'm adding the little thought things in. Ah, I will be away on a birthday trip I'm not supposed to know about. Heh, Las Vegas, the city of sin… this entire trip is against my bloody religion for crying out loud! What's mom thinking taking us there?! Let's see, gambling, hookers, and… magic, dare I say? xD Ah, well… enjoy this chapter of Exhilarating. I'll try to make is as entertaining as I can, without making Rin too OOC… or WHAT am I saying?! She already is over the edge. No harm in shoving her over a bit more, ne? *bows* Excuse my insanity, but I'm off to write now.[/intro]

Disclaimer Dude: *is being replaced by Rug, the random understudy guy(owned by Lizeth, sort of… oh, check out her story, History of Magic! Found here on FF.net!!)*

Rug: YugiLuv doesn't own Inuyasha, or even ME for that matter! ^___^ And I'm starting to question if Marchan owns YugiLuv…. Hm.

Marchan: *holding a whip* Bow to your master, YugiLuv!!! Ahahahahaha! (sounds like Ryoko to Tenchi…)

YL: o_o;; *bows on hands and knees then scurries away like Sméagol* Must… write more of… my preciousssss...... erm, fanfic. Hissssssss……

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Exhilarating Chapter 4 - Beautiful Captor

By- YugiLuv and Marchan

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A hardy young woman and two twins, one a boy, the other a girl, scurried from the back of each house, on the edge of the forest, trying to keep themselves hidden from everyone, especially a certain hanyou named Inuyasha. The woman? A raven-haired follower of the great Sesshoumaru of the West Lands dubbed Rin. The twins? Ones that Rin had thought to be 'random village kids,' but were actually a pair of children belonging to Inuyasha's friends, Sango and Miroku. Rin-chan didn't know this, however, and the two mischievous twerps, calling themselves Aki (the boy) and Mya (the girl), didn't think that was a very important fact anyway.

Aki had asked Rin if she was spying on someone, to which she duly answered no, much to the twin's doubts. Mya then made fun of her, saying that the older girl had a crush on Inuyasha, when in fact Rin despised the half-demon for calling her Master Sesshoumaru terrible names and such. However, the girl soon realized that she could use these two to her advantage in capturing Inuyasha. If they could somehow help her find the hanyou's weakness, she could affectively capture him and bring him to Sesshoumaru-sama, whom Rin presumed would 'love her forever' for it.

However, such a task as capturing the lowly dog-like half-demon would not be as simple as she had planned it…

"Do either of you know what you're even DOING?!" Rin harshly whispered to Aki and Mya, a glare still aimed at Inuyasha from the tree she was hiding behind.

"Of course we do," Aki claimed, a smile plastered all over his young face, as he stood motionless behind another tree.

"We do this all the time," continued Mya, who was hiding behind the same tree as Aki.

Turning to face the two, Rin was about to comment on their spying skills, but realized something. The two had the same dark, dark, blue eyes that she'd seen somewhere before. She couldn't recall, but when Rin tried to, the thought of something related to Inuyasha came up, and he was the last thing she wanted dancing around her head. 'Come on, think of Sesshoumaru-dono… ah, he has such a beautiful face…' she mused, the familiar blush that came with thoughts of her Master heating up her face once more.

The twins stared, before Mya asked, "Is Miss Rin thinking of Inuyasha again? Your face turned red like that when we met you, too, you know…"

Rin quickly glared at them, still tinted red. "Ah, stop saying that!!" she cried, a little too loudly, resulting in her getting tackled and muffled by Aki, Mya, and the bush they'd fallen in.

"Shhh!! He DOES have dog ears, you know!" Aki informed her, as if she couldn't have noticed before.

Mya had stopped facing Rin, had stood (while still on Rin) and was looking up at the sky, as if she had just seen something fly overhead. Tugging on Aki's shirt, she pointed up, and he stood like she did, just staring at the what Rin presumed was the sky they were looking at.

"Tch, oh really, hadn't thought of THAT…." Rin sarcastically muttered, an attempt to get up deflated by the twins not moving. They were standing on top of her, and she couldn't see what they were looking at, seeing as how her vision was impaired by the leaves all around her. "Come on, get off o' me! I'm not here to be trampled by children!"

A sudden, deep voice answered, "No, but you certainly act like a child."

"AHH?!" Rin knew that voice; that vile (dare she say depraved?) voice of a hanyou… It was Inuyasha the twins were staring at in awe. "D-Damn you, half-demon!!" she cried, instantly shoving both kids off her at once, before standing nearly as quickly as she'd fallen.

Inuyasha did not look impressed. This girl he'd argued with but a few days ago was now back for revenge, and had tried to seek help from his friends' offspring. Definitely not a worthy battle plan. His golden eyes stared blankly back into her own eyes' dark brown glare. The twins watched the mental match, looking as amused as ever. What they thought was a lover's quarrel was really a feud between two most different individuals.

"Get out o' here," Inuyasha finally said, waving his hand in a shooing motion. "You're not worth my time."

Rin was dumbstruck. Some worthless half-breed? Telling her to go away? The nerve! "Y-you… you dog-eared freak! You can't say that to me! You just wait until I tell Lor-" She stopped, realizing she wouldn't be able to tell him. The whole point of coming to this town under the guise of going out to pick flowers was to make capturing Inuyasha a surprise. She was supposed to show her master that she could do something useful, other than just brighten up their group of three. "Uh…"

"Until you tell who? My brother?" asked the hanyou, knowing full well that was who she was about to say. "Hey, you ever wonder why he hasn't killed me yet? Because he can't. If you want to call someone names, you should look at your own 'Master Sesshoumaru.' If I'm really the weak halfling he calls me, then what does that make him, eh?"

"You take that back! Sesshoumaru-sama is the greatest demon that ever lived! You're a nothing hanyou, what would you know?!" Rin cried, pointing an accusing finger at him.

He raised a brow in reply. "Quite a lot, considering he's my brother."

"Really, now?" she drawled sarcastically. Rin knew perfectly well who he was, after all. "Then give me an example, Master's Brother, if you know him so well!"

Sighing, Inuyasha thought of one thing. "I know he hates humans." This struck a chord with Rin. -She- was human, after all. "Why he hangs out with a kid like you is beyond me."

"No… he doesn't hate humans… H-he just doesn't associate with too many of us." She stammered, knowing that he didn't hate her, after all. Why would Sesshoumaru let he stay with him and Jaken if he really hated all humans? Well, maybe because she helped him that one time, but there were other reason, right? 'Right…?'

"Sure, let yourself believe that," Inuyasha stated, clawed hands behind his head. He didn't care if this girl realized she was probably nothing more than a pawn for his half-brother. As long as she stopped bothering him, it was fine by Inuyasha. He could finally get back to his somewhat normal life.

A sudden sniveling made him think otherwise. He looked back at Rin, seeing evidence of tears appearing in her dark eyes. "H-hey, now, don't cry…!" he muttered, hating the sight of a crying woman. It always bothered him when Kagome did it, and it bothers him even now when the woman in question was a follower of his stupid brother.

She stared back up at him, grabbing at his shirt with slender hands. "No, it IS true! He does hate me! He hardly ever speaks to me, and when he does, it's usually a command!! All these years and-" Rin was cut off by a shrill scream coming from a part of the forest nearest them. She recognized it as that little girl, Mya. Rin looked around for the twins, forgetting her sorrow momentarily, and ran after the two after seeing that they had gone. 'They went into the forest… where demons are…!' she thought frantically, running through the many trees.

"Where are you going?!" Inuyasha yelled. She didn't answer, but after realizing that Miroku and Sango's kids used to be standing near them, he figured it out. "Damn, children…" he cursed, following after Rin.

He knew they couldn't have gone very far, so he didn't try jumping high through the forest as he usually did. The sudden sound of falling trees guided him right to where Aki, Mya, and now Rin, were. The two were sitting in a huddle with Rin standing over them, only her noticing that Inuyasha had appeared out of the trees. There was a deep, red slash on one arm, and her hair-tie had apparently been cut as now all her hair hung loose on her. She tried telling him what happened, but couldn't speak and merely stared at him with pleading eyes.

The place they were at had once been a very lush part of the forest, but was now a clearing, with fallen trunks and branches everywhere. Something had cut them all down. And that something was standing right in front of the twins and the bleeding Rin.

It was giant mantis-looking demon with scythes for arms and almond-shaped, opalescent eyes gleaming with the sun's angry glare. It screeched a warning before raising its left arm-scythe and attacking the three before it. An instant later, that arm was gone and Inuyasha landed behind the mantis demon, his claws now covered in the demon's blood. The arm fell a second later next to him, before disintegrating from the attack. He smirked before turning back to the creature, a hand on the hilt of his sword, the Tetsusaiga, just in case he'd have to use it to get rid of a second-rate demon like this.

The mantis screeched once more, realizing it was now one arm short of two. Four insect-like wings rose on its back, emitting a buzzing noise, as it flew up and tried slashing at Inuyasha with its remaining scythe, which was covered in what Inuyasha suspected was Rin's blood. The hanyou quickly jumped out of the way, pulling on his sword's handle and transforming the Tetsusaiga. With one Wind Scar summoning slash, the mantis was grey dust floating mid-air.

He laughed, seeing no challenge in such a beast, before realizing that Rin was still injured. He rushed back to her and the two children beside her, just before she fell on him.

"Unconscious…" he quietly informed the worried Aki and Mya, before picking her up. "Come on, let's get back to your parents, you two."

As they walked, the half-demon looked down at her sleeping form, only noticing then how much nicer she looked when she wasn't yelling at him about Sesshoumaru. Inuyasha made it a note to tell her that. 'Then maybe she won't annoy me so much,' he told himself, slightly reminded of when he first met Kagome. She used to be angry at him all the time too, not saying that she still wasn't. Kikyou used to want to kill him, as well… literally. Why was it that all his loves happened to be people who wanted his doggy-eared head on a plate?

'This girl isn't a love though…' he reminded himself, his eyes tracing back down to the young woman in his arms. Her young face was pale from blood-loss, but her hair was swept over her in such a manner that she could still be considered beautiful (a.n.- if you're into half-dead girls XD). He blushed just looking at her like this. 'Though…,' Inuyasha pointed out in his head, 'she'd be cute if she wasn't so into my brother.'

Unknowingly, at this notion, he held Rin closer to himself, and his mind went back to the task at hand: getting her back to the village before Sesshoumaru found out she'd gone missing.

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[author's notes] Aa, I did enjoy writing this chapter. I love writing about the first notions of love…. *sighs* I guess it's what I consider my specialty? Though, you all will probably beg to differ xDDD. Ano… now Rin thinks her true love, Sesshy, hates her, and Inuyasha can't let her go back to Fluffy-sama because the town'll probably have Hell to pay if he finds out it's "their fault" …. He knows the Great Sesshoumaru cares at least a little, eensy, weensy, itsy, bitsy bit about Rin; why else would he let her stay with his group, eh? It's still a lose-lose situation, though, because (seeing as how it's a deep injury) Rin'll have to stay in town for a few days… Sesshy would be bound to find out what happened to his 'ickle charge, right? Hai.

Though, this may be where Jaken comes in… you'll all just have to wait and see, ne? *nods* Oh, an about the chapter's name… I didn't think of it until after I'd written the entire thing (which is a first for me). It had originally been Outspoken Hatred, Hidden Love, and then I looked up synonyms for Outspoken and Hidden. I saw Open, then Obscure. I could've kept 'outspoken,' but I don't think I've ever made them say "I hate you!" ^^; Heh, Inuyasha doesn't even really care about this 'little girl,' how could he hate her? Though, Rin's probably said the hate thing in her head. Erk, neither loves each other yet, though… >.>;

And so, I then changed it to "Beautiful Captor" because, well… I've always thought that little Rin was the most adorable one out of all the girls in Inuyasha (besides his mother. I can see why Sesshy and Inu's dad went after a mere mortal, lol). I always imagined her to grow up to be real pretty, and then she's supposed to try and capture and/or kill Inu-kun for her dear Sesshoumaru-dono. Though she fails at this, she does end up capturing Inuyasha's heart… anyway, I also thought of Cardcaptor Sakura at the same time XD. Feh, I'm terrible at creating titles, though I have one for a future chapter.

Oh, and so no one asks… I am _terrible_ at writing love scenes. Ack, I don't think I can even manage writing a kissing scene, unless it's between two guys… -.-0 I'm a big shounen-ai fan, don't put it against me (or this story). In any case, I'm just saying don't expect to find these two snogging madly in a tree. ^^;;; Though, you may find a couple of the other characters -pretending- to… *coughles*

Anywho, I hope you've enjoyed this chapter. Review, or I might not update! Though Marchan will probably force me to, anyway… -_-0 Toodles for now! [/a.n.]