InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Exhilarating ❯ Just As Wonderful ( Chapter 5 )

[intro] I also found out that FF.net doesn't show my little starry things… how annoying. -.-0 Quite. Anyhow, I thank you all for your reviews. So many now! I'm honestly grateful, and I'm going to be writing a much better chapter ((or, well, I'll think it's better than usual)). I -should- be a good authoress and answer them but, alas, I am a very lazy and terrible person who should have flying house elves chucked at her. (*sigh*) Ah, well, I'll be saving this chapter as a HTML thinger, so perhaps you'll all be able to see the way I really write my chapters? I should probably re-load all the chapters, so you can actually understand what I'm doing… yes, yes, sounds good. Well, all in all, toodle-oo for now.

Oh, before I go… just in case the HTML thing doesn't work… I have other ideas here:

((words and such)) = I've always had these, but… whenever you read them, they're my own thoughts being put into either the story, or my notes at the beginning and end of the chapters.

//words and such// = thinking

-words and such- = italics

(words and such) = the little starry things…. And just to test (*takes out a hammer*) O.o;; Odd looking to me when I'm typing it….[/intro]

Rug: YugiLuv nor Marchan own me or any of the characters of Inuyasha. Hm, if you ask me, that's not too surprising, wot wot! ^____^

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Exhilarating Chapter 5 - Just As Wonderful

-By YugiLuv and Marchan

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//Uhn… Master Sesshoumaru…You don't hate me, right? Right…? Please don't, Sesshoumaru-sama! I love you…!!//

"Girl… girl are you okay? Hey!"

Rin awoke to a slight shaking after hearing those words. "Wh… what? Sesshoumaru-dono?" The young woman was lying on a mat in someone's house, she realized, from the feel of the floor against her back and the sight of the roof overhead.

"Stupid, don't call me that." Inuyasha muttered, tweaked that she'd just called him by his brother's name twice since they first met in that tree after he 'saved' her from what she thought was a 'well demon,' but was actually nothing but an ominous feeling. "My name is Inuyasha, remember? You seemed able to say it two days ago when you were associating me with being a half-demon." He stated quietly, his amber eyes gazing off somewhere else.

Rin looked around from where she lay, trying to get up but being pushed back down by the hanyou. "Don't move," he informed her, much to her dark eyes' protest. She gazed down to just below where his hand had come in contact with her right arm. Her sleeve on that side was ripped terribly, and bandages covered her arm all the way down to above her wrist. Rin winced just remembering what happened.

How she'd run to find the twins in the forest, and stood in between them and that mantis demon. How the demon cut her arm as she tried protecting Aki and Mya. And then how she watched Inuyasha slay the giant mantis in only two blows. Then… she realized, that was when everything became so blurry and numb she couldn't possibly stand anymore.

Rin flushed lightly, remembering that the last thing she'd felt before seeing nothing but darkness was the arms of someone around her, and the most comforting heart beat. That sound had danced around her head all the while she was asleep, which felt like only fifteen minutes and at the same time forever, but was really only-

"How long -was- I asleep?" Rin asked him, wishing to complete her thought.

Inuyasha looked at her, and Rin caught what she thought to be the slightest hint of red on his face, but it disappeared just as quickly, making her dismiss it as a trick of the light. "Two days."

She nodded, gazing back up at the ceiling, about to go back to thinking of that heartbeat when realization hit her. "T-two days?! Master Sesshoumaru!!" She tried to sit up once more, being met again with Inuyasha's urging for her to lie back down. Rin tried to get eye contact with him, an angry, dark stare ready to beat down his persuasion.

"Don't worry about him," the half-demon said, who, though his amber eyes were gazing at her, seemed as though he were trying not to look Rin straight in the eyes. "If he hasn't come to call yet, there's nothing to be afraid of."

"Afraid…? I am not afraid of my Lord," Rin stated, feeling slightly irritated by this half-breed who was implying that she actually feared her Master. "I am merely worried about him! What if he decides to leave without me in tow? Where would I go, then? I was an orphan before he met me, a mute at that, and-"

"Shut it," he insisted, half-heartedly wishing the girl was -still- mute. "If worse comes to worse, you can just stay in this town."

"Ano, but-"

"Fine. Do what you want, then," he said, standing to leave.

He didn't look back down at her and it wasn't until he opened the door that she said, "Can I really…?"

Inuyasha turned slightly, finally returning her questioning stare with his own amber shining one. He nodded once, and it was the first time she'd seen her Master's half-brother smile. Sure, she hadn't known him long but, Rin realized that this hanyou's smile looked just as wonderful as Sesshoumaru's. She returned the smile, before saying, "Then… my name is Rin."

"Nice to meet you, Rin."

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In much more forested part of the area, two demons conversed, one at least three times taller than the tiny demon next to him. His silvery blue hair glistening with every ray of sun that could touch it through the cover of the leaves, the taller one spoke, saying, "Jaken, you are sure that you have not seen Rin anywhere?"

"Aye, Milord, the bra-er, the girl is nowhere to be found," the much shorter demon answered, when in truth knowing full well where Rin was. \\That Inuyasha probably thinks that if he can hold Rin captive, my Master will go after her.- Jaken thought to himself, a smirk hidden from Sesshoumaru dancing on his face. -Hah, what a musing. Sesshoumaru-sama may have allowed that annoying human follow us for many years, but there is no way he would actually go to a length just to save her from his idiot brother. She was a menial, expendable brat, and now I can breathe freely without her dancing about, pelting me with flowers every chance.\\

"She would have surely appeared back here by now. Unless she thinks we've left," Sesshoumaru stated, his slender face ever stoic, but truly in deep thought. "Or, unless something has slain her." With this thought, he glanced down at Jaken, making the tiny follower cringe. "But, of course I would know if that happened, wouldn't I, Jaken?"

Jaken hastily answered, "Y-yes, Lord Sesshoumaru, of course!" \\Not.\\

"Last I saw her, if I remember correctly, she was accompanied by you, wasn't she, Jaken?" Sesshoumaru said, raising a brow. The little green demon nodded in reply. "And where did the two of you go, may I ask?"

"T-to that damned Inuyasha's village, Milord. She told you that she was off to pick flowers again, but in truth she was trying to lure Inuyasha out for you to kill him," he sadly admitted, mentally defeated by his Master's cold, stare. "Foolish if you ask me, but-"

"I didn't ask you," the dog demon commented, his golden gaze now aimed in the general direction of the village where Inuyasha stayed. "If this is the truth, Jaken, then she should be there, should she not?" He started walking towards the town, his adherent quickly following after him. "Oh, and before I forget to ask… exactly -how- did the both of you get separated…?"

"Ah…"

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Rin had fallen asleep again, but was only out for fifteen minutes before waking up to a recognizable voice screaming at a certain hanyou.

"Inuyasha!!" What is -she- doing here?!" The voice belonged to that woman Rin had seen some odd days ago, when she and Inuyasha were in that tree. The girl with the semi-longish, ebony hair that Inuyasha called Kagome, she realized, now watching as Inuyasha entered the hut as well. Judging by the stance that Kagome had, she'd just walked into the hut, only to see a very familiar girl sleeping on a mat upon the wooden floor.

"Ka-Kagome…?! What about you?! I thought you weren't coming back!" the half-demon remarked back, reminding Kagome of what she'd said that day when she saw him and that girl in the tree together.

"W-well, I changed my mind," Kagome answered admittedly, her face turning a bright red. "But not anymore, no, not after seeing this girl here! And in Kaede's own house, no less! You should be courteous enough to not bring an old woman's living quarters into this, but no, I guess not!"

"But I didn't do anything!!!" Inuyasha yelled, his canine ears folding back in annoyance of the accusation that Kagome was obviously implying. His face had also tinted red in embarrassment of having this accusation placed on him. And having this fight in front of Rin had only made it worse, at that. "You can ask her, Kagome! We didn't do anything, right, Rin?"

"Oh, so she has a name, does she, Inuyasha!" Kagome stated, now turning her angry glare on the girl lying on a mat on the floor. "Yes, -Rin-, tell me what heinous act you and Inuyasha performed in here."

"What are you talking about?" Rin asked, her voice now sounding a bit annoyed as well. She honestly had no clue what Kagome meant, but judging by Inuyasha's reaction, it couldn't have been good.

By now, Kagome noticed the bandaged arm by Rin's side. A terrible thought popped up in her head at the sight of this, concerning acts that really were only performed in the modern day, but Kagome didn't think of it clearly enough. "… I'm sure you know what I'm talking about…you and your bondage and whatnot." She turned swiftly on her heel, only to stare heatedly, face-to-face, with Inuyasha. "If you need me, you monster, I'm going back to my nice, safe, -decent- time. Good day!" And with this, she stomped angrily out of the house, muttering curses that would be incoherent to anyone but those with dog ears.

The half-demon glared at her back as she walked off, before returning to Rin's side. "Don't think anything of what she'd just said," he stated while sitting beside her still form, glancing momentarily at Rin before deciding to look back at the door, which was still moving slightly from its encounter with an angry Kagome. Rin noticed that most of the time after she'd been saved by Inuyasha, he didn't seem to like to look at her directly, as if she would blind him or something. Sure, he'd sometimes steal glances when he thought she wasn't looking, but other than that… \\Nothing.\\

Master Sesshoumaru never wavered when it came to his stare, why does his brother? \\Oh, yeah, of course… 'cuz he's a half-demon, duh.\\ Rin mused, reminding herself that this Inuyasha was a much lesser being than her Master, but somehow… that feeling she used to get before was gone. The one where she thought that even -she- was better than Inuyasha. Now the statement of 'Oh, Inuyasha is just a worthless half-breed with nothing to his name' was nothing, itself, but words. No truth, not to her, at least. After being saved by him from that mantis demon, every time she and Inuyasha actually -did- get eye contact, there was another feeling there, something different than the one of superiority she had before.

A warm feeling, similar to the one she got whenever she saw Sesshoumaru smile, but somehow, despite her mind's protest, even better. A softer, more entrancing feeling… Rin just couldn't put a name on it. But she knew she liked that sensation.

"Inuyasha…"

"Hm?" The hanyou's ears perked up at her voice, as his eyes failed to look at her directly, once more.

"Do you think…," Rin began asking, her eyes doubtful of what he'd answer next, "…do you think I could stay here longer? I mean, after my wound's healed."

His face turned red at once, before realizing that she probably meant something else. "W-what about my brother?" he reminded her, an amber stare finally connecting with her darker, more innocent one.

She confirmed his aforementioned suspicion. "I'd… rather stay here with you. If only for a bit longer. Please?" Rin placed the hand closest to Inuyasha on his own, clawed one, causing another rush of blushing on the half-demon. He nodded, heavy silvery bangs hiding his demonic eyes.

"That's fine by me."

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[author's notes] Ah, um… a bit cheesy, I'd say. I know, I know… it seems like they've already fallen in love or something, but in truth… no. Haha, sorry to lead you on, but no! ^^;; I don't want to write so easy a story, you know? It'll still be at least… maybe… one more chapter((?)) before Inuyasha or even Rin decides that he or she has love for the other. (*waggles eyebrows*) I've seen way too many fanfics that have the characters just falling in love in the first chapter and into bed the next ((or even in that same chapter!)), without the fic itself being a one-shot or something. (*rolls eyes*) I'd understand if you had several chapter's worth of pages in that first one, but… most of them are only as long as mine, if not SHORTER…. I don't know about you all, but I prefer to read stories that have some depth or meaning in them… >.>; Even if mine -does- seem to lack the latter…

Anyway, to explain the constant blushing or wavering eye contact when it comes to Inuyasha… I'll talk about it in the next chapter. Again, sorry for leading you on XD. Actually, it's just because of something/s that happened while Rin-chan was asleep during those two days. I told you there would be depth to this, and I'm not gonna skimp on that ((I hope…)). Again, I THANK YOU ALL for the reviews! They keep me alive and well ((I guess…)), and don't expect to see Inuyasha and Kagome on good terms again for a while… I have to keep everyone's favorite mini-skirted-uniform-wearing girl out of this for some time while Inuyasha and Rin figure out their feelings, and in order to do that, I have to keep her angry at Inu-kun and in her own time. (*sigh*) -_-0 It's hard, but someone's got to do it… oh, and if any of you have seen any other Rin X Inuyasha fics ((besides my own, mind you all)), please tell me either their name or their ID number thingy or something. I'd like to read them, wot wot, and make sure I'm not making this a cliché… Radammit if I am. (*twitch*) I hate clichés… e.e;; Unless it's supposed to be a pun or a joke or something, then I love 'em. (*sigh*)

Oh, and check out this page = kichigai-shingetsu.deviantart.com ((it's not hyperlinked… just copy and paste it. -_-0))

It has my art work ((not the best, mind you, but pretty good compared to how I used to draw)), and I will soon be adding in piece with Inuyasha and Rin next to each other. Not fancy, now that I look at it, but fine and dandy. And if any of you would like to draw fanart and or have already posted it ((hah, who'd want to draw scenes from a story like this?!)), tell me so I could add in the link into this story. ^^ I'm curious to how everyone else sees this story, after all.

Bit of a longer chapter, AND a longer end note… gomen nasai about that, heheh. ^^;;; Marchan may yell at me again for doing that, but I just like to explain little things of what I do ((since no one seems to understand if I just put it there and say "That's that.")). Well, REVIEW… I know you know I know you know I know you know I know you know the consequences…. >.>;

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