InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Exhilarating ❯ Close To Me ( Chapter 6 )

[intro] Hehe…. Hehehehe…. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! (twitch twitch) You know what ELSE FF.net doesn't show?! EH?! That little slanty line that's under the question mark on the keyboard! What in Ra's name is UP with that?! I tried fixing it…. on that little 'edit\preview' thing on the site itself, but no…. no, it won't be normal and just freakin' show it. -.-0 You noticed I used the other slashy line up there, right? Right. Why only one of them though? What about the other? >.>; If someone tells me it's because you could hurt someone with it, I'm breaking out my handy-dandy mechanical pencil, and I'm going to break someone's face with it…

Siri: o.o; Why so mad?

Me: I try… and I try… and I TRY to make this fic look all nice and fancy so people won't get bored reading it, and the site just breaks down all my efforts!! Why?! At least it shows italics now ((I think… didn't check on that…)), but… aggghhh, this isn't cool. -_-0 Hm. I'll just try to be normal now and do all the regular author stuff, no more fancy stuff for the fans. e.e;;

Oh, and sorry about not updating fast enough before ((I remember someone saying something about Marchan giving me a tighter schedule and whatnot in their review)), but I was in Las Vegas ((I think I mentioned that…?)). ^^;; Anywho, this story can only get odd from the point we were at in the last chapter. Sesshoumaru -may- get OOC… when he finds out about Rin and Inuyasha… and Kagome and Inuyasha -should- ((SHOULD… I'm not sure yet)) have some kind of close moment in the near future ((of course. They're 'in love' by then, right? Right. Until Inuyasha figures he's got something for a certain someone else… and I ain't talking about his brother, in case any of you were wondering… -.-0)). Anywho, I'll try to make this cute, but not too fluffy ((again, not talking about Sessy)). I told you before, I am really… really… not fond of fluffy((STOP THINKING IT'S SESSHOUMARU!)) stories ((unless they're written extremely well, which is something I cannot do)).

Errrggg… and I won't ((once again)) be able to update for about two weeks… I'm off to Florida and then Georgia for vacation. What I'm vacationing from, I've no bloody clue… -_-0 Oy. But hey, look at the bright side: this could be considered a tour for me. XD I'm touring my home state, then the hills of the Peach state, whoooo. Too bad I can't journey off to Texas… then I could see Marchan. ;-; (sob sob)

Okay, enough of my ramblings, time for the fanfic!! ((should be worth reading my worthless blithering, eh? Hopefully…)). [\intro]

Rug: YugiLuv ((nor Marchan if you're wondering)) doesn't own Inuyasha. ^__^ Wowie caboodles, good thing, too, eh, or else we'd be knee-deep in complaints of how YL has totally ravaged it and whatnot!

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Exhilarating Chapter 6 - Close To Me

By: YugiLuv and Marchan

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"Yeeeeeeeek, Inuyasha!!" Rin nearly jumped three feet into the air from fright, crawling backwards to a corner of the room, far away from what had caused her to scream.

Her shrill cry scared several birds that were sleeping in trees to scatter. Quickly, the hanyou raced into the hut, demonic eyes searching for whatever it may have been that scared Rin.

She'd had been staying there for nearly a week now, and Inuyasha still wasn't ready to let her leave the tiny house on her own, despite her many protests. For some reason, he felt obliged to make sure she was safe, though even he didn't know why. Though right now… all he was protecting her from was-

"A bug…?"

"Kill it! Kill it, Inuyasha! Stomp on it, smash it with your sword! Do -something-!" Rin yelled from her 'safe corner,' pointing accusingly at the insect, which was currently sliding along a trail.

"Wait a minute… this isn't even a -real- bug… this is a bloody snail!" Inuyasha realized, now glaring angrily at Rin for being scared of something so minuscule a problem.

"Isn't it horrid?! Ghastly! Simply atrocious!!" she cried, both hands over her eyes, taking peeks at the snail every so often. "Just get it out of here, already!"

"You know…," Inuyasha muttered to her, picking up the snail by its shell and tossing it harmlessly out the window, "I'd understand if it was a spider. Those could actually hurt you… maybe. But a snail…"

"You saw how it was eyeing me! That's a perverted snail! Probably crawls from house to house, sneaking peeks up innocent girl's skirts, and -you- let it get away!!" Rin's angry stare suddenly returned, as she gazed at Inuyasha, the most accusing look on her face. "Who knows when it will strike again, thanks to you!"

He sighed exasperatedly, his eyes once again looking everywhere but her face. "Glad to be of help, then…" he stated, taking steps back to the doorway.

"Wait, what about me?!"

He stopped momentarily. "What -about- you…?"

Rin blinked, reminded déjà vu-like of a conversation like this one before. "W-well… can't I go outside?" Inuyasha was about to say something but Rin cut him off. "I'll be good! I won't run off to save someone again! And I'm not going to go back to Sesshoumaru-sama, if that's what you're afraid of! I told you, I want to stay here with you for now…!!"

"I'm not afraid of that!!!" Inuyasha quickly said, glancing back at her, for only a few seconds. "… if you -really- want to go out there, you can do so whenever you want. I'm not guarding you from the world, or anything, if that's what you think," he stated, opening the door to leave.

"But, it just seemed like…"

"Come on."

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"A whole week… she's been in there, Jaken."

"I know, Milord, but what do you plan to do about it? You could have executed any plan to get her back at any time, if you really wanted to."

A quick glare at the tiny demon caused him to shudder, his Master apparently not liking whatever tone Jaken had in that statement. The two had been just on the outskirts of the town, watching whatever went on for the whole week since Sesshoumaru had found out Rin had really been staying there. By the middle of the week, the taiyoukai was more than willing to charge in there, decapitate his half-brother, and get Rin and get out, but… his intrigue on the situation had stopped him. He knew there was more to this… but what?

"Rin has been in that village, no, in that -hut-, this whole time… with my brother," Sesshoumaru pointed out, his golden eyes narrowing at the entire thought. "What they've been doing in there is beyond me… but I'm putting a stop to it." He smirked as he started walking into the boundaries of the village, melting whatever trees or bushes got in his way with his poison claws. 'Apparently, my dear brother is a lot more of a beast than I gave him recognition for. Taking a young girl hostage… perhaps to try to use her against me when it came to battle. What a fool. He should have known that I do not bend so easily when it comes to my lowly followers.'

As he and Jaken appeared from the forest into town, several of the villagers quickly ducked into their homes, frightened of what this demon that melted trees could do to them if given the chance. Sesshoumaru appeared amused at their scared actions, but decided that the only one dying today would be the half-demon, instead. 'Even -if- these mortals are just begging to be slain…' he mused, taking his time while strolling through the dirt streets, closer and closer to where Inuyasha and Rin were.

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"Are you sure you're okay?" Inuyasha asked her, steady hands ready to catch Rin lest she falter in her walking.

"Of course I am!" she answered back, defiant eyes shining. "You don't need your arms to walk, you know."

"Well, yeah, but you -did- lose a lot of blood that day…"

"I'm not so simple and weak that you need to constantly hover about me, Inuyasha," Rin declared, flipping her hair in a proud show. "I'm a lot stronger than you think, so if you'll excuse me… I'm going to be stepping outside now." She looked down at the rough ground, standing just in the doorway as she spoke.

"Well…?"

"I'm getting to it!"

Inuyasha crossed his arms in wait, backing up a few feet for her.

"W-wait, don't get so far away…."

"Yes, Inuyasha, don't leave your hostage unattended," a haughty-sounding, yet stoic voice stated, coming from the opposite direction of the two of them. They both nearly jumped at the sound, recognizing who it belonged to.

"L-Lord Sesshoumaru…!" Rin stammered, both hands now clinging onto the framework of the door. This revealed her still heavily bandaged arm, causing Sesshoumaru to raised a slender brow in return. He slowly walked closer to her and Inuyasha, Jaken lingering where he stood.

"And what's that, Rin?"

"Ah… I got hurt… A mantis demon attacked me. A-and -he- saved me," Rin replied, her head bowed slightly, as she pointed lightly to Inuyasha at the statement of 'he.' The taiyoukai glanced back to Inuyasha, whose hand was already on the hilt of Tetsusaiga.

"I see…," Sesshoumaru said, narrowing his eyes once more, glaring highly annoyed at the hanyou before him. 'So he saved her… that was why she stayed here. And yet, her voice wavers, as if she'd done something wrong. There -is- more to this…'

"Rin, you're coming home with me," the dog demon continued, his golden stare now back on the human girl before him. She shuddered slightly at his words, looking back up into his eyes. 'Why does she seem so unwilling…?' Sesshoumaru thought, as he reached out his remaining hand to her. "If you need help I will-"

"No," she softly answered, stepping back. His eyes widened at this, but he quickly regained his stoic look.

"What do you mean?"

"I… I want to stay here longer," she said, her tone much stronger this time. "I don't want to leave yet! I want to stay here with… with… Inuyasha!!" Rin and Sesshoumaru exchanged glares, despite hers being much more shaken than his.

Suddenly, the taiyoukai smirked, closing his eyes. He turned sideways to face Inuyasha, before opening them again, an odd, amused light in them.

"Inuyasha… did you hear Rin's words?"

The half-demon nodded, not taking his hand off of his sword's handle. Sesshoumaru could attack at any moment, being as fast as he was, and he had to be ready.

"She wants to -stay- with you! Can you believe it…?" Sesshoumaru mused, that smirk not disappearing as fast as Inuyasha would hope. "You… a filthy, hanyou with nothing to owe to your strength but our dearly, departed father's sword," he stated, his eyes flashing a demonic red, similar to the one that appeared whenever he transformed. "If it weren't for that, you'd have already been slain by me decades ago… and I'm sure you know that."

"Shut up," Inuyasha growled. He pulled out Tetsusaiga, the sword instantly transforming as it appeared.

"Yes, half-breed," Sesshoumaru replied, a slight growl being traced in his own voice, "pull out Daddy's sword. And maybe you can kill the whole village with it, while we're at it. It -does- have the ability to slay one hundred demons with a single blow… perhaps that is equal to about… say, three hundred humans? Or perhaps even five hundred? You know how fragile these beings are, after all…."

Hesitantly, Inuyasha put away the Tetsusaiga, his eyes still narrowed into their familiar, amber glare.

"Good boy. Though…" Sesshoumaru looked thoughtful for a moment, but only in a mocking way, "I'm sure you've realized that I could just kill them all anyway."

"Rin…" Inuyasha finally said, tone sounding defeated. She looked at him, curious as to what he had to say. "Go with him."

"But, I want to st-"

"Just go," he cut her off, before performing the rare feat of actually looking into her eyes. "Apparently, if you stay…"

"But…"

"Go, already! Dammit!!" he cried, turning away and walking off, determined not to see whatever reaction she had next. He could practically smell her tears.

She looked hurt, but shook off the thought of crying. 'It's too weird… I barely know him, why cry? I'll just go with Sesshoumaru-dono… I don't want to hurt anyone… after all….'

Rin slowly walked over to Jaken, who had watched the whole sequence and looked ready to laugh, despite having to see Rin everyday again. For one thing, the scene was so entertaining to him, and for another… he was already waiting for whatever punishment Rin might get for defying Sesshoumaru.

"We'll be going now, Jaken… Rin," the silver-haired demon said, his appearance looking as if the conversation that just happened never did.

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Meanwhile, Inuyasha was sitting in his tree, going back over the previous moments in his head. "Dammit… why did I let her stay for so long anyway…..?" he asked himself, soon realizing that he couldn't expect an answer for that. 'She could have easily went back to him after only three days… it -was- really, only her arm, after all. But she seemed so eager to stay and… I didn't want to see her go.

'But what about Kagome? She's been mad at me this whole time… now that Rin is gone, I can at least go back to Kagome and apologize… Heh, like that's happening! She blamed me first and… I miss her. Damn, I miss Kagome………'

It was at a moment like this that Inuyasha regretted having human feelings. Because now those feelings were ready to smash his pride and force him to go say sorry to Kagome. Despite whatever oppositions he had to it.

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[author's notes] Oy… wow. Hahaha, weird. I hate dramatic scenes… or, well, I hate writing them. If you've -ever- read any of my other fanfics ((and I'm sure you haven't xDDD)), you'd realize I'm more of a comedic writer. Marchan would probably agree with me there… mebbe… >.>;;; Can you say, "Let's laugh insanely on the football stands?" (ahem) Anywho, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! ^____^;;;; I made Sesshy split Rin and Inuyasha up, if only for a moment! It's during this moment, however, that the two should realize how they feel. And if you've noticed, I made her stay in the town for a week. (waggles eyebrows) What she and Inu-kun could've been doing that whole time, I've no clue, but you can leave it to you imaginations if you wish… Hehe, I imagined a bit of that perverted peeking that Rin was talking about earlier in the chapter XD.

Oh, and sorry about not talking about what Inuyasha had done while Rin was asleep, like I said I would last chapter!! -_-0 Bad authoress, bad, bad!! Well, since I will most likely forget and be unable to add it into any of the future chapters ((feeling uninspired, maybe? No, just lazy XP)), I'll just say it here: A bit of the top part of her clothing slips while Inuyasha is putting the bandages on her arm and…. (cough) It reminds me of that scene in the first Spider-Man movie with the upside-down kiss and the rain and the… thin top and… blah, I'll stop right there, hahahaha!

Ahhh, nearly forgot to say… I saw the Spidey movie the day it came out! ^___^ Loved it ((does it make me a dork to like nearly all Marvel© comic ideas? Erm… o.o;;)), and if you haven't seen it… you should. They worked very hard on it! I found out on tv that it took a year and a half to film the 'fight on top of the train' scene! O_____o;; And it only lasted, what, five minutes? Geez… it was very yummy though. Plenty scenes with Tobey's luffy blue eyes X3. I like the color blue in eyes… too yummy!! ^^;;;

NOW REVIEW! I command you all, in the name of the moon, to review! No, stop, don't run away! Press the button! (press press press) Doesn't the button of the reviewing just taunt you so? (does the Sharingan Eye trick thing… sorta)

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……review…. mwahahahahaahahahaha. ((and don't forget that I will most likely be unable to update for about two weeks…. If not more. -_-0 Sorry.))