InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Exhilarating ❯ Don't Let Go of Us ( Chapter 8 )

[intro] Woooo, look who is back from the dead. Me! Meeeee!! XD (sigh) Yes, this one is back to write more of the twisted angst-ridden tale known as Exhilarating.... Is everyone happy to see me again…? (the unending sound of silence answers her question) Ahem. Anyway, we're all in for a great deal of nonsense today, kiddies! ^__^;; Yes, as you all saw in the last chapter, which I'd written two weeks ago…. (cough cough) Kagome has proposed to Inuyasha! (gasp to the max) Why? Well, gee, they -have- pretty much been 'together' for a long time ((in accordance to the number of years I'd inserted into this story)), and she believes that they should get hitched! Much to the dismay of -several- ladies in the reviewing audience xDDDD. Well, now, let's see how Inu-kun replies, and how Rin does once she finds out…. Oooh, torture on all our minds, I'm sure.

Siri: Not.

Me: -_-0 Fine… but Marchan said that my ideas of how this story will go are good and interesting; I just hope you all think the same way. X3 Ta for now![/intro]

Rug: Marchan nor Tenshi own Inuyasha or me. They don't even own the tuna Tenshi is eating while writing this particular chapter…! ^^; Mmmmm… tuna….

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Exhilarating Chapter 8 - Don't Let Go of Us

By: Tenshi and Marchan

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'Had… had I actually said yes…?Am I really going to be… with Kagome once and for all…?'

Inuyasha's eyes were wide while thoughts such as these raced through his head, as he walked down the street towards the Well at the shrine. He was headed back to the Past, supposedly to "tell Sango and Miroku" of what happened, but, in reality, the dog hanyou also really needed to think his life over.

'I thought I had everything figured out… That Kagome was -supposed- to be the one by my side… that there was no one else for me now besides her. After Kikyou returned to death, and I chose to stay with Kagome, I thought this was the way things were supposed to be. But now… but now I don't know what to think. Not after that girl, Rin. She's… all that's been in my mind… since Sesshoumaru took her back. But why? And now Kagome wants me to stay with her in her own time. It makes sense, because I don't exactly have anything going on at home, anyway, but now the chance of seeing Rin again is zero to none. Nothing. I'll… never see her again.'

He stopped just outside the door that led to the well, eyes staring at the ground.

'But… isn't that what I wanted? To never see Rin again? So then why do I feel so sad…?'

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"Please, Lord Sesshoumaru, can't we just stay here a -little- while longer…?" Rin pleaded to her Master, hands clasped together. "I want to see the flowers around this area a while longer!"

Sesshoumaru narrowed his golden eyes. "And why does Rin think that this Sesshoumaru would stop for flowers…?"

Rin blinked, with a loss for words at first, before quickly replying, "Because the flowers here are so pretty and alive! There's obviously some kind of power making the flowers so beautiful, ne? I just want to stay in that field longer…!!" When Sesshoumaru didn't answer, she added, "I-I promise I won't go off to see Inuyasha, if that's what you're thinking! Really!"

'But that won't stop him from seeing me, if I can help it,' she thought, thinking that she was -so- sly.

"Please, let me go check on those flowers once more…! You don't have to come with me, if you don't want to! Jaken doesn't either! Please…!!"

The taiyoukai again didn't reply, but instead turned his gaze towards the general direction of where he thought the well was. Even if they were already in the forest, they weren't far from it, seeing as how their walk had been delayed by Jaken accidentally inciting the anger of a snake demon by stepping on its tail. Sesshoumaru was stuck slaying it, while Rin, with Jaken hiding behind her, watched from a few feet away.

"No, Jaken will go with you," he finally said, closing his eyes.

Rin smiled. "So… I can go…?!" When he didn't answer, but instead looked elsewhere, she made a sound of joy and grabbed Jaken by the shirt before running off to the flower field she'd spoken of.

It didn't take long to get there, despite the squirming of an angry frog demon in her hands, and Rin quickly flopped down on the flowers, fallen leaves flying up from her contact. "Ah….," she sighed, breathing deeply. The young teen gazed up at the clouds floating in the sky, hoping for a gust of wind to come along.

'He is a dog demon, right…? So if he's anything like Sesshoumaru, he'd be able to catch my scent before too long…!!' Rin smiled, sure her plan would work.

Jaken grumbled in response to her sigh. "What are you plotting, whelp…?!" he demanded to know, narrowing his huge, yellow eyes in suspicion. Rin didn't reply, but instead turned over onto her front and started picking out the petals of a white flower before her. "Well? Hello! I asked you a question!!" Again, silence, minus the sound of petals being plucked. "Hmph, fine! Don't answer…"

'Whatever this girl is thinking, it cannot bode well for me,' Jaken contemplated to himself, glaring at her happiness, which he could practically see. 'Her delight is practically -oozing- off of her… It's disgusting. Again, I must ask, why does Sesshoumaru even BOTHER with her?!'

Just then, the unexpected sound of something moving inside of the wooden well beside them caused both Rin and the frog demon to jump in near unison. 'Oh no…' Rin thought, a sudden fear rising up in her as she stood to run from the danger. 'Don't tell me there really -is- a Well Demon…!!'

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'I suppose… if this is the way things were meant to be… then I can't do anything about them. It shouldn't be too hard to forget Rin. Especially now, when I soon won't be able to see the Feudal Era so much.' Inuyasha sadly smiled, just as he realized it wouldn't be so simple. 'Maybe I shouldn't go back right now. Kagome can go tell Sango and Miroku herself tomorrow. They'd be able to tell that I'm doubtful of my decision and demand that I change it. They were always like that. Before with my feelings for Kikyou. And even now, with my feelings for-'

He shook his head, before finally opening the door to the shrine. "This is stupid. I shouldn't think so much," Inuyasha muttered, angry with himself for what his mind was just about to say before he stopped it. "I'll go home, and come back to Kagome, and that's that! No detours, and hopefully, no roadblocks! Damn you, Rin! Damn you!!" The half-demon cried, clenching a fist. It was like he was going into a fight, and that was his battle cry. His somewhat sad and sort of lonely battle cry….

"I don't care about anyone!" he continued to yell, as if trying to convince himself. "No one matters to me, except for myself, of course, and Kagome! And maybe Sango and Miroku… but other than that, I hate everyone else! Yeah!!"

'Or am I just being immature…?'

"No…! Now, onwards! No matter what the attack!" With that last statement, Inuyasha deftly jumped into the Well and whirled through time until he was back in the Feudal Era.

As soon as he hit the ground, the hanyou looked up at the Past's sky. 'It seems a lot bluer than the sky of Kagome's Time,' he supposed, sighing, before rubbing his eyes with the palm of his hand, sweeping away the faintest indication of any tears that may have appeared during his contemplation before.

Swiftly, he jumped up high enough to land right on the edge of the well's rim, standing upright once more, before noticing that there were two beings before him. A small, green frog like demon, and a girl with one part of her hair pulled up on the side.

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Just as she and Jaken were about to run away screaming, a figure suddenly appeared up and out of the well, and landed on the well's edge. As the figure stood straight from his jump, Rin sooner saw the red of his clothing, and instantly recognized him just as he cried out her name as well.

"Rin…?!"

"Inuyasha!!"

Jaken gasped audibly. "Inuyasha… actually lives in this well?!?!"

The dog half-demon glared at him, a clear statement of "NO, STUPID!!" in his amber eyes. Jaken cringed at this mental reply, before mumbling once more, indistinctly.

"Inuyasha!" Rin cried again, running up to him before he held up a hand to stop her. "Eh? But… aren't you glad to see me too?" She suddenly turned cross. "Or was your show of sadness earlier nothing but just that… a show?!"

"It's not that," he answered, his stare again not meeting hers, but for different reasons than before. 'Am I… am I actually ashamed…?'

"What's going on then? My lord is far away, right now. He doesn't care of a minute encounter between us!" Rin said, pushing his hand away. "I just want a hug…!"

"No. I have to get somewhere," Inuyasha managed to state, somewhat sternly. "I don't have time for this right now, Rin."

"But… you had time for me all last week! What do Sesshoumaru-sama's words matter to you? You don't follow him! You don't even -like- him!"

"Rin, I can't tell you why," Inuyasha replied, before finally shooting an angry glare at her, as well. "It just doesn't concern you."

"But, it concerns you, obviously! Why, though? Why can't I know?" Rin asked, grabbing onto his sleeves, curiosity and suspicious mixing into one. "Tell me…! Or… is it so bad that I -can't- know…?" She didn't want to cry, despite the heat in her face. What were the tears for? There was nothing to be sad about… besides the fact that this person she'd realized that she cared for was ignoring her pleas.

He nodded, sure that Rin would hate him for saying yes to Kagome's proposal. Rin had asked if she could stay by Inuyasha's side just some time before, just like Kagome had years ago. Did it mean the same thing in both times? With Kagome, she'd actually stated that she had feelings for him, and that was why, but with Rin… nearly everything about her was a haze.

And that haze around Rin was what intrigued him while she stayed with him during the previous week. Every question he'd asked her about herself, was answered with either something that concerned Sesshoumaru, or was something she just didn't know about herself. Rin had been an orphan, and grew up in a demon's care, while Inuyasha's mother died while he was still a young hanyou, so he grew up alone.

Rin and he had that similar haze of unwanted loneliness around themselves, unlike Kagome, who was sure of pretty much anything and everything she wanted or knew. Rin, he'd realized, was like Kikyou more than Kagome was. Even Kikyou didn't know what to think of herself, after all.

"Inuyasha…?"

He awoke from his inner thoughts, sighing as Rin looked at him with her dark, pleading eyes. She was so much like a child, still, but she'd seen many deaths through that innocent gaze. He slowly pulled her hands away from his arms as he spoke.

"Rin… you can't see me anymore," he started, just as the first tear fell down Rin's face. "And I can't see you, either. We can't even touch each other. I'm… going to be with Kagome from now on."

Rin shook her head, her hands reaching for her chest. "No… I want you to be with me… I don't want to let you go…!!" Her heart felt hard, and it was like something cold was grabbing for it. "No!!"

And just like that, she leaped at him, embracing him as they both fell into the darkness of the well. Jaken gasped, running up to the well and peering inside. Nothing. Two had fallen, yet none had reached the bottom.

"What… is this…?!" he pondered aloud, knowing that Sesshoumaru would be angry at him for letting Rin out of his sight, even if it wasn't technically his fault. "D-damn you, Inuyasha! I'll be killed!!"

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[author's notes] (sigh) I would add more… but I'll be posting more at the end of this week ((I think… XD)), so you all can just wait for that. O_o;; I got a lot of reviews for last chapter. Was it because of the marriage bomb? Hmmmm.

I think I'm making this story move too fast. But, whatever. It's the end of summer, I can't just keep pushing off these two's feelings the entire year, ne? Right. Anyway, next Monday, I'm going back to school. (sob sob) I'll try to post more, but I'll have homework, and you all know what a bizzitch that can be xDDDD. Oh well. I've got Algebra II and Biology this Semester… (sigh) You know I'll be twitching by Christmas, lol. At least I have Drama class -and- Art class in between those two subjects. ^___^ Woo. And then, next Semester, I should be able to write -way- more, because of my wonderful classes I'll be having! Yay! I don't mind Civics class, too much ((well, I haven't taken it yet so….)), and it'll be nothing but things that concern languages during that Sem! ^^; Spanish, Creative Writing ((OH YEAH!!! XD)), and English class. I hope I'll be able to write more, anyway… O_o;; CW might steal all my ideas, like it did last year….. (sigh) Anyway, as long as Marchan is supporting me, you don't have to worry about me halting this fic! ^___^ Remember, if you ever stop reviewing, I'll stop updating! (twitch twitch) And it'll be easy, too, with all my weird classes! (shakes a fist) You better be careful…..!!

Kinu: Don't try to intimidate the readers. It's just plain weird.

Me: >___>;;; (sigh) Don't forget to review. Click the submit button, that's all it takes for me to write another chapter. Toodles for now.[/a.n.]