InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Exhilarating ❯ You're The Only One I See ( Chapter 13 )

[info] Ahh... terribly sorry that I wasn't able to update this past weekend. (sob) Remember the person I went to go visit about two weeks ago? Yes, well, he died last Sunday, so my family and I attended his funeral. o.o;;; Didn't have contact with a computer since... well, a long time. And I missed four-week-assessments in school. (sigh) Ah, well. Anyway, I'm glad no one stabbed at me for putting in song lyrics in the last chapter! XD I may do it again in the future ((though most likely no)), if I ever find a song and a chapter sounding similar again. n.n;;

Oh, and if the chapters look extra sloppy nowadays... it's because FF.net doesn't like the symbols I put up to make my chapters pretty. u.u;;;;;; (double sigh) Anywho... I don't have much more to say here so, ta for now, and enjoy the chapter![/intro]

Rug: Tenshi doesn't own Inuyasha!!! Nor does Marsama. n.n It makes me feel... almost sorry for them... teehee! (frolics away)

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Exhilarating Chapter 13 - You're The Only One I See

By: Tenshi and Marchan

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Her chocolate eyes blinked twice in confusion, as Rin stared after the toad demon's waddling form. She was following him, and the fact that he was the same color as the lush foliage around them wasn't helping.

"Jaken-sama, wait a second...!" she whispered, a hand quickly reaching at the short youkai's back and grabbing his yukata from behind. "Why in the world would Sesshoumaru-sama's surprise be here?!"

Jaken quirked his head around, huge, yellow eyes glaring at the human who had handled his clothing. He tugged himself out of her grip, and went back to facing forward. "Because, Rin," he hissed in reply, "I wanted to make sure Sesshoumaru-sama couldn't find out about it." Judging from her unblinking, yet still confused, stare, the frog assumed she didn't catch the way he'd deridingly said both her name and their master's.

"But, Jaken, I don't thi-" An awkwardly clawed hand clasping itself over her mouth signaled for her to shut up.

"Just follow...!!"

The girl nodded in reply, still slightly unsure of this. Actually, for a while now, she hadn't been sure of much of anything. Not since she last saw Inuyasha. But, how long had it been since then? At the very least, a fortnight, Rin presumed. And while that wasn't very long, she still felt it to be many years, or even centuries.

At first, she carried around a constant pain in her heart from leaving Inuyasha in that field, half-dying, but then after those beginning days, the ever present force of Sesshoumaru quieted that guilt until it came to the point where the only time she ever felt like crying was at night, when she was sure they thought she was sleeping.

Sesshoumaru certainly did seem different after she chose him over Inuyasha, Rin had realized some odd days before. But, he didn't act different. He just... was. After all the time she's spent with him, Rin had never actually received so much... well, attention from the taiyoukai before then. Nowadays, he'd started acknowledging many of the things she did, and spoke to her rather than keep to himself. Now, it wasn't so much of a big step... before, there were those rare days when he would speak more than usual, and Rin had only presumed she was experiencing one of those unusual days after rejoining Sesshoumaru. But then, that unusual day stretched into an unusual week, before finally becoming two very odd weeks.

It had even gotten to a point where he would start a conversation with her. Yes, that had to be the strangest thing of all. Before, all the dog demon really wanted to talk about, when he did speak, usually pertained to either where they were going next, or if he wanted one of them to do something. But, a few days before... he'd actually asked her why she decided to choose him.

Rin couldn't speak at that moment. She'd nearly gone mute again! Why would he want to know that? Sesshoumaru usually presumed that he was the best and that was why everything went his way and whatnot. But... was he actually questioning his own authority at that time, in some odd, yet connected way? Jaken had actually started foaming at the mouth, and tripped over his own staff, which he'd dropped in the first place.

However, before Rin could answer, Sesshoumaru had turned his head and told her to forget about it. She supposed it may have been because it took her forever to actually even begin thinking of an answer, but could there have been more? That was what had really been bothering her the past five days, since he'd asked.

"Rin, watch where you're going!!" squawked a very angry toad demon from in front of her. The girl finally realized she'd been walking so mindlessly, that she'd actually almost walked into a tree. "Pft, humans..." Jaken muttered, heatedly. "It's this way." He pointed to the side, where a large amount of bushes blocked their view.

"Okay then..." Rin tilted her head. "Well?"

"Well, what?" He glared at her once more.

"Well... what now...?!"

Jaken shook his head, getting more and more annoyed. "I just told you, but I guess your feeble, human brain was too busy loitering over its lingering memories of hanyous to focus, huh?!"

"What?!" Rin wasn't exactly sure what that meant, but what she did manage to understand included Inuyasha.

"You need to crawl in there and keep going until you hit a wall," Jaken explained, a slight smirk then appearing on his misshapen face. "Now, don't stop...!! Just keep going, and be sure to walk fast!"

"But... why? What if I miss it? Can't I just go slow and try to look for i-"

"No!" he suddenly cried, causing Rin to step back in surprise. "Um... uh..." The mini demon stuttered for a bit, trying to think up an excuse for her to run rather than walk, due to the fact that her walking would terribly mess up his plan. "Ah, you see Rin... there are plants in there that are quite dangerous, though I'm not sure which ones are. So you don't get trapped by one of those carnivorous bushes, I highly, highly, highly suggest that you run! Yes, so that their vines can't wrap around you and crush you to death...!"

"But, Jaken, why would you want Sesshoumaru-sama's surprise to be hidden by dangerous plants? And why can't you just burn them with your staff...?"

"Ah... ah...!!" The frog glanced around eagerly, suddenly getting anxious. "Just get going!!" He pushed her into the thick, clawed branches, the girl crying out as he did so. "Now hurry up! Before they get you...!" he called, as Rin immediately began running, yelping with everyone scrape of foliage, in fear of it being one of the man-eating plants.

Jaken snickered as soon as he couldn't see a trace of the teen's yukata any longer. It had taken him a few days, but the demon was finally able to concoct a plan to get rid of Rin and make it look like she was the one at fault, not he. 'Finally... the whelp is out of my lord's hair, and mine as well.' He started walking the opposite way, humming a merry little tune as he went. 'And soon, all Sesshoumaru-sama will have left of her being will be a very tattered body. I can kill her anytime I want, but... Master Sesshoumaru can just as easily revive her. Which is why... I need to make sure she is torn to bits...!

'How fortune for me to have found a cliff so overpopulated with sweet-smelling foliage, that one could easily fall off and not even know one was near the edge! And what makes this even better is that at the very bottom of the steep, rocky cliff is an equally rough and rocky river...!' The youkai snickered further, thinking that he was a genius among geniuses for thinking up such a plan, when in actuality, all he did was see the cliff from the other side of the river, and put two and two together.

'However... perhaps the best part is yet to come. Sesshoumaru-sama will be totally unable to link this to me, for even if a trace of my scent still lingered on the girl, those plants and that water will have long subdued it. Hehehehe...!!'

Rin ran and ran, faster and faster, as marks of bright red appearing on her arms, legs and face from the vines and branches that scratched and snapped at her. And with each touch, the girl tried to move faster to escape what she though were dangerous, when in fact, the true danger lay up ahead in wait. 'Jaken.. why... did it... have... to... be... he-'

"Heeeeyyyyyaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!" she screamed, feeling herself plunge downward. However, her fall was cut short, as she'd stopped it with a quick grab at a rock that'd been jutting out. Rin breathed heavily, eyes wide, as she tried not to stare down and instead concentrate on holding onto the cliff. But, that was a bit hard when her grip was loosening, and she wanted to know how long it would take before she died a horrible, bloody death.

Her dark brown eyes glanced down, taking a deep breath beforehand, and she screamed once more. It had to be a million feet down! Her toes dangled below her, as she tried to get them to attach to the ledge, but without avail. "No.... no...." she muttered, shutting her eyes. "I'm dreaming... I'm dreaming...!!" But then her hand suddenly slipped on the rock it was clamped onto, and Rin immediately realized that it wasn't a dream; this was a nightmare come true.

As she tumbled down the jagged crack in the earth, and plunged into the waters, the swift cold sweeping over her thin form, Rin felt her mind race through many things. It only made the things happening seem to last forever, compared to her life. The white foam closed in over her head, as she felt her limp body being dragged along the river's current at a racing speed. 'No...'

A similar, aching pain suddenly formed in her chest. Was it her suffocating...? No, this was more painful than that, it had to be. Was it... grief? Lament not over her own death, but for the fact that she would never have a second chance to see Inuyasha...?

"Rin..." A voice...? Or was that in her head?

"Rin... Stay with me." Suddenly, her vision was no more, as the pain in her chest only grew more, as did the calling of that voice. It wanted her... but she could go to it.

Her lips parted in the water, a last stream of bubbles fluttering out as she whispered words that became muffled in the roar of the rapids. "Inu... Inuyasha......"

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"Inuyasha...!" Her voice was shrill in the hallways of the building, as Kagome called for Inuyasha to hurry up. "Come on, people will only stare more if you walk slowly!!" She waited patiently for him to catch up, as he held several large bags of groceries in each arms. He was wearing a baseball hat, to cover up his dog ears, however his silver hair still shone brightly in the dimly lit halls.

"Feh," the hanyou muttered, rolling his amber colored eyes. "And what of it if they stare...?" Despite his words, Kagome could still tell that it did matter to him if people looked at him oddly. What made it especially obvious was the way he pulled the hat Kagome lent him even more over his demonic eyes, as well as the bright scarlet blush that had appeared on his face.

She smiled, in spite of it. He'd done some really bad things to her over the past few weeks but... no he seemed fine. And it was only a moment's madness, right? 'Well, I certainly hope so...' she thought, suddenly glancing elsewhere. She felt more hurt than angry when she found Inuyasha asking that other girl to run away with him. However, her actions then don't even seem clear to her, herself. Kagome could barely remember what she'd done; all she could recall was that angry glare Sesshoumaru gave her before she had returned back to her time through the well.

Such a fierce look had been in his eyes, much worse than any she'd seen before, even when he was fighting Inuyasha. It flashed crimson, and she could've sworn he had already transformed and was glaring down at her from his true form's immense height. Kagome didn't finish what she was going to say before because of that terrible gaze from Sesshoumaru. Why did it frighten her so, when not even staring into the death-bringing face of Tokijin scared her?

Or, perhaps it wasn't his look that startled her, but rather the emotion behind it. An angry glare is one thing, but one with powerful feelings behind it was another. And maybe it was the idea of Sesshoumaru having thoughts other than acquaintanceship towards Rin that truly alarmed her. Of course, such a notion could alarm anyone; who ever heard of Sesshoumaru caring for a human? It was absurd enough when they found out he even allowed one to follow him about, but for him to actually care about her... that had to have been insanity!

After all, she was talking about Sesshoumaru. The taiyoukai who ventured to kill his own brother...! Geez, and to think that he, Mr. High-and-Mighty, could actually have feelings for a human? It truly was insanity but... that was what she saw in his golden eyes. Not coldness, like before, but warning. A warning to Kagome, telling her not to lay a hand on Rin.

'Maybe he really does have a heart... despite how crazy that sounds-'

"Kagome...! Hey, are you paying attention?!" Inuyasha snapped his fingers in front of her eyes again, apparently waiting for her to open the door. "Let's go, these bags are bloody heavy!"

She blinked, coming out of her dazed thoughts. Kagome quickly unlocked her apartment door, opening it wide for Inuyasha to step through, bags in tow. He'd stayed with her for the past two weeks, not letting him out of her sight. However, it didn't seem like he wanted to go much of anywhere. Including outside of the building.

"They'll stare...!!" he'd whined earlier, trying his best to resist Kagome's attempts to rip him out of the room. "I'll probably be shot at or something!"

She'd argued back, as well, of course. "No you won't! That's murder...! Now come ON!!!" Kagome finally won out in the end, after threatening to make him sleep in the hallway that night. However, that didn't stop the half-demon from mumbling the whole time, and glaring at innocent, random bystanders.

Perhaps Kagome wouldn't take him out anymore.... As soon as Inuyasha had dropped the bags down in the kitchen, he practically glomped the bed, glad to be back in the dark safety of Kagome's room. "I am never going out again...!" he sighed, more of a statement for Kagome rather than a random saying.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll make a note of that," she replied, snorting. "Next week, when I drag you to the skating rink."

"What?! Kagome...!!"

"Geez, I'm kidding!" the woman laughed nervously, as Inuyasha growled in warning. "Don't worry, we'll find a better disguise for you."

"Whatever." He crossed his arms, glaring at the wall, as he sat up on her bed, in his usual, trademark Inuyasha manner.

Kagome smiled, sitting down next to him. "So... I guess that includes never going back to the Feudal Era, huh...?"

"What?" He hesitantly looked back at her. "N-no... Er, maybe. I don't know!"

"Don't worry, as long as I go with you, I suppose... we could go back there..." She placed a finger on her chin in mock thought, just waiting for his reply.

After a while, he finally turned slowly towards her. ".... really...?" She nodded.

"Mmhm! And then we can see Miroku and Sango, too...!" Kagome stood, and straightened her skirt. "I can't remember the last time I saw their kids." Just as she was about to leave the room to start making dinner, Inuyasha grabbed her arm before she could take a step. "Yeah...?"

"When?" he asked. "Can we go tomorrow?"

"Sure." He released her arm, just as an odd shiver overtook him again.

It was like a rush of cold just pierced through him. Like before, when he found that Kagome had taken him back, even after what he'd done and what she'd heard. But... was this just a coincidence? His hands rubbed over his arms, to try and dispel the cold from himself. It was a bit unnerving, after all.

Inuyasha then lay back, and lied there on the bed, staring at the ceiling. What if... he saw Rin again? The reason why he tried to stay by Kagome's side all the time in the Present Era was because he didn't want to betray her trust again but... would he honestly be able to control himself if Rin came back? If that time, she wanted to truly stay by his side...? Would Inuyasha choose to go with Rin, or stay with Kagome?

He smirked, a hint of despondency tinting his ocher eyes. So this was what Rin went through? Inuyasha had tried to forget her by spending as much time with Kagome as he could but... it really had only been two weeks after all. That wasn't much time, even to one who lived as long as he; how could he expect to forget her? Sure, only a few days had been spent with the teen. But... it was what happened during those days that really impacted his human heart...

He had carried her back to the village, after the mantis had injured her arm. He told the twins to go back to Miroku and Sango, as he laid Rin inside the hut. She seemed to have been half-feverish, for Inuyasha could just barely hear her whispering random nothings in her sleep.

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"Sesshoumaru-sama..." Her eyes clenched tightly, before relaxing, the blood from her arms slowing a bit since she'd gotten the slash. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at the sight. She didn't seem to be doing well, and the sound of his half-brother's name was starting to irk him.

"Sesshoumaru this, Sesshoumaru that... geez," he mumbled, rolling his eyes. "You do realize, girl, that if it were him fighting that thing, he would've let it eat you first...!"

"Un..." she lightly opened her eyes, their stare looking so dazed he was surprised that she acted like she could see straight. Yet, apparently, she wasn't thinking straight from what she said next. "Sesshoumaru-sama...!"

Her arms flew around Inuyasha's neck, the girl wincing slightly from the pain in her right arm. "Ah... my arm...." Rin's eyelids seemed heavy on her eyes, as Inuyasha tried to pull her off of him.

"I'm not Sesshoumaru! Get it straight...!" he quietly demanded, not wanting to make more noise than necessary. "Now stay still, and stop moving." The hanyou laid her back down on the mat, Rin's hands still slowly reaching for him.

"Sesshoumaru-sama...! Sesshoumaru-sama!" she cried, tears starting to lightly appear at the corners of her eyes.

He gulped. 'Dammit... why's she crying?!' his mind raced, as Inuyasha's gaze trailed off to the side. "Stop it. Just..."

"I can't..." Rin breathed, a pained look apparent in her hallucinating eyes. "Sesshoumaru-sama... I can't stop loving you...!!'

His eyes widened at the statement, as a light shade of red rose over his cheeks. "Wha... what?" He didn't get his answer, however, as it was that moment that Rin decided to fall entirely unconscious. "Agh, hey!" Inuyasha called to her, shaking her. She wasn't dead... Rin was still breathing. He sighed in relief.

'Well... at least she shut up,' his mind muttered, despite the relieved feeling that had settled on him.

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And it was over the time that she was sleeping that he made sure she was okay. He had watched over her sleeping for two days, she only waking at the end of that time while calling him Sesshoumaru, at the same time. And so, for the rest of the week, she stayed with the hanyou, actually appreciating his company more so than she'd hoped to before.

It was during this time that she felt the stirrings of hidden feelings for him, as he did for her.

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He'd said it was fine if she could stay. She felt so happy inside, but... why? Who was he to her, anyway? Just her lord's half-brother is all, ne...? Or not? Or perhaps Rin was just imagining that she was glad, to be grateful. 'Yes, that must be it,' her mind reasoned, as she waited for Inuyasha to return inside.

'But... how can I not care if I'm actually waiting for him?! Eh?' She shook her head in reply to herself, regretting it soon after, for she felt dizzy. "Ah..." she groaned, before her head fell back down onto her pillow.

At that moment, Inuyasha walked in. "Rin...? What'd you just do?" he asked, sensing she'd done something to make herself feel worse. For some odd reason, the girl seemed to have a knack for that. He mock-glared at her when she didn't answer. "Well...?"

Rin crossed her arms, a pout on her lips. "Stop thinking I'm a self-made disaster...!"

"Feh, well you are," he remarked, rolling his eyes. She suddenly had a good mind to trip him as he stepped over her to get to her other side. But, she didn't. Instead, the girl allowed him to sit down beside her lying form, having been half-hoping that he was going to do that in the first place.

She smiled, as soon as he sat down, rousing a raised eyebrow from the hanyou. "What are you so happy about...?" he mumbled, staring down at her through narrowed, suspicious eyes.

"Well... you like to act so mean but... unlike Sesshoumaru-sama, people can actually tell you have kinder intentions behind your words."

His brows furrowed, in confusion. "What?" Inuyasha suddenly seemed embarrassed to have been called kind by this girl who, just days earlier, had been yelling countless terrible names at him. "Wait... what do you mean by... people?"

Rin giggled, sitting up. "You know, that monk and that woman who are always speaking with you. They can back me up; they were the ones who pointed this out to me in the first place." To this, the half-demon snorted.

"Huh, I'll just have to keep that in mind then..." Inuyasha humphed, quirking a brow as he glanced elsewhere.

"Say... who is... Kagome?" she suddenly asked, a more serious tone evident in her voice.

His dog-like ears perked up, the hanyou slightly twitching at the words. "... what... what do you mean?"

"Who is she to you? Your friend? Or... more?" Rin looked at him, her eyes searching his for answers. His seemed to hold as much suppressed feelings as her own, save for their love going to different people; his for Kagome, hers for her Sesshoumaru-sama.

"Kagome is.... She is important to me, if you can understand that." Inuyasha turned his gaze away from hers, his nature having become a lot more serious. "I guess... I care about her...?"

"It sounds like you're asking a question," remarked Rin, resulting in an angry glare from the half-demon. "But, I see what you're saying all the same..." She smiled, suppressing another laugh. "You act so loud and boisterous all the time, dog-boy, but you're actually too shy to function...!"

"Hey...!!" He scowled at her, narrowing his eyes.

She waved her hand, in a 'calm down' kind of way. "Sheesh, don't get so mad...!" Rin pulled her knees up to her chest, laying her head on them as her arms wrapped around them. "You shouldn't be embarrassed. It's nice to know demons can have feelings, too."

"Feh." With that, she could've sworn she saw him blushing, but soon dismissed it as a trick of light. "You're the one who kept calling me a damned half-breed just days before, and now you can't even remember what you said? I'm not all demon."

The girl snorted. "Maybe not, but you like to act like you are." She sat up fully then, crossing her legs from beneath the sheet that was lying on top of her, and leaned closer to the hanyou. "You were mad before every time I accidentally called you 'Sesshoumaru-sama,' and yet you're so fond of pretending to be him."

"I don't pretend to be him...!" he protested, anger obvious on his face. She was starting to irritate him, with her snide comments and remarks. "That bastard and I are nothing alike!"

"Huh, really," she muttered, raising a brow. Rin lowered her forming glare, her hand folded tightly together in her lap, their grip rubbing against one another. "I... I hate it. I hate how he doesn't talk to me."

Inuyasha's ears twitched once more. "What...?"

Her features suddenly turned to one of heartache. "I want him... to speak to me sometimes. And he'll just ignore me. Either that, or only answer with short words." That hanyou watched her form, a sudden, and unexpected, feeling of sympathy sweeping through him as she spoke.

"He can be so cold... and then be so kind that I forget." Again, her knees folded up against her chest, as she wrapped herself around them. Her face burned hotly with threatening tears, half in embarrassment of allowing the dog-demon beside her to see her like this, and half because she was finally able to state her feelings for Sesshoumaru. "It's... cruel... ne?"

He couldn't answer. This was he brother she was talking about; as far as Inuyasha was concerned, the guy acted like that to everyone. What would make her different? But... she was different. Or, she should've been different to Sesshoumaru. Rin was so true in her feelings, and almost overwhelming to be with. If she couldn't change the cold-hearted taiyoukai, who could...?

Inuyasha opened his mouth to reply, but found himself unable to reply as her eyes, hinted with tears, slowly turned to look him. Instead, he curtly nodded, a look of uncertainty on his face.

"Inuyasha... if it had been you who had found me... instead of Sesshoumaru-sama," Rin began, raising her head up lightly, a look of wondering on her face, "do you think... that I would be who I am?"

"Hm?"

"As in," she hesitated, before shyly turning towards him, questioning apparent on her face, "would... I be Sesshoumaru-sama's Rin? Or... would I be Inuyasha's Rin?"

He looked at her oddly, not too sure of what she meant, until it finally made sense. Would she still be herself? Her caring, somewhat protective, yet still childish self? Inuyasha's lids lowered, as he thought. 'No... she wouldn't.'

"You're perfect just the way you are," he said, quietly, his bangs hiding the amber tint in his eyes. "If... if you were with me and my friends instead of with my brother, you'd be different." Looking up, the hanyou half-smirked, placing a hand on the girl's head. "Heh, for one thing, you wouldn't be so pure, with that lecherous monk running around..."

Rin returned the smile, shrugging her shoulders a bit. "Then, I'm happy with the way things went, and are."

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Her smile... that was most likely the thing most burned into his mind. He could suddenly see why his half-brother had ended up keeping her around; Rin's smile was bright, and genuine. Some people laughed out of pity for another, or just for ridicule. But, Rin had a true laugh. Perhaps that was why she still seemed so much like a child?

Inuyasha sighed, exasperatedly. He had to stop thinking of her! It was wrong, above all, and besides... Kagome didn't have thoughts of any other man, so why should he think like that? In fact, the way Kagome had acted over the two weeks he stayed with her, nonstop... it would've seemed like nothing had happened. How can anyone do that?

'Too much practice from the run-ins with Kikyou, I say...' the hanyou mentally commented, quirking a brow. That brought a smirk to his face, even if it was in a bad light. He turned over on the bed, finding that for some reason, he arms seemed to have fallen asleep. When he did, however, Inuyasha came face to face with Kagome's smiling one.

"So... what are you thinking about that's so humourous?" she asked him, one brow rising in question, as the smirk played on her lips.

"N-nothing...!" the half-demon denied, quickly. He scowled, sitting up before shaking his arms out and crossing them.

"Huh, really?" she asked, slyly, sitting next to him. Her words struck a nostalgic chord with him.

"Huh, really. I... I hate it. I hate how he doesn't talk to me."

He hid whatever look was deceiving him by turning his face away from her watchful, chocolate eyes. The woman snorted in response.

"Then... what were you thinking about...?" she tried again, trying to peek around to see his face. The hanyou merely turned back to her and glared; it was almost mockingly, but a glare nonetheless.

"Fine," Kagome humphed, narrowing her eyes in suspicion. "If you don't want to tell me... I'll just have to torture it out of you...!" And with that, she leapt onto the unsuspecting demon, a grin plastered on her face, as she pinned his arms down to the bed.

He cried out in surprise at first, but was quickly shut up by the gentle touch of her lips on his. When she pulled away slightly, for another go, he hesitated before muttering, "And you call this torture...?"

She smirked, reaching her head up to whisper into the ears on top of his head. "Only if you're gay."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, before swiftly turning the tables and rolling her onto her back, wanting control of the situation after such a statement. "I can assure you... this damned half-breed isn't into guys." He leaned in, but stopped just short of her lips before deciding against it. He slowly pulled himself off, and stood, brushing off the Present Era clothing Kagome had gave him to wear when they went out.

"What happened?" Kagome asked, a bit worried about him after such a scene. "When do you turn down a random romp...?"

Inuyasha scratched the back of his head, gazing upwards. "Eh, I just don't feel like messing around right now...." And with that, he turned away, and walked out the front door, into the apartment building's hallway, leaving a very confused Kagome alone on her mussed bed.

In truth, he just couldn't touch the woman after such thoughts about Rin. It made him feel... guilty. Even more so when Kagome was the one who instigated it. He sat down in front of the door, crossing his arms in his usual fashion. Why did Rin make him feel like what he was currently doing was wrong...? What was he supposed to do? Where was he supposed to be...?

Inuyasha leaned against the door, his head laying against it lazily, as the hanyou delved deeper into his thoughts. 'Why? Why is Rin the only one I can think of....?'

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[author's notes] W00t, made it extra long this time, to compensate for my not posting over the past two weeks. (lament lament) Gomen nasai, but I had to go to the funeral of the one who I had to go visit some odd weeks before. ;-; Don't be mad. Well, unless you're mad because I made Inuyasha and Kagome kiss again. Heh, they've done it about... oh, three times so far in this entire story? O.o; Wow. (cough) And maybe if you're mad because I'm making Rin drown... (dodges any thrown house elves) Well, anywho, you'll just have to check out the next chapter to see what happens. As you can see, I've had to change my little dividers. n.n; Hehe. If they show /up/ that is.... (sigh)

Anyway, I'm particularly happy because I finally got my fiftieth review! Yay! n.n I can only hope for more so... yeah! Hehehe! Oh, and don't worry about this turning into an Inuyasha and Kagome fanfic ((as I'm sure you just saw at the end of this chapter XD))! It was created for Rin X Inu, and it'll /end/ with Rin X Inu!! (nod nod) I just have to keep the characters /somewhat/ IC ((despite how OOC they already are... (sob) )) to make Marsama happy. Hehe, no, she wants to see Rin and Inuyasha together too. Don't blame her!! Blame me!! (stabs cardboard) =o= See? Me ish da ebil one. Mwahahaha...

Well.... review! (glare) Or else...!! xDDD[/a.n.]