InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Far Away Eye's Fairytales: A Drabble Collection ❯ The Day the World Went Away ( Chapter 27 )

Title: The Day the World Went Away

Author: Far Away Eyes

Word Count: 250

Genre: Angst, Tragedy

Characters: Rin

Rating: PG

Written for the Week 97: Boxes theme at iyfic_contest

 

“No! Don't put them in those scary boxes!”

 

A stupefied Rin watched the villagers prepare her slaughtered family for burial. The bandits had robbed her family of their lives first, and her speech second. She could still hear the screams of agony and see the swords spill her family member's blood. Rin had hidden during the attack, spared from the same brutal end. What would happen to her now?

 

“Please. I can't be alone. Don't! Not the boxes!”

 

Rin watched in horror as they nailed one casket shut. It was her father's. Who'd protect her now? Rin wanted to tell them to stop. She tried to speak, only to find her tongue stiff. The bandits had taken her family away, and now the villagers were doing it again.

 

“Don't nail him in the box! Don't! He can't get out! Don't do this! No! Not mother, too!”

 

She saw them slide the wooden plank over her beautiful mother's battered body. Rin wanted to wail, but couldn't shed a single tear. She felt trapped. On the inside, she howled, but outwardly could only stare in a silent daze. Rin couldn't stop them from nailing the coffin shut. It felt like they were nailing her voice in the box. Her limbs felt numb, refusing to respond to her commands. The villagers did the same to her siblings, completing their grim task with the final nail in the final coffin.

 

Rin stared at the plain wooden boxes, pleading silently, “Someone, anyone, please, help me.”