InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Feelings Unresolved ❯ Chapter 10 ( Chapter 10 )

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Chapter 10

Rin watched as Sesshomaru practically hunted down the caterer for another glass of wine. She knew he was upset about something, she just didn't know what. She felt Naraku brush a curl out of her face, and returned her eyes back to him. She liked seeing his hair braided back, it was new to her, and he looked amazing in a traditional black and white tux. Being a demon of course nothing of his features aged one bit. He looked exactly the way she remembered him a few years back.

“Is he always so uptight?” he asked. Rin shrugged.

“Sometimes Mr. Taisho can be a little frustrating, but that's just who he is, and I accept that.” She noticed Sesshomaru turn his head to look at her, and considering his dog hearing, she knew he heard everything she had just said.

“Well that's nice of you, the Rin I used to know wouldn't take any of that.” Naraku searched her eyes. She felt the need to look away, but didn't want him to start questioning her, so she held her ground. “What is he doing to my dear Rin,” he teased. She rolled her eyes.

“Treating me like a kid again?” she questioned crossing her arms.

“Oh of course not,” he pinched her cheeks, “Rin is a big girl now,” he finished in a baby voice.

“Naraku!” she exclaimed, slapping away his hands. “I have to go and check on Mr. Taisho now, before you decide to put me to bed.”

“Oh never that,” he said giving her a knowing look, “and save me a dance.” She sighed, finally walking over to Sesshomaru. He was on his fourth glass of wine. Yes, she was keeping track.

“Can you calm down on the wine please, I don't think I have enough muscle to carry you back to the mansion.” He threw back the glass he was on and placed it on the tray the caterer came by with.

“Don't worry about me girl.” Girl! She frowned at how distant he was being. She had finally gotten so far with him, and now this 'I don't know you' treatment? He had said something about the way she and Naraku were acting, could it be that he was jealous?

“Okay well if you get drunk and ruin the plan then I'll have to worry,” she whispered.

“What is going on between you and Naraku,” he asked, snatching another glass of wine. She looked at him shocked, but then it slowly turned into a glare when he took a sip of the wine.

“What on Earth are you talking about Sesshomaru?”

“You know exactly what I'm talking about. The way you two were acting with each other was anything but parent and child-like.”

“Maybe because he's not my parent, and it seems to me like someone is jealous.” She would understand if he was, because she hated how every female in the room was gawking at him with lustful eyes. Funny thing was he didn't even seem to notice, she on the other hand couldn't help but notice them all.

He threw back his wine then chuckled. “Me jealous? I'd be jealous of someone taking Sara, before I'd be jealous of you and Naraku.” She ignored that little hit, because she knew it was the wine talking, or at least she hoped it was, and she also knew that he would do anything to keep Sara away from him.

“Dance with me,” she said grabbing his hand and heading to the dance floor where there were already a few people dancing.

“Excuse me,” he said pulling back, but loosened a little to let her somewhat pull him to the dance floor.

“It's either I dance with Naraku or you. Pick!” He glared at her.

“Who are you to command me?” She sighed and released his hand.

“If you didn't even want to dance with me, then why bring me as your date?” They stood between other guest on the dance floor staring at each other. She blushed, embarrassed, when she saw other females giving her looks as if to say 'why would he want to dace with you anyways'. She almost stormed off, until he gently took her hand, pulled her against him, and they began to sway. She was shocked for a moment, but it disappeared when she realized she was in his arms. She caught sight of Naraku. He was staring intently in their direction with his arms crossed. She smiled at him and he returned it with an eye roll.

“Now is this so bad?” she asked Sesshomaru. He grunted. What a great dancer!

“You'll have to disappear soon, and this won't work if his eyes are glued to you like this.” When they did another turn she caught sight of Naraku still intensely staring.

“I'll have to dance with him. That's what he wants.” She smiled at what she was going to say next. “Or you can dance with him.” He stiffened.

“Or I can cut out your tongue for uttering such words,” he replied snidely. She grinned against his shoulder, resting her head upon it. She loved getting under his skin, but she also wanted to know what this thing between them was. Before that, she had to deal with her current problem and search for unseen clues in Naraku's huge mansion. This was going to be harder than she thought.

“The song is about to end.” She paused. “I'll have to dance with him.” Old memories were returning to her. A sad feeling came over her. Sesshomaru must have sensed the change in her emotions, because he suddenly pulled her away to look into her eyes.

“If you do not want to dance with him that badly...”

“No! That's not it at all. I'm ready.” He tilted his head. So adorable!

“Well if you want to dance with him that badly maybe we should end this dance right this moment.” She smiled leaning into him once more. She knew she was falling for this man way too quickly and it bothered her, but then again it didn't. What did that even mean!

“No Mr. Taisho. It's not that either. I like dancing with you.”

Once that dance was over, right on cue, Naraku was there to take her hand into a dance. She knew that   Sesshomaru did not want that one bit, but he eventually released her into the hands of her former guardian, and went off. Probably to have another drink.

She looked into the demons red eyes; he smiled. She couldn't help but return it, and even if she didn't want to she had to pretend like everything was good and going great tonight. She would be happy when the night was over and done with.

“I'm glad we can do this again,” Naraku said as they began to sway with the soft music that swept throughout the main room. It sounded romantic and intimate, and it made her some what uncomfortable.

“So am I Naraku. It has been so long,” she returned politely. They said nothing for a moment.

“You like him,” he said as if he didn't need her assurance, like he already knew.

“He's okay. He can be an ass sometimes, but I can accept that, because I'm the exact same way.”

“Oh I can agree to that,” he laughed. She slapped him on the arm, laughing as well. It enabled her to get a look into his eyes. She hated what she saw there, it made her sad. “But I can also vouch for the wonderful kindness in your heart as well.” He brushed the back of his palm against her cheek. It reminded her of the spicy session she and Sesshomaru had in his office. “But it will also be your undoing my dear Rin.” She look at him confused when he said that, but she didn't have a chance to question him on it, because he already pulled her back into his arms.

“What about me?” he suddenly asked. She knew this would come.

“What about you?” He leaned in toward her ear.

“What about your feelings for me,” he whispered. She inhaled sharply. She knew this was going to come. It wasn't supposed to happen! It never was supposed to happen!

“I-Naraku please,” she begged desperately, trying to pull away from him, but he held her to him.

“Calm down my dear Rin, I understand, it's still a sour subject. But you know you didn't have to leave   those many years ago. You could have stayed with me. Whatever happened then wouldn't have changed any-”

“Naraku drop it!”

She was able to pull away just enough to look into those blood red eyes once more. He looked as though he wanted to do anything but drop this conversation. As a matter of fact he looked frustrated. Something was bothering him. Something was wrong. I can feel it.

“You're right, I apologize, I hope you will accept it.” She nodded. “Well I'll leave you to your date now. Since everyone is here now I will announce my sincere thanks.” She hadn't even noticed that the music had stopped, and how many people piled into the main room. Just in time, Sesshomaru was there to pull her away from the dance floor.

“Interesting night is it not?” She looked up at the white angel, though tonight he was anything but with all those glasses of wine in his system. She took the one his his hand and placed it on a near by table.

“Enough, we need to get this done,” she replied.

“So I'm an ass aye?”

“Yes, an uber ass,” she said looking around the room for where Naraku had disappeared off to. She would never tell him that she like that about him though.

“Everyone will move into he main room, and once that happens you can go and look around,” Sesshomaru whispered. She looked up at him, but his face was void of any emotions. She knew she had pissed him off, but if he couldn't be with a human why was he acting like a jealous boyfriend? And if she couldn't be with a demon why did she like the fact that he was acting like a jealous boyfriend? “Move now!”

She quickly made her way out of the main room as she heard Naraku greet his guess, but tried to look as casual as possible. When she finally saw the large stairs ahead of her, and that no one was around to see her, she quickly plucked off her heels and bounded up the flight of stairs. It was somewhat difficult to do in the dress she had on, but she made it up.

Rin slowly made her way down the hall. To her discomfort the lights were all off leaving her in pitch black darkness. It took a moment for her eyes to adjust. “Now is not the time to panic Rin,” she whispered to herself. When she used to live here it had never felt this creepy and ominous. That's because you were welcomed dumb ass!

 She recognized a couple of doors, but once opened they were just guess and sitting rooms. She continued down the vast hallway, turning corner after corner. She found herself standing before a way too familiar door. She was about to open it, but jumped when she heard a door shut down the hall. She paused for a moment, listening for anything that would signal any unwanted witnesses. “Calm down Rin. It's not a haunted house.” I think! It could just be some house maids cleaning, that's all.

She finally recognized the door that lead into Naraku's office. This door was huge compared to the other doors in the house. This one had a weird spider engraved into it. For some reason her former guardian had an obsession with spiders, but she didn't know why. They were sneaky, disgusting, and sometimes dangerous little things. Even the smallest ones that seemed harmless, could have you on your knees in seconds. That's why she knew they were never to be underestimated and she never did.

She tried to turn the knob but it was locked. Lucky for her she had those pins in her hair. She proceeded to pick it. Yes, I know how to pick locks. Dealing with the death of her parents at such a young age was not a fun thing, and she actually got into a lot of trouble, until Naraku knocked some sense into her. Showing her that the world wasn't dead to her just yet. Thus her passion for business arose.

She jumped out of her thoughts once more when she heard foot steps coming down the hall. She tried to stay calm as she fiddled with the lock. It finally worked once the mysterious foot steps grew closer. Rin threw the door open, ran in, and shut and locked it behind her. When the foot steps passed the door and headed further down the hall, she released a breath that she had not realized she'd been holding.

Rin flicked on the lights and instantly scrunched her face up in disgust at all the collections of different types of spiders. They were displayed all over his office. It was now she remembered she had never been in the large office. It had a dark feeling to it compared to her bosses romantic feel. The color black was in the room more than she would have liked. Rin you are not here to redecorate!

She hopped to it opening drawers and filing cabinets, trying to read as much of the files she pulled as possible, not wanting to miss something important. When she found nothing after a full five minutes everything began to seem pointless, until she laid her eyes on a file that had the name on it. It was dated a year ago, before Kagura even passed, which meant he already knew about Nami. She made a copy of the document before she put the file away, and stuffed the paper into her bra, trying to make it look as natural as possible.

She clicked a key on his desk top and lucky for her the password was recently put in. It's not like you to be so careless Naraku. She opened his documents and in them were files all on Kagura, Kanna, and surprisingly her. The were files all on Kagura's death and Kanna's recent death as well. On her were just files of what she schools she went to, her parents deaths, papers from her school about her behavior, her grades in college, up to where she worked today. Why would Naraku need all this? She frowned when she even saw doctors appointments she'd even made in the past, one in particular frightened her to no end. Does he know about-

She looked up when the knob began to turn, and she instantly closed the files and logged off completely. She knew it would be bad if she was found sitting at the desk, and moved away to be seated on the nearby black couch in the corner. She decided she would be caught anyways, so just played like it wasn't odd or out of the ordinary that she was in the room.

She watched as the door swung open and in walked Naraku. He shut the door behind him, and it took everything in her not to scream when he locked it. He looked over in the direction she was, but was surprised that it was just now he realized that she was even in the room. He frowned and furrowed his brow at her.

“Would you like to tell me what you are doing in here?” he questioned making his way toward her. There was something off about him, something different.

All she could do was stare. Shit! What the hell am I supposed to say!