InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Finding True Love ❯ Chapter Two ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: I don’t own Rin or Sesshomaru, sorry they belong to Rumiko Takahashi…for now…

My Past, My Future, My Love.

By Miztikal-Dragon

Chapter Two

I watched these bandits around me, their drunken stupid-ness, it was really pathetic. They said that they were samurai’s, but I knew the difference and they were nowhere near anything remotely close that of a samurai. At least those type of men were honorable because the men I’ve traveled with definitely weren’t. They would be falling asleep soon hopefully, and then I would be able to try again to break free from their clutches and I knew my timing would have to be perfect in order for it to work. I had been working at my bonds all day, the jagged small rock in my palm left my fingers aching and cut, but it was well worth the pain if only I could feel the free wind like a girl my age should.

Maybe it was just me, but the whole day as I traveled with these men I could feel something watching from a distance. I don’t know what it was, and it could have been just something that I’ve made up with my imagination yet I still haven’t been able to shake the feeling that something’s wrong. It took me a few more minutes to break the rope than I thought it would, but I’m not complaining. The men are completely drunk and passed out on the floor near the flames, all I need is a few supplies and I’d be off. None of them would ever see me again and if they do, let’s just say it probably won’t be pretty.

I don’t have any shoes or clothes for that matter and the only thing I can find it the holy and ridiculously dirty shirts and trousers that a few of the less smaller men have stripped from their bodies. In my stomach, I can’t help but want to purge at the smell radiating off of the clothing, but my mind screams to take what I can get and hope that when I’m far enough away I can wash the smell out of it. For now I just hold my breath and move slowly hoping not to wake up any of them because I don’t want to know what will happen to me should they wake up in a drunken stupor.

I can hear the howling of wolves and I can feel my heart pounding faster. I know that it’s not the same as when they howl to the full moon, it is something different that brings fear into my heart, it’s like they are closing in on the prey. I don’t know what I am going to do once I am free from these men, but I know that there will be something out there for me, destiny has a place for everyone and one day I’ll find my own place. The horses near by seem to be quickly becoming nervous and then I know that something is watching me and these men, because a horse can feel danger a mile away.

I go over to the fastest one, and I quickly climb up on it. I am thankful that my father spent all that time trying to teach me to ride a horse, since now it was coming in completely usefully. Just as I settled on the horse, it shot off into the darkness of the surrounding trees. I cried out in surprise as I grasped the horse’s long dark mane in my fingers and held on tightly for my life. I could still hear the howling of the wolves, but they were closer now. Even if the wind was blowing slowly I could practically smell death in the air as I heard the bandits screaming from behind me, their cries for mercy. It all faded into the darkness around me as the horse continued running trying to search for safety.

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It was the day after the whole demon ordeal that Rin was trying her hardest to get back up on her feet. She was normally a very active person and not used to having to rely on other people to do things for her, it was just unheard of. Her father had convinced the three travelers to stay for a few days before they continued their journey and they graciously accepted the invitation. Miroku and Sango seemed busy as they left early in the morning only to come back late at night from surveying the area, Rin guessed they were sent by somebody.

Kohaku however, stayed behind. It was as if he was hell bent on watching the young twelve year-old, chastise her for trying to walk when the wound wasn’t given enough time to heal and it frustrated Rin to no end. Sure she knew that he was only doing it out of best intentions, but she had seen the disapproving glare of her older brother Sei, and his glare only meant that bad things would happen if she wasn’t careful. Sei always meant business and he was sometimes a scary person.

Rin frowned as Kohaku followed her like a lost puppy, he kept trying to persuade her to let him carry her so she wouldn’t have to injure herself further. He had kept pestering her that she finally gave up and she couldn’t keep the red from rising to her cheeks as her mother came to check up on her. Sure her mother laughed it off, but the embarrassment would stick with her during the endless teasing that was sure to rise up later. Even though she hadn’t wanted the older boy to carry her around, after a while Rin found it relaxing around him. It was as if he was the brother she never had but in a way she didn’t want to think of him as a brother figure.

“Rin?” his voice was soft and innocent, “Rin, what are you thinking about?”

He had brought her to the edge of the tall grass, and she could see the butterflies as they danced over the grass as if it were water. The little girl smiled as she looked up at Kohaku only to find his deep brown eyes staring unblinking down at her, it was as if there was suddenly a fire in her face as she blushed. There was something in his look that made her heart beat faster and her blood race with a vengeance

“I… Uh, nothing.” She stuttered moving her gaze back to the scenery next to her.

There weren’t many days that were like that, but the first few were awkward for the two of them. When Rin was allowed to walk again, the first thing she did was run out into the fields with the old hound dog and hid from Kohaku, she needed a break from him, but she didn’t want to hurt his feelings. She knew that it wasn’t a bright idea to go and run off by herself, but the dog was with her so she wasn’t really alone right? Well to her disadvantage, Kohaku was a great scavenger, and a excellent tracker so her little game of “hide and seek” never lasted longer than a few minutes at a time.

As the days seem to fly by like nothing, Rin found herself hanging out with Kohaku for hours at a time. She didn’t understand why she liked to see his smiling face so much, but it was something that she really cherished. Her parents and Kohaku’s friends seemed to believe that they were “falling in love” but technically children didn’t understand what the meaning of the word “love” was so it was just a crush that would hopefully develop into something much greater.

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