InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Getting to know you ❯ Chapter Fourteen ( Chapter 15 )
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By: MIztikal_Dragon 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 06.30.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.9K | Visits: 423 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 06.30.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.9K | Visits: 423 | Status: Completed
Disclaimer: No, I don't own them, never will, but a girl can dream. Koji, however, is mine, mine ALL MINE! Warnings: HEH wouldn't you like to know! O.O (sorry for any grammar and spelling mistakes in this chapter, I haven't had time to sit down and really edit this)
Getting To Know You
By: Miztikal-Dragon
Chapters Fourteen
The room was quiet and peaceful, though if screams of pain were ever to be heard no help would come to the rescue. It was Sesshomaru’s private library and any brave enough to enter uninvited into the elegant room filled with ancient books deserved their punishment. The heavy dark green curtains were draw back exposing the once stuffy room that was no being aired out by a large slightly opened window. Rin sat in an enormous chair, her legs folded underneath herself and a book twice the size of her head resting on her lap.
Hours had been spent daily falling deeper into the world of the written, and long tresses of onyx hair fell over her pale and concentrated face only to be pushed back behind her ear by small fingers. She had found herself drifting away into a tale of honor, lust, triumph, and surprisingly sometimes even love. It had ensnared her imagination and every little bit of time she could spare she was there, in her king’s library reading her life away.
“You know there are other things to be done besides reading,” Sesshomaru had entered the room a while before, his amber eyes watching the human girl carefully from where he stood near the open window. “What are you hoping to accomplish?”
Brown eyes peered up from behind hair at him, her lips curling into a soft sincere smile for the Inu-Youkai. “I don’t really know yet,” it was the truth and without skipping a beat, her eyes dropped back to the pages in front of her and continued. “Maybe I wanna see where it goes, maybe an ending that is not as depressing as all the others I’ve read here. Besides, it’s raining, what else is there that I’m supposed to do?”
“Allow Nazuna and the other Youkai women to finish teaching you the dances that are presented at ceremonies,” her brows furrowed and her muscles twitched. He wasn’t asking her or just innocently giving a suggestion, the Inu-Youkai king was subtly demanding her to put down the book.
“Why what’s the point?” Her attention was no longer on her book as she put it down on her lap, brown eyes glancing at amber. “I can’t do it nearly as well as they can! Anyway I heard that it was a bad omen for a human to know how to dance the dances of Youkai woman.”
Sesshomaru wasn’t going to budge on the topic anytime soon and they both knew it. Bad omen or not he didn’t care, to the Inu-Youkai king it was just an old wives tale, a myth, and something that he spent absolutely no time believing in. She didn’t want to butt heads with Sesshomaru, not with the current topic, but she couldn’t help it. Occasionally she wondered if she was getting cabin fever or just losing her marbles, it was all so frustrating for her to deal with.
“You will not accomplish anything by sitting here all day,” he said coldly, his eyes narrowing slightly. “Do not make me repeat myself Rin. I will not tolerate a lazy human to stay in my castle.”
Rin’s heart practically stopped beating from his harsh words. Lazy? He thought she was lazy? Tears were the first thing she would have expected to come, an overwhelming sadness and hurt, however the only thing that did come to her was anger. It was building in her stomach rapidly, boiling closer to the top that her eyes flashed at him and she snapped as she slammed the large book closed.
She wasted no time getting to her feet, discarding the enormous haphazardly on her seat and stomping away from where the Inu-Youkai stood. How could he say such a thing? Rin was angry and upset, but she tried to suppress it as much as possible. If Sesshomaru wanted to be this way then so be it, she would take her pathetic human self and go elsewhere. It hurt her because she cares so much about him, however, she wasn’t going to stand there (or sit) and let him drag her around in the mud. She was better than that.
“One day love will find you Sesshomaru,” Rin hissed standing, her dark brown orbs glaring into amber. It had been the first thing that came to mind and she couldn’t help but say it even though she knew nothing good would come from it. “And it’ll break all those chains that bind you! Destiny doesn’t just skip over people, it doesn’t work that way!”
“Non sense,” she wanted to hit him, to punch him and kick him until he had the ’sense’ knocked back into his stubborn head. “I will never love anyone, it is a pathetic human emotion Rin. Stop living in a dream world.”
Sesshomaru’s eyes narrowed before he turned his back on her and Rin could barely contain the tears prickling at the backs of her eyes. Calloused, he was always so cold and sometimes she wondered if everything was all in vain. Fleeing the room, Rin let a frown cover her face to hold back her tears. Pathetic human emotions? If that’s what they were then that was fine with her, she would rather be a pathetic human than to be a demon or half-demon and be like Sesshomaru.
Love was real, she knew it was and if the Inu-Youkai king denied it like the plague that was okay because Rin didn’t want to serve a fool of a king, she refused to. Fists clenched at her sides and despite it raining outside, she grabbed her cloak from her room and slipped on her shoes, she would find herself a new kingdom to belong to and nobody would stop her. Her name was being called by two people, however she ignored the both of them, they weren’t going to stop her, she was leaving.
Claws dug into her shoulder trying to turn her around and keep her from leaving and Rin could hear Nazuna’s concerned voice, but all Rin could feel was the anger of everything and she snapped. Twisting around, Rin growled letting her fist fly and hitting soft flesh. A surprised cry escaped from Nazuna’s throat and Rin wasted no time ripping the clawed hand from her shoulder and throwing the large doors open and heading outside into the inky rain-clouded sky.
Fat droplets of water soaked through her midnight cloak faster than it took her to trek to the stable yard and swing open the wooden doors. The anger was slowly beginning to dissipate with the coldness of the rain, however, there was no turning back for Rin. Her heart was silently aching and the frown had yet to leave her face, she still had her pride to deal with and she was head strong about leaving. She wouldn’t allow anyone to try and change her mind.
Sniffling, Rin wiped her nose on the sleeve of her cloak as her eyes gazed calculatingly at the few horses that occupied the stalls. She was short on time to get away and she knew it, but she had to make sure she took the best horse for her journey from the west. The greenish horse that was hidden near the corner grazing on dry hay made her want to roll her eyes. It was a stubborn horse and sometimes she asked herself why Sesshomaru kept “Jaken” at all. Hell it was lazier than what the Inu-Youkai had claimed her to be and something a kin to jealousy surfaced and the sudden urge to kick the stupid beast was almost impossible to suppress.
Hearing Nazuna’s panicked chattering from outside coming closer, Rin frantically ran to the nearest horse and climbed onto it after shoving open the wooden gate. The horse was irritated as Rin was upset, but it merely huffed as her feet kicked gently at its stomach, doing more than urging it to start moving. Rin had no time to waste. Brushing away wet strands of ebony, Rin clicked her tongue against her teeth as two shadows appeared at the entrance.
The sound of rain impaling against the stable drove Rin almost to the edge and tightening her hold on the enormous horse, she tried to gallop away into the open and leave on an endless road of adventure if it hadn’t been for the loud whistle that had the horse she was on to stop and steer itself calmly back into its stall. Rin wanted to scream, she wanted to beat something or instill bodily harm on something or someone, she wanted to inflict pain so bad that she could feel her rage and frustration bleeding into her chest.
Sliding roughly off the horse, Rin stalked to where she had entered intending to just be allowed to waltz out without a word in edgewise, but things never went her way. Nazuna stood feet away from Sesshomaru, her arms crossing her chest, her eyes livid and a swelling red mark on her cheek where Rin had punched her not too long before. Her glare was sharp but not as menacing as the icy cold look Rin was receiving from the amber-eyed Inu-Youkai king. It didn’t take a genius to see that he was displeased with Rin’s behavior and maybe even a little disappointed, but honestly Rin didn’t care anymore.
“Nazuna go back inside,” his tone was void of all emotions and Rin could only stand there dripping wet matching his glare with one of her own.
The cat demon hesitated for a moment, unsure of whether or not to stay or go, but quickly she nodded her head and turned, heading back towards the castle. To defy Sesshomaru could have proved to be fatal at the moment so she obeyed. Once the Youkai woman was gone was Rin able to let out the breath she hadn’t realized she’d been holding, although it didn’t make her any less resolved over her current ‘pathetic human emotions’. She still was determined to go on her way with or without a horse or any supplies.
“I am not pleased with your recent behavior Rin,” Sesshomaru was talking down to her and Rin felt the tears stinging in her eyes. “There was no need to attack Nazuna either, it was barbaric and un lady like.”
His words were only adding fuel to her proverbial flames and never before had she felt so hurt and angry in her life. For a king, Sesshomaru couldn’t get his point across very well and if he liked this kind of torture she wanted to be no part of it. Gathering her bearings Rin was able to tear her vision from Sesshomaru and storm out into the rain only to be roughly pulled back by a pale clawed hand belonging to a certain Inu-Youkai behind her. Rin’s heart was pounding a mile a minute and she struggled to keep her anger from exploding as she tore her arm from Sesshomaru’s grasp.
“What?” She asked bluntly not looking back at him like it was order to do when speaking to royalty or nobles.
His eyebrow’s quirked (she would have seen such if she had bothered to glance back at him), but his tone stayed the same. “What do you have to say for your behavior? I will not tolerate such antics from you Rin.”
Rin’s eyes widened in disbelief and furiously she spun around, brown eyes burning with such fire that she couldn’t control herself as she screamed, her nails digging into the flesh of her palm and her teeth grinding together. How could he be this way? How was it possible to be so damn arrogant and cold? Was it genetic or something?
“Hypocrite!” She growled venomously, “Screw you! First I’m a lazy pathetic human with worthless emotions and now I’m un lady like and your disappointed in my behavior? If this is how you really see me as Sesshomaru why are you so fucking surprised? I’m human okay? That’s all I’ll ever be and if you can’t accept that then fine! Who needs you anyway! I’ll go somewhere else where pathetic humans are treated better! I understand now what Koji was trying to tell me. God, I’m so stupid..”
The tears fell silently from her eyes and Rin could only hide her face in her hands in hopes that they would stop. So many times she had openly showed her weakness to him in hope of something possibly greater, only to find an emptiness and hollow feeling in her heart. She couldn’t keep going on like this for much longer, Rin had merely trembling barriers left in her heart, she had limits and his words and actions were breaching these barriers and threatening to collapse them and leave her unprotected.
Strong arms encircled Rin’s shaking body and a firm yet cold body pressed flush against her own, a clawed hand pushing away her hood and resting on the back of her head. Her shoulders shook uneasily as she forced herself to stop crying, she wanted to be strong for herself, Rin just couldn’t keep going on as she was. He wasn’t going to apologize and she knew as much, Sesshomaru wasn’t the type to admit when wrong. None the less when an error was made and truthfully Rin didn’t want an apology, especially not from him of all people if that made any sense.
It took a few moments to calm herself down and wiping away the remnants of her tears with the back of her hand, Rin sniffled softly. Most thoughts of leaving in anger had abandoned her mind, yet hadn’t gone away completely. Rin wanted to get away from it all however, with Sesshomaru there holding her so gently as the rain continued to pour down on the two of them, she found herself having doubts. Why was she so wishy-washy with decisions when it came to Sesshomaru? Everything would be a lot easier if she could only make up her mind and stick with it to the end.
Taking a deep breath or two Rin tried to pull from Sesshomaru’s embrace only to find that it was in vain, the Inu-Youkai wasn’t planning on letting go of her and despite wanting to be alone, she also wanted to stay and let herself be held by a pair of strong arms. It felt so right, being close to him, smelling his masculine yet feminine scent. She felt as though she was home, though she knew that she was only being a fantasy-searching child by thinking that way. Her fingers clutched the wet cloth of Sesshomaru’s haori and she stared at her hands unsure of what to do now, or of what to say.
Claws ran through her hair and hearing the gentle, yet reserved stoic tone of his voice call her name, Rin found herself blushing at her current situation. There was sure to be many eavesdroppers and her cheeks flushed darker thinking of all the rumors that would find there way throughout the kitchens and whatnot. By morning everyone would have their own opinions and there would be even more heated glares tossed her way if the Inu-Youkai didn’t release her soon. Hell, her mind was bound to run away with new dreams and hopes, all of which she was not ready for, or wanting to add to the jumbled pains and emotions that she was feeling at the moment.
“Pl-please Sesshomaru,” her own voice was a little low and needy and Rin was barely able to recognize it as her heart sped up subconsciously as she licked her now parched lips.
She felt his clawed fingertips on her chin guiding it upwards and she was hesitant before allowing her gaze to lift and catch amber eyes. Familiar emotions flashed in his orbs before disappearing behind his emotionless mask. Her breath hitched in her throat as one of Sesshomaru’s hands rested on her waist as the other hooking under her chin. One minute she was gazing confused and almost helplessly into his eyes and the next she was clutching him as close as possible as his mouth covered hers.
At first she was too shocked to reply, to return it, however as the feeling came back to her hazy mind her hands slid to his shoulders and her lips parted inviting the object that had caressed her lips so teasingly into her mouth. Her blood raced and she forced herself to try and breathe from her nose as she let him dominate her through and through. Never before had she experienced such a powerful kiss as she currently was. There had never been such an animalistic need, an indescribable passion that Rin was lost to everything but the feel of him against her so completely and the cold droplets of rain dripping against her now hot flesh.
Sesshomaru pulled away trying to end their heated moment, but Rin only captured his lips in yet another demanding kiss. Even though there was a undying need coursing through her veins, the kiss was more gentle in nature and Rin relaxed in Sesshomaru’s hold as she snaked her arms around the Inu-Youkai’s neck and stepping on her tip-toes to try and get any leverage that was remotely possible. Wishing for it to last forever was laughable and naïve, however, finally ending their kiss, Rin’s breath came out in heavy pants as half lidded eyes gazed at Sesshomaru’s kiss-bruised lips. She longed to taste them again and explore the unknown territory, although she knew that it would be impossible .
Her cheeks flushed darker than she thought imaginable as Sesshomaru stared down at her (practically through her) and she was suddenly aware of just how intimate of a position they were in.
“Come Rin,” Sesshomaru said in a husky voice. “We must go inside before you can catch a cold. There’s still much that is left to be done.”
E/N: KYAH! It's been soooo long since I updated last! I'm so sorry for such the long wait! I stayed up really late the night before writing this chapter! And right when I got off work (at 8 p.m.) and got home I started typing it up! (it's now almost midnight, I get discratcted so easily!) THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED YOU'RE AWESOME!
Songs that enspired this chapter : "Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart)" by Journey, "Words" and "Nights on Broadway" by the Bee Gees! If you haven't heard these songs you should, they are awesome opossum!
Fanfiction:
SimplyElena - Yesh the romance ish here! Wolf-Inu-Yasha38 - Thankz so much! Yeah he should have but then I wouldn't have had this little hot tid-bit in this chapter. meh I can't spell on a keyboard anyway so no worries! Kaiya Sara - Kyaaah! Thankz. Sugar'N'SpiceRin - I try hard to keep him in character, and I only can hope that I do! Cuz that's just so spiffy! SilentXAngel - lol naughty? Yesh, mucho mucho naughty, (bad sesshomaru! You're too good to be true!) Thankz for the compliment and yes the picture is for this story, it was supposed to be Koji! I heart you mucho mucho (gives ya cookie!) You guys always make me happier! KokoroOfAnime - Thankz! Hinata-Chan - Anything can be more spicy! lol How much 'spicy' was this chapter for you? lol hope you liked it! Icygirl2 - Nah, I'm fine, it just smarts, I'm such a klutz! Thankz for your vote! Aireonna - I'm not sure whether or not he's gunna know about it, I'm still contemplating, but we can still giggle together like fangirls! heh! You make me laugh! babe-galanime - Okie dokie artichokie!
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White Luna - Yeah it does, doesn't it? Yesh I know, but it's not I swear! lol OOO inspiration! (makes me think of singing vogue!) lol please don't spork me too hard! I'll be dumb agan if ya do! ChibiRin - I know I laugh at him so much! It feels fine thankz!
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Nahauja - I didn't really change the story, it's just a branch off of another! This is actually a type of Prequel (sp?) to my story "Will You Be Mine?" of how Rin and Sesshomaru got together and what not! Lisa - lol yesh, I know, I haven't eaten dinner yet either! lol we ish coo, we ish coo! Animegirl007 - YAY! Glad to see that you're back! aww, don't cry, things get beter, they always do! LadyOfBreeding - I thank you then for reviewing my story! Don't feel bad, I often cry when writing really emotional parts, (though I'm just a sissy la-la) lol thank you so much for all your praise, you bring a smile to this girl's face! (give ya cookie and a hug)
The next chapter will be up as soon as I can write it! I'm going to one of my boss' wedding on Saturday so I'll see what I can do on Sunday! Wish me luck and the exciting-ness.. Oh, yeah I do know that I spelled thanks with a Z and there are some other wierd spelling in my e/n: 's, but yeah, it's coo! lol
Until next time, Krystal
Getting To Know You
By: Miztikal-Dragon
Chapters Fourteen
The room was quiet and peaceful, though if screams of pain were ever to be heard no help would come to the rescue. It was Sesshomaru’s private library and any brave enough to enter uninvited into the elegant room filled with ancient books deserved their punishment. The heavy dark green curtains were draw back exposing the once stuffy room that was no being aired out by a large slightly opened window. Rin sat in an enormous chair, her legs folded underneath herself and a book twice the size of her head resting on her lap.
Hours had been spent daily falling deeper into the world of the written, and long tresses of onyx hair fell over her pale and concentrated face only to be pushed back behind her ear by small fingers. She had found herself drifting away into a tale of honor, lust, triumph, and surprisingly sometimes even love. It had ensnared her imagination and every little bit of time she could spare she was there, in her king’s library reading her life away.
“You know there are other things to be done besides reading,” Sesshomaru had entered the room a while before, his amber eyes watching the human girl carefully from where he stood near the open window. “What are you hoping to accomplish?”
Brown eyes peered up from behind hair at him, her lips curling into a soft sincere smile for the Inu-Youkai. “I don’t really know yet,” it was the truth and without skipping a beat, her eyes dropped back to the pages in front of her and continued. “Maybe I wanna see where it goes, maybe an ending that is not as depressing as all the others I’ve read here. Besides, it’s raining, what else is there that I’m supposed to do?”
“Allow Nazuna and the other Youkai women to finish teaching you the dances that are presented at ceremonies,” her brows furrowed and her muscles twitched. He wasn’t asking her or just innocently giving a suggestion, the Inu-Youkai king was subtly demanding her to put down the book.
“Why what’s the point?” Her attention was no longer on her book as she put it down on her lap, brown eyes glancing at amber. “I can’t do it nearly as well as they can! Anyway I heard that it was a bad omen for a human to know how to dance the dances of Youkai woman.”
Sesshomaru wasn’t going to budge on the topic anytime soon and they both knew it. Bad omen or not he didn’t care, to the Inu-Youkai king it was just an old wives tale, a myth, and something that he spent absolutely no time believing in. She didn’t want to butt heads with Sesshomaru, not with the current topic, but she couldn’t help it. Occasionally she wondered if she was getting cabin fever or just losing her marbles, it was all so frustrating for her to deal with.
“You will not accomplish anything by sitting here all day,” he said coldly, his eyes narrowing slightly. “Do not make me repeat myself Rin. I will not tolerate a lazy human to stay in my castle.”
Rin’s heart practically stopped beating from his harsh words. Lazy? He thought she was lazy? Tears were the first thing she would have expected to come, an overwhelming sadness and hurt, however the only thing that did come to her was anger. It was building in her stomach rapidly, boiling closer to the top that her eyes flashed at him and she snapped as she slammed the large book closed.
She wasted no time getting to her feet, discarding the enormous haphazardly on her seat and stomping away from where the Inu-Youkai stood. How could he say such a thing? Rin was angry and upset, but she tried to suppress it as much as possible. If Sesshomaru wanted to be this way then so be it, she would take her pathetic human self and go elsewhere. It hurt her because she cares so much about him, however, she wasn’t going to stand there (or sit) and let him drag her around in the mud. She was better than that.
“One day love will find you Sesshomaru,” Rin hissed standing, her dark brown orbs glaring into amber. It had been the first thing that came to mind and she couldn’t help but say it even though she knew nothing good would come from it. “And it’ll break all those chains that bind you! Destiny doesn’t just skip over people, it doesn’t work that way!”
“Non sense,” she wanted to hit him, to punch him and kick him until he had the ’sense’ knocked back into his stubborn head. “I will never love anyone, it is a pathetic human emotion Rin. Stop living in a dream world.”
Sesshomaru’s eyes narrowed before he turned his back on her and Rin could barely contain the tears prickling at the backs of her eyes. Calloused, he was always so cold and sometimes she wondered if everything was all in vain. Fleeing the room, Rin let a frown cover her face to hold back her tears. Pathetic human emotions? If that’s what they were then that was fine with her, she would rather be a pathetic human than to be a demon or half-demon and be like Sesshomaru.
Love was real, she knew it was and if the Inu-Youkai king denied it like the plague that was okay because Rin didn’t want to serve a fool of a king, she refused to. Fists clenched at her sides and despite it raining outside, she grabbed her cloak from her room and slipped on her shoes, she would find herself a new kingdom to belong to and nobody would stop her. Her name was being called by two people, however she ignored the both of them, they weren’t going to stop her, she was leaving.
Claws dug into her shoulder trying to turn her around and keep her from leaving and Rin could hear Nazuna’s concerned voice, but all Rin could feel was the anger of everything and she snapped. Twisting around, Rin growled letting her fist fly and hitting soft flesh. A surprised cry escaped from Nazuna’s throat and Rin wasted no time ripping the clawed hand from her shoulder and throwing the large doors open and heading outside into the inky rain-clouded sky.
Fat droplets of water soaked through her midnight cloak faster than it took her to trek to the stable yard and swing open the wooden doors. The anger was slowly beginning to dissipate with the coldness of the rain, however, there was no turning back for Rin. Her heart was silently aching and the frown had yet to leave her face, she still had her pride to deal with and she was head strong about leaving. She wouldn’t allow anyone to try and change her mind.
Sniffling, Rin wiped her nose on the sleeve of her cloak as her eyes gazed calculatingly at the few horses that occupied the stalls. She was short on time to get away and she knew it, but she had to make sure she took the best horse for her journey from the west. The greenish horse that was hidden near the corner grazing on dry hay made her want to roll her eyes. It was a stubborn horse and sometimes she asked herself why Sesshomaru kept “Jaken” at all. Hell it was lazier than what the Inu-Youkai had claimed her to be and something a kin to jealousy surfaced and the sudden urge to kick the stupid beast was almost impossible to suppress.
Hearing Nazuna’s panicked chattering from outside coming closer, Rin frantically ran to the nearest horse and climbed onto it after shoving open the wooden gate. The horse was irritated as Rin was upset, but it merely huffed as her feet kicked gently at its stomach, doing more than urging it to start moving. Rin had no time to waste. Brushing away wet strands of ebony, Rin clicked her tongue against her teeth as two shadows appeared at the entrance.
The sound of rain impaling against the stable drove Rin almost to the edge and tightening her hold on the enormous horse, she tried to gallop away into the open and leave on an endless road of adventure if it hadn’t been for the loud whistle that had the horse she was on to stop and steer itself calmly back into its stall. Rin wanted to scream, she wanted to beat something or instill bodily harm on something or someone, she wanted to inflict pain so bad that she could feel her rage and frustration bleeding into her chest.
Sliding roughly off the horse, Rin stalked to where she had entered intending to just be allowed to waltz out without a word in edgewise, but things never went her way. Nazuna stood feet away from Sesshomaru, her arms crossing her chest, her eyes livid and a swelling red mark on her cheek where Rin had punched her not too long before. Her glare was sharp but not as menacing as the icy cold look Rin was receiving from the amber-eyed Inu-Youkai king. It didn’t take a genius to see that he was displeased with Rin’s behavior and maybe even a little disappointed, but honestly Rin didn’t care anymore.
“Nazuna go back inside,” his tone was void of all emotions and Rin could only stand there dripping wet matching his glare with one of her own.
The cat demon hesitated for a moment, unsure of whether or not to stay or go, but quickly she nodded her head and turned, heading back towards the castle. To defy Sesshomaru could have proved to be fatal at the moment so she obeyed. Once the Youkai woman was gone was Rin able to let out the breath she hadn’t realized she’d been holding, although it didn’t make her any less resolved over her current ‘pathetic human emotions’. She still was determined to go on her way with or without a horse or any supplies.
“I am not pleased with your recent behavior Rin,” Sesshomaru was talking down to her and Rin felt the tears stinging in her eyes. “There was no need to attack Nazuna either, it was barbaric and un lady like.”
His words were only adding fuel to her proverbial flames and never before had she felt so hurt and angry in her life. For a king, Sesshomaru couldn’t get his point across very well and if he liked this kind of torture she wanted to be no part of it. Gathering her bearings Rin was able to tear her vision from Sesshomaru and storm out into the rain only to be roughly pulled back by a pale clawed hand belonging to a certain Inu-Youkai behind her. Rin’s heart was pounding a mile a minute and she struggled to keep her anger from exploding as she tore her arm from Sesshomaru’s grasp.
“What?” She asked bluntly not looking back at him like it was order to do when speaking to royalty or nobles.
His eyebrow’s quirked (she would have seen such if she had bothered to glance back at him), but his tone stayed the same. “What do you have to say for your behavior? I will not tolerate such antics from you Rin.”
Rin’s eyes widened in disbelief and furiously she spun around, brown eyes burning with such fire that she couldn’t control herself as she screamed, her nails digging into the flesh of her palm and her teeth grinding together. How could he be this way? How was it possible to be so damn arrogant and cold? Was it genetic or something?
“Hypocrite!” She growled venomously, “Screw you! First I’m a lazy pathetic human with worthless emotions and now I’m un lady like and your disappointed in my behavior? If this is how you really see me as Sesshomaru why are you so fucking surprised? I’m human okay? That’s all I’ll ever be and if you can’t accept that then fine! Who needs you anyway! I’ll go somewhere else where pathetic humans are treated better! I understand now what Koji was trying to tell me. God, I’m so stupid..”
The tears fell silently from her eyes and Rin could only hide her face in her hands in hopes that they would stop. So many times she had openly showed her weakness to him in hope of something possibly greater, only to find an emptiness and hollow feeling in her heart. She couldn’t keep going on like this for much longer, Rin had merely trembling barriers left in her heart, she had limits and his words and actions were breaching these barriers and threatening to collapse them and leave her unprotected.
Strong arms encircled Rin’s shaking body and a firm yet cold body pressed flush against her own, a clawed hand pushing away her hood and resting on the back of her head. Her shoulders shook uneasily as she forced herself to stop crying, she wanted to be strong for herself, Rin just couldn’t keep going on as she was. He wasn’t going to apologize and she knew as much, Sesshomaru wasn’t the type to admit when wrong. None the less when an error was made and truthfully Rin didn’t want an apology, especially not from him of all people if that made any sense.
It took a few moments to calm herself down and wiping away the remnants of her tears with the back of her hand, Rin sniffled softly. Most thoughts of leaving in anger had abandoned her mind, yet hadn’t gone away completely. Rin wanted to get away from it all however, with Sesshomaru there holding her so gently as the rain continued to pour down on the two of them, she found herself having doubts. Why was she so wishy-washy with decisions when it came to Sesshomaru? Everything would be a lot easier if she could only make up her mind and stick with it to the end.
Taking a deep breath or two Rin tried to pull from Sesshomaru’s embrace only to find that it was in vain, the Inu-Youkai wasn’t planning on letting go of her and despite wanting to be alone, she also wanted to stay and let herself be held by a pair of strong arms. It felt so right, being close to him, smelling his masculine yet feminine scent. She felt as though she was home, though she knew that she was only being a fantasy-searching child by thinking that way. Her fingers clutched the wet cloth of Sesshomaru’s haori and she stared at her hands unsure of what to do now, or of what to say.
Claws ran through her hair and hearing the gentle, yet reserved stoic tone of his voice call her name, Rin found herself blushing at her current situation. There was sure to be many eavesdroppers and her cheeks flushed darker thinking of all the rumors that would find there way throughout the kitchens and whatnot. By morning everyone would have their own opinions and there would be even more heated glares tossed her way if the Inu-Youkai didn’t release her soon. Hell, her mind was bound to run away with new dreams and hopes, all of which she was not ready for, or wanting to add to the jumbled pains and emotions that she was feeling at the moment.
“Pl-please Sesshomaru,” her own voice was a little low and needy and Rin was barely able to recognize it as her heart sped up subconsciously as she licked her now parched lips.
She felt his clawed fingertips on her chin guiding it upwards and she was hesitant before allowing her gaze to lift and catch amber eyes. Familiar emotions flashed in his orbs before disappearing behind his emotionless mask. Her breath hitched in her throat as one of Sesshomaru’s hands rested on her waist as the other hooking under her chin. One minute she was gazing confused and almost helplessly into his eyes and the next she was clutching him as close as possible as his mouth covered hers.
At first she was too shocked to reply, to return it, however as the feeling came back to her hazy mind her hands slid to his shoulders and her lips parted inviting the object that had caressed her lips so teasingly into her mouth. Her blood raced and she forced herself to try and breathe from her nose as she let him dominate her through and through. Never before had she experienced such a powerful kiss as she currently was. There had never been such an animalistic need, an indescribable passion that Rin was lost to everything but the feel of him against her so completely and the cold droplets of rain dripping against her now hot flesh.
Sesshomaru pulled away trying to end their heated moment, but Rin only captured his lips in yet another demanding kiss. Even though there was a undying need coursing through her veins, the kiss was more gentle in nature and Rin relaxed in Sesshomaru’s hold as she snaked her arms around the Inu-Youkai’s neck and stepping on her tip-toes to try and get any leverage that was remotely possible. Wishing for it to last forever was laughable and naïve, however, finally ending their kiss, Rin’s breath came out in heavy pants as half lidded eyes gazed at Sesshomaru’s kiss-bruised lips. She longed to taste them again and explore the unknown territory, although she knew that it would be impossible .
Her cheeks flushed darker than she thought imaginable as Sesshomaru stared down at her (practically through her) and she was suddenly aware of just how intimate of a position they were in.
“Come Rin,” Sesshomaru said in a husky voice. “We must go inside before you can catch a cold. There’s still much that is left to be done.”
E/N: KYAH! It's been soooo long since I updated last! I'm so sorry for such the long wait! I stayed up really late the night before writing this chapter! And right when I got off work (at 8 p.m.) and got home I started typing it up! (it's now almost midnight, I get discratcted so easily!) THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED YOU'RE AWESOME!
Songs that enspired this chapter : "Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart)" by Journey, "Words" and "Nights on Broadway" by the Bee Gees! If you haven't heard these songs you should, they are awesome opossum!
Fanfiction:
SimplyElena - Yesh the romance ish here! Wolf-Inu-Yasha38 - Thankz so much! Yeah he should have but then I wouldn't have had this little hot tid-bit in this chapter. meh I can't spell on a keyboard anyway so no worries! Kaiya Sara - Kyaaah! Thankz. Sugar'N'SpiceRin - I try hard to keep him in character, and I only can hope that I do! Cuz that's just so spiffy! SilentXAngel - lol naughty? Yesh, mucho mucho naughty, (bad sesshomaru! You're too good to be true!) Thankz for the compliment and yes the picture is for this story, it was supposed to be Koji! I heart you mucho mucho (gives ya cookie!) You guys always make me happier! KokoroOfAnime - Thankz! Hinata-Chan - Anything can be more spicy! lol How much 'spicy' was this chapter for you? lol hope you liked it! Icygirl2 - Nah, I'm fine, it just smarts, I'm such a klutz! Thankz for your vote! Aireonna - I'm not sure whether or not he's gunna know about it, I'm still contemplating, but we can still giggle together like fangirls! heh! You make me laugh! babe-galanime - Okie dokie artichokie!
Mediaminer:
White Luna - Yeah it does, doesn't it? Yesh I know, but it's not I swear! lol OOO inspiration! (makes me think of singing vogue!) lol please don't spork me too hard! I'll be dumb agan if ya do! ChibiRin - I know I laugh at him so much! It feels fine thankz!
Animespiral:
XmidnightfairyX< /b> - tanky tanky! Classic Sara - Thankz! romance is here for chu! Don't worry I'll be working on this story as much as time permits me too!
Adultfanfiction:
Nahauja - I didn't really change the story, it's just a branch off of another! This is actually a type of Prequel (sp?) to my story "Will You Be Mine?" of how Rin and Sesshomaru got together and what not! Lisa - lol yesh, I know, I haven't eaten dinner yet either! lol we ish coo, we ish coo! Animegirl007 - YAY! Glad to see that you're back! aww, don't cry, things get beter, they always do! LadyOfBreeding - I thank you then for reviewing my story! Don't feel bad, I often cry when writing really emotional parts, (though I'm just a sissy la-la) lol thank you so much for all your praise, you bring a smile to this girl's face! (give ya cookie and a hug)
The next chapter will be up as soon as I can write it! I'm going to one of my boss' wedding on Saturday so I'll see what I can do on Sunday! Wish me luck and the exciting-ness.. Oh, yeah I do know that I spelled thanks with a Z and there are some other wierd spelling in my e/n: 's, but yeah, it's coo! lol
Until next time, Krystal