InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hoshi No Hikari Revenge ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

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

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters (including Sesshomaru and Rin), I do own Shiawase,Onryô and Fushoujiki.
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The sound of flowing water  woke Rin up, she found herself awakening in the middle of  a  cave. The cave was lightened by a pale blue light and its walls were covered with silver dots, the wind entered the cave through its cracks in the wall making a faint howling sound as if weeping souls were trapped behind them. The scenery was enticing it had a haunting and eerie feeling that made Rin feel as if she weren't alone.

Fear was settling in and nervously she fixed her sight up to where the light was coming from and noticed an alleyway with several blinking dim blue orbs attached to both opposite sides of the narrow passageway.  Rin started to stand up slowly and to her suprise she noticed that there was no pain ,when she inspected herself she noted that her injuries were gone. "Where am I..?, All I remember was...  Lo-rd Se-sshomaru arrived to save me ,but where is he now..."

Rin started to look at her surroundings and noticed a small cascade that divided the cave, the running water had a light purple tone which called Rin's attention. As Rin started getting near the cascade she started hearing small whispering sounds almost as if calling her, mesmerised by the murmuring water she extended her hand to touch it until a voice startled her .

" I would not touch that if I were you", the woman was behind Rin and looked somewhat amused staring at the young girl. Rin quickly got up and  gazed at her, she was beautiful but there was something amiss her eyes were pitch black, skin pale white, lips bright red, her hair was raven black and flowed freely on one side covering her right arm until it reached her thigh. She was dressed in a very elegant dark wine kimono and had a necklace with a bright red orb that seemed to emit a faded red glow.

"Who are you?" asked Rin in a gentle but demanding tone, " Hmpf, I see that you are not afraid , you are quite intriguing for a human, my name is Persephone".

Rin was about to ask another question when she suddenly heard a familiar voice calling her name "RIN!" , it was the voice of her lord.

 Persephone looked at the surprised girl with a smirk, " Little girl I believe you would like to be reunited with your friends", said as if it were a statement more than a question,Persephone extended her necklace towards Rin releasing a blinding red light.

Persephone walked to the now empty spot where the young girl had been standing and saw her reflection in the water flowing from the cascade. Her eyes were crimson red , with a wicked smile she turned back towards the alleyway thinking,"That girl is much more useful than I tought, this is oh...so intriguing".

Lord Sesshomaru arrived at the forest where he had left his vassal and Ah-Un and was startled  at the somber scene before his eyes . Next to a fire was Jaken and the girl that had told him the news both curled up crying and Ah-Un lying down next to Jaken with its heads looking down the ground in a mournful manner. Sesshomaru thought, "I will have to ask questions to the girl later", and made move to a nearby tree with Rin in his arms.

As soon as Jaken saw his lord carrying  the woman that seemed to be Rin ,he looked for a second shocked at the crippled figure of the girl and ran clumsily towards Lord Sesshomaru only to trip with his robe and fall to the ground.

Jaken over the years had grown to care for Rin although he would never admit it, as soon as he woke up, the village girl was next to him looking quite depressed and she had told him what had happened, the dreadful news. Now seeing Rin like this he didn't care if he had lost his uncaring facade. The little vassal looked at Lord Sesshomaru with watery eyes," LOOOOOORD SESSHOMARU, R- RIN IS SHE ALIVE!?", this only caused the fearsome lord to look at his vassal menacingly.

Lord Sesshomaru sat down down at the base of a tree near the fire with Rin in his lap and started inspecting her injuries, not caring who was seeing him and never leaving his eyes wonder away from his precious girl.  This  devotion for Rin left Shiawase that was starring attentively at the scene in awe.

"JAKEN", said the stoic demon lord, "Y-YES! SIRE?", said Jaken.

"Look for water ", said the demon lord, Jaken was about to leave when all of a sudden Shiawase stood up and said in a nervous tone, "I k-know about medicinal herbs that can help Rin, I c-can help". Jaken stood in silence and did not reproach the girl which was unusual for the little imp but he was too distressed by the situation and wanted to do whatever was possible to help.

The demon lord did not answer, he was simply gazing  at the girl in his arm and seemed to be lost in his own thoughts by now. Both Shiawase and Jaken left swiftly without daring to ask or say anything anymore.

When Sesshomaru heard the fading footsteps of the two he hastily lifted his knee and closing the gap between Rin's face, he carefully grabbed her chin and tilted her head to his fur in order to lap at the bleeding line flowing down her temple, then traced her lips which were covered in blood and hesitated for a moment but resumed to lap tenderly at her lower lip. Only purple bruises were left in place of the wounds however her right arm still remained broken.

Lord Sesshomaru started wondering what had happened, "she was fine in the village, at least she never told me the contrary..." , "That girl...I will have to get the answers from that girl",then a low growl came from his chest,"that Inuyasha should have been there to protect her, where was that low breed anyway". His thoughts were interrupted by the fainting pulse of Rin and her heartbeat was gradually becoming weaker. "Rin", Sesshomaru was carefully shaking her, no response, then realization hit him, her complexion was white. She was slowly dying in his arms, his thoughts were driving him to the border of insanity," he hadn't arrived on time, he should have been there earlier", "It was because of trivial things that he hadn't arrived earlier as he intended, it was his fault".

Jaken and Shiawase were arriving with the herbs and water when suddenly they heard a raspy voice,"RIN!". They were shocked to find the demon lord pressing his clawed hands on Rin's cheeks as if pleading desperately. Jaken and Shiawase synchronically made their move towards Rin, gulping loudly, afraid of what was to come.

Rin woke up coughing breathlessly and when she felt strong arms holding her she weakly opened up her eyes only to find a pair of amber golden orbs starring at her with a concern that was quickly replaced by a gaze void of emotion. Sesshomaru pressed Rin to his chest while being careful of her broken right arm , Rin could feel his hands trembling at her back.

Breaking the silence the little imp asked in a preoccupied tone,"Rin, how do you feel?".

Rin was shivering and was in too much pain, she seemed to be in a trance and as soon as she heard Jaken's question she only managed to stare blankly at him before making a sudden brusque movement that made her broken arm move rather harshly. Then she felt the excruciating pain as if a hundreds of burning needles were jabbed and moved down her arm and scattered fiercely throughout her body. She gasped of the pain shooting from her arm,back and chest, wincing in pain while laying in her lords strong arms.

Shiawase made haste towards Rin and looked at the demon lord who was starring back cautiously. "These herbs will temporarily numb her pain and make her sleep , they only have to be laid in her broken arm and this blue herb has to be wet with water then it will emit an aroma that will soothe her to rest", said the girl handing the herbs to the stoic lord.

Lord Sesshomaru did as he was told trusting the girl who seemed to care deeply for Rin and when finished he cradled Rin until she feel asleep.

"Jaken we are going to home, prepare the things and Ah-Un", then he switched to the girl," You said you were Rin's friend then you may come with us and help Rin, there is also the matter of me wanting to know why this has happened".

"But Lord Sesshomaru we don't even know the name of this girl!", "My name is Shiawase, Lord Sesshomaru", Shiawase bowed and looked at Jaken,"Jaken?", "It's Master Jaken stupid human!", answered the imp in an outrage and quickly went stomping towards Ah-Un while mumbling something that Sesshomaru didn't pay attention to.

Once in the Palace of the West, Lord Sesshomaru with Rin in his arm and Shiawase running after him went towards Rin's room. Once he laid Rin carefully in her bed, he stroked her hair out of her face only to listen Rin whimpering while she slept.

"I will send two maids to aid in whatever you need to heal Rin , you may ask them, after you finish tending her wounds I want to speak with you in my study, the maids will lead you to it". With that said the demon lord went to the door, he was walking so fast that Shiawase could not see in which direction he went.
It was early sunrise and Sesshomaru was sitting next to Rin he couldn't help but worry about her.  Shiawase along with the maids had tended Rin's vast amount of injuries and broken arm. Rin seemed to be having a nightmare and was trembling while tears escaped her closed eyes. "Don't be afraid little one", said Sesshomaru in a tender voice while wiping her tears with his thumb minding his claw as to not hurt her.

He felt guilty for what had happened, he had left her in the village thinking it would be safe for her but it turned out that she was safer in the forest with him than with her own kind. Shiawase had explained to him the event and he was feeling the urge to break in pieces the bastards that had inflicted misery on his Rin.
"A WITCH!? you are all insane!," said Kagome who was feeling like punching the village leader for accusing Rin of something so messed up. "Please Lady Kagome understand, she along with that wretched demon had killed Kaede we had to do something" .

"KEH! I protect you and I'm a demon! how come you are all fine with me?, Rin had nothing to do with this", said Inuyasha in disdain.

"Lady Kagome please control that demon and here drink this water it will clear your thoughts and let you see the truth", said the village leader.

Kagome who couldn't stand it anymore threw the bucket of water with such brute force in the face of the village leader, that even Inuyasha felt reverence for having such a magnificent mate.

The rest of the group were so stupefied looking at the scene that they could not intervene in the intense discussion that Kagome was having with the village leader.

"WE ARE LEAVING!", Kagome shouted and marched down the forest, the rest of the group could only follow.

When Lord Sesshomaru arrived to his study Jaken was waiting for him trembling with a scroll in his tiny hands and not daring to look directly into his eyes. "Lord Sesshomaru!!, I have the most distressing news". Sesshomaru  grimly took the scroll, when he was inspecting it he noticed the seal from one of his allies the Southern Lands and it was in red which meant that something bad must have happened,"Really of all the times  trouble always seems to find me when I am busy, I am not leaving Rin again". When Sesshomaru started opening the scroll and read it he looked at Jaken with surprise in his eyes  and in a flash his sight turned crimson red.

What was left of the village represented a blatant expression of lifelessness, a scene that described utter chaos.

The once standing village huts were left to only debris, the green grass that used to cover the grounds had turned black. The air was intoxicating and now passed by carrying traces of burnt wood and ashes.

There in the middle of the village were the corpses of the men and women that once roamed with life in this dreadful scenery. Their cuts and abrasions contrasted their appearance now void of color.

Admiring this landscape was the culprit with a raven cloak to conceal his appearance.

Onryô and Fushoujiki appeared behind the masked figure and knelt down in respect,Fushoujiki said in a cracked voice "Sire, I'm afraid we come to you with bad news".

The cloaked figure turned to look at the men before him with amusement,"It seems I get to have more fun".

Deep down in the darkest depths of the underworld was Persephone sitting in a throne made of bones with a mirror in her hands. Unknown to the men in the Southern village she had been observing them through her mirror and she must say that it was rather entertaining. "I certainly was not expecting this move, yet I am so glad since this will make it all the more interesting".

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