InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Into The Darkness ❯ Chapter Three ( Chapter 4 )
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By: MIztikal_Dragon 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Romance / Angst | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.01.2007 | Pages: 4 | Words: 6.1K | Visits: 475 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Romance / Angst | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.01.2007 | Pages: 4 | Words: 6.1K | Visits: 475 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: Nope, Don't own InuYasha, Koga, Sesshomaru, or any others when it comes to the cast of InuYasha... Damn, admiting that really sucks.
Well here's a new chapter. It would have been out sooner if I hadn't met many distractions... lol Like Emily with her photobucket pictures of Sesshomaru... and the smexy-ness. I drooled for hours.. But ANYWAY
This chapter is where everything changes. It is one of the reasons why this story is a "DARK TALE" but oh well. Enough with the pointless chatter. PLEASE ENJOY! lol
Into the Darkness
By Miztikal-Dragon
Chapter Three
Rin slept peacefully through the entire night curled up in Kohaku’s arms and part of the morning and when she finally rolled over and opened her eyes she was alone. Tiredly she yawned, her arms and legs stretching out stiff and cramping muscles, her back cracking as she sluggishly rolled herself to a sitting position.
She was still stark naked and now a little sore, but it was a pain Rin knew she could deal with and brushing the sleep from her eyes she picked up her discarded clothes and dressed. The memory of why her clothing was strewn around brought a hot flush to her face and a tingling warmth to her stomach; it was one of her now best memories.
A Cheshire grin painted over Rin’s face walking out of the bedroom, the intoxicating aroma of hot chocolate filling her nose and making her stomach growl. Kohaku really knew how to take care of a girl, she silently laughed eyeing the enormous mug on the counter before she took it into her hands and drinking from it, swallowing the warm liquid in long thirty gulps. There was no breakfast waiting and Rin assumed that it was because there was no food to make it with or Kohaku hadn’t felt like playing chef and Rin didn’t mind it one bit.
Food wasn’t what was important to her at the minute and easily slipping her feet into her shoes and leaving the enormous mug on the counter, Rin wandered outside; the chilly temperature hitting her like ice, gooseflesh covering her arms and legs. Kohaku stood at the edge of the woods surrounding the cabin, his shoulder length hair down and his arms crossed over his chest. He was in deep thought and it brought an evil idea to Rin’s mind.
Silent as she could, Rin walked towards Kohaku, trying her hardest to keep the sound of snow crunching under her feet quiet as possible. She was a foot or so away from him when he turned to greet her, his brown eyes sparkling and laughing loudly, Rin allowed herself to be pulled into his strong and warm embrace.
The warmth that greeted her was better than any amounts of heavy blankets could give her and she snuggled deeper into his arms, tucking her head underneath his chin and slipping her cold hands under his shirt. His soft cursing from her cold hands had her smile growing wider; standing there with him, a ring on her finger in a place that was filled with natural beauty had her believing that almost nothing could ever compare.
A part of her never wanted to leave the spot she was in but another was eager to go home and begin planning for the rest of her life, well hers and Kohaku’s. It was a little nerve wracking, to know that she would be getting married and losing some of the freedom she had for so long desired; however, she knew that the sacrifice was worth what she was getting in return. Besides it wasn’t like she could even call it a sacrifice.
“How’d you sleep?” Kohaku asked softly, his eyes closing and inhaling the fresh clean air deep into his lungs.
“Like I never wanted to get outta bed again,” she mumbled finding Kohaku’s lips and laying a loud smacking kiss on them. “I love you Kohaku.”
He smiled down at her, the small dimples on his cheeks deepening and his fingers laced themselves with hers. “I love you too. Now go back inside, take a shower and get dressed.”
“Why?” She asked curiously.
“Because I said so, now hurry we don’t have all day.” He spun her around, patting her bottom and forcing her in the direction of the warm cabin.
The curiosity won over with Rin and she hurried back inside, stripping off clothing at the door way, teasing the nineteen year old boy staring behind her before closing the door and extinguishing the cold from around her. A hot shower sounded nice, but was even more heavenly, its steamy heat relaxing muscles she hadn’t even realized were stiff and by the time she was toweled off and dry, squeezing herself quickly into a pair of comfy jeans, her green sweater, and her boots Kohaku was pouring the last of more scalding hot chocolate into a large thermos.
Coats were donned and no later than an hour or so after waking up Rin was being lead out into the snow; Kohaku’s large gloved hand holding her own mitten clad one as he followed a snow tracked trail just outside the woods. The huge Polaroid camera her mother had been using was hanging around Rin’s neck by a thin long strap, she wanted to preserve as many memories as she could and it excited her even more.
The further away from the cabin they walked the colder the air around them seemed to grow, although Rin absolutely refused to complain, she was having wonderful time exploring with Kohaku. Besides, she had already taken a few snap shots of Kohaku and even herself and she had barely contained the soft laughter floating into her throat as Kohaku rolled his eyes at her, he was just too cute.
At one point in their little adventure, Rin swore she saw a jackrabbit or some small animal, though with how quiet the woods were she began doubting the chance of any smart animals being out in the cold. Rin moved closer to Kohaku’s side as the trees grew thicker and closer together, they were going deeper than she thought they would be and now she was becoming a little more than uncomfortable.
There was something about the woods, a feeling that knotted up her stomach and she felt like a mouse being stalked by a hungry cat. Her eyes darted around almost suspiciously, her hands digging into Kohaku’s arm until he stopped dead in his tracks the two of them ending up in a small clearing. Her teeth worried on her lower lip and Kohaku gave her a carefree smile, his hands taking the black strap and removing the camera from Rin’s possession.
“Kohaku what are you doing?” She pushed back the stray strands of her hair and was tempted to frown as the Polaroid’s flash blinded her.
His laughed eased her rapidly beating heart and temporarily forgetting about her frayed nerves, she join Kohaku, picking up a heap of cold white snow and throwing it at him. More pictures were taken as the two of them pelted each other with snow, giant hard balls of snow hitting padded flesh, loud and innocent laughter echoing deep into the woods now surrounding them.
Sooner than later Kohaku towered over Rin snow ball in hand, Polaroid in the other and Rin pouted trying to persuade Kohaku not to attack an unarmed woman. The flash went off again and before she knew it Kohaku’s lips were on hers, hot and demanding, the camera falling almost to the ground as Kohaku crushed her body against his.
Her fingers twisted themselves in his hair, strong arms lifting her off her feet, Kohaku’s hungry mouth devouring her with a staring need. They stood their consumed in each other’s presence until Rin finally pulled away, her cheeks bright red from both the cold and the fire flowing through her for the boy in front of her; oh man was she ever in love with him. However, it wasn’t the pit wasn’t the pinpricking need for air that had her pulling away from Kohaku’s passionate embrace, but the feeling of the short hairs on the back of her neck raising.
It had suddenly felt like someone was lurking hidden behind the thick foliage, hiding in the shadows watching the two of them. Rin wasn’t normally a paranoid creature, but something screamed at her to head back to the cabin, pack up all their belongings and leave before whatever was watching them stepped out of the shadows and into the light. The uneasy feeling had chills running up and down her spin and the hot chocolate she drank earlier was flopping around violently in her stomach.
“Let’s head back Kohaku,” she told him quickly, her eyes darting down to her that her hands were beginning to tremble.
“Why?” His eyebrows scrunched together as Rin went about picking up all the discarded photos she had accidentally dropped.
“Cause,” she forced herself to calm down and push back the uneasiness she was feeling. “We still have to go into town for food and I wanna be back before dark. Besides if we don’t go now we won’t make it back in time and driving while it’s dark is dangerous. Especially when snowing.”
Kohaku looked thoughtful for a second before agreeing and the two of them headed back in the direction they came. Silently Rin prayed that Kohaku wouldn’t get them lost because if he did then she swore she’d scream her head off and go crazy.
It was the eerie quietness surrounding them that had Rin nervous and trembling, the lack of any sound of living creatures that had her asking herself if she was going deaf. Although hearing their feet crunching in the snow as they walked was a sure sign that she wasn’t.
Then finally after what seemed like forever she could see the cabin steadily getting closer and eating away the silent fear that was burrowing in her skin like a parasite. She found it easier to breathe and releasing Kohaku’s hand she allowed herself to initiate a harmless race between the two of them. It seemed like an innocent way of riding herself completely of the steadily being watched feeling and eagerly she pumped her legs trying to pass Kohaku.
She was yards away from the Bronco sitting patiently in the snow, the icy crystal’s stealing away its metal orange color. She was so close to the safe feeling and yet stumbled before she could reach it as something dark darted out in front of her. Rin fell backwards into the snow, a shrieking scream escaping her lips and though her brain yelled for her to move, she found herself frozen in fear.
Standing right in front of her was a thick coat of grey, white and black fur, dark eyes watching her and a long snot sniffing the air; smelling her fear-filled scent. Rin wasn’t the type of girl to be frightened by the sight of a wolf, normally she would have been ecstatic, but with white gleaming fangs so closer to her she felt the color draining from her face. Her breath was caught in her throat and if she hadn’t been so focused on staring into the cloudy dark eyes of the wolf looming over her she would have heard Kohaku coming.
A tightly made snowball pelted the stoic creature’s hind legs, another icy ball hitting its stomach and side of its muzzle and for a second Rin could have sworn she saw red in the wolf’s black eyes before it growled and sprinted back into its own uncharted territory.
Rin stared blankly into empty space, lost in her own thoughts until a pair of strong arms wrapped around her and tugged her up. It took her a bit to realize it was Kohaku’s arms, his voice higher than normal repeating her name like a mantra and she turned into his embrace, her hands clinging to him desperately as she tried pulling herself back together.
“Rin are you okay?” His voice was desperate and Rin wanted to cry. “Please Rin, answer me.”
Burying her face into his neck, Rin allowed Kohaku to hold her until she felt her nerves calming and her heart slow back down to normal. This was something she definitely hadn’t been expecting and it only made the need to leave more demanding, but she wouldn’t ask Kohaku to end their trip before it was allowed to really start because that was cruel and she really did want to spend more alone time with him before having to go back to reality.
“I’m okay, I’m fine,” she said it more to comfort and reassure herself than anything, but the shock was still there. “Let’s get going so we can be back by dark.”
“You sure?” His hands brushed over her face with a feather’s touch and it left Rin feeling more relaxed. Kohaku was adorable when he was worried and it warmed her heart.
“Yeah,” she whispered kissing the fingertips that floated across her lips. “But I get to drive.”
“Only when you have passed the driving test and not before,” he teased chuckling when Rin begin to whine obnoxiously about meanie head boyfriends and evil driving instructors.
It took a total of three hours for Kohaku to drive to the grocery store in the nearest town, the icy white snow falling heavier than it had been since they’d arrived and on a few occasions Kohaku thought about checking into the closest motel for the night.
However, he immediately shot down the idea after seeing the nearly dilapidated structure and began egging Rin to go faster so they could get started on the drive back. Rin whined and complained teasingly, dragging her feet on the tile floor daring Kohaku to throw her over his shoulders and make her speed up like he threatened to.
Even though they were a little tired from the day’s long walking adventure and hungry, they had fun window shopping, Rin convincing Kohaku into the bakery and then leaving with a loaf of banana nut bread. In another hour they were hunkered back into the vehicle, the heater blasting warmth through tiny vents on the dashboard and Rin sighed leaning her head back on the seat, the seatbelt digging into the side of her neck uncomfortably. It would be at least another two or three hours still until they made it back to the cabin maybe longer with the weather currently misbehaving and their was only so long a girl could listen to the static filled radio before going crazy.
The roads were long endless winding white bands, the hypnotic sound of the windshield wipers moving up and down almost lulling her into a light sleep. There was only so much she could be expected to do and jolting from her small nap as she was being pulled into it, she dug out the Polaroid camera and the dozen or so instant pictures it printed and smiled. She hadn’t thought of looking at them until now and she excitedly wriggled around in her seat, her fingers dancing over the photographs.
Most of them were of Kohaku, his brilliantly flashing eyes and a smile that reached those pooling orbs of brown. He looked so handsome and after scrutinizing the photographs, including the ones of herself, she found herself frowning in confusion. Something didn’t seem right with the background. There were things in them that she knew hadn’t been before and her heart skipped a beat. If anyone besides her and Kohaku looked at them they wouldn’t be able to spot the imperfections, but for Rin those imperfections stood out like sore thumbs.
Animals were captured within the small square photo, a small rabbit in one, a doe in another and any color she had left in her face drained gazing at herself, her pouting face that made Kohaku melt and Rin could clearly see the shape of a wolf hidden in between two trees, red eyes glowing and seemingly starting at her through the photo. It was just her mind playing games on her eyes, she mentally whispered to herself and even after closing her eyes and rubbing them, the pictures stayed the same.
Lost in her own terrified thoughts, Rin was caught off guard when Kohaku’s hand touched her thigh and she cried out, jumping away from his touch and clutching the door as though her life depended on it. Her reaction to Kohaku had him frowning, his brown eyes glancing off the road in front of him and onto his fiancée. What was wrong with her and why was she suddenly acting like a paranoid crazy person?
“What’s wrong Rin?” He asked sincerely, the air around them was thick and he rolled down his window a little to let in some of the colder air. “Are you okay? I didn’t mean to scare you if I did.”
“I think I wanna go home,” her voice trembled and Kohaku fought back the urge to press the brakes and stop the vehicle.
“What? Why? We just got here Rin,”
She refused to look at him, her eyes focused completely on the handful of photographs on her lap. It frightened him a little and even upset him, but he only waited for an answer. “I’m scared Kohaku.”
Scared of what though she wasn’t quite so sure about anymore and it broke her heart hearing the confusion and disappointment in Kohaku’s voice. She loved him and yeah she had been just as excited as he had been this morning, but it was different now and she didn’t know how to explain it in words without sounding like an insane asylum escapee. Tears burned the back of her eyes and she bit down hard on her lip trying to choke the wetness back. She was afraid for Kohaku’s and her own safety.
“Scared of what Rin? I don’t understand.” He told her calmly, the frown not once leaving his face until blue eyes met with brown filled with unshed tears. “Rin--Jesus, tell me what’s going on!”
“There’s something in the woods,” she replied no longer caring if she sounded out of her mind. “I felt it watching us Kohaku and I have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. I mean you saw that wolf and they travel in packs.” Her mind was whirling and she couldn’t stop the words from spilling from her lips. “And when we were out in the snow there were no animals--”
“That’s because it’s winter and you know that!”
Grabbing the pictures on her lap she thrust them in front of Kohaku’s eyes, Rin wasn’t about to let him dismiss her like that, not when she was so close to being hysterical that she could feel her breath shortening. If she didn’t calm down she was going to start hyperventilating and that wouldn’t be a pleasant or pretty sight to see. “Then explain these Kohaku! Explain them!”
The most frightening thing was that he couldn’t explain it to Rin, he could barely think properly staring at the photos. Something clicked inside his brain and he forced his attention back on driving. IT was more than obvious that there was something unnatural going on, the pictures proved it and he wouldn’t force Rin to stay out in the middle of nowhere with him, not when he felt that leaving would be best.
“Okay,” he gave in gripping the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white. “We’ll head back home in the morning. It’s getting too late to travel in the dark and not with it snowing so hard. We’ll leave first thing in the morning.”
“Thank you Kohaku,” she told him wiping the wetness from her face and sniffling, the photos long and forgotten from their place in the glove compartment where Rin placed them.
Everything would be better in the morning, she told herself allowing her eyes to wander outside the windows. She could wait till morning and then the two of them would get the hell out of dodge. There was no need to be scared now, not when Kohaku was protecting her, but a small part of her still wished Kohaku would just turn around the vehicle and go back to town.
It grew darker more quickly then Rin noticed before, the sun’s light fading only to be replaced by the moon’s eerie glow. Kohaku didn’t say anything and Rin straightened in her seat. Maybe it was just her and she really was going crazy; oh god she wished it was the case, but it wasn’t. The bright headlights made the white road in front of them shine and Rin bit down on her lip. When was it that she became so short of breath? She could hear the healthy roar of the bronco, however, it was all drowned out by her scream in an instant.
Kohaku fought to turn the steering wheel, trying to press the breaks as the two of them stared straight into the eyes of electric blue. A dark haired man stood in the middle of the road, his limbs bare of any clothing, his waist covered in fur. Two or three enormous wolves stood by his side, their large red eyes drawing attention away from the fact that the man wore no shoes. He stood there like a statue and Kohaku was able to avoid hitting the man, but only barely.
They relaxed all too soon though and just as Kohaku let out a sigh of relief, the bronco’s front driver’s side wheel rammed into something hard, catapulting them off the road with such speed that it had the off road vehicle sliding down the steep edge before flipping and rolling down like a gigantic metal boulder.
When it finally came to a stop, the vehicle was upside down, the headlights illuminating the woods and three of the four remaining tires rolling slowly. Rin cried out softly, her hair hanging all around her from her upside down position, her seatbelt holding her in place and digging into her flesh. Everything hurt and she couldn’t hold back frustrated tears, why couldn’t things just wait until the two of them were safely away from harm before going horribly awry?
Biting painfully on her lower lip, she wiped he eyes and called out for Kohaku, her voice trembling as her eyes adjusted to the darkness. She was too afraid to reach out to him and glancing next to her she felt her heart shatter. Kohaku lay in a mangled heap on the hood, his seatbelt hanging uselessly, the metal clip having broken in half. She screamed loudly, the image of Kohaku’s unseeing eyes staring up at her burned into her mind, the odd angle of his head and shoulders telling the fatal tale of a broken neck.
The smell of death and burned flesh was thick in her nostrils and Rin fought down the urge to purge as she slowly and carefully unhooked her own seatbelt, her hand pressed against the roof keeping her from crashing head first into cold metal.
It took her a few minutes to get down, her tears blurring her vision and the sound of glass shattering as she broke the passenger side window and crawled out, leaving a dark trail of Kohaku’s blood on the white snow under her. If she hadn’t been hyperventilating earlier she was now as she stood up, her eyes staring at the wreckage that had taken one life yet spared another.
Rin could only stand there silently in the snow, watching in terrified horror that Kohaku was really gone and even though she wanted to pull him out and magically bring him back to life she knew it wasn’t possible. Her life was falling apart right in front of her eyes and she couldn’t do anything to stop it.
Tears fell like tiny rivers from her eyes and Rin was almost certain that they would never stop, not for as long as she lived. Numbly Rin stepped forward, believing that maybe if she touched Kohaku he would groan and be alive, because maybe her eyes had been playing tricks on her and his neck really wasn’t broken. Maybe he was just unconscious.
Her hand was on the driver’s side door handle tugging on it when she was violently pulled and dragged away, her screams filling the cold night air. She had heard the crunching of snow and ignored it, her goal being Kohaku and now she struggled to break free from whatever it was that was taking here away from saving Kohaku. Nails dug into her shoulder and she nearly broke free until a loud boom had her head snapping and her entire body going slack.
Once where Kohaku’s bronco sat was now a huge plume of black smoke and fire, some how it had exploded. It was as though things were getting worse by the minute and Rin was finding it harder to breathe, even when she had stopped being dragged like a limp doll.
If she had been standing Rin would have fallen to her knees, her blue eyes wide and her mouth slightly ajar; her hope of ever being happy slipping away from her like the tears sliding down her cheeks. She wanted the snow to swallow her alive because she no longer wanted to live. Life wouldn’t be the same, not after tonight and honestly it was a life she didn’t want any part of.
“You can still save him,” the low voice came out of nowhere and Rin gasped, turning to face whatever it was.
The man from earlier towered over her, his muscled arms crossed over his chest and his electric blue eyes watching her hauntingly. He had been the reason why the bronco flipped in the first place and why Kohaku was being burned alive and she hated the beast in front of her. She would have ran back to try and save Kohaku, but when she moved the two wolves at the man’s side growled baring their sharp fangs and Rin was at a loss.
“I-I can?” The thought of being able to save Kohaku overrode the uneasiness building in her chest. “How?”
His eeys watched her as she stood, the electric blue hiding a faint ring of red and Rin silently wondered what she was getting herself into. The snow was cold, the melted ice seeping into her pants and jacket and freezing her hands. Whatever it was she didn’t want to think about it because it was more than certain she would back away like a coward if she thought long enough.
“I can save him,” the man’s voice was different somehow and he looked almost dead standing in front of her unmoving. It reminded her of a doll. “Bring him back to life like none of this happened.” His smile looked foreign and evil on his face.
“Can you--” she knew she couldn’t be believing what he was telling her after all it was more than likely all a lie, but she just couldn’t turn her back on Kohaku, she just couldn’t. “Please--please save Kohaku.”
A shiver of fear consumed her and for a moment she thought she saw another person standing behind the man, eyes glowing red, but when she blinked it was gone.
“Would you give up everything to save him?” his eyes narrowed as Rin nodded pathetically, her lips already turning blue from the cold. “Even your soul?”
She knew she should have said no, but the need to have Kohaku by her side was something she wanted more. Rin loved Kohaku, loved him with every fiber in her body and she would do anything, give anything if it meant that he would live to see another day.
“Anything,” she told him and Rin held her breath.
The sound of the burning fire disappeared as well as all other sounds and Rin glanced around only to see nothing. The bronco was gone, so was the snow and the trees and she felt her heart pounding in her chest. Had she made the wrong choice?
Pain in chest was sudden as well as the blinding light scorching her retinas and Rin screamed a silent scream feeling something being violently ripped from her body. When the light faded and she was left standing in the snow staring into laughing blue eyes Rin knew she had made a deal with the devil.
“Now,” he said menacingly, his clawed hands grabbing her arms and digging into her coat and flesh. “Let’s make things more interesting shall we?”
“What do you mean?” Rin didn’t like the look in his eyes and she wished that her and Kohaku had stayed at the cabin where they had been safe.
“If you can out run my wolves, I’ll let you go. No strings attached,” they were words that she desperately wanted to be true. “You and your man can leave this place and live happily ever after. And all you have do to is run.”
His claws dug into her, tearing flesh and clothing and Rin cried out in pain and shock, the red blood dripping from his fingertips as he brought them to his mouth and licked it off. She was beyond disgusted and fear caked the back of her throat like a lump she couldn’t swallow for the life of her.
“You’d better get going,” he laughed. “I’ll only be giving you a little heads start.”
Her eyes widened and she wasted no time running away from the man with mid back length black hair. If all she had to do was out run a few wolves then she had to make sure she ran into no obstacles on her way. The wind whipped at her as she ran, her eyes unseeing, but none the less she pushed herself harder. It was like she was being suckered into a hopeless game of hide and seek and she wanted to cry because she knew that there would be no way out of it.
The moon was high in the sky, it’s full circular shape lighting the way and easing the helplessness she felt pouring out of her skin. She jumped over fallen logs like they were hurdles, her legs buckling hearing the loud howling of wolves all around her. She was being hunted by the supernatural beings of the woods, but she kept going ignoring the pain in her arms and chest. They would be better when she re ached the safe zone.
Speaking of the said safe zone, Rin realized that the man never told her where it was or if it even existed and tears burned her eyes when it dawned on he that he never meant that she’d come out alive. She wanted to scream to the moon like the wolves did but she couldn’t let herself waste what little energy she had left. Her feet slipped and Rin tumbled to the ground, her body rolling down a small hill and when she came to a stop and was able to crawl onto her knees she saw the cabin only yards away.
The lights were on illuminating the log and brick structure and hearing the rustling of leaves and crunching of snow, Rin scrambled to her feet towards the cabin. If she could make it inside she knew she could be safe and it gave her a second wind.
She could feel them nipping at her heels and Rin spared a glance over her shoulder to see several wolves emerging from the trees like flying beasts and she cried out practically catapulting herself over the steps and crashing against the door, frantically trying to open it as they drew closer.
Somehow she was able to open it and slip inside slamming the door shut behind her and barricading it with her body. Her breath was coming out in heavy pants, her entire body trembling and she felt the tears slipping down her face; she made it. She wanted to laugh, or scream, but she could only slide down to the floor as he knees buckled, everything was going to be okay.
“I made it,” she whispered softly to herself, her hands covering her face.
“Not quite Rin,”
Her head snapped up and she stared blankly into the smoldering gaze of red. Long black hair poured over one shoulder, even pulled up in a high pony tail and Rin cried out seeing a pair of electric blue eyes behind the new stranger. After everything she did and no matter how hard she fought to save the one she loved, somehow she had managed to fail one way or another.
Arms wrapped around her, cold hands holding her and Rin blocked everything out around her. They weren’t Kohaku’s arms and they never would be and it made her cry harder; the sounds of her sobs fading from her ears and the objects disappearing like they were never there to begin with. The strange man holding her pulled her into the empty cold darkness and with nothing else to hold onto, Rin allowed it to consume her.
E/N: Well it was kind of angsty, but then again a lot of my stories are. The story has changed from what I originally wanted it to be but I think that it's going in a better direction. The next chapter will be out in a week latest. Maybe earlier pending on how fast I can write it out and then type it up. My notepad is my life since I'm switching from one home to another now. (My apartment to my mom's place i.e.) The next chapter will be the beginning of everything and will give explanations that I'm sure are needed. Don't worry, it's going to get good and no it won't always be sad and depressing. I promise.
Thank you so much for the reviews left! I appreciate every single one of them and I hope that you keep giving more. They es be like skittles to me! lol
Well Until next time,
Krystal.
Well here's a new chapter. It would have been out sooner if I hadn't met many distractions... lol Like Emily with her photobucket pictures of Sesshomaru... and the smexy-ness. I drooled for hours.. But ANYWAY
This chapter is where everything changes. It is one of the reasons why this story is a "DARK TALE" but oh well. Enough with the pointless chatter. PLEASE ENJOY! lol
Into the Darkness
By Miztikal-Dragon
Chapter Three
Rin slept peacefully through the entire night curled up in Kohaku’s arms and part of the morning and when she finally rolled over and opened her eyes she was alone. Tiredly she yawned, her arms and legs stretching out stiff and cramping muscles, her back cracking as she sluggishly rolled herself to a sitting position.
She was still stark naked and now a little sore, but it was a pain Rin knew she could deal with and brushing the sleep from her eyes she picked up her discarded clothes and dressed. The memory of why her clothing was strewn around brought a hot flush to her face and a tingling warmth to her stomach; it was one of her now best memories.
A Cheshire grin painted over Rin’s face walking out of the bedroom, the intoxicating aroma of hot chocolate filling her nose and making her stomach growl. Kohaku really knew how to take care of a girl, she silently laughed eyeing the enormous mug on the counter before she took it into her hands and drinking from it, swallowing the warm liquid in long thirty gulps. There was no breakfast waiting and Rin assumed that it was because there was no food to make it with or Kohaku hadn’t felt like playing chef and Rin didn’t mind it one bit.
Food wasn’t what was important to her at the minute and easily slipping her feet into her shoes and leaving the enormous mug on the counter, Rin wandered outside; the chilly temperature hitting her like ice, gooseflesh covering her arms and legs. Kohaku stood at the edge of the woods surrounding the cabin, his shoulder length hair down and his arms crossed over his chest. He was in deep thought and it brought an evil idea to Rin’s mind.
Silent as she could, Rin walked towards Kohaku, trying her hardest to keep the sound of snow crunching under her feet quiet as possible. She was a foot or so away from him when he turned to greet her, his brown eyes sparkling and laughing loudly, Rin allowed herself to be pulled into his strong and warm embrace.
The warmth that greeted her was better than any amounts of heavy blankets could give her and she snuggled deeper into his arms, tucking her head underneath his chin and slipping her cold hands under his shirt. His soft cursing from her cold hands had her smile growing wider; standing there with him, a ring on her finger in a place that was filled with natural beauty had her believing that almost nothing could ever compare.
A part of her never wanted to leave the spot she was in but another was eager to go home and begin planning for the rest of her life, well hers and Kohaku’s. It was a little nerve wracking, to know that she would be getting married and losing some of the freedom she had for so long desired; however, she knew that the sacrifice was worth what she was getting in return. Besides it wasn’t like she could even call it a sacrifice.
“How’d you sleep?” Kohaku asked softly, his eyes closing and inhaling the fresh clean air deep into his lungs.
“Like I never wanted to get outta bed again,” she mumbled finding Kohaku’s lips and laying a loud smacking kiss on them. “I love you Kohaku.”
He smiled down at her, the small dimples on his cheeks deepening and his fingers laced themselves with hers. “I love you too. Now go back inside, take a shower and get dressed.”
“Why?” She asked curiously.
“Because I said so, now hurry we don’t have all day.” He spun her around, patting her bottom and forcing her in the direction of the warm cabin.
The curiosity won over with Rin and she hurried back inside, stripping off clothing at the door way, teasing the nineteen year old boy staring behind her before closing the door and extinguishing the cold from around her. A hot shower sounded nice, but was even more heavenly, its steamy heat relaxing muscles she hadn’t even realized were stiff and by the time she was toweled off and dry, squeezing herself quickly into a pair of comfy jeans, her green sweater, and her boots Kohaku was pouring the last of more scalding hot chocolate into a large thermos.
Coats were donned and no later than an hour or so after waking up Rin was being lead out into the snow; Kohaku’s large gloved hand holding her own mitten clad one as he followed a snow tracked trail just outside the woods. The huge Polaroid camera her mother had been using was hanging around Rin’s neck by a thin long strap, she wanted to preserve as many memories as she could and it excited her even more.
The further away from the cabin they walked the colder the air around them seemed to grow, although Rin absolutely refused to complain, she was having wonderful time exploring with Kohaku. Besides, she had already taken a few snap shots of Kohaku and even herself and she had barely contained the soft laughter floating into her throat as Kohaku rolled his eyes at her, he was just too cute.
At one point in their little adventure, Rin swore she saw a jackrabbit or some small animal, though with how quiet the woods were she began doubting the chance of any smart animals being out in the cold. Rin moved closer to Kohaku’s side as the trees grew thicker and closer together, they were going deeper than she thought they would be and now she was becoming a little more than uncomfortable.
There was something about the woods, a feeling that knotted up her stomach and she felt like a mouse being stalked by a hungry cat. Her eyes darted around almost suspiciously, her hands digging into Kohaku’s arm until he stopped dead in his tracks the two of them ending up in a small clearing. Her teeth worried on her lower lip and Kohaku gave her a carefree smile, his hands taking the black strap and removing the camera from Rin’s possession.
“Kohaku what are you doing?” She pushed back the stray strands of her hair and was tempted to frown as the Polaroid’s flash blinded her.
His laughed eased her rapidly beating heart and temporarily forgetting about her frayed nerves, she join Kohaku, picking up a heap of cold white snow and throwing it at him. More pictures were taken as the two of them pelted each other with snow, giant hard balls of snow hitting padded flesh, loud and innocent laughter echoing deep into the woods now surrounding them.
Sooner than later Kohaku towered over Rin snow ball in hand, Polaroid in the other and Rin pouted trying to persuade Kohaku not to attack an unarmed woman. The flash went off again and before she knew it Kohaku’s lips were on hers, hot and demanding, the camera falling almost to the ground as Kohaku crushed her body against his.
Her fingers twisted themselves in his hair, strong arms lifting her off her feet, Kohaku’s hungry mouth devouring her with a staring need. They stood their consumed in each other’s presence until Rin finally pulled away, her cheeks bright red from both the cold and the fire flowing through her for the boy in front of her; oh man was she ever in love with him. However, it wasn’t the pit wasn’t the pinpricking need for air that had her pulling away from Kohaku’s passionate embrace, but the feeling of the short hairs on the back of her neck raising.
It had suddenly felt like someone was lurking hidden behind the thick foliage, hiding in the shadows watching the two of them. Rin wasn’t normally a paranoid creature, but something screamed at her to head back to the cabin, pack up all their belongings and leave before whatever was watching them stepped out of the shadows and into the light. The uneasy feeling had chills running up and down her spin and the hot chocolate she drank earlier was flopping around violently in her stomach.
“Let’s head back Kohaku,” she told him quickly, her eyes darting down to her that her hands were beginning to tremble.
“Why?” His eyebrows scrunched together as Rin went about picking up all the discarded photos she had accidentally dropped.
“Cause,” she forced herself to calm down and push back the uneasiness she was feeling. “We still have to go into town for food and I wanna be back before dark. Besides if we don’t go now we won’t make it back in time and driving while it’s dark is dangerous. Especially when snowing.”
Kohaku looked thoughtful for a second before agreeing and the two of them headed back in the direction they came. Silently Rin prayed that Kohaku wouldn’t get them lost because if he did then she swore she’d scream her head off and go crazy.
It was the eerie quietness surrounding them that had Rin nervous and trembling, the lack of any sound of living creatures that had her asking herself if she was going deaf. Although hearing their feet crunching in the snow as they walked was a sure sign that she wasn’t.
Then finally after what seemed like forever she could see the cabin steadily getting closer and eating away the silent fear that was burrowing in her skin like a parasite. She found it easier to breathe and releasing Kohaku’s hand she allowed herself to initiate a harmless race between the two of them. It seemed like an innocent way of riding herself completely of the steadily being watched feeling and eagerly she pumped her legs trying to pass Kohaku.
She was yards away from the Bronco sitting patiently in the snow, the icy crystal’s stealing away its metal orange color. She was so close to the safe feeling and yet stumbled before she could reach it as something dark darted out in front of her. Rin fell backwards into the snow, a shrieking scream escaping her lips and though her brain yelled for her to move, she found herself frozen in fear.
Standing right in front of her was a thick coat of grey, white and black fur, dark eyes watching her and a long snot sniffing the air; smelling her fear-filled scent. Rin wasn’t the type of girl to be frightened by the sight of a wolf, normally she would have been ecstatic, but with white gleaming fangs so closer to her she felt the color draining from her face. Her breath was caught in her throat and if she hadn’t been so focused on staring into the cloudy dark eyes of the wolf looming over her she would have heard Kohaku coming.
A tightly made snowball pelted the stoic creature’s hind legs, another icy ball hitting its stomach and side of its muzzle and for a second Rin could have sworn she saw red in the wolf’s black eyes before it growled and sprinted back into its own uncharted territory.
Rin stared blankly into empty space, lost in her own thoughts until a pair of strong arms wrapped around her and tugged her up. It took her a bit to realize it was Kohaku’s arms, his voice higher than normal repeating her name like a mantra and she turned into his embrace, her hands clinging to him desperately as she tried pulling herself back together.
“Rin are you okay?” His voice was desperate and Rin wanted to cry. “Please Rin, answer me.”
Burying her face into his neck, Rin allowed Kohaku to hold her until she felt her nerves calming and her heart slow back down to normal. This was something she definitely hadn’t been expecting and it only made the need to leave more demanding, but she wouldn’t ask Kohaku to end their trip before it was allowed to really start because that was cruel and she really did want to spend more alone time with him before having to go back to reality.
“I’m okay, I’m fine,” she said it more to comfort and reassure herself than anything, but the shock was still there. “Let’s get going so we can be back by dark.”
“You sure?” His hands brushed over her face with a feather’s touch and it left Rin feeling more relaxed. Kohaku was adorable when he was worried and it warmed her heart.
“Yeah,” she whispered kissing the fingertips that floated across her lips. “But I get to drive.”
“Only when you have passed the driving test and not before,” he teased chuckling when Rin begin to whine obnoxiously about meanie head boyfriends and evil driving instructors.
It took a total of three hours for Kohaku to drive to the grocery store in the nearest town, the icy white snow falling heavier than it had been since they’d arrived and on a few occasions Kohaku thought about checking into the closest motel for the night.
However, he immediately shot down the idea after seeing the nearly dilapidated structure and began egging Rin to go faster so they could get started on the drive back. Rin whined and complained teasingly, dragging her feet on the tile floor daring Kohaku to throw her over his shoulders and make her speed up like he threatened to.
Even though they were a little tired from the day’s long walking adventure and hungry, they had fun window shopping, Rin convincing Kohaku into the bakery and then leaving with a loaf of banana nut bread. In another hour they were hunkered back into the vehicle, the heater blasting warmth through tiny vents on the dashboard and Rin sighed leaning her head back on the seat, the seatbelt digging into the side of her neck uncomfortably. It would be at least another two or three hours still until they made it back to the cabin maybe longer with the weather currently misbehaving and their was only so long a girl could listen to the static filled radio before going crazy.
The roads were long endless winding white bands, the hypnotic sound of the windshield wipers moving up and down almost lulling her into a light sleep. There was only so much she could be expected to do and jolting from her small nap as she was being pulled into it, she dug out the Polaroid camera and the dozen or so instant pictures it printed and smiled. She hadn’t thought of looking at them until now and she excitedly wriggled around in her seat, her fingers dancing over the photographs.
Most of them were of Kohaku, his brilliantly flashing eyes and a smile that reached those pooling orbs of brown. He looked so handsome and after scrutinizing the photographs, including the ones of herself, she found herself frowning in confusion. Something didn’t seem right with the background. There were things in them that she knew hadn’t been before and her heart skipped a beat. If anyone besides her and Kohaku looked at them they wouldn’t be able to spot the imperfections, but for Rin those imperfections stood out like sore thumbs.
Animals were captured within the small square photo, a small rabbit in one, a doe in another and any color she had left in her face drained gazing at herself, her pouting face that made Kohaku melt and Rin could clearly see the shape of a wolf hidden in between two trees, red eyes glowing and seemingly starting at her through the photo. It was just her mind playing games on her eyes, she mentally whispered to herself and even after closing her eyes and rubbing them, the pictures stayed the same.
Lost in her own terrified thoughts, Rin was caught off guard when Kohaku’s hand touched her thigh and she cried out, jumping away from his touch and clutching the door as though her life depended on it. Her reaction to Kohaku had him frowning, his brown eyes glancing off the road in front of him and onto his fiancée. What was wrong with her and why was she suddenly acting like a paranoid crazy person?
“What’s wrong Rin?” He asked sincerely, the air around them was thick and he rolled down his window a little to let in some of the colder air. “Are you okay? I didn’t mean to scare you if I did.”
“I think I wanna go home,” her voice trembled and Kohaku fought back the urge to press the brakes and stop the vehicle.
“What? Why? We just got here Rin,”
She refused to look at him, her eyes focused completely on the handful of photographs on her lap. It frightened him a little and even upset him, but he only waited for an answer. “I’m scared Kohaku.”
Scared of what though she wasn’t quite so sure about anymore and it broke her heart hearing the confusion and disappointment in Kohaku’s voice. She loved him and yeah she had been just as excited as he had been this morning, but it was different now and she didn’t know how to explain it in words without sounding like an insane asylum escapee. Tears burned the back of her eyes and she bit down hard on her lip trying to choke the wetness back. She was afraid for Kohaku’s and her own safety.
“Scared of what Rin? I don’t understand.” He told her calmly, the frown not once leaving his face until blue eyes met with brown filled with unshed tears. “Rin--Jesus, tell me what’s going on!”
“There’s something in the woods,” she replied no longer caring if she sounded out of her mind. “I felt it watching us Kohaku and I have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. I mean you saw that wolf and they travel in packs.” Her mind was whirling and she couldn’t stop the words from spilling from her lips. “And when we were out in the snow there were no animals--”
“That’s because it’s winter and you know that!”
Grabbing the pictures on her lap she thrust them in front of Kohaku’s eyes, Rin wasn’t about to let him dismiss her like that, not when she was so close to being hysterical that she could feel her breath shortening. If she didn’t calm down she was going to start hyperventilating and that wouldn’t be a pleasant or pretty sight to see. “Then explain these Kohaku! Explain them!”
The most frightening thing was that he couldn’t explain it to Rin, he could barely think properly staring at the photos. Something clicked inside his brain and he forced his attention back on driving. IT was more than obvious that there was something unnatural going on, the pictures proved it and he wouldn’t force Rin to stay out in the middle of nowhere with him, not when he felt that leaving would be best.
“Okay,” he gave in gripping the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white. “We’ll head back home in the morning. It’s getting too late to travel in the dark and not with it snowing so hard. We’ll leave first thing in the morning.”
“Thank you Kohaku,” she told him wiping the wetness from her face and sniffling, the photos long and forgotten from their place in the glove compartment where Rin placed them.
Everything would be better in the morning, she told herself allowing her eyes to wander outside the windows. She could wait till morning and then the two of them would get the hell out of dodge. There was no need to be scared now, not when Kohaku was protecting her, but a small part of her still wished Kohaku would just turn around the vehicle and go back to town.
It grew darker more quickly then Rin noticed before, the sun’s light fading only to be replaced by the moon’s eerie glow. Kohaku didn’t say anything and Rin straightened in her seat. Maybe it was just her and she really was going crazy; oh god she wished it was the case, but it wasn’t. The bright headlights made the white road in front of them shine and Rin bit down on her lip. When was it that she became so short of breath? She could hear the healthy roar of the bronco, however, it was all drowned out by her scream in an instant.
Kohaku fought to turn the steering wheel, trying to press the breaks as the two of them stared straight into the eyes of electric blue. A dark haired man stood in the middle of the road, his limbs bare of any clothing, his waist covered in fur. Two or three enormous wolves stood by his side, their large red eyes drawing attention away from the fact that the man wore no shoes. He stood there like a statue and Kohaku was able to avoid hitting the man, but only barely.
They relaxed all too soon though and just as Kohaku let out a sigh of relief, the bronco’s front driver’s side wheel rammed into something hard, catapulting them off the road with such speed that it had the off road vehicle sliding down the steep edge before flipping and rolling down like a gigantic metal boulder.
When it finally came to a stop, the vehicle was upside down, the headlights illuminating the woods and three of the four remaining tires rolling slowly. Rin cried out softly, her hair hanging all around her from her upside down position, her seatbelt holding her in place and digging into her flesh. Everything hurt and she couldn’t hold back frustrated tears, why couldn’t things just wait until the two of them were safely away from harm before going horribly awry?
Biting painfully on her lower lip, she wiped he eyes and called out for Kohaku, her voice trembling as her eyes adjusted to the darkness. She was too afraid to reach out to him and glancing next to her she felt her heart shatter. Kohaku lay in a mangled heap on the hood, his seatbelt hanging uselessly, the metal clip having broken in half. She screamed loudly, the image of Kohaku’s unseeing eyes staring up at her burned into her mind, the odd angle of his head and shoulders telling the fatal tale of a broken neck.
The smell of death and burned flesh was thick in her nostrils and Rin fought down the urge to purge as she slowly and carefully unhooked her own seatbelt, her hand pressed against the roof keeping her from crashing head first into cold metal.
It took her a few minutes to get down, her tears blurring her vision and the sound of glass shattering as she broke the passenger side window and crawled out, leaving a dark trail of Kohaku’s blood on the white snow under her. If she hadn’t been hyperventilating earlier she was now as she stood up, her eyes staring at the wreckage that had taken one life yet spared another.
Rin could only stand there silently in the snow, watching in terrified horror that Kohaku was really gone and even though she wanted to pull him out and magically bring him back to life she knew it wasn’t possible. Her life was falling apart right in front of her eyes and she couldn’t do anything to stop it.
Tears fell like tiny rivers from her eyes and Rin was almost certain that they would never stop, not for as long as she lived. Numbly Rin stepped forward, believing that maybe if she touched Kohaku he would groan and be alive, because maybe her eyes had been playing tricks on her and his neck really wasn’t broken. Maybe he was just unconscious.
Her hand was on the driver’s side door handle tugging on it when she was violently pulled and dragged away, her screams filling the cold night air. She had heard the crunching of snow and ignored it, her goal being Kohaku and now she struggled to break free from whatever it was that was taking here away from saving Kohaku. Nails dug into her shoulder and she nearly broke free until a loud boom had her head snapping and her entire body going slack.
Once where Kohaku’s bronco sat was now a huge plume of black smoke and fire, some how it had exploded. It was as though things were getting worse by the minute and Rin was finding it harder to breathe, even when she had stopped being dragged like a limp doll.
If she had been standing Rin would have fallen to her knees, her blue eyes wide and her mouth slightly ajar; her hope of ever being happy slipping away from her like the tears sliding down her cheeks. She wanted the snow to swallow her alive because she no longer wanted to live. Life wouldn’t be the same, not after tonight and honestly it was a life she didn’t want any part of.
“You can still save him,” the low voice came out of nowhere and Rin gasped, turning to face whatever it was.
The man from earlier towered over her, his muscled arms crossed over his chest and his electric blue eyes watching her hauntingly. He had been the reason why the bronco flipped in the first place and why Kohaku was being burned alive and she hated the beast in front of her. She would have ran back to try and save Kohaku, but when she moved the two wolves at the man’s side growled baring their sharp fangs and Rin was at a loss.
“I-I can?” The thought of being able to save Kohaku overrode the uneasiness building in her chest. “How?”
His eeys watched her as she stood, the electric blue hiding a faint ring of red and Rin silently wondered what she was getting herself into. The snow was cold, the melted ice seeping into her pants and jacket and freezing her hands. Whatever it was she didn’t want to think about it because it was more than certain she would back away like a coward if she thought long enough.
“I can save him,” the man’s voice was different somehow and he looked almost dead standing in front of her unmoving. It reminded her of a doll. “Bring him back to life like none of this happened.” His smile looked foreign and evil on his face.
“Can you--” she knew she couldn’t be believing what he was telling her after all it was more than likely all a lie, but she just couldn’t turn her back on Kohaku, she just couldn’t. “Please--please save Kohaku.”
A shiver of fear consumed her and for a moment she thought she saw another person standing behind the man, eyes glowing red, but when she blinked it was gone.
“Would you give up everything to save him?” his eyes narrowed as Rin nodded pathetically, her lips already turning blue from the cold. “Even your soul?”
She knew she should have said no, but the need to have Kohaku by her side was something she wanted more. Rin loved Kohaku, loved him with every fiber in her body and she would do anything, give anything if it meant that he would live to see another day.
“Anything,” she told him and Rin held her breath.
The sound of the burning fire disappeared as well as all other sounds and Rin glanced around only to see nothing. The bronco was gone, so was the snow and the trees and she felt her heart pounding in her chest. Had she made the wrong choice?
Pain in chest was sudden as well as the blinding light scorching her retinas and Rin screamed a silent scream feeling something being violently ripped from her body. When the light faded and she was left standing in the snow staring into laughing blue eyes Rin knew she had made a deal with the devil.
“Now,” he said menacingly, his clawed hands grabbing her arms and digging into her coat and flesh. “Let’s make things more interesting shall we?”
“What do you mean?” Rin didn’t like the look in his eyes and she wished that her and Kohaku had stayed at the cabin where they had been safe.
“If you can out run my wolves, I’ll let you go. No strings attached,” they were words that she desperately wanted to be true. “You and your man can leave this place and live happily ever after. And all you have do to is run.”
His claws dug into her, tearing flesh and clothing and Rin cried out in pain and shock, the red blood dripping from his fingertips as he brought them to his mouth and licked it off. She was beyond disgusted and fear caked the back of her throat like a lump she couldn’t swallow for the life of her.
“You’d better get going,” he laughed. “I’ll only be giving you a little heads start.”
Her eyes widened and she wasted no time running away from the man with mid back length black hair. If all she had to do was out run a few wolves then she had to make sure she ran into no obstacles on her way. The wind whipped at her as she ran, her eyes unseeing, but none the less she pushed herself harder. It was like she was being suckered into a hopeless game of hide and seek and she wanted to cry because she knew that there would be no way out of it.
The moon was high in the sky, it’s full circular shape lighting the way and easing the helplessness she felt pouring out of her skin. She jumped over fallen logs like they were hurdles, her legs buckling hearing the loud howling of wolves all around her. She was being hunted by the supernatural beings of the woods, but she kept going ignoring the pain in her arms and chest. They would be better when she re ached the safe zone.
Speaking of the said safe zone, Rin realized that the man never told her where it was or if it even existed and tears burned her eyes when it dawned on he that he never meant that she’d come out alive. She wanted to scream to the moon like the wolves did but she couldn’t let herself waste what little energy she had left. Her feet slipped and Rin tumbled to the ground, her body rolling down a small hill and when she came to a stop and was able to crawl onto her knees she saw the cabin only yards away.
The lights were on illuminating the log and brick structure and hearing the rustling of leaves and crunching of snow, Rin scrambled to her feet towards the cabin. If she could make it inside she knew she could be safe and it gave her a second wind.
She could feel them nipping at her heels and Rin spared a glance over her shoulder to see several wolves emerging from the trees like flying beasts and she cried out practically catapulting herself over the steps and crashing against the door, frantically trying to open it as they drew closer.
Somehow she was able to open it and slip inside slamming the door shut behind her and barricading it with her body. Her breath was coming out in heavy pants, her entire body trembling and she felt the tears slipping down her face; she made it. She wanted to laugh, or scream, but she could only slide down to the floor as he knees buckled, everything was going to be okay.
“I made it,” she whispered softly to herself, her hands covering her face.
“Not quite Rin,”
Her head snapped up and she stared blankly into the smoldering gaze of red. Long black hair poured over one shoulder, even pulled up in a high pony tail and Rin cried out seeing a pair of electric blue eyes behind the new stranger. After everything she did and no matter how hard she fought to save the one she loved, somehow she had managed to fail one way or another.
Arms wrapped around her, cold hands holding her and Rin blocked everything out around her. They weren’t Kohaku’s arms and they never would be and it made her cry harder; the sounds of her sobs fading from her ears and the objects disappearing like they were never there to begin with. The strange man holding her pulled her into the empty cold darkness and with nothing else to hold onto, Rin allowed it to consume her.
E/N: Well it was kind of angsty, but then again a lot of my stories are. The story has changed from what I originally wanted it to be but I think that it's going in a better direction. The next chapter will be out in a week latest. Maybe earlier pending on how fast I can write it out and then type it up. My notepad is my life since I'm switching from one home to another now. (My apartment to my mom's place i.e.) The next chapter will be the beginning of everything and will give explanations that I'm sure are needed. Don't worry, it's going to get good and no it won't always be sad and depressing. I promise.
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Well Until next time,
Krystal.