InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Into The Darkness ❯ Chapter Twelve ( Chapter 13 )

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!


Into the Darkness


By Miztikal-Dragon


Chapter Twelve


“You’re wrong,” she told him angrily, willing the tears not to fall. “You’re wrong InuYasha, I know you are!”


The problem was that deep down Rin had more than just a feeling that it was whom was wrong. But it went even deeper than that because she desperately wanted to believe that all of her pain and suffering was all in vain. That everything she’d gone through in the last sixty years all could have been avoided if she had been stronger--or if she had died.


“Rin--” InuYasha took a step forward and she flinched away.


“STOP!” She growled grinding her teeth together. “I-I’ll show you! I’m right! I have to be!!”


She felt the hysteria building in hr chest and she knew that if InuYasha came any closer she’d snap, breaking beyond repair. So instead of letting him envelope her in a hug like he tried, Rin elbowed him in the gut and sprinted back to the inn. It wasn’t that far off and if she was going to find answers, she didn’t want to try walking around town or else it would take her too long.


Rin was in and out in minutes flat, sparing herself enough time to grab the keys to Shippo’s motorcycle and a quick gulp or air and that as it. The library was open a little later than businesses and Rin knew that if there was one place of truth, it would be there waiting for her. There was no point now in avoiding the enormous building and Rin took a deep breath before entering last ray of hope. Instead of being a happy place, the library seemed like a mausoleum of books to Rin and when she first entered through the doors she forgot completely how to breathe. The dusky scent of old paper and ink tickled her nose and it took a few moments for her to gather her bearings to go further.


If nothing had been moved around like she prayed it hadn’t, then she knew exactly where she needed to go. And yet again, she found out that things hardly stayed the same and after several longer moments, she was guided in the right direction. One thing that made her feel slightly better was that she was completely alone as she scrolled past each year trying to find the right one. The solitude helped calm her frayed nerves, helped her regain control; although no matter how alone she was nothing could stop her trembling fingers for fast-paced beating heart. She didn’t want to be wrong on this, didn’t think she could live if she was wrong and her stomach rolled as the dates flashed by her eyes, the jumbled texts bleeding into each other.


Like an explosion it was there staring at her in the face, huge black bold lettering enlarging the words she wished had been make believe. It was a picture of several men in jackets surrounding an upside down vehicle. The headline read “Boy killed in tragic vehicle accident”. Her eyes watered as she read quickly over the long article, her brain catching Kohaku’s name and a sob escaped her throat.


‘Official’s told press that the remains of Rin Taber have yet to be recovered, but we are told that there were wolf prints found at the scene of the wreckage.’


There was more to read, more details and if Rin wanted to she could have continued reading, mentally denying the aging newspaper’s claims. She desperately wanted to keep up with the charade that her deal with Naraku had been honored, but she no longer had the strength to fight the truth. Everything, all of her sacrifices and pain, they had been all for nothing because now she knew that Kohaku hadn’t lived. The truth hurt, making the splintering pain in her chest almost unbearable and it almost made her wishing that she was naïve and clueless once more.


Her deal with Naraku, with the devil pretending to be a man was null and void then right? She didn’t have to constantly look over her shoulder in fear that he would drag her back to the darkness which he came from. If Kohaku hadn’t been saved then was she free to live the way she wanted without fear right? Somehow she doubted her last thought to be correct; however, it was the only hope she could now cling to.


There had to be a reason Naraku approached her, hunted her and she wracked her brain trying to think of an answer. She hadn’t been an evil-or even remotely bad child, hadn’t even stolen anything and yet she was being punished by some unknown sin. Why did Naraku want her in the first place? Why?


“Rin you must leave this place,” a seductive feminine voice whispered softly in her ear and Rin fought back the scream bubbling in her throat.


Her first instinct was to run, to get as far away from the wind witch as possible because if Kagura was close it meant that so was Naraku. “K-Kagura…”


“I don’t speak just to hear myself talk,” Kagura snapped angrily, forcing Rin to turn and see her lurking in the shadows. “If you value your life you will go back to Sesshomaru’s and stay where you are safe.”


“Safe?” Rin laughed wiping the tears from her eyes angrily. “I’m not safe anywhere.”


The fan Kagura held tightly in her hand snapped shut and the wind witch smacked Rin’s shoulder with the wooden contraption. There was only so much time that Kagura could let be wasted. Naraku wasn’t a creature to be subdued long--especially not by one of his soul prisoners and when he was free, he would be furious. Kagura couldn’t explain exactly why she wanted to help Rin; after al, the human took away everything the wind witch had desired without knowing it, but the innocent were funny like that.


“If you don’t get InuYasha and leave now like I’m warning you to, you’re an idiot who deserves whatever Naraku has planned.” Kagura was tired of playing games, tired of suffering and if this worked, then she’d gladly forfeit her life just to stick it to Naraku. “He knows you’re with child again Rin, with Sesshomaru’s child and he wants blood.”


“I’m what!?” Rin’s surprised gasp startled Kagura and she glared at the human with hate-filled eyes.


“I will not repeat myself,” she continued grabbing Rin’s wrist and dragging her away from the computer. “Go back to Sesshomaru and beg for him to soul bind you and release you from Naraku. If you don’t then you might as well kill your baby and yourself because when Naraku comes for you it won’t be pretty.”


“I’m pregnant?” Her mind just couldn’t wrap around the two worded statement, her legs struggling to keep up with Kagura’s fast paced stride.


The idea of her being pregnant wasn’t really such a big deal, not when she remembered the nights she had spent wrapped up in Sesshomaru’s strong arms. The thoughts had a heated pink blush sneaking onto her cheeks and fill her stomach with a warmth that she hadn’t felt since Kohaku. She had always dreamed of being a mother, of raising the offspring of a man she truly loved, and though she didn’t think she loved Sesshomaru as much as she had Kohaku, she did understand that there was still that feeling hiding out in her heart.


“Wait!” Rin jerked her wrist from Kagura’s fingers, her eyes wide in confusion. “What do you mean again? I’ve never been pregnant before.”


And exasperated sigh left Kagura’s mouth before she could bite it back and the urge to violently shake the human behind her was almost uncontrollable. How could someone be so stupid at a time like the present? Then it hit Kagura and she felt a migraine building at the bridge of her nose. Of course Rin wouldn’t have known she had been pregnant previously, Naraku had stolen away many of Rin’s few memories during that period, stolen them and destroyed them without even a bated breath and she hated Naraku so much more than she had before.


“I don’t have time to sit here and reminisce memories that you can’t remember,” Kagura spat towering over Rin, her fan pressed lightly onto Rin’s breastbone. “You were promised to Naraku before you were even thought up and when he went to collect you had gotten yourself some naïve and defenseless paramour and then when Naraku had gotten rid of his only obstacle you just had to get pregnant by that boy.”


“What are you talking about?” The hairs on Rin’s arms and neck were beginning to stand on end and it was becoming harder to catch her breath. She wanted to scream and call Kagura a liar, the witch was only toying with her emotions and saying things she couldn’t possibly be true in order to trap her for Naraku.


It was exactly something Naraku would do to her, he liked to torture her-some twisted game of cat and mouse and Rin had to get far away from the woman in front of her. All she had to do was run, get a few yards in between them and she could make it to InuYasha and she’d be on her way home faster than a humming bird’s wings and she’d be safe. Kagura was cunning and evil, Rin knew it from years of watching the wind witch and though she was immediately suspicious, one look into those vindictive and manipulative eyes all Rin could see was fear and anger.


“I don’t understand,” Rin called out after Kagura when the female turned and began walking away. This couldn’t be true, could it? “Wait, Kagura please!”


“I don’t have time for this!” Kagura snarled throwing the doors in front of her open and exiting the enormous library. Her trained eyes spotted silver and she whirled around on Rin, her entire body humming with adrenaline, this was working out perfect. “Your worthless mother traded her first born to Naraku in return for her love’s life. Don’t you get it? You belong to Naraku and if you don’t get a stronger demon to soul bind you, Naraku will have Sesshomaru’s unborn child in his grasp and you’ll lose another to him. I don’t care for you, but I’ll be damned before I let Naraku get his claws onto anything of Sesshomaru’s.”


InuYasha had seen Kagura and pounced, his amber eyes blazing; although the wind witch’s words had stopped him in his tracks and his eyes narrowed. It was a known fact that Kagura and his half brother Sesshomaru had had some kind of past together, they were strong creatures after all, and he didn’t know how to react to Kagura’s blatant exclamation of love for Sesshomaru. To him it had all seemed like a power struggle, something out of convenience and with the knew information he pitied Kagura.


“Take her home,” Kagura didn’t plead, didn’t beg for anything, nevertheless this was as close as she got and she had to remind herself that this was for Sesshomaru and not the human in front of her. “I’ve run out of time…”


Rin heard the whistling sound before she saw it and her scream echoed around her as she watched horror as an enormous metal arrow shot out of Kagura’s chest, the metal arrowhead splitting into prongs that clung to her chest. Red eyes went wide and slender fingers clawed at the metal contraption with surprise. The wind witch was wrenched violently away from Rin and InuYasha, her thrashing body being dragged along the sidewalk and pavement as if she were a empty can tied with thread. Rin tried going after Kagura; however InuYasha’s strong arms grabbed onto her and held her against his chest, Kagura’s pain filled howls ringing in her ears.


She struggled to get out of InuYasha’s hold, her fear suffocating her and giving in to the blind need to escape even though there was no where to run, not when Naraku had come for her. Trembling, she risked a peek at him and black eyes bored holes into her, his thin lips quirking into a small grin and Rin felt as though she would lose her lunch.


“InuYasha,” Naraku’s cool voice had chills running up and down Rin’s spine and her fingers clung to InuYasha for support and safety, her knees threatening to give out on her. “It’s so good to see you.”


“I can’t say the feeling’s mutual,” InuYasha replied and Rin tried not to stare at the trail of blood leading from her to the spot next to Naraku where someone she didn’t recognize stood silently like some statue. “I don’t want any problems.”


Naraku’s laugh was as terrifying as the wolves he controlled, his gaze stuck on her with an emotion she had never wanted to acknowledge, but Kagura’s rambling had put everything in perspective. Rin’s mother had given away her first born to the devil for love and it had torn an enormous hold in her. She didn’t want to believe it, she almost couldn’t, albeit it made perfect sense. Hadn’t her father gone missing after their plane crashed all those years ago? Hadn’t her mother told her the story, a strange look in her eyes and why goodbyes were more frequent than ‘I love you’.


Her mother had condemned her, killed her before Rin was even born and though she couldn’t hate her mother, she was far from okay with the idea. Rin had done nearly the same thing, she had sold something to the demon across from her--the demon who sought after her and the truth was that she had never had a chance. Her mother had aided in the death of Kohaku, although not by choice, but her actions helped kill him.


“I guess the cat’s out of the bag Rin,” Naraku sounded less than pleased and Kagura’s muffled moan of pain stabbed at Rin. “Say hello to your Sin.”


E/N: Sorry that this chapter is short! OOOOOO the plot thickens. I'm more than half way done with this story now! I've got a lot more of the later stuff written out so I'm hoping that I'll be able to get more out. I'm also trying to push out a nice, cute little x-mas tale so we'll see if I get to!