InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lolita: Sesshomaru and Rin ❯ Back On The Road ( Chapter 16 )
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By: animetributes 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.04.2016 | Pages: 3 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 216 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.04.2016 | Pages: 3 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 216 | Status: Completed
(Sesshomaru's P.O.V.)
Rin and I once again left to travel. I kept a very close watch on her, not wanting her to be in contact with anyone I didn't know, but I'm not sure that I was successful.
We once stopped at a gas station and she slipped out of her seat, the raised hood of the car shielding her from my sight. After I was done with my car and moved it, I became increasingly aware of her absence, and my nervousness sent me into some sort of hyper-sensitive zone where it felt like my senses had been enhanced to superhuman levels. Then I saw Lo returning to me just as Sara's dying cry resonated in my head.
I felt uncomfortable letting her go to phone booths or even bathrooms.
She often changed her mind about destinations and hotels for no apparent reason, and sometimes wanted to stay in one place longer than she had originally intended. Once she wanted to go to Kasbeam because it was not too far away from where she used to live, but in the morning she was too tired to go. That was alright with me because I didn't want to risk running into any old "friends".
"If you had felt that I was against it completely, you wouldn't have given it up so easily." I noted to her. "You would've persisted just to spite me."
She sighed. "Ugh, I'm out of it. Can I stay in bed until like, noon? With some magazines and stuff for me to read. Then we can keep going west."
I left her to do as she wished and went outside, just admiring the view on my walk. For some reason I felt nervous, though, and I quickly returned to the hotel room where I found Rin completely dressed, sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at me in slight surprise.
"You've been out."
Rin shrugged. "I got up and went out to see if you were coming back."
The feelings of paranoia, the suspicion that I had in my mind grew stronger. What was she up to? I couldn't put my finger on it, so I did not say anything and let Rin start eating the fruit I'd bought for her while I was out. Then I looked out the window and saw the man next door grin. When I stepped outside, every car except his was gone, and his pregnant wife, baby and child were climbing into his station wagon.
"Where are you going?" Lolita called.
Not replying, I pushed her onto the bed, ripped off her shirt and shoes and started sniffing her for signs of infidelity, but could not find any solid evidence.
There was a chess box that Jaken had given me that was too flat to keep chess pieces in. Now I used it to store the .32 caliber, pocket automatic gun with a capacity of eight magazine catridges that I had inherited from Sara's first husband. It now kept me company at night as I stayed up on guard. I was glad that Miroku, who was remarkably skilled with his own gun, had taught me to use it a few years earlier.
My suspicions grew stronger and stronger. A red convertible kept on following us, and one day I saw its driver. The driver's red eyes seemed to pierce into mine for a second until I had to turn away and pay attention to where I was going. I pulled up at a filing station and he stopped a bit behind us at a cafe. I walked in to pay for gas and as I was signing the check, I caught a glimpse of the man's mass of black hair.
And Rin was talking to him. The way that she spoke to him hinted that the two were quite familiar with each other, and it sickened me. He walked back to his car and when I returned, Lolita was sitting there studying a road map.
"Who was that?" I demanded.
Rin shrugged. "Some guy. I gave him directions."
Biting my lip, I got into the driver's seat and drove on.
"That man's been following us all day." I said. "He may be a cop. I've already told you about what would happen to you if you went and told the police about us, haven't I?"
She laughed. "The worst thing to do in front of a cop is to act scared. So drop it, dad."
The next day, the red car was once again at our tail. There was not much traffic and no one even got in between us, but I managed to evade him. It was then that Rin announced that she had misread the tour book, and we drove around until we ended up at a theatre by mistake. So we decided to go see the play, one that I did not care much about at all. The light effects were annoying and the acting was mediocre. The only good thing about it was when seven little nymphets-one for each color of the rainbow-paraded out onto the stage, giggling.
I wondered about the play's authors, Naraku and Abi, as applause filled the room to signify the end of the play and Rin and I went towards the exit. Lolita's eyes sparkled as she admired the stars, and I was just in a hurry to get back to our cabin.
"That Abi woman, I think I've seen her somewhere." I said out loud as we slipped into our seats.
Rin shook her head at me. "Abi is not a woman. Naraku is. Her real name is Naru but she wants to go by a man's name cause it's easier to get respect that way."
I slowly turned my head towards her. "Didn't you have a crush on an actor named Naraku, back in the day?"
"What? Are you stupid?" Lolita giggled. "That man was a fat dentist!"
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Dear Rin:
The play was great! Of course it would have been better if you were here, but the girl that they found to play your part was decent enough. Me and my family are moving to New York the day after tomorrow, and I might have to go with them to Europe. I guess that means I might not be able to meet you when you get back, huh? But promise to keep in touch.
Love,
Shippo
That was the letter that I found and was reading when I realized that Rin had disappeared. I hopped into my car and drove, looking for her, asking every person that I came across of her whereabouts until I came across her in the middle of the street, and I instructed her to get in the car.
"Sorry about that. I came across a girl I used to go to Beardsley with and I couldn't leave her alone." she explained.
"I have a list of all the students with me, Rin. What was her name?"
"...I mean, she didn't go to school with me, she was someone I knew from town."
I narrowed my eyes at her. "What did you do?"
She shrugged. "We had some cokes."
"Where, over there?" I pointed to a store nearby, and Rin nodded. "I can ask the soda man."
"No, no! It was further down, I think."
This wasn't getting us anywhere. My next plan was to tell her that I had written down the licence plate number of the car that was following us. As I had not memorized it, I was unable to fill in the blanks when I pulled out the pad that I had written it down on and saw that some of the numbers had been erased. Silently I put the pad away and drove off while Rin pulled out one of her comic books.
After driving around three or four miles, I turned into a park and Lo looked up at me with a half-smile. It was like she was mocking me.
Then without thinking, I delivered a backhand slap to her cheek.
"Ah!" she screamed, and then I realized what I had done. It wasn't a hard slap, but it could've hurt a small girl like her. After all these years, no matter how much she unnerved me, the most I'd done was shove her or drag her to get her moving but this time...I had hit her. I hated myself so much that night.
She cried. She cried and cried, and afterwards she tried to reconcile with me by having sex with me. I didn't turn her away, and I felt even more remorse and shame for that.
That night, I looked for the red car that had been following us and found him sitting in a completely different car. The man had been switching vehicles all along. He continued to change convertibles, and at one time, he drove a blue car that was nearly indistiguishable from our own. It nearly drove me insane trying to look out for him.
One day during our usual chase, my car got a flat tire and he stopped not far away from us. Meaning to confront him, I started to walk towards him and he backed away a little. Then a truck came out from behind him, passed me, and then honked. I instinctively looked back at my own car to see that it was slowly creeping away.
Lo was at the wheel, trying to drive, I think in an attempt to distract me from confronting him. And he took advantage of my hesitation to make a U-turn and speed away.
"Aren't you gonna thank me?" said Rin when I returned to her side. "It started rolling away by itself, and I saved us."
From then on, I started keeping the gun in my pocket.
Rin and I once again left to travel. I kept a very close watch on her, not wanting her to be in contact with anyone I didn't know, but I'm not sure that I was successful.
We once stopped at a gas station and she slipped out of her seat, the raised hood of the car shielding her from my sight. After I was done with my car and moved it, I became increasingly aware of her absence, and my nervousness sent me into some sort of hyper-sensitive zone where it felt like my senses had been enhanced to superhuman levels. Then I saw Lo returning to me just as Sara's dying cry resonated in my head.
I felt uncomfortable letting her go to phone booths or even bathrooms.
She often changed her mind about destinations and hotels for no apparent reason, and sometimes wanted to stay in one place longer than she had originally intended. Once she wanted to go to Kasbeam because it was not too far away from where she used to live, but in the morning she was too tired to go. That was alright with me because I didn't want to risk running into any old "friends".
"If you had felt that I was against it completely, you wouldn't have given it up so easily." I noted to her. "You would've persisted just to spite me."
She sighed. "Ugh, I'm out of it. Can I stay in bed until like, noon? With some magazines and stuff for me to read. Then we can keep going west."
I left her to do as she wished and went outside, just admiring the view on my walk. For some reason I felt nervous, though, and I quickly returned to the hotel room where I found Rin completely dressed, sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at me in slight surprise.
"You've been out."
Rin shrugged. "I got up and went out to see if you were coming back."
The feelings of paranoia, the suspicion that I had in my mind grew stronger. What was she up to? I couldn't put my finger on it, so I did not say anything and let Rin start eating the fruit I'd bought for her while I was out. Then I looked out the window and saw the man next door grin. When I stepped outside, every car except his was gone, and his pregnant wife, baby and child were climbing into his station wagon.
"Where are you going?" Lolita called.
Not replying, I pushed her onto the bed, ripped off her shirt and shoes and started sniffing her for signs of infidelity, but could not find any solid evidence.
There was a chess box that Jaken had given me that was too flat to keep chess pieces in. Now I used it to store the .32 caliber, pocket automatic gun with a capacity of eight magazine catridges that I had inherited from Sara's first husband. It now kept me company at night as I stayed up on guard. I was glad that Miroku, who was remarkably skilled with his own gun, had taught me to use it a few years earlier.
My suspicions grew stronger and stronger. A red convertible kept on following us, and one day I saw its driver. The driver's red eyes seemed to pierce into mine for a second until I had to turn away and pay attention to where I was going. I pulled up at a filing station and he stopped a bit behind us at a cafe. I walked in to pay for gas and as I was signing the check, I caught a glimpse of the man's mass of black hair.
And Rin was talking to him. The way that she spoke to him hinted that the two were quite familiar with each other, and it sickened me. He walked back to his car and when I returned, Lolita was sitting there studying a road map.
"Who was that?" I demanded.
Rin shrugged. "Some guy. I gave him directions."
Biting my lip, I got into the driver's seat and drove on.
"That man's been following us all day." I said. "He may be a cop. I've already told you about what would happen to you if you went and told the police about us, haven't I?"
She laughed. "The worst thing to do in front of a cop is to act scared. So drop it, dad."
The next day, the red car was once again at our tail. There was not much traffic and no one even got in between us, but I managed to evade him. It was then that Rin announced that she had misread the tour book, and we drove around until we ended up at a theatre by mistake. So we decided to go see the play, one that I did not care much about at all. The light effects were annoying and the acting was mediocre. The only good thing about it was when seven little nymphets-one for each color of the rainbow-paraded out onto the stage, giggling.
I wondered about the play's authors, Naraku and Abi, as applause filled the room to signify the end of the play and Rin and I went towards the exit. Lolita's eyes sparkled as she admired the stars, and I was just in a hurry to get back to our cabin.
"That Abi woman, I think I've seen her somewhere." I said out loud as we slipped into our seats.
Rin shook her head at me. "Abi is not a woman. Naraku is. Her real name is Naru but she wants to go by a man's name cause it's easier to get respect that way."
I slowly turned my head towards her. "Didn't you have a crush on an actor named Naraku, back in the day?"
"What? Are you stupid?" Lolita giggled. "That man was a fat dentist!"
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Dear Rin:
The play was great! Of course it would have been better if you were here, but the girl that they found to play your part was decent enough. Me and my family are moving to New York the day after tomorrow, and I might have to go with them to Europe. I guess that means I might not be able to meet you when you get back, huh? But promise to keep in touch.
Love,
Shippo
That was the letter that I found and was reading when I realized that Rin had disappeared. I hopped into my car and drove, looking for her, asking every person that I came across of her whereabouts until I came across her in the middle of the street, and I instructed her to get in the car.
"Sorry about that. I came across a girl I used to go to Beardsley with and I couldn't leave her alone." she explained.
"I have a list of all the students with me, Rin. What was her name?"
"...I mean, she didn't go to school with me, she was someone I knew from town."
I narrowed my eyes at her. "What did you do?"
She shrugged. "We had some cokes."
"Where, over there?" I pointed to a store nearby, and Rin nodded. "I can ask the soda man."
"No, no! It was further down, I think."
This wasn't getting us anywhere. My next plan was to tell her that I had written down the licence plate number of the car that was following us. As I had not memorized it, I was unable to fill in the blanks when I pulled out the pad that I had written it down on and saw that some of the numbers had been erased. Silently I put the pad away and drove off while Rin pulled out one of her comic books.
After driving around three or four miles, I turned into a park and Lo looked up at me with a half-smile. It was like she was mocking me.
Then without thinking, I delivered a backhand slap to her cheek.
"Ah!" she screamed, and then I realized what I had done. It wasn't a hard slap, but it could've hurt a small girl like her. After all these years, no matter how much she unnerved me, the most I'd done was shove her or drag her to get her moving but this time...I had hit her. I hated myself so much that night.
She cried. She cried and cried, and afterwards she tried to reconcile with me by having sex with me. I didn't turn her away, and I felt even more remorse and shame for that.
That night, I looked for the red car that had been following us and found him sitting in a completely different car. The man had been switching vehicles all along. He continued to change convertibles, and at one time, he drove a blue car that was nearly indistiguishable from our own. It nearly drove me insane trying to look out for him.
One day during our usual chase, my car got a flat tire and he stopped not far away from us. Meaning to confront him, I started to walk towards him and he backed away a little. Then a truck came out from behind him, passed me, and then honked. I instinctively looked back at my own car to see that it was slowly creeping away.
Lo was at the wheel, trying to drive, I think in an attempt to distract me from confronting him. And he took advantage of my hesitation to make a U-turn and speed away.
"Aren't you gonna thank me?" said Rin when I returned to her side. "It started rolling away by itself, and I saved us."
From then on, I started keeping the gun in my pocket.