InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lost World ❯ Chapter Two ( Chapter 2 )

 

She was not sure if she had truly said the word or if it had only been in her mind, so it seemed to echo around her as if her mind itself were screaming in denial. Rage overcame the power in the back of her mind, and it pushed back her other thoughts of belonging and of sleeping and going away. An old memory flooded her mind, the wildcat continuing to rage at her for being so weak.

 

<i>A small child was clutching her mother's apron tightly she beamed up at the older woman with genuine love and excitement. Her cute little lips parted to speak, and Rin could almost sense the joy flowing from the child that was once herself.<b>“Mommy, I want to see youkai.”</i>< b></b>

 

Rin's hands came to her mouth and she gasped as she saw that the miasma had closed in around her. She choked on the poisoned air; her vision once again distorted though she felt renewed from the shock wave of power that had hit her.

 

A growl emitted from in front of her and she knew that it had to be the white pelted man. “Stupid girl, you make the biggest mistake of your existence.” He sounded extremely angered at her, and Rin became instantly terrified.

 

Looking around frantically, she felt the cold sweat start to form on her body again as the panic inside of her rebounded. Her hair whipped in a wide ark and her fatigued body and mind faltered at her wildly swinging head. Stilling herself, Rin peered through the miasma and spied the open door. She was free! He had moved - to Kami-sama knows where - but she was free to run!

 

Hope banished her fear as it suddenly gleamed brightly, a laugh rising in her throat, though it did not escape. Her muscles in her legs were suddenly springy and lively again and she tore toward the door, her feet barely touching the ground. As if she had wings, she soared toward the opening like a caged bird, a look of relieved glee on her face.

 

Her heart immediately sunk again as he stepped in her way before she had even crossed halfway across the threshold to the open door. Her freedom was dashed to pieces before her. Once again she felt like the little caged bird as the miasma pressed in around her.

 

“What do you want with me?!” She felt the words spill from her mouth as her mind shrieked in terror. “Why are you doing this to me?!”

 

He laughed at her, his aura seeming to rise up around him, making him appear larger than he actually was. He did not answer her, but simply continued to laugh.

 

Rin clenched her sweaty palms; her muscles giving off little spasms as the fatigue finally hit her body. She had been exerting so much anxiety-filled energy that she had not paid attention to the damage it would do to her body. Inwardly she cursed herself for not thinking about the consequences of wasting such energy that she would need to get past this deranged man. “Tell me what you did to my family you creep!!”

 

He laughed louder before he calmed himself enough to speak, though his voice was still sultry as he cooed to her. “I did nothing to them, their disappearance is all your doing.” He replied with a voice of silk.

 

Rin glared at him, though her heart sank. “And how did I do that?” She demanded angrily, though her tone gave away the shaky fear that was suppressed inside of her.

 

“You were the one who wanted to get away, no? Or don't you remember thinking that?” He asked smoothly. <i><b>“I want to get away from here. I want it all to disappear.I want to go somewhere else, somewhere far,far away whereI'll never have to see any of them again.”</i ></b>

 

Rin panicked as she noticed that he had quoted something that had run through her mind not but a day before. Her mouth opened, but for a short time, only a few tiny breaths came in and out as a bead of sweat ran down the side of her face. “You. . .you. . .”

 

“That's right.” He chuckled darkly. “You are the reason they have disappeared. Words are very powerful at times.” He laughed at her horrified expression. “Now, let us go to that which you have wished for.” He stretched out a welcoming hand towards her, and she awkwardly moved her own toward him before she snapped back to her senses and snatched her hand away again.

 

<i><b>“Mommy, I want to see youkai.” </i></b>

 

“No.” She said firmly, glaring at him. “Bring back my family. I will not go.”

 

His red eyes narrowed behind his mask as she clenched her sweaty palm to her chest as if half-afraid he might try to snatch it from her and drag her away without her consent.

 

“You have no choice. The portal has already opened.” He informed her with a sadistic sneer. “You have already been sucked into a tiny alternate dimension. This little replication of a world that you keep yourself in will soon destroy itself. And you will be sucked through the portal and be dropped into some strange place that may be dangerous. Come with me, and you will be assured safety.”

 

His hand came out to her from under the white pelt again, almost pleading for her to grasp hold on it. As his words spilled out, Rin had felt a kind of tugging on her entire being, and the creak of wood had been heard as the miasma was sucked out of the room through the single door behind him. There was the sound of the winds picking up, and Rin's hair blew about her startled face. What was she to do?

 

She stared at the offered hand in confusion. Would he really take her somewhere safe? What if she was just dreaming? None of this could be real. Soon, she would fall out of bed, or the teacher would wake her with a sharp rap to the board, wouldn't he? She squirmed, still indecisive despite the imbalance around her.

 

His hand moved a little more towards her, pressing her to make a decision. Rin squirmed again, trying to get away from him. Determined, she glared up at him. “I will go nowhere with you.” She proclaimed triumphantly.

 

He snarled, whipping the hand back into the folds of his robe. Growling loudly, his aura grew again until he was as large as the room, looking down on her small form. “Fool, you make the biggest mistake of your soon to end existence.” He informed her in a threatening tone. “Enjoy what time you have left.”

 

He cackled loudly as a dark void opened up behind him and began to swallow him up. Still, as he disappeared before her very eyes into his own cloud of miasma, his voice echoed out at her over the roar of the splintering wood. “Can you not feel the world turning in my direction already?”

 

And indeed the world beneath her seemed to be reeling into chaos. It shook and closed in on itself, her hair swept upward with the clouds of dust. Still, there was one part of the room that seemed to be untouched and set apart from the rest of it. Back in the dingy corner of the room, half-hidden in the darkness, was a dry old well. Something told her she would be safe there, if only she could reach the well in time.

 

Taking a moment to briefly look to either side of her, she saw that there was little time to make any true decision on the matter and used what little of her strength she had left to jolt herself in the direction of the old well. As she reached the edge, there was the sound like a large, old tree cracking on its base. The whine of wood as it falls, and the swish of leaves coming with it, echoed out behind her and before she could turn to see what had happened, she had jumped over the rim of the well in terror. <i>`Oh, Kami-sama. . .please let me be safe. . .'</i>

 

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A tall, silver haired man suddenly stopped on his track through the deep wilderness of his father's lands, a new scent wafting across his senses. One he had never smelt before. A new aura as well creeped in on the back of his mind, making him aware of a sudden, strong presence. But the strange thing was, this did not smell at all like his kindred. And the aura was so pure. . .

 

Startled, he frowned and swung in the direction that the scent was coming from. It would not due for an intruder to come and he not investigate.

 

Swiftly, he darted thorough the large forests, the lands that had been passed down from generation to generation to his family. At present, they belonged to his father, but someday, they would be his. Proudly, he noted how well kept they were, and knew that he too would have them remain that way for as long as he reigned as well. It was too beautiful to destroy by negligence.

 

He knew this track too well, for he patrolled his sect of it more than he did the other sects that were under his jurisdiction. He had no idea why, but this area drew his attention more than the others did. Though they were all equally beautiful, this one was the farthest from the hustle and bustle of his father's courts, and was the one that he could find the most privacy in. But he often used the excuse that this one was the largest area - which it was - and that it deserved more patrol than the others did. Also, there were more places to hide under the thick foliage, and so many confusing scents, that if someone were not accustomed to them, they might not distinguish an intruders scent from the scents of the many flowers, plants, and streams.

 

Now, as he got closer to the place he was destined, and the place that the scent still came from, unmoved, he hopped up into the tree boughs, and jumped from bough to bough skillfully and silently. Barely a leaf moved, despite his speed. Smirking, his golden eyes glinted as he recognized the scent of a female, though still the other half of the scent was partially foreign to him. He had smelled it long ago, he knew it was familiar, yet he could not place his claw on what was so familiar <i>about</i> it.

 

A growl formed in the back of his throat as it finally dawned on him what he was sensing. How could he have possibly over looked that for so long? It was so blatantly obvious, after all!

 

A human female.

 

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