InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love and Insanity ❯ The Demented Mind of a Child ( Chapter 23 )
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Drama / Action / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 03.08.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.9K | Visits: 953 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Drama / Action / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 03.08.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.9K | Visits: 953 | Status: Completed
Love and Insanity
A/N: I know what you're going to say ... but I have an excuse for updating so late! I really do! See, I wrote the entire chapter, then when my computer broke, my hard drive fucked up and I lost the whole damn chapter! I probably should have started rewriting it sooner, but you see, as a writer, it's hard for me to rewrite something that is really good the exact same. So I have been stubborn and was thinking about not updating until I got my hard drive fixed. Well, I don't see that happening (which really sucks cause I was starting on my first book and now it's all gone). Anyway, here's what you've all been waiting for. Enjoy!
Chapter 23
The Demented Mind of a Child
Rin sat in her dark place once again with her arms wrapped around her legs. She buried her face in her knees, crying. She didn't want to be in the dark anymore. She didn't know what to do. She was so scared now.
"Rin" she heard her name being whispered. She popped her head out, looking around frantically. "Who's there?" she called out. She got no reply, but when she popped her head out, she could see a light at the end of the darkness. She quickly got up and ran to it, tripping over her feet as she did so in her hurry to run to the only light in the endless pit of darkness.
As she ran to it, her surroundings changed. She didn't really notice it because she was so concentrated on reaching that light. Soon, she found herself to be in a forest with trees so tall, they somewhat covered the sun. It was sunset ... or so she thought. Before she knew it, it was night time again.
There was a path set at her feet ... she felt compelled to follow it, as if it was her destiny. As she followed this path, she found it odd that she couldn't hear anything. Not the sound of crickets or owls or wolves howling at the full moon, she could only hear the sound of the wind blowing. It appeared as if everything that was alive had left this dark forest.
Her head quickly turned to her right when she heard a rustling noise. She walked over to it carefully. "Hello?"
Nothing.
She sighed and continued walking the path, thinking she must have been hearing things. Then she heard it again, but this time, it was even closer. She stopped dead in her tracks and looked over her shoulder and saw nothing. "Who is there?! Who is following me?!"
SWOOSH
She saw a metal object come flying at her face and barely dodged it in time, falling to the floor. It hit a tree next to her, slicing the wood in half, causing the tree to fall. She looked up to see a metal hook attacked to a chain come flying at her again. She couldn't dodge it in time, the chain wrapped around her arm, the sharp tip of the hook slicing into her biceps. She screamed in pain as she felt herself being pulled into the direction the attacks were coming from.
That's when she finally got a look at who was attacking her. "Kohaku!" she gasped when she saw Kohaku's dark figure towering over her as she cowered on her knees. "Kohaku no! Please! Rin didn't do anything wrong!"
He was a complete mute as he lifted his weapon above his head. She could see into his soulless eyes. "Please Kohaku! I know who you are! This isn't you! Please Kohaku"
He lifted his weapon higher and pulled it down to strike. Rin squinted her eyes shut and held her breath, expecting to die right there. When nothing happened, she opened her eyes to see the blade not even an inch away from her cheek. She let out her breath as he pulled his weapon away.
"Rin?" she heard him speak.
"Kohaku!" she shouted as she flung her unwounded arm around his neck.
He didn't hold her back, he just let her hug him. "I... I didn't mean it Rin. I'm so sorry" he cried out as he finally wrapped an arm around her waist. "He's in my head Rin ... he makes me kill" he whispered in her ear.
"You can fight him Kohaku"
"No, I can't. Not anymore"
"But Rin is still here! Not dead! You fought him!"
"You don't understand..." he sighed, "I have to go... I can't stay here. I don't want to hurt you"
"No! Please don't go! Don't leave me alone!"
He sighed against her cheek as he pulled away and looked into her eyes. Rin noticed that he didn't look so empty inside now, he just looked sad. He pulled her in slowly and barely touched his lips to hers. Rin's eyes widened in surprise. The kiss ended just as fast as it had come. "Even if I stay, you'll still be alone" he said as he let her go and walked backwards.
"Farewell" He yelled back as he began to run away. "Wait!" she called out, reaching her hand to him. Just like that, he was gone. Rin shivered as the wind blew against her skin, causing the wet blood to spread over her arm. She could feel the pain come rushing back to it at that moment.
She stood there for a moment, the only thing she could do now was to keep following the path. She grasped her wound with her other hand as she walked. The pain seemed to numb itself while she was walking down the path. Eventually, it completely went away. She looked at her arm and noticed she wasn't bleeding anymore. The blood was still stained onto her arm, but the wound was gone. 'Strange,' she thought to herself, but hey, she wasn't complaining.
She felt so lost and alone at this moment. She closed her eyes as she walked, feeling emotional agony creep through her body.
That's when she noticed the foul smelling odor in the air. She opened her eyes to see bodies everywhere, completely covering the ground. There was so much blood...
She recognized this place. The people ... they were people she knew from long ago. She saw her old house from when she was really little, burning to the ground. She ran to it as fast as her little legs could take her.
"Mommy! Daddy!" she screamed as she approached the house. They were outside on the ground, Bandits were laughing as they kicked them hard, over and over again. Blood was pouring out of their mouths, dripping off of their tongues. The poor little girl saw her parents being beat to death right in front of her.
"Stop it! You're killing them!" she screamed at them. It was just like how she remembered it. She remembered this very moment. The bandits turned to her, and that's when it got worse.
"Well, hello there girlie, what's your name?" one said as 3 approached her. They were all very big, with thick armor, balled heads, and had the smell of alcohol coming from them. They were covered in the blood of the local village people.
"I'm not telling you! Leave my Mom and dad alone!"
They laughed as they put their weapons away. "Well, well, aren't you a tough one? Just what will YOU do if we don't?"
She didn't reply, she simply stood there. She didn't know what to do. She wasn't much older than 4 at the time. Her father lifted his bruised and broken hand out to her. "Rin, don't! Run away Rin! Run away!"
"Shut it!" a bandit yelled, kicking him hard in the stomach. He moaned in pain and fell back to the ground.
"DADDY!" she shouted as she jumped on the bandit's back. Another pulled her off while she kicked with all her might. He held her arms behind her so she couldn't move. Then another punched her hard right in the face and again in the stomach. She let out a weak, high pitched cry as her head fell limp on her chest. She could barely open her eyes. Her vision became darker and darker until she passed out.
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She woke up later in a daze. She looked over to her right to see her mother and her father lying lifeless next to her. Then looked ahead of her to see her house was completely burnt to the ground.
Her eyes became glossy with tears. "No..." she whispered is despair.
"You failed them again Rin"
The water fell down her cheeks as she looked to her other side and saw Naraku. She didn't say anything back.
"You need a guide ... don't be scared child. Take my hand and I shall rid you of your pain" he said with his hand held out to her. Rin sat up and backed away on her hands and knees. "You hurt Rin! Go away!"
He sighed deeply "Very well then, I will destroy your soul instead!"
Then Naraku disappeared.
The tears came rushing rapidly down her face. "Can't!" she muttered, "Rin can't do it! Why can't Rin be strong like Sesshomaru-sama?"
"Your only human Rin"
She turned her head quickly and saw Kagome standing behind her.
"Kagome-chan?"
"Well, more or less, yeah"
"What are you doing here? Where is this place? Why im I here?"
Kagome smiled warmly at her. "All your questions will be answered soon. I can give you a few." She paused and tapped her finger on her chin.
"Well, I am here to guide you to you final path. As for your 2nd question, this place is in your mind. Your created this place which means only you can free yourself from it"
"What is Rin doing here?"
"Well, coming from experience, the short way to explain it is you've lost your mind and now your trying to find it" Kagome giggled. Rin didn't really understand. Nevertheless she shook her head. "What does Rin have to do?"
"It's simple really. Just take my hand" Kagome held out her hand to Rin. She took it hesitantly. Her fingers grasped around Kagome's and she felt herself lift off the ground and went soaring through the air.
"We're flying!" Rin shouted with glee as Kagome held her close. She was flying over blue skies and white clouds. "This is your stop" Kagome said as she landed on the ground and set Rin down.
She looked back up to see that Kagome had disappeared. "Oh well" she said as she inhaled the sent of flowers. It relaxed her, suddenly, she didn't care that she was alone. She didn't feel so lost anymore. There was a path set below her feet of soft yellow sand which was surrounded by flowers.
She laughed as she skipped down the path, smelling flowers and roses here and there. It felt so nice here. She wasn't really even looking in front of her as she went down the path. She was to busy smelling flowers and skipping to notice that someone else was on the path with her. Right in her way.
Thump
"Umph" she rubbed her soar bottom as she looked to see what, or who, she had run into. When she saw who it was, her eyes widened and she backed away on her hands and feet. The demon laughed as she did so. "You like it here, I can tell. That's good, seeing how you will be buried right over there" he said as he pointed to a hole in the ground that had a casket inside of it.
"Why are you doing this to me?! Rin didn't do anything to you!" she cried out. Naraku chuckled in amusement. Suddenly his arms became long brown tentacles and he grabbed her by the throat.
Right when he touched her, everything around her changed. Now it was nothing but fire surrounding them. The only thing that stayed the same was a grave not to far away which was surrounded by fire. She felt hot and weak, she wondered if she was in hell. She looked into Naraku's eyes. His dark eyes reflected fire from them.
"Sesshomaru-sama is gonna get you for this!" she shouted at him. Naraku laughed wickedly at her words. "It was his idea ... isn't that right Sesshomaru" Naraku said as he turned to his right. Rin looked in the direction he was looking and felt her heart break in half.
There stood Sesshomaru, just standing there doing nothing but starring at her. "Sesshomaru-sama, please ... help me!"
He said nothing as he pulled out his sword and walked up to her. "I will help you" he said to her. She didn't understand why he was looking at her that way. Like he wanted her to suffer, like she did something wrong.
Suddenly, he took his sword and stabbed her through the stomach, pulling her out of Naraku's grasp and then flung her into the grave that was set for her. The last thing she was endless fire before the casket shut.
She lifted her weak hand and slid it down the top of the casket. The pain was to much. The pain in her stomach, the pain of Sesshomaru trying to kill her ... she couldn't take it. Tears came flying down her cheeks as the blood began to flood the casket. She banged on the top, screaming.
"No! It's dark! Let me out! God please! I can't take it! It hurts!" she cried out as she kicked and screamed. The blood was creeping up higher and higher until the casket was completely full of it and she couldn't breath. She was drowning in her own blood now. Yet she stayed awake somehow. She couldn't help but think that this must be hell, she couldn't even die. Was she to spend the rest of eternity in here, drowning in her own blood, buried alive?
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Sesshomaru sat there with his hand wrapped around Rin's tiny wrist. It had only been 3 hours, but he still felt something strange inside him. He was worried. Not that he would admit it. He stared at her, thinking what it must be like, wondering what was going inside of her head.
That's when he heard her call out his name.
"Sesshomaru-sama, please ... help me!" Right at that moment, he felt something pulse through him. It came from where their hands met and tingled all the way through his body. He knew that it was time to go help her. He grabbed the herb and was about to eat it when he noticed something. There was blood on her lips.
What ever is inside her head is hurting her physically somehow. He had to get her out of there. He quickly stuck a handfull of the herb in his mouth and before he knew it, his head dropped on Rin's stomach and he was fast asleep.
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A/N: Well, that's the chapter. I bet you guys noticed that I didn't always make Rin talk in the 3rd person. I have a reason for this. Rin doesn't always talk like that. I surveyed the show carefully to make sure. Sometimes she says "I" or "me" and sometimes she says "Rin" just to fill your curiosity. Also, I know Rin's parents were killed by bandits when she was little, but I don't know exactly when or any of the exact info on that... I just made up my own thing. Also, yes, I did have to make Rin have her own lil thing inside her head and all, but as you can see, it's not very long like Kagome's was. Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Don't forget to review!
Arianna
A/N: I know what you're going to say ... but I have an excuse for updating so late! I really do! See, I wrote the entire chapter, then when my computer broke, my hard drive fucked up and I lost the whole damn chapter! I probably should have started rewriting it sooner, but you see, as a writer, it's hard for me to rewrite something that is really good the exact same. So I have been stubborn and was thinking about not updating until I got my hard drive fixed. Well, I don't see that happening (which really sucks cause I was starting on my first book and now it's all gone). Anyway, here's what you've all been waiting for. Enjoy!
Chapter 23
The Demented Mind of a Child
Rin sat in her dark place once again with her arms wrapped around her legs. She buried her face in her knees, crying. She didn't want to be in the dark anymore. She didn't know what to do. She was so scared now.
"Rin" she heard her name being whispered. She popped her head out, looking around frantically. "Who's there?" she called out. She got no reply, but when she popped her head out, she could see a light at the end of the darkness. She quickly got up and ran to it, tripping over her feet as she did so in her hurry to run to the only light in the endless pit of darkness.
As she ran to it, her surroundings changed. She didn't really notice it because she was so concentrated on reaching that light. Soon, she found herself to be in a forest with trees so tall, they somewhat covered the sun. It was sunset ... or so she thought. Before she knew it, it was night time again.
There was a path set at her feet ... she felt compelled to follow it, as if it was her destiny. As she followed this path, she found it odd that she couldn't hear anything. Not the sound of crickets or owls or wolves howling at the full moon, she could only hear the sound of the wind blowing. It appeared as if everything that was alive had left this dark forest.
Her head quickly turned to her right when she heard a rustling noise. She walked over to it carefully. "Hello?"
Nothing.
She sighed and continued walking the path, thinking she must have been hearing things. Then she heard it again, but this time, it was even closer. She stopped dead in her tracks and looked over her shoulder and saw nothing. "Who is there?! Who is following me?!"
SWOOSH
She saw a metal object come flying at her face and barely dodged it in time, falling to the floor. It hit a tree next to her, slicing the wood in half, causing the tree to fall. She looked up to see a metal hook attacked to a chain come flying at her again. She couldn't dodge it in time, the chain wrapped around her arm, the sharp tip of the hook slicing into her biceps. She screamed in pain as she felt herself being pulled into the direction the attacks were coming from.
That's when she finally got a look at who was attacking her. "Kohaku!" she gasped when she saw Kohaku's dark figure towering over her as she cowered on her knees. "Kohaku no! Please! Rin didn't do anything wrong!"
He was a complete mute as he lifted his weapon above his head. She could see into his soulless eyes. "Please Kohaku! I know who you are! This isn't you! Please Kohaku"
He lifted his weapon higher and pulled it down to strike. Rin squinted her eyes shut and held her breath, expecting to die right there. When nothing happened, she opened her eyes to see the blade not even an inch away from her cheek. She let out her breath as he pulled his weapon away.
"Rin?" she heard him speak.
"Kohaku!" she shouted as she flung her unwounded arm around his neck.
He didn't hold her back, he just let her hug him. "I... I didn't mean it Rin. I'm so sorry" he cried out as he finally wrapped an arm around her waist. "He's in my head Rin ... he makes me kill" he whispered in her ear.
"You can fight him Kohaku"
"No, I can't. Not anymore"
"But Rin is still here! Not dead! You fought him!"
"You don't understand..." he sighed, "I have to go... I can't stay here. I don't want to hurt you"
"No! Please don't go! Don't leave me alone!"
He sighed against her cheek as he pulled away and looked into her eyes. Rin noticed that he didn't look so empty inside now, he just looked sad. He pulled her in slowly and barely touched his lips to hers. Rin's eyes widened in surprise. The kiss ended just as fast as it had come. "Even if I stay, you'll still be alone" he said as he let her go and walked backwards.
"Farewell" He yelled back as he began to run away. "Wait!" she called out, reaching her hand to him. Just like that, he was gone. Rin shivered as the wind blew against her skin, causing the wet blood to spread over her arm. She could feel the pain come rushing back to it at that moment.
She stood there for a moment, the only thing she could do now was to keep following the path. She grasped her wound with her other hand as she walked. The pain seemed to numb itself while she was walking down the path. Eventually, it completely went away. She looked at her arm and noticed she wasn't bleeding anymore. The blood was still stained onto her arm, but the wound was gone. 'Strange,' she thought to herself, but hey, she wasn't complaining.
She felt so lost and alone at this moment. She closed her eyes as she walked, feeling emotional agony creep through her body.
That's when she noticed the foul smelling odor in the air. She opened her eyes to see bodies everywhere, completely covering the ground. There was so much blood...
She recognized this place. The people ... they were people she knew from long ago. She saw her old house from when she was really little, burning to the ground. She ran to it as fast as her little legs could take her.
"Mommy! Daddy!" she screamed as she approached the house. They were outside on the ground, Bandits were laughing as they kicked them hard, over and over again. Blood was pouring out of their mouths, dripping off of their tongues. The poor little girl saw her parents being beat to death right in front of her.
"Stop it! You're killing them!" she screamed at them. It was just like how she remembered it. She remembered this very moment. The bandits turned to her, and that's when it got worse.
"Well, hello there girlie, what's your name?" one said as 3 approached her. They were all very big, with thick armor, balled heads, and had the smell of alcohol coming from them. They were covered in the blood of the local village people.
"I'm not telling you! Leave my Mom and dad alone!"
They laughed as they put their weapons away. "Well, well, aren't you a tough one? Just what will YOU do if we don't?"
She didn't reply, she simply stood there. She didn't know what to do. She wasn't much older than 4 at the time. Her father lifted his bruised and broken hand out to her. "Rin, don't! Run away Rin! Run away!"
"Shut it!" a bandit yelled, kicking him hard in the stomach. He moaned in pain and fell back to the ground.
"DADDY!" she shouted as she jumped on the bandit's back. Another pulled her off while she kicked with all her might. He held her arms behind her so she couldn't move. Then another punched her hard right in the face and again in the stomach. She let out a weak, high pitched cry as her head fell limp on her chest. She could barely open her eyes. Her vision became darker and darker until she passed out.
~~~~~~~
She woke up later in a daze. She looked over to her right to see her mother and her father lying lifeless next to her. Then looked ahead of her to see her house was completely burnt to the ground.
Her eyes became glossy with tears. "No..." she whispered is despair.
"You failed them again Rin"
The water fell down her cheeks as she looked to her other side and saw Naraku. She didn't say anything back.
"You need a guide ... don't be scared child. Take my hand and I shall rid you of your pain" he said with his hand held out to her. Rin sat up and backed away on her hands and knees. "You hurt Rin! Go away!"
He sighed deeply "Very well then, I will destroy your soul instead!"
Then Naraku disappeared.
The tears came rushing rapidly down her face. "Can't!" she muttered, "Rin can't do it! Why can't Rin be strong like Sesshomaru-sama?"
"Your only human Rin"
She turned her head quickly and saw Kagome standing behind her.
"Kagome-chan?"
"Well, more or less, yeah"
"What are you doing here? Where is this place? Why im I here?"
Kagome smiled warmly at her. "All your questions will be answered soon. I can give you a few." She paused and tapped her finger on her chin.
"Well, I am here to guide you to you final path. As for your 2nd question, this place is in your mind. Your created this place which means only you can free yourself from it"
"What is Rin doing here?"
"Well, coming from experience, the short way to explain it is you've lost your mind and now your trying to find it" Kagome giggled. Rin didn't really understand. Nevertheless she shook her head. "What does Rin have to do?"
"It's simple really. Just take my hand" Kagome held out her hand to Rin. She took it hesitantly. Her fingers grasped around Kagome's and she felt herself lift off the ground and went soaring through the air.
"We're flying!" Rin shouted with glee as Kagome held her close. She was flying over blue skies and white clouds. "This is your stop" Kagome said as she landed on the ground and set Rin down.
She looked back up to see that Kagome had disappeared. "Oh well" she said as she inhaled the sent of flowers. It relaxed her, suddenly, she didn't care that she was alone. She didn't feel so lost anymore. There was a path set below her feet of soft yellow sand which was surrounded by flowers.
She laughed as she skipped down the path, smelling flowers and roses here and there. It felt so nice here. She wasn't really even looking in front of her as she went down the path. She was to busy smelling flowers and skipping to notice that someone else was on the path with her. Right in her way.
Thump
"Umph" she rubbed her soar bottom as she looked to see what, or who, she had run into. When she saw who it was, her eyes widened and she backed away on her hands and feet. The demon laughed as she did so. "You like it here, I can tell. That's good, seeing how you will be buried right over there" he said as he pointed to a hole in the ground that had a casket inside of it.
"Why are you doing this to me?! Rin didn't do anything to you!" she cried out. Naraku chuckled in amusement. Suddenly his arms became long brown tentacles and he grabbed her by the throat.
Right when he touched her, everything around her changed. Now it was nothing but fire surrounding them. The only thing that stayed the same was a grave not to far away which was surrounded by fire. She felt hot and weak, she wondered if she was in hell. She looked into Naraku's eyes. His dark eyes reflected fire from them.
"Sesshomaru-sama is gonna get you for this!" she shouted at him. Naraku laughed wickedly at her words. "It was his idea ... isn't that right Sesshomaru" Naraku said as he turned to his right. Rin looked in the direction he was looking and felt her heart break in half.
There stood Sesshomaru, just standing there doing nothing but starring at her. "Sesshomaru-sama, please ... help me!"
He said nothing as he pulled out his sword and walked up to her. "I will help you" he said to her. She didn't understand why he was looking at her that way. Like he wanted her to suffer, like she did something wrong.
Suddenly, he took his sword and stabbed her through the stomach, pulling her out of Naraku's grasp and then flung her into the grave that was set for her. The last thing she was endless fire before the casket shut.
She lifted her weak hand and slid it down the top of the casket. The pain was to much. The pain in her stomach, the pain of Sesshomaru trying to kill her ... she couldn't take it. Tears came flying down her cheeks as the blood began to flood the casket. She banged on the top, screaming.
"No! It's dark! Let me out! God please! I can't take it! It hurts!" she cried out as she kicked and screamed. The blood was creeping up higher and higher until the casket was completely full of it and she couldn't breath. She was drowning in her own blood now. Yet she stayed awake somehow. She couldn't help but think that this must be hell, she couldn't even die. Was she to spend the rest of eternity in here, drowning in her own blood, buried alive?
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Sesshomaru sat there with his hand wrapped around Rin's tiny wrist. It had only been 3 hours, but he still felt something strange inside him. He was worried. Not that he would admit it. He stared at her, thinking what it must be like, wondering what was going inside of her head.
That's when he heard her call out his name.
"Sesshomaru-sama, please ... help me!" Right at that moment, he felt something pulse through him. It came from where their hands met and tingled all the way through his body. He knew that it was time to go help her. He grabbed the herb and was about to eat it when he noticed something. There was blood on her lips.
What ever is inside her head is hurting her physically somehow. He had to get her out of there. He quickly stuck a handfull of the herb in his mouth and before he knew it, his head dropped on Rin's stomach and he was fast asleep.
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A/N: Well, that's the chapter. I bet you guys noticed that I didn't always make Rin talk in the 3rd person. I have a reason for this. Rin doesn't always talk like that. I surveyed the show carefully to make sure. Sometimes she says "I" or "me" and sometimes she says "Rin" just to fill your curiosity. Also, I know Rin's parents were killed by bandits when she was little, but I don't know exactly when or any of the exact info on that... I just made up my own thing. Also, yes, I did have to make Rin have her own lil thing inside her head and all, but as you can see, it's not very long like Kagome's was. Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Don't forget to review!
Arianna