InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love Me For Who I Am ❯ Memories ( Chapter 1 )

*Note… ok now fans, this is like my first fan fiction ever and so be nice to me if I don't know that much of Japanese ok… and if there are any mistakes, feel free to review it to me alrite??? Well onto the story…*

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*Ch.1- Memories

 

 

*Rin has been traveling for days without any rest, just like how a real youkai would. Rin wore an outfit of a young samurai which her master gave her for her traveling. Her purple sack which was folded from a seven foot long shawl, contains her red kimono; which she bought back in a village about two years ago, and her youkai clothes and that hides her human scent during the night, along with the copper chain anklets, bracelets, and her peasant feather earrings which brings in the youkai scent.

 

At her side was the Black Jade Snake Sword Xhing-Yi gave her when she finish her training in the Virgin Swords art.

 

*Now all I need to complete this search is tenseiga*. Thought Rin.

 

By now the sun was almost set and Rin could feel her human blood racing to her head, her body ache from walking, urging for a night of rest.

 

“ah… great…. A headache!” She sigh to herself. It always seems that Rin gets sick every time the seasons change. With this season though, blossoms bloom, and she can easily use the “Wind of the Virgin Dance” to defend herself from any youkai when she goes through her woman cycle. But when winter comes, she'll have to use her sword.

 

*how do I find tenseiga… no one knows who the owner of tenseiga is and does anyone have a clue what the sword might look like???* Rin thought.

 

From what Rin knows, the sword was made from a Youkai Lord and was given to his son… *I thought that I've found the sword when I met Inuyasha, but his sword can kill, tenseiga can't kill… these two swords has such similar names and the one who owns tenseiga… well his name was quite confusing that I forgot what his name was. The woman that was with him though, did say that Inuyasha and the owner of tenseiga have similar looks. What was I thinking and what was I doing when she explained this??? Well that was at least 4 years ago when I first started my journey, who'd remember all this information? Hump!!!* Rin sigh to herself as she ended her thoughts and took a path down to the forest.

 

The sun has set upon the horizon and the stars was brightly shown upon the skies. Rin had to change into her youkai clothes fast before any youkai smells her scent. With the headache, the smell would be even stronger.

 

Rin can hear a stream near by and went towards the stream for refreshment. Across from the stream was a path going up a hill. “A village”, she said to herself as she raise her hands to her sash to undo it. Just then, a scream came to her senses and she grabbed her sword and ran to where the scream was coming from. Rin find that a young girl was being seduce by bandits.

 

“Please, don't hurt me” cried the girl.

 

“Ah so young… so beautiful… what do you guys think we should do with her?” said the man who seems to be the leader of the gang. He wore a green haori and had an eye patch over his left eye. His head was nearly shaved bold and his gang wore similar clothing of multiple colors.

 

“ I don't know” said the one in brown, “maybe we can take turns”. They all laugh as the girl seems weary of what they meant.

 

The head of the gang grabbed her arm and looked at her with desiring eyes. The girl cried aloud and he pushed her to the ground.

 

Just then, a flash of light came from the trees above and *SLASH*!!! Blood squirted onto the girl as to the rest of the gang. The leader's mouth was dripping with blood as his head slid off. They all gasps in shock and horror.

 

There stood of what seems to be a young samurai, back to them with its sword trailing down with blood, its hair was held up in a high ponytail, as it turn its head slowly to them.

 

“She seems a bit too young, don't you think?” came of what seems to be a females voice.

 

The gang stepped back in horror as the samurai dashes for it's next opponent, cutting it's head off with one strike. The rest of them tried to flee, but found themselves running through trees (meaning their dead and their spirit is still running, *dumb, huh*). All died but one remained and went on his knees for forgiveness from the samurai.

 

“Explain”… said the samurai.

 

“please…. Please….s..s… spare me… I.I…I promise to never do this again…. I promise… please” the man begged.

 

“ Not reasonable enough” the samurai said as it swings its sword to the mans neck.

 

“PLEASE” the man cried again. “ Please forgive me… I will never, I promise never to do this again… and… and… and……. For the sake of my family spare my life…”

 

“ I'm not going to spare you for the sake of your family. I don't know how many girls you gangs have raped and how many families you've killed. It's for the sake of them for me to kill you”. The samurai said coldly as it raise it's sword up, coming down with speed to end the man's life with his head. But for that moment, the samurai felt pity for the man. Watching the man in tears and on his knees begging for his life.

 

It reminded the female samurai when she witness her father begging for the life of his daughter. *Family*… that word, that thought tugged at the female samurai's heart. The sword stop as it came down onto the mans check. *Swish*…. The female samurai placed a cut on the mans cheek, turning her back to the man and shielding her sword at her side.

 

“Go, you can thank me by doing yourself good, leave now before I change my mind. Just leave”. Using the similar lines when the bandit once said to her when her family was killed. The man ran off into the darkness of the forest.

 

“You spared me, now I've paid it back” saying this with her eyes closed. Rin place her thoughts on her father again, seeing him on his knees and in tears…

 

*Flashback*

 

“Please, spare my daughters life, take mine… just don't harm her please”… those were his last words as the bandit dragged a six year old Rin into the forest.

 

He cut Rin's left cheek with his sword, turning his back to her and shielding his sword quickly. “Go, you can thank me for your fathers wishes, leave now before I change my mind. Just leave”. With that, the bandit took off back to where they came. She heard her father cried out and Rin ran deep into the forest.

 

Rin ran until she couldn't run no more. She was out of breath and hr voice became harsh. She reached the next village and her last words were “please help Rin's family”, until she fell to the ground and woke up to see that everything was real. It wasn't a bad dream, it was worse. From then, Rin became a mute for a while until she met Xhing-Yi in the forest.

 

Xhing-Yi was badly injured and was lying up against a tree. Blood ran freely from her arms and legs. The youkai woman wore a long dark purple skirt that reaches her ankles. A striped fur of black and orange at the right side of her hip and a black sash on the other. Her haori was black and a flawless vest like over it. Her black with white streak hair fell loosely to her lower waist. She was wearing copper ankle lets and two bracelets on each wrist. Peasant feather earrings dangle along side of her neck, she was beautiful.

 

“Mama”! Rin cried… Rin ran and sit next to the youkai women and sobbed..

 

“oh mama, I was so scared that those bandits killed you”!!! whaaaa……. Rin hugged the youkai woman only to see that she shrieked and let out a yield.

 

“Oh mama Rin is so sorry… please don't die….” Rin cried softly to herself. The youkai woman stared at Rin with confusing eyes. Rins clothes were torn and her face was cover in dirt. Rins feet oftenly bleed form the hard ground and thorns were stuck at the bottom of it.

 

“I know, Rin will go and get mama something to eat and drink ok mama…” with that she ran back to the village and later came back with a fish on a leaf and a bamboo pipe filled with water in it.

“hear you go mama, sorry for taking Rin so long.” The youkai woman didn't take her eyes off of the girl.

 

*What does she think she's doing? Is she trying to help me? Treat me with human food?*

The youkai raise a hand to her chest, “Xhing-Yi”.

 

“Huh?” Rin only looked confuse, but then send a smile at Xhing-Yi toothlessly.

 

“ok mama!”

 

*She thinks I'm her mother? Surely I can't really understand her, but anyone can understand the word “mama”.* Xhing-Yi thought to herself.

 

“Shi-shi”. (Thank you in Chinese) said the youkai.

 

“huh?” Rin look at the youkai with wondering eyes.

 

*what am I saying, the child can't understand my language. How do you say thank you in Japanese again?… ah yes!*

 

“umm…. Ahno… arigatou” Xhing-Yi tries to smile at the girl.

 

“Rin's pleasure mama!” Looking at the scars on the youkai, Rin then rips off a piece of her torn kimono and pour some water no it to clean the blood on Xhing-Yi's wounds.

 

“mama, what happen? What about papa? And sister Coco and big brother Teiji?” The girl question with teary eyes. “Are they coming back also?” Rin begins to sob again.

 

“Please….uh… ahno…don't cry” Xhing-Yi managed to say.

 

The youkai's wounds were deep. Her haori was nearly torn to shreds, almost exposing her bare breast. There were claw marks on her neck and arms down to the side of her right stomach. There were also wounds on her legs.

 

After wiping away some of the blood from Xhing-Yi, it already had gotten dark.

 

“You go home” Xhing-Yi says with her finger pointing to where Rin had come from.

 

“Rin wants to stay with mama. If mama don't go with Rin, then Rin don't want to go back to the village… People there are mean to Rin and the hit Rin really hard mama”. The child said sadly.

 

“Hai” the youkai said. The youkai woman helped herself off the ground and undo the sash at her side. Petals fall from the you kais skirt as she stood. With one strike of her sash, the branches of the trees fell from its place. Rin star in amazement.

 

“Can you get wood?” ask the youkai woman.

 

“hai” Rin said with a smile on her face. The child grabbed some twigs and branches and took it back to the youkai. Even with the you kais injuries, she can still manage to get her sword off of the ground and then ask Rin again to find her a rock. With that done, the youkai woman made a bonfire and settle down for the night.

 

*the child won't leave me won't she?* the youkai woman tells herself. She then got up once more with her sword and made a circle around the tree she was leaning up against and the bonfire.

 

“come” said the youkai woman extending her hand to Rin.

 

“Yes mama, what is it that mama wants?” said that child.

 

“You find… uhhh… ahno…” *What's the word for flower?* the youkai thought.

 

“um… huar” she say as she gestured her free hand to make of a form of a flower. “Huar”…

“oh… flower mama?” the child smiled at the youkai. “Mama wants Rin to get mama flowers? Ok mama!” the child ran to grab some flowers nearby and handed the youkai woman the flowers.

 

Instead of taking it, the youkai did a picking with her hands telling the child to pick the petals off of the steam. “Pick off petals”, she said. The child did as told and just stare at the youkai what to do next.

 

“Ummm….spread around circle.” the youkai said.

 

“hai” Rin answer. Rin spared the petals around the circle. The youkai handed the child her sword gesturing her hand to insist her to toss the sword. Rin through the sword and with one swoop of the you kais shawl, the sword stabbed the ground, making the circle glow. Rin stare in amazement and laugh freely.

 

“Beautiful!” Rin shouted. She then an up to the youkai woman and hugged her tightly.

 

“Night mama” with that, the child fell asleep in the you kais arms. Xhing-Yi hum a beautiful melody to the sleeping child and later fell asleep herself.

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@___@ argh!!! Well here it is… my first story… I hope all of you guys enjoyed it… well here's a couple of notes…

Well Xhing-Yi is bleeding from a fight… and guess who it was with, yes, Kouga…. The wolf demon. It seems that Kouga wanted her for a mate but had to go through a fight just to claim her. I'll explain in later chapters…

And you guys are probably wondering why Xhing-Yi didn't toss the sword herself and let the child do it huh??? Well now duh!!! She's injured!!! NO!!! now you see, only the one that is still “clean” and “pure” can use the sword. The circle was for protection and well the petals is what hides the scent for preys. Now, Xhing-Yi no longer have that power to purify the grounds… only the one that has not yet been “touched” my any male can hold that power… see this is why Rin will use the “Virgin of the Wind dance” to defend herself cuz she's also train to be a virgin goddess…

Well I guess I suck a notes too so I'll just shut-up for now… and if you have any questions or what so ever, please feel free to email me or review this ok.. Latas…@_^