InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Petals in the Wind ❯ Sextus: Flower Child ( Chapter 6 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Odi et amo 
Rin reverts back to childhood, meets Nakira and her son, and discovers she has a "Tutor." Bleck...
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Psychological / Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.08.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 305 | Status: Work In Progress
Rin reverts back to childhood, meets Nakira and her son, and discovers she has a "Tutor." Bleck...
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Psychological / Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.08.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 305 | Status: Work In Progress
Rin was amazed at the amount of time that he could remain silent for hours. It was a feat of remarkable strength in her mind considering she had always been told to quiet herself or that she spoke too much by the various villagers and her brothers. Jaken seemed to love to talk and she followed suit, often engaging him in conversations that were mainly insults about her weak humanity and his short, stubby legs. The banter was frinedly underneath it all, and before long she grew attached to the annoying, little, green, toad man.
The dragon she took a liking to the moment it realized she was tired. It was afternoon at that point, and they had been walking all day with no break. She was determined that she would keep up with him even though it meant forgoing a nice rest. Ah-Un had seen that she was getting tired and had stopped in front of her with the obvious intent that she ride him. She took him up on his invitation immediately and sat astride him, taking his reigns up more for peace of mind than the purpose of leading him.
Most of the day was spent in the easy manner and Rin found she quite liked it.
Until the third day. Then it was just boring.
She looked around. There was nothing within immediate sight that would allow her to be entertained except for some flowers that just begged to be picked. Making sure that she wasn't being watched she picked one up. Then another, then another, until finally she had a whole bouqet in her arms that she didn't know what to do with. So she threw them on the ground and started another, this time tying them all together until she had what appeared to be a rope made of flowers. It was too long to be a belt, and it was too weak to be a whip, so she made it into a makeshift crown thing instead, covering up giggles as she did so.
Sesshomaru held back a sigh when he heard her giggling. He knew what she was doing, after all the scent of dying flowers had been following him around for quite some time now. He just hadn't expected her to revert back to such a childish habit and enjoy it. He also hadn't expected that her childish habit would make him feel content, if not happy. He had been wrong. She hadn't changed.
Much.
She talked less and insulted quicker, but he would call it self-defense more than anything. She did have a point about Jaken being to stubby to be fast enough to keep up without running half the time. And that green wasn't the best tone of skin to have.
And that his outfit made him look like a walking mushroom.
Maybe that last one wasn't needed but it still brought up an amusing mental image of mushrooms running about in a field.
He coughed to get thier attention.
"We reach the Western Palace tomorrow." He said without looking back. Rin tore off her flowery crown and ran up beside him.
"Is that your home?" She asked, knowing it was already. She was just tired of his silence.
"Yes." He answered.
"What's it like?"
"...Home."
"Well I know that! I mean what's it like living there? What's it look like and all that good stuff?"
"...My home..."
Rin rolled her eyes then pulled on his sleeve, forcing him to look down at her. He did so then felt his mouth gape a little in shock as she grabbed his cheeks and pulled them upwards.
"You should smile some more Sesshomaru-sama. It'd make you into the self-proclaimed sex god you say you are, plus you'll feel happier!" She said, ignoring the fact that he was now glaring down at her with a forced and rather goofy looking grin on his face.
Before he had time to pull her hands away and give a suitable come back in return she let go of his face and began walking. He watched her proceed without realizing that he had stopped moving alltogether. Jaken went to his side.
"Rin has become a lot more brazen during her time with the humans milord! Are you sure it's really her?" He asked, looking hopeful and fearful at the same time.
"I am sure Jaken." He answered, then began walking again.
oooooooooo
Rin was amazed with the Western Palace. Sesshomaru found that odd considering she had been there before, but he didn't question it too closely since she was still under the delusion that he was not a part of her past. Which made the recognition in her eyes the night she had the nightmare a bit odd, but he decided that being in the place he had often left her asa child for safety's sake would jar her memory back somehow.
He was, needless to say, wrong.
Almost the moment they arrived he went to his study, giving her directions to her room beforehand. Unfortunately his shoji was rather large, and designed so that you couldn't tell the difference between most corridors unless you looked closely or had traveled down them before.
Rin found her room easily even though she wasn't too sure how.
For the next few hours she wandered around, looking in the random rooms and playing in the gardens se found in the most random places. It seemed like every other five rooms and two hallways she found a garden, each different from the last, and each invisible from the others. Most of them were small, but the one that lay right in the middle of the house was huge, magnificent in its array of plants, both human and demon.
She decided that it was her favorite.
Trees were all over the place, arranged so that there were sudden places where one was practically invisible from all sides. There were pathways leading all over a faux forest and about three different ponds, one with a small waterfall. The largest pond of all had fish in it that seemed too large until Rin realized that they were a type of demonic koi. She figured this out when one of them paralyzed another and ate it, chewing it slowly as it swam about. She vowed never to try to go swimming in that pond, ever.
She spent the majority of the day there until he stomach growled. Unfortunately she didn't know the way to the kitchen and ended up getting lost. About an hour after she had begun searching for her next meal a servant came upon her. It was the first servant that she had seen in the entire home, and she was human, oddly enough. The woman bowed to her.
"I am Nakira, a servant of Sesshomaru-sama's. I am too take care of you from now on Rin-sama." She said, her voice smooth and elegant. Rin liked her on spot.
"Oh no! My name is Rin. I don't deserve a title so formal." Rin said, waving her hands embarrassedly to try and emphasize her point. Nakira nodded but added another honorarium before Rin could protest.
"Could you follow me Rin-san."
Rin did as asked, rolling her eyes at the small title. It wasn't an important one such as sama, but it was still too much.
"Could you call me Rin-chan if you're going to go ahead with the add-ons? I don't like being addressed so formally and besides, my brothers use to call me that every once in a while."
"Of course, Rin-chan. You have brothers?"
"Yep. I have five."
"That's lovely. I would enjoy hearing more about them."
Before Rin could oblige her the scent of rice and fish hit her nose and her mouth watered. There were a number of spices mixed in, and she could swear that there was some mochi in the direction they were headed in. Life was looking to be real good. Until a rather loud, rather irritated masculine voice broke in and she had the sudden thought that one of her brothers had managed to follow Sesshomau-sama and her to the shoji. That thought was abandoned the moment she layed eyes on the person yelling.
"Okaa-san! Rai won't let me have any dinner until you find that Rin girl!!!"
A boy, obviously a hanyou, came from around the corner looking rather upset. He stopped when he saw her and Nakira and an infectious grin broke out on his face.
"You found her! Good job Okaa-san!"
Before Rin could protest he grabbed her arm and dragged her into the room around the corner. While one part of her mind concentrated on the fact that they were surrounded by food, another part of her mind flashed back to the time Jaken had told her that Sesshomaru-sama hated humans, and hanyou's were worse.
What on earth as this boy doing here then?
"Look Rai! It's that human wench the lord has been looking for! Are you going to feed me now?"
*Good question,* Rin thought as she layed eyes on the demon cook. He was a fire demon, and obviously one well suited to his job, judging by his rather impressive size and the stained apron he wore. He frowned at the hanyou boy and quickly prepared a dish. Instead of handing it to the boy though, he gave it to Rin, flashing a smug glance at the now scowling half-demon. Nakira received a dish as well, but didn't start eating the moment it was given her.
Rin was shocked when Sesshomaru stepped into the room, behind him Jaken as well as a few servants she hadn't been aware existed. One was a rather pompous looking demoness, obviously a snake youkai judging by her slightly flat features and graceful way of moving. She was followed by a demon who looked as though he would be attacked at any moment. Rin didn't know what he was but he was furry, short, and had whiskers that stuck out so far that they seemed to curl at the ends.
She paused with the chopsticks full of rice halfway to her mouth when the next demon appeared. This one was male as well, but judging by his clothing he was a lord, and he was possibly the oddest looking demon she had ever seen. She wasn't sure what he was but he had scales coming from his black eyes and descending down his cheeks. His ears looked like either wings or fish fins, somehow managing to combine the two into one, and his hair was dark blue with green tints to it, spiked upward so that it's short length managed to look like a mock crown. There were wings behind his back and he had a tail that was as scaled as the wings.
What the..?
Sesshomaru sat on a tatami mat and motioned for the others to do the same. Rin became aware that they meant to eat here and was a little shocked at the idea. He seemed like such a prude that him eating in the kitchen was just off for his behavoir somehow. Not only that, but didn't only servants eat in the kitchen?
But she wasn't a servant and she was eating here...
She jumped when his questiong gaze met her confused one.
"Sesshomaru-sama, is this the child that you spoke of?" The snake demoness said, gliding towards the girl in a shimmering kimono designed to look like it was scales. Her shoes clicked elegantly as she raised a fan and forced Rin's chin up. Her yellow-brown eyes moved over her features, slitted pupils widening to allow more light through. A "Hmmm..." sound escaped her and she brought the fan back, turning to lord Sesshomaru with an raised brow.
"Somehow I had imagined her to be plainer. Are you sure that she's entirely human?"
Sesshomaru nodded his head and the demoness turned back to Rin.
"How much do you know of ettiquette young girl?" She asked Rin. Rin stuttered before her answer finally came through.
"Umm..uhh..well...I..I know how to bow correctly, and what not to say..." She answered, suddenly worried that this woman was a tutor of some sorts. She wasn't wrong.
"That is not enough. You need to learn much more than that if you ever hope to marry successfully." The demoness smiled gently, in a manner that made Rin uncomfortable. " I am Sairiah. I am to be your tutor in all things from this point onwards. Dress, speak, walk, behavoir, how to properly hold your eating utensils, and how to conduct oneself as a lady."
Rin looked down at her chopsticks, wondering what was wrong with the way she was holding them. Surely using two hands wasn't odd. Her brother Lament used two hands to eat, but then again, everything he did was considered unusual.
She shrugged and looked the demoness in the eye.
"'Kay!"
The hanyou chuckled.
oooooooooo
Japanese lesson of the day!
okaa-san = mother
sama = lord or respectful title (used after name)
san = respectful title, similiar to mister or miss (used after name)
chan = little or small, not to be confused with chibi, which is that little mini drawing style that makes everything shorter and fatter along with cuter depending upon the artist. (used after name)
The dragon she took a liking to the moment it realized she was tired. It was afternoon at that point, and they had been walking all day with no break. She was determined that she would keep up with him even though it meant forgoing a nice rest. Ah-Un had seen that she was getting tired and had stopped in front of her with the obvious intent that she ride him. She took him up on his invitation immediately and sat astride him, taking his reigns up more for peace of mind than the purpose of leading him.
Most of the day was spent in the easy manner and Rin found she quite liked it.
Until the third day. Then it was just boring.
She looked around. There was nothing within immediate sight that would allow her to be entertained except for some flowers that just begged to be picked. Making sure that she wasn't being watched she picked one up. Then another, then another, until finally she had a whole bouqet in her arms that she didn't know what to do with. So she threw them on the ground and started another, this time tying them all together until she had what appeared to be a rope made of flowers. It was too long to be a belt, and it was too weak to be a whip, so she made it into a makeshift crown thing instead, covering up giggles as she did so.
Sesshomaru held back a sigh when he heard her giggling. He knew what she was doing, after all the scent of dying flowers had been following him around for quite some time now. He just hadn't expected her to revert back to such a childish habit and enjoy it. He also hadn't expected that her childish habit would make him feel content, if not happy. He had been wrong. She hadn't changed.
Much.
She talked less and insulted quicker, but he would call it self-defense more than anything. She did have a point about Jaken being to stubby to be fast enough to keep up without running half the time. And that green wasn't the best tone of skin to have.
And that his outfit made him look like a walking mushroom.
Maybe that last one wasn't needed but it still brought up an amusing mental image of mushrooms running about in a field.
He coughed to get thier attention.
"We reach the Western Palace tomorrow." He said without looking back. Rin tore off her flowery crown and ran up beside him.
"Is that your home?" She asked, knowing it was already. She was just tired of his silence.
"Yes." He answered.
"What's it like?"
"...Home."
"Well I know that! I mean what's it like living there? What's it look like and all that good stuff?"
"...My home..."
Rin rolled her eyes then pulled on his sleeve, forcing him to look down at her. He did so then felt his mouth gape a little in shock as she grabbed his cheeks and pulled them upwards.
"You should smile some more Sesshomaru-sama. It'd make you into the self-proclaimed sex god you say you are, plus you'll feel happier!" She said, ignoring the fact that he was now glaring down at her with a forced and rather goofy looking grin on his face.
Before he had time to pull her hands away and give a suitable come back in return she let go of his face and began walking. He watched her proceed without realizing that he had stopped moving alltogether. Jaken went to his side.
"Rin has become a lot more brazen during her time with the humans milord! Are you sure it's really her?" He asked, looking hopeful and fearful at the same time.
"I am sure Jaken." He answered, then began walking again.
oooooooooo
Rin was amazed with the Western Palace. Sesshomaru found that odd considering she had been there before, but he didn't question it too closely since she was still under the delusion that he was not a part of her past. Which made the recognition in her eyes the night she had the nightmare a bit odd, but he decided that being in the place he had often left her asa child for safety's sake would jar her memory back somehow.
He was, needless to say, wrong.
Almost the moment they arrived he went to his study, giving her directions to her room beforehand. Unfortunately his shoji was rather large, and designed so that you couldn't tell the difference between most corridors unless you looked closely or had traveled down them before.
Rin found her room easily even though she wasn't too sure how.
For the next few hours she wandered around, looking in the random rooms and playing in the gardens se found in the most random places. It seemed like every other five rooms and two hallways she found a garden, each different from the last, and each invisible from the others. Most of them were small, but the one that lay right in the middle of the house was huge, magnificent in its array of plants, both human and demon.
She decided that it was her favorite.
Trees were all over the place, arranged so that there were sudden places where one was practically invisible from all sides. There were pathways leading all over a faux forest and about three different ponds, one with a small waterfall. The largest pond of all had fish in it that seemed too large until Rin realized that they were a type of demonic koi. She figured this out when one of them paralyzed another and ate it, chewing it slowly as it swam about. She vowed never to try to go swimming in that pond, ever.
She spent the majority of the day there until he stomach growled. Unfortunately she didn't know the way to the kitchen and ended up getting lost. About an hour after she had begun searching for her next meal a servant came upon her. It was the first servant that she had seen in the entire home, and she was human, oddly enough. The woman bowed to her.
"I am Nakira, a servant of Sesshomaru-sama's. I am too take care of you from now on Rin-sama." She said, her voice smooth and elegant. Rin liked her on spot.
"Oh no! My name is Rin. I don't deserve a title so formal." Rin said, waving her hands embarrassedly to try and emphasize her point. Nakira nodded but added another honorarium before Rin could protest.
"Could you follow me Rin-san."
Rin did as asked, rolling her eyes at the small title. It wasn't an important one such as sama, but it was still too much.
"Could you call me Rin-chan if you're going to go ahead with the add-ons? I don't like being addressed so formally and besides, my brothers use to call me that every once in a while."
"Of course, Rin-chan. You have brothers?"
"Yep. I have five."
"That's lovely. I would enjoy hearing more about them."
Before Rin could oblige her the scent of rice and fish hit her nose and her mouth watered. There were a number of spices mixed in, and she could swear that there was some mochi in the direction they were headed in. Life was looking to be real good. Until a rather loud, rather irritated masculine voice broke in and she had the sudden thought that one of her brothers had managed to follow Sesshomau-sama and her to the shoji. That thought was abandoned the moment she layed eyes on the person yelling.
"Okaa-san! Rai won't let me have any dinner until you find that Rin girl!!!"
A boy, obviously a hanyou, came from around the corner looking rather upset. He stopped when he saw her and Nakira and an infectious grin broke out on his face.
"You found her! Good job Okaa-san!"
Before Rin could protest he grabbed her arm and dragged her into the room around the corner. While one part of her mind concentrated on the fact that they were surrounded by food, another part of her mind flashed back to the time Jaken had told her that Sesshomaru-sama hated humans, and hanyou's were worse.
What on earth as this boy doing here then?
"Look Rai! It's that human wench the lord has been looking for! Are you going to feed me now?"
*Good question,* Rin thought as she layed eyes on the demon cook. He was a fire demon, and obviously one well suited to his job, judging by his rather impressive size and the stained apron he wore. He frowned at the hanyou boy and quickly prepared a dish. Instead of handing it to the boy though, he gave it to Rin, flashing a smug glance at the now scowling half-demon. Nakira received a dish as well, but didn't start eating the moment it was given her.
Rin was shocked when Sesshomaru stepped into the room, behind him Jaken as well as a few servants she hadn't been aware existed. One was a rather pompous looking demoness, obviously a snake youkai judging by her slightly flat features and graceful way of moving. She was followed by a demon who looked as though he would be attacked at any moment. Rin didn't know what he was but he was furry, short, and had whiskers that stuck out so far that they seemed to curl at the ends.
She paused with the chopsticks full of rice halfway to her mouth when the next demon appeared. This one was male as well, but judging by his clothing he was a lord, and he was possibly the oddest looking demon she had ever seen. She wasn't sure what he was but he had scales coming from his black eyes and descending down his cheeks. His ears looked like either wings or fish fins, somehow managing to combine the two into one, and his hair was dark blue with green tints to it, spiked upward so that it's short length managed to look like a mock crown. There were wings behind his back and he had a tail that was as scaled as the wings.
What the..?
Sesshomaru sat on a tatami mat and motioned for the others to do the same. Rin became aware that they meant to eat here and was a little shocked at the idea. He seemed like such a prude that him eating in the kitchen was just off for his behavoir somehow. Not only that, but didn't only servants eat in the kitchen?
But she wasn't a servant and she was eating here...
She jumped when his questiong gaze met her confused one.
"Sesshomaru-sama, is this the child that you spoke of?" The snake demoness said, gliding towards the girl in a shimmering kimono designed to look like it was scales. Her shoes clicked elegantly as she raised a fan and forced Rin's chin up. Her yellow-brown eyes moved over her features, slitted pupils widening to allow more light through. A "Hmmm..." sound escaped her and she brought the fan back, turning to lord Sesshomaru with an raised brow.
"Somehow I had imagined her to be plainer. Are you sure that she's entirely human?"
Sesshomaru nodded his head and the demoness turned back to Rin.
"How much do you know of ettiquette young girl?" She asked Rin. Rin stuttered before her answer finally came through.
"Umm..uhh..well...I..I know how to bow correctly, and what not to say..." She answered, suddenly worried that this woman was a tutor of some sorts. She wasn't wrong.
"That is not enough. You need to learn much more than that if you ever hope to marry successfully." The demoness smiled gently, in a manner that made Rin uncomfortable. " I am Sairiah. I am to be your tutor in all things from this point onwards. Dress, speak, walk, behavoir, how to properly hold your eating utensils, and how to conduct oneself as a lady."
Rin looked down at her chopsticks, wondering what was wrong with the way she was holding them. Surely using two hands wasn't odd. Her brother Lament used two hands to eat, but then again, everything he did was considered unusual.
She shrugged and looked the demoness in the eye.
"'Kay!"
The hanyou chuckled.
oooooooooo
Japanese lesson of the day!
okaa-san = mother
sama = lord or respectful title (used after name)
san = respectful title, similiar to mister or miss (used after name)
chan = little or small, not to be confused with chibi, which is that little mini drawing style that makes everything shorter and fatter along with cuter depending upon the artist. (used after name)