InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Petals in the Wind ❯ Decimus: Confessions ( Chapter 10 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

The next two days were possibly the most hectic and bothersome of Rin's life.

First off, Rayar had just sort of burst into her rooms carrying her best friend in the entire world, her unconscious best friend, Sesshomaru had followed, right behind him Bronislav, which ultimately caused Rin's lessons in how to sit down properly, stay still, and rise gracefully, to be canceled. Sairiah had immediately taken to being a lot quieter, which was possibly due to Bronislav constantly glancing over at her and trying to move closer to where she was standing. This caused the normally composed snake demoness to blush and fidget constantly whilst avoiding looking at the dragon demons bare chest or meet his gaze.

Then, when it was confirmed that Rin did indeed know the woman in Rayar's arms, Sesshomaru stormed out muttering something about "Damn weak human females and their confounding ways", ultimately causing Bronislav to have to leave to try and cause the irritated dog demon down.

Which left Rin to order Rayar to lay Kanashimi down on her bed, which appeared to be awkward for him to do since he was not used to fainting females or where to put his hands so that by the time she was on the bedding he was blushing as much as Sairiah was, and Rin had grown a headache.

Then the lessons were canceled alltogether when it was established that she wouldn't revive right away thanks to be half-starved and partially dehydrated. A doctor was called in, medicine was forced down Kanashimi's throat, and Rin refused to leave the room on the basis that Kanashimi would wake up if she left and be scared because she would be all alone in a strange place surrounded by demons.

While she stayed in her room watching the sleeping girl, she was unaware that Bronislav had launched an official campaign to win Sairiah's heart, Nakira had managed to convince Rayar that touching an unconscious girls thigh wasn't a serious offense when his intentions were honorable and she was fully clothed, Sesshomaru had destroyed half the dojo on the rather pathetic excuse that the walls weren't to his liking, and most of the servants had quit because they were afraid that everyone in the castle had lost their mind.

It was a rather plausible idea.

The second day Kanashimi's eyes opened, causing Rin to let out an excited squeal, Sesshomaru to come running to see if she was okay, and various other people to come running to see what had happened. Not very surprisingly, the first thing Kanashimi said was a question.

"Where am I?"

Life began to stablize again.

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It took one day for it to become established that until further notice, Kanashimi was living in the Shoji as a guest. She was immediately made to take lessons with Rin, but unlike Rin, it was of her own free will. She could walk out at any moment if she chose to.

Sesshomaru spied on these lessons often. But it wasn't for the reason one would think. Rayar, the little twerp had managed to become infatuated with Kanashimi, and it had become Sesshomaru's official duty to protect the girl from him, although judging by her scent, which was undeniably not innocent, she didn't really need protecting. It was more along the lines that someone who wasn't even five feet standing straight couldn't possibly defend themselves against someone who was 6'1."

That reason was idiotic and inane, and the truth was that he wasn't sure if he could trust the girl around Rin. Actually, it was that he just wanted an excuse to be around her more often, but he wasn't about to admit that to himself, even though Bronislav had told him that that was the real reason.

Speaking of Bronislav...

Sesshomaru frowned, causing the three girls to stop strumming their shamisan's and stare at him.

Bronislav.... Why on earth was the demon so interested in the japanese culture. Granted when Sesshomaru had first received the letter from him, asking that he let him stay for a while to enjoy japan, he hadn't been too surprised. What high-ranking demon hadn't heard of the Russian lord? He was spoken of with respect, awe, and curiousity. He was said to control the eastern half of Russia, and that he had been all over the world. But he had been here for nearly three weeks, even before Sesshomaru had made a brief patrol of his lands. The letter had said he would be no longer than one.

So what was his purpose here? Sesshomaru was getting restless. He wanted to travel about again, just not to go to a different country to do so. Leaving twice while he had such an influential guest would be rude.

He stood and gave a brief nod to the three girls, still frowning. They gave small bows from their sitting position and resumed playing.

Sairiah turned to Rin and Kanashimi.

"I'm glad he's gone. You two barely have to learn anything at all thanks to living at that brothel. Except Rin of course, who has finally mastered the chopsticks." She said. Rin blushed in embarrassment and Kanashimi gave a small smile. Sairiah set her shamisan to the side and scooted closer. The girls did the same.

"Allright...remember what we discussed this morning?"

They nodded their heads eagerly.

"Mmmkay. Rin, you go to Rayar to see what he thinks of Kanashimi. I'll go to Sesshomaru to see what he thinks of Rin, and Kanashimi...I'm sorry you have to do this but I hate how much he stares at me and tries to get me alone. Plus the flowers in my room are too much to take, but go see what is going on in Bronislav's head, 'kay?"

The girls nodded eagerly and went their seperate ways.

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Rayar sloshed another wave of water over the wooden floors of dojo, mentally cursing at Sesshomaru for giving him such a tedious task, when he heard the cough behind him. He then mentally cursed at himself for allowing himself to be snuck up on so easily, then stood and turned, meeting the amused eyes of Rin.

"Hello Rayar!" She said brightly, immediately grabbing the extra washcloth from him and dipping it into the water bucket. He watched a little stunned as she bent down and began washing, then snapped to his senses.

"Rin-sama, you can't do that! It's my job!" He protested, bending down and attempting to take the washcloth from her. She grinned then, and pointed to the clothe still in his hand.

"Well then...help me!" She said brightly, moving to began to scrub again. He ran a hand through his hair, causing it to become so mussed that he had to take out the black ribbon that held it and re-tye it so that it hit his shoulders in the familiar tail.

"What are you doing Rin-sama?" He asked, sounding a little gruff and irritated. His day had been one miserable thing after another and the last thing he needed at this time was to have to try and get rid of Sesshomaru's little human. Although he didn't mind her being there, she wasn't that much trouble. But he knew that if she was caught working with him, or working around him, he would get in trouble for it.

Rin sat back on her heels.

"How do you feel about Kanashimi?" She asked. Rayar's eyes widened, and his cheeks turned red. Rin grinned.

My, but this would be an interesting day....

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Sesshomaru pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes, hoping that by doing so, Sairiah would magically dissapear. It was bad enough that she had come into his study unannounced, but to top it off she had asked him how he felt about his charge and gave a variety of evidence proving that he might like her. This, unfortunately, was now why he was pinching the bridge of his nose.

It wasn't as though he were unaware of his feelings toward Rin, as a matter of fact he was baffled by them. After all, humans were lowly creatures that didn't even deserve to live, except for Rin. But what made her so special. He admitted to having feelings of....lust pertaining to her person, but that wasn't even the half of it. It was how he felt in her company, how she calmed him down and how he found her smile or her laughter to be beautiful.

And there was were the problem lie. His father had told him of those feelings in regards to his second mate, Inuyasha's mother Izayoi.

But there was no way that he could lowere himself to actually...well, he could, but after hundreds of years of hating humans at this point it was shocking enough that he allowed one near him. That he actually sought out her company.

He could hear Sairiah's foot tapping. His eyes opened and he looked directly in her eyes, knowing that what he was about to say was not going to be believed.

"I..."

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Kanashimi watched in silence as the foreign and funny accented demon lord refused to aknowledge her presence. She wasn't sure what he was doing, but as far as she could tell he was bobbing his head to some invisible music in his head. He was also sitting on the edge of a pond with his feet in the water. Finally, after what seemed like forever but was actually more like three minutes he looked up.

"I was waiting for you to speak but obviously you're too shy to do so. So forgive my rudeness but what is it that you want?" He asked her. Kanashimi opened her mouth, the quickly closed it and began blushing. She wasn't sure if she could really ask what she was supposed to ask, but she knew she had to if she was to find out what was with Rayar.

"I...um....that is...you see...uh...S...Sariah-sama asked...no...well...." She began, the words stopping half way and forming a nearly incoherent sentence. His head cocked to the left and he leaned forward, an expression of interest on his face. He nodded to show that she continue.

"HowdoyoufeelaboutSairiah-samabecausesheneedstoknow!?!?! ?"

The sentence came out jumbled and she covered her face to hide her embarrassment. He laughed at her reaction, although he did understand what she said. Then he stood.

"I think it should be obvious. I feel the same way for her that Sesshomaru feels for Rin." He said, a large grin on his face. A slight breeze followed him when he walked away. Kanashimi let out a breath she hadn't known she was holding.

Well...that was easy.

She turned and entered the shoji, wondering what the others were doing.

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Gomen nasai for the wait between updates. Life became hectic again and while I was able to use the computer, it was only for short periods at a time. So messages just kinda piled up in my e-mail and my homepage and it takes forever to check them all. Which was bad because there are still way more than I want to go through.

I promise to try and get another update in soon! But I won't be able to say when. I know it should be sometime within the week though! Read and review! ^.^

Oh, and after this, there will be a lot more Rin/Sess stuff. I just love my characters too much to leave them loveless.