InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Reincarnation With A Twist ❯ Plans: Rin;s Interrupted, Kagura's Forms ( Chapter 3 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

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A/N: In case anyone is wondering… The events are going to closely mirror the events in the manga, if a bit out of order… A certain SOMEONE is going to be at the park!

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Rin padded toward the door and for once she truly wished that she had somehow figured out how to get Sesshomaru to kiss her on the forehead. It was what she needed to…

Sengoku Jedi 499 years earlier:

The nightmare had been terrible. Her mother, father and brothers were once again being slaughtered by bandits who breached the doorway late at night and demanded food and…money.

Rin's family was not poverty stricken… but they were common folk. They used rice and traded fish or her and her father and brothers' hard labor to get the things they could not make, catch, or grow themselves.

They had no money, and their hut may have been large but it was built with Rin's father's own two hands slowly over time to accommodate his large family. It was not a sign of 'wealth' as these bandits seemed to believe… it was a sign of a fertile wife and an amorous husband who were both still very much in love with each other after almost fifteen years of marriage. Rin's mother was thirty and her father was forty-two. It had taken him until his late twenties to build up enough of a position in the village and prove his financial security to be able to take a wife. Rin's mother was fifteen when they were married, and her father was twenty-seven… but such age differences made no difference, and were common among village peasants and nobles alike; women married young, and would take an older man with security and position over a younger man if given the choice… and given Rin's mother's exceptional beauty and grace, she had most definitely had her choice of suitors. She chose the man best suited to care for her and with her parents' blessing she married him two years after her mogi, and after a full year of his courting.

Now it seemed that Rin's father and mother's love story was going to come to an abrupt and brutal end, because Rin's father's single sword was not enough to defend against the nine being wielded by these dirty and drunken degenerates.

Her oldest brother was twelve, and he too picked up a weapon, a naginata… and he fought bravely - and died with honor… They all did.

All but Rin. Tiny six year old Rin ran from the hut between the wide battle stance of her father's strong long legs and past the shoved past the bandit who's reaction time was a bit slow, due to his intoxication. He'd tried to take her head, but only managed to chop off part of the very long ponytail she kept at the side of her head.

When she looked back, she saw the fall of a blade and her father's head roll across the floor. She stood stunned silent as she then witnessed her mother's clothing torn from her and one of the men push her to her hands and knees… he took off his pants and… did… something… bad…to Rin's mother. Her view of her mother's tear stained and pained face was blocked by the pale buttocks of another man stepping in front of her with his hakama down to his knees, (was he going to pee on her mommy? What was going on? What were they doing to her kaa-san?). Just before the man gripped her mother's head on both sides Rin's mommy slid her eyes to the side and saw her daughter staring transfixed at the scene.

Fearing the rape of her own daughter, just before the man was able to force his way into her mouth with a dagger at her throat, Rin's mother screamed, "Rin… RUN!"

Rin ran towards the heart of the village, but there was smoke and screaming coming from there and the only place that seemed quiet and safe was the forest… There were youkai in the woods, her mother and father had said… But what could a youkai do to her that wouldn't happen if she went to the village being ransacked by humans?

Deep into the night she ran… and ran… and ran…

She returned two days later to find her parents' and brothers' bodies had been burned and her large hut cleaned and 'taken over' by another family that was large, but had had a small hut.

She was chased away and the only shelter she could find was a storage shanty near the preserve...

There was no one to talk to now, and Rin never said a word again…

"Girl, wake up." A smooth warm and comforting command came, and like a good little girl, she obeyed.

By now Sesshomaru had realized that Rin must be able to physically speak… because she screamed in the night for her family… But once awakened she sheathed her voice like a sword and did not draw it again. Like a sword tied into the sheath, there was some tie preventing her from drawing words from her lips during her conscious hours.

Fear.

Fear kept her voice and therefore her thoughts, locked deeply inside.

While he did not care for this girl, he was curious about her… and he was becoming frustrated that she could not provide him with answers to his queries. 'How long do you intend to follow?', 'What happened to your face', 'What is your NAME?'

Didn't all humans have names? I mean… it didn't seem like it should matter as there were so many, and they seemed to live in colonies like ants… and did every worker ant need a name? - But he seemed to recall that his father has said that even the non-noble humans had names. It wasn't so for youkai, but then, youkai were smarter and better than humans and they realized that the hordes did not need to be recognized. You only needed a name when someone might have a reason to talk about you. To name each and every human seemed like a waste… But this one needed a name… Because she was to be his… experiment… and because He was so incredibly important, even his lowliest association was deserving of recognition and a name.

Perhaps if he could allay her fears, she would release her voice and sate his curiosity.

"Child, Come Here."

He remembered when he was small, and there was something that would frighten him in the days before he'd learned to perfectly control every aspect of his emotions. The only comfort he'd ever found was curling up near his mother or father while they growled and scared whatever it was that dare to upset their offspring away. His father would lean in and lick his face and nuzzle him with his large muzzle…but what did human's do to comfort each other? Surely he could not and would not LICK this dirty little human.

He recalled the single time he's seen his father with his human woman. He'd held her in his lap and pressed his lips to her forehead.

She had bared her blunt human fangs in return… but her scent was not angry, and since that time Sesshomaru had learned that when a human bared their fangs it was not a gesture meant to intimidate or warn… it was a sign of friendship and good feeling. They called it a 'smile'.

Jaken seemed unable to tell the difference between a 'smile' (which Sesshomaru did learn to 'smile'… and sometimes he would test this behavior, on occasion… as so many others were doing it, it seemed natural that he should adapt to his surroundings) and when he bared his fangs… No matter, though.

He mimicked his father's actions and pulled the girl into his lap, and to allay her fears he said in his most authoritative tone, "You are safe in my company. I will allow nothing to harm that which is property of this Sesshomaru, and so long as you stay, you are indeed - property - of mine."

Rin couldn't believe her ears! Had someone just said they would protect her? From all the bad guys and the monsters?

Rin smiled so widely that her eyes closed in a squint.

When she felt a clawed hand tangle in the back of her hair and her head being moved forward, she did not resist. This hand didn't seem to be doing anything… bad… like so many other hands had before.

Sesshomaru pushed the girl's head closer to him and kissed her forehead, just as his father had done with that other human.

He heard then a... sound… come from the girl. It was raspy and choked, rough and grating to his ears, but… for once the sound was a word.

Ari-gatou.

From the moment he kissed her forehead, Rin's voice seemed to snap open like a painted fan. Beautiful, delicate, and full of richness and color.

Rin didn't only begin to speak… she sang as well.

Her heart had a new song to sing, and it was an ode to him…

Her Sesshoamru-sama.

In each lifetime, Rin was fated to become an orphan, so she could return to her mate in her eighth year, and whenever Rin's parents died, she was always struck mute… But each lifetime Rin and Sesshomaru always knew just how to get her talking again…

Each lifetime but this one.

Present Day:

Rin stood mutely, and stared up at the despised woman with all the hatred of a woman scorned, but Kagura seemed to overlook her entirely, until she could not see Sesshomaru anywhere in sight. Then she finally acknowledged the little girl standing in front of her and asked, "Where is Sesshomaru?"

Rin shrugged. She honestly didn't know… And right now she wasn't sure she cared to know, anyways.

"He's not here?" Kagura's disappointment was evident… But a slow smile crept over her face… "I see… You're here… Alone… Then."

Rin did not like the smile on this woman's face. It wasn't kind. It was mocking, condescending and full of sugary false-charm that felt more like smarm.

"You know, I think you and I got off on the wrong foot. Would you like to come to the park with me?"

Rin did not want to go, but it was clear from the way Kagura gripped her hand around Rin's smaller one like a vice, she didn't have a choice. She barely got to get her shoes from the genkan before Kagura was dragging her down the street to the nearest subway station.

This was not going to end well.

Kagura had never been here before.

It wasn't until Sesshomaru re-incarnated as a human that Kagura's fate crossed with his again… And now she was taking Rin from him once more.

What if…

What if this time…

What if this time, he didn't come for her?

EXTENDED A/N:

I'd like to take this opportunity to let all my readers know about TWO really great Sess/Rin fics that I've found here on FanFiction dot net

The first is 'Strength' and is written by 'Serani'… This fic is post canon and Rin goes back to Sesshomaru's Shiro with him. The story telling is wonderful and slightly funny/comedic at times and I'm just SO in love with this fic right now!

http(colon)(slash)(slash)www(dot)fanfiction(dot)net/s/5107529 /1/Strength

The second is 'How to Fall in Love in Three Chapters' by Jay-ello. She's a talented aspiring writer and somewhat new to fanfiction, so I think we should all give her our support!

Her story is an AU fic, and shows remarkable promise and great creativity for the plot! It's not the typical Student/Teacher and RIN is a business owner!

It's a really entertaining and light-hearted fic, and I think with all the ANGST we see in Sess/Rin, it's a great change of pace!

http(colon)(slash)(slash)www(dot)fanfiction(dot)net/s/5072179 /1/How_to_Fall_in_Love_in_Three_Chapters

SO PLEASE - If you like Sess/Rin, give these fics a try.

Also: If - *YOU* - have a Sess/Rin fic that you've written, or just one that you love that you'd like me to read - PM ME TO TELL ME!

I'm all about supporting other authors and their fics, and if it's GREAT and I LOVE IT, then I like to SHARE IT with all of you.

Hope you guys don't mind… (no seriously… you guys don't mind do you? .;; )