InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Resistance ❯ Reading the Letter ( Chapter 2 )

A/n: To all those reading this: I'm sorry if the double first person is confusing, when Nanami finds Rin then only Nanami will be in first person, hang in there please!

Disclaimer: Siren's are mine! But everything else sadly is not

 

Reading the Letter

 

I fidgeted again as I sat on Ah-un, tomorrow was exactly one month from my tenth birthday, I still had my sisters letter. I had been with Lord Sesshomaru for a little over two years now and had never been unhappy. Now I was nervous though, what if Nanami was going to come get me, there was no way that Nami could know the village was no longer there. Less than a year after she had left we had been attacked by bandits, my mother and two brothers had been killed, and I had fled and had been taken in by another village. The letter had always been with me, tucked safely in my kimono, after the attack the letter was all I had left of home.

 

After Lord Sesshomaru had saved me when I was seven, I hadn't been lonely for a long while. The letter had rested unnoticed against my side. We were headed in the direction of my village though, and I had remembered last week of the letters existence. I wiggled again.

 

“Will you stop squirming Rin!” Jaken reprimanded me.

 

“I'm sorry master Jaken.” I apologized but squirmed some more anyways. I was humming a song Nanami used to sing to me when I couldn't sleep, it helped calm me down and soon I had stopped squirming. But I couldn't stop my worrying, if I hadn't promised to read it a month before my birthday I would tear it open right now.

 

 

~S~I~R~E~N~

 

 

I was resting on a branch of a huge tree, my head leaned back against its trunk and one leg swinging lazily to the side of the branch. I opened my eyes and suddenly noticed where the sun was in the sky.

 

“Damn!” I cursed at myself; I had meant to leave hours ago. I jumped down from the tree and landed lithely on my feet, stretching my shoulders as I adjusted the sword I kept strapped on my back. Suddenly a hand flew up and covered my eyes from behind, pulling the chopsticks that kept my hair up and out of my face at the same time. I jumped then rolled my eyes from beneath the hand. “Takumi move your hand.” I sighed.

 

My childhood friend took his hand back, only to start playing with the chopsticks. “Hey Nami.” He said, “I think we've talked about this before but you really should hide the Resistance mark. Flaunting it like that…well it's sure to attract the trouble you don't want.”

 

“Who says I don't want it? They should try and kill me; I'll show them what happens when you kill a girl's family.” I shrugged snatching the sticks back and twisting my hair up again, the tattoo was plain to see on my neck. Takumi rolled his eyes. “Anyways, I thought I told you before that you should really approach people from the front. One of these days someone is gonna slice that hand off in reaction.” I cocked an eyebrow at him.

 

“I only do it to you. I did it when we were children too.” Takumi said making a face at me, “Okay! Now, I came here on serious business. So, Lady Nanami we wish to know who will be in charge of the forces that are going to exterminate the water vermin.” He said his voice official. It actually sounded as if he was addressing his commander this time, not his best friend. I was almost proud of him, “Since you're not doing it yourself.” The pride faded as he tacked his own bit on the end.

 

“I already told you Takumi, I promised Rin, and I'm going to keep it. Besides there are only ten soldiers at this place, and they won't have more until the next full moon, which is three weeks away. So you can take them out then set up an ambush for the next group.” I explained, “Put…I guess Ayumu in charge, she's ready.” I thought for a moment, “You'll have to help her though, this is her first assignment.”

 

Takumi saluted her, “Yes milady.” He grinned then, “So, how old is this Rin?”

 

I hit his shoulder hard, “Ten you lecher! Ugh!” I shook my head.

 

“Sorry! You hit like a man Nami!” Takumi held up his hands at the expression on my face, “When do you leave anyways?”

 

“Now.” I said looking at the sun again.

 

“Be careful all right? We don't want to lose our leader.” Takumi wasn't joking anymore; his face was serious as he looked at me.

 

I smiled and looked off to the east where Rin's village was, “I know, help Ayumu, I won't be back before the fight.” Takumi nodded and I took a few steps away, “Oh and if you see my brother…well you know what to do.” I added, “Bye Takumi.” I grinned then sprinted off.

 

“Bye Nami.” I heard Takumi murmur at my disappearing figure.

 

 

~S~I~N~G~

 

 

When Ah-un stopped for the night, I sat on the ground with my hands under my thighs. I was far too restless to get any sleep, so I just watched Ah-un and Jaken snore. Lord Sesshomaru had gone off a few days ago and hadn't yet returned.

 

I knew we were only a few days from my village, I didn't want to go back but if it meant seeing Nami again I would. My only dilemma was that I couldn't bear the thought of leaving Lord Sesshomaru. Suddenly he appeared before me.

 

“Is something troubling you Rin?” He asked, he didn't sound interested but I was just happy to be addressed.

 

“No, not really I was just…keeping watch.” I lied; I didn't want to ask him to stop by my village.

 

“What is it?” He asked again. I sighed and pulled out my letter.

 

“Before my village was attacked my half sister left the house, she left me this and told me to open it a month before I turned ten, that's tomorrow. I don't know what it says and I really want to read it.” I explained in a rush. I watched but Lord Sesshomaru's face never shifted.

 

“Ah.” He simply said before sitting on a tree root. “Go to sleep.”

 

I smiled, “Of course my lord, if I sleep time will fly so much faster!” I curled up next to Ah-un and closed my eyes.

 

The next morning I awoke with a start. Lord Sesshomaru watched me quietly as I ripped open the letter. I read it slowly to myself.

 

Dear Rin,

 

First, I'm sorry I had to leave, your mother loves you very much, but she doesn't love me. Second, I know you realize that I am a siren, I also told you that our father was as well, that makes you part siren. Sirens get their powers in their tenth year of life, which is why I wrote you this letter for you to read today. You're almost ten, and I'm coming for you. Sirens when left on their own to learn can be very dangerous. You see it takes a lot of control of your power to manipulate what you want. If you sing, meaning to make a fish jump into your hand but you don't have enough control, you may instead be making a villager drown themselves. It needs training and I'm coming to help. I make no promises, because you are only half demon it's hard to say if you will have any power, but I believe you will. I will come for you at least two weeks before your birthday. If I don't arrive within two weeks of you opening this letter then I have passed on. I joined the resistance, a group fighting against awful sirens; I intend to fight to my death unless the king of sirens is dethroned first. I will explain everything if and when I can.

Nami

 

I reread the letter a few times before refolding it. Me a siren? I remembered watching Nanami in fascination as she made leaves twirl through the air with her voice. I never once expected to be able to do something like that myself. I had to go back to the village now; I didn't want to risk hurting anyone.

 

I worked up my courage and walked over to Lord Sesshomaru, “My lord…I have to…well in a few days we will pass my old village, when we get there I have to stay there, my sister says she is coming, she said she will be there in two weeks at the latest or else she…died… just in case though, I want to be able to catch up with you…if that's all right.”

 

“Fine.” Sesshomaru said, standing up as Ah-un awoke. “Let's go.”

 

 

~S~I~R~E~N~

 

 

“Ah! I'm going to be late!” I muttered as I ran through a group of trees and into another. I wanted to be there by tonight, but I had left too late. Just then I caught the sound of a river to my left. I altered my course a little and grinned when I saw the rushing water.

 

“Perfect! This should speed things up nicely!” I laughed then ran to the river side; I tightened the sword on my back and let my hair down tucking the chopsticks into my taijiya clothing. A year after my departure from Rin's village I came across a village of demon slayers. I was fascinated by their clothing, my wardrobe had always been a sore spot, and kimonos did not provide me with enough mobility. I had obtained one of their black body suits and personalized it. Over the top I wore a light knee length kimono that I had to slip on over my head. I hated that the thing always had come untied when I ran so I sewed in together. I had also cut the sleeves; it now only rested on the shoulders. I had slit the sides up to my hips for even greater mobility. It was a deep green, tied at the waist with an obi. I looked quite odd, but I liked my reflection, so I had ceased to care for the opinions of others.

 

I dove into the water swimming with the current and savoring the way the water moved against me. I breathed in the cool water letting the liquid rush through the gills that appeared on my neck whenever I entered water.

 

I surfaced a little less than a mile away from the village, I had made the lost time up quickly. I climbed onto the bank of the river and wrung out my hair and clothes. I took a step forward and my boots squished. I laughed and slipped out of them, dumping out the water. I preferred to go barefoot, but sometimes the need for comfort made me wear my boots. I sat on a flat rock and set the boots out next to me waiting for them to dry. Before I knew it I was falling asleep in the warm sunshine.

 

 

~S~I~N~G~

 

 

We were closer than I had thought to my village; it was only a bit farther ahead. Nerves were eating at my stomach, I really hoped that Nanami would show up fast I didn't want to be in the empty village alone. I wrapped my arms around myself, trying to calm myself down.

 

An hour or so later I started to get thirsty. I looked up at Lord Sesshomaru and cleared my throat.

 

“There is a river.” He pointed before I spoke. His finger pointed to the right, into a group of trees.

 

“Thank you Lord Sesshomaru.” I chirped, skipping into the trees. A few moments later I was about to pass through the last layer of trees, I could hear the river now, when a cool breeze flew into my face. I shivered then took another step forward, but a hand caught my arm. I looked up to see Lord Sesshomaru walking past me.

 

“There is a demon.” He said in his toneless voice, passing through the trees. I followed him slowly, peering around his leg.

 

I saw a female demon with green hair sitting up rubbing her arms apparently trying to rid herself from a chill. I gasped, it was Nanami. She slipped on the boots lying next to her on the rock then stood up; she was wearing very unusual clothing. I tried to step around Lord Sesshomaru but he grabbed my arm again. Nanami began to sprint off towards my old village.

 

“Wait!” I called but she was already gone. “That was my sister my Lord.” I said sadly.

 

“That was a demon Rin, not you're sister.”

 

“My sister is a demon! Well, a siren at least.” I explained.

 

“She is a hanyou? For you said she was your half sister.”

 

“No, she's a full blooded siren…that's what the letter was about, she is headed to my village so she can start my training…she says I'm half siren.” I said looking at my feet. I knew Lord Sesshomaru hated his half brother Inuyasha just because he was a hanyou; I didn't want him to hate me.

 

“You smell human.” Lord Sesshomaru said walking back into the trees.

 

“I know, she said she isn't sure that I'll have powers, but our father was a siren, so she thinks I will. I don't know why I don't smell demon…maybe I don't have any power…but I'm sure she will explain!” I said, keeping hope. If I was a half-demon that meant I wouldn't be such a burden on Lord Sesshomaru anymore.

 

“Very well.” He said as we reached Ah-un. He began to walk towards my village once more.