InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Scandalous ❯ Stay Away From Me ( Chapter 9 )

Chapter 9: Stay Away From Me!

 

Aine sank into the hot springs and sighed in joy. “This has to be the greatest thing about this place so far!” she smiled as Rin sank in next to her.

 

“These natural hot springs are all over the country,” Rin stated. Aine rubbed her sore muscles and then dunked her head under water. She came back out and began to clean out her hair.

 

“You are so lucky! Where I come from you have to pay to use the hot springs,” Aine said combing her with her fingers.

 

“Where are you from?” Rin asked.

 

“You wouldn't believe me even if I told you,” Aine said.

 

“Come on, just tell me,” Rin insisted.

 

“Well I think I'm from 500 years in the future. Crazy right?” Aine said smiling nervously.

 

“Yeah very crazy, but not impossible,” Rin stated.

 

“So you believe me?” Aine asked.

 

“On some level. Is Dustin from there too?” Rin asked.

 

“Yeah, I guess you say that. We got here the same way, but he is from a different part of the world I'm from,” Aine said.

 

“What is he? He seems important or on a different level,” Rin tried to word her question properly.

 

“Well he's a famous singer over there. It's weird for people like me to meet people like him,” Aine sighed.

 

“I see. Is that why you love him?” Rin asked.

 

“What?! Who said that I loved him?” Aine yelled jumping up.

 

“No one, it's written all over your face,” Rin laughed.

 

“Well I don't. I mean I do love him, but that's only because I love his music. The way you would love a singer you admire here,” Aine explained sitting back down.

 

“You're such a bad liar. It's cute,” Rin smiled. Aine blushed and looked at her reflection in the water.

 

“Do you love him because he's famous and good looking? Or was it that the person you fell in love with turned out to be him?” Rin asked standing and getting out.

 

Aine got out of the water and stood out in the breeze to dry off a bit. She got dressed and started to walk back to camp. Did she really love Dustin or was it just a celebrity crush? She watched Rin walk to camp and sit down next to Kohaku. She paused in her step before feeling as if something had crawled inside of her. She shivered and dropped to her knees.

 

“Come to me…”

 

That voice… Aine stood up and began to walk towards the camp. “Kill him…Kill him then com to me…”

 

Even though the voice didn't say who she knew who she had to kill. She picked up a huge rock and walked up behind Dustin. She lifted the rock over his head and was about to drop it.

 

“Dustin look out!” Kohaku yelled. Dustin turned and jumped out of the way of the boulder that fell in the place he was sitting moments ago.

 

“Aine? What are you doing?” Dustin asked walking over to her. Her hands shot out and grabbed his throat. He stumbled backwards a bit, but she kept her hands at his neck, choking him.

 

Everyone jumped up and tried to get Aine to let go without hurting either of them. This wasn't getting them anywhere so Jiro grabbed Aine's wrist and dug his claws into her skin. Pain appeared on her face as she snapped back to normal. She let go of Dustin and gasped. Jiro let go of her wrist and it fell to her side.

 

Dustin was on his knees getting the much needed air into his lungs. Aine stared at him with tears in her eyes. What had she done? Did she really try to kill him?

 

Aine turned and ran. “Aine! Wait!” Dustin called out in a hoarse voice. She didn't listen, she just kept running until Jiro grabbed her arm. She pulled and pulled trying to get her arm back but he wouldn't let go. Dustin ran over to her and went to grab her hand.

 

“No! Don't touch me!” she yelled. Dustin flinched and paused in his motions. He stared into her terrified eyes and knew she was scared of hurting him again. He grabbed her arm and pulled her against his chest.

 

She struggled against him, pushing against his chest, trying to get away from him. “Struggle al you want, I'm not letting you go,” he whispered in her ear.

 

“I almost killed you and I can easily do it again!” Aine cried.

 

“That wasn't you. Someone is controlling you and once we find who it is then we can take care of it,” he said trying to reassure her. Aine quit struggling and waited until Dustin loosened his hold on her.

 

“How can you trust me after that?!” she yelled backing away from him.

 

Dustin stayed silent not wanting to say his true reasons for trusting her. He loved her and trusted her more than anyone he had ever met before. He knew that even in that situation that happened moments ago she wouldn't have been able to kill him. He could see the struggle in her eyes.

 

“I understand. You don't trust me anymore,” Aine whispered.

 

“I never said that!” Dustin corrected.

 

“Just forget it and stay away from me!” Aine screamed and walked back to camp. Her words had stung him deeply. He knew she didn't mean it in a mean way, she was just saying it to protect him. Her tone of voice came out harsher then she thought it would.

 

She sat down staring at the fire as tears flowed down her face. She hated crying, but now she just couldn't hold it in. Rin put her hand on her shoulder and Aine looked at her. Rin smiled at her and Aine fell into Rin's arms, sobbing into her shoulder. Why was everything going so wrong?

 

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Aine walked behind everyone watching the ground in front of her. Everyone was silent due to Aine's sad mood. Aine was the one who brought everyone together and started all of the conversations, but not today. She just wasn't herself today.

 

“So what's your village like Rin?” Kohaku asked trying to break the silence.

 

“I actually live in the town of Edo. It's pretty amazing. Have you ever been there?” Rin asked.

 

“I don't think I have. I've always wanted to go see what it's like though,” Kohaku smiled.

 

“Edo, huh? Sounds pretty important to me,” Dustin stated. Jiro just scuffed and glanced back at Aine.

 

“Yeah, you might want to keep an eye on Aine though. There are tons of people there that would love to sell her to a brothel, but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't take a demon like her,” Rin said.

 

Aine flinched at the word demon. It was just another word for monster in her eyes. Dustin saw this and went back to walk beside her.

 

“Is everything okay?” he asked.

 

“Just peachy!” she snapped turning her head away from him. She felt his hand grab hers as they continued walking. Despite the fact that she didn't want to be near him she gripped his hand tightly needing to be close to him somehow.

 

They walked that way until they needed a break. By that time Aine was feeling better about herself. “I think I hear a river! So I'm going to go wash my clothes since they are filthy I'll be right back,” she said and then ran off.

 

“Why does she always want to be so clean?” Jiro grumbled.

 

“Well where we come from we get to take baths everyday if we chose to,” Dustin stated.

 

“Well that explains it then! I better go help her so she doesn't get lonely out there,” Rin said standing.

 

“Why do she always get to bathe with Aine and I have to bathe with these two kids?” Jiro groaned watching Rin leave.

 

“Maybe because you are a guy and you aren't officially mated to Aine,” Kohaku suggested.

 

“Can it human! If you two weren't here I'd have Aine all to myself,” Jiro snapped.

 

“Well excuse us for ruining your love story with Aine, but if you haven't noticed she isn't interested in you,” Dustin spat out, not liking the way he talked about Aine.

 

“I know she loves me! Why else would she want me around?” Jiro asked.

 

“Just forget it, I don't even want to explain this to you,” Dustin sighed and laid back in the grass.

 

A scream rang out through the surrounding forest and the three men shot up. They ran towards where Aine and Rin had left and reached the girls in no time at all. Aine saw them coming and quickly put on the rest of her clothes. She turned just in time for Kohaku to run into her and she went straight into the river. She came out sputtering and wiping the water from her eyes. She sat down on the bank and sighed.

 

“I'm so sorry Aine. I didn't mean to run into you like that,” Kohaku apologized.

 

“It's fine. I'm perfectly okay,” Aine smiled. She just couldn't get mad at Kohaku. He was just so innocent and childish.

 

“Why the hell were you screaming?” Jiro asked.

 

“There was a beetle crawling up my leg,” Aine whispered. Dustin suddenly took off his jacket and draped it over her shoulders.

 

“What's this for?” Aine asked.

 

“Well, you're wearing a white shirt and its wet so it became see-through,” Dustin explained scratching the back of his neck. Aine blushed and pulled the jacket closer to her body. This was the last thing she needed right now. Then she felt something crawling up her leg again and looked down to see the same beetle walking on her leg.

 

She jumped up and tackled Dustin. “Kill it! Kill it!! Kill it!!!” she screamed and Dustin went landing on his butt.

 

Jiro flicked the bug off of her leg and said, “There, problem solved.”

 

Aine opened her eyes and looked to see Dustin blushing down at her. Her wet clothes her pressed against his, making his clothes wet in the process. All Dustin could feel was her wet breast pushing against his chest.

 

Aine jerked away from him and pulled the jacket around her again. Her heart was pounding in her chest as her cheeks lit up with heat.

 

“Let's get going guys. We don't want thieves to take all of our stuff before we get back,” Kohaku stated.

 

Dustin stood and held out a hand for Aine. She accepted it and he helped her up. Looks like things were getting back to normal in that crazy little group. They packed all their stuff and headed on the road to Edo…