InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Serendipity ❯ Brink ( Chapter 20 )

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

“You still haven't told your father about us?” Rin asked vehemently, her fists balled in frustration and impatience. This entire situation was twisted. So damned twisted.

“Rin, I have told you repeatedly--”

She held up her hands, silencing him.

“I know, Sesshomaru. He's doesn't like humans. How long do you think you can hide this, though? You have no idea how frustrating and just plain hurtful this is.”

His eyes narrowed, setting the mug of coffee down on his desk.

“I do know, Rin. You will accept the time gracefully. I will tell him when I am ready to, and until then, you will just have to wait.”

Rin was silent for a moment, contemplating her next move. She was so angry, so furious, red lights of warning flashed through her mind, warning her to calm herself. She ignored them. He was being so apathetic about the entire situation, which pissed her off even more. It was as if he didn't even care! What had she even been thinking--there was no way to change such an icy man, no way to attain the infinite amount of warmth that it would require for him to show even the slightest emotion. What was the point?

Sighing in defeat, she said the words that had needed to be said so long ago.

“You know what? Forget it. Forget us.”

She turned around, walking toward the exit, and away from his life forever.

“I don't even know what I had been thinking when--”

Before the rest of the words could leave her lips, she had been pinned against the wall, her hands trapped above her. Still holding her, Sesshomaru moved his free hand to slam and lock the door, before turning back to her, his eyes harder than she had ever seen them.

“I won't forget, Rin. Unfortunately, you've made it impossible for me to do just that. You are too far past the option of ending this. You will not ever see anyone but me.”

The pure, raw emotion that was laden in his eyesshocked her, made her heartbeat quicken. She couldn't be weak, though. She had to stand her ground, to make sure she wasn't giving her heart, her soul to him for nothing in return.

“What if I choose to see someone else?” she heard herself whispering, well aware that she was tempting fate itself.

His grip on her hands tightened, and his lips moved to her ear.

“I will make him bleed.”

And with that, he caught her lips in his, his hands flying to her dark hair, massaging her scalp. She gasped and groaned his mouth, attempting to bring him closer, to meld into him until there was nothing left.

God, she loved this man.

“Most men would say something along the lines of wanting me to be happy and not interfering,” she breathed as he licked her jaw line, causing her to shudder.

“I will not allow you happiness with anyone other than me.”

The ringing of his office phone made him finally pull away from her, panting slightly.

“I will tell my father, Rin. Just be patient.”

This time, she nodded, a soft smile on her lips.

“I will, Sesshomaru,” she found herself whispering.

“For as long as it takes.”


“So, the son of whore returns,” InuTaisho chanted as InuYasha walked in after his argument with Kagome. He was seated at the kitchen table, his eyes momentarily peaking up from his laptop. Sesshomaru was leaning against the counter, a mug in his hand like always. Before the hanyou could tell his father to piss off, someone else surprisingly sprung to his aid.

“Father, must you insist on insulting InuYasha? It is rather childish,” Sesshomaru chided, taking a sip of the vanilla tea he had prepared moments earlier.

InuYasha's jaw dropped.

What the fuck?

InuTaisho had obviously been thinking the same thing, for he had an expression akin to InuYasha's.

“You're defending the half-breed now?”

“I'm more so correcting you on the error of your ways,” he spoke eloquently, eying InuYasha in a way that was foreign to him.

That human girl has changed him..

“You slander him daily because of his heritageheritage in which you, yourself created, Father. I suppose since this is the last time you and I shall communicate, I decided to be frank about the entire situation.”

That caught his father's attention.

“Wait, what the hell do you mean this will be the last time we'll communicate?”

“I've met someone, Father. Her name is Rin.”

InuTaisho simply raised his brow in a silent plead for his son to elaborate.

“She's human.”

InuYasha watched silently, his eyes darted to his father and Sesshomaru and back again.

Suddenly, InuTaisho laughed.

“You're kidding me,” he said, a wry smile on his face.

“You're fucking with me, right son?”

Sesshomaru remained quiet for a moment, and then looked at InuYasha.

“If you do not believe me, ask InuYasha. He saw us in the park just moments earlier.”

InuYasha blushed at being found out.

So he must've picked up on my scent.

The smile on InuTaisho's face vanished instantly as he watched the hanyou, and then Sesshomaru again.

“You bastard,” he seethed, slamming his laptop shut.

“After everything I've done for you, you have the fucking decency to do this? What about the company, huh? You gonna abandon that for the little bitch too?”

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed.

“You will not address Rin that way. I never wanted any involvement with your company. I quit earlier today.”

InuTaisho's mouth opened and closed, almost resembling a fish gasping for water.

“InuYasha, gather your things. I have arranged an apartment for you and I to share for as long as you need residence. We will be leaving immediately.”

With that, Sesshomaru breezed right past both of their awe-stricken faces.


“I don't expect you to forgive my actions,” Sesshomaru began once they were in his car, driving toward their new apartment.

“I have been shameful to you--without Rin entering my life, I don't believe I would have ever changed,” he said honestly, briefly looking at his half brother.

InuYasha remained quiet, not exactly sure what to make of all of this.

“You put me through some real shit, Sesshomaru,” he spoke finally, his voice raspy and raw with emotion.

“You made me believe I was scum, trash, the dirt beneath your feet. You fucking broke me. Hell, you both did. Like you, I have someone in my life who put me back together, though. Someone who means the fucking world to me.”

His eyes softened as he gazed out of the window at the passing scenery.

“And she deserves to know everything...for everything she has done for me, she deserves the entire world,” he continued, more to himself than to his brother.

And I was such an ass to her...

“I understand seeing shit in a new light after meeting someone special, okay? I just...I just need some time. Time to get used to this, to get used to us. Even if you are a bastard, thanks for this.”

“I won't waste words by apologizing for my actions, because words mean nothing. But I do plan to show you, little brother.”

A smirk made its way to the youkai's lips.

“And yes, I suppose I was a bastard, as you say. I know that it will take time, but time is something that you and I both have. You are not below me, InuYasha. If anything, you are above me, for you have endured even the toughest adversity. From your supposed family, no less.”

He grimaced at his own words.

“Things are going to be different, Brother. I can assure you of that.”


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He ran. He ran as fast as his legs could possibly carry him. He and Sesshomaru had had a long talk the night before, and InuYasha decided to give the bastard a chance to prove himself. It would be a very Kagome thing to do after all.

“Kagome..”
He had to apologize to her. He had snapped on her for her genuine concern for him.
Luckily, the new apartment wasn't that much farther from his father's house, meaning the walk wasn't completely out of his range.

Spring was finally approaching and little weeds and flowers were slowly beginning to bloom. Spotting a lone sunflower in the distance, InuYasha quickly plucked it and dashed along, the morning sun welcoming him in its warm embrace. Finally, after about forty-five minutes, he had reached her home.

Anxious, he rang the doorbell three times in a row, making sure that someone heard him. After a near eternity, Kagome opened the door, and he embraced her before she even had a chance to speak.

I'm so sorry," he whispered, inhaling her scent in order to calm himself.
"InuYasha.."
He pulled back and shoved the sunflower he had picked on the way into her hands, turning away with a blush on his face.
"I-I know how you like sunflowers."
She held it to her nose before throwing her arms around his neck.
"Thank you, InuYasha."
He huffed and pulled back, locking eyes with her in an intense gaze.
"I was a bastard to you yesterday. You have every right to know about my family."
Her eyes widened, but she remained silent.
"Come for a walk with me, and I'll tell you everything.”
She looked down at her sky blue pajamas, a blush on her face.
“But my clothes--”
His hands flew in her hair and he brought her face to his in a kiss, before pulling away and resting his forehead against hers.
“You look..b-beautiful, okay? Just come on.”
She blushed and nodded, sliding out of the shrine silently, her adorable bunny slippers adorning her feet.
They walked, they talked, or he did most of the talking.
He told her everything--everything from his father and his verbal and even sometimes physical abuse, to his brother, and the three-sixty his life had done just yesterday. He wanted to spare her of some of the more ghastly details, but once he told his story, the words flowed from his mouth without his brain's consent. He had never told anyone of his family--it was if he were releasing a giant load from his soul.

“Oh, InuYasha,” she thrust herself in his arms, visibly shaking as tears rolled freely down her face.
They had stopped walking altogether, and he cautiously wrapped his arms around her.
“Why? Why didn't you tell me any of this, InuYasha? I could have saved you from your prison,” she yelled, her voice hoarse.

His ears drooped to his head as he buried his face in her hair, tightening his hold on her.
“You stupid girl,” he whispered, on the verge of tears himself.
“Kagome, you have saved me. You have absolutely no fucking idea how happy I've been since you've come into my life.”
He swallowed, deciding against telling her that if not for his presence, he would have taken his own life by now.
“Kagome, Kami, Kagome, you breathed life back into me--you breathed it into me with every smile you directed toward me, with every touch, with every word you've spoken. I swear on my life, Kagome, that you fucking rescued me. You'll never know the extent of my gratitude, you can't fathom the thanks that I feel in my heart every second. I..I love you. God, I love you so much.”
She continued to weep in his arms, every word he spoke making her heart swell.

“InuYasha..I love you. You-you can't leave me. I-I have to make sure that you're always safe.”
He chuckled at her, inhaling her scent once more to make sure that he wasn't dreaming.
“Idiot, where would I go?”
I'll never leave you, Kagome..