InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Serenity turned to chaos ❯ Mending broken hearts ( Chapter 5 )

The morning came as a slow form of torture for Inuyasha, as he lay in bed staring at his ceiling. He had barely slept two hours. Last night had been hell, after Sesshomaru dismissed him he had gone straight to the shower not caring about the bed until he felt he smelled decent enough to sleep comfortably. He had been fretting all night, tossing and turning he just could not settle down. And then to put icing on the cake his mother had called him at five in the morning to let him know that she would be home at noon. Why did women have to be so weird? That was an age old question that he would never find an answer to.

`Well might as well get out of bed and start the day, even though I am probably going to get ignored by everyone. Sango and Miroku will not willingly talk to me until I fix things with Kagome. Kikyo send me to hell last night so I should probably let her cool off.'

Now his biggest problem was going to be Kagome. She had been pretty cool yesterday, but that was not going to be the case today. He still had to do whatever it was that she had planned for him. And how was he supposed to treat her after what almost happened and most likely would have happened if Kikyou hadn't interrupted.

He was snapped out of his thoughts as his phone rang somewhere in the room. He searched all over the place until he found it in his shoe. Answering the phone immediately with out checking the number, he was surprised to hear from the one person he thought was going to be gone forever.

“Hey Inuyasha, how is it going?”

“What do you want?”

“Is that any way to greet me after all this time, I know you've missed me?”

“Keh, it's only been five months.”

“Well I just thought that I would let you know that I will be arriving in about thirty minutes, so if you could just swing by the airport and pick me up.”

“What the hell do you think I am a fucking taxi? You have your own fucking legs, so how about you walk your ass over here?”

“Inuyasha, do I have to remind you that I am not a very patient girl when it comes to foul mouthed dogs that can't obey a single request.”

Inuyasha's ears flattened against his head at the thought of all the possible things Rin could put him through by the time of her arrival and the time she was gone.

“At what time do you need me to be there?”

“Well, exactly how fast can you get here?”

`Typical Rin she always does the same thing, waiting till the last minute.'

“Stupid woman you're already here aren't you?”

“Inuyasha , think you can tone down with the derogatory terms. I mean what have I done to you?”

Inuyasha cringed at the hurt in her voice. Rin had never been mean to him in any way. But there was just some times that her actions really tested his patience. But he couldn't help but smile at the thought of her returning. She always could put Sesshomaru through hell.

“I'm sorry Rin, I'll be there in fifteen minutes okay?”

Rin couldn't help but smile at the reaction she got from him. “Okay Inuyasha you are forgiven and please hurry.”

Inuyasha couldn't help but wonder as he got into his car, why did he have to pick up Rin when his brother was usually at her feet within seconds. `Well last time that she was here she did leave in a kind of hurry and no one heard from her until now. Stupid prick probably did something to scare her away. Knowing Sesshomaru he probably decided that humans were better left alone. That was still something that plagued his mind. He just never understood how Rin ended up with Sesshomaru. They were so different. She was a great person always had a smile on her face, yet she ended up with Sesshomaru the one person that detested humans and only dealt with Kagome. I would love to know how it was that Sesshomaru ended up hooking up with Rin.'

He let his thoughts be as he approached the airport. Finding a parking spot had been a breeze, he had just changed gears when Rin was opening the back door. He looked back at her, observing the way in which she was moving around. There was something different about her, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Something was bothering him in the dark recesses of his mind but he could not figure out what.

Rin couldn't help but notice Inuyasha's behavior. `Why is he staring at me, there is no way that he knows. I took great care in making sure that my scent was masked. He's probably somewhere off in space right now.'

“Inuyasha, do you mind helping me with my luggage?”

“Don't start with me, you fucking drag me out of bed and expect me to do everything. Damn these fucking weak humans.

“Must I remind you that this weak human has hurt you on more than one occasion?”

Inuyasha snorted but otherwise remained silent. Rin couldn't help but smile; he really did know when to shut up. Kagome was most likely the one to thank for this miracle. It was after all her friendship that had tamed Inuyasha. Kagome was the only other person that she knew, who could actually make Inuyasha apologize.

Inuyasha had already placed all her bags in the trunk and was sitting in his seat when Rin decided to ease up on the hanyou.

“So Inuyasha did you miss me?”

Inuyasha could understand that question. So with out a second's hesitation he broke ice.

“What's going on Rin, I'm not an idiot, you left without letting any one know. Now you just show up, is there something going on that I should be aware of?”

Rin had no idea how to respond to that, she couldn't tell him the truth. Inuyasha was a great guy, but he would not understand her reasons for leaving. There were things that had to be done, even if the person that you were trying to help didn't understand it themselves.

“Inuyasha, why do you think I left?”

Inuyasha was beginning to not like the fact that Rin had returned. She had changed; she was the one that never held anything bad. She had never been good at keeping secrets, yet here she was intentionally keeping something from him.

“Well that is kind of obvious, Sesshomaru.”

Rin shook her head, she knew what Inuyasha meant but it wasn't what he was thinking. Sesshomaru did play a big part in her departure, but he had little to do with the actual reason she left.

“Okay.” With that said, she turned toward the window, looking at nothing in particular. Her thoughts were all on a certain demon and his reaction to her after all these months. And not to mention the fact that she wasn't sure how she would react to seeing him after their time apart. She knew that everything would be different now that she had come back. She just hoped that they wouldn't kill each other in the time

“Okay.” With that said, she turned toward the window, looking at nothing in particular. Her thoughts lay on a certain demon's reaction to her after all these months, not to mention her own reaction. She knew that everything would be different now that she was back. She just hoped that they wouldn't kill each other in the time she was here.

Inuyasha knew that Rin had something on her mind, and from her scent alone he could tell tey weren't happy thoughts. Deciding that he had enough of her saddened expression, he set out on a mission; distract Rin during her stay here.

“So what are you planning to do? Now that you're here I'm sure you are going to want to see everyone.”

Rin had not really given it much thought. She knew that all her friends were hurt that she had left abruptly. The only one that knew she was leaving was Kagome, and that was just because she had known what had been going on all along.

“I'm not sure everyone is going to be very happy now that I am back.”

“Rin don't lie to yourself, everyone here loves you. We've never really held it against you.”

“Why don't they hold it against me?”

“Well we all blamed Sesshomaru when you left. He had been acting like a fucking rabid dog. The only one he would let come around him was Kagome. He didn't eat for three days until Kagome broke down in tears, screaming that he was going to die if he didn't eat soon. She threatened to stop eating herself if he didn't eat. Could you believe that Kagome not eat? But true to her word, when she offered him food she turned her own meal down. He actually ate his first meal after Kagome fainted. And you want to hear something funny; she fainted three hours after her last meal.”

Rin couldn't help but laugh at Inuyasha's explanation, he always had a very weird sense of humor but the outcome was still the same.

“Well that is our typical Kagome for you, putting herself in danger for her friends.”

“Yeah one of these days it's going to get her killed.”

Rin giggled, “How do you figure that?”

“Well, when one of her crazy friends decides to kill themselves, she is going to say, `If you throw yourself of that building I am going to jump right behind you.'”

“Inuyasha, she would not do that she'd probably tackle them.” Rin could not stop laughing; he was such an asshole, GOSH!!!

“Well you know its true she takes helping friends to the extreme.”

“I suggest you shut your trap, because she has saved your ass more times than you can count.”

“Keh, I didn't ask her to.”

“Don't pout Inuyasha, it isn't very appealing, you've passed that puppy look.”

“That's not what Kagome says, she likes it when I pout.”

`Yeah and that's not all she wouldn't mind, if only you had a bigger brain you'd figure it out.'

After their little conversation, they sat in a comfortable silence. As they rounded the corner, Rin held her breath. They had finally reached their destination; Inuyasha parked the car but didn't turn off the engine. He turned toward Rin with a look of sympathy.

“Rin, you have to breathe, you're going to hyperventilate.”

Rin couldn't even focus on his voice. She was going to pass out; she could already feel the dizziness. Inuyasha didn't know what to do, he could sense her distress but he had never been good at comforting people. Besides what the hell could he possibly do? She needed to face her fears one day or another, right?

“Rin, come on you know we have to get inside it's going to rain soon.”

Rin couldn't hold it back any longer, everyone had their breaking point or another, and this was hers.

“I can't go in there; you don't understand I can't… I won't be able to…” she looked down and that was when Inuyasha heard her.

“Face his rejection… again, once was bad enough. I mean your heart can only break once, right?”

Now this was something he was extremely bad at. Relationships were not his thing, what the hell did Sesshomaru do? She said that he rejected her, but why would he do that. He knew just how his brother felt about her. But it was clear as day that Sesshomaru rejected her. `Stupid idiot'

“Rin, whatever he did was in the past. You have to be strong; I know you can deal with this. Don't give him any reason to think he hurt you.”

Rin gave a teary sigh and made up her mind. `I ran away once and that was more than enough. I have to man up and face him. It was after all partially his fault that I left in the first place.'

Turning toward the house, she looked up and said “well here goes nothing.”

Inuyasha snorted and turned off the engine of the car. This was turning out to be a lot to handle; he needed Kagome to buffer these two. Grabbing his phone he text messaged Kagome letting her know that she needed to be here immediately. Having done that, he opened the door of the house and took a deep breath.

What was waiting inside was not what he expected at all. The first thing he noticed was that his mom was home. As soon as she saw us come in the door, she rushed over to Rin and gave her a huge hug and fussed over how thin she looked and all that nonsense. The thing that caught his attention was Sesshomaru, he was sitting by the window staring straight at Rin with an inexpressible look in his eye. There were ways too many emotions passing through his eyes. There was just no way to decipher it, and since when did his brother ever show this much emotion?

“So Rin how long will you be staying with us? Oh my look at me rambling, are you hungry dear you look half starved, have you been eating properly? Well no need to worry, I will personally make sure to fatten you up while you are here.”

With that said Izayoi turned to whip something up in the kitchen. Inuyasha knew he needed to leave these two alone. With that in mind he walked upstairs, but not before hearing Sesshomaru whisper “You came, why?”

Inuyasha rushed toward his room after that, he did not want to eavesdrop on this particular conversation. They needed their privacy.

“You asked me to come, so I came.”

“I didn't think you would.”

“Well I did, so lets get down to business. What has been going on that you thought to ask me for help?”

“Rin we need to clear the air between us, this won't work unless we are both clear headed in order to take care of this particular situation.”

Rin walked toward him, stopping directly in front of him. Glaring at him she lifted her hand to stop whatever he was going to say next.

“If you called me here thinking that we could have this heart felt talk and fix everything that happened then you are seriously mistaken. You must have your head so far up your ass. Do you think that I could just forget everything you told me that day? Are you really that insensitive?”

Sesshomaru could not believe his ears, did she really think that low of him. This was killing him inside, he wanted to hold her in his arms and make her pain go away. But he knew that he needed to remain calm, he was after all known for his coldness. He let his guard down once but he would not make that mistake again. If she did not want to fix the problem then that left him no choice, he would not push it.

“Rin let us get down to business.”

`Oh no he didn't, he wants ignore me that is more than fine with me.'

“Fine what's going on between Kagome and Inuyasha.”

“It looks to me as though Inuyasha has finally realized his feelings for her.”

“So what is the problem with that, it was bound to happen some day.”

Sesshomaru nodded his head in agreement. “The problem is that Inuyasha being the hard headed hanyou that he is has decided that in order to satisfy his needs he will turn to a less complicated female.”

Rin could not believe her ears. “He can't do that; if he does then the consequences are detrimental to his future relationship with Kagome.”

“I know but there is more to it, I am starting to believe that this girl Inuyasha has decided to `date' wants more than just Inuyasha's affection.”

“Why”

“Well I did some investigating and it turns out, that before Kikyou started her relationship with Inuyasha she was involved with Naraku.”

“Oh my gods, so you think that this is some plot against Inuyasha?”

“You know how much Naraku hates Inuyasha. We both know that he would stoop to the lowest level in order to destroy Inuyasha.”

Rin could not believe her ears. “Inuyasha needs to know, you realize what this means right?”

“I have thought about it, and I don't personally think that Naraku has any idea about kagome and whay she holds in her possession.”

“But if he is planning to attack Inuyasha, he will first weaken his defenses. So any way you look at it, Kagome is in danger. Inuyasha would do anything in order to keep her safe.”

“Don't be so confident, your thoughts have a lot of logic. You must remember that if Naraku hired Kikyou, then we can assume that she is meant to cause a rift between Kagome and Inuyasha.”

“Shit, this is going to be a big problem.”

Sesshomaru could not help but be surprised by her comment. She never spoke that way before, she was starting to sound like Inuyasha and that was not a compliment.

“Rin, watch you language, when did you learn to use that foul language?”

Rin stood up and turned toward the stairs, with her back to him she answered, “When you decided to toss me aside.”

Sesshomaru had no answer to that so he let her go. About to leave, in order to find something to pound out his frustrations out on. He stood just as the doorbell rang, as he opened the door he couldn't help but feel guilty about doing what he was doing.

“Hey Sesshomaru, can I come in?”

She didn't deserve being kept in the dark about the dangers that lie ahead of her. But he knew very well that it was for her protection.

“Of course, Inuyasha is in his room.”

“Thanks Sesshy”

With that she headed toward Inuyasha, all the while thinking of the plan she had devised. She knew it was the perfect thing to do in order to start his punishment. This was going to be a great day in her mind. Of course maybe not for Inuyasha, but then again he deserved that and much more especially after last night. He was going to learn never to lie to her again