InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Snow White and the Seven 'Dwarfs'...Sort of ❯ Love Sucks ( Chapter 45 )

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Rin and Sesshomaru


Rin was seriously afraid she was about to freak out.

Love? How could she love Sesshomaru? It hadn’t been enough time! She was too young, too inexperienced to know these things. How could she be sure?

But she knew it the same way she knew the sun would come up tomorrow, that Jakotsu was gay, and that as soon as she saw Bankotsu he would whine about becoming a ghost. It was so obvious she wouldn’t even ignore it and hope it went away.

Rin slowly breathed in and forced herself to chill out as she wiped her sweaty palms against her skirt, carefully not looking at Sesshomaru as they walked through town.

Being in love sucked. Her stomach was jumpy, her heart was pounding, her head throbbing, and goose bumps erupted over her skin at the mere thought of Sesshomaru being near her. He didn’t even have to touch her and she wanted to beg for him.

And she felt like she was on some kind of emotional roller coaster. One minute she was in utter joy and then the next in complete despair. And then she would get pissed off and then she would be happier then Jakotsu was after making out with Oda.

It was a little bit like an extreme period that never ended.

She did not like this one bit and was almost willing to do anything to stop feeling so horrible.

But she suspected the only way to accomplish that was to give up resisting it and just become Sesshomaru’s mate.

Something she both wanted and dreaded.

"Are you well Rin?" Sesshomaru asked her, eyeing her stiff form and refusal to eat anymore of the octopus. It had already turned cold.

Rin only nodded, not trusting her voice to be able to speak correctly.

She almost cried in relief when she spotted her men and Oda waiting ahead for them, extremely grateful for the distraction.

Bankotsu raised his hand in greeting, "Hey Rin, you ready to meet up with Mayu?" he asked.

Rin forced herself to grin as she dropped her cold half eaten octopus in a trash can. "If you guys are." she said casually, stepping ahead of Sesshomaru.

They all nodded in answer and fell in step with her.

"I believe the best way to communicate with the loyal servants is to pass messages along to Mayu if she is willing." Renkotsu told Rin as he walked beside her, "She will know who is innocent better then we can."

Rin nodded in understanding, "Ok, but then how will we tell the servants from the betrayers in case the battle moves into the palace?" Rin asked.

"We will have them paint a certain symbol into their arm on the day of the battle, so we know not to imprison them when we overtake the palace." he pointed out.

"You guys done with the boring stuff? Jakotsu and I picked another guy to scare tomorrow night." Bankotsu cut in, pushing Renkotsu aside. Renkotsu allowed the move, only rolling his eyes as he stepped back.

"See there’s this doctor who’s been giving Suikotsu a bit of trouble." Jakotsu started to explain. "He’s a real bastard, doesn’t care about his patients, accepts bribes, and he’s been drunk on the job a few times. Total asshole, we don’t want him. But then he’s a good doctor and we don’t want Naraku to have him either." Jakotsu said slyly.

"So I’m going to be the ghost of a patient he let die on his operating table and chase him right out of town!" Bankotsu concluded triumphantly.

"And how do you know he’s not going to find his way back?" Rin asked dryly.

"Well we aren’t literally going to chase him out, but we’ll scare him into leaving." Bankotsu assured her.

Rin thought for a moment before shrugging, "Why not? I can’t think of anything better to do."

And if she kept busy she wouldn’t think so much about Sesshomaru...

"Is that Mayu up there?" Bankotsu asked as they neared the bridge and saw a figure looking down at the water, clutching something in their hands.

Rin glanced back at Sesshomaru, who nodded at her.

Maybe she should add someone to the group who had eyesight as good as Sesshomaru’s... Maybe she should just drag Sesshomaru around every where with her and- No! She was not going there.
Rin nodded, "It’s her." she told them and they walked out onto the bridge.

"Mayu." Rin called out softly, not wanting to startle the old woman.

She turned her head to the side and Rin could see Mayu’s wrinkled face beneath a dark shawl.

"I can not stay long. Those soldiers of Naraku’s take up so much of my time. They always want food." she complained as she stepped closer to them.

"These are my men-"Rin gestured behind her and quickly made introductions.

Mayu nodded solemnly at them, "It’s good to meet you. Here, I have the blueprints." she handed off a bundle wrapped in cloth to Rin.

"Thank you so much." she breathed, cradling them in the crook of her arm carefully. "How did you get them?"

"I plied the map keeper with three pounds of cake, and stole them while he was sleeping." Mayu told them smugly.

"Have you taught Kagome how to make cake?" Bankotsu asked, almost drooling,

"She knows a little." Mayu said modestly, and gracefully ignored Bankotsu’s blissful sigh.

Renkotsu started to explain the means of communication to Mayu, while Rin took the chance to mentally sigh all Sesshomaru’s profile highlighted by the moonlight. He was so pretty he made her knees go weak in the face of it.

She wished she could draw, then she could spread him out over a hill during a full moon with only his hair covering him like a sheet and-

"Rin? Rin are you listening to me?" Mayu broke into her daydreams.

Rin shook her head, "Oh sorry, what were you saying?" she asked.

"Are you intending to see your mother?" she asked patiently.

Rin felt like she had just been slammed into a wall by one of Naraku’s tentacles, "...my mother?" Rin repeated dumbly.

"Yes child your mother. Are you going to visit her?" Mayu questioned gently.

Rin groped for the bridge railing behind her and leaned against it, aware of Seven’s eyes on the ground. "I...I’m not sure." she said weakly. "Do you know how she is?"

"Not well. She hasn’t improved since the day your father died and you disappeared. She might even be worse."

Rin swallowed, "And seeing me won’t make it worse?" she asked hesitantly.

"Of course not! You’re her daughter, if anything you can make her better." Mayu said firmly. "She still lives in your family’s home when you’re ready to see her."

Rin nodded, "Thank you for telling me." she said quietly.

Mayu reached over and hugged Rin tightly, surprising her. "You’re welcome. I’ll see you at work tomorrow." she promised, before hurrying away.

Rin stared after her, a lump in her throat. "We should go see my mother tomorrow." she told her men firmly.

Her men silently agreed.

"After we scare the doctor right? I mean, that’s how your father would want it." Bankotsu said hopefully.

Rin rolled her eyes and pushed herself off the railing, "We’ll see." she promised, leading the way down the bridge.

Sesshomaru muscled his way up next to her, but to his credit he did nothing more then briefly squeeze her hand.


Next Morning



Kouga

Kouga sat up on his bed, snarling at the glaring sun coming in through his window. He rubbed his tired eyes, wishing he had tried harder to get some more sleep.

But how could he? It had been a full twenty four hours since Ayame had even looked at him.

‘Well gee, I wonder why. Maybe because you’re a complete and total MORON?!?’ Mini Kouga yelled.

"Good morning to you too." he grumbled, not bothered at all that he was talking to himself.

‘Hah! Some good morning this is, waking up by yourself in a cold bed with a hot angry wolf demon pissed at you. You know what would make this a good morning? If Ayame was draped across you, and instead of that damn sun waking us up, it could have been Ayame’s lips sliding down our-‘

"Enough!" Kouga yelled, slapping his hands over his ears in an effort to block his inner demons voice.

‘You serious? You really think you can ignore me? Well ignore this buddy! Us taking Ayame out to the middle of the woods with only a thick blanket and a huge tub of whipped cream. We’ll lay here out, strip her clothes and replace them with the cream. Then we’ll slowly-‘ Kouga cursed loudly, trying to drown out the words he was hearing as he stood up and stomped over to his closet.

It wasn’t fair. Why did everyone have to pick on Kouga? It wasn’t his fault he wasn’t ready for a relationship, why did Ayame have to go and do this to him? It was nice not to be attacked every five seconds but damn it, he didn’t want to be shunned by her either.

‘Do you ever listen to yourself? You are so pathetic! We both know you want her, so go grab her before someone else does! Oh that’s right, you don’t have any competition right?’ he taunted.

Kouga gritted his teeth at the mention of HIM. He still couldn’t figure out who HIM was, Ayame had never mentioned about it to him. And he thought she had told him everything after her.

‘Whine, whine, whine, whine, whine. You’re turning into quite the bitch Kouga.’

Kouga groaned and knocked his head against the wall. Damn it, why did this always happen to him?

‘Because you’re a moron. Learn it, accept it, love it, and CHANGE IT!’ His demon roared.

Kouga sighed as he drew on some clean clothes. Maybe he could egg mutt face into a fight and get him to knock him out...

It would be a mercy at this point.

‘Oh, like I would shut up then?’


Rin

"You have your knife?"

"Yes."

"You have your brush?"

"Yes."

"You ready to kick some ass should the situation call for it?"

"Yes."

Jakotsu patted Rin on the head, "Have a good day at work honey."

Rin rolled her eyes, "You to, Mom." she said sarcastically, almost welcoming the pang that brought. It was a good distraction.

Last night she’d barely gotten any sleep at all. She had been so aware of Sesshomaru lying next to her, his even breathing, the heat from his flesh centimeter away from her, that strand of silver hair resting between them...it had been impossible to sleep.

She hated being in love. Why were so many people eager for it? It was the worst feeling in the world. She would rather get stabbed a few times then keep going through this.

Rin sighed, "I’ll see you guys later." she told them, starting to walk toward the palace gates, "Yes, yes, I get in trouble, and you’ll be here by midnight, I remember, Bankotsu."

She sighed again as the guards opened the gates for her. Maybe the mind numbing work she was about to go through would clear her head, as strange as that sounded. At this point, she was willing to do anything to get rid of this feeling, or at least suppress it for awhile.

Sooner then she wanted, Rin found herself inside the palace, listening to Hari’s sharp orders as she left her at a room that needed to be cleaned.

Clean, clean, clean, next room. Clean, clean, clean, next room. Clean, clean, clean, next room.

At least she had a reason now to be in a bad mood.

"You!" Hari popped into a room Rin was still cleaning, nearly scaring her to death. "Come." she ordered, and Rin followed her, rolling her eyes at her back.

"We’re short on servants, and we need girls to wait on some guests. Your duties are being changed for the moment." Hari suddenly stopped and whirled around, nearly knocking into Rin. She sneered as she looked over Rin’s plain outfit and cloth covered hair, "That won’t do at all. You look like a fifty year old rat." she said rudely before striding off in a different direction.
Rin hurried to catch up with her, still smarting over the rat comment.

"In here." Hari shoved open a door before pushing Rin inside. Rin looked around while Hari looked through a dresser. It was a normal changing room, with a few other girls standing around in various forms of clothing.

"Put this on." Hari ordered, throwing a bundle of cloth at Rin. "Now."

Rin looked down at the thin piece of cloth, slightly confused. It was a little, purple kimono, with a little front and limited skirt. "Where’s the rest of it?"

Hari rolled her eyes, "That is all of it you simpleton. Change!" she ordered again, pushing Rin towards a screen.

Rin stumbled behind the screen, looking over the outfit once more before sighing. She really hoped her men or Sesshomaru ever found out about this...

She slipped the purple kimono on, resisting the urge to tug up the front so it covered more of her. And the damn thing only came to the middle of her thighs.

Slowly she stepped out from behind the curtain, not sure how much more skin she was flashing whenever she took a step. Hari made a sound of impatience and yanked the cloth covering off her hair. She frowned at the dark hair tumbling down Rin’s back and roughly turned her around.

"I don’t have time for this." she mumbled, as she drew all of Rin’s hair up into a messy bun. She stuck a jeweled pin through the side of it.

"That’ll have to do. Everyone, get moving!" she ordered, and the other girls quickly got themselves ready.

"Move!" Hari commanded, and the girls, Rin included, followed her out the door.

"If you do not want to get fired you will listen closely to me, "Hari started to lecture as she led them down the hall, "You will be very polite, you will smile, you will laugh at their jokes no matter how bad, you will do everything to make Lord Naraku’s guests happy. Do not speak unless spoken to, do not meet their eyes, be submissive, and don’t screw up!" she snapped.

Rin glanced nervously at the other girls beside her, noticing they wore clothing similar to hers. Just what was going on?

Finally Hari stopped them just outside a large door, other servants waiting by with platters of food and pitchers of drink.

"Everyone, take something." she ordered as Rin was handed a jar of sake.

"Your jobs are depending on this, do whatever they want, is that clear? And for Kami’s sake, don’t stare at them." she ordered before opening the doors and waving them in.

"More girls! Here, here!" a deep voice cheered from inside the room.

"Come over here honey and give me some of that good stuff, you can bring the food if you want to."

"Girllllls." Another voice moaned.

‘What are you waiting for? Go!" Hari hissed as Rin stood frozen at the doorway.

Rin took a deep breath and forced herself to move forward, not completely sure she was ready to face Ginkotsu, Mukotsu, and Kyokotsu.



Jakotsu

"No, I love you more." Jakotsu cooed to Oda as they walked along the river side, hand in hand.

Oda sighed, "You insufferable man, it’s impossible for you to love me any more then I love you." he said in annoyance.

"Is not."

"Is to."

"Is not."

"Is- Jakotsu you better put that tongue back in your mouth if you don’t want to use it." Oda challenged, licking his lips slowly.

Jakotsu shivered, "Is that a promise?’ he asked huskily.

Oda stepped closer to Jakotsu, hands falling on his shoulders.

"You better believe it." He murmured, before yanking him hard against his body.

Jakotsu’s moan was covered up by the sound of cracking pottery as his green dye fall out of his jacket pocket and onto the ground below.

Jakotsu pouted as he watched his dye spread rapidly across the earth. "Oda! You made me drop my dye!" he whined.

Oda rolled his eyes and forced Jakotsu back into his previous position, "I’ll buy you five more. In different colors." he promised, before they found a different use with their mouths.



Rin

Rin forced herself to smile prettily and not attack the bastards lying on the couches so casually. She hadn’t been sure they were the ex members of Seven, but she was positive now.

"Hey sweetie, come over here and pour me a drink." Mukotsu ordered.

Rin wanted to dump it on his lap but she moved forward.

Mukotsu was short, pale, fat and looked like a white frog. Red stripes circled his eyes and crawled down his neck and the ridiculous white covering on his head made him look like he was attempting to be a cat.

Rin poured the sake out for him, staring down at the floor.

"Hey sweetie, come on, lets give us a pretty smile." Mukotsu urged, and Rin made herself give him a shy smile, wishing she could slice his damn lips off.

"Yo Mukotsu, don’t keep her all to yourself." The one she assumed was Ginkotsu ordered in a gritty, mechanical voice.

Rin obediently got up; ignoring Mukotsu’s grumbling and walked towards Ginkotsu’s waiting cup, trying not to gasp at his form.

The formerly wimpy seven member was now mostly made of metal. He had only one human arm and part of a human face; the rest looked like a suit of armor. Even his lips and jaw were unnatural. The only thing she could recognize from how Bankotsu described him was his wild red hair.

Rin filled his glass, not looking up even when she felt him studying her.

"Don’t forget about me sweetheart." Kyokotsu reminded her.

Rin glanced over at him and finally gasped.

He was the biggest man she had ever seen. Sitting down, he was as nearly as tall as the room, his wrist almost as big as her head. Carefully balanced between two of his fingers was the largest bowl the kitchen could probably find.

Kyokotsu smirked, "I’m big all over honey." he said, sliding a hand all over himself.

The other ladies tittered, and Rin gave him a weak smile as she poured the rest of the contents of the pitcher into his bowl.

"Hey sweetheart, I ever see you somewhere before?" Ginkotsu asked, still watching her.

Rin’s heart sped up but she keep her face calm, "No my lord, I do not believe so."

"Yeah, she does look familiar." Mukotsu added.

"You sure?" Ginkotsu asked, suspiciously.

Rin fixed an innocent expression on her face, "Of course I am."

By now, all three men’s attention was on Rin, ignoring the other women trying to give them food as they tried to place where they had seen her before.

"Were you in Kyoto last year?" Kyokotsu asked.

Rin shook her head, "No, I’ve never gone anywhere my entire life." she told them, not entirely lying.

"Damn it, babe, why can’t I remember you?" Ginkotsu moaned.

Rin shrugged, slowly backing to the door with the empty jug pressed to her chest. "I just have one of those faces my lord." she suggested, bowing to hide her angry face. "Excuse me my lords, I must get more sake." she excused herself, running out the door before they could order her to stop.



Kagome

I watched the fish as they fried, making sure they wouldn’t burn though my mind was else where. I couldn’t stop thinking about what Kaede had told me about the jewel. If it was true I had to find it so I could set my mother free. Maybe when this whole mess with Naraku was over I could do that, though I might be to busy running my country if things go well.

I sighed and turned around to grab the salt and got a fistful of wild flowers shoved in my face.

I chocked slightly on a petal that had fallen into my mouth.

"They’re for you." I heard Inuyasha grumble because my view was blocked by the flowers.

I pulled his wrist down to find him looking everywhere but at me, his cheeks slightly pink.

I smiled, my own cheeks blushing in response. "They’re beautiful Inuyasha." I said, taking them from him and inhaling their sweet fragrance.

Inuyasha finally looked at me and my breath caught in my throat.

Eyes like his should be outlawed...

As we stared at each other he slowly reached out and plucked a daisy out of the bouquet he had brought her. Without breaking eye contact with her he slid it behind her ear and trailed his finger down her cheek.

"Beautiful." he agreed.

I saw his throat tremble as he swallowed and moved in closer to me.

Oh Kami, this was it. This was going to be the day I got my first kiss! And from Inuyasha no less...

I let my eye flutter closed, my lips already tingling in anticipation of Inuyasha laying his on them.

"KAGOME!" Shippo screeched, landing on top of Inuyasha’s head. Inuyasha cursed as Shippo’s toes dug into his hair to keep their balance. "Look what I made you!" he announced proudly, holding up a flower crown. "Soten taught me how to make it." he looked down at Inuyasha and stuck out his tongue. "My present is better then yours." he taunted.

I frowned at Shippo, "Now Shippo, it’s the thought that counts, not the quality. I’m very flatter both of you thought of me." I told Shippo, but meeting Inuyasha’s eyes.

Shippo snorted and rolled his eyes, "Yeah right." he scoffed, knocking the daisy out of my hair and putting his own gift on top of my head.

"Shippo!" I scolded as I bent down and retrieved Inuyasha’s flower. I took the crown off and carefully wrapped Inuyasha’s daisy around the front of it. I placed it back on top of my head, the daisy now the center piece.

"There. Now I’m both wearing your gifts." I said, straightening it slightly.

Shippo sniffed, "Is something burning?" he asked.

"My fish!" I shrieked and rushed to save my burning fish, but not fast enough to miss Inuyasha’s fleeting pleased grin.



Sango

Sango angrily swung her boomerang, destroying three targets and a tree with the force of her throw.

That freaking jerk...

She didn’t want to be courted damn it, and that’s all that Miroku had been doing since Kagome had healed her yesterday! Compliments, food, fucking flowers all over her room, she didn’t want any part of them!

Because Kami knew it was softening her towards him.

She didn’t want to like him! She wanted the way things were between them before he got this stupid idea that he loved her and started treating her differently. He still saw her as a warrior, if he hadn’t she would have knocked his teeth out, but he also saw her as a normal, red blooded woman. Who the hell would have known someone noticing she wasn’t just one of the guys would have caused her to melt?

Stupid jerk...

It made her want to treat him like a man, and throw herself in his arms and kiss him senseless.

But she couldn’t.

She let her boomerang fall to the ground, the urge to fight suddenly gone. Kirara sensing her distress, jumped up on her shoulder and purred comfortingly. Sango reached up and scratched her chin as she stared at the poor tree she had torn in half.

If she wasn’t careful her heart could be crushed just as easily.

She had to decide what to do about Miroku. If she was going to end this foolishness once and for all by breaking his heart like she broke the tree...or by falling for him herself.

Part of her was screaming at her to push him away, not to trust him, and to end his illusions.

But another part of her was begging to give him a chance.

She stomped her foot like a child,"Kami damn it, I don’t know what to do!" she yelled in frustration.

She scowled up at the sky and crossed her arms, "Just what do you want me to do? Give me a freaking clear answer!" she swore to the sky.

She jumped when a sudden clap of thunder rang through the clearing even though the sky was a bright blue without a hint of clouds.

She gasped when she saw the broken tree...wasn’t broken anymore.

There wasn’t even a scar to show she had even hit it.

And in the middle of the thick trunk, a carved heart with the initials M and S were clearly marked.

And as if to make sure she couldn’t miss it, the whole damn tree was glowing white.






AN: I was really disappointed with the lack of reviews from last chapter. Couldn’t you guys review more? Please?