InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Impediment Between You and Me ❯ An Unexpected Troublemaker ( Chapter 7 )

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By: Tears of An Impassive Nymph
Jaken pays an unwelcome visit at a town not too far from Inuyasha Forest. There he meets people he least wanted to see and the same goes for those people.

Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.17.2003 | Updated On: 12.29.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 4.3K | Visits: 521 | Status: Completed

A/N : Sorry I forgot to mention Kohaku's age, well I suspect he is 11 in the Inuyasha series, so...ten years later means he is 21 in this story.
 
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Inuyasha nor do I have anything that has to do with this wonderful animation. It solely belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
 
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The Impediment Between You and Me
 
Chapter 6 : An Unexpected Troublemaker
 
"Hey, wait! Leave some for me!" Inuyasha took out his Tetsusaiga and he jumped out from the window.
 
"Inuyasha wait! Oh, Shippo-chan please stay here," said Kagome and followed after the dog youkai.
 
Near the border of the village...
 
A group of somewhat terrified villagers were standing with torches and weapons in hand to safeguard their territory against the intruder.
 
"Stupid humans! What do you think you are doing! If you don't want to die then stay out of the way!" Jaken yelled, who was riding on Ah-Un and they were about fifteen feet away from the villagers.
 
Inuyasha and the others arrived shortly after. Except for Kohaku, the group was shocked by the sight and was looking at the toad like it was an alien or something.
 
'Oh yeah...I forgot about him...' Kohaku thought naturally as if it was perfectly fine.
 
"Jaken!" Inuyasha called boringly, who was greatly disappointed. "What business do you have here? Did Sesshoumaru send you here? Where is he?" he asked while looking around expecting his half brother to appear.
 
'What? Inuyasha? Does he live here? And aren't those the human he hanged out with all those years ago? Why are they still together? ...Well, can't help it, humans are just that pathetic that they have to live as a group in order to survive,' Jaken thought to himself and was getting off of Ah-Un while having eye contact with Inuyasha and his friends.
 
"That's right! Sesshoumaru-sama sent me here but he will not come because he doesn't want to get into any affairs with you inferior humans!"
 
"Huh? You haven't changed a bit at all; you and your conceited attitude," the dog youkai simply sheathed his Tetsusaiga back into its scabbard.
 
"Impertinent hanyou! Let me teach you a lesson for Sesshoumaru-sama!" Jaken decided to make use of his staff. Yet Inuyasha jumped beside the toad and knocked it on the head causing it to fall onto the ground. ( JV : Hanyou - Half-youkai )
 
"Ouch!" a big lump was forming on the toad's head and Kagome and the others sweatdropped at the sight. Then the silence was interrupted, "Ano, Sango-sama? Is there a problem?" asked one of the villagers. ( JV : Ano - Excuse me )
 
"Oh no, it's fine. Don't worry about it. We are going to settle this and you can go back now," Sango replied, trying to sort out the confusion of the villagers. Then the people started to go back to their homes leaving the group alone on the field.
 
As this was happening, Jaken, who was laying weakly on the ground, was staring at the group before him and noticed the human he had meet in the forest some moments ago was among them.
 
"Hey brat! Where did you take Rin?" Jaken called. He got up and had finally remembered his purpose of being here. Kohaku was startled by the toad's call while everyone else was confused at its odd question.
 
"Kohaku, what is he talking about? Who's Rin?" Sango was waiting for a thorough explanation. The young youkai exterminator was getting nervous as everyone was staring at him with puzzled expression. Then Miroku walked beside Kohaku and placed a hand on his shoulder, "It seems you have some special relationship with this lady Rin. Don't worry. If you have any kinds of problem, just ask me and I will try my best to help you solve them. For now just tell us what happened and it seems your sister won't let you get off the hook easily if you don't give her a clear explanation." Kohaku looked at his brother-in-law doubtfully as Inuyasha sweatdropped after hearing the comment.
 
"Matte...why does the name Rin somehow sound familiar..." Kagome was looking at Jaken with a thoughtful expression. ( JV : Matte - Wait )
 
"Kagome-chan, you also know who this Rin is?" Sango was getting impatient because she felt her brother was hiding something from her.
 
'Who is this girl that Jaken is talking about and what relationship do they have? And most importantly why is Kohaku involved in this?' Kagome thought, while holding her hand under her chin. As the conversation was taking place, Kohaku just stood there staring at the ground. He was so nervous that he didn't know how he should explain to his sister. Also he didn't know how she would react if he tell her his feelings he had for Rin...
 
...and the silence between the group continued...
 
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Two faint figures were visible in the middle of a forest...
 
"I have no concern for you or your future...just don't follow me anymore..." Sesshoumaru said without looking at the tearful girl behind him and departed towards the sky. The pain struck Rin once again as she stood there motionlessly looking at her Lord's fading figure...
 
Rin weakly opened her eyes to look up at the ceiling above. '...is that dream again...' Then she slowly pulled herself up from the bed and frowned as she was studying the unfamiliar setting around her. "...What is this place? ...Where...am I? ...And who are you?" Rin asked the small figure standing near her as her body trembled in fear. 'Where is Jaken-sama? Where is...Sesshoumaru-sama? ...It is probably that he is tired of being followed by a weak human girl and finally decided to leave me here...' Rin thought as she lowered her head and stared blankly at the layer covering her. Then she gripped it tightly as her tears dropped on the back of her hand.
 
"Ummm...please don't cry...you are safe here...I'm not going to hurt you..."Shippo panicked, seeing tears ran down the girl's face continuously. He didn't know what to do and didn't expect she would wake up this soon. "Ummm...just stay here, I will be right back!" Then the little fox left the house and ran to find Kagome and the others for help.
 
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Back to the group...
 
"Well, I think we should stop giving Kohaku a hard time and ask Jaken for any explanation he has," Inuyasha suggested, who was standing beside the toad. Then Kohaku felt relieved and didn't know how he should thank Inuyasha for saving him.
 
"So Jaken you came looking for this girl named Rin? Well...Miroku! Do you know anyone with that name live here?" Inuyasha asked.
 
"I am positive that not a single lady called Rin lives here. " the pervert houshi answered confidently while Sango glared at Inuyasha and her husband.
 
"Well Jaken I think that answers your question. That Rin girl you are looking for is not here." Inuyasha explained naturally.
 
"No! I'm sure she is here! I followed him from all the way from the forest! Brat! Where is she! Are you ..." Jaken pointed at Kohaku and was interrupted by Kagome.
 
"OH! I remember! Isn't Rin the little girl who traveled with you and Sesshoumaru from a long time ago?"
 
"Huh?" Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango said in union.
 
"Well it was about ten years ago when Naraku was still around. Don't you remember Inuyasha? Kohaku was under Naraku's control and was sent to kill the girl but we saved her just in time. Back then, I was wondering why Sesshoumaru would travel with a human girl with the fact that he despises human," Kagome explained.
 
"Now that you talk about it...it does remind me of that incident. I can even remember Sesshoumaru tried to kill Kohaku too," the dog youkai recalled.
 
"Really? Why didn't any one of you tell me?" Sango was totally confused.
 
"We didn't want to hurt your feelings...you had already suffered enough with Kohaku's situation...I'm sorry Sango-chan..." Kagome apologized to her.
 
"It's okay Kagome-chan, that's in the past but still I want to thank you for worrying about me," Sango sent Kagome a smile.
 
"But that was ten years ago...do you still travel with the girl?" Inuyasha asked while looking at Jaken.
 
"Of course I am! If not then why would I come looking for her!"
 
Then the fox youkai came running towards the group, "Kagome! Kagome!"
 
"Shippo-chan? What's wrong? Aren't you supposed to stay with the girl?" Kagome was surprised by the little fox.
 
"Yeah, but she woke up a moment ago and I don't know what I'm supposed to do!" Shippo cried. Then Kohaku started rushing back to their house after hearing the information.
 
"Kohaku? Kohaku!" Sango called at her brother.
 
"Okay don't worry Shippo-chan. We are coming back now. Inuyasha! Let's go!" Kagome said in a hurry.
 
"Yeah yeah coming." Inuyasha answered and the group started their way back to their house.
 
"Hey! Wait! What about me? What about Rin? Hey! ...Ah-Un you wait here!" Jaken started chasing after the group.
 
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Japanese Vocabulary
 
Ano - Excuse me
 
Hanyou - Half-demon
 
Houshi - Monk
 
Matte - Wait