InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Portrait ❯ Voices ( Chapter 3 )

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Author Notes:

Wow, I got some reviews. Thank you all for the encouragement.

Sorry about my grammar in the story. I use spells check and grammar check all the time. I do not have anyone to recheck my work for me. If you know someone or a site that can help me, please let me know. I want to become a better writer. With that said, on with the story.

P.S.

New Fan and friendlyreader, I promise Sesshomaru will be making an appearance soon.

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'I have to tell her I love her.' thought Kohaku.

He was still waiting in the garden vicinity for Rin. The castle's garden area was enormous. Cherry blossoms trees outnumber the other types of trees on the landscape; different variety of flowers weaved their way along several paths that lead to a huge labyrinth. The main fair grounds area was only a few yards away, but garden space seemed very detach from it noisy neighbor.

"Kohaku…Kohaku!" Rin yelled, as she ran to him.

When he turned to face her, it felt like see an angelic vision. Her long raven hairs bounce softly off her shoulders and lower back, a complexion so pure to was flawless, her copper colored eyes shined like two brand new pennies, and her t-shirt and jeans outfit hugged her voluptuous body is all the right places.

He swallowed hard, 'I have to tell her I love her …night.'

He stood up a walked over to her a little bit, as she just stop short of running into him.

She was smiling ear-to-ear, "Look what I got."

She held up her new necklace for him to see it better, just as ray of sunshine hit the jewel to revel it colorful prism.

"What's really nice…How much did you pay for it?" as he examine at the jewelry.

"It was free… The woman in the booth said, I needed It." as she place it back against her chest.

"Well they can't be real gems. Nobody is going to give away a necklace like that for free unless they fake!"

Rin got angry, "I don't care if they are real or not… I like how it looks, and that is all that matters."

With that, she started to walk toward her packages. Kohaku realize he just piss her off, instead of seeing the necklace for its beauty, he put a monetary value on it. He had to do something fast or his little talk with her later would be ruin.

"Rin, I'll take the packages back to the car. Stay here and we will go to the castle when I get back. Okay?"

"Alright, but I still mad at you." She said, as she threw the packages in his hands.

Kohaku took off in a flash, so Rin decide to wander around in the garden. She loved how sweet the air smelled because of the flowers, and trees. While walking, she noticed a small pond behind one of the flowerbeds, so she decided to wait there for Kohaku.

"This place is beautiful; I wish I could have lived here long ago."

She lean over and saw her reflection in the water, just then a gust of wind came out of nowhere making the water ripple, and toss her hair about. After she straightens herself out, she looked back into the water to make sure her hair looked fine. She saw her face, but also she saw a large white shape reflecting in the pond.

"What the heck is that?"

She whips her head around and saw nothing there. She gazed back into the pond an only saw her own image.

'It must have been a balloon.' she thought.

The grass was soft against her hands, and the afternoon sunrays felt wonderful as it dances across her body. She was in seventh heaven. During her herbal essence moment, she heard a voice calling out to her.

"Rin…"

She thought it was Kohaku, "Hey, I'm over here."

"Rin, where are you?"

"Kohaku, I'm over here. What are you going deaf in you old age." she started to giggle,

"Rin, come back to me. This Sesshomaru will never stop searching for you."

The last comment, made her stop laughing. She quickly got up, and started walking back toward the bench.

"Hello, who's out there? …Is there anyone here?"

She scanned around the area, and then suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Rin"

She jumped up in the air, and turned around to see Kohaku looking at her.

"Come on, let go inside the castle."

She narrowed her eyes, "Do you think you are funny or something? …Don't scare me like that again."

"Rin, what are you talking about?" he asked curiously

"At the pond, a few moments ago, you were hiding and calling out to me."

"Rin, I just got back. I saw you standing here, and I just walk over."

"You swear."

"Yes, I swear. I haven't been here more than a minute."

She look back toward the pond location, and back at him.

'He has never lied to me before, maybe it was someone from the fair looking for other girl. I'm not the only Rin in the world.' she thought.

"I'm sorry, Kohaku for being mad at you. I guess my imagination has been working overtime since we been here."

"I'll forgive you, if you forgive me for the comments I made about your necklace? It is very pretty on you." He said smiling.

"You're forgiven, okay, let's go."

Once they got to the entrance to the castle, they had to choose from several different tours. The longest tour consisted of the whole castle and garden area, which took four hours to do. The shortest tour consisted of the art galleries, which took forty-five minutes to do. Kohaku suggest the shorter tour since it was getting late, and they had a long drive back to town.

The tour guide was tall man with blue eyes, and black hair pulled back into a small ponytail. He wore clothing that monks were during those feudal times. He smiled while approaching the tour group.

"Hello, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Miroku your guide… I will be taking you to Lord Sesshomaru's art galleries. Please follow me."

The group followed, but Rin linger a little behind. Since moment she set foot inside the castle, it felt like something was following her. She did not feel scared just a little suspicious.

The group passes through a pair of rice paper sliding doors, which led into a generously proportioned room. The walls in the room were adorned with ancient tapestries, and hundreds picture showing ancestral family members. Wicked looking forms of armory also filled the room space.

The riches in room overwhelmed Rin. She was fascinated with the pictures and tapestries, and she noticed that the people in them did not quite look human. Her train of thought was broken, when she overheard a few women in the group saying,

"Yura, He has a big sword there. He must be commiserating for something."

"I don't know Ayame; you know what they say about tall men."

She sighed and brought her attention back to a tapestry.

Kohaku called out, "Rin, you have to see this portrait of Sesshomaru."

Therefore, she walked over, and turned to face to picture. The oversized picture showed a man sitting in a large ancient looking chair. He was dressed in a white outfit expect in a few area with they were red with a white flower pattern on them. He had a black breastplate with a strip of spikes going around his left arm. In addition, he wore a blue and yellow sash and had one sword in his hand and other against his leg.

However, what frozen her attention was his face, and hair. His hair was so long it touch the floor, and was slivery white in color. His forehead had a blue crescent moon, and two maroon stripes on both sided of his face and one on each eye. His golden amber eyes completed the perfection of his face. They were so hypnotizing, she could not move from her spot. She felt your body temperature rise, her palms were sweaty and her heart was about to burst through in her chest. Nevertheless, something her mind register her feelings it as a normal reaction.

A man from the group came beside her and said, "This guy looks like a fucking freak, don't you think."

Something in her body snap, she turned toward him and give a death glare, and growled out low, "Never talk that way about Lord Sesshomaru again, or I'll kill you."

The man had a shock look on his face, and when he saw how serious she was about her statement, he just back way. Kohaku was the only witness to scene, but he did hear with Rin said to the man.

"Rin, did that guy say something to you."

She smiled and said, "No, they just had a difference of opinion about the portrait." Then she turned back to the picture.

"Well, we should go. By the time we get back, dinner should be ready."

After a few minutes had past, Rin turn from the painting and say okay. As they walk out of the castle and toward the fair exit. Rin stopped.

"Wait right here, I want to thank that woman one more time for my necklace."

She ran to where the booth was located, but to her surprise, it was gone.