InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Strength of Love ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )

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

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The Strength of Love

I'm sorry I lied. I meant to have this out earlier, sorry!!! Thank you to essis, Citrus-luvr, Tiger5913, Angel64, and AnimeFan, and also sam777. (thanks Angel64 for the anonymous thing...i thought i was allowing it, but i guess not...)

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She walked slowly down the road in her kimonos that showed she was a noble. Rin's head was down and looked at the ground as she walked.

"What are you doing out here? Aren't you supposed to be with Sesshoumaru?"

"Oh, Kohaku. I've messed up. I hurt him by liking another. I left. I left the son we had. I left the life we had. I wish you were still alive."

She looked up to see his figure standing in front of her. "I love you so much. I never thought about another man when I was with you, except Sesshoumaru. Why is it when I had him I thought about this man?"

"I don't know, Rin. Did you think you could change him?"

"Yes, but I can't. He killed the other man in front of me. This man told me he loved me right before he died. Why did he love me? Why did I..."

She watched Kohaku's body fade away. "Kohaku?!"

"You are too beautiful to be sad. I love it when you smile. Go back." She heard his voice say.

"Akito said that to me," she said to the air as she sat down on a stump. She took out the dagger that he gave her. 'I'm sorry I killed you, Akito.'

"Look at what we have here boys," she heard a gruff voice in front of her say.

She looked up as she put the dagger back in her obi to see three boar demons.

"Stand up," said the one in front.

Rin stood up. "What do you want? I have nothing of value on me."

"You are valuable enough," he said.

"I am not valuable," she said softly.

He pulled her close. "You will be my...Sesshoumaru."

The two other boar demons behind him spoke up. "What? Sesshoumaru? What does he have to do with this human?"

"His scent is all over her. I bet he will want her back...for a price, of course," laughed the leader.

"I think you're mistaken. I am no longer with Sesshoumaru," she continued in her soft tone.

"Why would I believe that?" he asked, getting closer to Rin.

"I don't know. I do know that I have a silver bracelet on. It is worth quite a bit of money. I can give you that."

"No. I want you," he said breathing the air around her as his mouth formed a sadistic smile. He grabbed her by the arm and she jerked towards him as he pulled her forward.

Rin took her other hand and placed it on the dagger in her obi. She pulled it out and threw it around so it would be a good position for her to use it. She brought the dagger to his arm that held her and ran it across slowly allowing his blood to bubble out.

He let go of her with a grunt and she ran down the path away from them and away from Sesshoumaru.

"Come back here, bitch!" she heard him yell, but Rin didn't look back. She heard them stampeding towards her and realized they would catch up in no time. She tried to pick up the pace, but instead she tripped on her excessively long kimono. She was about to crawl back onto her feet when she heard him.

"You shouldn't have done that," he snorted. "You are mine now."

Rin turned around to see him raise his arm and the last thing she remembered was the feeling of his fist to her face.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

"Uhhhhh...." Rin groaned as she opened her eyes. She looked around, but only one eye let her see where she was.

She saw the leader of the boar demons on the opposite side of a small hut. He was a big man with ash brown hair. She shuddered at the sight of his upper body as he turned around.

"Get used to this. I love to walk around my hut like this," he snorted.

"Why do I have to see it?" she asked as she pulled herself up, noticing she was on his bed and two of her three kimonos were beside her. "What did you do to me?"

"First of all, I haven't done anything to you, what kind of gentleman would I be if I didn't let you enjoy it also. Secondly, you are mine now. You are going to be mated to Wataru, the Leader of the Boar Demons!"

"I'm already mated," she said coldly.

"There are ways around that. Besides, you said you weren't with him anymore."

"I want to leave."

"You do? Heh! You belong to me now," Wataru said with a smirk. He walked closer to Rin as she scooted away. "So there's no way you are going to leave. Here eat something. You need your strength."

"For what?" she asked, taking the bowl.

"For later," he winked.

Rin took a deep breath and threw the bowl in his face, sending the hot stew down his chest. She stood up and ran out of the hut and quickly looked for a way out.

"STOP HER!!" she heard Wataru shout.

She turned to her left and ran as fast a she could to get away from the small group of boar demons that started to chase after her.

'I have to make it to the trees,' she thought looking in front of her at the darkness of the forest.

"You ain't gettin' too far missie," laughed a demon as he tackled her to the ground.

"Get the hell off of me!" she yelled punching him as hard as she could while kicking her legs. She took her free hands and push her thumbs into his eye sockets, a technique taught to her by Akito. He screamed and let go of her and she quickly sprang to her feet as she turned around.

"Umph," she voiced as she ran into a large, exposed stomach.

"Running away before the fun?" asked Wataru.

"I was going to get a bath?" she said as she smiled sheepishly.

"Heh! Come with me. Tonight's the night. You will make a fine mother to my children," he said picking her up by her long black hair.

She gritted her teeth from the pain as he brought her up to her feet. He held her by her hair as they walked beside each other back to the hut. As soon as they walked inside he threw her down on his futon.

"Undress," he said commandingly.

"What?"

"I said undress," he repeated.

"I don't want to," she said as her eyes turned into angry slits.

He raised his hand and swung it rapidly at her head so it made contact with the already swollen left eye. "I said undress!"

She held onto the left side of her face. "No. Rin undresses for no one."

"Rin. That's your name? Dainty, like you," he said grabbing her left arm from her face and moving onto the ground as he slowly moved to straddle her hips. He pulled the other arm from her lap and put it on the other side of her. Wataru sat back a little, almost resting his body on her thighs, as he took his hands from her arms.

"You better be a good girl and do as I say," he said condescendingly as he took off the small brown cloth that covered his lower half.

"What if I don't?" Rin asked, looking straight into his eyes.

"You shouldn't worry your pretty little head about that. Now, take it off."

Rin didn't move her hands from the position above her head. Instead she moved her head to the right and looked at the door. She saw the two other boar demons she met earlier that day.

"What are they doing here?"

He pulled the kimono open to expose her chest to him. "What does it look like?"

"They are going...to watch...watch us...watch you...me?" she stumbled as she felt a breeze from the evening air.

"What's so wrong about that?" he asked as he came close to her ear. "You won't even know they're there." He kissed her cheek and moved down to her lips. He brought his hand and moved it underneath her chin so she looked at him. His lips came in contact with hers as he opened the rest of her kimono.

Rin squeezed her eyes as she felt him. Tiny tears formed and rolled down the side of her head as he started to become more enthralled in her.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Rin opened her eyes the next morning as she lied naked on her right side with Wataru next to her. She moved to sit up and a sharp pain radiated from the mark Sesshoumaru had given her.

'He took him away from me,' she thought as she brought her kimono around her and softly touched her right shoulder. 'He took away the mark my Sesshoumaru gave to me.' She closed her eyes. 'Tatsuki.'

"Not thinking about running away again," laughed Wataru as he brought his hands to her shoulders.

Rin winced at the pain as he brushed her left shoulder.

"He's gone now. I took him away from you. You are mine now."

She heard him stand up and put on some clothing. "I...I want clean myself."

"Fine. Gaku!"

"Yes, Wataru?" said a demon that looked almost like Wataru except for a smaller gut.

"Take Rin to the river. She wished to be clean."

"Sir?" he asked.

"Do it! Keep a good eye on her. She's feisty," he said with the same lustful look as the night before.

Rin stood up after putting the kimono around her and tying it up with the obi. She threw the other two kimonos over her arm and walked to the door, where Gaku was waiting for her.

"Later, my woman," Wataru chuckled.

Once the pair had made it to the river, Rin put the kimonos on the ground.

"Can you look away? I need to get into the river now."

Gaku slowly turned around. "Don't try anything funny. I have eyes in the back of my head."

Rin looked at the ground for something she could use as a weapon. She saw a pointy rock close by the river. She, as silent as she could, walked behind him. Rin slowly raised the makeshift weapon and struck the back of his head with all her might.

Gaku let out a small moan as he fell onto the small patch of grass that surrounded him. Rin swiftly snuck into the woods on the right side of her and ran as fast and as deep as she could.

After a few minutes of running she came to a road. She frantically looked around to figure out where she was. She saw a man to her right and walked up to him as slow as she could possibly manage.

"Sir? I...I was wondering if you can tell me how to get a small village where a hanyou by the name of Inuyasha lives."

The man looked at Rin in shock. "What happened to you, young lady?"

"Please tell me. I need to know. I need to find Inuyasha," she said pleading with the man who looked to be in his mid thirties.

"Look, miss. I can help you. I'm going to the castle of Sesshoumaru. His wife is a human. She'll help you."

Rin looked at him in disbelief. "Where is the castle?! Where?!"

"It's about a mile that way," he answered pointing behind Rin.

"Hey! Gaku! I smell her! This way!"

Rin heard the angry voice of Wataru coming through the woods. Her eyes widened in fear. She turned away from the man and ran to where he pointed a second ago.

"Thank you, sir! I will be sure to let his wife know of your heroic deed!"

Rin ran as fast as she could to the palace. Behind her she heard the voices of Gaku, Wataru, and another boar demon. They were getting closer and Rin was starting to become tired from the fast pace she was keeping.

Suddenly, the top of the palace appeared as she ran up a small hill. "Sesshoumaru...Sesshoumaru...Sesshoumaru..." she said with every breath she blew out.

Soon she saw the wooden doors that separated her from life.

"Wataru! I see her!"

"Get her! Faster Gaku!"

"Sesshoumaru," she said a little above a whisper. She came up to the doors and pushed them open. She looked down the hallway that led to the study. 'If he's anywhere, he's there.'

"Sesshoumaru," she tried to yell, but it came out a little above a whisper. "Sssssssssesssssshhouuuumaruuuuuu!!!!" she screamed after she took in a huge gulp of air.

Rin pushed open the study door with such force that it broke, sending the pieces of the door down the hallway. She quickly surveyed the room, but didn't find him.

"Sesshoumaru! Sesshoumaru! Sesshoumaru!" she yelled as she looked in the great room and the kitchen. She ran up the stairs to the bedrooms she used to share with him. There was no sign of him or Tatsuki.

"The garden," she said to herself and she turned around.

"Hey, Wataru! Look who I found!" smiled Gatu evilly.

"Rin. Rin. Rin. You really think you could run away from me?" he asked walking towards her slowly.

Rin walked back to get away from him and slowly found herself at the balcony doors. She opened them up and walked to the railing without turning around.

"Out of room," he laughed sadistically.

"Lord Sesshoumaru? Hello? Anyone here?" called a voice from downstairs.

All three boar demons turned their heads and Rin sat on the railing. 'I never thought it was this high,' she thought before she jumped.

"Hey! Not so fast," said Wataru as he caught the back of her kimono and some of her hair.

Rin unwrapped the obi as quickly as she could and let it fall to the ground.

"You don't have the guts, my dainty one," he snickered.

"Watch me," said Rin as she lifted her arms up and slipped out of the kimono. She fell to the ground feet first and rolled over the green grass a couple of times.

"Get her!" he heard Wataru yell at the other demons.

She slowly picked herself up. She started to run, but fell back onto the ground in pain.

"Sesshoumaru!" she yelled again as she stood up and hobbled to the garden. "Where are you?! Sesshoumaru!"

Rin ran to the only place she could think of; the small clearing that was hidden by the growth of flowers and trees.

Once she hobbled there, she sat down by the tree and hugged her naked, broken, and trembling body.

She looked at the silver bracelet and cried, "Sesshoumaru, you left already, didn't you? Sesshoumaru?"

"Rin, my dainty little Rin? Where are you? There will be no more distractions. Just you and me. This little game of hide and seek is so much fun. I'll have to show you how much fun I'm having once I find you. I'm sure you'll love it too." He moved the bush of white flowers with the red specks and gold center. "I found you." A smirk appeared on his face as he took off his shirt made of furs. "Now it's your turn to have fun."

Rin watched in horror as he walked slowly and took off his fur covering his lower half. A lump formed in her throat and she tried to swallow it, but it wouldn't budge. "Sesshoumaru..."

"He's not going to save you. Couldn't you tell? He's not here," he said as he pushed her to the ground. "It's only you and me." He licked her stomach. "Mmmm. You taste good."

"Sesshoumaru..." she cried as she closed her eyes and awaited her destiny. "Sesshoumaru...help...please..."

"Rin."

She opened her eyes and looked to her left. "Sess...?"

"What the hell are you doing here? She's mine!" angrily stated Wataru.

"Rin is not yours," Sesshoumaru simply said.

"I have mated with her. Look, your mark is gone," he said pointing to the claw marks that ran over Rin's shoulder. "I have made her mine. So, if you don't mi-"

"I do mind. She is MY mate," he said as his eyes became as red as the pattern on his haori.

Rin watched as his hair was hit by an unknown wind. His nose and mouth formed into a snout of a dog and his three limbs turned into white dog legs. Her eyes grew as wide as they could when she saw how huge he had become.

She closed her eyes when she saw him bend his huge dog head down and she felt a huge weight lift off of her and Wataru scream. She hummed loudly to stop herself from hearing his bones crunch as Sesshoumaru bit into him and the other two demons.

"Rin."

She opened her eyes to see Sesshoumaru kneeling beside her, his hand caressing her cheek.

"Sesshoumaru," she said sitting up. "I..."

He took off his armor to take off his haori which he draped around her shoulders. She put her arms in it and pulled it around her body.

She moved her left hand to his cheek. "I thought you were gone. Where's the baby? Where were you? I lost my dagger. I've been taken away from you. I...I think I broke my leg," she spoke as her eyes became heavy.

"Do not talk, my Rin."

"I love it when you call me yours," she smiled as she yawned and fell asleep leaning onto his chest.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

"Rin? Are you awake? Rin?" said a voice, pulling her from her sleep. She opened her eyes and looked at the blurry image beside her. She blinked a couple of times and the image became that of a man.

"You're the man that helped me," she said with a weakened voice.

"Yes. I am Mochihiro. How come you didn't tell me who you were?" he asked, looking at her sympathetically.

"I...I didn't want you to know." She turned her head to her left side. "You shouldn't know about things that happen behind closed doors."

"You sound like Sesshoumaru," he chuckled.

"I've spent a lot of time with him."

"I know."

She turned her head back to Mochihiro. "Who are you?"

"I told you my name. It's not my place to tell you why I'm here. It was Sesshoumaru who insisted I come. Ask him."

"But he won't tell me," she said as she sat up in the bed. She noticed she was in her old room. "He put me back in here..."

"What?"

Rin closed her eyes and took deep breath. "Nothing. I want to go."

"Go where?" asked Mochihiro.

"I need to go." She opened her eyes and moved to get out of bed.

"You can't. You've broken your leg. You aren't going anywhere."

"I can. I need to. I can take Ah-Un. He knows how to get back. I have to leave this place."

"Rin? What has happened to you?"

She looked him square in the eyes. "Huh? How would you know what I used to be like? Maybe I've always been this way. Maybe I'm just a bitch! Now get out of my way!"

"No."

She calmed her voice. "Mochihiro, please? I want to leave. I don't know why you are here, but I cannot be. I can't be here, Mochihiro."

"You need to rest. You've been through a lot."

"I've been through a lot?! No shit! I was raped by a fat boar demon while other boar demons watched me! I left my home! I left my son! I left my mate! I wanted another man's touch! I wanted to be loved! I wanted my son to live! I wanted to be with my husband forever! I wanted to stay! I wanted Sesshoumaru to love me!" she cried as she fell into Mochihio's arms. "Why? Why? Why doesn't Sesshoumaru love me?"

"Lay down, Rin. You need some rest."

"NO!! I don't want to rest anymore! I want to see Kohaku! I'm going to see him!" Rin left the comfort of his arms to stand up. She staggered to the door and opened it harshly to get to the other bedroom so she could get some clothes. "Sesshoumaru."

"Lay down, Rin," he said, unwavering.

"Get the hell out of my way." Sesshoumaru stayed standing in front of her. "I said move."

He squatted a little bit and she felt him put his arm around the back of her thighs and pick her up.

"Put me down! Put me down!" she yelled as she hammered on his back with her fists.

"Rin," he said after he put her down on the bed.

"I don't want to listen, Sesshoumaru," she said through closed eyes. "You should have never saved me."

She felt the bed move as though someone sat on it and footsteps walk out of the room.

"You do not mean that, Rin," he said as she felt the back of his hand touch her right cheek.

She moved her head away. "Yes I do. Then I wouldn't have had to live this damn life." She opened her eyes, but continued to look away from him.

"Rin. Things happen for a reason. You ju-"

She turned her head quickly. "For a reason?! For. A. Reason?! What reason was there for me to be with you? I only became depressed and bitter. I want to be eight again. I could do no wrong. I picked flowers. I was happy."

A lonely tear rolled down her cheek. Sesshoumaru's clawed finger gently brushed it away.

"My heart burns, Sesshoumaru. You left me. Remember when I left for the village a while ago? I wished you would find someone and never let them go. You found someone, but you are letting her go. You are letting me go! You are letting me die! I've died once by someone I didn't know. Don't let me die again by your hands. I...I...Sesshoumaru, I love you! I've loved you since I realized what love was! When I saw Kagome and Inuyasha hold each other or give each other small kisses when they thought no one was watching, I remembered thinking I wanted to have that with you one day. I know I left, but I would have come back in about a day. I can't live without you. And there was only one time I thought you didn't love me back and that was the time I lived in the village with Kohaku. I love him with all my heart, but you have more that that from me; you have my soul."

Rin sat up and wrapped her arms around his chest. "We were meant to be together. Fate wouldn't see it any other way."

She felt his hand rub her back and she let go. She looked up in his sorrowful amber eyes and put both her hands on his cheeks and pulled him close to her face.

"I love you and I can tell by your eyes you love me too. Give me your heart. Give me your soul. Give me Sesshoumaru."

She pulled him closer as he closed his eyes. She kissed his left eyelid and then his crescent moon marking and then his lips. They leaned back onto the bed together and Sesshoumaru slid the kimono off of her right shoulder.

"You've always had my soul," he said before kissing her on her now deformed mark.

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OK...so I was writing this chapter and I accidently put the mark on her left shoulder when it was suppose to be on her right. I think I have it changed, but just in case there is a typo that is why the mark changed sides...hehehe.

I don't know when I will have the next one up...hopefully no longer than a week. I have stupidly started writing another one and I blame it on boring classes and 45 minutes waits between classes when going back to my dorm seems pointless. So, anywho I might put up like a prologue chapter this weekend.

I hope you liked this chapter!!! Thanks for reading!!!!