InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Unexpected - Rain on Sakura Blossoms ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
Chapter Seven
Yosuke was outside, cooling off after training with his father again. His father had asked him what was going on between him and Raine, but he simply avoided the question and told him it was nothing; he didn't want to tell his parents anything until he and Raine had talked it through and they'd been sleeping in separate rooms for alittle over a week now and it didn't seem like she was interested in talking to him.
He sighed. Where had he gone wrong? The were married for only a month and already he screwed it up. He wanted his marriage to ber perfect, like the one his parents have, but it seemed like he wasn't going to achieve that. The moment he saw Raine he knew she was going to be his wife and he thought everything would be perfect, but it wasn't.Why couldn't he make her happy? She always seemed so dutiful, like it was her obligation.
He didn't want her to feel like she had to do whatever he said; he respected her opinon and if she had to something he would let her speak her mind. If she didn't want to do something, he wouldn't force her; such a hypocrite. Just the other day he almost forced her to sleep with him. He looked up into the sky and wondered. What he could do to make his wife happy? This time he's ask her what she wanted.
He rose from his seat on a blunt stone and headed inside. He would look for his wife and approach with caution; he did not know if she was still scared so he didn't want too get too close. He looked into his room and she wasn't there. As he continued to search he found Ayumi and asked her where Raine was.
"She's with your mother; Romy wanted to speak to her." She said. Yosuke knew exactly why his mother wanted to see her; she wanted to know what was going on and he prayed to the gods that Raine didn't tell her anything his mother would be shocked to know that he almost took her against her will.
He slid open the door to his mother's room and sure enough, Raine was there.
*oOo*
Raine sat in her mother-in-law's bedroom, drinking tea as she requested. She had no clue what she wanted since they weren't very close, but she felt it in her gut that Romy suspected something and wanted answers; she could from the way she looked at Raine when she lowered the tea cup from her face and the way she spoke. Raine didn't like it at all.
"Is something troubling you dear?" Romy asked.
Raine shook her head. So that was what she wanted to know. She wasn't going to tell her she felt embarrassed. "Why do you ask?"
Romy took a sip of her tea and lowered the cup from her lips and glared at Raine. "Well dear you and my son seem very...distant. May I ask why?" She asked.
"You may not." Raine said.
Romy put down her cup and gave Raine a level stare. "Now you listen and you listen good. If you have done anything to hurt my son I will see to it personally that you pay."
Raine was shocked at Romy's words; she had never seen this side of her and the threat scared her a little, but she wasn't about to let her know that. "I assure you it is quite the opposite."
Just as Romy was about to ask her what she meant by that the door slid open and Yosuke stood in the doorway. She would have to deal with her later; she wanted the best for her son and she wasn't going to let any female ruin his life.
"Raine, could I speak to you in private?" Yosuke asked.
Raine nodded, though she didn't want to go with him, but she'd give anything to leave the room. There was so much tension between her and Romy now she could almost feel it tickling her skin. She got up and left the room with Yosuke. As she closed the door she looked back at Romy and if looks could kill she would have died just then.
She closed the door and shuddered; hell have no fury like an angry mother. Raine sighed. She knew that Yosuke was worried and just wanted to make her happy but he had done it in all the wrong ways and he scared her. How could she be married to someone she feared? To her it was the same as her being married to someone she didn't love. How could she do it?
She followed Yosuke and he took her to their room. Raine knew that what he had to speak to her about had to be important if he had taken them to the room they once shared together.
Yosuke sat on the bed and patted the space beside him for her to sit down. Reluctantly she sat beside him. She gasped when he took her hand in both of his and stared into her eyes with a worry and longing that she had never seen before and she knew how much he loved and cared for her. If only she could return it.
"What would make you happy?" He asked.
She was taken aback by his question but immediatelty knew the answer. It was something she had wanted to do for almost ten years; it helped her when she was under stress and needed to think; it was something she had longed for since the night her mother died.
"I want to go into forest." She said.
He knew she was going to say that. He remembered what her father had told him before they got married; "She is in love with the forest but now that she is getting married she must forget this childish behaviour; you must keep her from going there." Her father's warning rang in his ears but he was in charge of Raine now and he wanted to make her happy; he would decide what is best for her.
"Okay." He said.
Yosuke saw something in Raine that he had never seen before, a sparkle in her eyes that was never there before and he welcomed the feeling of triumph. He had succeeded; he made her happy. She smiled and his heart swelled with love. He had made her happy and nothing else mattered to him.
Arigato Yosuke." She said. She got up from her seat, bowed and left. The moment she got in the hall she ran and ran, making her way throught the house until she burst through the doors facing the forest and sunshine touched her skin.
*oOo*
Thor couldn't wait to sleep in his comfortable bed again. As much he loved the outdoors, sleeping in trees or on the ground wasn't something he was quite fond of. He wondered if he's ever see his tennyo; he hadn't stopped thinking about her since the day her caught her scent which triggered memories from his past and that was a month ago and he thought about her everyday. Now that he knew what she looked like he just had to find her, but his mother was worried and wanted to make sure she was okay first before looking for his beloved tennyo.
He breathed in a breath of air and his heart stopped. His body tensed and he halted his procession. Could it be? Were his sense betarying him? Was it realy what he had been hoping for? There was no mistake; it was her; it was her scent and she was near. This was his chance to see her again to...to...to do what? He was shy again.
Why was it that whenever he thought of her or smelled her he became shy? He didn't understand this. He took a deep breath and pulled himself together his mission right now was to see her. He put on a burst of speed and follwed her scent. He ignored Myouga's pleas for him to slow down his only onjective was to find her.
The scent became stronger which each step he took.He thought of the rain and the sakura trees at his home; she smelled liked them and reminded him of a place a loved. He was close and he turned off the path to run through the trees. The twigs stung his face and the scratched immediately healed. He run out of the trees, taking leaves with him and the moment he stopped she ran into him.
She fell backward and landed on her behind. The moment she looked up he felt like there were butterflies in his stomach. He did not know what to say to her or what to do. His shyness increased ten fold and his palms were sweaty. Those beautiful grey eyes looked up at him and fear was evident in them. He had scared her. That wasn't what he wanted.
"Gomen, gomen! I didn't mean to run into you. It was an accident; I wasn't looking where I was going. Gomen!" She said; fear poisoning her voice.
He took another deep breath and held out his hand to her. She screamed.
"Please don't kill me I said I was sorry." She shouted. He took back his hand confused.
"Why would I kill you." He said in a soft voice meant to calm her nerves.
She blinked twice and the scent of her fear grew weaker. A good sign. "I-I bumped into you. I hit you. You're a youkai I thought you'd be angry." She said.
He chuckled and held out his hand. "I'm not going to hurt you." He said.
*oOo*
Raine looked up at him. He was very nice for a youkai and handsome too. Although she was afraid she felt a bit safe and also something she never felt before; she felt like butterflies were in her stomach, her palms were sweaty and she felt alittle shy. What was this feeling? Was she sick?
She looked curioulsy at his hand. Was this a trap? Was he going to trick her into trusting him and then kill her? She wasn't about to take that risk.
"I'm fine in my own." She said. Raine got up and got ready to run incase he tried anything. She felt uncomfortable with the way he looked at her. Heat rose to her face and she looked away not wanting him to see her red cheeks.
"What is your name?" He asked.
"Raine." She answered. Wait. Why the hell did she tell him her name. For all she knew he just wanted to know her name so he could send a group of youka assassins after her fro bumping into him, but he had said in such a soft sweet voice. Surely someone who spoke like that wouldn't hurt her. Bu then again...
"Ah. It suits you." He said. She turned to him now, cheeks redder than ever from his compliment and strared into his eyes; she could see no evil in those sapphire orbs and she knew he would not harm her. "Meet me here tomorrow." He said.
She looke at him confused. Why would he want to meet her? This was strange and very unexpected. What could his intentions be? "Why?" She asked.
"Onegai Raine, I want to see you again." He said in that voice that calmed her nerves.
"Okay," She said. "I have to go now." With that said she turned around slowly looking back at him and ran in the direction of her village.
*oOo*
Thor had followed her to her village and left when she went inside her home. It wasn't until he found out that it was a a little over an hour's walk from her village to The House of The Moon that he realized she lived in his mother's home village.
Yosuke was outside, cooling off after training with his father again. His father had asked him what was going on between him and Raine, but he simply avoided the question and told him it was nothing; he didn't want to tell his parents anything until he and Raine had talked it through and they'd been sleeping in separate rooms for alittle over a week now and it didn't seem like she was interested in talking to him.
He sighed. Where had he gone wrong? The were married for only a month and already he screwed it up. He wanted his marriage to ber perfect, like the one his parents have, but it seemed like he wasn't going to achieve that. The moment he saw Raine he knew she was going to be his wife and he thought everything would be perfect, but it wasn't.Why couldn't he make her happy? She always seemed so dutiful, like it was her obligation.
He didn't want her to feel like she had to do whatever he said; he respected her opinon and if she had to something he would let her speak her mind. If she didn't want to do something, he wouldn't force her; such a hypocrite. Just the other day he almost forced her to sleep with him. He looked up into the sky and wondered. What he could do to make his wife happy? This time he's ask her what she wanted.
He rose from his seat on a blunt stone and headed inside. He would look for his wife and approach with caution; he did not know if she was still scared so he didn't want too get too close. He looked into his room and she wasn't there. As he continued to search he found Ayumi and asked her where Raine was.
"She's with your mother; Romy wanted to speak to her." She said. Yosuke knew exactly why his mother wanted to see her; she wanted to know what was going on and he prayed to the gods that Raine didn't tell her anything his mother would be shocked to know that he almost took her against her will.
He slid open the door to his mother's room and sure enough, Raine was there.
*oOo*
Raine sat in her mother-in-law's bedroom, drinking tea as she requested. She had no clue what she wanted since they weren't very close, but she felt it in her gut that Romy suspected something and wanted answers; she could from the way she looked at Raine when she lowered the tea cup from her face and the way she spoke. Raine didn't like it at all.
"Is something troubling you dear?" Romy asked.
Raine shook her head. So that was what she wanted to know. She wasn't going to tell her she felt embarrassed. "Why do you ask?"
Romy took a sip of her tea and lowered the cup from her lips and glared at Raine. "Well dear you and my son seem very...distant. May I ask why?" She asked.
"You may not." Raine said.
Romy put down her cup and gave Raine a level stare. "Now you listen and you listen good. If you have done anything to hurt my son I will see to it personally that you pay."
Raine was shocked at Romy's words; she had never seen this side of her and the threat scared her a little, but she wasn't about to let her know that. "I assure you it is quite the opposite."
Just as Romy was about to ask her what she meant by that the door slid open and Yosuke stood in the doorway. She would have to deal with her later; she wanted the best for her son and she wasn't going to let any female ruin his life.
"Raine, could I speak to you in private?" Yosuke asked.
Raine nodded, though she didn't want to go with him, but she'd give anything to leave the room. There was so much tension between her and Romy now she could almost feel it tickling her skin. She got up and left the room with Yosuke. As she closed the door she looked back at Romy and if looks could kill she would have died just then.
She closed the door and shuddered; hell have no fury like an angry mother. Raine sighed. She knew that Yosuke was worried and just wanted to make her happy but he had done it in all the wrong ways and he scared her. How could she be married to someone she feared? To her it was the same as her being married to someone she didn't love. How could she do it?
She followed Yosuke and he took her to their room. Raine knew that what he had to speak to her about had to be important if he had taken them to the room they once shared together.
Yosuke sat on the bed and patted the space beside him for her to sit down. Reluctantly she sat beside him. She gasped when he took her hand in both of his and stared into her eyes with a worry and longing that she had never seen before and she knew how much he loved and cared for her. If only she could return it.
"What would make you happy?" He asked.
She was taken aback by his question but immediatelty knew the answer. It was something she had wanted to do for almost ten years; it helped her when she was under stress and needed to think; it was something she had longed for since the night her mother died.
"I want to go into forest." She said.
He knew she was going to say that. He remembered what her father had told him before they got married; "She is in love with the forest but now that she is getting married she must forget this childish behaviour; you must keep her from going there." Her father's warning rang in his ears but he was in charge of Raine now and he wanted to make her happy; he would decide what is best for her.
"Okay." He said.
Yosuke saw something in Raine that he had never seen before, a sparkle in her eyes that was never there before and he welcomed the feeling of triumph. He had succeeded; he made her happy. She smiled and his heart swelled with love. He had made her happy and nothing else mattered to him.
Arigato Yosuke." She said. She got up from her seat, bowed and left. The moment she got in the hall she ran and ran, making her way throught the house until she burst through the doors facing the forest and sunshine touched her skin.
*oOo*
Thor couldn't wait to sleep in his comfortable bed again. As much he loved the outdoors, sleeping in trees or on the ground wasn't something he was quite fond of. He wondered if he's ever see his tennyo; he hadn't stopped thinking about her since the day her caught her scent which triggered memories from his past and that was a month ago and he thought about her everyday. Now that he knew what she looked like he just had to find her, but his mother was worried and wanted to make sure she was okay first before looking for his beloved tennyo.
He breathed in a breath of air and his heart stopped. His body tensed and he halted his procession. Could it be? Were his sense betarying him? Was it realy what he had been hoping for? There was no mistake; it was her; it was her scent and she was near. This was his chance to see her again to...to...to do what? He was shy again.
Why was it that whenever he thought of her or smelled her he became shy? He didn't understand this. He took a deep breath and pulled himself together his mission right now was to see her. He put on a burst of speed and follwed her scent. He ignored Myouga's pleas for him to slow down his only onjective was to find her.
The scent became stronger which each step he took.He thought of the rain and the sakura trees at his home; she smelled liked them and reminded him of a place a loved. He was close and he turned off the path to run through the trees. The twigs stung his face and the scratched immediately healed. He run out of the trees, taking leaves with him and the moment he stopped she ran into him.
She fell backward and landed on her behind. The moment she looked up he felt like there were butterflies in his stomach. He did not know what to say to her or what to do. His shyness increased ten fold and his palms were sweaty. Those beautiful grey eyes looked up at him and fear was evident in them. He had scared her. That wasn't what he wanted.
"Gomen, gomen! I didn't mean to run into you. It was an accident; I wasn't looking where I was going. Gomen!" She said; fear poisoning her voice.
He took another deep breath and held out his hand to her. She screamed.
"Please don't kill me I said I was sorry." She shouted. He took back his hand confused.
"Why would I kill you." He said in a soft voice meant to calm her nerves.
She blinked twice and the scent of her fear grew weaker. A good sign. "I-I bumped into you. I hit you. You're a youkai I thought you'd be angry." She said.
He chuckled and held out his hand. "I'm not going to hurt you." He said.
*oOo*
Raine looked up at him. He was very nice for a youkai and handsome too. Although she was afraid she felt a bit safe and also something she never felt before; she felt like butterflies were in her stomach, her palms were sweaty and she felt alittle shy. What was this feeling? Was she sick?
She looked curioulsy at his hand. Was this a trap? Was he going to trick her into trusting him and then kill her? She wasn't about to take that risk.
"I'm fine in my own." She said. Raine got up and got ready to run incase he tried anything. She felt uncomfortable with the way he looked at her. Heat rose to her face and she looked away not wanting him to see her red cheeks.
"What is your name?" He asked.
"Raine." She answered. Wait. Why the hell did she tell him her name. For all she knew he just wanted to know her name so he could send a group of youka assassins after her fro bumping into him, but he had said in such a soft sweet voice. Surely someone who spoke like that wouldn't hurt her. Bu then again...
"Ah. It suits you." He said. She turned to him now, cheeks redder than ever from his compliment and strared into his eyes; she could see no evil in those sapphire orbs and she knew he would not harm her. "Meet me here tomorrow." He said.
She looke at him confused. Why would he want to meet her? This was strange and very unexpected. What could his intentions be? "Why?" She asked.
"Onegai Raine, I want to see you again." He said in that voice that calmed her nerves.
"Okay," She said. "I have to go now." With that said she turned around slowly looking back at him and ran in the direction of her village.
*oOo*
Thor had followed her to her village and left when she went inside her home. It wasn't until he found out that it was a a little over an hour's walk from her village to The House of The Moon that he realized she lived in his mother's home village.