To Let Go?
By: Rainedrops

Chapter 1 - Returning

"Aaaaaaaaaah-------"
"Rin!"
"Sesshoumaru-sa…" The little girl's voice faded away as she dropped deeper and deeper down. The guardian of the girl flew down after her. Much to his surprise, he couldn't sense her anywhere. As a matter of fact, her scent had totally disappeared.
What in the world is going on? He thought to himself.

"Wah! Finally home!"
Rin dumped down all her things and lied on her bed. She was tired from the archery competition at school today. Her concentration was lacking today, unlike her usual self. Rin completely forgot to change and fell asleep in her archery attire.
Flashback:
She had lost her balance and fell into a gorge. Usually she'd be riding on Aun but Sesshoumaru-sama had sent Jaken and Aun to do some other task. Yelling out for help, she noticed that she slowly started to disappear. She was scared. It was as if the darkness in the gorge was swallowing her whole. Before she realized where she was, she had appeared in an unfamiliar city, the city in which she now lived. She ended up in some city park, and stayed there for days, believing that Sesshoumaru-sama, as always, would find her and pick her up. He didn't this time. An old couple was strolling in the park one day and decided to take care of her. But even they had passed away 2 years ago in an unfortunate accident. Before she knew it, Rin had lived here for more than a decade, adapting to the new culture…A place governed by technology, modern ideals, peace, and definitely no youkai…
Sunshine woke her up the next morning. Rin had fallen asleep without knowing.
"My goodness… I better go take a shower… I smell!"
After taking a bath, she put on her pajamas. She did not intend to leave her apartment today. She would spend this weekend resting. She got out of the bathroom and headed back to her room.
"Greetings little girl…"
"Uuaaah! Who the hell are you?!" Rin was caught by surprise by this creature who didn't look exactly human.
"There is no need to know of my identity. All you need to know is that I possess the power to travel through time, although at a great expense. I have received a request from an honourable youkai to come and retrieve you. Had I not owed his father a favour, I wouldn't have risked my life to get you. Now come with me before I lose my patience…"
"Youkai? What are you talking about? There are… no youkai… in… this…." Before she knew it, Rin's eyes were closing fast.
What's happening to me…? Why are my eyes closing…?

"Ugh…" Rin grunted. Her body was all stiff. She stretched out a little, then kept still when she heard voices.
"There she is Sesshoumaru. I have brought her back to this world as you've wished."
"Thank you. Now your debt to my father has been paid."
Sesshoumaru-sama? It can't be! Have I returned to the world where I came from? Rin thought to herself. She sat up, deep in thought when Sesshoumaru appeared from behind.
"How long do you plan on sitting there Rin?" Sesshoumaru asked.
Rin turned her head around. Sesshoumaru looked exactly the same as he did before she left; long flowing hair with the fluffy over his shoulder. Rin slowly got to her feet.
Sesshoumaru, standing a few steps away, looked at her. Although Sesshoumaru remained the same, Rin had grown considerably. Rin had a beautiful figure now, a figure of a grown woman. Yet her innocent and cheerful personality hadn't disappeared.
"Rin, put… on your clothes…." Sesshoumaru ordered, slightly embarrassed, but his facial features showed none of it.
Rin looked down and realized that she had nothing more than a towel wrapped around her. She just came out of her bath when a strange youkai put her to sleep and took her back here.
"Oh no! I didn't even get time to put on any clothes because of that weird person who forced me to follow him…. Um… Sesshoumaru-sama…. Do you have anything I can change into?"
Sesshoumaru sighed. "Wait here Rin. Jaken! Look after Rin while I'm gone!"
With that, Sesshoumaru took off and a familiar short figure wabbled over.
"Rin, what do you think you were doing for the past ten years?! Sesshoumaru-sama has been searching all over the place for you and even gave up chasing after Naraku for a while. I have no idea what Sesshoumaru-sama sees in a little human girl like you…" Jaken muttered as he approached Rin.
"Jaken-sama!!" Rin ran over and picked up the little youkai, "You haven't changed at all!" Rin was happy to see her old companion. Although Rin had adapted to the other world's lifestyle, she found the returning to her homeland just as natural.
"Waaah! Put me down this instant! Let me go you fool!"
Rin laughed as she placed Jaken on the ground. As they waited for Sesshoumaru to return, Rin told Jaken of the other world she lived in, the school she attended, the friends she met; there was so much Rin couldn't possibly say it all.
"Well it seems like you've been having a good time while you were gone," Jaken said, "You have no idea what I had to go through."
"What's wrong Jaken-sama?"
"Even since you disappeared, Sesshoumaru had been acting strangely. I thought we were looking for Naraku as usual but he even stopped by human towns. I realized that instead of searching for Naraku, he was searching for you! Sometimes in his sleep he would mumble things. Occasionally I would hear your name in it. Aaah! Of all things why would Sesshoumaru-sama be thinking of a human girl?!? He has changed so much since you appeared…"
"Jaken…" Sesshoumaru interrupted with a threatening voice.
Both Rin and Jaken were startled by Sesshoumaru's sudden return.
"S…S…Sesshoumaru-sama! Please forgive this unworthy servant. I did not mean to disrespect you in any way…"
"Sesshoumaru-sama, please forgive Jaken-sama. He was only answering to my questions." Rin said with a pleading voice as Jaken slowly inched away from the scene.
"I will punish him later. First, put these on." Sesshoumaru tossed a kimono at Rin. Rin took the kimono and started to unfold it but looked up when she realized that Sesshoumaru was still looking at her. Feeling rather embarrassed, Rin got up and walked towards some trees a few metres away with the kimono in her hand.
"Where are you going Rin?"
"To change of course! I can't change in front of someone!" Rin said matter-of-factly as she gave Sesshoumaru a distasteful look. She had grown accustomed to the privacy that the modern world offered. Her attitude caught Sesshoumaru off guard a little. Rin realized what she had done and turned around to apologize but couldn't find Sesshoumaru anywhere. As fast as he vanished, he reappeared in front of her.
"Ah!" Rin yelped in surprise. Sesshoumaru lifted her chin and brought his face close to hers.
"It seems that before I punish Jaken, I'll have to punish you." Sesshoumaru said with a somewhat amused voice and looked at her with piercing eyes.
Rin shivered in fear, her eyes tightly shut. Is he going to kill me?
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A/N: I realize that sticking to a character's personality is the hardest thing to do while writing a fanfic so if I stray, forgive me :3 Other characters mentioned in this fic that are not in Inuyasha are original characters. Originally I was going to make it one chapter only. Then… well I didn't exactly hit a writer's block or anything, just that I got into a little dilemma with the story after this point so I decided to stop and post this much. Please R&R ^_^

Disclaimer: Sesshoumaru, Rin and Jaken do not belong to me (regrettably XD)~

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