To Sing Again
Summary: Sesshomaru was a singer who put all of his emotions into his work, eventually growing cold. Rin had an accident and was in a comma for a couple of years, waking to hear one of Sesshomaru's songs on the radio. Eventually, they meet, and both of their lives change. Inu Yasha AU, modern day.
AN: Ok, this will be a fluxuating FF, a little happy, a little depressing, but cute. Yeah, can I actually do cute? Right now, I don't know how it'll end, but I have some ideas. I have seen the 3rd Inu Yasha movie, so a couple things I will say right now is, it doesn't go completely with it. Sorry to disappoint anyone. There are influences though, so every one should be happy. Also, it has been brought to my attention that some of the characters are a little OC. Note once more that this is an AU, so there are bound to be a couple...side effects.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha, the series, manga, or characters, and maybe some of the lyrics I use later, but some I might. Tell ya what, if I use one, I'll foot note it after wards. Other poems are made by me unless otherwise stated as well.
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Chapter 1: Rin's Back
I wish I could go back to my former life
Free of pain, free of them
Free to run and free to fly
Free to live as I choose
Free to die for whatever causes I want
At first, the words were muffled, almost as if she were home, the CD alarm clock sounding, and she had her pillow over her head. Everything was dark, as if that were true as well. The words became sharper, clearer. They were saying:
But not here, not now
In this damned deserted place
Away from my long forgotten kin
In this land of buildings
Here, I'm free to live by another's standards
Free to be slain by another with contrasting ideals
It was a deep voice singing, and the words seemed like they were pure soul; beautiful, and clean.
Finally, she opened her eyes. The image she had had earlier was torn away. Her focus shifted from the song to her surroundings at an abrupt pace. The room she was in wasn't her own, the bed too stiff, surrounded by curtains that were white. What she could see of the walls was white, and too plain. And there was a harsh smell she would never allow in her room. The radio music was coming from a ways away, another room at the most, and was interrupted by beeping of the machinery that surrounded her. Where was she?
The song ended with "Free to live in peace forever". A weird voice came on, saying, "and that was the Western Lord's Free Life. And now..."
She reached up to brush the loose bangs out of her face. Her hand bounced off a smooth plastic surface. She sat up abruptly, tearing the oxygen mask of her face. The surrounding air made her cough. A nurse pulled back the curtain, eyes widening in surprise.
"Oh, you're up," she said as the patient's coughs subsided.
"Where am I?" the young girl asked in a scratchy voice.
"You're in a hospital. You've been here for the last eight years."
"Why?"
"You have been in a comma for that long."
"How'd that happen?" she asked. For some reason, she couldn't quite recall.
"Your parents had an accident."
"An accident?" she asked. The mention of the word brought back the memories of what had happened. She was eight; her parents were driving her to school. The car had jerked forward abruptly; her head had hit the back of her mom's seat. The front of the car hit something, the window shattered. It sounded like something fell across the hood of the car, but she wasn't able to see anything. Her eyes widened and she whispered, "What happened to my mom and dad?"
"I'm sorry, but they're gone. There wasn't much we could do at the accident scene," the nurse replied. She really sounded sorry, too.
"Oh." How could that be? How could her parents die? What was she going to do? Was she really fifteen? She couldn't go back to school like this. She didn't realize she was crying.
"I'll be back soon. Is that all right with you?" the nurse asked.
The young girl nodded numbly.
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Five months passed. The girl had been allowed out of the hospital in a week after she came out of her comma. In the months after, she had learned to cope with her body's changes, as well as her new family. Her new mother figure was a hard workingwoman, therefore, the girl didn't see much from her. Her dad worked half the week, and she liked him better.
She started hearing a little more about the Western Lord. She had heard the same song on the same station at least five times, and she loved it. She started searching out information on the singer. He had three CD's out, had sung a song for some movies, and she wanted to hear them all. She had gone as far as to order them on a website off of her main computer, but she hadn't gotten them yet. She had looked up every last detail there was about the Western Lord with in reason (Basically all of the mild fan girl sites. Her parents surely would get a thrill if she did anything else). His real name was Sesshomaru. When he was singing he dressed to look like a demon, with the two striped markings on both cheeks, a crescent moon on his forehead, and pointed ears. When Sesshomaru was singing, he looked alive, like he was rejoicing.
Rin had finally managed to persuade her foster parents into getting her the new computer she had wanted. That night, she was cruising the internet, trying to find a little more information as to where the Western Lord was now. "Rin, you really need to get off soon," her new father said from outside the door.
"Oh, but...Just a sec."
"It's past your bed time. Go to sleep."
"But!"
"Go to sleep, Rin. We're going out tomorrow, so you need to get to sleep."
"Oh, all right, fine." She could hear footsteps down the hall. Sighing, Rin marked the site she was just about to browse as a favorite before signing off and shutting the computer down. She was already in her canary yellow silky pajamas, so she slipped into bed, thinking the fan girl "what if's" about the Western Lord. What would she do if she met him tomorrow? What if she saved his life and they could end up having kids together? What if...
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Rin was pushing her way through the crowded streets like everyone else. She was paying only half attention to the crowd. The other half was to the music playing over her headphones. The case was in her hands. Currently her father was doing business, which gave the young girl time to shop on her own.
Through a sea of black haired people, a silver hue glimmered slightly before other people got in the way of her view. She perked up, barely daring to hope that it was her new idol. She pushed more people out of the way, following the person until she noticed him branch off from the main flow of human traffic. She followed, heart beating rapidly.
The stranger turned to look at a sign, and Rin gasped, dropping the CD case. It really was the Western Lord. She had accidentally found Sesshomaru.
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Kk, sorry about that little snippet above, about the what if's. I couldn't help remembering about Mary Sue (exactly as stated in that section!) and... yeah. Cliffhanger ending! I'm getting better at these.