Hey everyone! I've had a nice break from writing but now that summer is rolling in I'm ready to get back into the swing. Ok, this story is going to be different from most Sesshomaru/Rin stories because it takes place in the modern world in America and only includes a few characters from the show other then the two main ones and have many of my own made up characters. This story has been floating around in my head for a while know and I thought it might be fun to use my favorite characters from Inuyasha to write it. This is a new idea so I'm going to need lots of feedback!

Disclaimer: I own nothing from Inuyasha

Prologue

Dear Diary,

Well, Mr. Diary, I just found this empty book under my bed and decided I might as well give it a try. I'm willing to do just about anything to make this ache in my chest go away. Mom must have given this diary to me years ago but I've never used it. I never had time for anything but my music and my brother. I guess that's changed forever so maybe writing will be good for me. That's what mom said anyway.

My name is Rin Tsukimori. I'm Japanese but my parents moved to America when mom was pregnant with me so they decided to give me and my brother American names. So we were Stella and Stephan Tsukimori. An American first name and Japanese last name. Different even at birth.

My parents are Aiko and Hiroto Tsukimori. If anyone real is actually reading this then yes, you probably have heard of them of them before because there like freaking famous in the music world. My parents are probably the two most well known violinists in the world. Even back in high school they were making their names known.

Dad works overseas a lot now but mom pretty much put her musical career on hold when Stephan and I were born. We aren't exactly the closest family around but we do alright.

Ok, so other than my name there are two things you need to know about me that completely define my character. The first is my music.

I have been called many times by the greatest musical minds on earth the "brilliant prodigy that has no other in all of history." Seriously that is word for word. Way to flowery for me but I guess it's not too far off from the truth.

Basically, simply put, I am a prodigy on the violin even more so than my parents had been and have been known throughout the world for my abilities ever since I was six years old and gave my first performance.

I know traveling all around the world performing would probably sound like a lot of fun to most people and don't get me wrong, it was! We got to meet amazing people and travel all around the world.

I meet the Queen of England before I was twelve years old. By the time I was twelve I had been to every continent but Antarctica. I probably would have gone there too but, really, why would penguins want to listen to classical piano and violin?

But it wasn't all fun and games. In fact there was very little time for games. I never went to a regular school or made regular friends. Instead I had half a dozen tutors and the kids I knew where all other musical genius who resented me because I was better than them.

Take the Hover technique for example. The Hover is a note that violinists can hit which is one of the hardest notes to master on any instrument. The average pro can hold this note for seventeen seconds.

By the time I was thirteen, when my career ended (I'll get to that later), I could hold it for fourteen seconds which, I may add, was a world record. So needless to say I wasn't actually popular with my peers.

The second thing you need to know about me was I had a twin brother, Shou. Shou was the most brilliant child classical piano player in, well, ever. We were an odd couple. With two brilliant musical parents we were equally gifted.

Everywhere I traveled and played, Shou went too. We had always been close mainly because we had never had anyone but each other. Mom traveled with us and there were other kids but was I said, we never had many friends.

Plus there was the way our music blended together so perfectly. That was one of the main reasons we rose to fame. One, because of our age, two because of our parents and three because of the way our violin and piano seemed to be made for each other. The only reason I made it through the endless years of travel and competitions and stress was because Shou was always there for me.

Since the time we were six Shou and I traveled all around the world performing. Another thing that made us unique (I'd call it strange) was our style. I was very flexible and also danced so I would often play the violin with my body twisted at odd angles. Not to mention I was mostly perched on top of Shou's piano while doing it.

Along with Shou's ability to play the piano beautifully with other body parts other than his hands, the crowds ate us up. We were called the Genius Duo. The name made us even more different but we didn't mind too much.

Everything was going for us. We were thirteen and already legends in the music world. Julliard would practically beg us to go there and we were already making almost as much as our dad. Our life wasn't normal but we liked it just fine.

Shou and I love making music together and we would have been happy doing it for the rest of our lives. We probably would have too; we had plans, if it wasn't for the accident.

It happened on our half birthday. We were officially thirteen and half and had just had an amazing concert with both our parents for our very own community in the small Northern California town of Eureka. Our community always followed our career and it was a real treat to be able and perform them.

Shou and I ran out of the concert on that warm summer day and were so happy. Happy with the people who we loved and playing the music that had flowed through us since the day we were born.

We ran out into the street. It was starting to get dark and the man driving the car didn't see us. It wasn't anyone's fault we both just didn't see each other. When I close my eyes I can still remember the sight of that car bearing down on us. The headlights shone on us and just for a split second I saw the driver's horrified face.

I know I will never forget what happened next. I froze. I should have moved but I couldn't. I'll never be able to forgive myself for that.

Shou did what I had always known he would do without saying it if I were in danger. He didn't hesitate. He screamed out my name and shoved me with all his strength. I went down rolling out of the way of the car.

The driver tried to swerve but it was too late. I didn't see the van hit my brother but I heard the scream. I think it was mine. I blacked out them and the next thing I remember is waking up in the hospital with my mother crying by my bedside.

I didn't even need to ask, I knew already. Shou and I had always been so close and I could feel his loss like a physical weight on my chest.

I lost my brother on July 6, 2008. It was all over the papers for weeks with headlines like BOY MUSICAL GENUIS KILLED IN CRASH and MUSICAL BOY KILLED SAVING TWIN SISTER. That last one hurt the most. I knew it was my fault that Shou had died saving me.

Of course, people told me this wasn't true, that it was just an accident but it was all just empty words. If I had moved faster then maybe my brother would still be alive.

I didn't speak for two weeks after the accident. I went to the funeral but never spoke. The man who had been driving the car came and practically fell to his knees in front of me.

He wasn't being charged and I was glad. It was just an accident and he certainly didn't deserve to go to jail for it. Still I couldn't tell him with words that I accepted his apology. I couldn't speak.

Two weeks after my brother died my words finally returned as did my emotions. I took my beautiful violin that I had gotten the year before from Shou for our birthday and started smashing it against a tree in our backyard.

The violin was completely ruined by the time my parents ran out to stop me. By then I was sobbing and screaming incoherent words. It took me a long time to calm down but when I finally did I looked at my smashed violin and then at my parents and told them that I would never, ever again play music. Not without Shou.

Of course they tried to convince me not to give up music but my mind was (is) made up. I couldn't play with my brother because Shou was my music. I was once told by a great musical genius that the essence of music was the musician's heart and soul. Well now I felt like I lost both.

It's been over two years since then. I'm now fifteen and finally going to a regular school called Seiso Academy. It's the sister school to the one that my parents went to when they were in high school.

I had resisted going to this school for a long time because although I would be a General Studies student, the school had a whole another part that was solely dedicated to music. I didn't want to be around that much music but my parents put their feet down so here I am attending regular school.

True to the promise I made to myself on that wild day when I smashed my prized violin I have not performed once since the day Shou died. In fact I went as far as cutting off my long hair, my pride and vanity, and changing my last name to get away from my past life. I was now Rin Blackwell and just another normal girl going to normal school.

Seiso Academy really isn't that bad actually. I've made a few friends and as long as I stay on my side of the campus I don't hear much of the music.

So there you have it Mr. Diary. Now you know everything about me. I am the girl who used to be known for her genius on the violin but has now disappeared without a trace from the music world.

I am the girl who had a wonderful older twin brother and lost him in a split second. I am now an only child who focuses only on school work and won't even go to her parent's performances.

I'm only writing in this thing because it's supposed to help deal with grief and believe me; I still feel plenty of anguish. I will miss my brother every day until the day I see him again.

Wait, I guess there is one more thing you need to know about me. I may not play for people any more but there is time, once a month, when I still play the violin. I know, I smashed my violin but I do have others.

I play the violin once a month on the 6th the date when I lost Shou. I go to Falls Park, Stephan favorite place in the world, deep in the woods were no one will see me. Then I'll play for hours until my fingers bleed just for him. Tragic, huh?

No one, not even my parents have heard me play in over two years. I intend to keep it that way. Without Shou there is no point to music.

Rin Blackwell

October 4, 2010

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