I know…I know…but you guys don't understand! With so much time on my hands, how can I NOT come up with more story ideas and write them down right away!? Well, anyway, this actually isn't my story idea in the least bit at all.
Silent Echoes
It had been so long ago now, so very long ago. With the death of that blasted youkai, Naraku, which Sesshoumaru contributed greatly, the land had been left in utter chaos. Youkai still spilled about from different corners of the earth to claim their right to the stature that Sesshoumaru held. They all fell horribly. Sesshoumaru didn't once question the fact that he and he alone was the owner of these lands, the Western Lands.
The main thing that had bedazzled him, though, was the disappearance of that half-breed brother of his, as well as that miko reincarnation wench that constantly hung at his side. Not really that he could dribble his mind with such worries in this situation before him. This youkai that chose to fight him…he actually had some strength to him.
'Ugh! Why must Rin get herself into such situations?' the girl standing off a good deal to the side thought to herself. She watched as the youkai (which had first attacked her) fought with Sesshoumaru almost fruitlessly. He proved to be a bit of a challenge to her lord, which compelled her to take on her next action.
The youkai had a smirk upon his crooked lips as he continued his fight with Sesshoumaru. Not only did he plan to defeat the lord, but he would take that female ward that traveled with him as well. He had heard that the lord had slightly become weaker as the years had passed because of the female fowl that followed him, and that was why he was challenging him right now.
As he was about to strike at the inu youkai, a soft sound came to his ears. His neck slightly tilted in that direction for a slight second, being caught with the natural beauty of the sound. Before his mind could become engulfed with the melodious ruse, he shook his head and then went for the youkai lord again. The melody caught him again, and he couldn't pull himself out of the bliss that he was lulled into because of the sound. The kodachis in his hands fell to the ground as he blindly stepped in the direction.
Sesshoumaru had paused as well. He turned to the direction of the tender voice of a lightly falling feather. Although it didn't take over his mind (for he was far too used to this sound by now), he still watched silently, a smirk upon his lips as he watched the human girl in front of him hypnotically attract enough attention to her that he was able to make such a daring move as to attack the blinded fool. She was indeed a wise one.
Rin smirked in satisfaction as well, watching as her lord leapt behind the infatuated youkai and then attacked him mortally. 'What a pity…' she thought sadly, 'he was actually comely…' A shrill screech then came from her lips as his blood caked around her new silk yukata. "Aii!"
"Well done as always, Sesshoumaru-sama!" Jaken roared as he came from behind Rin's legs (a rather quaint hiding place) and bowed to his lord.
Sesshoumaru simply looked at the frog youkai scornfully before looking to Rin. "Rin," he started.
"Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama," the girl started.
"In the ten years that you have traveled and learned with this Sesshoumaru," the inu youkai started, "it is blatantly obvious that it is unwise to go against this Sesshoumaru's decrees." He was angry at her for making the daring move that she'd just performed just seconds ago.
'And yet you do nothing to punish me, Sesshoumaru-sama,' she thought, rolling her eyes mentally. 'You're all talk and no bark…' At the thought, her eyes widened from the pun and she gave a short laugh, her voice sounding of delicate bells. She stopped instantly as the youkai stared at her dangerously. "…Gomen nasai, Sesshoumaru-sama…" she said softly, hiding her smile.
"Hnh…" he grunted. Of course, he could threaten her endlessly, but it was another thing to actually fulfill his threat. The inu youkai couldn't lay a single angered finger on her delicate frame (not that he laid a finger on her at all). Her guileless attitude toward him now showed him that he was no longer revered as he was to her when she was a small child. Care free as she was, it often led her into troubles that he had to pull the brat out of.
For the past two years, though…she seemed to have grandly matured from a child-like carelessness to more of a carelessness of the world's daily, blatant problems. It even seemed that she forced herself to remain naïve so that she wouldn't be riddled with problems set before her. Her innocence of a once pure world was starting to drip away. She took nothing that she saw daily for granted and cherished it as if the next day she was to die.
Her round, immature, wild, and cheerful eyes had ripened to refined, thin eyes that held a vast amount of knowledge. Those lips that once held shrill sounds dribbled with random song and words developed into thin, flute-like sounds, wispy and light. She was now as an angelic nymph of the deep green forest, lighting it with her radiance everyday.
Yes, pitifully, the lord had enough time on his hand to realize these changes that she had gone through, though he would never repeat it to a single soul. Of course…there were more…obvious physical changes that she had gone through that he more than tried to ignore. Her…developments were probably the reason why the youkai traversed their path today.
Who would have thought that the small, annoying girl that followed him endlessly at one time would develop into a dirt-riddled, blood-caked teenager? Hm… "Rin…go clean yourself. We will rest here tonight."
"What?" she asked, breaking out of her day dreaming and being pulled into reality. She had been…taking a look at her lord herself, lost in her thoughts. Simply put…he was the most handsome thing she had ever laid her eyes upon. She was simply glad to have him as her own (in a matter of words).
"This Sesshoumaru does not repeat himself…" Sesshoumaru stated with a glare set at the girl.
"Eh?" she looked at him with question set about her eyes. She then looked down at herself and gave another screech. "Aii! My…my new yukata!" she screamed in shame and displeasure with herself.
"This is why Sesshoumaru-sama tells you not to follow him in battle as you do, Rin no baka!" Jaken said, pointing to her clothes.
She glared angrily at him. She turned and left to find a hot spring of sorts so that she could clean herself. She mumbled to herself as she walked. "'This is why Sesshoumaru-sama tells you not to follow him in battle' nyah." She crossed her arms childishly. Okay, so maybe she did feel guilty for always following her lord in battle. It usually resulted in her needing to get a new yukata. But it was actually different in this situation! This time the battle had taken place without her taking a single step!
"That baka…" she said, thinking of Sesshoumaru. "He thinks that he can still order me around as he does and I listen to his every word." She set a glare and then smiled to herself. "Of course Rin would!" She smiled in delight after she'd found a nice onsen to stay in for a while. [onsen = hot spring]
She lifted the yukata from her body in disgust, washing the drying blood from the beautiful yukata. She always made sure to buy a beautiful one with the money her lord provided her with. This one was a sage shade, a beautiful design of rare gold phoenixes crowding around red wisteria flowers with green stems climbing around the arms and sash. She sighed thankfully as she was able to scratch the yukata lightly with a brush of sorts, extracting syrup from a nearby plant to clean the stains.
She stood up, cracking her back, as she hung the sash and yukata on a low hanging branch. She pulled off her underwear and lightly stepped inside of the water. As she scrubbed at her skin, a light tuneless melody came from her lips. She was especially good at making melody with the lips of hers. Her voice was like a Syren of those Greek Mythologies that Jaken was compelled to teach her of when she asked him a few years ago. She knew how attractive it was. She began to scrub her body with the same syrup that she used for the stains, the melodies becoming louder.
'I finally found it!' he thought with a smirk on his lips. He could hear the melody of the girl from afar. He'd been searching for this sound for two years now, hearing of how this girl that traveled with Sesshoumaru had an unmistakable quality with her lips. It was said that she could have no rival, and that one would know that they were listening to her from afar. He wasn't exactly after her, though. He vengefully sought the lord that she traveled with.
"Hm…" he grunted. "…She might also be of…need to me." He stood straight, following her voice. He had heard that the lord was at his pinnacle of weakness because of this girl. He didn't know why, though. She was probably foul mannered. As for her looks…he heard that she was actually quite attractive. She had the beauty of a rare maiden, though only a mid-teenager. "I'll have to see for myself…" he said.
Aside from that, he mainly came to use her as bait for her lord. After his act was to be done, he would take her for his own and teach her to be obedient. Just the thought of Sesshoumaru sent him shaking with anger and odium. Ten years ago, that youkai had come into his village and killed everyone in it. He came from his travels, hoping to be welcomed and congratulated that for being next in line to be a mage, but he arrived to a burned village instead.
His heart racked with pangs of distress as he saw the sight. But he would have his revenge tonight. He would painfully kill the inu youkai. Finally reaching a bush where he had good sight of the girl, he crept low. She was indeed beautiful, and her melodies were just as endearing as her face. The scent that flowed to his nose was more than enough for him to just take her as his own. He stepped from the bushes as she went under the water.
Rin closed her eyes for a few seconds as she lathered the syrup into her hair slowly, washing out the dried blood. She then took a taste of the syrup and sighed in pure delight. She dipped under the heated water, rinsing the syrup from her hair fully. When she resurfaced, she blinked as the syrup went into her eyes.
Was it her, or was there a figure standing by the edge of the onsen? She squinted. Kami-sama! There was someone there! She calmed down as she saw that it was a 'human boy' smiling at her. She had taught herself a light amount of defense mechanisms. "Go away, hentai!" she screamed softly at him, shooing her arm in his direction and covering herself with her other arm.
"Forgive me…" he started. "I was just returning to my village when the most beautiful sound reached my ears. I was compelled to come in this direction and I'm glad to have found such a reward as you."
She lightly blushed at his words. When he took a step toward her, her eyes widened. "Well, go back to your village," she said quickly, making sure to keep herself covered. "Rin's lord will not be pleased in the least bit if he sees you here."
"Your lord, Mistress Rin?" he asked questionably, catching onto her name quickly. He inwardly smirked as she fell for his outward appearance as a young boy.
"Ee, Sesshoumaru-sama…" she said, looking at him with a cocked eyebrow. He'd just taken a step closer. "I warn you now, I know how to defend myself, boy, so you just do yourself a favour and leave now before you are hurt." She'd stopped talking in third person. [Ee = yes]
"Really now…?" he asked. He walked the edge of the onsen toward her quickly. "Mistress Rin…would you allow me to join you?" He pointed to the onsen invitingly.
She splashed at the water quickly, jumping out with such celerity that he hardly noticed. She put her wet yukata to her front side, bending over some. Okay, maybe this situation was becoming a little antsy now…"I…I would prefer that you not…" she said, her voice shaking.
His form had changed in front of her. He was rather scary looking. She then realized that this transformation only meant one thing: he was a youkai. Now this was where the situation became dangerous. She suddenly allowed a squeal to erupt from her lips as he swiftly came to her. Her back hit the tree and she nearly stumbled, leaving her cornered. He gripped his hand on a clump of her hair tightly, making her wince.
Okay, maybe this situation was more than dangerous…
"Cry out to your master…" he said deeply, but softly. He smiled at the fear that emanated from her. It aroused a liking toward her. "Beautiful…" he muttered. He closed space between them, his nose finding its way to her jaw line and lightly touching it every so often with his lips. He felt her shiver under his touch. She was too afraid to do anything clearly. "Do it…"
"Se—Sessh—" She felt disgust as her lips were instantly covered with his. Not only that, but being that there was mere cloth that she was holding between the two of them, she was very vulnerable to him. Trying to pull away, she clenched her eyes tightly, tears wanting to come from them. "Sesshoumaru-sama," she said weakly as he pulled away from her, her voice being lost and panic running through it.
He breathed a sigh as he pulled away from her, fully infatuated with her softness and pureness. Her voice…it tasted so very good. He licked his lips. "Mistress Rin…I want you as my mate…" And he truthfully wanted her, now, not only for her beauty, but for her pureness.
"Sesshou—no…" she managed to mutter softly.
His eyebrows turned inward from anguish of her rejection. It quickly turned into anger. "You are full of defiance, wench!" he said angrily. He pressed his lips to hers again, touching at the yukata that she used for her protection. He gave it a light tug.
"No! Sesshoumaru-sama!" she screamed loudly as she pulled her lips away from him.
"Wench!" He grabbed her by her neck and slammed her against the tree, taking in the sweet smell of her neck once more with his traveling nose.
'Kami-sama!' Rin thought. 'I'm going to be ravaged!' The thought brought more tears to her eyes. She could feel pain and distress emanating from him, though. Her hand suddenly found way to his face, and she scratched him. As he pulled away from her to scream in pain, she did the first thing she could think of; she ran.
She could hear him coming behind her quickly, emitting a scream from her lips to her lord. Her body slammed against the ground as he caught up to her quickly and tackled her. He wrapped his hand around her neck, making her kick at him and scream. It was the last she could do. Where was Sesshoumaru-sama?!
He became angered with her, wrapping both hands around her neck. "So you 'prefer not to', wench?" he asked, a grin on his lips. An angered growl came from his lips. "I'll make sure of that," he muttered angrily. She didn't realize as he started chanting something at her.
Rin's screams grew quiet as something came from her mouth, a sphere of golden light. It changed to a black colour, then returned to her mouth. She passed out seconds later, the feeling inside of her overwhelming her.
He smiled mischievously. In the heat of everything, he'd forgotten all about the anger he had toward Sesshoumaru and had become fully infatuated with the girl instead. But now she'd just angered him. He pulled down her yukata some, ready to have his way with her. His smile widened as he gazed upon her…and then nothing happened.
His head bounced, then rolled on the ground and he fell to his side. Sesshoumaru stood behind him, an emotionless face upon him. He looked down at his bloody claw and then at Rin's faint body before him. Thankfully, nothing…private…was showing.
Jaken tsked as he walked from behind his lord and stared at Rin. He walked up to the girl and poked her with the ninjitou. She wouldn't wake. So he continued to poke her. "Rin…Rin…Rin…" he repeated with every poke.
If not seconds later, the girl's eyes clenched before opening. She gave a moan as she placed her hand on her forehead. She remembered her situation seconds later, and then sat up quickly, the yukata still clinging to her front. Her yukata had blood on it again at close inspection (which required her to lift it from herslf)…and she'd worked so hard to get the stains off of it!
There was a grunt to her side and she looked up, belatedly realizing that Sesshoumaru and Jaken were right there. She quickly covered her front again, a blush coming to her face. She was about to thank her lord for saving her (being that he had blood on his hand and the dead body was right in front of her), but he cut her off instead with another grunt as he looked away.
"Rin…" he started. "Go back to the onsen and bathe yourself again," he ordered.
She was about to comply to his words with her usual response when he gave her an order. "I prefer not to!" she said rather happily, her voice scratchy and deeper than normal.
Silence ensued.
"A—Areh!!" Jaken screamed in displeasure, his eyes wide and nearly foaming at the mouth.
Her hand was against her mouth and her eyes were widened in shock and horror. 'What did I just say?!' she thought.
Sesshoumaru had a deep glare set in her direction. There were times when she had defied him slyly, even to the point where he didn't notice until some time later, at which point he no longer cared. But this…she had never so blatantly defied him to the point where she spoke back at him. It angered him.
Disclaimer: I fully credit the idea of this story to MizuCrystal, a wonderful writer, and the trend-setter of this plot. I DO NOT OWN THE MAIN THEME OF THIS STORY, IT IS FULLY CREDITED TO MIZUCRYSTAL! I am only doing the writing and filling in holes and what not. Thank you, MizuCrystal, who is making this contest a very fun one to do, I might say. Yes, this is a contest. Help me win with your reviews! :D
And now, without further ado, I give you the first chapter. Have fun reading! There's a light tint of humour with every chapter.
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Prologue: Speak
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