Summary: Rin witnesses the tragic deaths of her mother and brother, and afterwards moved to a completely different city. She now lives in a broken house with her father. One morning he takes things too far and Rin finds herself running away. She didn't know where she would go, only to come across her long lost friend, Kagome's new town. Rin easily finds her friends, and moves in with her. After a few weeks of staying there, Kagome's boyfriend and his family come for dinner. Rin finds herself unnaturally attracted to Kagome's boyfriend's brother. If only he saw her in the same way…
The inspiration for this story was that I had a dream similar to this and just kinda adjusted it and added onto it. Still I'd like to hear what you think about this and where you think it should go. Thanks. Enjoy. Warning: the first chapter is really sad…
Disclaimer, I don't own anything. Don't you hate having to type that for EVERY story you do?
Chapter 1: Memories.
It was February, and really cold. She lived in Dauphin, Manitoba, and had for her whole life. Her name was Rin. She was 5.6' and had long black hair. She always wore it in a side ponytail, since she was always doing some kind of sport and found it easier to have her hair up in the first place. She was walking home beside her best friends. One girl was slightly taller than her and had longer black hair that lay straight against her back. Her name was Kagome, and Rin swore that no matter what happened they would always be best friends. The other girl was much taller than the other two girls and had her long red hair pulled up on both sides of her head. Her name was Ayame and as much as Rin loved the girl, they had never been as close as Kagome and herself. All three of them were 18. The girls each had very different interests, meaning they never had the same stories to tell. While Rin focused on sports, Kagome was more of the intellectual type, and Ayame preferred the arts. Kagome left the group first, seeing as she was going on a date with her boyfriend, Hojo, soon after Rin turned down her street, waving her goodbye to Ayame and unlocking her front door. Before she got the chance to call out to her mother, she heard a crash come from her parent's room. She slowly walked up the stairs, instincts telling her to be quiet, and tip toed over towards the noises. Before she got to her parents room, she saw her younger brother, Keagan, lying motionlessly in the middle of the hallway. She crawled towards him and rolled him towards her. She gasped loudly as his blood poured from his neck and only her lap. Silent tears rolled down her cheek until her a loud bang followed by her mother's scream interrupted her thoughts. She slowly rolled her brother's head off of her lap and crawled towards her parent's room. She peeked around the open the door and saw her mother lying tensely on the ground. When her mother looked up at her, her eyes begged her to run. Rin knew that she couldn't abandon her mother there with the man that had killed her brother, but she also knew that if she stayed she would die with the rest of her family. She silently crawled into the closet that was across the hall. She left the door slightly open so she could see her mother. She covered her mouth with her hand to keep from screaming as the man slowly stalked towards her mother's body. He picked her up harshly by the hair and her mother screamed out in pain, he brought her body to a height where she couldn't touch the ground with her hands, but couldn't be on her knees, making it more painful for her.
"I will only say this one more time. Where is it?" The man's raspy voice flooded Rin's ears as she shut her eyes against the scene.
"I don't know!" Her mother sobbed.
The next thing Rin heard was a loud slap as her eyes flew open to see her mother lying on the other side of the room, sobbing loudly. Rin bit down hard on her hand in an attempt to muffle her cries. Silent tears ran down her face as the man stalked over to her mother with a bloody knife in his hand. As much as she wanted to look away, she couldn't. Her eyes were open wider than comfortable and everything seemed to move in slow motion. The man picked her mother up by her hair again and brought the knife to her neck, slowly dragging it against her throat. Rin felt sick to her stomach as the man seemed to get pleasure from watching her mother shake in fear. Her mother swallowed loudly, being careful of the knife. "Please…"
Rin still couldn't even blink as the man smirked sickly at her mother's plea. "Before I kill you, you might be pleased to know that my name is Naraku." He smiled widely at her mother as fear spread across her face before he slashed her throat.
Rin's vision became blurry as her mother's blood was sprayed across the room. She closed her eyes tightly waiting to wake up, only to see the man walking towards the closet she was in. She held her breath as he approached and, thankfully, passed her hideout. She followed the man with her eyes, completely shocked as he paid no attention to her brother's lifeless body and kicked him in the side. He then walked into all of the rooms in her house and came out with their most valuable possessions. The last thing he did was walk up to her mother's body a final time, reaching for the blood stained necklace and harshly ripping it off of her neck. Rin winced as the man smiled in her direction, causing her to believe that he knew she was there, but thankfully he continued walking and slammed the front door after he left. She stayed in the closet for five minutes; only to her it felt like an eternity, before she decided it was safe and crawled towards her mother. When she reached her mother's body she starred at it, completely shocked that someone would do that. She raised a shaky hand towards her mother's face and slowly closed her eyelids. She couldn't stand looking into her mother's terrified eyes any longer. She turned sharply towards the door, convinced that she heard something, only to have her eyes widen in terror as the front door slammed shut again.
She sat up sharply in her bed, breathing hard and sweat covering every part of her body. She shakily stood and walked into her bathroom for some water. She looked around her room sadly then out the window. It was March now and she couldn't believe that they had moved so soon after everything. She'd been having that dream every night since the night it actually happened. She couldn't believe that someone would murder her mother and brother just to take some of their possessions. It didn't seem right to her, but what hurt the most was that they never actually caught the man that did that to her family. Soon after Rin and her father had moved Hadashville, Manitoba, in hopes of forgetting what had happened. Like that would happen. She knew that even though her father had acted like he'd cared, he really hadn't. He didn't care about anybody other than himself, and she knew that he didn't love her mother. He had attempted to divorce her, only for her to be killed before it had been made final. He'd taken her away from her life, from all of her friends, which at that point she really needed. Who else could she turn to, because she certainly couldn't turn to her father for comfort… He was the one that she needed protection from anyways. Suddenly her door flew open and her father stood there, fuming. She tensed when she noticed that his hand was gripping the door knob so hard that his knuckles were white.
"Where is my breakfast?" He demanded taking a step towards her. It was only 4am, but when he wanted something, he was never rational about it. Nothing mattered but his wants. He slowly stepped in front of her, glaring daggers at her.
She gulped; making sure her voice was steady before answering. It was never a good idea to show him any fear. "I was going to make it right now." Unfortunately her voice didn't sound as steady as she hoped.
He smiled cruelly at her before raising his hand and slapping her across the face. She winced but didn't scream, knowing he would enjoy that too much. She waited for him to stop before she opened her eyes and walked around him, towards the kitchen. When he came down, he made her re cook the meal 4 times before it was alright for him to eat. After he ate, he walked over to the fridge, took out a beer, and went to his own room, before falling asleep to the TV. Rin sighed before slowly walking upstairs to her own room. By then it was 6am and she was wide awake. She quietly turned on her computer in hopes that Kagome would be on her computer since it was an hour ahead of them. Shortly after Rin had left town, Kagome's parent's decided to move farther east. More specially, they moved to Keewatin, Ontario, just outside of Kenora. Unfortunately for her, Kagome was either still asleep, or was getting ready for school. Rin decided that she should follow Kagome's example and get ready herself. She had 30 minutes left before she had to leave and was beginning to wonder why her father hadn't gone to work himself. Just as she was about to leave her room, the very person she had been thinking of burst in, hitting her in the face with the door. She fell to the ground trying to keep the blood that was now falling from her nose, from getting onto her clothes or floor.
He stood above her, giving her a look that told her he had intentionally done that. "Why haven't you made my lunch yet?"
Her mouth hung open for a moment as her hand fell from her face. "What? Since when is that my job?"
He glared down at her. "Don't talk back you ungrateful girl." He practically growled at her. She opened her mouth to say something, only to be cut short when he back handed her. That time hurt more than most because he was wearing one of his pointy rings. She felt the cut that was now on her left cheek as she looked down to hide her tears. "Get to school."
She nodded and ran for the door. She normally would have listened to him, but she had had enough. She waited behind a tree a few houses down, until she saw her father leave. As soon as she was positive that he was gone, she ran into the house, fumbling with her keys, until she opened the door. She ran up the stairs and dumped everything out of her back pack. She grabbed a few outfits and the large pile of money that she had hidden from her father. She then grabbed a few other things she would need from her room and bathroom. Next she ran into the kitchen and grabbed as much food as possible and some bottles of water. Her back pack was heavy, but she knew it was worth it. She turned and looked out the window, making sure her father hadn't returned, before she ran from the house. She didn't know where she was going, but she wasn't surprised when she walked up to the TransCanada highway and turned towards Ontario. She turned around once to look at the town that had been her 'home' for two months before she continued to walk.
Sorry for the sad chapter but I needed everyone to get into Rin's mind set and understand her past and her reasons for leaving. I really didn't enjoy writing this chapter. It actually made me sad… Sorry… hope you think that the story is alright. Give me ideas for this one, please! Thank you.