Summary:
A collection of my attempt at horror stories, where Rin is keeping her companion who has no conscious thought of who or what he is. Modern AU
Disclaimer:
Inuyasha is owned by Takahashi Rumiko. I do not get any profit from writing stories about Sesshoumaru and Rin, just some additional fangirl responsibilities. :P
My Dearest Companion
~ Chapter 1 ~
Inside a large but secluded cemetery, a middle-aged man sat alone while leaning heavily on a random tombstone. The place was dark and eerie; the forest nearby promising undisturbed silence. The man tilted his head to look at the stars above, and he briefly wondered why something that is long gone is shining like tiny fragments of life before him. It wasn't right that those dead stars are shining brightly when there is a man out here, alone and alive, but without a spark of life on his very being. Tears fell from his eyes and he ignored it, just like how his existence had been ignored lately.
He used to be a man of wealth and power; a man with a trophy wife and an intelligent child. He had the perfect life and such imperfections were simply alien to him. But all this became customary when he lost one of those things that he had been very proud of: money.
What went wrong? He would always ask himself ever since he moved to this new home, if he could even grace the place with such name. Did he somehow neglect an important factor while he was enjoying the luxuries of his life? Because, surely, if his family is as strong as he thought it was, then his wife wouldn't leave him for another man after his beloved company went bankrupt. And his precious daughter wouldn't tag along with his wife like his well-being didn't matter.
Never in his life had he imagined such turn of events to be possible. As he allowed the good and bad memories to blend and flood his consciousness, his vision blurred indicating that his tears were doubled.
Interesting, he didn't even hear himself sobbing.
Amongst the blurry lights and colors swimming in waves, that is his vision, an out-of-place patch of orange color made its way and gave him room for a few moments of observation. He tried to focus his eyesight and if what he saw is real or just a fragment of his imagination, he never cared to find out…
A girl wearing a school uniform with an orange checkered skirt is walking in between the scattered tombstones and approaching him. As if to give way to the girl, his vision cleared and welcomed the beautiful sight skipping cheerfully towards him. He thought it odd that when the girl paused directly in front of his seated figure, there was not a hint of a smile on her face. Was she only acting a few seconds ago? Or is the sight of him enough to wipe any happiness away?
"Sir, you look sad. Why are you alone in such place?" The girl interrupted his musings. Just the sound of her sweet voice made him cry another bucket of tears.
"My family left me, I have no money and no home to go back to, and I've been alone for a few weeks with my suicidal thoughts and my empty stomach."
"That's sad…" She sounded like she really meant what she said.
The girl looked at him intently, and then she asked a question that he'd never expect to come out of her lips.
"Do you want me to take away the pain?"
Yes, he'd like the pain to go away, and he'd be happy if she could do it.
"Please, darling, please…"
The girl jumped to land beside him, and to his surprise, hugged him to her warm chest. He was about to question her, but then she spoke her next words and all sane thought was wiped away from him for good.
"I'll make the pain go away, daddy."
This girl has to be his beloved daughter coming back for him! It has to be… There is no other way…
The man hugged her back, clutched at her clothes for dear life, and cried happily.
"I'm glad you're back. I love you so, so much… Daddy is very happy!"
The girl didn't respond. Instead she just rubbed the man's back in a comforting manner. She repeated her actions until the man fell limp to the ground. When there was obviously no more life within the body, she gently manoeuvred it to lean casually on the large stone behind him. Anybody looking would simply assume that he is the average beggar who chose to crash for the night inside this undisturbed place.
The mysterious girl then stood on her feet and her vision followed a faint swirl of blue light floating away from the body towards the edge of the forest, just near the boundaries of the cemetery. The small fluid-like orb was lighting everything on its path until it disappeared in the darkness of the trees…
…To where two large glowing red eyes appear.
She took one last look at the man smiling in his death before she took her time walking towards the unknown creature hidden in the darkenss.
Upon closer inspection, the monstrous eyes were revealed to be attached to an equally monstrous being taking cover between the trees. Fog seemed to be enveloping the area, making the creature's sinister white fur (currently grayed by the lack of light) seem unnoticeable from a distance, although one look at the ground below would explain that the smoke-like substance is no ordinary fog; simply the effects caused by the melting grass and leaves, for poisonous green acid are dripping from the creature's open mouth.
The girl didn't seem fazed by this all, for she tiptoed her way to touch her small nose to the creature's larger one, the fact that the nose is approximately the same size as her head didn't bother her the slightest bit. A cheerful smile crept upon her face, one that is full of love and adoration; one that is unfortunately hidden from the rest of the world, save for this beast who did not seem to have an understanding of what the girl in front of him is doing.
"That's the 88th body tonight, dearest. Are you tired? I know I am." The girl said with so much gentleness in her voice. "Come, to our home we go. You'll be good for another couple of weeks."