Disclaimer, I don't own Inuyasha or The Perfect Storm.
Ok so I should be updating Broken, but I only have 5 minutes while I'm taking a break from studying. Exams are in 3 days! Ahh! But anyways! This is loosely based on the movie The Perfect Storm. It's not supposed to be identical, so a lot of it is different, please no flames on that.
The Perfect Storm:
She was stuck in the bar. Watching the news with her friends, hoping for good news. Kagome sat to her left, awaiting news that her husband would come home safely. Kagome knew she should be home with hers and Inuyasha's child, but there was no power. Everyone in town was gathered at the little tavern listening for the terrible news they all knew was coming.
Rin felt like the whole world was crashing in around her. She could hear the crash of thunder. The pounding of the rain against the small building. The howling wind. But none of it mattered. She'd still walked there. Besides the natural chaos outside, everything was quite. The whole town was holding their breaths, and she was no exception.
Her fiancé was out there. Sesshomaru. She'd told him not to go out. She wanted him to quit. He'd only recently agreed. He would stop after their wedding.
There was only a small ray of hope that was shining through the dark clouds, and it was that the Andrea Gail was farther east than the storm. There was no way they could be in the middle of it.
She knew they'd been warned. They couldn't be stupid enough to try and go through it. There was no way.
Then she heard it.
The world actually crashing down around her.
It was too much.
There, through the radio, her loves voice shined through. But after the split second of relief, Kagome was in her arms.
Something was wrong. Very wrong.
Sesshomaru's voice rang in her ears as she repeated his words.
'we're not waiting out the storm. We're going through-'
Then the static ended his call. It was obvious that they had just entered the storm.
Both Kagome and Rin knew that was the last time they would hear from their loved ones.
The whole bar silence.
It seemed as if nature itself had quieted.
Rin couldn't breathe, but she refused to cry. Kagome was crying enough for the both of them.
She just held her sister-in-law.
Or at least her supposed-to-be-sister-in-law.
The radio came back to life and soon two scientists began debating the severity of the storm.
In the end they'd both agreed that it was the worst storm to ever hit. It was a once in a life time experience. They'd called it "the perfect storm."
With the passing hours, the storm only got worse, making it impossible to leave. Making it impossible for Kagome to see her child.
The owner supplied everyone there with free food and water, but no one ate.
The suspense was too much. No one spoke. No one ate. No one drank. No one moved.
As the night progressed, everyone faced the truth. Their friends, their loved ones, their family, they weren't coming home. It was one of the downsides to living in a small fishing community. Everyone knew everything, but at the same time, exactly what the town needed. People to lean on. People to face the tragedy with.
People started moving around, started eating, and started drinking, but barely. It was only when they couldn't put it off any longer.
Within a few days, the storm passed and everyone slowly left the bar.
The damage was terrible. It was like someone had poured salt into their wounds.
Some people gladly took control of cleaning up the town, looking for any type of distraction from thinking about their friends. Other, took things much worse. They ignored the fact that their car was somewhere in the ocean. They ignored the fact that a tree was in the middle of their bedroom. All they did was lock themselves away from the rest of the world.
Rin didn't want to lock herself in her house like other were doing. To her it would just be a reminder of what it was like waiting for the storm to pass.
Rin didn't really remember doing anything those two weeks. Gradually her house was clean, her yard was clear and her little boat was found somewhere north of the docks. It was ruined, but at least she had located it. She couldn't stay at her house though. Even though it was clean, everything reminded her of him. At the moment she couldn't even bring herself to say his name.
She stayed with Kagome at a hotel while they waited for any type of news.
They just wanted proof. But it didn't look like they would get any.
At the end of those two weeks, the town looked good. The only proof of the storm even happening was that there were barely any boats in the harbor.
It was like a slap in the face to walk by and see it so empty.
Ghost town.
That was the best way to describe it.
No one walked around town. There was no laughter.
It was like a giant cloud hung over the town.
The cloud only thickened when the newest news reached the town.
There had been 6 search and rescue teams searching for the many missing boats. Looking for any sign of life. Of hope. But after two weeks, they all pulled out of the search.
That was the first time Rin had cried over his death.
She couldn't stop the tears as the truth hit her like a boulder.
The funeral was simple and only had pictures of the lost team members.
One of the other man's wife put it best. "Those of us who have been left behind must deal with the fact that we have no bodies to burry. We have no tombstones to leave flowers. We have no place to mourn and remember. Only in our hearts."
Rin was able to hold in her tears for the whole ceremony. She knew he'd died doing what he loved. She also knew he'd died trying to come back to her. That was her light that shined through the clouds. That he'd fought to come back to her.
She watched as the town put up a plaque with the names of the fishermen. They were added onto the wall of men and woman lost at sea.
Sesshomaru.
The name seemed to glow. She could no longer resist saying that glorious name. Sesshomaru.
The words 'only in our hearts' repeated in her mind.
Walking through the town, she realized, the words were wrong.
They did have a place to mourn and remember.
The docks.
Rin ran as fast as she could to the place she'd met him. It was summer 4 years before and she was with her friend Kagome. They'd gone to meet Kagome's boyfriend and when they arrived Rin met Sesshomaru. It was an accident. She wasn't paying attention to where she was going and she got her toe caught in a crack. She was near the edge so when she fell, she was going to land in the water. Luckily Sesshomaru caught her, giving her a stern warning about being careful near his boat. There was something about the way he talked. The way he'd caught her even though he could've let her fall. The way she kept seeing him around town. The way her heart beat faster when he was around.
When she arrived at the end of the dock now, she was numb. It was cold out, but that didn't faze her. In a way she was checking to see if his boat would sail up and they would all be fine. She would marry Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's child would have his father and they would all live happily ever after.
It, of course, didn't happen.
She didn't know how long she stood there watching the water, but before she knew it, it was sun set.
That was when Kagome found her.
Kagome walked past Rin and sat on the edge of the dock. Rin started walking towards her friend but Kagome stopped her.
"Watch your step." Her emotionless voice broke Rin's heart.
Rin looked down to see that the board Sesshomaru had covered the dock in to cover cracks and holes, was gone. She shakily sat beside her friend, only now noticing that Kagome had a large bouquet of flowers resting on her lap.
"She was wrong." Kagome started. "There is a place for us to leave flowers. There is a place for us to mourn and remember."
Rin smiled. She'd just been thinking the same thing.
"here." Kagome handed Rin white roses, keeping the red ones for herself. "I knew you'd be here."
"It wasn't really planned…" Rin started, but then allowed the silence to fill the air around them. It wasn't awkward. It was comfortable.
The sun had set hours before, and Rin sat watching the crescent moon. It reminded her so much of Sesshomaru and that little crescent moon he wore on the gold necklace around his neck.
Finally, both girls gave into their fatigue and got up. Rin kissed each rose before gently placing them into the water. "Sleep well mon amor." She whispered.
Kagome mimicked Rin's actions before they both turned to leave.
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~ Ok so I will redo this story once exams are done, but tell me if I should or if it would just be a waste of time.
~Summer~