Disclaimer: oh I wish I may...I wish I might have Inuyasha's power to fight, but sadly I still wouldn't own Inuyasha...
Shattered Memories
Rin gasped and sputtered for air as her face was submersed from the dirty mop bucket in front of her. Her eyes burned terribly, and the fumes of the cleaning chemicals made it twice as hard to breathe. Coughing, she flailed her arms desperately trying to get away from her captors, but to no avail her face was plunged back into the bucket so hard her forehead hit the bottom. She grabbed the sides of the bucket and pushed upward violently, making it turn awkwardly on its wheels. The bucket tipped making the guards who were holding her down, let her go and jump backwards, as the dirty water gushed across the concrete floor. A few quiet moments went by as the two guards fumed in the corner, and Rin gasped for air on her hands and knees.
Menomaru took a step forward. "You think you're smart, don't you?" he said with an evil smirk resting on his face.
Without a saying word, Rin looked up at him through strands of her sopping wet hair. She cracked the knuckles of her right hand and looked back at the floor. "Yes...as a matter of fact I DO!" she yelled, snatching up the mop bucket with lightening speed, and throwing it with all her strength at him.
It hit the swinging light bulb above them, and then Menomaru full in the face; sending him and shattered glass to the floor. She fled out of the cement room and down the basement hall. Behind her she could hear Menomaru cursing, and the other guard's pursuing footfalls. She used her training to get a good deal ahead of him, carefully keeping her hair from dripping on the floor, thus he might follow her trail.
She found a wooden door and opened it revealing a large water heater with small crawl space beside it. She squeezed herself in, sitting on an old multicolored quilt, and watched the door slowly close. It clicked shut, leaving only the glow from the bottom of the water heater. She pulled the odd and dusty blanket around herself, taking in the heat the heater was emitting. She shivered, and rested her head solemnly against the stone wall. She knew they would find her, it was only a matter of hours, and over-doing her escape wasn't going to help the situation either. A public beating perhaps, fifty...seventy lashes at the most.
She cringed at the thought. "At least it's not happening now..." she whispered.
The low hum of the heater combined with the warmth she was experiencing made her eyelids begin to droop. Her head fell slightly forward, and the sound of her low breaths seemed to fall into tune with the heater.
The door of the closet opened as Rin sat terrified in the corner. A man with long white hair and amber eyes was looking down at her shaking form. He stared blankly at her for a few moments before kneeling on one knee and reaching one clawed hand towards her. The child whimpered and tried to back further away. The man stood again letting out a sigh of annoyance. He reached upon a shelf above the heater and pulled a multicolored quilt from it with a soft rustling sound. Resuming his previous position, he held the strange blanket out to her. Assuming the man meant no harm, she gently closed her fingers around the soft fabric.
She glanced at the bright markings on his wrist, and then his face. "You're a Inu Youkai..."
She whispered.
The man nodded once sharply and then closed the door, leaned against it and prepared for the long night ahead.
Rin awoke with a startled jerk when a rally of voices hit her ears. She held her breath and hoped they would pass.
"You idiots! You would think Naraku could have chosen at least one of you with a decent sense of smell! She's this way you morons! There's no way out down here!" Kagura's voice echoed through the stone halls.
Rin bit her bottom lip as she heard their heavy footfalls, and tried to become as unnoticeable as possible. In the back of her mind she new she was failing terribly. She watched in horror as their silhouettes appeared under the door. The doorknob seemed to mock her as it slowly turned, and then clicked open.
Kagura spotted her immediately, and just as quickly grabbed her by the forearm, pulling her out of the utility closet roughly. In this process Rin hit her head painfully upon the shelf above, which made her cry out loudly. Kagura slapped her harshly in the cheek with the ring of keys.
"Shut up you brat, or I really give you something to really scream about!" The woman guard shouted.
Rin aimed a swift blow to her head, but was unsuccessful. Both of her arms were twisted behind her back to almost the breaking point and her body was shoved into the wall. The metallic tang of blood, filled her mouth making her choke.
"You weak piece of filth..." Kagura said bitterly. "You call yourself an assassin..."
She released the girl and let her fall to the floor, coughing and gasping for air. Menomaru grabbed her by the back of the shirt and jerked her to her feet, making one of the straps pop. Kagura wrapped the long key chain around Rin's neck as she covered her now all bare shoulder with her hand.
The chain was jerked roughly. "Walk.." Kagura said pushing a little.
Rin stumbled forward praying they would take he back to her cell, her hopes were dashed yet again when they turned around the corner away from the locked basement exit. She hung her head in defeat, glancing momentarily in front of her. A few moments went by as she stared blankly at the floor, but upon realizing where they were headed she came to a halt. Kagura bumped into the back of her.
"no...no Kagura..." Rin whispered, tears brimming her eyes. She tried to back away.
The kamikaze youkai laughed low and evilly. "Are you afraid?..." she said.
Menomaru and the other guard came forward, and grabbed the shaking teenager who -to no avail -fought violently. "NOOOO!..." she screamed all the way down the rest of the hall, making a deafening sound in the confined space.
"Go ahead and scream!" Kagura called. "No one in this damned place cares about you!"
One week later...
Sesshomaru slammed the car door angrily, and stalked towards the huge, almost windowless building in front of him. He gripped Rin's file tightly in one hand, while holding a card key in the other. He showed no expression though inside he was seething with rage. He went up the large cement steps and to one of the many sets of white and glass doors. After typing in a series of numbers on the key pad beside it and jerking on the handle, to his irritation the door didn't budge. Sighing heavily he rapped on the glass making it shake violently in its casing.
A few moments went by, while he waited for a response, seriously contemplating ripping it off it's hinges. Finally he saw a young youkai girl appear wearing a white nurses uniform her bright red hair tied securely in a bun.
"Your business?" she asked, without opening the door.
He held up the file, showing Rin's photo paper clipped to the outside. "None of yours...open the door..."
"Sir I cannot let you enter without identification or authorization." she said with a stern look.
He glared heavily at her. She was pushing the wrong buttons. "Im authorizing you to open this door immediately or they might not be able to identify yourdead body..." he said calmly.
The girl's blue eye's widened in shock, she quickly grabbed the card key around her neck and disappeared from sight. Moments later the door made a loud buzzing sound, followed by a series of metallic clicks. Sesshomaru walked inside and passed the frightened nurse in a hurry to get 'his business' over with. Halfway down the hall he turned on his heal and walked towards the girl. He held out his palm, and just as quickly she placed her card key in it.
The halls echoed melancholy-like, as he made his way towards Naraku's office. He stopped in front of one of the elevators and pushed the button. He waited a few seconds before, the one behind him opened and Naraku stepped out, holding several white sheets of paper stamped with a gold seal. Out of his pocket he pulled a fountain pen.
"She's in the Infirmary..." he said with an evil smirk.
Meanwhile...
"Ow!" Rin said as Ayame dabbed at the small cuts on her face with a cotton ball.
Ayame's jaw was pulled taught with anger. She threw the cotton ball away and stalked towards a cabinet on the other side of the room. It creaked loudly as she opened it, pulling out a new set of clothes she turned towards Rin and kicked the cabinet door shut with her foot. She set them beside the battered girl and gently pulled her other shirt over her head. Rin hissed through her teeth as several wounds were reopened and bruises became irritated around her ribs.
She proceeded to check for broken ribs or other injuries. "I am going to have serious talk with Naraku...when was the last time you ate?"
Rin bowed her head. "A week ago...they gave me water twice though..."
Ayame opened a cabinet to her left so hard it was almost ripped from it's hinges. She pulled out a tall green thermos and unscrewed the top. "Eat this...I can't believe they did this again..."
Rin looked into the bottle and concluded that it was vegetable soup. "Thanks..."
"Don't mention it..." she said putting her hands on her hips. "I don't know how you're sitting up, much less how you walked into this room..."
"Im used to it..." Rin said lowly, taking a sip of the soup.
Ayame grabbed Rin's chin and jerked her face to meet her eye's. "Not even a dog deserves what they did to you! How many times has Kagura sent you into lockdown for petty reasons!"
Rin pulled her face from Ayame's grasp, and did not answer. After pulling the clean shirt over her head, she hopped off the examination table, and stood in front of the door. "I want to go to my cell..." she said quietly.
Ayame dropped her angry stance. "Rin... you're wounds... " she said sympathetically.
Rin set the thermos next to her on the floor. "I want to go to my cell..." she said through gritted teeth, trying to hide her cracking voice.
The doctor pushed a button on a bracelet around her wrist and Kouga could be heard walking down the hall moments later. He stopped in front of the door and waited for it to slide open, after using a card key.
"Take her to her cell." Ayame sighed sitting on the edge of the examining table.
Kouga nodded without complaint, and led the girl in front of him by the shoulder. Fresh blood specked through the new shirt, making Kouga's nose twinge. He stared at her as she slowly fell into a limp meaning she had been trying to hide her pain. She stumbled once, but shrugged his hand away when he tried to help. Her fists were clenched determined to stick it out.
The cell ward was empty, making the lonely feeling in Rin's stomach grow bigger. She swallowed hard, as she heard the all to familiar sounds of her cell door clanging open.
"Open the dividers..." he said quietly. "You'll be able to get some exercise..."
She nodded and walked into her cell, but did not heed his advice. She laid on the small mat that served them as a bed and pulled the thin grey blanket over herself. Kouga sighed to himself as he watched her turn towards the wall. He closed the cell door with a loud resounding clang. Rin clenched her eyes shut. 'Why do I have to be here!' she thought. 'Where does Ayame or any of the others go after the day is over? Do they have cells? What is to become of me?' her thoughts drifted her into a restless sleep.
The elevators...
"Why is she in the infirmary?" Sesshomaru asked.
Naraku walked forward, still brandishing the thick piece's of paper. "She had a little accident" he said thickly. "Now if you would sign this, I'll take you to her..."
Sesshomaru grabbed the papers, glaring at Naraku. He slapped them against the wall and whisked his name across the bottom of the first one without reading them. "How long?" He asked, handing them back to Naraku.
"Two months...maybe three..." Naraku said lowly. "Or...if you grow fond of her I might let you keep her permanently..." he laughed taking the document from Sesshomaru.
"Two months..." Sesshomaru said turning towards the elevators. "Take me to her..."
Naraku folded the paper and pocketed it inside his coat. He pressed the elevator button, almost instantly the one in front of them opened with a small ringing sound. Kouga came forward, and upon realizing what the other's were there for, he proceeded to tell them that he had brought the girl to her cell. The wolf youkai bit back his tongue, wanting to rage at his boss for the poor condition that Rin was in. Watching the doors close upon the two powerful youkai, he made his way towards his office.
The Cell...
Rin tossed and turned in a restless sleep, her head lolling back and forth and her chest heaving with short gasps of air.
She was in one of the training rooms, her small hands clasped around the hilt of a Katana. Her body was covered in blood, and upon looking around she noticed that the entire room was disgraced in it also. The long mirror on the wall mocked her as she stared at the bloody child in it. The sword fell to the floor with a clatter. Stumbling towards the mirror, she placed her little hands on it and stared into it's depths desperately.
"You promised! You said you couldn't die!" She screamed, her blood soaked fingers making streaks on the glass. "You promised you wouldn't leave me! Come back! Please come back!"
She sat up harshly as the sound of her cell door clanged open. Sweat ran down her cheeks and neck, making her look as if a bucket of water had been dumped over her headThe ward lights came on making her squint and try to focus on the two figures that stepped into her cell.
"Get up girl you're being transferred..." Naraku ordered.
Rin looked around bewildered before, standing up as she was told. She looked at the tall trench coat wearing man in front of her and shivered.In the dim lighted room she could barely make out his face. The figure moved to grab her arm, some of his long hair swinging forward.
"Menomaru!" she yelled, slapping his hand away and backing against the wall. "I won't go back! I won't Naraku!"
While she was ranting at Naraku, Sesshomaru took the opportunity to hoist her over his right shoulderShe beat him in the back harshly with her fists, yelling and kicking violently. Her voice echoed through the halls loudly, as he nodded at Naraku and turned towards the ward door. The door creak loudly as he flung it open.
Rin grabbed on to the door frame in desperation as they passed through. "I won't go! Put me down!" she cried.
As Sesshomaru pried her fingers from the doorway, Naraku pressed a bracelet on his wrist that sent Kouga running through the door at the other end of the ward moments later. "Cuff her..." Naraku told him.
"Sir couldn't we just sedate-" Kouga was cut off.
"No" Naraku said coldly.
"Her wrists are already injured!" he yelled, over Rin's hollers.
"I said cuff her! Now!" Naraku boomed.
Kouga strode forward angrily, taking out a pair of shiny metal hand cuffs. He and the trench coat clad youkai before him wrestled her to the floor. Rin let out a cry of pain as the cuffs were tightened securely around her bruised wrists. Sesshomaru pulled her roughly from the floor by her elbow, but the girl simply refused to move her legs. Quickly shoveling her back over his shoulder she kept up her screeching melody all the way to the elevators, and finally to the silver Mercedes sitting in the parking lot.
Rin hadn't noticed the strange place she was in, much less that they had left the building. Tired of her loud attempts to make him put her down, and the constant pounding of her fists on his back . Sesshomaru reached in his left hand pocket and pressed a button on the car keys. The trunk popped open, and he swiftly deposited her into it with a small thump, slamming the lid on her, he could still hear her muffled cries.
Inside the trunk Rin choked on her screams. "Let me out!" she pleaded. But unbeknownst to her, her captor had already begun to ignore her.
She stopped her wailing when a loud rumble interrupted her. The floor started to vibrate slightly, and then it jolted violently making her hit the wall with a painful thud. Finally she tried to lay still, breathing in small gasps of pain. Lying on her back she stared into the darkness, wondering what sort of torture lay in wait. Suddenly the floor jolted upwards making her forehead slam into the ceiling, and then the back of her head hit roughly back to the floor. Dazed, and in some state of shock, she slowly started to drift in and out of consciousness.
"I didn't take it!" A six year old Rin cried into the front of the white haired man's shirt.
The man put his arms around her protectively, and hugged her close. "I know..." he said without any expression, but was staring daggers at the long mirror on the wall in front of him.
Rin calmed, sniffing and hiccuping, as the man lifted her...
Sesshomaru kicked the door of his house open with his foot, as he held Rin in his arms. She moaned slightly, but did not wake. Heading directly up the staircase and down a short hall, he bumped the door of one of the bedrooms open with his shoulder. After laying her on the large canopy bed, he grabbed a throw blanket and spread it over her. He walked over to the windows and shut the drapes, the metal rings making a slight chinking sound. The light in the room dimmed, and he looked at the her limp form once more before quietly exiting the room
Downstairs...
Jaken hummed to himself, as he prepared the kitchen to make dinner. Sesshomaru came through the swinging door and threw his trench coat at him which deftly made him fall off his stepping stool.
"She's here..." Sesshomaru said sitting at the breakfast table and putting Rin's file in front of him. "Make soup..."
Jaken nodded as he lifted the heavy coat off of himself. Sesshomaru looked out of the window watching the sun disappear behind the multicolored clouds.
One hour later...
Rin awoke to complete darkness, her head hurt terribly, not to mention every other part of her body. She moved her arms only to find that they were still bound by the cuffs. Sighing she moved to her hands upward for signs of what she had hit her head on earlier. The blanket slipped off and her hands felt nothing. She willed her aching form to sit up, which didn't help her throbbing temples. After sitting in the darkness for a few moments and concluding that she was in some kind of bed; she leaned sideways expecting to feel the floor. Instead she tumbled three feet downward, allowing a loud thump that Sesshomaru and Jaken could hear all the way downstairs.
The two youkai looked at each other, and made their way towards the stairway. The stench of blood filtered it's way down to them as they ascended into the upstairs hall. Sesshomaru took the same route he'd done earlier and swiftly unlocked and opened the white paneled door to Rin's room. As the light filtered into the room, he found his charge lying on the floor in apparent pain from hitting her already injured head on the night stand. She moaned slightly, obviously not noticing his shadow looming over her. He knelt beside her as Jaken turned on the light. Rin shut her eyes tightly letting them slowly focus before opening them and finally coming face to face with her captor.
AUTHORS RAMBLE: before I say anything about the story, READ MY PROFILE I'VE GOT A SURPRISE! I guess you could call it a surprise, it's just my new way to make friends! Anywho so how'd you like it? I know it sort of drags on but I'm trying to get into the story and not rush...