Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha
a/n--Don't you hate having to put the disclaimer on every page? It's annoying, but necessary, I'm afraid. And now, I have the pleasure of giving you chapter three!
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Part ThreeI believe I can Fly…
Rin woke to the sound of singing birds. She slowly opened her eyes and glanced at her surroundings tiredly. It had stopped raining (thank god) and the sun was shining happily. Then she looked at where she had spent the night.
Under a rock.
The overhang made that statement less funny as she saw its' meaning.
She closed her eyes with an internal groan as she remembered what had happened the night before (due to a few very disturbing reminders). She had run. Run away from her happy life with a man who had never harmed her, for fear for her life. Now, when she thought about it with a cleared head, she should have just gone back to him and let him help her with the strange things that had happened.
But she couldn't go back now. Aside from that she was lost, Sesshomaru would be upset with her for ignoring his calls, and that was the last thing her heart needed to endure. She knew she needed help, but she didn't know where to find it.
Slowly, she crawled out of her hole. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes. The first thing she needed to do was tend to her rumbling tummy. She stood and went to search for the fruit trees she remembered passing on her way to her rocky sanctuary.
When she found them, she climbed up and sat in the branches of one, eating the juicy fruits. A sudden string of thought interrupted her breakfast.
I have wings…does that mean I can fly?
She looked back at the dark things connected to her shoulder blades and flexed the experimentally. She glanced at the ground, then back at her wings. Six feet wouldn't kill her, so she decided to give it a shot.
Her first attempt went over better than any would have thought. She did an almost perfect glide, but then tried to gain speed and go up. Not a good idea. She landed on feet, hard, causing her knees to buckle. She hissed as pain shot up her legs.
It took a while for her to get back to her feet, but when she did, she decided she needed to learn to use the things on her back.
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Sesshomaru didn't sleep that night. He spent it looking for Rin. Jakken followed him in silence. Both feared for the girl, but refused to admit it or give up.
Then the dog demon caught his brothers' scent and got an idea.
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Rin gently knocked her head against a tree and moaned in frustration.
Still no success.
It was getting dark and the best she could do was glide! She supposed it would be easier if she had someone to teach her, but she was an orphan; she had no parents to be taught by. All she had was Sessho-
Used to have, she corrected her thoughts; I'm completely on my own now.
She didn't know why that brought tears to her eyes.
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The whole scene confused him. She smelt like Rin, but she didn't look like Rin. Rin was a human, not half bird!
Every wolf demon knew who Rin was. She was the helpless, undead waif that Sesshomaru insisted on dragging around. She used to be, at least. She was now a grown woman, and not that bad looking either. She was fun to watch, since her wings forced her kimono rather low, but the demon had commitments to fulfill.
Kouga would want to know of this interesting development.
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Sesshomaru leaped over Inuyasha, knocking the half-breed off his feet. The evil-seeming demon landed quickly before a startled Kagome. He produced the feather he had found, ignoring his half brothers' threats.
"Can you tell me what this is?"
Kagome cautiously took the soft object from his outstretched hand. "A feather?"
The other humans gathered around as Inuyasha got to his feet.
"From what?"
"What are you all doing?" Inuyasha demanded.
"He only hates you, Inuyasha." Called Miroku.
Inuyasha set his gaze on Kagome. "Get away from him, Kagome!"
"I haven't come to harm any of you, Inuyasha."
"Then what are you doing here, you stupid demon?"
"Rin's missing." Sesshomaru said simply.
"And we'll help find her." Kagome said without hesitation.
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Getting a little violent now, aren't I?... must have had Christmas baked goods for lunch, anyway, I hoped you enjoyed that! And just so you know, all these music related titles are not coincidal! I'm doing them on purpose to be funny!
