Chapter 3. Can and Can't Touch
"I can touch you?" Rin said surprised. "You knew you weren't going to be hurt, didn't you?"
Kirara meowed in agreement.
"Kirara," said Sango the demon slayer who was the owner of the twin-tailed demon cat, "how did you know? Do you know what is happening to her?"
The cat meowed once more in approval.
Everyone in the clearing listened closely.
"Of course! The cat just happens to know!" Koga said sarcastically at the irony.
At that, Kirara leapt off of Rin's lap and transformed. She stood in front of Rin and kneeled down low enough for her to climb on.
"So you are going to take us," Sesshomaru stated more than questioned. "Very well."
"I'll ride with her," said Sango. She climbed on and then got Rin settled down onto Kirara. Sango was the first person not to glow red, nothing even happened. Everyone already figured out it was only demons this red energy reacted to.
Kirara flew off, leaving the others to follow.
"Kirara, I just remembered, we are nearby home, aren't we?" Sango asked.
She roared happily at the idea of visiting home.
They arrived at the village. It was completely empty and graves of all the murdered villagers were lined up against a wall. Kirara retired in a patch of grass having done what she had set out to do.
"Useless," Sesshomaru said in disgust at the now relaxing Kirara.
Eventually, all of them just decided to line up in a row and Rin would tell them how the red glow reacts to each one of them until they solved the pattern.
Sesshomaru stood beside Rin as they stared at the ten of them. The first three were Jaken, Ah-Un, and Shippo.
"Demon, dragon, demon—I would end up burning all of you," Rin said. Then there was Miroku, Sango, and Koga's two friends, Ginta and Hakkaku. "Human, human, demon, demon. Sango and Miroku would be unaffected but I'm sure the wolves would get burned like the others."
The only ones left were Koga, Kagome, and Inuyasha.
"Why aren't you in line, Sesshomaru? Just because you are the only one besides Kirara that can touch the girl you feel too important to stand in line?" Inuyasha inquired rudely.
Sesshomaru ignored his younger brother's remark.
"Koga—I would end up burning. . . . I think—" Rin started slightly shaking again. "And Inuyasha, we've seen how it responds to you, it hurts you, too," Rin finished quickly and innocently as she skipped Kagome.
"What about me?" Kagome asked, confused. She took a few steps forward.
Rin ran behind Lord Sesshomaru. She clutched the cloth of his pant leg again.
"Please, Lord Sesshomaru, don't make me go near Kagome or Koga!" Rin yelled desperately to him as tears began to brim in her eyes.
"But Rin—" Kagome took another couple of steps but stopped when Sesshomaru drew his sword.
"If she does not want you near her, then I will make sure to kill you two if you dare come closer," Sesshomaru proclaimed firmly.
Kagome stepped further away from Rin, putting plenty of space in-between herself and Sesshomaru.
The others gathered in a circle and talked about their current situation.
"Obviously, she cannot touch demons except Kirara and Sesshomaru. She can touch humans but refuses to go near Kagome even if she is human and especially does not want to go closer to Koga. I wonder why?" said Miroku.
"I don't know. But it felt awful, seeing the look of terror on her face as I walked near her," Kagome said sadly.
Rin sat against an old hut while on Sesshomaru's fur as he sat next to her with his arm holding her.
"Lord Sesshomaru, is it all right if I sing a song? Singing usually calms me down."
"If you want."
Rin began her little melody. She had made it up a while before and it spoke of her, Lord Sesshomaru, Jaken, and Ah-Un traveling together forever.
Sesshomaru looked down at Rin to see her smiling as she cuddled against his comfy tail and drifted to sleep. All the others stopped talking and listened to the song. Finally, one could tell that the girl had felt happy for the first time that day with the look of the smile on her face.
A/N: This is all I'm going to update for now. Too tired and need to get to bed for class tomorrow. Oyasuminasai!