Chapter 3 - You're mine
Rin quickly went on a motion to the right with her stick, then dragged her foot under the legs of Makoto. As the young man fell to the ground, she threw herself atop him and stopped him with a firm hand, holding his arm behind his back. Makoto hit the ground and shout:
- Stop, stop! You win!
Rin smiled and stood up. Makoto stood back up and rubbed his numb arm.
- You're violent! You almost broke my bone!
- No, no! C'mon, you're stronger than that!, replied Rin by giving him a friendly pat on the right shoulder.
Makoto's eyes followed the young woman as she left the training field and headed for the house of Kaede-sama. She had lived in the village for ten years now. When she arrived, she was often alone and spoke little. Then she began to train in martial arts with Inuyasha and the masters of the village. This is when Makoto had met her. Immediately, he admired her courage. Rin was unique, there were no other like her here. For some years now, he had dreamed of making her his partner. But he hesitated to tell her about his feelings. Rin did not seem interested by love and marriage. Still, there was this youkai who seemed able to make her blush. But she could not think seriously about going back with him, despite what she said.
Makoto saw her coming out of the house and heading towards the forest, a towel in her hands. He decided at that time the he would propose to her, otherwise she would never understand! Rin was not one to tell these things. He ran to catch up with her.
As she was hurrying on the trail, Rin heard the sound of footsteps behind her and turned back to face Makoto. The young man stopped in front of her and stared at her. Rin smiled and asked:
- You forgot something?
- Rin, I...
Makoto stopped, blushing. Rin waited patiently for him to catch his breath. Makoto's face was red.
- Rin, I wanted to ask you if you would be willing to...
At this moment, Rin turned her head to the right and closed her eyes. A bright smile appeared on her face and Makoto misunderstood the meaning. He thought she had guessed what it was about.
- Rin, I have dreamed for so long that you would become my partner.
Rin turned to him, looking puzzled. Makoto quickly came closer and embraced her in his arms, still believing that the happy smile he had just seen was meant for him.
- Makoto, what...
He kissed her and Rin, shocked, did not react immediately. She had felt Sesshoumaru-sama approaching and was very happy, but now she was very surprised to find herself in this situation. She gently pushed Makoto back, but too late! Sesshoumaru appeared from nowhere and grabbed the young man by the collar, a threatening look in his eyes. Makoto cried in pain.
- What were you doing, idiot?
The hand of the youkai closed on his neck and Makoto gasped. Rin grabbed the arm of Sesshoumaru.
- Sesshoumaru-sama, stop! Stop it now!
Sesshoumaru looked at her, surprised. His fingers relaxed with a jerk and Makoto fell to the ground. It was enough for the young man who fled to the village without looking back. Rin stood by Sesshoumaru.
- Is this your suitor, Rin?
- No! This is only a friend!
- A friend who kisses you?
- No! He took me by surprise, but he never...
- The more reason to spank him if he forced you.
- No, Sesshoumaru-sama! I will stop him if he tries again! But leave him alone, please!
Rin leaned on his arm as she begged, knowing that she could calm him down. Makoto had not chosen the best moment to make his statement. Sesshoumaru-sama could not bear seeing her hurt...
- Okay. Since you no longer need me...
Sesshoumaru quickly ran off the trail.
- Sesshoumaru-sama! Sesshoumaru-sama!
Rin tried to follow him, but he was gone. She no longer felt his presence. She collapsed near a tree and wept bitterly. This time, she felt it, Sesshoumaru-sama would never return.
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It was Inuyasha who found the girl, in the middle of the night, chilling. She had cried so much that the tears didn't come out anymore, and she was trembling with weakness when he brought her to the village. He tried to find out what had put her in such a state, but she said nothing. He did not insist. Kagome would know what to do.
Indeed, a few hours later, his wife came out of the room where Rin had fallen asleep. Inuyasha looked at her and sighed.
- It's your brother.
- What an idiot! It does not surprise me from him! What has he done exactly?
- He found Rin in a compromising position with Makoto. When he stepped in and threatened the young man, Rin stopped him. He believed she was engaged with Makoto and he left.
- Rin with Makoto? Really? But...
- No, Rin did nothing. Makoto made a proposal and he took the opportunity to steal a kiss by surprise, just as your brother came closer...
- Shit! Son of a...
- Inuyasha! Watch your language! The children could hear you!
Inuyasha sighed once more.
- Still, what a bad situation. Sesshoumaru has left?
- Yes, he told her that if she did not need him anymore...
- Idiot! He needs her as much as Rin needs him!
Kagome shrugged.
- This may be the time that you talk to him, Inuyasha. Rin is devastated.
- Pfff... I hate this. Having to run after him to open his eyes...
- Go. Try something.
Inuyasha growled, but he quickly left the room, carrying Tessaiga with him. Kagome looked at him with worried eyes. The situation between the brothers had been stable for several years now, but this story could change everything. "Hopefully, in the right direction", she whispered as her husband bounced away in the night.
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Inuyasha ran through the forest following the scented trail of his brother. He found him easily: the silhouette of Sesshoumaru stood in the middle of the plateau overlooking the village, outlined by a glowing full moon.
- Inuyasha.
He landed right in front of his older brother.
- Are you proud of yourself, you heartless idiot?
Sesshoumaru did not answer.
- I found Rin almost frozen, under a tree, trembling with sorrow. Certainly the young man who stole her kiss wouldn't have left her like that!
Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes that lit with threatening fire.
- Mind your own business, hanyou. I have nothing to do with this.
- Ah! So you'd rather have her waiting for another heartless youkai to come for her?
- She just needs to find some human that will take care of her! It should not be too difficult, judging from what I saw tonight!, said Sesshoumaru, hardly containing his rage.
- Oh! Then you will leave her to the arms of another! I am surprised, Sesshoumaru! I never thought that you could bear seeing any "pathetic" human becomes Rin's lover? Kissing her as he pleases, taking her every night until children?
Inuyasha understood that he had hit a serious nerve when Sesshoumaru rushed towards him, claws extended.
- Shut up brat! Don't you get it? I don't want to know!
Inuyasha's Tessaiga came out and he answered with a sneer.
- Triple idiot, you can't even admit that you're jealous!
The demon stopped in the midst of his course, and his expression changed. He turned back to the moon and remained silent for a long while.
- You got it all wrong. I know only too well...
Inuyasha sheathed his sword with interrogative eyes. His brother was not usually the type to admit that others could be right.
- So, come and get her. She's been waiting for you, for ten years!
He heard what he seemed like a sigh from his older half-brother. Several minutes went by and the frogs in the pond nearby began to croak slowly, like a noisy choir singing in the quiet night.
- Inuyasha.
- Mmm?
- How do you deal with... I mean... Kagome will die long before you.
Inuyasha came a little closer and sighed too.
- I don't know.
He paused a moment before continuing.
- But I love her. So I try to enjoy the time while she's still there.
Inuyasha turned back and started to leave when he thought of something:
- And... She will leave me children, Sesshoumaru. Surely one of the greatest gifts one could possibly think of.
He quickly went back to the village. Sesshoumaru stood motionless, staring at the moon. He thought of Rin, that was still only eighteen years old, and of the day when she would die for a third time, perhaps because of him... He clenched his fist and bowed his head.
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Rin walked into the forest, anxious. She felt his presence just a bit further. Sesshoumaru-sama was close, very close. She would follow him anywhere. She would leave the village to look for him if she needed to. She would search for him all her life. She was no longer a child, she would not remain alone in this village. She would not obey, she would not stay here. She wanted to follow him, to be with him. That was the extent of her dreams. Rin was now decided. She was able to choose for herself.
She ran with all her might to the place where she had felt Sesshoumaru's aura. She would tell him that he could not leave her here. That her choice was made, that she would never leave him. Rin ran towards him, desperately.
She came to a small clearing where a huge cherry tree was in bloom. The sun was shining on the youkai's silver hair. He was so handsome, so impressive. Rin held back the words that already rattled in her mouth to take a small pause and admire him. Sesshoumaru-sama. She loved him so much. He who had revived her twice. He who had watched over her for all these years. He who had saved her. She wanted him. He haunted all her thoughts. Sesshoumaru-sama.
He turned and looked at her without saying a word. His golden eyes looked soft, telling something that left her speechless and made her nervous. He already knew what she had come to tell him. He had guessed everything, with a single glance. She saw in those eyes a mixture of tenderness and pain. Rin's heart started sinking.
- Rin, he said softly.
Sesshoumaru approached the young woman, dressed in a bright red kimono that he had given her not so long ago. The red of his clan, the clan of the Inu. "How appropriate for such a unique day", he mused.
- My choice is made.
She opened her mouth as if to question him, but Sesshoumaru was quicker and took possession of her lips, kissing her passionately. Rin's amazement was so overwhelming that she actually forgot to breathe. Her heart started beating so fast that she felt like it would burst out of her chest. Sesshoumaru understood the fever that was taking hold of the young woman and tightened his grip even more. Rin would die one day, Rin would leave him alone again and he would suffer, but now, Rin was there, alive in his arms. He would not have to endure the intense pain of seeing her love another, of seeing her pass away without him. No, Rin was for him. She was the only one. The only one worthy of him. She was human, paradoxically... But Sesshoumaru was no longer thinking about such considerations. Rin was the most precious thing on this miserable Earth. More precious than power, more precious than life.
Today, he brought her close to him.
Rin was his. All his. Until the end.
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For those who likes lemon stories, if you'd like to know what happens in details, you may read the short story "For Love - Omae wa ore no desu", rated M, that I will publish soon.
Myriel
