Chapter 8
-Rin's POV-
Inuyasha giggles as he kicked his little red ball my way, causing me to run off into the direction the ball was heading. I found myself happily laughing as I kicked it back towards him. Inuyasha ran over towards the ball, trying to kick it back my way but missed, causing the ball to bounce off into the jungle of many beautiful flowers.
"I'll get it!" I giggled as I ran past Inuyasha, into the direction where the ball had bounced off to.
I pushed past bushes of roses and other plants as I began my search of the runaway ball. I felt so care free and happy, maybe staying here wouldn't be so bad, Inuyasha made me feel welcomed and treated me like I was a person and not just some toy his father had brought home from the market. I let out a happy gasp after finding the little red ball behind a white rose bush and rushed over to pick it up, giggling as I began to run back to Inuyasha to finish our kick ball game.
When I drew close I began to call out to Inuyasha to tell him I had found the ball... but what I saw after pushing away the red rose bush made me stop in my tracks. There were two human boys, one around Inuyasha's age and one around my age. The smaller boy pushed Inuyasha to the ground while the taller boy began to kick him in the side. I could feel myself growing cold as I stood there and watched the scene, listening to the boys call Inuyasha a freak and tell him he was worse than they were... What was wrong with these children, why would they even say anything like that if they already knew the pain of being treated like nothing lower that dirt? But the fact is they didn't truly know what that was like. These children were most likely born here, shielded from what was actually going on in the world and didn't have to watch demons slaughter their families in front of them. These were spoiled selfish children. Without thinking, I lifted the ball and began to aim it, throwing it as hard as I could. The older boy must have heard it hurling towards him, because he turned around to be meet by the ball. It smacked him hard enough in the face to knock him unconscious and leave a circular red mark right in the middle of the face.
"Koji!" The smaller boy called out in fear and surprise, looking over to who could have possible done such a thing.
I began to make my way towards them both, watching as the smaller boy began to shake a bit in fear. He quickly dropped to his knees and began to try and shake the older boy awake.
"Koji! Koji wake up! A demon is coming!" The younger boy cried out.
A demon? They thought I was a demon... Did I seem that terrifying? I continued to make my way towards him. The older boy sat up with a groan while the younger boy used that chance to lift the older boy to his feet and drag him away.
I stopped as I looked over at them as they ran away, "Cowards..." I murmured to myself before looking over towards Inuyasha.
He stared up at me, his face wet with tears. I reached out towards him, taking his hand and helping him up off the ground.
"Are you okay?" I asked Inuyasha as he began to wipe his face dry with the sleeve of his red kimono.
"I-I'm fine... This always happens..." He murmured, looking away from me, it was clear he was ashamed and didn't want me to see him in his weak state.
"Why would they do such a thing to you?" I asked Inuyasha as I patted away the dirt and dust off his kimono.
Inuyasha merely shrugged, softly sniffling, "Because I'm different I guess... But it's okay, father said I should always be kind to humans."
I was furious as I looked at the small bruise on the boy's face, "You should only be kind to the ones that are kind to you Inuyasha... They don't deserve your forgiveness, and you should fight back. They will keep doing this to you if you don't show them who is boss."
Inuyasha merely shook his head and reached out to pick up the ball that lay in front of his feet. "Father would be upset with me. I don't want him to be upset, I like to make him proud."
I sighed and shook my head; children will always do what makes their parents happy.
"Rin... Inuyasha..."
We both looked up to see Master Sesshomaru and a demon woman that looked just as perfect as he was holding onto his arm lightly with both of hers.
"Father!" Inuyasha cheered as he ran over to Master Sesshomaru, hugging his father and attaching himself to his kimono.
The demon woman looked down at the boy, pure disgust clearly shown on her face before quickly forcing it away and looking up at Master Sesshomaru with a soft smile ... I didn't like her, I could tell she was going to be an issue for me.
"Inuyasha..." Master Sesshomaru said, a bit irritated, "I thought I told you to go to bed for the night."
Inuyasha kept a hold on his father as he looked up at him, "I wanted to play with Rin really bad... I'm sorry..."
"...Rin is not a toy. Go to bed, I am very upset with you." Master Sesshomaru said sternly. "You may take Rin with you if you wish."
The woman holding onto Master Sesshomaru's arm giggled lightly, "Keep being a problem child for dear Sesshomaru and I'll just have to punish you myself."
Inuyasha looked up at the woman then let go of Master Sesshomaru, turning to run over to me and grab my hand. "C-come on Rin." Inuyasha started to run off with me, out of sight of Master Sesshomaru and his mate.
Inuyasha lead me throughout the castle, not stopping or saying anything until he reached a single sliding door. He opened it, still holding on tightly to my hand as he pulled me into the room. Inuyasha shut the door and began to light a few candles to brighten up the pitch black room.
"So I guess that was your new mom huh." I said after the room brightened up, trying to make small talk.
Inuyasha's face twisted up into a disgusted look and quickly shook his head, "She's not my mom. She's really mean to me when father isn't around." Inuyasha said as he began to sit on his bed.
I came to sit next to him, "Well, If she's so mean to you, why don't you tell your father?"
Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders, looking down at the ground, "Well Father really likes her a lot and she makes him happy. As long as father is happy I don't mind if she is mean to me. Grandma and Grandpa like her a lot too, they want father to marry her someday."
I felt sorry for this child, he didn't really care about himself as long as he could make his father happy. He puts up with a lot of pain and a lot of hatred, just to know he isn't a burden on his father. Inuyasha began to lie down and I lay beside him, he wrapped his arms around me and buried his face into my chest. He fell asleep quickly while I began to gently stroke the back of his head, closing my eyes. Inuyasha and I were two of a kind in a way I suppose, void of any sort of affection. Though Inuyasha did have his father, but I could see Master Sesshomaru had no idea the pain this boy is feeling inside.
-Yumiko's POV-
I lightly rubbed my soon to be husband's chest as I nuzzled under his soft furred blankets...They smelled a bit weird, but I tried to push that out of my mind. I looked up at Sesshomaru and saw his eyes were closed, he must have fallen asleep. I smiled softly to myself; he was a gorgeous talented being... It was just too bad his morals were in the wrong place. His father will soon rule over both the northern and western lands, and with my marriage to his son he will also be in on my father's territory. Sesshomaru should be trying to fight his father for dominance and take control of everything himself. Sesshomaru was indeed weak and I wished I could change him, though he is far too old for me to change... Besides it wasn't my duty to worry about such things anyway.
My priority was to take over all of the lands from the inside. As soon as Sesshomaru and I are wed, my father will gather an army, while I kill whoever I am able so they won't be able to put up much of a fight. I reached up and gently caressed Sesshomaru's cheek... he was simply flawless, beyond perfect... Too bad I had to kill such a work of art.
