No Longer Human Chapter 9
A/U: Seriously? The dude who spammed my chapters with shitty stuff about "Viagra" He is in deep trouble! I won't tolerate spam! Anyway, thanks to all of my new/old followers and those who has added my story to their favorites, THANK YOU! I love you all! Now, things are going to get more dramatic and it's time for some Sesshomaru time! Well, on to the story then :D
Darkness. It was overwhelming and she could even taste the pain that lingered inside this endless hole of darkness and emptiness. The taste in her mouth was disgusting, but where was her mouth? It was like her body floated along with something that could have been the wind. The constant feeling of desperation and sadness. Is this what could've been called "Hell"? Was there something that just touched Rin's arm? She couldn't know. In this "hell" Rin wasn't sure about anything. The floating stopped and she could not see, hear, taste, smell or even feel. She knew that she was just there. After what could have been an eternity, Rin heard something. "A sound…" It was a huge relief that she did hear something, but then she registered what it was. Someone out there was crying. Someone was laughing, but not on a good way. Someone just breathed heavily like they had something stuck in their throat. So many sounds yet each so small and fragile that you would need more than just two ears to hear.
Suddenly it was like Rin woke up. What could have been her eyes shot open and looked around in desperation. Many colors and things flew by. At one minute there was so much that she had to close her eyes yet again only to open them again and see nothing. It was just empty.
Rin tried to lift her arms only to find they were not there. Though she could sense that they was indeed there. It all was just weird.
"Hello?! Is anybody out there?!" She tried to control the panic that slowly reached from underneath her heart. As she was about to start hyperventilate, someone carefully touched her shoulder.
Her breath stopped in her throat and she turned her head.
There was a woman! A blond beautiful woman who stood there, floating over nothing just like Rin felt she did. Her hair reached just below her butt and she was dressed in an old fashioned kimono. It could have been from 200 years from the past.
She looked quite startled when she looked Rin in the eye. It wasn't un-normal after Rin started changing. Her one dark purple eye and her now black, white and purple hair wasn't exactly normal around this world. Not even with the demons.
For some reason, it felt like the woman was looking right into her soul. It felt just like… recognition?!
"Who…are you?" said the woman. It felt like the she didn't want to hear the answer. "Rin…" she answered and looked the woman in the eye. "Where… am I?" The woman smiled and took Rin's arm in hers. She gave her a hug and looked at the frightened girl. "Nobody do surely know. Though, we call it for "the inn-between". "What's that?! Am I dead?!" Rin started to hyperventilate for real and all memories, both good and bad passed through her eyes. If she was dead, shewouldn't be able to talk to Lord Sesshomaru. She didn't care about him being engaged or probably didn't care about her anymore. She just wanted to see him. One last time.
"Hush little girl. No need for worries. This place is for the ones that is stuck."
"…stuck?" Rin asked after many huge breaths. The woman had taken a tight grip around Rin's waist and had dragged her into a hug. She smelled of roses and was very calm despite being in this hell.
"All the souls that are here, has not been able to move on, though still not able to stay as an evil spirit in the world of the livings. We are all just stuck here in our own pain for ever and always."
How was it possible that a woman like her in this place could be so calm about it?"
"Do you remember how you died, Rin?"
"I do… and I did not die!" Rin got out from the woman's grip and turned so she could stare her in the eye. As she did she repeated "I did not die! Someone threw some magic on me so I got here! I can't die, I still haven't done what I was supposed to do and if I don't do it…" Rin finished screaming and looked to the ground, speechless.
"I'm such an idiot…" Rin bowed down and sat at what could have been the ground. "I swear, I can't be dead…no!" Something shimmed in the unknown woman's eyes and she reached out to touch Rin's cheek.
"There was a demon…" Rin started saying as she once again stood up. "He…he had long blond hair and was talking like life itself was a joke…"
The woman's body froze and she frowned saying "The blond devil…"
The woman took a firm grip around Rin's hand and slowly they started to fly. They floated along with the wind. So much flew by and it was impossible to understand what it was. "The inn-between" sure was a weird place. Not shocking that someone would lose their minds in here. The floating stopped abruptly as a strange looking creature suddenly took form in front of them. It appeared to be yet another demon and he had short fire-red hair. He looked at Rin with hunger in his eyes.
"So, this is the little angel that is going to be the second price. Not bad at all! I got to admit that Daishuo did a great job this time. It has been a while since he chose a human soul as one of the prices."
The woman stepped in front of Rin in a protective manner. "Was it Daishuo that brought her here!?" she asked furious.
"Indeed it is." The man said while laughing. Now Rin remember everything total clear. Yun and Keitaro had left for their homes and in her way he got kidnapped by that demon. "So his name is Daishuo…I think I have to remember that so next time I'll see him I can castrate him!" Rin thoughts were caught by the man and he started laughing even more. "Damn, girl you got some guts! I understand why he chose you even more know!" His grin reached out to his ears and his cheeks got red.
"Come here Rin. I'll show you what's going on." the man said as he took Rin in his arms and off with them they went. The floating stopped once again as they landed on something hard. For the first time in a long time Rin felt something touch her feet and she crutched down on the ground while feeling the mud. "Wait...Mud?!" As she thought that she opened her eyes only to see nothing.
There was just darkness there, but she could still sense the woman and the man also standing on the ground next to her. The ground felt just like… stone? Could this be a cave of some sort? Nothing had made sense out there in the light, but here she could even see the walls when her eyes got used to the darkness. Though the feeling of desperation and sadness still lingered around her like thick fog.
Something then grabbed her foot and this time, Rin felt it like hell.
"AHH!" Rin screamed as she looked down. There, lying on the dirty ground was a body. It was pale white and had long black hair. It was a woman! A human woman!
The woman's body was shaking as she desperately tried to drag herself deeper into the cave. There at the end of the tunnel was a tiny lingering light.
"There's light!" Rin said and was about to follow what could have been a woman as she dragged herself further and further to the light, when a strong arm caught her and held her still.
"Look!"
Rin did as the man said and looked towards the body. She was wearing a white sleeping kimono that was drenched in dark red blood. She could hear her speak in old Japanese. She had just grabbed Rin' foot so she could get further in. She was pretty molested so she could barely drag herself. It didn't look like she was interested in Rin anymore. Something was obviously more important than a fresh body like Rin's. She said "Light…. Oh sweet light, let me catch you…Let me get through this cursed light…Give me my life back…!"
As she almost reached the light, the ground beneath her started crumbling and within a second the poor woman's already dead body disappeared.
Rin was speechless! The poor woman's sorrow and pain was unbearable.
"That was a poor woman who died long ago, killed by rape by her own husband. After that he strangled their kids. It was horrible, so now they took her to the deepest of the deepest places here in "the inn-between" Her soul was long lost."
"What is that light over there? It seemed like it was drawing that woman to it."
The unknown woman that had calmed Rin downsat down next to her and said "That light over there is the small door between this place and the land of the livings. We can't go over there because we're stuck here. That man that too you it a well-known player. Not only in the land of the livings, but also in hell and this place. He has the powers to send someone here, to hell and back again may times."
"What do you mean when you say "player"?" Rin asked.
"That's his way of living. To set strong demons up to some of his games, and if they succeed, he will give them two options as a reward. One that will have value for the demon itself and one that will have value for someone else. It is a test that will let Daishuo know what type of demon it is that he is fighting against. I guess since you are here and you haven't died, I guess he has gone back to using human souls as a second reward. If the demon choose to save the soul, you'll be free, but if he chooses something for himself, you will be stuck here forever! The demon also does not know anything about who the soul belongs to, so you are going to need a bunch of luck for this one, Rin."
"Go, Rin! You can reach out to the light! See trough it now and tell us what you see!"
As both of them agreed on that, Rin slowly started walking deeper into the cave. She didn't want to be thrown down like the other woman did.
The light were now only a couple of meters ahead, and Rin reached out for it. As she got closer to it, she was surprised about the fact that she could see straight out to her own world. The world of the livings!
She recognized the mountain ahead of the River country and looked around. There he stood! With his long blond hair and with the creepy grin he floated in the air, while waiting. Next to him was a tiny little ball in light blue that floated calm and natural over the ground. "What do you see, Rin?" She could hear the woman say and turned her head to look at them.
"I see a blue ball. What is that?" The two of them shared one quick glance before staring back at the frightened girl.
"That's your soul."
As they mentioned it, Rin stared at the blue ball, and after several minutes she could feel that the ball was calling out for her. She was not supposed to be here! She had to get out, if only the challenger chooses her…
"Can…they see me?" Rin asked while tears started flowing down her cheeks. Here for some reason she didn't have any problems about crying, but in the real world…Everything was so fucked up!
"No, they can't. Though you can see them. You'll have to watch the game and see who the challenger is and what he does. You just have to hope for the best!"
In her own world, Daishuo suddenly stood up and smiled.
As Rin stared out from behind the light, the challenger that now held Rin's destiny in his hands came out from the forest with one two headed dragon and a little green toad. Rin couldn't believe what she saw!
The challenger that would decide her faith and the one that now walked up to Daishuo was no other than…Lord Sesshomaru himself!
A/U:SO SORRY ABOUT BEING LATE! I've been caught up by school so I hope this chapter is good enough: D so how do you all like how this story's going? I hope you like it XD Well anyway bye and remember to R&R! Sincerely Evil Bitch.
