Chapter 11: Nightmares of the Past
"Rin! It's time to go home." Mom called to the 13 year old child, that child, was me.
"Coming!" I called from the other side of the store isle.
I met her at the exit of the store, she put her arm around my shoulders, and we walked out.
We got in the car, and mom drove us home.
It was getting dark, and a pair of bright headlights were shining extremely close behind us.
Mom picked up the car's speed a little, and the car behind us remained at its regular speed, but continued to stay behind us.
"Mom, are we being followed?" I asked worriedly.
She seemed nervous too.
She made her left turn that led down to their street.
The car passed the street, continueing to go straight.
"No, they were just being impatient drivers." Mom said, as we pulled into the driveway of the house.
We got out of the car, and we went to the door, but by the time we got there, we heard tires screeching close behind us.
We turned, surprised to see the familiar car park at our side of the street.
"Rin, get in the house." Mom said warningly.
I opened the door, and we came in, mom closed the door behind us, locking it.
"Honey!" Mom called to dad who came in the living room.
"What's wrong?" Dad asked.
"Someone has followed us home." Mom said, and suddenly, there was a loud knock, more like a bang, on our door.
We all set our sights on the door, we could see the doorknob shake, as someone from the outside continued to bust through our door.
"Call the police!" Dad said, and went in the kitchen to grab his fully loaded emergency handgun.
Mom held onto me as we made our way to the phone.
A loud crash sounded, and I turned noticing the lock had been broken, and three masked men came in.
That's when dad came back in.
Mom was already on the phone.
I covered my ears as I heard dad shoot one of the intruders closest to us.
He didn't have enough time to refocus his gun on the other two, who had surrounded him, and one of the men that stood in front of him, drove something through his chest.
The men backed away, revealing a knife driven in dad's chest!
"Daddy!" I screamed.
He fell to the ground, and the two men began approaching us.
"Rin! Run!" Mom screamed, grabbing my hand.
"No!" I couldn't bare to see dad laying lifelessly on the ground.
"Rin! Rin!" Mom said my name over and over, and it became more...Distant.
"Rin! Wake up!" I felt someone shaking me.
I gasped as I awoke, the room was dark.
"Rin, did you have another one?" I heard mom ask me.
I blinked a couple times, except, my eyes were wet, from crying.
"Dad." I whispered his name before looking at mom, who was sitting on my bed.
"Oh, honey, I'm so sorry." Mom laid down next to me, hugging me tightly.
"I thought moving would have helped you with your nightmares. How bad was it?" Mom asked, which for four years of this, it was a normal question.
"They did it again. Mom why did it have to be us?" I asked, though I knew no one deserved to go through this.
"I don't know." Mom said.
I sighed and rolled over.
"Are you going to be ok?" Mom asked, sitting up.
"Yeah." I whispered.
She ran her hand through my hair before leaving the room.
I stared at my window, and I could see Sesshomaru watching through my window, in his human form of course.
His eyes held concern for me.
I found it surprising that he was up this late, watching over me at my window.
Sesshomaru seemed to know that I had spotted him, because he tilted his head to the side a little, as if to say, 'Are you ok?'
I nodded slightly to him, before burying myself into the covers, falling back to sleep.
"No one is going to harm you here, I will not allow it." Sesshomaru's voice echoed in my head, which sent my dreams into complete comfort.
Morning came quicker than I anticipated.
My alarm clock went off.
When I was up, I looked over at my window, noticing that Sesshomaru had left... Or maybe it was a dream...No, the dream was the nightmare, he was really there.
I stopped my inner argument, and went to get dressed, and headed down stairs for breakfast.
"Hey. How did you sleep?" Mom asked.
"After the nightmare, I slept fine." I said.
"Good." Mom smiled at me.
I ate breakfast, and once again, I noticed Sesshomaru parked outside.
"Honey, I know you said you two aren't...Together, but I want to know that you feel safe around him." Mom said, also seeing the car.
I thought over the question, thinking of Sesshomaru.
I smiled, "More than you'll ever know."
Mom smiled back, "Good, now go, don't want you to be late for school."
I nodded and grabbed my phone, and left.
It felt normal and weird getting in his car.
"You seemed to be in a lot of pain last night." Sesshomaru said, as he drove us down the road.
I looked down, but said quietly, "It was another nightmare of how my dad died. We moved here because when we lived in Austin, my nightmares became so frequent that I stayed up at night, refusing to sleep, and that's when my hallucinations started, I began to get scared of everyone around me."
"You can trust me, Rin. I won't let anything happen to you." Sesshomaru said, as he stopped the car at the school.
I looked at him, "Thank you."
Sesshomaru didn't reply, but slightly nodded.
I sighed, and got out of the car.
Once I reached the school doors, I turned, noticing Sesshomaru was already gone, disappearing to his strange hiding places.
I headed to my locker, to get my supplies.
I then went to the cafeteria.
When I reached the door, it opened, and an older boy stopped when he saw me. "Oh, hi." The boy smiled.
"Hello." I said.
"Sorry, here." The boy moved aside to let me in.
"No, you're fine." I said as I entered the cafeteria.
When I set my stuff down, I noticed that the boy was right beside me.
"So, I haven't seen you around here, I'm Kouga." The boy said.
"Oh, I'm Rin." I said, taking the boy's hand to shake it, but he lifted my hand to his lips, and lightly kissed it, then released my hand.
I could feel my cheeks get really warm.
"Sorry, I'm just doing my usual greeting." Kouga said.
I nodded, pursing my lips, "Well, normally when meeting someone new, we shake hands."
"Hmm, sorry about that. I didn't make you...Uncomfortable, did I?" Kouga asked.
I looked hm over, he wore capris jeans, and a leather brown coat covering whatever he wore under it, he had long black hair tied up, and finally I looked in his eyes, they were a dark blue.
"Um, a little, but not much." I finally answered.
"Ok, how about I make it up to you. Do you have any plans after school tomorrow?" Kouga asked.
My eyes widened, 'Was he asking me out?! I barely know the guy!'
"Um, yes actually, um, I am doing something special with my mom tomorrow." I said.
"Oh, well then, how about Saturday?" Kouga asked.
"No, why?" I asked, 'Please don't ask me out, please don't ask me out!'
"Well, I was thinking I could take you out to a movie or have dinner or something." Kouga said.
"Um..." I was speechless, Kouga sure wasn't scared to speak his mind.
"Is that a yes?" Kouga asked.
"Uh..."
"Great, I'll pick you up, and don't worry about directions, I'll sniff you out." Kouga winked at me.
I Stood there, in shock.
"See ya later Rin." Kouga waved and left.
The bell rang and I headed to class, still filled with shock.
All day, I barely talked to anyone, still trying to process what had happened this morning.
The day flew by, and I headed out, noticing that Sesshomaru's car was missing.
I didn't mind, I walked home.
When I came to my front door, I heard a deadly and calm voice behind me. "So, what's this with you going out on a date?"
I turned to see Sesshomaru standing a couple feet away from me...
A/N: Yes, this one was a little rushed, but you want some drama? Here's some drama. Now, while you guys are reading this chapter, I will begin writing the next one, I got it pretty much planned out, and it's going to get interesting.
Want to give a couple guesses?
~Wolflover235
