Jin; I've started another story, so please review it.
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Jin's renewed purpose
Dawn came and Angel rose as the morning light shined on her face. A morning breeze blew and Angel suddenly realized how cold she
was. Her shirt was torn up from her last battle, and wouldn't you know it, she forgot to pack an extra set. Angel sniffed a bit, and her
sharp sense of smell suddenly caught a faint smell of pine trees. It was weird, the scent of trees around this area were nothing like the
scent she was picking up. It wasn't the earthly smell that living-dead Sesshomaru had. Nor was it the sickening smell of Naraku's scent,
and it wasn't any of her friend's scents, except maybe, Inuyasha. But he, and the rest were all awake and getting ready to move on.
Sesshomaru's voice came into her mind, (Don't go after the scent. You'll get into a needless battle again, so let whoever it is come
themselves.) "Yeah…" Angel knew that she did not have total control of all her powers, and the others knew nothing of her
transformation. But it still scared her of what she would become. Sesshomaru, was still trying to figure out who exactly the stranger was.
It was weird enough that he had such power, but it what really puzzled Sesshomaru, was that he smelled very similar to Inuyasha. Angel
also noticed a similarity to it, and asked, "Sesshomaru. Did you have any other siblings besides Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru had said
no, but he wasn't completely sure either. Angel knew that she must stick closer to her friends, but she still needed to know who that
stranger was, and the only thing about him that seemed very familiar was his eyes. His scent was faint, but she and Inuyasha would know
if he was coming. For now, he seemed to be nowhere near them.
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Inuyasha's voice interrupted Angel's thoughts, "Let's get going everybody. We have a long way to go." Angel stood up and shivered
again as another cold wind blew. Kagome noticed her friend was cold and said, "Hey Angel, I've got something you can use." She dug
through her pack and pulled a blue sweater out. Angel accepted the sweater gratefully and asked as she pulled it on, "Where do we go
now?" Sango replied, "We're going to my village now. Hopefully we won't have much trouble." The rest including Sesshomaru agreed
to that statement. They wanted to have things go easy for them for once, but fate always seemed to be an ass to them. After getting
ready, they ran to Sango's village. They were a long ways from it, and if they kept a good pace like this without any trouble, maybe they
could get there in two days instead of going for four days. Angel ran right beside Inuyasha, who was carrying Kagome, and Kirara was
carrying the others as they ran out of the forest, and into an open field. Jin kept his distance. The wind was blowing against him so he
didn't have to worry about Angel or her red clad friend from catching his scent. But with the wind blowing against him, he could easily
track them. But he failed to realize that since he didn't have the trees to provide cover for him, he couldn't escape get away easily if they
caught him. But that thought was not important to Jin. He needed to keep an eye on Angel. At least until she grew stronger, and then he
would stick by her side. Inuyasha and the others disappeared from Jin's view. He sniffed the air and, followed their trail into a small
canyon ahead of him. Jin put a short burst of speed on, and ran into the canyon that was just around the corner.
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Jin rounded the corner and stopped short as an unnatural quietness filled the surrounding area. The scents were fresh here. But something
didn't feel right. Jin walked slowly into the rocky canyon and listened to catch any kind of noise. The only thing he could hear was the
slight clinking noise his boots were making. (Remember, I'm dressed like Vincent Valentine. Just move the clawed arm to the right, make
the hair silver, the eyes more green than red, and lose the bandanna. That's what I look like.). Jin caught a noise ahead, and cautiously
walked up ahead. Angel was alone up ahead with her back turned to him. Jin's eyes narrowed, and he walked slowly to her. The wind
was still blowing against him, and his friend hadn't heard him coming up. Jin knew that something was definitely not right, his friend didn't
have her sword on her back, and it wasn't any of her other companions. Jin brought out one his Masamune's, and was almost at Angel
when she suddenly exploded in smoke! Inuyasha had caught Jin's scent and they used Shippo to disguise himself as Angel, and Jin
realized he fell for their trick. Shippo transformed into his pink ball and shouted as he flew away, "Now guys! NOW!" Inuyasha jumped
at Jin and the glare of the sun was behind him. Jin growled angrily as the sun glare obscured his vision. Inuyasha yelled, "Wind Scar!" and
the power of Tetsusaiga hurled itself at Jin. The hanyou jumped into the air to avoid the attack, and suddenly something that felt like a
runaway tank smashed into his back. Sango had hurled her weapon at Jin when he was occupied with Inuyasha. Jin barely managed to
land on his feet as he fell back to earth. His surprise had worn off, and he made a huge jump backwards as Inuyasha and his friends
stood in front of him. Angel pulled out Odachi and looked at the stranger in front of them. She looked into his eyes and said in a voice so
quiet, that only Inuyasha and Sesshomaru could've heard it, "It can't be…!"
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Jin span his sword in circles and an energy ball began to build itself up. When the energy had gathered,he shouted, "Dragon Chaos!!"
He made an X slash with his sword and the ball split into seven pieces, and hurtled at the Inu gang. Inuyasha said, "Let's see how strong
you really are! Backlash Wave!" Kagome and Kikyo fired their arrows at Jin, and Angel yelled, "Dragons Redemption!" The
combined power of Inuyasha, Kagome, Angel, and Kikyo collided with Jin's attack. Instead of shredding through the attack as they had
expected, they merely canceled each other out! Jin dashed at them with surprising speed, and Inuyasha and Angel dashed at him as well.
Sesshomaru said, (Let me handle this one.) Angel responded, "Sure Sesshomaru." He eyes changed to red, and her hair became silver
again. Jin brought out his other Masamune and attacked Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. They leapt in and out of his strikes, hardly daring to
do anything more than block or dodge Jin's slashes, because his swords were ridiculously long. Inuyasha was surprised at the stranger.
He was holding his own against both Angel and him. Still, the two would not back down. Jin made an X at Inuyasha with his swords, and
he blocked it. Inuyasha chuckled, "You forgot to watch your back stupid!" Sesshomaru stabbed with his sword at Jin's head, and he
ducked just in time. The sword nearly ran through Inuyasha's head, and he snarled, 'Watch where you're stabbing that thing you idiot!"
Sesshomaru growled in his own voice, "Be thankful that I missed on purpose half-breed." Jin renewed his attack and the brothers
readied their attacks as well. Miroku yelled as Jin dragged his swords along the ground toward them, "Get down now!" The two
dropped to the ground and Miroku yelled, "Wind Tunnel!" The power of it slowly began to pull Jin towards Mroku, and he slammed his
weapons into the hardened earth in an effort to keep himself from being sucked up in Miroku's hand. Slowly but surely, Jin was being
dragged by the Wind Tunnel and rocks of many sizes were hurtling past him, or bouncing off him. Jin suddenly put one of his weapons
away, and with his normal hand, pulled out a knife. With utmost precision and careful accuracy, Jin threw the weapon, and it hit
Miroku's knee. The Houshi grabbed the injured knee in reflex and his Wind Tunnel hand went off to the canyon wall. A huge chunk of it
came down on the Inu gang, and there was no time to do anything even if they wanted to.
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A voice shouted, "Dragon Claws!" Sesshomaru looked up and saw Jin destroy the boulder with his golden-clawed arm. The boulder
was destroyed immediately, and Miroku covered his Wind Tunnel hand as Sesshomaru unleashed, "Dragon's Redemption" Jin was hit
full on by the attack, and he slammed into the canyon wall. He dropped heavily to the ground and then, as he slowly got to his knee and
a sword was pointed at his throat. Jin looked up and saw Sesshomaru pointing Odachi at him. Sesshomaru raised his weapon to behead
Jin when Angel suddenly shouted, "No Sesshomaru! There's something I have to see! Just make sure he doesn't move." He
asked suspiciously, (Why do you need to see who it Angel? He is an enemy.) Angel firmly said. "Just make sure he doesn't escape."
Sesshomaru said out loud to Kagome and Kikyo, "Make sure he doesn't move. There is something about this half-breed that bears
some important to Angel. Jin looked at the two mikos and his eyes widened in surprise as something seemed to flash in his eyes.
Kagome saw the shock in his eyes and she thought, 'There's something about this guy that feels familiar. But what…?' She turned
her head to Kikyo and noticed that she too, saw it in his eyes. They kept their arrows locked on him as Angel came forth. Her hair
changed back to black, and she put her sword away. She walked up to the Jin, and after looking at his eyes, removed the cloak in front
of his face. He had scars below his lower lip and Angel gasped, "It is you! Jin!" Sango asked in surprise, "You know him!?" Jin's eyes
hardened and with his clawed hand slashed at her. She leapt back in surprise and Jin leapt over to his swords. He pulled them out of the
ground and said as he put them away, "I cannot go with you yet Angel." Angel asked, "Why?" She was shocked and hurt. Jin was alive,
but he seemed slightly confused. Angel knew how many sleepless nights he had to endure because he felt he had done something terrible,
and he wanted redemption for sin he felt he had done. But it was frustrating, because he didn't know what he had done. All he knew
were two distinct faces from his nightmares, and there they were, right in front of him.
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Tears came to Angel's eyes and as Jin turned his back to them, she ran to Jin and wrapped her arms around him as she said, "Please Jin.
Don't go!" She looked into his eyes and saw the absolute torture in his soul that had plagued him for so long. He gently pulled her off of
him and said, "If I stay…Will I find redemption for my sin?" Angel looked downwards uncomfortably and said, "I'm not sure Jin. But
please… can you stay with us?" Jin looked at Angel and allowed a small smile to tug the corners of his face. With his normal hand he
lifted Angel's face to look him in the eye. He looked at her eyes and said, "If that is what you wish… I will stay by your side…"
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Jin: I finished another chapter, and finally join Angel and Inuyasha's gang.
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