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Rin-past
The arrows are coming. At any moment they are going to purify the guard that she has come to call her friend. They streak through the air glowing blue and pink. She can hear them whizzing and buzzing, headed straight for him. He already has thirteen in his legs and back. He stands proudly, still partially transformed, looking more like a werewolf than a man, neither running or hiding and as she crouches behind the trees, she knows that he is offering himself so she can escape.
"Ka-san?" Yuki comes from the trees and runs into her mother's arms. Rin's stomach clenches.
"You were supposed to run!" she fumes at her daughter.
"Hisato?" The little girl doesn't understand the mistake she's made.
Rin ducks into the trees, terrified. They are filled with blue purifying light. She covers her mouth until she sees a white flash pass her and a tiny child stands in front of Hisato. Her eyes flash from lavender to white. Her palms come together and heavy barrier surrounds Hisato and Rin. The arrows fall unable to pierce it. The child's white hair is matted around her neck from the strength it takes her to stop the holy energy from entering.
"Send another volley!" the head monk yells, throwing his arm over his shoulder to encourage them to shoot.
"Quickly!" Shiori yells. Aun lands in front of them. Rin throws Yuki on the scaled back, crying in pain from the arrow through her shoulder. She grabs Hisato by the arm and shoves him onto the double headed dragon. "Get on!" she encourages him, unable to lift his body. He snorts something in return, weakly pulling his battered body on.
He gets on next. Shiori climbs on last holding the barrier. They fly into the air. Hisato pants holding his chest.
"Are you okay?" Rin asks him leaning heavily on Ah's head to stay upright. The shoulder stings and burns. She glances back to see the monks scattering and closes her eyes while the dragon supports her.
"I told you to leave," he rebukes Rin. "I told you…to stay behind…" he can't catch his breath. "Shiori-chan," Hisato lifts a tired hand and ruffles the girl's hair. "Thank you."
"Sato sent me. He said you were in trouble, we felt the reiki. Yuki-chan, you shouldn't run off." Shiori levels the other little girl with a glare that says she made a horrendous mistake.
"She's my daughter Hisato," Rin groans as the dragon lands in the private entrance of the home. "I couldn't leave her behind."
"I can't protect you, if you don't listen," Hisato breaths quickly.
Both maids wait for them with Nobuatsu. "Oh Kami," Akari helps Rin off by her good arm and supports her as they walk inside.
Nobuatsu pulls Hisato off and supports him into the back entrance. He whistles when he touches the arrows, his fingers smoke from the holy energy. "We need Taisho. These are sealing arrows. I won't be able to remove them," the horse demon says.
"No," Hisato shakes his head vehemently, "she's coming," he coughs leaning on his comrade. The horse demon carries him into the bedroom across the hall from Rin and Sesshomaru's.
"Ahhh!" Rin screams as she is set down in her room. Nobuatsu follows behind, graceful and quiet. He breaks off the back of the arrow sticking out from her chest. She screams at the pressure. "Hisato?" she begs.
"We'll worry about him as soon as you are stabilized," he kneels down in front of her. "You know what I must do?" It never ceases to amaze her how he is always so calm. His face is pale like Sesshomaru's but with less prominent cheekbones, and no bangs. The silver strands are always tied back in a high pony tail and although she can barely move and is covered in blood, he acts like nothing is wrong.
"I know," Rin braces herself. She takes the broken arrow shaft and bites it in between her teeth. "I'm ready," she grits out.
"Send for him," he encourages her.
She shakes her head, "no. Whatever is keeping him," she coughs gripping the blankets. "Just do it." Whatever is keeping him is more important and she won't call Sesshomaru back unless she is on her death bed.
"Ka-san?" Taiyomaru comes in from the hallway. "You're hurt!" He runs in, not knowing any better than to try to jump on her. She cries when he lands, but cradles his head. "It's okay. I'll be okay," she tries to reassure Taiyomaru. "We need Taisho," she whispers. He hasn't come back from his home by the well and the last message said they still couldn't get it open. She misses her nieces and worries over Kagome and Inuyasha.
"We'll get him," Yuki offers.
"Not alone," Rin breathes heavily, eyes glazing as Nobuatsu grips the back of the arrow. She knows what's coming.
"Send for him Rin-sama," Hisato says from the hallway, he leans painfully against the stone walls.
"Go lay down," she waves him off, preparing herself for the yank of the arrow.
"She's coming," he says quietly touching his heart. "She will remove the arrows."
Rin nods while Taiyomaru sits down touching the shaft protruding from her chest.
"Brace her Akari," Nobuatsu instructs the hanyou fire cat.
She kneels down on one knee and forces Rin's back to stay upright.
"Breathe," Nobuatsu says right before he puts pressure on the broken shaft shoving it backwards through her shoulder. When there is nothing left to push, he yanks it through the back of her shoulder by the arrow head. If she hadn't been against Akari's knee she would have collapsed.
She screams again, the world blurs, she nearly passes out. The pain sears through her shoulder. She can't catch her breath. She hears garbled voices around her. Hands clean the wound on her shoulder. She feels the sharp points of herbs digging into the wound, then bandages covering it. She coughs trying to catch her breath. She opens her eyes to little Taiyomaru standing over her. He presses down on the wound. "It hurts her," he says to Nobuatsu.
"You need to call him Rin-sama," the horse demon tells her.
She shakes her head. Whatever is happening at his mother's house is too important. She grits her teeth feeling something warm entering her shoulder. Her eyes half open expecting to see Sesshomaru, only for Taiyomaru to be the one whose hands are causing the soothing heat. "What are you doing?"
"Chichiue's light is inside, he wants you to feel better," the little one says.
She's too tired to ask questions. She passes out letting sleep and pain take her.
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Guesswho: Yay! I am glad you loved that chapter. It had so much going on with it and I thought Taka's reactions to her father were also hilarious. Like sh knew she was in trouble and then he pets her and the mom is like service dog...and yes Sesshomaru's thoughts are on Rin. He misses her so much and imagine she said she would wait for him and here she is without him.
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