AN: Okay! So.the last chapter sucked. Reeeeaaaaallly sucked. It wasn't very
dark, either. So.I'll make it up to u guys, mmkay? I'll try to make this
one good ^^* (Hm.try is the operative word there ^^*)
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"Man, does this trail ever stop?" Rin sighed, seeing another hill ahead of her. She looked up to the sky.
"It's already past Middle Sun.How far away is this stupid village?" Her shoulders fell in defeat.
"That old villager said that the priestess would know.." She sat on the ledge of an old well. "Kaede, was her name? Oh, whatever!" She pulled out of her pack a pheasant she had caught, and began to build a fire. "It looks like I'll never get there.I've been traveling for three solid days." Her fists clenched. "Sesshomaru-sama wouldn't give up, would he? And besides, I've traveled much farther with him!" She sighed "Course, I rode on Ah and Uhn most of the time.. And I was younger; I had more energy." She stared into the growing flames. "Will I never find out what this all means? Or what's happening to me? Or." She closed her eyes," Should I even try to find out? I mean," she laughed, " Maybe the truth is worse than this." She thrust a stick into the pheasant and hung it over the liking flames.
"ARG! STUPID BACKPACK! Where Inuyasha when you need him?"
Rin froze. Did the well just..talk? And what did it say about Sesshomaru's mutt brother? A head pooped out of the well. "Inu-Oh, um, hi." Kagome say, looking at the bewildered face of the woman sitting on the well. "Do you mind.giving me a hand with this pack? " "Umm.sure." Rin rose, setting the meat she was cooking on a leaf. She reached down and lifted the pack with one hand off of the strange girl. She set it down and offered a hand to her. "Wow!" Kagome thought, taking her hand . "This girl is strong! Man, and she looks much younger than me! " The twenty-one year old Kagome smiled at the girl, trying to be as friendly as possible. She looked very sad, with dark black circles under her eyes and her aura was very dark., as if she had witnessed a horrible tragedy. "Umm, so what's your name? " Kagome asked, sitting next to the girl. "Rin." "I'm Kagome Higurashi!" Kagome said, smiling. "You are not from around here, are you?" "Hmm?" "Your clothes.." Rin said, staring at Kagome's short skirt and blouse. Her eyes widened suddenly. "There is a woman who rides with that mutt. Her name is Kagome, and she has powers that of a miko. She is actually quite impressive, with that bow of hers. But she is also weak, a mortal of lower status than even Jaken." Sesshomaru had said once. She was young then, and remember laughing atone of Sesshomaru's rare jokes Rin sighed. "Umm, are you okay?" Kagome finally asked. "I mean, maybe you should rest at the village awhile. " "The village, is it close?"
"Yea, just a mile or two. Right outside of this forest." "Tell me, Kagome, is there a woman named Kaede there?"
"What?" Kagome thought. "Who would know of Kaede?" "Yes, actually. She is, err, was the priestess." "Then, Kagome-chan, it was nice to meet you." Rin said, standing up. "No, wait, I'm going there too! That baka Inuyasha won't meet me here anyway. Lets go then!" "Alright." Rin said, staring at the overly happy woman.
It took the two around a half-hour before they reached the village. The sun had set by then, the moon invisible in the sky. " Kagome-chan!" "Hey, Shippou!" Kagome smiled at the boy. He had grown in the last 6 years, though not by much. He looked a lot like Souta, strangely. He had the same energy. Kagome laughed at herself silently. A kitsune and a human boy, best friends? Hey, I guess it could happen. Inuyasha sat in the corner his hair already jet black. "Inuyasha, you could have helped me, you know?" He looked up. "It isn't my fault I look like this eve-" "You are Inuyasha?" Rin asked, breaking up the argument. Inuyasha looked at her for the first time, just noticing the solemn girl. "Kagome?! Why don't you just tell Sesshomaru when I turn? Geeze!" He yelled at Kagome. "Even if you told him, he would not listen." "Huh?" Kagome asked, looking at the face of Rin, veiled by her black hair. "Mi'lord Sesshomaru died about five months ago." "So the she-male finally kicked it, eh? Good. Anther punk off my list." Rin's fists clenched. "I wouldn't say that, hanyou. Tonight isn't your best night to go ill- mouthing anyone!" "Hey, girl," Inuyasha growled," Watch it. You are just some mortal woman, I could shred you in an instant." "INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha covered his head suddenly, turning from the bully to the bullied. "Don't sit me!" He cried. In his human form, it wouldn't be very comfortable Miruko laughed nearby, knowing this scenario far too well. Rin sat by herself, munching on her now-cold fowl. They're so happy, she thought. It had been so long since she had been truly happy.Even with the wolf tribe there had been a nagging in her mind, an icy feeling in the pit of her stomach. That night as the rest of the village slept, Rin sat alone gazing at the moonless sky. "Its pretty, isn't it?" A voice said, startling Rin. "Kagome-chan, what are you doing up?" She asked. "I should be asking you that." She replied happily. "You.Are you alright?" She then said, her happiness melting away to worry. "Huh? What made you.." "You don't look so great, Rin-chan. You look like you haven't slept well for days.And your aura, it's as dark as the night sky above us." "I.I know." Rin muttered back. She knew it was well obvious that her life since a few years back had been hard. Scars were randomly scattered on her body from battles she had fought with youkai. When she did sleep, it was a short and troubled slumber, filled with nightmares. "What happened to you?" Kagome asked, almost whispering. She remembered, years and years ago, when Inuyasha had run into Sesshomaru. By his side had been a young girl, a human. She had been so happy, carefree. Her aura had been yellow and pink. But now.Now she was worn and silent, her eyes never seeming to be focussing on reality, her aura dark. "It is.None of anyone's business." She replied bitterly. She knew of her past. There was no need to reopen her wounds. There would never heal, but playing with them would only infect them, make them bleed again. "No man is an island, Rin-chan. Don't try to pull yourself away from humanity. Reality. I'm sure if you got whatever happened to you off your chest, you would feel better." "You have no idea!" Rin said, now angry at Kagome's persistence. "All my life people have been so kind to me, so wonderful. And what have I done? I have somehow killed them all!" She screamed, pounding the ground with her fist. "My.My parents," She then said, calming down slightly. " They protected me with their life.Only to have me die a few years the latter." She choked down a sob. "And then Sesshomaru-sama revived me.Took care of me.And I disobeyed him and was punished with his death!" Kagome looked at the poor girl, pitying her. She prepared herself for the girl to cry on, even inching a little closer to her. But instead of a sob, a growl very wolflike escaped from Rin's mouth. " This is why I won't become closer to anyone anymore. I came to your village to find an answer. Once I realize it." Her teeth clenched, " I will.Join milord." "What?" Kagome gasped. "Rin-chan, get a hold on yourself! Suicide isn't the answer here!" That's when Rin began to cry. Tears of both anger and sorrow flooded her cheeks. "There is no meaning anymore, Kagome! I can never love someone, have a family. For when it is the most important thing I have, it will be torn away!" She stood up then "Thank you for your pity, Kagome-chan. But I needn't it." She walked away, leaving Kagome to herself atop the hill. That's when it hit her. This was so much like what Inuyasha had suffered through. "No." She whispered, and the wind whispered back "Naraku."
AN: Wahaha! FF.net is up, and me iz happay! Ok, I'll be doing the next chapter.sometime ^^* I just hope I get reviews *winkwink nudgenudge* r/r, folks! Tootles
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"Man, does this trail ever stop?" Rin sighed, seeing another hill ahead of her. She looked up to the sky.
"It's already past Middle Sun.How far away is this stupid village?" Her shoulders fell in defeat.
"That old villager said that the priestess would know.." She sat on the ledge of an old well. "Kaede, was her name? Oh, whatever!" She pulled out of her pack a pheasant she had caught, and began to build a fire. "It looks like I'll never get there.I've been traveling for three solid days." Her fists clenched. "Sesshomaru-sama wouldn't give up, would he? And besides, I've traveled much farther with him!" She sighed "Course, I rode on Ah and Uhn most of the time.. And I was younger; I had more energy." She stared into the growing flames. "Will I never find out what this all means? Or what's happening to me? Or." She closed her eyes," Should I even try to find out? I mean," she laughed, " Maybe the truth is worse than this." She thrust a stick into the pheasant and hung it over the liking flames.
"ARG! STUPID BACKPACK! Where Inuyasha when you need him?"
Rin froze. Did the well just..talk? And what did it say about Sesshomaru's mutt brother? A head pooped out of the well. "Inu-Oh, um, hi." Kagome say, looking at the bewildered face of the woman sitting on the well. "Do you mind.giving me a hand with this pack? " "Umm.sure." Rin rose, setting the meat she was cooking on a leaf. She reached down and lifted the pack with one hand off of the strange girl. She set it down and offered a hand to her. "Wow!" Kagome thought, taking her hand . "This girl is strong! Man, and she looks much younger than me! " The twenty-one year old Kagome smiled at the girl, trying to be as friendly as possible. She looked very sad, with dark black circles under her eyes and her aura was very dark., as if she had witnessed a horrible tragedy. "Umm, so what's your name? " Kagome asked, sitting next to the girl. "Rin." "I'm Kagome Higurashi!" Kagome said, smiling. "You are not from around here, are you?" "Hmm?" "Your clothes.." Rin said, staring at Kagome's short skirt and blouse. Her eyes widened suddenly. "There is a woman who rides with that mutt. Her name is Kagome, and she has powers that of a miko. She is actually quite impressive, with that bow of hers. But she is also weak, a mortal of lower status than even Jaken." Sesshomaru had said once. She was young then, and remember laughing atone of Sesshomaru's rare jokes Rin sighed. "Umm, are you okay?" Kagome finally asked. "I mean, maybe you should rest at the village awhile. " "The village, is it close?"
"Yea, just a mile or two. Right outside of this forest." "Tell me, Kagome, is there a woman named Kaede there?"
"What?" Kagome thought. "Who would know of Kaede?" "Yes, actually. She is, err, was the priestess." "Then, Kagome-chan, it was nice to meet you." Rin said, standing up. "No, wait, I'm going there too! That baka Inuyasha won't meet me here anyway. Lets go then!" "Alright." Rin said, staring at the overly happy woman.
It took the two around a half-hour before they reached the village. The sun had set by then, the moon invisible in the sky. " Kagome-chan!" "Hey, Shippou!" Kagome smiled at the boy. He had grown in the last 6 years, though not by much. He looked a lot like Souta, strangely. He had the same energy. Kagome laughed at herself silently. A kitsune and a human boy, best friends? Hey, I guess it could happen. Inuyasha sat in the corner his hair already jet black. "Inuyasha, you could have helped me, you know?" He looked up. "It isn't my fault I look like this eve-" "You are Inuyasha?" Rin asked, breaking up the argument. Inuyasha looked at her for the first time, just noticing the solemn girl. "Kagome?! Why don't you just tell Sesshomaru when I turn? Geeze!" He yelled at Kagome. "Even if you told him, he would not listen." "Huh?" Kagome asked, looking at the face of Rin, veiled by her black hair. "Mi'lord Sesshomaru died about five months ago." "So the she-male finally kicked it, eh? Good. Anther punk off my list." Rin's fists clenched. "I wouldn't say that, hanyou. Tonight isn't your best night to go ill- mouthing anyone!" "Hey, girl," Inuyasha growled," Watch it. You are just some mortal woman, I could shred you in an instant." "INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha covered his head suddenly, turning from the bully to the bullied. "Don't sit me!" He cried. In his human form, it wouldn't be very comfortable Miruko laughed nearby, knowing this scenario far too well. Rin sat by herself, munching on her now-cold fowl. They're so happy, she thought. It had been so long since she had been truly happy.Even with the wolf tribe there had been a nagging in her mind, an icy feeling in the pit of her stomach. That night as the rest of the village slept, Rin sat alone gazing at the moonless sky. "Its pretty, isn't it?" A voice said, startling Rin. "Kagome-chan, what are you doing up?" She asked. "I should be asking you that." She replied happily. "You.Are you alright?" She then said, her happiness melting away to worry. "Huh? What made you.." "You don't look so great, Rin-chan. You look like you haven't slept well for days.And your aura, it's as dark as the night sky above us." "I.I know." Rin muttered back. She knew it was well obvious that her life since a few years back had been hard. Scars were randomly scattered on her body from battles she had fought with youkai. When she did sleep, it was a short and troubled slumber, filled with nightmares. "What happened to you?" Kagome asked, almost whispering. She remembered, years and years ago, when Inuyasha had run into Sesshomaru. By his side had been a young girl, a human. She had been so happy, carefree. Her aura had been yellow and pink. But now.Now she was worn and silent, her eyes never seeming to be focussing on reality, her aura dark. "It is.None of anyone's business." She replied bitterly. She knew of her past. There was no need to reopen her wounds. There would never heal, but playing with them would only infect them, make them bleed again. "No man is an island, Rin-chan. Don't try to pull yourself away from humanity. Reality. I'm sure if you got whatever happened to you off your chest, you would feel better." "You have no idea!" Rin said, now angry at Kagome's persistence. "All my life people have been so kind to me, so wonderful. And what have I done? I have somehow killed them all!" She screamed, pounding the ground with her fist. "My.My parents," She then said, calming down slightly. " They protected me with their life.Only to have me die a few years the latter." She choked down a sob. "And then Sesshomaru-sama revived me.Took care of me.And I disobeyed him and was punished with his death!" Kagome looked at the poor girl, pitying her. She prepared herself for the girl to cry on, even inching a little closer to her. But instead of a sob, a growl very wolflike escaped from Rin's mouth. " This is why I won't become closer to anyone anymore. I came to your village to find an answer. Once I realize it." Her teeth clenched, " I will.Join milord." "What?" Kagome gasped. "Rin-chan, get a hold on yourself! Suicide isn't the answer here!" That's when Rin began to cry. Tears of both anger and sorrow flooded her cheeks. "There is no meaning anymore, Kagome! I can never love someone, have a family. For when it is the most important thing I have, it will be torn away!" She stood up then "Thank you for your pity, Kagome-chan. But I needn't it." She walked away, leaving Kagome to herself atop the hill. That's when it hit her. This was so much like what Inuyasha had suffered through. "No." She whispered, and the wind whispered back "Naraku."
AN: Wahaha! FF.net is up, and me iz happay! Ok, I'll be doing the next chapter.sometime ^^* I just hope I get reviews *winkwink nudgenudge* r/r, folks! Tootles