Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha or any of its characters.
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Speak by Night Beauty
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My body is aching when I wake up. Bruises are visible on my shoulder and some on my legs. My stomach grumbles due to no lunch and dinner the day before.
I had that dream again. No, more like a nightmare. It was the time my step-aunt grabbed my hair and slapped me. Her nails dug into the back of my neck, causing blood to caress down my back. The scars and dry blood is still there.
Mommy. . .why did you have to die? It wasn't daddy's fault. . .
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I shift my skirt as to hide the bruises, and I also wear a long-sleeved sailor shirt today. I don't have anything to conceal the black rings beneath my eyes.
"So, you got out!" a girl sneers.
I remember her name.
Kagura.
She sighs and shifts her weight to one side, crossing her arms. "Yet I'm not amused."
Surpassing her is no use. What am I, a weak girl, supposed to do without getting injured in the process?
I step back and knock into someone.
"Sesshoumaru," one of the girls behind Kagura suddenly looks scared. "Let's go, Kagura."
"Why? I'm a demon too!"
"He's more dangerous," the girl insists, and drags the ruby-eyed girl away.
I glance up and look at the boy.
His face reads no emotion. I do not understand him, yet I want to.
Why is that?
I watch him walk away, one hand in his pocket. He acts as if I was never there, but I know he protected me from the demoness Kagura.
I feel like. . .I can trust him, but I'm not so easily swayed.
Not anymore.
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"Smile, c'mon," the lady says.
Yearbook pictures. I despise them. I put a smile on my face to rid the process faster.
"Good girl," she pats me on my head as I grab my books.
I don't have any money with me to buy lunch, and I didn't bring my lunch sack today. I feel dizzy as if I'm about to faint, I need to eat something.
Sitting against a tree, I hug my stomach with my knees bent in front of me.
"Hm," Sesshoumaru holds out a tiny container with sushi in it. "Here."
My chocolate eyes stare at the food, and then to him.
"You're hungry, aren't you?"
I nod slowly, and then accept the food with a smile. The rice is good to chew and the raw fish it delicious. I only eat half his food and hand it back to him. He sits next to me; one knee bent up and an elbow perched on it.
"You can have it," he merely says with his eyes closed.
I tilt my head and insist on giving it back to him.
His amber eyes stare down at me. "Just eat it."
I smile and place the food next to him.
There is a silence, but I enjoy my presence with him.
"Why. . .is there blood on you?"
His pale hand reaches behind my neck, his touch placing shivers down my spine.
"I smelled dry blood, and also noticed wounds on your legs. Why?"
I bite the bottom of my lip.
"Not that I care or anything," he adds.
I smile and laugh a bit, as if nothing were wrong.
"Why do you keep smiling around me?"
To keep everyone from worrying about me.
I only reply from my head and not my mouth. I have experienced the pain of doing that already.
"You ask. . .too many questions," I say softly, quietly, so he cannot hear.
But then I remember he is a dog demon, related to that of the hanyou Inuyasha from the day before.
Sesshoumaru smirks a little, and then gets up to leave, his tray of food beside me still.
I pick up and chew on another sushi.
Note to self: Speaking quietly does not mean he cannot hear you.
I'll try not to forget that.
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My fingers press the strings on my violin; sight-reading a solo the teacher has given me. I play the notes perfectly in tune, the dynamics and punctuation of each note correctly.
"Very good, Rin," the teacher says. He pats me on the back and makes me face the class. "This is what I expect from all of you. Work hard!"
A few students glare at me, some are envious.
He just made my life worse.
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"Wow, you're really good!" a girl with red eyeliner comes and walks with me in the hall. She's a sophomore, like Kagome. "I'm Sango."
"Sango, wait! I swear it was an accident!" someone calls from behind.
She pays no attention, "How long have you been playing?"
Since I was five years-old. . .
I stop and turn to a boy with a small ponytail. He is panting and Sango is glaring at him.
"Oh, hello there," he bows to me, and I see his hand advancing towards me.
Before I know it, he's smashed into the wall with a red hand mark on his cheek.
"You HENTAI! Don't do that to a freshman!" Sango twitches and drags Miroku away by the ear.
I blink in confusion.
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I go home and my step-aunt is at work. She left no food for me, nor do I have a desire to take some from the fridge. I go to an old record player and begin to play a song with violin. It was my father playing, and a picture stands next to the player of my father and I on the violin.
I was so little.
I was so frail. . .so pathetic. . .
I fall asleep to the tune, one thought in my mind.
Someday I will tell someone what happened. Someone I can trust.
. . .Someday. . .
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SessRin2003- Lol. . .patience. . .
Lunatic Pandora1- Hehe, everyone loves fluffy, right?
Reine Keri- Yeah, I sorta made Rin's mom like Sango's in It Take Two. . .but worse, I guess? I dunno, lol.
Botan-chan- Yes, the later chapters will tell about her past. . .I already have it written out in Chapter 5! Hehe. ^^
Ud the imp- Nani? Ahh! Sorry, I think I accidentally skipped yours. . .I always multitask. . .Sorry! :: Bows ::
Schizophrenic Pyromaniac- Wow. . .your school sounds horrible, sorry, no offense. But it seems you dislike it too, ne?
Museless Author- Hn. . .well, maybe I'm just making the characters too mean to Rin. . .
New Fan- My chapters are short? I don't' like long ones. . .I think it bores people? Maybe. . . X_x;
Fawnlander Amethyst- Yep! Sesshoumaru's a youkai! I can't imagine him looking. . .human. Ehehe.
Blakcat258- Lol, but this fic is sort of different than Speak, I think. Lots of reviewers seemed to have read it. ^^;;
LexyPan- I wish they had more Rin in the Inuyasha epics. . .Sesshoumaru comes in like. . .once every thirty epics. ~.~;;
Kt- This story is depressing. . .I need to write more dramatic fics. Oo;; lol.