Disclaimer: Takahashi-sama owns Inuyasha.
Belonging nowhere
By miyamoto yui
Part 18 – tempting fate.
Rin just blinked at Seth, but she also glanced at Nana. Even though they had not talked much except the occasional visits to Kinnosuke, she couldn't believe what was before her.
But nothing could have prepared her for a bloody Sesshomaru.
Someone whose eyes didn't know anything but death.
They were desparate to survive, but in order to do so, she saw his fear even clearer.
Of course, to anyone around them wouldn't understand what she knew. She had looked at those eyes and believed in their gentleness. Now, she saw no trace of the person who had cared for her.
And so, she got up slowly with an annoyed, yet determined face that faced nothing but Seth, someone who looked like Sesshomaru, but wasn't him at all.
"Seth…" they both thought at the same time.
Sesshomaru had not heard that name in so long. It was the name of a distant personality that never wanted to come out again. Or rather, he was suppressed inside. Tied down and locked away when he began to understand human people.
It started with Mari.
But it was wasted on her also.
And with it, he tried so hard to keep it from coming out again...
It was only Rin who could save him now…
When she said his name only a moment ago that seemed like ages, it was just wrong. Rin should have never seen this side of him.
Never…
She should never had a chance or an inkling of an opportunity to say this name.
No, not in this lifetime.
Not now.
Nana then laughed as she lifted up her hand. Tilting her head to one side, she smiled widely. She had shapeshifted to Merodi. "Oh, you couldn't possibly believe that I didn't do my research, could you, Seth?"
Rin watched as Merodi went over to the bloody Seth and touched half of his cheek with her pale, white skinned hands. Instead of being satisfied with the small victory over the first phase of her plan, Merodi turned to Rin and asked, "Can you still love this man?"
Merodi laughed and laughed evilly. It echoed in Rin's ears, but she didn't even twitch.
Rin looked directly at Merodi, and then at Seth. With merciless eyes, she answered, "That's not Sesshomaru-sama. This person is only a look-alike."
Seth just looked at her blankly as Merodi began to kiss Seth on the cheek to spite her. "You don't know Sesshomaru as well as I do, Child."
Ignoring Merodi, she told the one called Seth, "You are not the one I am seeking."
Inside of her head, Rin refused to give up. Sesshomaru and Jaken were the only people she had now and no one was going to take them away.
No one!
"Seth?" Merodi let go of Seth as she faced him while taking out a fan to hide half of her face. "You still care for this girl and it's irritating me."
Seth lifted up his chin.
Yes, deep inside, Rin was winning him and Merodi could see the struggle, slight as his movements were, unseen by Rin herself.
Merodi lifted up her fan while one of her henchmen came with a torch of fire in one hand. "You choose to kill the people in the emergency shed right there or you kill the one named Rin. This is your choice now, Seth."
Seth was sweating as the sun was rising high up in the sky and beating upon the earth with its hot rays. But if Sesshomaru hated being told what to do, Seth abhorred it.
His eyes became smaller with disgust.
She whispered into his ear, "Kill the people. You'll save her and I'll let her live, as much as it will annoy me like hell, but she'll hate you forever."
Touching his chin with her fan, she continued, "Kill her and show loyalty to me. I was the one whom you were supposed to marry, not some human below our class. But you might loathe yourself for all eternity. Again."
Seth's eyes darkened as he thought in a succession of flashes inside of his mind. History was repeating itself all over again.
"Save her or kill the people," the daiyoukai commanded.
Mari had shouted at him, "How could you kill them?!"
Rin started to shake out of frustration, but also out of hurt of seeing Sesshomaru switch between his modes. She shook her head as she watched the shed with the henchmen now all assembled around the shed.
The torches were burning brightly with the smoke making a trail in the sky as she could hear the people holding their breath.
A child began to cry.
A tear was slipping from one of her eyes as she held the child inside of her with a hand over her stomach. Looking at Seth, she shouted, "Don't!"
She couldn't stand the fact that Sesshomaru looked pained.
It was the most emotional he had ever been, in any of the times they had all spent with one another.
Rin looked at Seth with those fearless eyes and pointed at herself while shouting, "Don't think! Kill me! KILL ME, SETH!!!"
Her hand became a fist to the side of her as she thought of the child, but this was the only way…
I still believe you're in there…
Try killing me, Sesshomaru…
Seth was taking out his sword and pointed it towards the direction of Rin.
Merodi's lips finally smiled its true, sinister smile as her eyes looked at Seth next to her.
Rin screamed stubbornly, "KILL _US_, SETH!!"
Tsuzuku….
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Author's note: Whoa, very emotional. I found myself holding my breath back as I did this chapter. I know it sounds like Relena shouting for Heero Yuy, but dammit, I hated that part in Gundam Wing because it didn't look sincere to me.
Okay, I've got an ending and I've got to get there. It's all been set in my head, but it's been hard to execute it. I truly fear if the build up for this fic was too much and then I crash and burn while ending it. ;_;
I guess that is a common fear of authors. There are some who just don't give a damn, but I'm not one of those people. I may make lots of mistakes, but I refuse to give something that doesn't say I love this anime.
So again, thanks for being patient with me while I have a bad writer's block.
And, if I thought Rin was already cool before. Then damn, I love her even more because of this!
Belonging nowhere
By miyamoto yui
Part 18 – tempting fate.
Rin just blinked at Seth, but she also glanced at Nana. Even though they had not talked much except the occasional visits to Kinnosuke, she couldn't believe what was before her.
But nothing could have prepared her for a bloody Sesshomaru.
Someone whose eyes didn't know anything but death.
They were desparate to survive, but in order to do so, she saw his fear even clearer.
Of course, to anyone around them wouldn't understand what she knew. She had looked at those eyes and believed in their gentleness. Now, she saw no trace of the person who had cared for her.
And so, she got up slowly with an annoyed, yet determined face that faced nothing but Seth, someone who looked like Sesshomaru, but wasn't him at all.
"Seth…" they both thought at the same time.
Sesshomaru had not heard that name in so long. It was the name of a distant personality that never wanted to come out again. Or rather, he was suppressed inside. Tied down and locked away when he began to understand human people.
It started with Mari.
But it was wasted on her also.
And with it, he tried so hard to keep it from coming out again...
It was only Rin who could save him now…
When she said his name only a moment ago that seemed like ages, it was just wrong. Rin should have never seen this side of him.
Never…
She should never had a chance or an inkling of an opportunity to say this name.
No, not in this lifetime.
Not now.
Nana then laughed as she lifted up her hand. Tilting her head to one side, she smiled widely. She had shapeshifted to Merodi. "Oh, you couldn't possibly believe that I didn't do my research, could you, Seth?"
Rin watched as Merodi went over to the bloody Seth and touched half of his cheek with her pale, white skinned hands. Instead of being satisfied with the small victory over the first phase of her plan, Merodi turned to Rin and asked, "Can you still love this man?"
Merodi laughed and laughed evilly. It echoed in Rin's ears, but she didn't even twitch.
Rin looked directly at Merodi, and then at Seth. With merciless eyes, she answered, "That's not Sesshomaru-sama. This person is only a look-alike."
Seth just looked at her blankly as Merodi began to kiss Seth on the cheek to spite her. "You don't know Sesshomaru as well as I do, Child."
Ignoring Merodi, she told the one called Seth, "You are not the one I am seeking."
Inside of her head, Rin refused to give up. Sesshomaru and Jaken were the only people she had now and no one was going to take them away.
No one!
"Seth?" Merodi let go of Seth as she faced him while taking out a fan to hide half of her face. "You still care for this girl and it's irritating me."
Seth lifted up his chin.
Yes, deep inside, Rin was winning him and Merodi could see the struggle, slight as his movements were, unseen by Rin herself.
Merodi lifted up her fan while one of her henchmen came with a torch of fire in one hand. "You choose to kill the people in the emergency shed right there or you kill the one named Rin. This is your choice now, Seth."
Seth was sweating as the sun was rising high up in the sky and beating upon the earth with its hot rays. But if Sesshomaru hated being told what to do, Seth abhorred it.
His eyes became smaller with disgust.
She whispered into his ear, "Kill the people. You'll save her and I'll let her live, as much as it will annoy me like hell, but she'll hate you forever."
Touching his chin with her fan, she continued, "Kill her and show loyalty to me. I was the one whom you were supposed to marry, not some human below our class. But you might loathe yourself for all eternity. Again."
Seth's eyes darkened as he thought in a succession of flashes inside of his mind. History was repeating itself all over again.
"Save her or kill the people," the daiyoukai commanded.
Mari had shouted at him, "How could you kill them?!"
Rin started to shake out of frustration, but also out of hurt of seeing Sesshomaru switch between his modes. She shook her head as she watched the shed with the henchmen now all assembled around the shed.
The torches were burning brightly with the smoke making a trail in the sky as she could hear the people holding their breath.
A child began to cry.
A tear was slipping from one of her eyes as she held the child inside of her with a hand over her stomach. Looking at Seth, she shouted, "Don't!"
She couldn't stand the fact that Sesshomaru looked pained.
It was the most emotional he had ever been, in any of the times they had all spent with one another.
Rin looked at Seth with those fearless eyes and pointed at herself while shouting, "Don't think! Kill me! KILL ME, SETH!!!"
Her hand became a fist to the side of her as she thought of the child, but this was the only way…
I still believe you're in there…
Try killing me, Sesshomaru…
Seth was taking out his sword and pointed it towards the direction of Rin.
Merodi's lips finally smiled its true, sinister smile as her eyes looked at Seth next to her.
Rin screamed stubbornly, "KILL _US_, SETH!!"
Tsuzuku….
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Author's note: Whoa, very emotional. I found myself holding my breath back as I did this chapter. I know it sounds like Relena shouting for Heero Yuy, but dammit, I hated that part in Gundam Wing because it didn't look sincere to me.
Okay, I've got an ending and I've got to get there. It's all been set in my head, but it's been hard to execute it. I truly fear if the build up for this fic was too much and then I crash and burn while ending it. ;_;
I guess that is a common fear of authors. There are some who just don't give a damn, but I'm not one of those people. I may make lots of mistakes, but I refuse to give something that doesn't say I love this anime.
So again, thanks for being patient with me while I have a bad writer's block.
And, if I thought Rin was already cool before. Then damn, I love her even more because of this!
