Together: An Unexpected Acquaintance
The sun rose on a distant field of flowers, and two figures came into view. One was a black-haired young lady, by the name of Rin. The other, a youkai lord, was Sesshoumaru. The lord of the Western Lands, Sesshoumaru had discovered Rin living in a village as an orphan, and took her to travel with him. Over time, they
formed a friendship, and eventually grew to love one another. Rin was currently picking a pretty arrangement of flowers, slipping a select few over Sesshoumaru's pointed ear. She walked over to him, carrying a bundle, and smiled happily at him.
"Sesshoumaru, sit down for a minute. You don't have to stand up all the time..." she said, laying the flowers on a rock next to him. "Wow, it's such a nice day...I'm a little sleepy..." Sitting down, she let herself fall backwards into the field, and lay there staring at the sky. She soon fell asleep, a breeze
gently blowing her hair into her face. Sesshoumaru looked at her as the wind blew her ponytail over her nose, watching as she moved a bit. She shifted again, but her hair still tickled her. He watched in amusement as she sneezed, sending a few nearby blossoms into the air. He laughed softly, and came to where she lay. Moving her hair out of the way, he stroked the edge of her face with one claw.
He could remember, when long ago, his own father had fell in love with a human. A great youkai lord, Inu Taisho had taken a youkai warrior as a mate. Sesshoumaru's own mother was a beautiful youkai, and the only thing separating her from any of the hime of the land was her long, silver hair. He shared his mother's hair, and fingered his own silvery-blue mane now, as he remembered her. But, she had fallen ill, he recalled. He sadly remembered having to help his father burn her in a funeral pyre, her long hair now turned to silver wisps
blazing with fire. As he stared as his mother burning, a part of him had died. His heart became cold and emotionless. Without his mother, he never felt loved as anyone should, human or youkai. But now... the feelings had returned. She....Rin.... had brought them back. He once believed that a human could not bring back those feelings. Now... he understood.
He dwelled on his past again, remembering. His father had suffered, but eventually found a new source of happiness. One day, he had gone out to hunt. When he returned, he brought with him a miko that had been wounded in a battle against a youkai. He had cared for her, tending for her wounds. He developed a bond with this human, and fell in love with her.
Sesshoumaru had loathed his father from that point onward, he couldn't understand how his father could become so weak. He had hated humans ever after, believing none were fit to live. They were the cause of his father becoming so weak, for him to take a human for a mate. So, all humans he came across were killed. Even worse, his father's new mate bore him a child. The ultimate disgrace, this hanyou Inuyasha. He swore he would kill all hanyou too, including his own brother. Inuyasha was too much of a reminder of his father's weakness, Sesshoumaru could not let him stay alive.
But... Inuyasha had been betrayed by a human... a miko called Kikyou.
Sesshoumaru felt pity towards his hanyou sibling, and refrained from killing him for fifty years. At the beginning of this ceasefire, Inuyasha had been pinned to a tree which the miko had banished him to. Somehow, they had been led to believe that the other betrayed them. Interestingly enough, it was the miko's reincarnation from the future that freed him. Sesshoumaru had watched with interest, as his younger brother clashed tempers with this girl, Kagome, time and time again. He felt a sense of peace, watching his brother finally accepted by someone.
Although he hated Inuyasha at first, he realized that it wasn't his fault that he was a hanyou. He had silently watched as his brother was rejected time and time again from the village. The place where he and his mother had resided in. Hiding, he had watched in silence as Inuyasha's mother was killed by fellow
villagers. He knew why she was slayed, it was because of Inuyasha. He then realized that his brother was cast out by not just youkai, like himself, but by humans as well. He took pity on him, and left him small bundles of food for him to live on. Meanwhile, Inuyasha had taken residence in the nearby forest, which came to be named after him. Sesshoumaru looked on, as his brother grew from a small little hanyou child, to an exceptional warrior. It reminded him of losing his own mother, and growing up alone in much the same way. But, their reasons for being alone were different. Sesshoumaru chose to live a solitary life, while Inuyasha was an outcast and was forced to live alone.
It was almost unbelievable when the village priestess, Kikyou, had befriended him. Inuyasha, not used to having any connection with humans at all, took her gesture lightly. He was on guard all the time, warily watching her bow, in case she was deceiving him. He felt she was tricking him, and waited for her to shoot at him. She came into possession of the Shikon no Tama, a powerful jewel that would grant the desires of any being that carried it. That jewel was entrusted to her, so she could purify it. She came upon a man one day, Onigumo. Burnt
badly beyond movement, she cared for him until he mysteriously vanished. He had held desires for her, and gave his body to youkai, sacrificing himself in order to obtain her. The youkai Naraku emerged, and watched Kikyou and Inuyasha jealously. Sesshoumaru remembered Naraku spitefully, and recalled how he had tried to assist him. It had been a trap, and had almost cost him his life a few times. Looking back now, he remembered how Naraku had taken Inuyasha's form, and stolen the jewel from Kikyou. She knew that Inuyasha wanted the jewel to become a full youkai, but did not expect him to steal it. Naraku took advantage of this, and delivered a fatal wound to her, as the hanyou she had trusted. Naraku then took the form of Kikyou, and hunted down Inuyasha. Inuyasha mistakenly believed his instincts, which told him she would betray him. He rushed to a temple, and grabbed the jewel to flee. The real Kikyou appeared, the wound delivered by
Naraku sapping her strength. What she knew, was that 'Inuyasha' had attacked her, and was now escaping with the Shikon no Tama.
Using the last of her strength, she shot an arrow, pinning him to a tree, where he fell into a deep trance. She died later that day, and took the jewel with her into the pyre. Fifty years went by, and then the jewel suddenly resurfaced.
Kagome, the reincarnated being of Kikyou, had fallen back in time, and the jewel had been drawn out from inside her body. Naraku had come back, and had tried many times to take the jewel. It had become shattered, and the shards had scattered over the land. It was Naraku who had given Sesshoumaru a human arm with a jewel shard, to wield the blade Tetsusaiga, which had come into his brother's possession after a visit to their father's grave.
Suddenly, he was drawn out of his memories by a hand on top of his own. Rin had woken up, to find Sesshoumaru sitting in the field next to her, gently stroking her face. She watched as he sat there thinking, and wondered what could make him stare off into space like that. She laughed, when he jumped at her touch. She sat up, giggling, and brushed her hair off her face. "Hey Sesshoumaru? What were you doing? You looked like you had eaten something that disagreed with you," she said, giggling at the thought. "Well... I was... um.." he stammered, looking a little embarrassed. He tried regaining his composure, only to blush slightly. She burst out laughing, and stood up. "Okay, maybe I don't want to know..." she said, smiling. "Hey, what do you want me to cook for dinner? Is there any rice left in our supplies?" she asked, changing the subject. "No, but I'm arranging for dinner, so don't worry." he replied, standing up. "Oh, all right then. Well, if you'll excuse me, I think I'm going to go take a bath in the onsen." she
said, and gathered some flowers off the ground. "Hm, these will make my hair smell nice..." she said, walking off. He watched her, and focused his mind on the task ahead. Now, he had cooked before, it wasn't very hard. But, he wanted to impress her, so he went to gather some nice things for their meal.
Rin stepped out of the onsen, and put her kimono back on. Shaking out her hair, she selected a pretty purple flower to place in it. She started back towards the camp, not noticing the pair of eyes that watched her from the bushes a few feet away.
Sesshoumaru set down a bushel of rice, and dumped it into the pot along with some vegetables. Watching the pot carefully, he added pieces of sashimi, until the water boiled. Inhaling the scent of the fish, he stirred the tempura, holding it over the fire pit. He brought his nose up into the wind, and noticed Rin's scent getting stronger. "She must be coming back from her bath," he thought, quickly spooning out the tempura into two bowls. He put his nose to the wind again, sniffing. "What.... is that?" he commented, noticing a strange scent approaching Rin's. He quickly got up, wondering whose scent was following her. Rin turned around, noticing a sound in the trees behind her. She thought, for a second, that she saw the edge of a black piece of cloth disappear around a tree. Dismissing it, she kept walking. A few minutes later, she was startled by a hand resting on her shoulder. She looked down, expecting to see Sesshoumaru's clawed hand. She turned around, but did not find Sesshoumaru standing behind her. Sesshoumaru rushed frantically through the forest, and stopped in front of a clearing. There was Rin, with a hand on her shoulder coming out of the shadows. He took in the owner's scent, and growled loudly.
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Note - this entire story has been revised
Anata wa hyouron shimashou ne? ((you will will review, right?))
The sun rose on a distant field of flowers, and two figures came into view. One was a black-haired young lady, by the name of Rin. The other, a youkai lord, was Sesshoumaru. The lord of the Western Lands, Sesshoumaru had discovered Rin living in a village as an orphan, and took her to travel with him. Over time, they
formed a friendship, and eventually grew to love one another. Rin was currently picking a pretty arrangement of flowers, slipping a select few over Sesshoumaru's pointed ear. She walked over to him, carrying a bundle, and smiled happily at him.
"Sesshoumaru, sit down for a minute. You don't have to stand up all the time..." she said, laying the flowers on a rock next to him. "Wow, it's such a nice day...I'm a little sleepy..." Sitting down, she let herself fall backwards into the field, and lay there staring at the sky. She soon fell asleep, a breeze
gently blowing her hair into her face. Sesshoumaru looked at her as the wind blew her ponytail over her nose, watching as she moved a bit. She shifted again, but her hair still tickled her. He watched in amusement as she sneezed, sending a few nearby blossoms into the air. He laughed softly, and came to where she lay. Moving her hair out of the way, he stroked the edge of her face with one claw.
He could remember, when long ago, his own father had fell in love with a human. A great youkai lord, Inu Taisho had taken a youkai warrior as a mate. Sesshoumaru's own mother was a beautiful youkai, and the only thing separating her from any of the hime of the land was her long, silver hair. He shared his mother's hair, and fingered his own silvery-blue mane now, as he remembered her. But, she had fallen ill, he recalled. He sadly remembered having to help his father burn her in a funeral pyre, her long hair now turned to silver wisps
blazing with fire. As he stared as his mother burning, a part of him had died. His heart became cold and emotionless. Without his mother, he never felt loved as anyone should, human or youkai. But now... the feelings had returned. She....Rin.... had brought them back. He once believed that a human could not bring back those feelings. Now... he understood.
He dwelled on his past again, remembering. His father had suffered, but eventually found a new source of happiness. One day, he had gone out to hunt. When he returned, he brought with him a miko that had been wounded in a battle against a youkai. He had cared for her, tending for her wounds. He developed a bond with this human, and fell in love with her.
Sesshoumaru had loathed his father from that point onward, he couldn't understand how his father could become so weak. He had hated humans ever after, believing none were fit to live. They were the cause of his father becoming so weak, for him to take a human for a mate. So, all humans he came across were killed. Even worse, his father's new mate bore him a child. The ultimate disgrace, this hanyou Inuyasha. He swore he would kill all hanyou too, including his own brother. Inuyasha was too much of a reminder of his father's weakness, Sesshoumaru could not let him stay alive.
But... Inuyasha had been betrayed by a human... a miko called Kikyou.
Sesshoumaru felt pity towards his hanyou sibling, and refrained from killing him for fifty years. At the beginning of this ceasefire, Inuyasha had been pinned to a tree which the miko had banished him to. Somehow, they had been led to believe that the other betrayed them. Interestingly enough, it was the miko's reincarnation from the future that freed him. Sesshoumaru had watched with interest, as his younger brother clashed tempers with this girl, Kagome, time and time again. He felt a sense of peace, watching his brother finally accepted by someone.
Although he hated Inuyasha at first, he realized that it wasn't his fault that he was a hanyou. He had silently watched as his brother was rejected time and time again from the village. The place where he and his mother had resided in. Hiding, he had watched in silence as Inuyasha's mother was killed by fellow
villagers. He knew why she was slayed, it was because of Inuyasha. He then realized that his brother was cast out by not just youkai, like himself, but by humans as well. He took pity on him, and left him small bundles of food for him to live on. Meanwhile, Inuyasha had taken residence in the nearby forest, which came to be named after him. Sesshoumaru looked on, as his brother grew from a small little hanyou child, to an exceptional warrior. It reminded him of losing his own mother, and growing up alone in much the same way. But, their reasons for being alone were different. Sesshoumaru chose to live a solitary life, while Inuyasha was an outcast and was forced to live alone.
It was almost unbelievable when the village priestess, Kikyou, had befriended him. Inuyasha, not used to having any connection with humans at all, took her gesture lightly. He was on guard all the time, warily watching her bow, in case she was deceiving him. He felt she was tricking him, and waited for her to shoot at him. She came into possession of the Shikon no Tama, a powerful jewel that would grant the desires of any being that carried it. That jewel was entrusted to her, so she could purify it. She came upon a man one day, Onigumo. Burnt
badly beyond movement, she cared for him until he mysteriously vanished. He had held desires for her, and gave his body to youkai, sacrificing himself in order to obtain her. The youkai Naraku emerged, and watched Kikyou and Inuyasha jealously. Sesshoumaru remembered Naraku spitefully, and recalled how he had tried to assist him. It had been a trap, and had almost cost him his life a few times. Looking back now, he remembered how Naraku had taken Inuyasha's form, and stolen the jewel from Kikyou. She knew that Inuyasha wanted the jewel to become a full youkai, but did not expect him to steal it. Naraku took advantage of this, and delivered a fatal wound to her, as the hanyou she had trusted. Naraku then took the form of Kikyou, and hunted down Inuyasha. Inuyasha mistakenly believed his instincts, which told him she would betray him. He rushed to a temple, and grabbed the jewel to flee. The real Kikyou appeared, the wound delivered by
Naraku sapping her strength. What she knew, was that 'Inuyasha' had attacked her, and was now escaping with the Shikon no Tama.
Using the last of her strength, she shot an arrow, pinning him to a tree, where he fell into a deep trance. She died later that day, and took the jewel with her into the pyre. Fifty years went by, and then the jewel suddenly resurfaced.
Kagome, the reincarnated being of Kikyou, had fallen back in time, and the jewel had been drawn out from inside her body. Naraku had come back, and had tried many times to take the jewel. It had become shattered, and the shards had scattered over the land. It was Naraku who had given Sesshoumaru a human arm with a jewel shard, to wield the blade Tetsusaiga, which had come into his brother's possession after a visit to their father's grave.
Suddenly, he was drawn out of his memories by a hand on top of his own. Rin had woken up, to find Sesshoumaru sitting in the field next to her, gently stroking her face. She watched as he sat there thinking, and wondered what could make him stare off into space like that. She laughed, when he jumped at her touch. She sat up, giggling, and brushed her hair off her face. "Hey Sesshoumaru? What were you doing? You looked like you had eaten something that disagreed with you," she said, giggling at the thought. "Well... I was... um.." he stammered, looking a little embarrassed. He tried regaining his composure, only to blush slightly. She burst out laughing, and stood up. "Okay, maybe I don't want to know..." she said, smiling. "Hey, what do you want me to cook for dinner? Is there any rice left in our supplies?" she asked, changing the subject. "No, but I'm arranging for dinner, so don't worry." he replied, standing up. "Oh, all right then. Well, if you'll excuse me, I think I'm going to go take a bath in the onsen." she
said, and gathered some flowers off the ground. "Hm, these will make my hair smell nice..." she said, walking off. He watched her, and focused his mind on the task ahead. Now, he had cooked before, it wasn't very hard. But, he wanted to impress her, so he went to gather some nice things for their meal.
Rin stepped out of the onsen, and put her kimono back on. Shaking out her hair, she selected a pretty purple flower to place in it. She started back towards the camp, not noticing the pair of eyes that watched her from the bushes a few feet away.
Sesshoumaru set down a bushel of rice, and dumped it into the pot along with some vegetables. Watching the pot carefully, he added pieces of sashimi, until the water boiled. Inhaling the scent of the fish, he stirred the tempura, holding it over the fire pit. He brought his nose up into the wind, and noticed Rin's scent getting stronger. "She must be coming back from her bath," he thought, quickly spooning out the tempura into two bowls. He put his nose to the wind again, sniffing. "What.... is that?" he commented, noticing a strange scent approaching Rin's. He quickly got up, wondering whose scent was following her. Rin turned around, noticing a sound in the trees behind her. She thought, for a second, that she saw the edge of a black piece of cloth disappear around a tree. Dismissing it, she kept walking. A few minutes later, she was startled by a hand resting on her shoulder. She looked down, expecting to see Sesshoumaru's clawed hand. She turned around, but did not find Sesshoumaru standing behind her. Sesshoumaru rushed frantically through the forest, and stopped in front of a clearing. There was Rin, with a hand on her shoulder coming out of the shadows. He took in the owner's scent, and growled loudly.
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Note - this entire story has been revised
Anata wa hyouron shimashou ne? ((you will will review, right?))