FOREINGER by: OtakuSailorV
Chapter 5: The Trip To The Tokyo Tower & The Song From The Past
Hikari gasped as she stood on a hill dotted with cherry trees in full bloom. Those were the trees that she had lived to see when she had first moved to Japan. They were her sister's favorite too. As if by magic the girl stood on the hill about 50 feet away. "Hikariiiii!!! Sissy over here!!!" The girl was holding a bouquet of flowers & waving cheerfully at Hikari from where she stood. Hikari smiled & ran toward her sister. Her little sister who had died all those years ago. The girl was about Rin's age when she died. She was wearing a green dress & hat with a white sash tied around it. Her long blonde hair fell to her shoulders loosely. Her sister had never liked wearing her hair up in any form of ponytail or pigtails. Hikari ran & ran but never seemed to get any closer. Finally she stopped & ran away from her sister. She looked over her shoulder to see that the girl was gone. She turned her eyes forward as she ran to find that she was about to run into her sister. Hikari stopped dead. How had that happened? She had been running away from her sister, not toward her. She looked the girl over. It was her sister! "Kimie!!!" Hikari cried as she went to embrace her sister. Something felt like it snapped in her head as she was suddenly plunged into darkness.
"Kimie." Hikari whispered in her sleep as she lay on the floor. Her stomach was pressed against the floor, as her arms were both under the pillow. Her head was turned to face the wall, away from Sesshoumaru & the others. Yet they still heard her. Sesshoumaru turned to look at her. The girl had a worried expression on her face as she slept. Rin was up & sitting contentedly against him, just waking up herself. "Sesshoumaru-sama, 'Yawn', why is Hikari-sama talking in her sleep?" Jaken was watching the girl's back. In a pool of sunlight that had filtered through the window by Hikari he could see the shadow of wings rising off her back. Sesshoumaru looked down at Rin to reply. "She is having a dream in which she is talking to someone, so her mouth formed what she was dreaming she was saying." Rin looked confused for a moment. "Oh." Then she got up & went & kneeled by Hikari who stirred in her sleep. Jaken was standing by the girl too. He stared at the shadow of the wings then back at Hikari's back. Finally he drew up the courage to roll up the back of her shirt to get a good look at her shoulders. He looked at the strange thing that he found there. Two long & wide scars sat between her shoulder blades. They were ragged looking & when Jaken moved his hand, he noticed in the pool of sunlight that his arm disappeared behind the wings. He gasped & retrieved his arm. So this was were the wings sprouted from. He poked at the scars to see if they were solid. Hikari's body tensed when he touched them. He took a step back when she swung an arm in her sleep. She mumbled something then laid still for some time. He touched the scars again. Hikari swung at him again. He backed up a second time. "I wonder." He mumbled thoughtfully & poked the scars a third time, only a lot harder.
The darkness swirled around her as she fell away from her sister's smiling image. She shuddered as pain repeatedly sliced through her back. Wings suddenly sprouted during the worst spasm of pain. She watched as the darkness disappeared when the wings had exploded from her back. She wasn't cold anymore. The overwhelming loneliness that had struck her was gone, & was replaced by a happy feeling that she couldn't explain. She sighed as she opened her eyes slowly. Someone was poking her back really hard. Pain kept searing through the place that was being poked though. Really, heavy pain. Small hands, must be Rin. She opened her eyes to see the girl in question leaning over her worriedly. Hikari's eyes drifted down to look at the girl's arms. Both arms were in her lap, the hands clenching her kimono. 'If it's not Rin then.who.?!' Hikari was wondering as realization flooded through her. "Jaken you pervert!!!" Hikari shrieked as she hooked a foot through his jacket & tossed him across the room. Hikari stood up & rolled her T-shirt back down. Jaken landed with a 'splat' against the wall. Hikari was upon him before he could move. With enough power to bring down a mad bull she grabbed Jaken by his shoulders & shook him. "What is up with you?! I was asleep you little idiot!!! What were you doing anyhow?!" Hikari sat him down ruffley on the floor. He spun around before he collapsed to the floor. "The.wings." Was all he managed to get out before Hikari started up again. "Not those again! I told you that I DON'T HAVE WINGS!!! Now what were you really doing?!" Hikari looked as if she were going to strangle Jaken at any moment. Sesshoumaru sat watching the whole affair with startled eyes. He had never seen a human woman get so mad before. Rin was giving the fight the same look. "Sesshoumaru-sama, what is a pervert?" she asked curiously. What ever it was it must not be good if Jaken was one. Sesshoumaru turned his startled look toward Rin. Gods he didn't want he learning about that yet. He was refrained from answering when Hikari started again. "What do you mean look in the pool of sunlight by where I was sleeping?!.Fine I will." She seemed to be cooling down a little, or maybe it was just Sesshoumaru. She crossed through the room toward her futon. She looked into the light reflected on the carpet. She didn't see any wings. She turned an angry gaze at Jaken who was staggering slowly into the room. He looked as if a wild animal had mauled him. He started when he saw Hikari's angry look. "You must lay back down & turn your head toward the light to see the shadow." Jaken instructed hastily, before she could start yelling & choking him again. She did as he said reluctantly. She turned her head slowly to look at the pool of sunlight. She gasped as she saw exactly what everyone had seen. The shadow of enormous wings protruding from her back. She stepped back from the reflection with wide eyes. "Y-you said there were scars on my back right Jaken?" Hikari asked as she continued to stare unbelievingly at the shadow of wings. Jaken looked up at her. "Yes, large, ragged scars, two of them, between your shoulder blades." Hikari launched herself into the bathroom. Ripping off her shirt she turned away from the bathroom mirror & grabbed a smaller hand-held one from the counter. She adjusted the mirror to peer at her shoulder blades. "HOLY SHIT!!!! WHERE DID THOSE COME FROM?!?!" The scream erupted from the bathroom loudly. Hikaru sat on the ground contentedly, used to this sort of thing from women. Sesshoumaru however was stunned that the tiny girl could make that much noise on her own. Jaken & Rin stared at the door leading to the bathroom. Hikari burst through the door & stomped over to Hikaru. (Thankfully she remembered to put on her shirt.) "What do you know about this Hikaru? Out with it." Jaken & Sesshoumaru looked down at the dog, as did Rin. "Hikari-sama, what's the matter? Hikaru can't talk, he's a puppy." "Oh Hikaru can talk alright Rin. He's a Inu-youkai, a very talkative one too." Hikari explained as she looked down at the small girl. Hikaru lifted his head from the ground. "Hikari, I know very little about your wings. Just that they can only be seen when you want them to be seen." Hikari opened her mouth to speak but Hikaru cut her off. "But before that you must believe that you have wings. If you think this is only a dream, or you don't believe that you really have them then they won't appear." Rin's eyes got big as she watched the dog talk. She suddenly squealed with delight & hugged the dog's head to her own. "Wow, Hikaru can talk like Rin can! Rin is so happy. Rin has never seen a talking puppy before. Even if Rin has the puppy never talked to Rin, or Rin would have remembered it." She was squeezing the life from Hikaru who was also used to this kind of treatment. Hikari tried to focus on the wings, but she felt nothing. "You.have to focus on the wings .coming off your.back. You have to see them as an extension of yourself." Hikaru was struggling for air in Rin's death hold. "Rin, I.can't.breathe." "Oh." Rin released his head & instead petted his fur, humming to herself thoughtfully.
'An extension of myself.' Hikari thought as she closed her eyes & tried again. The dream flooded back into her memory. The way it felt to have the wings sweeping away the darkness. Flourishing from her back. Each feather in place. The strange sensation of the wings moving through the air. Wind coursing through her hands & hair. She felt like she was flying.
Rin, Sesshoumaru, Jaken, & Hikaru watched as the wings started to become visible. Starting from her back the feathers started taking shape. Finally Hikari opened her eyes again to find everyone staring at her. She smiled broadly, she had a feeling about what they were staring at. She swept one of the large feathery wings forward so she wouldn't have to turn around to see it. She grasped it in her hand, felt solid, she could feel the bones in the wings. "Very cool." She whispered, as she looked the wing over, turning it this way & that. "Hikaru, did the rest of my family have these?" She asked absentmindedly as she continued to look the wing over from top to bottom. Rin got up & went over to look at the wings. "Yes for as far back as I can remember. They usually were taught how to use them when they were young, but in this day & age it was kinda hard for your parents." Rin was stroking the opposite wing that Hikari was, with a big smile. "Hikari-sama, this is gonna be so.cool." Rin said repeating the word that Hikari had just used. Jaken walked over too, wondering how the girl had managed to do that. Sesshoumaru remained seated, watching from afar. Finally Hikari seemed to notice that she needed to get dressed. "Uh.Hikaru how do I get these things to disappear again?" Hikaru thought that over a minute, it had been a long time since he had taught someone to use his or her wings. "You need to wish them away. Don't worry it will be easier the more you practice. Tonight I'll show you how to fly." "Wait what do you mean 'wish' them away?" Hikari looked confused. "You need to picture yourself without them." "Oh." Hikari breathed, as she focused on her body without wings. Like magic the white feathers melted away. Disappearing again. "Well, who wants breakfast?"
Rin found it hard to understand the concept of this 'refrigerator' thing. It was as cold as winter in that large white box, & it had food & drinks in it. Everything in the box could be kept cold for weeks Hikari had explained to her, but Rin still didn't understand. So instead of the food from the strange box Rin ate food from a 'cabinet' that Hikari called the 'pantry'. She didn't understand the concept of that either. She sat at the table eating what Hikari had said was a 'cereal' called 'Frosted Flakes'. It was hard at first until Hikari poured 'milk' on it. Milk was something that could be stored in the strange box. It was cold & made her cereal soggy. Hikari sat next to her eating the same thing, she smiled at Rin who was investigating the food before each bite. "It's OK, it won't eat you." She said with a smile. Rin smiled back & took another bite of the substance. Sesshoumaru was eating something that Hikari had cooked up in a large metal pan that she had said was a 'frying pan'. She had called the little strips of meat 'bacon', which she said came from a pig. Jaken had chosen to eat cereal too. Only his didn't have any sugar in it. Hikari told him it was called 'Corn Flakes'. She had poured milk in his bowl too. When they had finished Hikari took Rin upstairs to get 'dressed' before they left again. Sesshoumaru was reading something called a 'paper' on the couch. Jaken was flipping through the channels on the 'TV' as Hikari had shown him to. Hikaru was eating his dog food breakfast still in the kitchen. "Do the humans not feed you the same things that they eat?" Sesshoumaru asked from behind the paper. He flipped a page as the dog turned his head toward him. "It ain't bad stuff. Though it gets a little old once in a while. In this time this is what dogs eat so Hikari always keeps a little bit around so her friends don't get suspicious. She feeds me other stuff if I ask." Hikaru turned his head back to the food bowl, munching hungrily.
A half-hour later the girls came back down stairs. Rin was wearing the new kimono she had gotten the day before. Hikari had promised to clean & return the old one to her since Sesshoumaru had given it to her. Her hair was brushed & cleaned & she smelled good from the shower that Hikari had given her. Hikari was the same; her hair combed back into the usual braided ponytail. She wore a white shirt that said something in a foreign language on the front & back, & a pair of Jean shorts. Rin's hair was in its usual sideways ponytail. Rin smiled at Sesshoumaru as she ran down the stairs to him. "Sesshoumaru-sama, Hikari-sama says that we can go to a movie tonight, & get ice cream, & go to the Tokyo Tower, & a lotta of other stuff!!!" Rin said as she sat happily in his lap. He had just finished the paper, & Jaken was turning off the TV. Hikaru looked at Hikari. "Can I come too?" Hikari had to think about that for a minute. "Sure, but only in your human form, no dog form, no full form, just human form." She said giving him a stern look. "Are you afraid that I'll show off my true form in front of a crowd of people again?" He asked jokingly. Hikari was not laughing though, this had happened before. The dog had gotten excited on his first trip to the Tokyo Tower. First his ears just popped up, which wasn't too bad because her family brought a hat for him. Then his tail came out, & before they could find enough clothes to cover or hide him, he was in his full demon form. Which was a much larger & scarier version of his cute fluffy form that stayed in the house.
Before anyone could move he transformed in a cloud of smoke. Hikari & Sesshoumaru stayed calm & still as the smoke swept over them. Rin clutched to Sesshoumaru's cloak, unused to any sort of transformation. Jaken choked on the smoke & was having a coughing fit.
When the smoke cleared a tall man resembling Sesshoumaru was standing in the place where the dog had been only moments before. His long white hair fell down to his waist & it was tied off at his shoulders. He had on a pair of sunglasses to hide his gold wolf eyes, & two furry ears stuck out of the top of his head. Hikari grabbed a baseball cap & placed it backward on his head. "No, dog ears." She said angrily at him as he smiled at her. He had on a pair of blue jeans, & a white shirt with the picture of a wolf on it. Like Inuyasha he had two locks of hair on either side of his face. He had a pair of gym shoes on his feet. 'Well at least he had the sense to wear shoes this time.' She thought as she looked over his outfit. Rin was playing with something behind him. Hikari walked behind him. She noticed he was smiling as she passed. Confused she noticed what Rin was playing with. "You've got a 'fluffy' just like Sesshoumaru-sama, Hikaru-sama." She was saying as she played with his big furry tail. Hikari looked up at him as he winked. She growled angrily at him. "You can't have a tail Hikaru. People will notice." Hikaru pointed to his head. "It blends in with my hair so why not?" He asked her in a playful tone. Oh, he knew just how to get her agitated. She looked back at his tail. It did look like an extension of his hair. "Fine, but if someone notices, you have to make it disappear OK?" She said in a tone of defeat that Sesshoumaru had never heard in her voice in the short time that he had known her. Hikaru turned his head & gave her another wink & a thumbs up sign. She sighed as she walked by Sesshoumaru. He caught the scent of lilac blossoms as she walked by, & noticed that it was coming from the girl. "How did you come to smell like that?" He asked her as she walked over to get hers & Rin's shoes. She whirled around at what he had asked. "You smell good.how did you get yourself to smell like that?" He asked again. His head was bent & he could feel his cheeks getting hot. Why was he embarrassed? He had only asked about her scent. He looked up to see her smiling happily at him. "That's my scented body spray. It's lilac, but you probably already know that. It smells good doesn't it? Rin's wearing some too." She said as she picked up their shoes. "Hey Jaken, do you remember hoe to tie these?" She asked over her shoulder as she held up the shoes that he had worn the day before. "Yes I do." He answered without looking at the shoes. He could smell the body spray on Rin, it smelt really good. Hikari seemed to notice that he was entranced by the smell. She smiled. "You like that? It's cherry blossoms. One of my favorites." She smiled cheerfully as she looked at Jaken's mystified eyes. Sesshoumaru could smell Rin's scent too. It did smell good. Almost as good as Hikari's scent. He shook that thought from his mind. Hikari passed him as he shook his head. "Are you OK?" She bent to feel his forehead. "Your not hot. Does your head hurt?" Rin was by her side now. "Your not sick are you Sesshoumaru-sama? Hikari-sama can make you all better if you are." Rin was holding onto his sleeve & looking into his face with those big puppy dog eyes. He blushed again. He quickly hid his face when he felt his cheeks burn. Hikari noticed & tilted his head back up. "You look flushed. Are you sure your OK?" He gulped & nodded. Why was he acting so strange today? He stood up & walked to the door. Hikaru was staring at him with a smile, or was it a sneer? He stood by the door & tried to regain his composure. "When are we leaving?" He asked without looking at her. "Oh, that's right!" Hikari grabbed up her keys & ran to the door. She motioned to the others to follow. "Come on. Lets get rolling." She said as she opened the door for them to get out.
They pilled into the car. It was decided that Sesshoumaru would again sit in the front next to Hikari. Hikaru was seated between Jaken & Rin who was fiddling with his tail again. He smiled down at her. Jaken was staring out the window. What had made Sesshoumaru act like that earlier? He had never seen his lord like that before. It was as if he could not control his emotions. He watched as they passed several different shops that he had seen before. Music caught his attention as he turned his head from the window. He did not recognize the music. It was a sad piano song. He listened a bit before asking the obvious. "What song is this, girl? I have never heard it before." Her face fell, her eyes misted in memory. "It's from a video game that I played when I was younger. Its called 'Promise of a Reunion'." Her voice sounded mechanical. He was suddenly aware of the dog demons stiffened body next to his. Jaken looked into the eyes of the youkai sitting next to him. His eyes were also misted in memory, sad memory. He looked back to the front of the car. "What is this song from? Why does it mean so much to you?" He knew he shouldn't have asked the second question but it was too late. Hikari had to take a few deep breaths before answering. "It is from a game called 'Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars'. It was a song that I really liked so I recorded it onto a little button. Then at Christmas one year I gave a button with this song on it to each member of my family. I never thought that." Her voice trailed off as they approached the Tokyo Tower. Hikaru finished for her. "It was like a sign to us that no matter what we would always be together." Jaken watched as he rubbed his button that was pinned to his shirt. He turned his head toward Hikari & saw that she was wearing hers on her shirt too. The song ended as the car stopped. Hikari pulled herself from the hurt of painful memories. "We're here. All ashore that's goin' ashore!"
Rin stopped dead as she got near the elevator that would take them to the top of the Tokyo Tower. Sesshoumaru stood beside her & Jaken was standing next to him. Hikari pushed the 'up' button & waited. "How are we going to get to the top Hikari-sama?" Hikaru pointed to the large silver doors. "The elevator will come down & we get on. When we get inside the doors will close & we press another button to go to the top. Then when we get to the top the doors will open again & we get off." Rin stepped forward & touched the cold metal doors. "This stuff is cold." She said as she pulled her hand away. "It's a type of metal, & metal is always cold because it isn't alive." Rin contemplated this for a moment. "If it isn't alive, how does it move?" Hikaru explained the way of gears & turnbuckles as the elevator slowly came down. There was a loud beep & the doors opened. Rin walked in followed by Hikaru, Hikari, Sesshoumaru, &Jaken. Hikari reached out & pressed a red button. The doors slid closed & the floor jerked upward. Rin smiled as she looked out the glass windows on the sides, at the slowly shrinking city below. "Rin can see Hikari-sama's car from here!" She cried happily. Jaken was beside her gazing at the same shrinking city & car. "We are really high up." He said mostly to himself. Hikari decided to tease him. "Aw, is Jaken afraid of hights?" She asked with a smile. Jaken turned & glared at her. "No, I am not! I was just wondering how we were going so high without flying!" Hikari smiled down at him. Looking at him out of the corner of her eye. "Sure." She said casually. Jaken's eyes narrowed. "I am not afraid!" He growled at her. "Oh, I believe you." She said. The fight went on for some time. Hikaru was smiling at them. Sesshoumaru was smiling inwardly, he was not going to show his amusement at them here. Before long another beep issued from the elevator as the doors slid open to reveal a large platform. They walked out of the elevator toward a mounted telescope. Hikari pulled out quarter. "Who wants to look through it first?" Rin hopped up to her. "Alright Rin you look through here. Hold on I got to put the money in first." Hikari slipped the quarter in as Rin put her eye to the eyepiece. "WOW, Rin can see everything from way up here! Hikari- sama, can we see your house from here?" "No, I don't think we can. Not from here at least. But I live in that direction." Rin continued to look around the city until the time was up on the machine. Jaken looked next & was equally stunned. "This city is huge! How did such puny humans make such large structures & take over so fast?" "Well, we are 400 years in the future. So we humans have had a lot of time to do this." Jakens time ran out & Hikari tried to get Sesshoumaru to take a turn. "Come on, it's cool." "I don't want to & what does 'cool' mean?!" "Cool is like.uh.well.I guess people in your time would say 'neat'? No, maybe something along the lines of 'awesome'. But anyway please?! PLEASE!!! Jaken & Rin used it." Sesshoumaru finally agrees to use the machine. Hikaru sees his chance & pulls the other two in another direction. "Hikari, we'll be over here." "OK." Jaken was trying to get away but Hikaru had a death grip on his kimono. When they were a safe distance away he stopped & chanted some words. "What are you doing?" Jaken asked warily. "Making sure they don't hear us. Or follow us for a little while. I just extended the time on that machine by at least 20 minutes." Rin was giving him a curious glance. "Hikaru-sama, why did we come over here?" Hikaru smiled, he had expected that question from Jaken. "I needed to talk to you two without them hearing. Now, Rin what would you say about Sesshoumaru? You know what do you consider him? Like your uncle or." Rin popped in her answer before he could finish. "Rin thinks of Sesshoumaru-sama as her father!" Jaken gagged Hikaru smiled & bopped him on the head. "And what about Hikari?" Rin smiled her biggest smile. "Mommy." Hikaru smiled again, Jaken gagged again. *Bop* "OW!" Jaken did not understand this at all. What was the dog trying to do? Hikaru turned his head toward him. "I thought you'd never ask. I am trying to set those two up." He pointed in the direction of Hikari & Sesshoumaru. "And I'm gonna need you guys' help." Jaken was spouting. "WHAT?! I wouldn't help with that at all! Lord Sesshoumaru does not even show those feelings for that human wench!" Hikaru continued to smile at him. "Ah, but that is were you are wrong. I have seen people fall in love many times. Too many times to not know the signs of a budding relationship. Haven't you noticed? Blushing, giving into requests, sweating profusely." He was nicking the things off on his fingers. "She acts like a fool around him." "Like when? I have never seen her do any such thing." "Of course you wouldn't notice it. You have not known her that long to know when she's acting strangely." Jaken looked a little taken aback. Was the girl really not like that at all? What was she really like then? Was she pushy & mean? "No, she's not. She's normally really goofy & happy all the time. Now she's even more goofy & happy than usual. But anyway, I think they're falling in love but they don't notice it. Actually I think they're the only ones who don't know it. So.who's in?" Rin liked the idea of them being together. She would have a mommy & daddy again! "Rin will help." She nodded solemnly, which led to a laugh from Hikaru & a smile from Jaken. "Well Jaken? In or out?" Jaken eyed him warily. Both hands folded inside his kimono. "Fine, but only since it seems that Sesshoumaru seems to like her. Jaken secretly liked her too. Not in the same way as Sesshoumaru though. He liked her company. She & Rin had made a deep impact on his life. A happy impact. Sesshoumaru was no longer as ruthless as he had been with Jaken before they came along. As they rounded the corner they saw Sesshoumaru learning how to look through the microscope with help from Hikari. "You see, just like this." She rotated it for him. "Thank you." He said as he put his eye to the eyepiece again. Why was he blushing? What was going on? Was he actually sick? No, Demons didn't get sick so easily. He decided it was nothing as they left the Tokyo Tower.
WOW, hard chapter. Love story, I know. I never thought that Rin should marry Sesshoumaru. I guess I always thought that he was more of a father figure to her. So any way this is going to be cool & funny. (I hope you guys like it so far!) The following chapter will contain a scene where the three cupids almost get caught as they leave Hikari & Sesshoumaru alone for a quiet dinner together. Jaken is really all for it until later. It's gonna be funny. I also want to thank everyone who's been reviewing me! (I feel great, & no flames have come up lately! ^_~) I would like to send a special 'Thank you!' out to 'Fox Daemon Kiniata'. Thank you sooo much!!! ^_^ Bye!
~ OtakuSailorV ^_~
Hikari gasped as she stood on a hill dotted with cherry trees in full bloom. Those were the trees that she had lived to see when she had first moved to Japan. They were her sister's favorite too. As if by magic the girl stood on the hill about 50 feet away. "Hikariiiii!!! Sissy over here!!!" The girl was holding a bouquet of flowers & waving cheerfully at Hikari from where she stood. Hikari smiled & ran toward her sister. Her little sister who had died all those years ago. The girl was about Rin's age when she died. She was wearing a green dress & hat with a white sash tied around it. Her long blonde hair fell to her shoulders loosely. Her sister had never liked wearing her hair up in any form of ponytail or pigtails. Hikari ran & ran but never seemed to get any closer. Finally she stopped & ran away from her sister. She looked over her shoulder to see that the girl was gone. She turned her eyes forward as she ran to find that she was about to run into her sister. Hikari stopped dead. How had that happened? She had been running away from her sister, not toward her. She looked the girl over. It was her sister! "Kimie!!!" Hikari cried as she went to embrace her sister. Something felt like it snapped in her head as she was suddenly plunged into darkness.
"Kimie." Hikari whispered in her sleep as she lay on the floor. Her stomach was pressed against the floor, as her arms were both under the pillow. Her head was turned to face the wall, away from Sesshoumaru & the others. Yet they still heard her. Sesshoumaru turned to look at her. The girl had a worried expression on her face as she slept. Rin was up & sitting contentedly against him, just waking up herself. "Sesshoumaru-sama, 'Yawn', why is Hikari-sama talking in her sleep?" Jaken was watching the girl's back. In a pool of sunlight that had filtered through the window by Hikari he could see the shadow of wings rising off her back. Sesshoumaru looked down at Rin to reply. "She is having a dream in which she is talking to someone, so her mouth formed what she was dreaming she was saying." Rin looked confused for a moment. "Oh." Then she got up & went & kneeled by Hikari who stirred in her sleep. Jaken was standing by the girl too. He stared at the shadow of the wings then back at Hikari's back. Finally he drew up the courage to roll up the back of her shirt to get a good look at her shoulders. He looked at the strange thing that he found there. Two long & wide scars sat between her shoulder blades. They were ragged looking & when Jaken moved his hand, he noticed in the pool of sunlight that his arm disappeared behind the wings. He gasped & retrieved his arm. So this was were the wings sprouted from. He poked at the scars to see if they were solid. Hikari's body tensed when he touched them. He took a step back when she swung an arm in her sleep. She mumbled something then laid still for some time. He touched the scars again. Hikari swung at him again. He backed up a second time. "I wonder." He mumbled thoughtfully & poked the scars a third time, only a lot harder.
The darkness swirled around her as she fell away from her sister's smiling image. She shuddered as pain repeatedly sliced through her back. Wings suddenly sprouted during the worst spasm of pain. She watched as the darkness disappeared when the wings had exploded from her back. She wasn't cold anymore. The overwhelming loneliness that had struck her was gone, & was replaced by a happy feeling that she couldn't explain. She sighed as she opened her eyes slowly. Someone was poking her back really hard. Pain kept searing through the place that was being poked though. Really, heavy pain. Small hands, must be Rin. She opened her eyes to see the girl in question leaning over her worriedly. Hikari's eyes drifted down to look at the girl's arms. Both arms were in her lap, the hands clenching her kimono. 'If it's not Rin then.who.?!' Hikari was wondering as realization flooded through her. "Jaken you pervert!!!" Hikari shrieked as she hooked a foot through his jacket & tossed him across the room. Hikari stood up & rolled her T-shirt back down. Jaken landed with a 'splat' against the wall. Hikari was upon him before he could move. With enough power to bring down a mad bull she grabbed Jaken by his shoulders & shook him. "What is up with you?! I was asleep you little idiot!!! What were you doing anyhow?!" Hikari sat him down ruffley on the floor. He spun around before he collapsed to the floor. "The.wings." Was all he managed to get out before Hikari started up again. "Not those again! I told you that I DON'T HAVE WINGS!!! Now what were you really doing?!" Hikari looked as if she were going to strangle Jaken at any moment. Sesshoumaru sat watching the whole affair with startled eyes. He had never seen a human woman get so mad before. Rin was giving the fight the same look. "Sesshoumaru-sama, what is a pervert?" she asked curiously. What ever it was it must not be good if Jaken was one. Sesshoumaru turned his startled look toward Rin. Gods he didn't want he learning about that yet. He was refrained from answering when Hikari started again. "What do you mean look in the pool of sunlight by where I was sleeping?!.Fine I will." She seemed to be cooling down a little, or maybe it was just Sesshoumaru. She crossed through the room toward her futon. She looked into the light reflected on the carpet. She didn't see any wings. She turned an angry gaze at Jaken who was staggering slowly into the room. He looked as if a wild animal had mauled him. He started when he saw Hikari's angry look. "You must lay back down & turn your head toward the light to see the shadow." Jaken instructed hastily, before she could start yelling & choking him again. She did as he said reluctantly. She turned her head slowly to look at the pool of sunlight. She gasped as she saw exactly what everyone had seen. The shadow of enormous wings protruding from her back. She stepped back from the reflection with wide eyes. "Y-you said there were scars on my back right Jaken?" Hikari asked as she continued to stare unbelievingly at the shadow of wings. Jaken looked up at her. "Yes, large, ragged scars, two of them, between your shoulder blades." Hikari launched herself into the bathroom. Ripping off her shirt she turned away from the bathroom mirror & grabbed a smaller hand-held one from the counter. She adjusted the mirror to peer at her shoulder blades. "HOLY SHIT!!!! WHERE DID THOSE COME FROM?!?!" The scream erupted from the bathroom loudly. Hikaru sat on the ground contentedly, used to this sort of thing from women. Sesshoumaru however was stunned that the tiny girl could make that much noise on her own. Jaken & Rin stared at the door leading to the bathroom. Hikari burst through the door & stomped over to Hikaru. (Thankfully she remembered to put on her shirt.) "What do you know about this Hikaru? Out with it." Jaken & Sesshoumaru looked down at the dog, as did Rin. "Hikari-sama, what's the matter? Hikaru can't talk, he's a puppy." "Oh Hikaru can talk alright Rin. He's a Inu-youkai, a very talkative one too." Hikari explained as she looked down at the small girl. Hikaru lifted his head from the ground. "Hikari, I know very little about your wings. Just that they can only be seen when you want them to be seen." Hikari opened her mouth to speak but Hikaru cut her off. "But before that you must believe that you have wings. If you think this is only a dream, or you don't believe that you really have them then they won't appear." Rin's eyes got big as she watched the dog talk. She suddenly squealed with delight & hugged the dog's head to her own. "Wow, Hikaru can talk like Rin can! Rin is so happy. Rin has never seen a talking puppy before. Even if Rin has the puppy never talked to Rin, or Rin would have remembered it." She was squeezing the life from Hikaru who was also used to this kind of treatment. Hikari tried to focus on the wings, but she felt nothing. "You.have to focus on the wings .coming off your.back. You have to see them as an extension of yourself." Hikaru was struggling for air in Rin's death hold. "Rin, I.can't.breathe." "Oh." Rin released his head & instead petted his fur, humming to herself thoughtfully.
'An extension of myself.' Hikari thought as she closed her eyes & tried again. The dream flooded back into her memory. The way it felt to have the wings sweeping away the darkness. Flourishing from her back. Each feather in place. The strange sensation of the wings moving through the air. Wind coursing through her hands & hair. She felt like she was flying.
Rin, Sesshoumaru, Jaken, & Hikaru watched as the wings started to become visible. Starting from her back the feathers started taking shape. Finally Hikari opened her eyes again to find everyone staring at her. She smiled broadly, she had a feeling about what they were staring at. She swept one of the large feathery wings forward so she wouldn't have to turn around to see it. She grasped it in her hand, felt solid, she could feel the bones in the wings. "Very cool." She whispered, as she looked the wing over, turning it this way & that. "Hikaru, did the rest of my family have these?" She asked absentmindedly as she continued to look the wing over from top to bottom. Rin got up & went over to look at the wings. "Yes for as far back as I can remember. They usually were taught how to use them when they were young, but in this day & age it was kinda hard for your parents." Rin was stroking the opposite wing that Hikari was, with a big smile. "Hikari-sama, this is gonna be so.cool." Rin said repeating the word that Hikari had just used. Jaken walked over too, wondering how the girl had managed to do that. Sesshoumaru remained seated, watching from afar. Finally Hikari seemed to notice that she needed to get dressed. "Uh.Hikaru how do I get these things to disappear again?" Hikaru thought that over a minute, it had been a long time since he had taught someone to use his or her wings. "You need to wish them away. Don't worry it will be easier the more you practice. Tonight I'll show you how to fly." "Wait what do you mean 'wish' them away?" Hikari looked confused. "You need to picture yourself without them." "Oh." Hikari breathed, as she focused on her body without wings. Like magic the white feathers melted away. Disappearing again. "Well, who wants breakfast?"
Rin found it hard to understand the concept of this 'refrigerator' thing. It was as cold as winter in that large white box, & it had food & drinks in it. Everything in the box could be kept cold for weeks Hikari had explained to her, but Rin still didn't understand. So instead of the food from the strange box Rin ate food from a 'cabinet' that Hikari called the 'pantry'. She didn't understand the concept of that either. She sat at the table eating what Hikari had said was a 'cereal' called 'Frosted Flakes'. It was hard at first until Hikari poured 'milk' on it. Milk was something that could be stored in the strange box. It was cold & made her cereal soggy. Hikari sat next to her eating the same thing, she smiled at Rin who was investigating the food before each bite. "It's OK, it won't eat you." She said with a smile. Rin smiled back & took another bite of the substance. Sesshoumaru was eating something that Hikari had cooked up in a large metal pan that she had said was a 'frying pan'. She had called the little strips of meat 'bacon', which she said came from a pig. Jaken had chosen to eat cereal too. Only his didn't have any sugar in it. Hikari told him it was called 'Corn Flakes'. She had poured milk in his bowl too. When they had finished Hikari took Rin upstairs to get 'dressed' before they left again. Sesshoumaru was reading something called a 'paper' on the couch. Jaken was flipping through the channels on the 'TV' as Hikari had shown him to. Hikaru was eating his dog food breakfast still in the kitchen. "Do the humans not feed you the same things that they eat?" Sesshoumaru asked from behind the paper. He flipped a page as the dog turned his head toward him. "It ain't bad stuff. Though it gets a little old once in a while. In this time this is what dogs eat so Hikari always keeps a little bit around so her friends don't get suspicious. She feeds me other stuff if I ask." Hikaru turned his head back to the food bowl, munching hungrily.
A half-hour later the girls came back down stairs. Rin was wearing the new kimono she had gotten the day before. Hikari had promised to clean & return the old one to her since Sesshoumaru had given it to her. Her hair was brushed & cleaned & she smelled good from the shower that Hikari had given her. Hikari was the same; her hair combed back into the usual braided ponytail. She wore a white shirt that said something in a foreign language on the front & back, & a pair of Jean shorts. Rin's hair was in its usual sideways ponytail. Rin smiled at Sesshoumaru as she ran down the stairs to him. "Sesshoumaru-sama, Hikari-sama says that we can go to a movie tonight, & get ice cream, & go to the Tokyo Tower, & a lotta of other stuff!!!" Rin said as she sat happily in his lap. He had just finished the paper, & Jaken was turning off the TV. Hikaru looked at Hikari. "Can I come too?" Hikari had to think about that for a minute. "Sure, but only in your human form, no dog form, no full form, just human form." She said giving him a stern look. "Are you afraid that I'll show off my true form in front of a crowd of people again?" He asked jokingly. Hikari was not laughing though, this had happened before. The dog had gotten excited on his first trip to the Tokyo Tower. First his ears just popped up, which wasn't too bad because her family brought a hat for him. Then his tail came out, & before they could find enough clothes to cover or hide him, he was in his full demon form. Which was a much larger & scarier version of his cute fluffy form that stayed in the house.
Before anyone could move he transformed in a cloud of smoke. Hikari & Sesshoumaru stayed calm & still as the smoke swept over them. Rin clutched to Sesshoumaru's cloak, unused to any sort of transformation. Jaken choked on the smoke & was having a coughing fit.
When the smoke cleared a tall man resembling Sesshoumaru was standing in the place where the dog had been only moments before. His long white hair fell down to his waist & it was tied off at his shoulders. He had on a pair of sunglasses to hide his gold wolf eyes, & two furry ears stuck out of the top of his head. Hikari grabbed a baseball cap & placed it backward on his head. "No, dog ears." She said angrily at him as he smiled at her. He had on a pair of blue jeans, & a white shirt with the picture of a wolf on it. Like Inuyasha he had two locks of hair on either side of his face. He had a pair of gym shoes on his feet. 'Well at least he had the sense to wear shoes this time.' She thought as she looked over his outfit. Rin was playing with something behind him. Hikari walked behind him. She noticed he was smiling as she passed. Confused she noticed what Rin was playing with. "You've got a 'fluffy' just like Sesshoumaru-sama, Hikaru-sama." She was saying as she played with his big furry tail. Hikari looked up at him as he winked. She growled angrily at him. "You can't have a tail Hikaru. People will notice." Hikaru pointed to his head. "It blends in with my hair so why not?" He asked her in a playful tone. Oh, he knew just how to get her agitated. She looked back at his tail. It did look like an extension of his hair. "Fine, but if someone notices, you have to make it disappear OK?" She said in a tone of defeat that Sesshoumaru had never heard in her voice in the short time that he had known her. Hikaru turned his head & gave her another wink & a thumbs up sign. She sighed as she walked by Sesshoumaru. He caught the scent of lilac blossoms as she walked by, & noticed that it was coming from the girl. "How did you come to smell like that?" He asked her as she walked over to get hers & Rin's shoes. She whirled around at what he had asked. "You smell good.how did you get yourself to smell like that?" He asked again. His head was bent & he could feel his cheeks getting hot. Why was he embarrassed? He had only asked about her scent. He looked up to see her smiling happily at him. "That's my scented body spray. It's lilac, but you probably already know that. It smells good doesn't it? Rin's wearing some too." She said as she picked up their shoes. "Hey Jaken, do you remember hoe to tie these?" She asked over her shoulder as she held up the shoes that he had worn the day before. "Yes I do." He answered without looking at the shoes. He could smell the body spray on Rin, it smelt really good. Hikari seemed to notice that he was entranced by the smell. She smiled. "You like that? It's cherry blossoms. One of my favorites." She smiled cheerfully as she looked at Jaken's mystified eyes. Sesshoumaru could smell Rin's scent too. It did smell good. Almost as good as Hikari's scent. He shook that thought from his mind. Hikari passed him as he shook his head. "Are you OK?" She bent to feel his forehead. "Your not hot. Does your head hurt?" Rin was by her side now. "Your not sick are you Sesshoumaru-sama? Hikari-sama can make you all better if you are." Rin was holding onto his sleeve & looking into his face with those big puppy dog eyes. He blushed again. He quickly hid his face when he felt his cheeks burn. Hikari noticed & tilted his head back up. "You look flushed. Are you sure your OK?" He gulped & nodded. Why was he acting so strange today? He stood up & walked to the door. Hikaru was staring at him with a smile, or was it a sneer? He stood by the door & tried to regain his composure. "When are we leaving?" He asked without looking at her. "Oh, that's right!" Hikari grabbed up her keys & ran to the door. She motioned to the others to follow. "Come on. Lets get rolling." She said as she opened the door for them to get out.
They pilled into the car. It was decided that Sesshoumaru would again sit in the front next to Hikari. Hikaru was seated between Jaken & Rin who was fiddling with his tail again. He smiled down at her. Jaken was staring out the window. What had made Sesshoumaru act like that earlier? He had never seen his lord like that before. It was as if he could not control his emotions. He watched as they passed several different shops that he had seen before. Music caught his attention as he turned his head from the window. He did not recognize the music. It was a sad piano song. He listened a bit before asking the obvious. "What song is this, girl? I have never heard it before." Her face fell, her eyes misted in memory. "It's from a video game that I played when I was younger. Its called 'Promise of a Reunion'." Her voice sounded mechanical. He was suddenly aware of the dog demons stiffened body next to his. Jaken looked into the eyes of the youkai sitting next to him. His eyes were also misted in memory, sad memory. He looked back to the front of the car. "What is this song from? Why does it mean so much to you?" He knew he shouldn't have asked the second question but it was too late. Hikari had to take a few deep breaths before answering. "It is from a game called 'Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars'. It was a song that I really liked so I recorded it onto a little button. Then at Christmas one year I gave a button with this song on it to each member of my family. I never thought that." Her voice trailed off as they approached the Tokyo Tower. Hikaru finished for her. "It was like a sign to us that no matter what we would always be together." Jaken watched as he rubbed his button that was pinned to his shirt. He turned his head toward Hikari & saw that she was wearing hers on her shirt too. The song ended as the car stopped. Hikari pulled herself from the hurt of painful memories. "We're here. All ashore that's goin' ashore!"
Rin stopped dead as she got near the elevator that would take them to the top of the Tokyo Tower. Sesshoumaru stood beside her & Jaken was standing next to him. Hikari pushed the 'up' button & waited. "How are we going to get to the top Hikari-sama?" Hikaru pointed to the large silver doors. "The elevator will come down & we get on. When we get inside the doors will close & we press another button to go to the top. Then when we get to the top the doors will open again & we get off." Rin stepped forward & touched the cold metal doors. "This stuff is cold." She said as she pulled her hand away. "It's a type of metal, & metal is always cold because it isn't alive." Rin contemplated this for a moment. "If it isn't alive, how does it move?" Hikaru explained the way of gears & turnbuckles as the elevator slowly came down. There was a loud beep & the doors opened. Rin walked in followed by Hikaru, Hikari, Sesshoumaru, &Jaken. Hikari reached out & pressed a red button. The doors slid closed & the floor jerked upward. Rin smiled as she looked out the glass windows on the sides, at the slowly shrinking city below. "Rin can see Hikari-sama's car from here!" She cried happily. Jaken was beside her gazing at the same shrinking city & car. "We are really high up." He said mostly to himself. Hikari decided to tease him. "Aw, is Jaken afraid of hights?" She asked with a smile. Jaken turned & glared at her. "No, I am not! I was just wondering how we were going so high without flying!" Hikari smiled down at him. Looking at him out of the corner of her eye. "Sure." She said casually. Jaken's eyes narrowed. "I am not afraid!" He growled at her. "Oh, I believe you." She said. The fight went on for some time. Hikaru was smiling at them. Sesshoumaru was smiling inwardly, he was not going to show his amusement at them here. Before long another beep issued from the elevator as the doors slid open to reveal a large platform. They walked out of the elevator toward a mounted telescope. Hikari pulled out quarter. "Who wants to look through it first?" Rin hopped up to her. "Alright Rin you look through here. Hold on I got to put the money in first." Hikari slipped the quarter in as Rin put her eye to the eyepiece. "WOW, Rin can see everything from way up here! Hikari- sama, can we see your house from here?" "No, I don't think we can. Not from here at least. But I live in that direction." Rin continued to look around the city until the time was up on the machine. Jaken looked next & was equally stunned. "This city is huge! How did such puny humans make such large structures & take over so fast?" "Well, we are 400 years in the future. So we humans have had a lot of time to do this." Jakens time ran out & Hikari tried to get Sesshoumaru to take a turn. "Come on, it's cool." "I don't want to & what does 'cool' mean?!" "Cool is like.uh.well.I guess people in your time would say 'neat'? No, maybe something along the lines of 'awesome'. But anyway please?! PLEASE!!! Jaken & Rin used it." Sesshoumaru finally agrees to use the machine. Hikaru sees his chance & pulls the other two in another direction. "Hikari, we'll be over here." "OK." Jaken was trying to get away but Hikaru had a death grip on his kimono. When they were a safe distance away he stopped & chanted some words. "What are you doing?" Jaken asked warily. "Making sure they don't hear us. Or follow us for a little while. I just extended the time on that machine by at least 20 minutes." Rin was giving him a curious glance. "Hikaru-sama, why did we come over here?" Hikaru smiled, he had expected that question from Jaken. "I needed to talk to you two without them hearing. Now, Rin what would you say about Sesshoumaru? You know what do you consider him? Like your uncle or." Rin popped in her answer before he could finish. "Rin thinks of Sesshoumaru-sama as her father!" Jaken gagged Hikaru smiled & bopped him on the head. "And what about Hikari?" Rin smiled her biggest smile. "Mommy." Hikaru smiled again, Jaken gagged again. *Bop* "OW!" Jaken did not understand this at all. What was the dog trying to do? Hikaru turned his head toward him. "I thought you'd never ask. I am trying to set those two up." He pointed in the direction of Hikari & Sesshoumaru. "And I'm gonna need you guys' help." Jaken was spouting. "WHAT?! I wouldn't help with that at all! Lord Sesshoumaru does not even show those feelings for that human wench!" Hikaru continued to smile at him. "Ah, but that is were you are wrong. I have seen people fall in love many times. Too many times to not know the signs of a budding relationship. Haven't you noticed? Blushing, giving into requests, sweating profusely." He was nicking the things off on his fingers. "She acts like a fool around him." "Like when? I have never seen her do any such thing." "Of course you wouldn't notice it. You have not known her that long to know when she's acting strangely." Jaken looked a little taken aback. Was the girl really not like that at all? What was she really like then? Was she pushy & mean? "No, she's not. She's normally really goofy & happy all the time. Now she's even more goofy & happy than usual. But anyway, I think they're falling in love but they don't notice it. Actually I think they're the only ones who don't know it. So.who's in?" Rin liked the idea of them being together. She would have a mommy & daddy again! "Rin will help." She nodded solemnly, which led to a laugh from Hikaru & a smile from Jaken. "Well Jaken? In or out?" Jaken eyed him warily. Both hands folded inside his kimono. "Fine, but only since it seems that Sesshoumaru seems to like her. Jaken secretly liked her too. Not in the same way as Sesshoumaru though. He liked her company. She & Rin had made a deep impact on his life. A happy impact. Sesshoumaru was no longer as ruthless as he had been with Jaken before they came along. As they rounded the corner they saw Sesshoumaru learning how to look through the microscope with help from Hikari. "You see, just like this." She rotated it for him. "Thank you." He said as he put his eye to the eyepiece again. Why was he blushing? What was going on? Was he actually sick? No, Demons didn't get sick so easily. He decided it was nothing as they left the Tokyo Tower.
WOW, hard chapter. Love story, I know. I never thought that Rin should marry Sesshoumaru. I guess I always thought that he was more of a father figure to her. So any way this is going to be cool & funny. (I hope you guys like it so far!) The following chapter will contain a scene where the three cupids almost get caught as they leave Hikari & Sesshoumaru alone for a quiet dinner together. Jaken is really all for it until later. It's gonna be funny. I also want to thank everyone who's been reviewing me! (I feel great, & no flames have come up lately! ^_~) I would like to send a special 'Thank you!' out to 'Fox Daemon Kiniata'. Thank you sooo much!!! ^_^ Bye!
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