A/N:
Hai- I've decided to complete the rest of the fic in one week. ::GASP!::. I've said to myself over and over that I should just write the fic, make everyone happy, and stop being a procrastinator, but its been hard. Lol. And after my super-mega-uber-ultra busy life has finally SOME WHAT settled down a bit I can begin writing again. Now all I have to do is remember where I left off. . .heh heh. Hmmm. . .
Incase you need it! ~*~*~* is for things like remembering
* are used for thoughts like *I wonder if we have any doughnuts left. ..*
& - are used for italics such as -stupid-, -annoying- brother. . .
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Story Teller (Tale VI)
Sesshoumaru was pacing in his library for probably the fifth time that day. It had been about two weeks since he had last given Rin the food that was supposed to make her better. Make her come back to him. He'd tried being patient, like Hoken had instructed. Well, he through that out the proverbial window a week into waiting. Now, he was just plain angry.
Rin had stopped taking food yesterday. Naoki and the other workers tried to coax food into her but she simply let it fall from her mouth. The same happened with anything liquid. Sesshoumaru had even attempted and for the first time in his long years failed at something.
First he had actually gotten worried. He may not enjoy humans but he knew that they could not live long with out nourishment. Then, he started getting mad. Then furious. So much so that he was about to go back to Hoken and slice his throat open for deceiving him.
He was contemplating just that when the door slowly slid open. His eyes snapped to the location of the door. "What?" he almost barked but still kept his cool physique. It was Naoki.
She stepped into the room and slid the door closed behind her. Keeping her head bowed she said "Sesshoumaru-sama, there is some one who would like to see you. . ." She opened the door and side stepped out as fast as she could and slid the door swiftly shut.
Sesshoumaru gave a grunt at being interrupter and headed for the from room. He strode quickly down the halls passing workers who stopped dead in their tracks before starting up working again. He made it to the front room when a familiar scent met his keen nose.
Inhaling some of the surrounding air he finally put a name to the aroma. "Yurai. . ."
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A deep, endless pool of inky blackness surrounded Rin. It reminded her of the lake near Sesshoumaru's estate. It made you feel weightless and you can imagine yourself floating peacefully through the sky. Except, now it was like some one had turned off the lights. It was pitch black, like a shadow, all around. She could not tell where one end started or where the other ended. She couldn't feel the ground either.
She flailed her limbs and moved her head but she couldn't even tell if she had even changed positions. Had she moved at all? A cold desolate feeling swept over her making her feel empty and alone. When she opened her mouth to speak no words came out, just a little squeak.* What. . .what's going on? Where am I? I don't like this place. Sesshoumaru! Jaken! Naoki! Yurai! Help me! I need you!!* She sobbed hard and tried to think logically but nothing came. She blanched and just stared.
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"What brings you here, Yurai. . ?" Sesshoumaru asked. Yurai had a welcoming smile on his face when he replied. "I made a promise a few years ago. That I would meet with some one again and give them a present that would show my appreciation for all that they showed me."
Sesshoumaru quirked an eyebrow. "so ka. . .?" Yurai gave a small languid nod. "It is. And where might be the child from days past? Where is Rin? Does she not stay with you still? I thought her scent came from here. . ." Yurai wondered off into his own little world while Sesshoumaru looked on rather annoyed.
"Yes, Rin is here. But I can not permit you to see her." He said gruffly. "And why is that?" Yurai questioned, becoming serious. "She had fallen ill." Came his reply. Yurai glared at Sesshoumaru slightly and Sesshoumaru right back at him. There was enough friction in the air to make socks stick together.
Yurai looked away and coughed into his fisted hand. "Then at least allow me to bring her, her present?" Sesshoumaru looked at him stoically, thinking. He nodded and made a notion to Yurai to follow him.
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Sesshoumaru led Yurai through twists and turns in the halls and long narrow passages before coming up to a pair of large double-sliding doors. Sesshoumaru nodded his head in the direction of the door and Yurai slid it open. "I'll wait here. . ." Sesshoumaru said and took position to the left of the doors.
Yurai walked into the large room cautiously. It smelled of sickness and sakura. An odd combination. He shut the door behind him slowly until he heard it click and then conveyed the room. A long window, a table, a dresser, ahh. . .the bed. He walked over to the pastel yellow bed and looked down at its occupant.
Rin lay still, the only thing moving was her little heaving chest. Her forehead was beaded with sweat. He noticed a table out of the corned of his eye which had a towel and a basin on it. He picked up the towel and dabbed at Rin's head and cheeks lightly.
*Has she always been this pale?. . .No.* "Yes, Rin is most definitely sick" he said sorrowfully.
Outside the door Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes after hearing Yurai's open comment.
Back in the room Yurai had taken a seat on the soft bed. He snaked his hand into his kimono sleeve and pulled out a long, slender wooden box. It had intricate carvings all over the lid. Little leaves and swirling vines made their way from one end to the other.
The box itself was very pretty but what it held inside was beautiful. He pulled off the lid gently and uncovered a forest green velvet lined interior that hosted a lengthy and shiny golden lute. The lute also had carvings on it but they seemed more beautiful mastered in the soft gold that glimmered even in the most pale of lights.
He smiled when he remembered who had given it to him. An ancient Youkai by the name of Ho. . . Hoken. That's it. An ancient Youkai named Hoken had given it to him when he was traveling through the strangest of woods.
*~* He remembered how he was just walking through them when a rustle of leaves had caught his attention and when he turned around to look Hoken was standing there with a warm smile. Hoken had said to him, "The little girl you know needs this now. You have a promise to keep after all. Go to her and play this for her."
Hoken had taught him how to play the instrument well enough. Though, Yurai still hadn't found out how Hoken had known he knew Rin. It was very strange, all of it.
Over the day or two he spent with Hoken he had gotten to know the old Youkai well enough. He seemed like a very nice person and very generous. They had become fast friends and Yurai said he would come back to see Hoken again after he played for Rin and gave her his present. *~*
The warm memories brought a hint of a smile to Yurai's lips before he wet them with a flick of his tongue and brought the golden instrument to them.
He blew so gently it was unheard. And the single most beautiful note streamed from the lute like flowing honey. It was followed by equally rhythmically illustrious notes. The song flowing up and down like a soft and smooth lullaby a mother might sing to her new born.
The beat speeding up the suddenly slowing down over and over again. He played masterfully. His long agile fingers swept over the instrument hiding and revealing the holes that created the notes.
The song continued.
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Rin shook her head to get out off her daze. How long had she been staring at nothingness? She couldn't remember when she had started or what she was thinking about. The darkness frightened her. The endlessness of it scared her as well. *Maybe if I just stare it will go away.* That's what she had thought. It didn't work very well though.
How long had she been here? It felt like forever. She recalled the village and the wolves. The silent village, the endless path, the savage shadow wolves. They were both horrible in their own ways. And now, now she was stuck in the dark, in more ways then one.
She missed everyone so strongly she thought he heart would tear to shreds. She sobbed and wept and when she stopped she was still there. When she closed her eyes she found she couldn't go to sleep. She couldn't stop thinking of everything that happened.
*Why. . .?* A tear leaked from the corner of her eye and made a shiny path down her curved cheek. *I don't like this. I don't like this!* It was so quiet, agonizingly quiet. It almost left a ringing in her ears.
She attempted to think of another plan. *What. . .what?* Shaking her head to clear her thoughts she put her two fore fingers to her temples. *Maybe if I concentrate really hard some one might hear. No. . . well, I suppose its worth a try.*
Rin got into a sitting position, it was hard since she was basically floating. She closed her eyes and her eyebrows nit in concentration. She waited and thought. Thought and waited. For minutes on end. She took a deep breath to get her nerve up again and tried harder. *Come on, come on! Some one! Any one!*
And then, she thought she heard something. Yes! There is was again! She had never heard this sound before but it was absolutely wonderful! It sounded so pretty.
She listened hard and waited. There! Far off in the distance she heard the notes. Long breezy notes. It sounded so peaceful and loving. Her heart began to beat faster as her hope was renewed. Perhaps some one heard her!
The music kept getting louder and louder. Slowly she could almost hear it perfectly, like the player was right before her. "Its like. . .a lullaby. . .".
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Yurai removed the golden lute from his mouth and placed it in his lap. He sighed and looked over to Rin. *She's still asleep but her breathing seems to have calmed.* This made him smile, in hope that his young friend would be alright.
He got up from the bed, lute in hand, and strode over to the window. He could not sense Sesshoumaru's presence any longer outside the door and guessed that he must have left. Yurai gazed through the window at the clear blue sky, it was so endless.
He thought he would play one more tune before he would leave dear Rin with her present. "I'll come back when she is better and teach her these songs." This made his chuckle when he remembered all the things Rin had managed to teach him with out ever knowing.
He brought the lute up once again. The early sun shone on it and made it sparkle brilliantly. He closed his eyes and let his soul pour into it.
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All Rin saw was colors. Lots of colors flying past her. She felt like a really long rope was tied around her middle and was dragging her extremely fast, to where ever it was taking her. And all around her she just saw streaks of colors, like passing objects.
She was flying, soaring through this place. She didn't care how fast she was going, she was just happy to be out of the shadows and into the color.
She was going so fast that when all of a sudden she came to a complete holt, like the rope suddenly ended, and it felt like all her organs were catching up with her.
He stomach grumbled abruptly telling her she was way past hungry. And the worst head ache she could have ever imagined was attacking her skull. She was so thirsty she thought her tongue would turn to sand in her mouth.
She squeezed her eyes shut and told her body to stop. And then, when she opened her eyes again, she was looking at a familiar ceiling and she felt herself in a familiar bed.
Her breathing became quick with excitement and her heart pumped so fast she thought it would explode from joy. Hey eyes teared up and the next thing she knew she let out the loudest shrillest scream of happiness on the face of the planet.
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The whole house shook as the scream was let loose from her powerful lungs. All the workers dropped what they were doing, Jaken halted and looked in all directions, Naoki gave a huge smile an started crying, Sesshoumaru was running down the hall like a man with his pants on fire, and Yurai jumped from fright and grabbed at his chest over his heart and was breathing rather hard.
All of a sudden the door flew open (literally), flying off its track and landing in the hall way some where. Sesshoumaru, eyes searching frantically around the room, had his arm out to where the door -used- to be.
Rin stopped screaming and blinked confusedly at Sesshoumaru. Was she really seeing this? Was Yurai really here, playing that wonderful music in her room? Was that really Sesshoumaru who was looking shocked at her?
Before she could register anything she was swept into the arms of one powerful and handsome Youkai with silver hair. He squeezed her tiny frame to him with one hand on her head and one arm around her back. Rin slowly, unsure of what to do, brought her arms up around her protector. She felt herself wrap her arms around him and when she knew he was real she hugged him as hard as she could.
Tears streamed down her face from happiness. She was home! She was home! She smiled so wide her face hurt and wiped at her eyes while still hugging Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru pulled away and put her at arms length. He looked her over and for the first time in her whole life, saw a genuine smile come to his face. Not his evil smile, a smirk, or a little thing. A real Sesshoumaru full blown (well, as full as full blown for him is) smile that reached from one side to the other.
She turned from this amazing sight when she noticed a few people standing at the. . .at what was left of the door. Naoki and Jaken walked into the room baring smiles of their own. "Rin. . ." Naoki whispered and rushed forward. Sesshoumaru moved out of the way before he got killed by that girl and decided to stand by Yurai.
"Rin! Your ok! Your back!" Naoki hugged Rin so tight Rin gave out a squeak and Naoki backed off apologizing. Jaken came up next and patted her on the head. Rin was going to have this and tugged him into a small little hug. He sighed and went to stand by the door.
Yurai made himself known by walking in front of her. "Ohayo, little one. . ." He said and knelt to hug her. It was firm, loving hug of their old friendship. He got back up and put a box on her lap then stepped back. She wiped at her eyes with the blanket. She lifted the lid to the box and saw a pretty gold instrument she'd never seen.
"Thank you." She said softly. You'd probably have to be a Youkai to hear her. She smiled, which made every one else smile. All her loved ones were here with her now. All the ones she had missed so horribly, the ones she had wished were by her sides when she was in those horrible places. They all looked on to her with loving faces, even Sesshoumaru.
When she saw this that when she heard a voice in her head, a small soothing voice of a man, he said 'Welcome back, child."
And she replied with, "I'm home".
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A/N:
Oh wow, I wasn't planing on ending it in this chapter. I guess I just thought now was good time for a good ending. I got off my procrastinating bum and did this fic for the people! I worked and worked on this fic and I'm relatively glad on the way it turned out. I hope every one liked it as well. I really hope I lived up to what every one thought of me. I mean, on my last story lots of ppl made me sound like a really good writer and I wasn't to sure if I was. All reviews will be gladly accepted, even flames, unless they have a bunch of cussing and not point to them. It you liked my fic please let me know- I would like to know if I just wasted my time writing it - lol ^_~;
Thanx to everyone who reviewed, I guess even to the people who didn't but just read it all the way through.
My plot was kind of messy and I did this fic on side characters (WAY side characters) so I tried not to make them to OOC. I think I made Fluffy OOC in some spots. Sorry bout that. At least, if you didn't know the Japanese words you now know some Japanese! Right?. . .right???
Ha ha ha! My friends and myself are going to write some joint Fics so if you want to check them out I guess you could e~mail me ^_^
Oh yeah, how bout I ask you a Q. What did you think of the ending? Not to sappy or any thing right? I really want to know. This chapter was interesting to write.
I hope I didn't make the fic to morbid-ish. Heh, I tried. OMG! I wrote 9 pages in and hour an a half!!! ::Faints:: Man I'm good! - lol I guess I'll try my hand at a romance or something. . .*Hmmm. . .Perhaps a Shonen-ai? Kyahahaahahaha!!!!* Oh kami! What have I becooooommmeee!!!?!??!
See ya next time my lovely Reviewers. Until then!
With much love,
-Animyth-
Hai- I've decided to complete the rest of the fic in one week. ::GASP!::. I've said to myself over and over that I should just write the fic, make everyone happy, and stop being a procrastinator, but its been hard. Lol. And after my super-mega-uber-ultra busy life has finally SOME WHAT settled down a bit I can begin writing again. Now all I have to do is remember where I left off. . .heh heh. Hmmm. . .
Incase you need it! ~*~*~* is for things like remembering
* are used for thoughts like *I wonder if we have any doughnuts left. ..*
& - are used for italics such as -stupid-, -annoying- brother. . .
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Story Teller (Tale VI)
Sesshoumaru was pacing in his library for probably the fifth time that day. It had been about two weeks since he had last given Rin the food that was supposed to make her better. Make her come back to him. He'd tried being patient, like Hoken had instructed. Well, he through that out the proverbial window a week into waiting. Now, he was just plain angry.
Rin had stopped taking food yesterday. Naoki and the other workers tried to coax food into her but she simply let it fall from her mouth. The same happened with anything liquid. Sesshoumaru had even attempted and for the first time in his long years failed at something.
First he had actually gotten worried. He may not enjoy humans but he knew that they could not live long with out nourishment. Then, he started getting mad. Then furious. So much so that he was about to go back to Hoken and slice his throat open for deceiving him.
He was contemplating just that when the door slowly slid open. His eyes snapped to the location of the door. "What?" he almost barked but still kept his cool physique. It was Naoki.
She stepped into the room and slid the door closed behind her. Keeping her head bowed she said "Sesshoumaru-sama, there is some one who would like to see you. . ." She opened the door and side stepped out as fast as she could and slid the door swiftly shut.
Sesshoumaru gave a grunt at being interrupter and headed for the from room. He strode quickly down the halls passing workers who stopped dead in their tracks before starting up working again. He made it to the front room when a familiar scent met his keen nose.
Inhaling some of the surrounding air he finally put a name to the aroma. "Yurai. . ."
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A deep, endless pool of inky blackness surrounded Rin. It reminded her of the lake near Sesshoumaru's estate. It made you feel weightless and you can imagine yourself floating peacefully through the sky. Except, now it was like some one had turned off the lights. It was pitch black, like a shadow, all around. She could not tell where one end started or where the other ended. She couldn't feel the ground either.
She flailed her limbs and moved her head but she couldn't even tell if she had even changed positions. Had she moved at all? A cold desolate feeling swept over her making her feel empty and alone. When she opened her mouth to speak no words came out, just a little squeak.* What. . .what's going on? Where am I? I don't like this place. Sesshoumaru! Jaken! Naoki! Yurai! Help me! I need you!!* She sobbed hard and tried to think logically but nothing came. She blanched and just stared.
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"What brings you here, Yurai. . ?" Sesshoumaru asked. Yurai had a welcoming smile on his face when he replied. "I made a promise a few years ago. That I would meet with some one again and give them a present that would show my appreciation for all that they showed me."
Sesshoumaru quirked an eyebrow. "so ka. . .?" Yurai gave a small languid nod. "It is. And where might be the child from days past? Where is Rin? Does she not stay with you still? I thought her scent came from here. . ." Yurai wondered off into his own little world while Sesshoumaru looked on rather annoyed.
"Yes, Rin is here. But I can not permit you to see her." He said gruffly. "And why is that?" Yurai questioned, becoming serious. "She had fallen ill." Came his reply. Yurai glared at Sesshoumaru slightly and Sesshoumaru right back at him. There was enough friction in the air to make socks stick together.
Yurai looked away and coughed into his fisted hand. "Then at least allow me to bring her, her present?" Sesshoumaru looked at him stoically, thinking. He nodded and made a notion to Yurai to follow him.
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Sesshoumaru led Yurai through twists and turns in the halls and long narrow passages before coming up to a pair of large double-sliding doors. Sesshoumaru nodded his head in the direction of the door and Yurai slid it open. "I'll wait here. . ." Sesshoumaru said and took position to the left of the doors.
Yurai walked into the large room cautiously. It smelled of sickness and sakura. An odd combination. He shut the door behind him slowly until he heard it click and then conveyed the room. A long window, a table, a dresser, ahh. . .the bed. He walked over to the pastel yellow bed and looked down at its occupant.
Rin lay still, the only thing moving was her little heaving chest. Her forehead was beaded with sweat. He noticed a table out of the corned of his eye which had a towel and a basin on it. He picked up the towel and dabbed at Rin's head and cheeks lightly.
*Has she always been this pale?. . .No.* "Yes, Rin is most definitely sick" he said sorrowfully.
Outside the door Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes after hearing Yurai's open comment.
Back in the room Yurai had taken a seat on the soft bed. He snaked his hand into his kimono sleeve and pulled out a long, slender wooden box. It had intricate carvings all over the lid. Little leaves and swirling vines made their way from one end to the other.
The box itself was very pretty but what it held inside was beautiful. He pulled off the lid gently and uncovered a forest green velvet lined interior that hosted a lengthy and shiny golden lute. The lute also had carvings on it but they seemed more beautiful mastered in the soft gold that glimmered even in the most pale of lights.
He smiled when he remembered who had given it to him. An ancient Youkai by the name of Ho. . . Hoken. That's it. An ancient Youkai named Hoken had given it to him when he was traveling through the strangest of woods.
*~* He remembered how he was just walking through them when a rustle of leaves had caught his attention and when he turned around to look Hoken was standing there with a warm smile. Hoken had said to him, "The little girl you know needs this now. You have a promise to keep after all. Go to her and play this for her."
Hoken had taught him how to play the instrument well enough. Though, Yurai still hadn't found out how Hoken had known he knew Rin. It was very strange, all of it.
Over the day or two he spent with Hoken he had gotten to know the old Youkai well enough. He seemed like a very nice person and very generous. They had become fast friends and Yurai said he would come back to see Hoken again after he played for Rin and gave her his present. *~*
The warm memories brought a hint of a smile to Yurai's lips before he wet them with a flick of his tongue and brought the golden instrument to them.
He blew so gently it was unheard. And the single most beautiful note streamed from the lute like flowing honey. It was followed by equally rhythmically illustrious notes. The song flowing up and down like a soft and smooth lullaby a mother might sing to her new born.
The beat speeding up the suddenly slowing down over and over again. He played masterfully. His long agile fingers swept over the instrument hiding and revealing the holes that created the notes.
The song continued.
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Rin shook her head to get out off her daze. How long had she been staring at nothingness? She couldn't remember when she had started or what she was thinking about. The darkness frightened her. The endlessness of it scared her as well. *Maybe if I just stare it will go away.* That's what she had thought. It didn't work very well though.
How long had she been here? It felt like forever. She recalled the village and the wolves. The silent village, the endless path, the savage shadow wolves. They were both horrible in their own ways. And now, now she was stuck in the dark, in more ways then one.
She missed everyone so strongly she thought he heart would tear to shreds. She sobbed and wept and when she stopped she was still there. When she closed her eyes she found she couldn't go to sleep. She couldn't stop thinking of everything that happened.
*Why. . .?* A tear leaked from the corner of her eye and made a shiny path down her curved cheek. *I don't like this. I don't like this!* It was so quiet, agonizingly quiet. It almost left a ringing in her ears.
She attempted to think of another plan. *What. . .what?* Shaking her head to clear her thoughts she put her two fore fingers to her temples. *Maybe if I concentrate really hard some one might hear. No. . . well, I suppose its worth a try.*
Rin got into a sitting position, it was hard since she was basically floating. She closed her eyes and her eyebrows nit in concentration. She waited and thought. Thought and waited. For minutes on end. She took a deep breath to get her nerve up again and tried harder. *Come on, come on! Some one! Any one!*
And then, she thought she heard something. Yes! There is was again! She had never heard this sound before but it was absolutely wonderful! It sounded so pretty.
She listened hard and waited. There! Far off in the distance she heard the notes. Long breezy notes. It sounded so peaceful and loving. Her heart began to beat faster as her hope was renewed. Perhaps some one heard her!
The music kept getting louder and louder. Slowly she could almost hear it perfectly, like the player was right before her. "Its like. . .a lullaby. . .".
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Yurai removed the golden lute from his mouth and placed it in his lap. He sighed and looked over to Rin. *She's still asleep but her breathing seems to have calmed.* This made him smile, in hope that his young friend would be alright.
He got up from the bed, lute in hand, and strode over to the window. He could not sense Sesshoumaru's presence any longer outside the door and guessed that he must have left. Yurai gazed through the window at the clear blue sky, it was so endless.
He thought he would play one more tune before he would leave dear Rin with her present. "I'll come back when she is better and teach her these songs." This made his chuckle when he remembered all the things Rin had managed to teach him with out ever knowing.
He brought the lute up once again. The early sun shone on it and made it sparkle brilliantly. He closed his eyes and let his soul pour into it.
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All Rin saw was colors. Lots of colors flying past her. She felt like a really long rope was tied around her middle and was dragging her extremely fast, to where ever it was taking her. And all around her she just saw streaks of colors, like passing objects.
She was flying, soaring through this place. She didn't care how fast she was going, she was just happy to be out of the shadows and into the color.
She was going so fast that when all of a sudden she came to a complete holt, like the rope suddenly ended, and it felt like all her organs were catching up with her.
He stomach grumbled abruptly telling her she was way past hungry. And the worst head ache she could have ever imagined was attacking her skull. She was so thirsty she thought her tongue would turn to sand in her mouth.
She squeezed her eyes shut and told her body to stop. And then, when she opened her eyes again, she was looking at a familiar ceiling and she felt herself in a familiar bed.
Her breathing became quick with excitement and her heart pumped so fast she thought it would explode from joy. Hey eyes teared up and the next thing she knew she let out the loudest shrillest scream of happiness on the face of the planet.
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The whole house shook as the scream was let loose from her powerful lungs. All the workers dropped what they were doing, Jaken halted and looked in all directions, Naoki gave a huge smile an started crying, Sesshoumaru was running down the hall like a man with his pants on fire, and Yurai jumped from fright and grabbed at his chest over his heart and was breathing rather hard.
All of a sudden the door flew open (literally), flying off its track and landing in the hall way some where. Sesshoumaru, eyes searching frantically around the room, had his arm out to where the door -used- to be.
Rin stopped screaming and blinked confusedly at Sesshoumaru. Was she really seeing this? Was Yurai really here, playing that wonderful music in her room? Was that really Sesshoumaru who was looking shocked at her?
Before she could register anything she was swept into the arms of one powerful and handsome Youkai with silver hair. He squeezed her tiny frame to him with one hand on her head and one arm around her back. Rin slowly, unsure of what to do, brought her arms up around her protector. She felt herself wrap her arms around him and when she knew he was real she hugged him as hard as she could.
Tears streamed down her face from happiness. She was home! She was home! She smiled so wide her face hurt and wiped at her eyes while still hugging Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru pulled away and put her at arms length. He looked her over and for the first time in her whole life, saw a genuine smile come to his face. Not his evil smile, a smirk, or a little thing. A real Sesshoumaru full blown (well, as full as full blown for him is) smile that reached from one side to the other.
She turned from this amazing sight when she noticed a few people standing at the. . .at what was left of the door. Naoki and Jaken walked into the room baring smiles of their own. "Rin. . ." Naoki whispered and rushed forward. Sesshoumaru moved out of the way before he got killed by that girl and decided to stand by Yurai.
"Rin! Your ok! Your back!" Naoki hugged Rin so tight Rin gave out a squeak and Naoki backed off apologizing. Jaken came up next and patted her on the head. Rin was going to have this and tugged him into a small little hug. He sighed and went to stand by the door.
Yurai made himself known by walking in front of her. "Ohayo, little one. . ." He said and knelt to hug her. It was firm, loving hug of their old friendship. He got back up and put a box on her lap then stepped back. She wiped at her eyes with the blanket. She lifted the lid to the box and saw a pretty gold instrument she'd never seen.
"Thank you." She said softly. You'd probably have to be a Youkai to hear her. She smiled, which made every one else smile. All her loved ones were here with her now. All the ones she had missed so horribly, the ones she had wished were by her sides when she was in those horrible places. They all looked on to her with loving faces, even Sesshoumaru.
When she saw this that when she heard a voice in her head, a small soothing voice of a man, he said 'Welcome back, child."
And she replied with, "I'm home".
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A/N:
Oh wow, I wasn't planing on ending it in this chapter. I guess I just thought now was good time for a good ending. I got off my procrastinating bum and did this fic for the people! I worked and worked on this fic and I'm relatively glad on the way it turned out. I hope every one liked it as well. I really hope I lived up to what every one thought of me. I mean, on my last story lots of ppl made me sound like a really good writer and I wasn't to sure if I was. All reviews will be gladly accepted, even flames, unless they have a bunch of cussing and not point to them. It you liked my fic please let me know- I would like to know if I just wasted my time writing it - lol ^_~;
Thanx to everyone who reviewed, I guess even to the people who didn't but just read it all the way through.
My plot was kind of messy and I did this fic on side characters (WAY side characters) so I tried not to make them to OOC. I think I made Fluffy OOC in some spots. Sorry bout that. At least, if you didn't know the Japanese words you now know some Japanese! Right?. . .right???
Ha ha ha! My friends and myself are going to write some joint Fics so if you want to check them out I guess you could e~mail me ^_^
Oh yeah, how bout I ask you a Q. What did you think of the ending? Not to sappy or any thing right? I really want to know. This chapter was interesting to write.
I hope I didn't make the fic to morbid-ish. Heh, I tried. OMG! I wrote 9 pages in and hour an a half!!! ::Faints:: Man I'm good! - lol I guess I'll try my hand at a romance or something. . .*Hmmm. . .Perhaps a Shonen-ai? Kyahahaahahaha!!!!* Oh kami! What have I becooooommmeee!!!?!??!
See ya next time my lovely Reviewers. Until then!
With much love,
-Animyth-
