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more reviews for chapter 3! Hmph. I feel so unloved! ;_;
Angel64: Thanks for my story's first review!! InuFlames: No need to worry! I know I said it would be a little angsty, but not a large scale. It'll have a happy ending, I promise!
The Disclaimer was in the last chapter so.here is Chapter 2!! ~Sakura-Chan ============================================================================
CHAPTER 2: Lost in Thought Under the Cherry Blossoms
Part 2: Memory: Rin
Nine-year-old Rin scrunched her toes up, blades of dew-dropped grass tickling her ankles. She felt as though her heart had stopped. She let out a shaky, breath. Staring at the ground made her uncomfortably dizzy. This couldn't be real.
"What.?" She asked, looking at Sesshoumaru now who had bent down onto his knees to her eye level.
"Soon, you will bean adult and it is time you live with a human family in a village. I will take you the first one we travel across, there is one not far ahead. It is only an hour's walk." He repeated and explained. Rin shook as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"You're leaving me, Sesshoumaru-Sama? Will you come back for me!?" She gripped his silky kimono sleeve tightly.
"No, you will stay." He said, voice emotionless. Rin then could not control her emotions as she threw herself into Sesshoumaru's arms, crying.
"Please! Please don't leave me! I don't want to be alone! I want to stay!" She sobbed. Sesshoumaru held onto her and stood up, starting to walk towards their destination, cradling Rin in his arms.
"Why? Do you hate me?" she sniffed. Two years she had traveled with Sesshoumaru after she had been revived using the sword, Tenseiga. She had no family left; there was only Sesshoumaru, Jakken and Ah-Un.
"Rin." Sesshoumaru said tiredly. "I do not hate you. This is for the best. You shall understand in time." He explained but Rin refused to listen. With her small, skinny arms wrapped around his neck she held onto him determined to never let go. They were silent until they reached a village. Sesshoumaru had simply said "Take good care of Rin" To the village priestess, Sayume and left Rin there. He began to walk away but Rin ran after him.
"Wait! Sesshoumaru-Sama, please wait!" She yelled. He stopped and turned as the small little girl ran up to him, he bent down.
"I want you to remember me forever, Sesshoumaru-Sama." She said and pulled loose the green ribbon that held onto her lop-sided ponytail and tied it around the demon's wrist. "But, I wish I had something of yours." she said, voice drifting sadly. That was almost a guaranteed what she wanted, as long as it was something small. Sesshoumaru gave in to the girl's wishes and tore off a piece of his rich vermilion kimono and gave it to her. She smiled which relieved Sesshoumaru, somewhat.
"You may use it to tie back your hair." He pointed out that Rin's raven colored hair was pulled down all around her shoulders. She nodded at his statement and did so.
"Please. Tell Jakken I'm sorry for breaking the Staff of Heads [A/N: does anyone know the Japanese name for it? Isn't it like 'Jinkotsu'?]". Sesshoumaru would someday have to do so.
"Promise me, Rin. That you will grow up to be strong." He said. Rin smiled directly at him, eyes glittering.
"Only if you do the same, then I promise." She said, adorable lovingly. Sesshoumaru nodded his head just a little. She took a deep breath and hugged him, closing her eyes as she did so. He embraced her so lightly, one would hardly notice, but, he did, and that's what mattered to Rin. She finally let go and started walking backwards, watching the ever graceful youkai, Sesshoumaru, walk away.
"Thank-you, Sesshoumaru-Sama." She whispered quietly to herself as she waved. "I'll love you forever, I promise." She said even quieter, figuring Sesshoumaru didn't hear.but in fact, he did. He walked back, the sun now setting, as he had a slight smile across his face.
'You're Welcome, Rin.' He thought.
Part 3: Blush: Rin
Now, it was seven years later and Rin was lost in her thoughts of Sesshoumaru just hours before she was to get married to someone she absolutely hated. It was an arranged wedding, of course. The people wanted to make her life absolutely miserable in every-which way, she thought. The lord of the village's son and the priestess's adopted daughter. The match sounded nearly perfect to the village lord, so Priestess Sayume had no other choice but to agree.
The village lord's son was a little older than Rin, he was handsome, but an idiotic freak, in Rin's personal opinion. She could sit and think up her little opinions of him all day long. He was mean and nasty, selfish and stuck-up, stubborn and stupid. That's what she could at LEAST describe "Taroku" as. She could also beg for eternity but she would still have to marry him.
She began to think of whom she would marry if she didn't have to marry Taroku. When Rin first arrived at the village, she wasn't quite like the other girls, having grown up as a village slave then a youkai's follower. And with the boys, she was too girly and a little too hyper so they didn't think much of her either until she was older, but Rin still disliked them from when she was younger. She had studied under Sayume's wing and was still continuing her studies as the next village priestess. There really wasn't anybody who she could marry or even become friends with.
Her only friend had been Sesshoumaru. Rin then blushed, as she almost thought of Sesshoumaru as more than a friend. Yes, she loved him when she was little, as a friend, as someone who had saved her, her hero. This made Rin's mind wander a bit, as it often did, sending her to drift into the land of daydreams. What exactly DID she think Sesshoumaru as? Sure, he was her master, but only at first, the two had become friends, or at least she hoped so. From the little memories of her deceased parents, Rin really couldn't identify Sesshoumaru with her father, maybe a little at first, when she first met Sesshoumaru at that young age. An older brother perhaps? No, not at all. She did love him with all her heart but in all senses, in a friend-like way. Although. Sesshoumaru was EXTREMELY handsome, [ A/N: *drools all over the keyboard* Ain't that the truth, Rin!] which made Rin blush again, a rosy-pink tone covering her cheeks. But she was being absolutely ridiculous. Sesshoumaru was a demon, and he was now gone forever, leaving her here to suffer in some nobody village in which nobody seemed to care in which to marry the village idiot, Taroku. She thought. She continued to wrap Sesshoumaru's little ribbon gift around and around, then to unwrap and unwrap. Wrap, unwrap, wrap, unwrap, wrap, and unwrap. It seemed to set Rin in a daze. She now wondered if Sesshoumaru still carried her own ribbon.probably not. She maneuvered the ribbon to secure her hair back into a bun. Her hair was now a black and silky soft, unlike when she was younger. She tied it tightly just as Sayume entered the hut once more, and once noticing her, mentally brushed off her thoughts of Sesshoumaru and that warm, comforting blush.
Part 4: Prepare: Rin
"Oh." The word escaped Rin's mouth, a little surprised from Sayume-Baba interrupting her thoughts as her hands dropped down to her sides. Sayume looked at Rin, making sure to scrutinize on every little detail of the young maiden. Rin stood still, begging in her mind for Sayume to not notice the ribbon that lay in her hair.
'Please don't, please don't, please don't notice the -'
"Your hair, Rin." She said. Rin let out a huge sigh of disappointment.
"We were to fix it special. No in some sloppy ponytail." Sayume said. Rin's hopes returned. She hadn't noticed!! Sayume quickly grabbed the ribbon and released its grip on Rin's hair. Never mind, thought Rin. Rin's hair gracefully fell down around her shoulders, a few strands tickling her ears. Sayume studied the ribbon as well. Rin stepped forward and held out her hands.
"Sayume-Baba, may I please have it?" She asked, pleading softly.
"Sesshoumaru-Sama's token. You mustn't keep it, Rin. If people, especially Taroku-Sama, that you still held onto that youkai lord in your heart so tightly." She said, as Rin licked her lips nervously.
"Ah! I'll keep it hidden, I promise! No one will know. It's just. that's my courage, right there, in that ribbon. I promised him I would be strong. I need it. especially today." Rin explained. With hesitation, the priestess carefully let the silky material drop into Rin's hands. The two then smiled.
"Well, it IS beautiful." Sayume said. Rin nodded. Rin then whispered.
"May I wear it? Around my neck?" She asked with a hopeful smile. Sayume hesitated once more before nodding and picked it up from the girl's hands and carefully wrapped it around her neck and tied it securely in a nice and neat little bow. When Sayume stepped back Rin's hands met the back of her neck, and smiled brightly as her hands once again dropped down to her sides.
"Now, Rin, about your hair, sit down and let me fix it. And this time, do not squirm." She said and picked up a fine youkai-bone comb glittering with fragments of varied jewels. Rin sat, and tried to be patient, and we all know, patience does not come easy for Rin.
After many yanks, pulls, squirms, 'Ow!'s from Rin later, her hair was finally finished. Rin stood, smoothing out her kimono and looked in the mirror. Two buns of hair sat upon her head, hair, spilling out on each side down, and a few centimeters above her shoulders. Rin then thanked Sayume- Baba and asked if she could go out for a walk. Sayume allowed and Rin slipped her sandals on and walked outside, she obviously needed more time to think.about Sesshoumaru, that is.
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Okay. That's three more parts for you. I can still do more, but the other parts drift outside of the main point of the chapter. Alright? Okay!
Preview of Chapter 3:
Next chapter will be a little bit longer, if I can help it and I sure hope I can! Things get more intense as Rin's walk through the village only leads to danger of jealous girls and non other than the most dangerous one of all, Taroku! Also, for Sesshoumaru to reach his destination, he has to travel through the village! Or is that just an excuse? Will he be able to watch Rin walk up the isle with Taroku? Is Rin oblivious to the fact that Sesshoumaru is watching her? IS ALL HOPE LOST!?!
.Stay tune to "Cherry Blossom: A Rin x Sesshoumaru Fic" and read Chapter 3!!!!
I always wanted to say that!! Hehe, that's all, so. please review!! The fate of Rin and Sesshoumaru rest in your hands!!
Your brilliant, amazingly wonderful author,
~Sakura-Chan
Angel64: Thanks for my story's first review!! InuFlames: No need to worry! I know I said it would be a little angsty, but not a large scale. It'll have a happy ending, I promise!
The Disclaimer was in the last chapter so.here is Chapter 2!! ~Sakura-Chan ============================================================================
CHAPTER 2: Lost in Thought Under the Cherry Blossoms
Part 2: Memory: Rin
Nine-year-old Rin scrunched her toes up, blades of dew-dropped grass tickling her ankles. She felt as though her heart had stopped. She let out a shaky, breath. Staring at the ground made her uncomfortably dizzy. This couldn't be real.
"What.?" She asked, looking at Sesshoumaru now who had bent down onto his knees to her eye level.
"Soon, you will bean adult and it is time you live with a human family in a village. I will take you the first one we travel across, there is one not far ahead. It is only an hour's walk." He repeated and explained. Rin shook as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"You're leaving me, Sesshoumaru-Sama? Will you come back for me!?" She gripped his silky kimono sleeve tightly.
"No, you will stay." He said, voice emotionless. Rin then could not control her emotions as she threw herself into Sesshoumaru's arms, crying.
"Please! Please don't leave me! I don't want to be alone! I want to stay!" She sobbed. Sesshoumaru held onto her and stood up, starting to walk towards their destination, cradling Rin in his arms.
"Why? Do you hate me?" she sniffed. Two years she had traveled with Sesshoumaru after she had been revived using the sword, Tenseiga. She had no family left; there was only Sesshoumaru, Jakken and Ah-Un.
"Rin." Sesshoumaru said tiredly. "I do not hate you. This is for the best. You shall understand in time." He explained but Rin refused to listen. With her small, skinny arms wrapped around his neck she held onto him determined to never let go. They were silent until they reached a village. Sesshoumaru had simply said "Take good care of Rin" To the village priestess, Sayume and left Rin there. He began to walk away but Rin ran after him.
"Wait! Sesshoumaru-Sama, please wait!" She yelled. He stopped and turned as the small little girl ran up to him, he bent down.
"I want you to remember me forever, Sesshoumaru-Sama." She said and pulled loose the green ribbon that held onto her lop-sided ponytail and tied it around the demon's wrist. "But, I wish I had something of yours." she said, voice drifting sadly. That was almost a guaranteed what she wanted, as long as it was something small. Sesshoumaru gave in to the girl's wishes and tore off a piece of his rich vermilion kimono and gave it to her. She smiled which relieved Sesshoumaru, somewhat.
"You may use it to tie back your hair." He pointed out that Rin's raven colored hair was pulled down all around her shoulders. She nodded at his statement and did so.
"Please. Tell Jakken I'm sorry for breaking the Staff of Heads [A/N: does anyone know the Japanese name for it? Isn't it like 'Jinkotsu'?]". Sesshoumaru would someday have to do so.
"Promise me, Rin. That you will grow up to be strong." He said. Rin smiled directly at him, eyes glittering.
"Only if you do the same, then I promise." She said, adorable lovingly. Sesshoumaru nodded his head just a little. She took a deep breath and hugged him, closing her eyes as she did so. He embraced her so lightly, one would hardly notice, but, he did, and that's what mattered to Rin. She finally let go and started walking backwards, watching the ever graceful youkai, Sesshoumaru, walk away.
"Thank-you, Sesshoumaru-Sama." She whispered quietly to herself as she waved. "I'll love you forever, I promise." She said even quieter, figuring Sesshoumaru didn't hear.but in fact, he did. He walked back, the sun now setting, as he had a slight smile across his face.
'You're Welcome, Rin.' He thought.
Part 3: Blush: Rin
Now, it was seven years later and Rin was lost in her thoughts of Sesshoumaru just hours before she was to get married to someone she absolutely hated. It was an arranged wedding, of course. The people wanted to make her life absolutely miserable in every-which way, she thought. The lord of the village's son and the priestess's adopted daughter. The match sounded nearly perfect to the village lord, so Priestess Sayume had no other choice but to agree.
The village lord's son was a little older than Rin, he was handsome, but an idiotic freak, in Rin's personal opinion. She could sit and think up her little opinions of him all day long. He was mean and nasty, selfish and stuck-up, stubborn and stupid. That's what she could at LEAST describe "Taroku" as. She could also beg for eternity but she would still have to marry him.
She began to think of whom she would marry if she didn't have to marry Taroku. When Rin first arrived at the village, she wasn't quite like the other girls, having grown up as a village slave then a youkai's follower. And with the boys, she was too girly and a little too hyper so they didn't think much of her either until she was older, but Rin still disliked them from when she was younger. She had studied under Sayume's wing and was still continuing her studies as the next village priestess. There really wasn't anybody who she could marry or even become friends with.
Her only friend had been Sesshoumaru. Rin then blushed, as she almost thought of Sesshoumaru as more than a friend. Yes, she loved him when she was little, as a friend, as someone who had saved her, her hero. This made Rin's mind wander a bit, as it often did, sending her to drift into the land of daydreams. What exactly DID she think Sesshoumaru as? Sure, he was her master, but only at first, the two had become friends, or at least she hoped so. From the little memories of her deceased parents, Rin really couldn't identify Sesshoumaru with her father, maybe a little at first, when she first met Sesshoumaru at that young age. An older brother perhaps? No, not at all. She did love him with all her heart but in all senses, in a friend-like way. Although. Sesshoumaru was EXTREMELY handsome, [ A/N: *drools all over the keyboard* Ain't that the truth, Rin!] which made Rin blush again, a rosy-pink tone covering her cheeks. But she was being absolutely ridiculous. Sesshoumaru was a demon, and he was now gone forever, leaving her here to suffer in some nobody village in which nobody seemed to care in which to marry the village idiot, Taroku. She thought. She continued to wrap Sesshoumaru's little ribbon gift around and around, then to unwrap and unwrap. Wrap, unwrap, wrap, unwrap, wrap, and unwrap. It seemed to set Rin in a daze. She now wondered if Sesshoumaru still carried her own ribbon.probably not. She maneuvered the ribbon to secure her hair back into a bun. Her hair was now a black and silky soft, unlike when she was younger. She tied it tightly just as Sayume entered the hut once more, and once noticing her, mentally brushed off her thoughts of Sesshoumaru and that warm, comforting blush.
Part 4: Prepare: Rin
"Oh." The word escaped Rin's mouth, a little surprised from Sayume-Baba interrupting her thoughts as her hands dropped down to her sides. Sayume looked at Rin, making sure to scrutinize on every little detail of the young maiden. Rin stood still, begging in her mind for Sayume to not notice the ribbon that lay in her hair.
'Please don't, please don't, please don't notice the -'
"Your hair, Rin." She said. Rin let out a huge sigh of disappointment.
"We were to fix it special. No in some sloppy ponytail." Sayume said. Rin's hopes returned. She hadn't noticed!! Sayume quickly grabbed the ribbon and released its grip on Rin's hair. Never mind, thought Rin. Rin's hair gracefully fell down around her shoulders, a few strands tickling her ears. Sayume studied the ribbon as well. Rin stepped forward and held out her hands.
"Sayume-Baba, may I please have it?" She asked, pleading softly.
"Sesshoumaru-Sama's token. You mustn't keep it, Rin. If people, especially Taroku-Sama, that you still held onto that youkai lord in your heart so tightly." She said, as Rin licked her lips nervously.
"Ah! I'll keep it hidden, I promise! No one will know. It's just. that's my courage, right there, in that ribbon. I promised him I would be strong. I need it. especially today." Rin explained. With hesitation, the priestess carefully let the silky material drop into Rin's hands. The two then smiled.
"Well, it IS beautiful." Sayume said. Rin nodded. Rin then whispered.
"May I wear it? Around my neck?" She asked with a hopeful smile. Sayume hesitated once more before nodding and picked it up from the girl's hands and carefully wrapped it around her neck and tied it securely in a nice and neat little bow. When Sayume stepped back Rin's hands met the back of her neck, and smiled brightly as her hands once again dropped down to her sides.
"Now, Rin, about your hair, sit down and let me fix it. And this time, do not squirm." She said and picked up a fine youkai-bone comb glittering with fragments of varied jewels. Rin sat, and tried to be patient, and we all know, patience does not come easy for Rin.
After many yanks, pulls, squirms, 'Ow!'s from Rin later, her hair was finally finished. Rin stood, smoothing out her kimono and looked in the mirror. Two buns of hair sat upon her head, hair, spilling out on each side down, and a few centimeters above her shoulders. Rin then thanked Sayume- Baba and asked if she could go out for a walk. Sayume allowed and Rin slipped her sandals on and walked outside, she obviously needed more time to think.about Sesshoumaru, that is.
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Okay. That's three more parts for you. I can still do more, but the other parts drift outside of the main point of the chapter. Alright? Okay!
Preview of Chapter 3:
Next chapter will be a little bit longer, if I can help it and I sure hope I can! Things get more intense as Rin's walk through the village only leads to danger of jealous girls and non other than the most dangerous one of all, Taroku! Also, for Sesshoumaru to reach his destination, he has to travel through the village! Or is that just an excuse? Will he be able to watch Rin walk up the isle with Taroku? Is Rin oblivious to the fact that Sesshoumaru is watching her? IS ALL HOPE LOST!?!
.Stay tune to "Cherry Blossom: A Rin x Sesshoumaru Fic" and read Chapter 3!!!!
I always wanted to say that!! Hehe, that's all, so. please review!! The fate of Rin and Sesshoumaru rest in your hands!!
Your brilliant, amazingly wonderful author,
~Sakura-Chan
