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Queen of Shadows: Eheheh. Actually I didn't even notice that it was a cliffhanger on a .cliff. Oh well! Heh. Kinkay-Vixen: Okey, I'll check out your story n' review when I get time to. Here's the update! Sakie: Whats your favorite manga? xD Kyo-Terayashi: Sad is good? Heh. Glad you like ^-^;
Here's the poll results of Bishou[nen][jo]:
Bishounen: . no one voted. Bishoujo: . no one voted.
Here's another poll just for whatever:
Who do you think is the cutest character in IY?: Shippou Kirara Rin Kohaku
Results will be up on next chapter.
I wrote a Haiku in English today. Pretty! :
Sakura Flowers Pink Petals Float in the Wind Cherry Blossom Trees
=D Yay! I was running around showing everyone today. X_x; I'm such a dork, but oh well!
Okay! This chapter won't have a LOT of fluff, but it will have some.The next two will be all fluff, though. Have you guys seen SIGNS? I saw that last night and it scared the crap outta me! Seriously! I was afraid of E.T. until I was 11. So I'm like. traumatized now. But it's a good movie, isn't it?
Translations:
*Ohayo: Shortened version of Good Morning. Like 'Mornin''.
Here's Chapter 5! -Sakura
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Under the Cherry Blossoms: A Rin x Sesshoumaru fic
Chapter 5: Seeing You Again Under the Cherry Blossoms
Part 15: Relief: Sesshoumaru
Sesshoumaru felt as though that was the most difficult on Earth for him to do. He stood on a branch of a Sakura tree, the little cherry blossoms reminding him of Rin. Jakken sat in the tree as well, annoyed.
Sesshoumaru watched Rin collapse to her knees and cry. It. pained him to see her in such a pitiful mood. Then he watched Rin crawl. to the ledge. She wouldn't.. She couldn't be. She.was. Rin was about to kill herself! Sesshoumaru was annoyed, scared, enraged, and confused all at once. He was upset, no doubt. maybe even as much as Rin.
She reached the edge. Sesshoumaru was on the edge of the branch, as well, watching, waiting. As soon as Rin took a step forward, Sesshoumaru jumped off the branch, and was at her side in a moment and grabbed her wrist. She gasped and turned to face him.
"What.?" She seemed to ask herself. Sesshoumaru glared at her and tightened the grip on her wrist, pulling her back up. But his grip was so hard, in fact, that Rin let out a yelp of pain.
"You will not kill yourself. That is below the point of ultimate weakness. Do you understand?" he said, loosening his grip. Rin didn't respond. Her eyes stood wide, as she shook a little, breathing heavily. Without warning, she collapsed. Sesshoumaru still held onto her wrist though and pulled her limp body back up, picking her up. He thought he might have been able to leave her, but not this state. She was in some sort of shock and she had obviously over exhausted herself. Her eyes were now closed and her breathing was slowed down a little now. She made some whimpers and she flinched a bit, signaling she was still a little conscious. But she would probably fall out of it any second now. Sesshoumaru carried her bridal style back to the tree in which Jakken had just fallen out of.
"She's coming with us?!" Jakken asked, standing up now. Sesshoumaru said nothing, only continued to walk. He had been hurt. Hurt that he had hurt Rin so badly.
She would have taken that next step over and off that ledge without another moment's hesitation. Her parents had been killed, the village had turned on her, and then she was devoured by wolves. Then she had a mere two years of happiness before he had returned her to the human lifestyle. He let out somewhat of a sigh. He couldn't keep her though. Rin would eventually grow older. Older and older until she was an old woman, unable to even go on. Human lives were so short. they were so fragile as well. Is that why they were so lowly? Or in Rin's case, did it make them even more precious?
Rin would not be able to live a normal life. either way, he put it. Yet she chose to take the path that would harm her even more. And she knew it. But why? She was sacrificing her every possession, her home, her family, her pride as a human, her freedom, and now, almost her life. Why? He had done nothing for her.
Sesshoumaru was oblivious to the fact that he had given Rin plenty, almost everything. He gave her every possession, he gave her a home, a family, his love, care, strength. and he had also given her life and freedom in the first place. Rin just wanted to live her life with Sesshoumaru. Next to him, not behind him. But if anything, behind him, rather than away from him. Rin's eyes creaked open a little
"Sesshou. maru.-Sama?" She asked weakly.
"Yes, Rin. I'm here." He said, walking still.
"Are you leaving me.?" She asked quietly, still very weak.
"No, now rest." He looked on ahead.
"Thank you." She smiled and closed her eyes as she finally passed out. Sesshoumaru continued on, walking under the Cherry Blossoms, carrying Rin in his arms.
Part 16: Unforgettable: Rin
Rin's eyes fluttered open as she turned her head to the side. Sun crept through the cool cover of the forest tree tops. Her mouth felt dry and her body, heavy. Where was she? She looked around until a petal of a sakura flower fell on her nose. She sneezed by letting out a small "chuu!" and jolted forward. She lay back down her head slowly again, eyes wide open now.
"Ah." She said quietly, looking around. Silver wisps of hair floated in front of Rin's sight. She lightly brought her fingers to touch the shiny, glimmering strands of hair. She tilted her head backwards a bit to find herself and Sesshoumaru under a giant tree, in a forest, a few scattered sakura trees in her view as well. She smiled at the upside-down image of Sesshoumaru sitting next to her. He looked down at her, face expressionless, except for his eyes. Rin knew his eyes.
"Gold." She said. Sesshoumaru raised a brow.
"Your eyes are gold. I was just thinking about them." She explained.
"Ohayo*?" She asked, smiling. Sesshoumaru held in his smile, which Rin knew what he was holding back. It all showed in those golden eyes. She laughed.
"Afternoon, Rin. It is now the middle of the afternoon." He corrected her, quite humored.
"Either way.It's still a good afternoon. now, anyways. How long was I out?" She asked curiously, scooting back her head so that it rested on Sesshoumaru's lap.
"Two hours." He replied simply. Rin nodded.
"I'm sorry." She said, but her eyes glittered with happiness.
"For?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"Ah. Um. Being disrespectful, out of place, and for breaking my promise. I probably annoyed you as well." Sesshoumaru nodded in approval. Her eyes soon became sincere.
"May I stay?" She asked gently. She stretched her arms, a hand reaching up to his face, fingers sliding down his cheek. She then added, "Please, wonderful, amazing, great lord of the west, Master Sesshoumaru-Sama?" She smiled and did the puppy dog eyes. How could Sesshoumaru resist? He couldn't.
"Yes, Rin. For now, at least." He smiled lightly. Rin breathed in deeply and closed her eyes, pulling her arms back down to her sides, then releasing a huge sigh of relief. She laughed her heart-filled laugh and looked up at him.
"Oh, Sesshoumaru-Sama." She whispered wistfully.
"What is it, Rin?"
"I'm just so. happy. So, so, so. happy. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Thank you so much. You saved me, you know!" She laughed.
"I know." He replied.
"You haven't changed much, have you?" She asked.
"Youkai do not grow as fast as humans, Rin." He said, as though it were obvious. Rin smiled.
"Not. as a youkai. but as Sesshoumaru-Sama. You're the same exact Sesshoumaru-Sama that I last saw years ago."
"Well, you have grown very much." He said. Rin grinned.
"Hehe. Well, yeah! But I'm still Rin. Don't forget me, okay?" She smiled sweetly, this time, tilting her head towards him a bit. Sesshoumaru lifted his arm and held it above Rin.
"Hm?" She blinked and grasped onto his hand and kimono sleeve, which she pulled back to reveal. the green ribbon. That's when she noticed the place on his kimono where he had torn the material for the ribbon. He hadn't mended it, the rip still showed.
"." Rin opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. No words could describe anything she could try to say. She brought his wrist down to her neck and brought the ribbons together.
Part 17: Scent: Sesshoumaru
He didn't move, or speak. He let Rin hold his wrist and move it to her soft neck, her skin smooth and creamy. He had answered her questions and the two actually had a conversation. Rin, the beautiful, breath-taking human girl he had unknowingly fallen in love with, lay down in his lap, with the most adoring expression upon her face, willing to do anything he wished and would be happy to do it. Her dark, raven colored hair had spilled from the buns down into full length hair that was now splayed across his lap, her face, and his hand in which she held.
His claws on the hand that Rin held up to her neck brushed against her cheek, lightly scratching it, then to her ear, moving up to her hair. By now, Rin had released hold on his hand as Sesshoumaru's hand now moved freely. He clawed through her silky soft hair gently, watching her intently, the girl's eyes closed.
"Where is Jakken-Sama?" she asked, eyes still closed.
"Jakken has left to retrieve your dinner for this evening." He said.
"Oh, I could have done that." Rin said. Sesshoumaru already knew this, but actually ordered Jakken to leave, knowing that Rin would wake shortly, in which, she did. That left the two of them together, alone. For some reason, it felt strange. this moment with Rin. Yes, Rin would occasionally curl up to him, cuddle up with the fluffy boa, and Sesshoumaru would occasionally mess with her hair when Rin was a child. But now, such warmth emanated from each touch. Sesshoumaru couldn't place a finger on it, exactly, but what was Rin thinking? Did she think it was still like this when she was a child? He continued to run his fingers through Rin's hair when Rin's eyes opened to look at him, giving him an upset look.
"It must bother you." She said and sat up.
"Inform me, Rin." He said as Rin stood, her eyes a bit melancholy.
"A youkai such as yourself must be annoyed by my scent. I bet I smell like Taroku." She said. Sesshoumaru was surprised that Rin had said something like that. She was very intelligent for a girl her age. Humans usually couldn't be offered any kind of education. Yet Rin was knowledgeable in matters of the Youkai, Earth, Miko, and humans. She knew advanced Japanese and arithmetic from what Sesshoumaru taught her years before. She was a skilled fighter for a human girl and was quick to think and she learned quickly as well. Adapting had been her skill except for the fact that she never really adapted to the village. Was her will to see Sesshoumaru really that strong? Obviously so. As for Sesshoumaru, he didn't know what to say. True, he had been incredibly distasteful and pretty much, hated that annoying stench of the one named 'Taroku'. But he had forgotten all about it, the smell of the sakura, overpowering.
"A little, Rin." He said, looking up at her, in which she started to pace.
"Oh. Well, I was thinking of taking a bath, somewhere. To get the smell off. Is there a water source nearby?" She asked.
"No." He lied. He didn't want Rin to leave even if she DID smell a little like that disgusting human. Rin turned.
"But.AH! Sesshoumaru-Sama! There must be, look here! See this plant? I forgot what it was called, but it cures the influenza virus! It only grows near hot springs. Oh good, I'm so glad, because it will get cold soon." She smiled and pointed to a plant. Sesshoumaru mentally cursed all that miko knowledge.
"Which way?" She asked. Sesshoumaru growled lightly as he told her it was North.
"I will return shortly!" Rin waved and ran off. Sesshoumaru sat there, alone. So much for fluffy moments.
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So! There you have it, chapter 5! Chapter 6 will be up by Friday, maybe Saturday. maybe Sunday or Monday, who knows. But definitely by Monday. In the next chapter..
Rin goes to the hot springs is attacked by a demon! Sesshoumaru shows up and things start to get a little fluffy. Also! Rin gets a new look! For better. or for worse.
Okay. Thanks for reading, and please review. Don't forget about the poll as well. Good Luck in your own fanfics and in general, your hectic life, as well, readers.
Ja Ne,
-Sakura
Queen of Shadows: Eheheh. Actually I didn't even notice that it was a cliffhanger on a .cliff. Oh well! Heh. Kinkay-Vixen: Okey, I'll check out your story n' review when I get time to. Here's the update! Sakie: Whats your favorite manga? xD Kyo-Terayashi: Sad is good? Heh. Glad you like ^-^;
Here's the poll results of Bishou[nen][jo]:
Bishounen: . no one voted. Bishoujo: . no one voted.
Here's another poll just for whatever:
Who do you think is the cutest character in IY?: Shippou Kirara Rin Kohaku
Results will be up on next chapter.
I wrote a Haiku in English today. Pretty! :
Sakura Flowers Pink Petals Float in the Wind Cherry Blossom Trees
=D Yay! I was running around showing everyone today. X_x; I'm such a dork, but oh well!
Okay! This chapter won't have a LOT of fluff, but it will have some.The next two will be all fluff, though. Have you guys seen SIGNS? I saw that last night and it scared the crap outta me! Seriously! I was afraid of E.T. until I was 11. So I'm like. traumatized now. But it's a good movie, isn't it?
Translations:
*Ohayo: Shortened version of Good Morning. Like 'Mornin''.
Here's Chapter 5! -Sakura
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Under the Cherry Blossoms: A Rin x Sesshoumaru fic
Chapter 5: Seeing You Again Under the Cherry Blossoms
Part 15: Relief: Sesshoumaru
Sesshoumaru felt as though that was the most difficult on Earth for him to do. He stood on a branch of a Sakura tree, the little cherry blossoms reminding him of Rin. Jakken sat in the tree as well, annoyed.
Sesshoumaru watched Rin collapse to her knees and cry. It. pained him to see her in such a pitiful mood. Then he watched Rin crawl. to the ledge. She wouldn't.. She couldn't be. She.was. Rin was about to kill herself! Sesshoumaru was annoyed, scared, enraged, and confused all at once. He was upset, no doubt. maybe even as much as Rin.
She reached the edge. Sesshoumaru was on the edge of the branch, as well, watching, waiting. As soon as Rin took a step forward, Sesshoumaru jumped off the branch, and was at her side in a moment and grabbed her wrist. She gasped and turned to face him.
"What.?" She seemed to ask herself. Sesshoumaru glared at her and tightened the grip on her wrist, pulling her back up. But his grip was so hard, in fact, that Rin let out a yelp of pain.
"You will not kill yourself. That is below the point of ultimate weakness. Do you understand?" he said, loosening his grip. Rin didn't respond. Her eyes stood wide, as she shook a little, breathing heavily. Without warning, she collapsed. Sesshoumaru still held onto her wrist though and pulled her limp body back up, picking her up. He thought he might have been able to leave her, but not this state. She was in some sort of shock and she had obviously over exhausted herself. Her eyes were now closed and her breathing was slowed down a little now. She made some whimpers and she flinched a bit, signaling she was still a little conscious. But she would probably fall out of it any second now. Sesshoumaru carried her bridal style back to the tree in which Jakken had just fallen out of.
"She's coming with us?!" Jakken asked, standing up now. Sesshoumaru said nothing, only continued to walk. He had been hurt. Hurt that he had hurt Rin so badly.
She would have taken that next step over and off that ledge without another moment's hesitation. Her parents had been killed, the village had turned on her, and then she was devoured by wolves. Then she had a mere two years of happiness before he had returned her to the human lifestyle. He let out somewhat of a sigh. He couldn't keep her though. Rin would eventually grow older. Older and older until she was an old woman, unable to even go on. Human lives were so short. they were so fragile as well. Is that why they were so lowly? Or in Rin's case, did it make them even more precious?
Rin would not be able to live a normal life. either way, he put it. Yet she chose to take the path that would harm her even more. And she knew it. But why? She was sacrificing her every possession, her home, her family, her pride as a human, her freedom, and now, almost her life. Why? He had done nothing for her.
Sesshoumaru was oblivious to the fact that he had given Rin plenty, almost everything. He gave her every possession, he gave her a home, a family, his love, care, strength. and he had also given her life and freedom in the first place. Rin just wanted to live her life with Sesshoumaru. Next to him, not behind him. But if anything, behind him, rather than away from him. Rin's eyes creaked open a little
"Sesshou. maru.-Sama?" She asked weakly.
"Yes, Rin. I'm here." He said, walking still.
"Are you leaving me.?" She asked quietly, still very weak.
"No, now rest." He looked on ahead.
"Thank you." She smiled and closed her eyes as she finally passed out. Sesshoumaru continued on, walking under the Cherry Blossoms, carrying Rin in his arms.
Part 16: Unforgettable: Rin
Rin's eyes fluttered open as she turned her head to the side. Sun crept through the cool cover of the forest tree tops. Her mouth felt dry and her body, heavy. Where was she? She looked around until a petal of a sakura flower fell on her nose. She sneezed by letting out a small "chuu!" and jolted forward. She lay back down her head slowly again, eyes wide open now.
"Ah." She said quietly, looking around. Silver wisps of hair floated in front of Rin's sight. She lightly brought her fingers to touch the shiny, glimmering strands of hair. She tilted her head backwards a bit to find herself and Sesshoumaru under a giant tree, in a forest, a few scattered sakura trees in her view as well. She smiled at the upside-down image of Sesshoumaru sitting next to her. He looked down at her, face expressionless, except for his eyes. Rin knew his eyes.
"Gold." She said. Sesshoumaru raised a brow.
"Your eyes are gold. I was just thinking about them." She explained.
"Ohayo*?" She asked, smiling. Sesshoumaru held in his smile, which Rin knew what he was holding back. It all showed in those golden eyes. She laughed.
"Afternoon, Rin. It is now the middle of the afternoon." He corrected her, quite humored.
"Either way.It's still a good afternoon. now, anyways. How long was I out?" She asked curiously, scooting back her head so that it rested on Sesshoumaru's lap.
"Two hours." He replied simply. Rin nodded.
"I'm sorry." She said, but her eyes glittered with happiness.
"For?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"Ah. Um. Being disrespectful, out of place, and for breaking my promise. I probably annoyed you as well." Sesshoumaru nodded in approval. Her eyes soon became sincere.
"May I stay?" She asked gently. She stretched her arms, a hand reaching up to his face, fingers sliding down his cheek. She then added, "Please, wonderful, amazing, great lord of the west, Master Sesshoumaru-Sama?" She smiled and did the puppy dog eyes. How could Sesshoumaru resist? He couldn't.
"Yes, Rin. For now, at least." He smiled lightly. Rin breathed in deeply and closed her eyes, pulling her arms back down to her sides, then releasing a huge sigh of relief. She laughed her heart-filled laugh and looked up at him.
"Oh, Sesshoumaru-Sama." She whispered wistfully.
"What is it, Rin?"
"I'm just so. happy. So, so, so. happy. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Thank you so much. You saved me, you know!" She laughed.
"I know." He replied.
"You haven't changed much, have you?" She asked.
"Youkai do not grow as fast as humans, Rin." He said, as though it were obvious. Rin smiled.
"Not. as a youkai. but as Sesshoumaru-Sama. You're the same exact Sesshoumaru-Sama that I last saw years ago."
"Well, you have grown very much." He said. Rin grinned.
"Hehe. Well, yeah! But I'm still Rin. Don't forget me, okay?" She smiled sweetly, this time, tilting her head towards him a bit. Sesshoumaru lifted his arm and held it above Rin.
"Hm?" She blinked and grasped onto his hand and kimono sleeve, which she pulled back to reveal. the green ribbon. That's when she noticed the place on his kimono where he had torn the material for the ribbon. He hadn't mended it, the rip still showed.
"." Rin opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. No words could describe anything she could try to say. She brought his wrist down to her neck and brought the ribbons together.
Part 17: Scent: Sesshoumaru
He didn't move, or speak. He let Rin hold his wrist and move it to her soft neck, her skin smooth and creamy. He had answered her questions and the two actually had a conversation. Rin, the beautiful, breath-taking human girl he had unknowingly fallen in love with, lay down in his lap, with the most adoring expression upon her face, willing to do anything he wished and would be happy to do it. Her dark, raven colored hair had spilled from the buns down into full length hair that was now splayed across his lap, her face, and his hand in which she held.
His claws on the hand that Rin held up to her neck brushed against her cheek, lightly scratching it, then to her ear, moving up to her hair. By now, Rin had released hold on his hand as Sesshoumaru's hand now moved freely. He clawed through her silky soft hair gently, watching her intently, the girl's eyes closed.
"Where is Jakken-Sama?" she asked, eyes still closed.
"Jakken has left to retrieve your dinner for this evening." He said.
"Oh, I could have done that." Rin said. Sesshoumaru already knew this, but actually ordered Jakken to leave, knowing that Rin would wake shortly, in which, she did. That left the two of them together, alone. For some reason, it felt strange. this moment with Rin. Yes, Rin would occasionally curl up to him, cuddle up with the fluffy boa, and Sesshoumaru would occasionally mess with her hair when Rin was a child. But now, such warmth emanated from each touch. Sesshoumaru couldn't place a finger on it, exactly, but what was Rin thinking? Did she think it was still like this when she was a child? He continued to run his fingers through Rin's hair when Rin's eyes opened to look at him, giving him an upset look.
"It must bother you." She said and sat up.
"Inform me, Rin." He said as Rin stood, her eyes a bit melancholy.
"A youkai such as yourself must be annoyed by my scent. I bet I smell like Taroku." She said. Sesshoumaru was surprised that Rin had said something like that. She was very intelligent for a girl her age. Humans usually couldn't be offered any kind of education. Yet Rin was knowledgeable in matters of the Youkai, Earth, Miko, and humans. She knew advanced Japanese and arithmetic from what Sesshoumaru taught her years before. She was a skilled fighter for a human girl and was quick to think and she learned quickly as well. Adapting had been her skill except for the fact that she never really adapted to the village. Was her will to see Sesshoumaru really that strong? Obviously so. As for Sesshoumaru, he didn't know what to say. True, he had been incredibly distasteful and pretty much, hated that annoying stench of the one named 'Taroku'. But he had forgotten all about it, the smell of the sakura, overpowering.
"A little, Rin." He said, looking up at her, in which she started to pace.
"Oh. Well, I was thinking of taking a bath, somewhere. To get the smell off. Is there a water source nearby?" She asked.
"No." He lied. He didn't want Rin to leave even if she DID smell a little like that disgusting human. Rin turned.
"But.AH! Sesshoumaru-Sama! There must be, look here! See this plant? I forgot what it was called, but it cures the influenza virus! It only grows near hot springs. Oh good, I'm so glad, because it will get cold soon." She smiled and pointed to a plant. Sesshoumaru mentally cursed all that miko knowledge.
"Which way?" She asked. Sesshoumaru growled lightly as he told her it was North.
"I will return shortly!" Rin waved and ran off. Sesshoumaru sat there, alone. So much for fluffy moments.
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So! There you have it, chapter 5! Chapter 6 will be up by Friday, maybe Saturday. maybe Sunday or Monday, who knows. But definitely by Monday. In the next chapter..
Rin goes to the hot springs is attacked by a demon! Sesshoumaru shows up and things start to get a little fluffy. Also! Rin gets a new look! For better. or for worse.
Okay. Thanks for reading, and please review. Don't forget about the poll as well. Good Luck in your own fanfics and in general, your hectic life, as well, readers.
Ja Ne,
-Sakura
