Summary: A group of youkais watch as a young girl struggles with becoming a
kitsune youkai and being betrayed. The youkais watch and help lead the girl-
turned-kitsune youkai along in finding hope, joining another group, and
maybe finding love again.
Disclaimer: Really people, if I owned the story, why would I be making a FAN fiction? ¬.¬;; Really if I owned it I'd be rich and have cool things.
'thinking' "talking" +action sounds+
F.Y.I: Now for all you Sesshomaru fans like me, Sesshomaru, Rin, Kagome, and Ah and Un are in this chappie! Also Raijin too.
Reviews:
Ennovymoon: Thankies! Will do!
Kuoriko: Yeah you're probably right, but too late now for me! And Okasan can be spelled with one 'a' or two, because I've seen it done both ways.
Kairinu: Thanks! I'll try to hurry up!
BabyTil14: Updating as fast as I can ^-^
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Jaken came running in to Sesshomaru's study, "Sesshomaru-Sama! Sesshomaru- Sama! There is a female youkai that came with Ah and Un!"
Sesshomaru growled at the annoying frog. "Jaken, can't you see I am busy?" He hissed standing up, "Send her away."
"Please Sesshomaru-sama forgive this Jaken! But she has the Star of the East!" Jaken cried, getting on his knees and groveling. Sesshomaru gave an unlordly snort, he really didn't know why he kept the frog; he hated listening to Jaken's groveling. He always hated cowards, crying for their miserable lives.
Standing up Sesshomaru walked out of his study and went to the main hallway. Invisible servants and visible servants scurried by him, getting out of his way as he walked gracefully down the halls. The thick oak doors were pulled open as he came to the end of the main hallway. There he saw the cute scene.
Rin was standing in front of the female youkai, talking easily with her, which was strange in itself, since most female youkai would brush by or try to harm Rin. The youkai had deep crimson hair, like a cross between auburn and the kitsune-tail red. The youkai had a soft and serene face, with deep jade eyes. She had a sweet smile on her face. He noticed the crimson star on her forehead, 'The Eastern Star, as Jaken said.' Sesshomaru noted in his head. He then listened intently as he heard the girls began to speak.
"How did you know it was me Rin-chan?" The youkai asked, 'How does this youkai know Rin?' Sesshomaru wondered inwardly.
"Because no body looks as pretty as you Kagome-neechan! Rin thinks that you look even more prettiful now that you have red hair! Oooh! And you have a pretty red star on your forehead like Sesshomaru-sama has the cr-cres- crescent moon! And you have only one stripe where Sesshomaru-sama has 2, but Rin thinks your stripes are just as pretty as Sesshomaru-sama! Do you have a tail like Sesshomaru-sama?" Rin answered, compared, and asked the youkai.
The youkai's long bushy red kitsune tail appeared, and flicked against Rin's cheek. Sesshomaru was about to call Rin to him when he heard her next question, "Kagome-neechan, did you come to visit Rin-chan?"
'Kagome-neechan?' Sesshomaru thought, 'That is what Rin calls the wench that travels with my baka half brother. That youkai couldn't be that ningen wench.'
"Of course I did Rin-chan! I also came to deliver a letter for my otousan to Sesshomaru-sama." The youkai said, before getting up and patting Rin's head.
"Rin." Sesshomaru said, calling his ward to him. Rin spun on her heel and smiled at him, then quickly grabbed the female youkai's hand and started to drag her towards him. The youkai seemed to pale for a second, but then instantly retained her calm demeanor back. She quickly eased and came to a walk a little behind Rin, and also seemed to watch her claws to make sure she wouldn't hit Rin's delicate little hand.
'This youkai is much different from normal ones.' Sesshomaru thought, taking in her scent as Rin pulled her down the white stone pathway Her scent was like a sweet rose mixed with a sprinkle of fiery cinnamon sugar. She was a kitsune youkai, a forest scent and spice scent was to be expected. But most smelled like a cedar or pines, not like a rose, and the spice was usually like a mint or rosemary, never cinnamon. No matter how strange, thought, it was a pleasant scent. She had a nice body too to add, and she wasn't as flaunty as most youkai females were. She was dressed very modestly, not as revealed. Sure the dress did hug her in the right places, but those areas were covered, the only skin showing was her top of her neck, her hands, and just a little above her ankles. She was very curvy and had a nice swing to her hips; he'd like to see the rear view of that swing too. She didn't show any fear except for that one moment when Rin started to pull her towards him. And she seemed to not care Rin was a ningen. But what still made him wonder more about this strange youkai female was that she knew Rin, and Rin calling her Kagome-neechan.
He was roused from his thoughts when he felt a small squeeze around his leg. He looked down and the beaming Rin. Not an emotion passed his face but he did ruffle the child's hair. "Rin." He said quietly, and she instantly let go. He then looked at the female standing at the bottom of the 3 steps that led up to his large oak doors.
Kagome bowed respectively to Sesshomaru, "Sesshomaru, I have the return letter from my Otousan's lands." She said, hoping her voice didn't quake with her nervousness. She revealed the letter to him and handed it out to him. He quickly took it away from her.
She was a little scared, but she was mostly just nervous. Sesshomaru could smell the soft tint of it on her scent. However her face showed no sign of it, however her eyes did show. Suddenly her nervousness seemed to melt away, as if something was calming her. That's when he noticed that she wasn't looking at him, but Rin.
Rin had come to Kagome's side in a few minutes, "Kagome-neechan, it's Sesshomaru-SAMA!" She chided the correction to the older female.
"Oh! Hai, hai Rin-chan you are right! Sesshomaru-sama." Kagome said correcting herself for the child's pleasure.
"Who are you?" Sesshomaru's sultry voice floated to Kagome's pointed ears. She meekly looked at him, not cowardly, but to show respect.
"My name is Kagome, I am heir to the Eastern Lands." Kagome answered, looking up at Sesshomaru.
"I see...and how do you know Rin?" Sesshomaru asked, staring into her jade green eyes.
"I've known Rin for awhile, I met her when I was a ningen, before I found my parents." Kagome answered truthfully.
"The Eastern Lord had a hanyou, how is it that you are his heir and say you were a ningen and now are full youkai?" Sesshomaru asked, become more curious with this female by the second.
"I am sorry Sesshomaru-sama, but I do not think it is polite to ask me such a question when I am still wary of you." Kagome rebuked, becoming slightly defensive.
Sesshomaru growled, he did not like being rebuked. "Then answer this, are you the wench that belongs to my half brother?" He sneered.
Kagome fought the urge to slap Sesshomaru, "I. Belong. To. No. One." Kagome spat, her anger rising.
Sesshomaru smelt her anger rising, her fiery cinnamon becoming even stronger with her anger. 'She looks cuter angry.' Sesshomaru thought before mentally slapping himself. She stood strong in front of him, all nervousness and fear she had of him lost in her anger. She was looking close to slapping him, and he wanted to push her a little more to see her control.
Kagome could sense he wanted to push her more, so she clicked her tongue. Raijin, in his smaller form of course, appeared from behind her. Rin squealed.
"OH KAWAII! A KAWAII NEKO!" Rin launched herself at the small creature and snatched it up and started to hug and snuggle it. Kagome broke her eye contact with the Western Lord and looked at Rin and smiled, "Rin can you show Raijin the gardens? He probably misses the flowers back at my home in the East." Kagome offered.
"OOOHH! Rin will! C'mon Raijin! Let Rin show you all the pretty flowers!" Rin said running off into the gardens. Sesshomaru and Kagome watched as the little girl and the little neko disappeared into the gardens before both heads snapped back to look at each other.
"So you belong to no one? Then why were you so loyal to my brother?" Sesshomaru asked, smirking as her anger rose.
"That's none of your business." Kagome hissed.
"You loved him didn't you?" Sesshomaru said, his smirk never leaving.
Kagome sucked in a breath, fighting everything in her to slap the heck out of Sesshomaru's angelic face; he wanted to get in her business? Fine she'd tell him about that, maybe that would make him leave her alone.
"I did love the baka at one time. That was when I was a naïve little girl that saw love as a peachy keen fuzzy feeling. When I thought that if you stuck by his side that maybe he'd finally see you for yourself, and in the end he'd love you. That when you help save him from his dead lover from dragging him to Hell he might wake up and stop mourning over her. Then he chose a dead clay pot over me and promised her that he would kill me for her soul, all good feelings for that bas- baka vanished." Kagome said. She had dropped her head to hide her eyes narrowed in her anger. The anger wasn't in her scent anymore, it was radiating off of her in waves. Tears prickled inside of her eyes, filling them with water, but she refused to let them fall. She refused to cry over the pain she had suppressed so long.
If Sesshomaru was shocked then he didn't show it. 'So that's why that girl now with him smells like earthen clay and bones. He truly is a baka to chose something dead over something that is alive and so loyal.' Sesshomaru looked at the slightly trembling form of Kagome. Her head was bent to make her red bangs hide her angry tears; her fists at her sides were balled shaking the hardest of her body. Her tail, which had been flicking from side to side while they had spoken, ad bristled like a bottlebrush in her anger. The Western Lord couldn't smell the sweet rose anymore, but he could smell the cinnamon, but it had turned hot and wasn't as pleasant as it had been. 'Kami-sama, Inuyasha-no-baka, you have really have no brain in that head, to mistreat this powerful little creature so much to invoke her wrath. If you made her anymore enraged you probably wouldn't come out of it alive.' Sesshomaru thought mentally. 'She's an extremely expressive creature, that's what probably strengthens her power. She'd probably be a fun little wild fire to argue with...she's not a normal female, youkai, ningen, or hanyou! Maybe I could have fun with this little shrew...she needs more training in keeping herself cooled in battle...I think I'll talk to her otousan about that at the ball...' Sesshomaru smirked, but it instantly disappeared when Kagome looked up.
Kagome had a slight line of tears, wanting to fall, but she held her head up like a strong lady. She wouldn't cry in front of Prince Ice. That's what he wanted, so she would refuse it. "N-now if you don't mind Sesshomaru, I need to go home. I will see you at the ball, and please bring Rin so she can play with my adopted son. And that should answer your question to why I'm now a full youkai, because I adopted a full youkai as my son while I was a ningen." Kagome said, wavering slightly at the beginning but standing strong. Rin came running up with Raijin as Kagome finished. Kagome smiled and bent down to level her face with Rin. "Rin, keep on reminding Sesshomaru-sama to take you to the ball so you can come and play with me and my son." Kagome said, smiling.
Rin smiled and nodded, "Okay! Rin can't wait!" Rin said and hugged Kagome, who hugged her back. When Rin let go, Kagome stood up and looked at Sesshomaru and nodded. She then clicked her tongue. Raijin appeared out from behind Rin's legs. "C'mon Raijin." Kagome said.
Raijin mewed softly and bounced down the stone pathway a bit. When a little distance away lightning started to crackle above the cat. The clouds above him turned gray and swirled. The thunder boomed and lightning crashed around as a tunnel of lightning and gray clouds made a tornado around the small cat.
Rin cried out, "RAIJIN!" And started to run to help the little neko, before an arm grabbed hold of her, "Don't worry Rin, Raijin is fine." Kagome said soothingly to the girl. Rin looked at Kagome, but nodded her head, she trusted Kagome.
Raijin roared as the lightning and clouds exploded away from him. Now as large as a horse, the storm gray and black neko looked at Kagome. Long fangs jutted out past his lower jaw, and large red eyes gave a patient look. The three tails were bristled as little crackles of lightning passed through them. Huge claws lay out from the neko's toes, which could be seen since there was no fire spurting from his paws.
Kagome smiled at Rin, who looked at Raijin in amazement. "Wow Kagome- neechan! Raijin grew big!" Rin said as she followed Kagome to Raijin's side. Kagome scratched him behind the ears, making Raijin purr. Rin petted his chest fur and looked at Kagome, "Rin will miss you Kagome- neechan!" Rin said sadly. "You'll get to see me soon, the ball is only a few days, see you then Rin-chan!" Kagome said and mounted Raijin. Raijin shot off taking to the giant wall at an almost impossible speed. In seconds there was a gray blur over the wall and in another second it was gone.
Raijin couldn't fly, but Raijin could run extremely fast. Raijin's speed beat Sesshomaru and Kouga's speed easily. But what would you expect? Raijin was an electric neko youkai, and electricity was one of the fastest elements in the world.
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After a time Raijin stopped running, and took to a walk to gather up his energy again. Kagome got off Raijin's back to walk beside the horse-sized neko. Her thoughts went back to the conversation with Sesshomaru.
'I did love the baka at one time. That was when I was a naïve little girl that saw love as a peachy keen fuzzy feeling. When I thought that if you stuck by his side that maybe he'd finally see you for yourself, and in the end he'd love you. That when you help save him from his dead lover from dragging him to Hell he might wake up and stop mourning over her. Then he chose a dead clay pot over me and promised her that he would kill me for her soul, all good feelings for that bas- baka vanished.' The memories of that night that she had seen that disgusting scene, heard those hurtful words, kept replaying in her head. Her eyes were now swimming with tears. She had to stop, she had to cry, she just had to let all the pain bottled inside out. She tapped Raijin on the shoulder and sat down and leaned against a thick tree trunk.
Raijin could smell the salt from her tears. He stopped and turned to sit down beside her, and curled his large tails around Kagome and himself; the electricity only would harm her if he so chose to make it.
The dam busted open. Throwing her arms around Raijin's large neck and hiding her face in his thick, soft fur was all she could manage as she broke. She had felt so hurt and lonely inside when she had heard Inuyasha say that she was only a shard detector, and promise to kill her. How could he? How could he?! He didn't even see her as a friend. She had been so loyal to him. She had protected him when he couldn't do it for himself, she had watched over him when he was injured, she had offered a friends' comfort when he hurt. She had trusted him with her heart, "Baka baka baka baka! How could you have been so stupid!? You knew you'd never be more than Kikyo's shadow to him but you still gave him your heart only to watch it be stomped into the dirt! Baka! Baka baka baka baka!" She screamed at herself into Raijin's fur. Of course because of his fur her claims of stupidity were muffled and shaky from her crying. Her shoulders shook as her body was racked with sobs.
"Kagome..." She took a startled gasp when she heard that voice. 'No...no no no! Please Kami-sama no!' Kagome's mind screamed as she slowly turned her head around to see a white haired man clad in red.
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Youkai: Demon
Ningen: Human
Hanyou: Half demon
Kitsune: Fox
Neko: Cat
Baka: Idiot
Kami-sama: The Lord
Otousan: Father
Kawaii: Cute
Disclaimer: Really people, if I owned the story, why would I be making a FAN fiction? ¬.¬;; Really if I owned it I'd be rich and have cool things.
'thinking' "talking" +action sounds+
F.Y.I: Now for all you Sesshomaru fans like me, Sesshomaru, Rin, Kagome, and Ah and Un are in this chappie! Also Raijin too.
Reviews:
Ennovymoon: Thankies! Will do!
Kuoriko: Yeah you're probably right, but too late now for me! And Okasan can be spelled with one 'a' or two, because I've seen it done both ways.
Kairinu: Thanks! I'll try to hurry up!
BabyTil14: Updating as fast as I can ^-^
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Jaken came running in to Sesshomaru's study, "Sesshomaru-Sama! Sesshomaru- Sama! There is a female youkai that came with Ah and Un!"
Sesshomaru growled at the annoying frog. "Jaken, can't you see I am busy?" He hissed standing up, "Send her away."
"Please Sesshomaru-sama forgive this Jaken! But she has the Star of the East!" Jaken cried, getting on his knees and groveling. Sesshomaru gave an unlordly snort, he really didn't know why he kept the frog; he hated listening to Jaken's groveling. He always hated cowards, crying for their miserable lives.
Standing up Sesshomaru walked out of his study and went to the main hallway. Invisible servants and visible servants scurried by him, getting out of his way as he walked gracefully down the halls. The thick oak doors were pulled open as he came to the end of the main hallway. There he saw the cute scene.
Rin was standing in front of the female youkai, talking easily with her, which was strange in itself, since most female youkai would brush by or try to harm Rin. The youkai had deep crimson hair, like a cross between auburn and the kitsune-tail red. The youkai had a soft and serene face, with deep jade eyes. She had a sweet smile on her face. He noticed the crimson star on her forehead, 'The Eastern Star, as Jaken said.' Sesshomaru noted in his head. He then listened intently as he heard the girls began to speak.
"How did you know it was me Rin-chan?" The youkai asked, 'How does this youkai know Rin?' Sesshomaru wondered inwardly.
"Because no body looks as pretty as you Kagome-neechan! Rin thinks that you look even more prettiful now that you have red hair! Oooh! And you have a pretty red star on your forehead like Sesshomaru-sama has the cr-cres- crescent moon! And you have only one stripe where Sesshomaru-sama has 2, but Rin thinks your stripes are just as pretty as Sesshomaru-sama! Do you have a tail like Sesshomaru-sama?" Rin answered, compared, and asked the youkai.
The youkai's long bushy red kitsune tail appeared, and flicked against Rin's cheek. Sesshomaru was about to call Rin to him when he heard her next question, "Kagome-neechan, did you come to visit Rin-chan?"
'Kagome-neechan?' Sesshomaru thought, 'That is what Rin calls the wench that travels with my baka half brother. That youkai couldn't be that ningen wench.'
"Of course I did Rin-chan! I also came to deliver a letter for my otousan to Sesshomaru-sama." The youkai said, before getting up and patting Rin's head.
"Rin." Sesshomaru said, calling his ward to him. Rin spun on her heel and smiled at him, then quickly grabbed the female youkai's hand and started to drag her towards him. The youkai seemed to pale for a second, but then instantly retained her calm demeanor back. She quickly eased and came to a walk a little behind Rin, and also seemed to watch her claws to make sure she wouldn't hit Rin's delicate little hand.
'This youkai is much different from normal ones.' Sesshomaru thought, taking in her scent as Rin pulled her down the white stone pathway Her scent was like a sweet rose mixed with a sprinkle of fiery cinnamon sugar. She was a kitsune youkai, a forest scent and spice scent was to be expected. But most smelled like a cedar or pines, not like a rose, and the spice was usually like a mint or rosemary, never cinnamon. No matter how strange, thought, it was a pleasant scent. She had a nice body too to add, and she wasn't as flaunty as most youkai females were. She was dressed very modestly, not as revealed. Sure the dress did hug her in the right places, but those areas were covered, the only skin showing was her top of her neck, her hands, and just a little above her ankles. She was very curvy and had a nice swing to her hips; he'd like to see the rear view of that swing too. She didn't show any fear except for that one moment when Rin started to pull her towards him. And she seemed to not care Rin was a ningen. But what still made him wonder more about this strange youkai female was that she knew Rin, and Rin calling her Kagome-neechan.
He was roused from his thoughts when he felt a small squeeze around his leg. He looked down and the beaming Rin. Not an emotion passed his face but he did ruffle the child's hair. "Rin." He said quietly, and she instantly let go. He then looked at the female standing at the bottom of the 3 steps that led up to his large oak doors.
Kagome bowed respectively to Sesshomaru, "Sesshomaru, I have the return letter from my Otousan's lands." She said, hoping her voice didn't quake with her nervousness. She revealed the letter to him and handed it out to him. He quickly took it away from her.
She was a little scared, but she was mostly just nervous. Sesshomaru could smell the soft tint of it on her scent. However her face showed no sign of it, however her eyes did show. Suddenly her nervousness seemed to melt away, as if something was calming her. That's when he noticed that she wasn't looking at him, but Rin.
Rin had come to Kagome's side in a few minutes, "Kagome-neechan, it's Sesshomaru-SAMA!" She chided the correction to the older female.
"Oh! Hai, hai Rin-chan you are right! Sesshomaru-sama." Kagome said correcting herself for the child's pleasure.
"Who are you?" Sesshomaru's sultry voice floated to Kagome's pointed ears. She meekly looked at him, not cowardly, but to show respect.
"My name is Kagome, I am heir to the Eastern Lands." Kagome answered, looking up at Sesshomaru.
"I see...and how do you know Rin?" Sesshomaru asked, staring into her jade green eyes.
"I've known Rin for awhile, I met her when I was a ningen, before I found my parents." Kagome answered truthfully.
"The Eastern Lord had a hanyou, how is it that you are his heir and say you were a ningen and now are full youkai?" Sesshomaru asked, become more curious with this female by the second.
"I am sorry Sesshomaru-sama, but I do not think it is polite to ask me such a question when I am still wary of you." Kagome rebuked, becoming slightly defensive.
Sesshomaru growled, he did not like being rebuked. "Then answer this, are you the wench that belongs to my half brother?" He sneered.
Kagome fought the urge to slap Sesshomaru, "I. Belong. To. No. One." Kagome spat, her anger rising.
Sesshomaru smelt her anger rising, her fiery cinnamon becoming even stronger with her anger. 'She looks cuter angry.' Sesshomaru thought before mentally slapping himself. She stood strong in front of him, all nervousness and fear she had of him lost in her anger. She was looking close to slapping him, and he wanted to push her a little more to see her control.
Kagome could sense he wanted to push her more, so she clicked her tongue. Raijin, in his smaller form of course, appeared from behind her. Rin squealed.
"OH KAWAII! A KAWAII NEKO!" Rin launched herself at the small creature and snatched it up and started to hug and snuggle it. Kagome broke her eye contact with the Western Lord and looked at Rin and smiled, "Rin can you show Raijin the gardens? He probably misses the flowers back at my home in the East." Kagome offered.
"OOOHH! Rin will! C'mon Raijin! Let Rin show you all the pretty flowers!" Rin said running off into the gardens. Sesshomaru and Kagome watched as the little girl and the little neko disappeared into the gardens before both heads snapped back to look at each other.
"So you belong to no one? Then why were you so loyal to my brother?" Sesshomaru asked, smirking as her anger rose.
"That's none of your business." Kagome hissed.
"You loved him didn't you?" Sesshomaru said, his smirk never leaving.
Kagome sucked in a breath, fighting everything in her to slap the heck out of Sesshomaru's angelic face; he wanted to get in her business? Fine she'd tell him about that, maybe that would make him leave her alone.
"I did love the baka at one time. That was when I was a naïve little girl that saw love as a peachy keen fuzzy feeling. When I thought that if you stuck by his side that maybe he'd finally see you for yourself, and in the end he'd love you. That when you help save him from his dead lover from dragging him to Hell he might wake up and stop mourning over her. Then he chose a dead clay pot over me and promised her that he would kill me for her soul, all good feelings for that bas- baka vanished." Kagome said. She had dropped her head to hide her eyes narrowed in her anger. The anger wasn't in her scent anymore, it was radiating off of her in waves. Tears prickled inside of her eyes, filling them with water, but she refused to let them fall. She refused to cry over the pain she had suppressed so long.
If Sesshomaru was shocked then he didn't show it. 'So that's why that girl now with him smells like earthen clay and bones. He truly is a baka to chose something dead over something that is alive and so loyal.' Sesshomaru looked at the slightly trembling form of Kagome. Her head was bent to make her red bangs hide her angry tears; her fists at her sides were balled shaking the hardest of her body. Her tail, which had been flicking from side to side while they had spoken, ad bristled like a bottlebrush in her anger. The Western Lord couldn't smell the sweet rose anymore, but he could smell the cinnamon, but it had turned hot and wasn't as pleasant as it had been. 'Kami-sama, Inuyasha-no-baka, you have really have no brain in that head, to mistreat this powerful little creature so much to invoke her wrath. If you made her anymore enraged you probably wouldn't come out of it alive.' Sesshomaru thought mentally. 'She's an extremely expressive creature, that's what probably strengthens her power. She'd probably be a fun little wild fire to argue with...she's not a normal female, youkai, ningen, or hanyou! Maybe I could have fun with this little shrew...she needs more training in keeping herself cooled in battle...I think I'll talk to her otousan about that at the ball...' Sesshomaru smirked, but it instantly disappeared when Kagome looked up.
Kagome had a slight line of tears, wanting to fall, but she held her head up like a strong lady. She wouldn't cry in front of Prince Ice. That's what he wanted, so she would refuse it. "N-now if you don't mind Sesshomaru, I need to go home. I will see you at the ball, and please bring Rin so she can play with my adopted son. And that should answer your question to why I'm now a full youkai, because I adopted a full youkai as my son while I was a ningen." Kagome said, wavering slightly at the beginning but standing strong. Rin came running up with Raijin as Kagome finished. Kagome smiled and bent down to level her face with Rin. "Rin, keep on reminding Sesshomaru-sama to take you to the ball so you can come and play with me and my son." Kagome said, smiling.
Rin smiled and nodded, "Okay! Rin can't wait!" Rin said and hugged Kagome, who hugged her back. When Rin let go, Kagome stood up and looked at Sesshomaru and nodded. She then clicked her tongue. Raijin appeared out from behind Rin's legs. "C'mon Raijin." Kagome said.
Raijin mewed softly and bounced down the stone pathway a bit. When a little distance away lightning started to crackle above the cat. The clouds above him turned gray and swirled. The thunder boomed and lightning crashed around as a tunnel of lightning and gray clouds made a tornado around the small cat.
Rin cried out, "RAIJIN!" And started to run to help the little neko, before an arm grabbed hold of her, "Don't worry Rin, Raijin is fine." Kagome said soothingly to the girl. Rin looked at Kagome, but nodded her head, she trusted Kagome.
Raijin roared as the lightning and clouds exploded away from him. Now as large as a horse, the storm gray and black neko looked at Kagome. Long fangs jutted out past his lower jaw, and large red eyes gave a patient look. The three tails were bristled as little crackles of lightning passed through them. Huge claws lay out from the neko's toes, which could be seen since there was no fire spurting from his paws.
Kagome smiled at Rin, who looked at Raijin in amazement. "Wow Kagome- neechan! Raijin grew big!" Rin said as she followed Kagome to Raijin's side. Kagome scratched him behind the ears, making Raijin purr. Rin petted his chest fur and looked at Kagome, "Rin will miss you Kagome- neechan!" Rin said sadly. "You'll get to see me soon, the ball is only a few days, see you then Rin-chan!" Kagome said and mounted Raijin. Raijin shot off taking to the giant wall at an almost impossible speed. In seconds there was a gray blur over the wall and in another second it was gone.
Raijin couldn't fly, but Raijin could run extremely fast. Raijin's speed beat Sesshomaru and Kouga's speed easily. But what would you expect? Raijin was an electric neko youkai, and electricity was one of the fastest elements in the world.
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After a time Raijin stopped running, and took to a walk to gather up his energy again. Kagome got off Raijin's back to walk beside the horse-sized neko. Her thoughts went back to the conversation with Sesshomaru.
'I did love the baka at one time. That was when I was a naïve little girl that saw love as a peachy keen fuzzy feeling. When I thought that if you stuck by his side that maybe he'd finally see you for yourself, and in the end he'd love you. That when you help save him from his dead lover from dragging him to Hell he might wake up and stop mourning over her. Then he chose a dead clay pot over me and promised her that he would kill me for her soul, all good feelings for that bas- baka vanished.' The memories of that night that she had seen that disgusting scene, heard those hurtful words, kept replaying in her head. Her eyes were now swimming with tears. She had to stop, she had to cry, she just had to let all the pain bottled inside out. She tapped Raijin on the shoulder and sat down and leaned against a thick tree trunk.
Raijin could smell the salt from her tears. He stopped and turned to sit down beside her, and curled his large tails around Kagome and himself; the electricity only would harm her if he so chose to make it.
The dam busted open. Throwing her arms around Raijin's large neck and hiding her face in his thick, soft fur was all she could manage as she broke. She had felt so hurt and lonely inside when she had heard Inuyasha say that she was only a shard detector, and promise to kill her. How could he? How could he?! He didn't even see her as a friend. She had been so loyal to him. She had protected him when he couldn't do it for himself, she had watched over him when he was injured, she had offered a friends' comfort when he hurt. She had trusted him with her heart, "Baka baka baka baka! How could you have been so stupid!? You knew you'd never be more than Kikyo's shadow to him but you still gave him your heart only to watch it be stomped into the dirt! Baka! Baka baka baka baka!" She screamed at herself into Raijin's fur. Of course because of his fur her claims of stupidity were muffled and shaky from her crying. Her shoulders shook as her body was racked with sobs.
"Kagome..." She took a startled gasp when she heard that voice. 'No...no no no! Please Kami-sama no!' Kagome's mind screamed as she slowly turned her head around to see a white haired man clad in red.
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Youkai: Demon
Ningen: Human
Hanyou: Half demon
Kitsune: Fox
Neko: Cat
Baka: Idiot
Kami-sama: The Lord
Otousan: Father
Kawaii: Cute