Love by the Blade.

Chapter 3

Hakudoushi narrowed his blue, lavender eyes. "You want to what?!" He demanded.

"Rin wants to take a bath! She's dirty! And grimy! And slimy! And- Oh! Rin wants to take a bath!!!" Rin complained.

This was true, her checkered kimono was splashed with mud and some blood. She DID smell a bit. Still-

"No."

"BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Rin cried. Tears formed from her eyes. "ITS NOT FAIR! ITS NOT FAIR! ITS NOT FAIR!" She repeated this and stomped her feet as an effect.

Hakudoushi sighed. "Very well. Go and wash."

Oops........He was going to regret this........

"But we'll still need to find a spring!" Hakudoushi countered.

"YAY!!!! YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY!!!!" Rin danced around Hakudoushi once and ran to the spring that was (::cough:: the author ::cough:: 'conveniently' put there.) right there.

'Kami is against me today.' Hakudoushi cursed. (Author: ::snigger::)

As Rin walked closer to the spring she turned around. "Why are you following me?" She asked Hakudoushi.

"I was given the order I must not let my eyes off you."

Rin gave a bright flush "Bu-bu- but Rin is going to take a BATH!!!"

"So?" Hakudoushi questioned.

"RIN IS TAKING A BATH!!!!! A BATH!!!!" Rin said, a furious blush reached her face. She may be small but she knew..... what was an awkward situation.

"What's wrong with you taking a bath? Go take it already!" Hakudoushi said impatiently.

"N.....Nani?!" Rin's face was brick red right now.

"You heard me! Go. Take a bath." Hakudoushi said.

"No!"

"Stupid! Then we move wench!" Hakudoushi growled.

Rin didn't move. This WASN'T fair!

She trudged grudgingly next to Entei.

Hakudoushi offered a hand from the seat of Entei's back.

Rin crossed her arms, looked away and frowned.

Hakudoushi wasn't used to being shunned. "Ok. What's up." He said exasperatedly.

"Jerk!!!!" Rin huffed. 'Kami! She only wanted to have a bath! How she wish she was free and the boy would die.'

"Wh.....wadaya mean......?!" Hakudoushi frowned.

"You said I could go to take a bath!!!!"

"Yes! And you're also the one that refused the offer!!!" Hakudoushi countered.

"You were going to watch Rin!"

Hakudoushi raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong with that?"

"........"

"Stupid tantrums you have." Hakudoushi snapped. He grabbed Rin's arm and flung her to Entei's back. His arms slipped through Rin's waist and arms and held onto Entei's rein-less neck.

Rin stiffened. His arms were practically around her! Rin flushed a bit but ignored it. Time to head out to Naraku's castle again. She sighed silently. 'Oh Sesshomaru-sama......' She thought in adoration and desperation. She wished he would come and pick her up from this evil boy already!

Quite unexpectedly, she felt something on her shoulder. She turned her head slightly to see Hakudoushi's chin resting on her shoulder lightly. The proximity of their faces were very close as Hakudoushi rode Entei swiftly in the air. Rin blinked, and shrugged, confused over something that SHE didn't even know.

Hakudoushi sighed peacefully as he began to relax his eyes. Completely unaware of a very confused passenger on his youba.

Suddenly Entei jerked. Hakudoushi snapped his eyes opened.

"AAAAAAAAAH!!!!" Screamed a voice.

Hakudoushi quickly snapped to the side of his demon horse to find.

"RIN!!!!" He yelled, they were far up in the sky....... Just skimming above the clouds actually........

"HAKUUUU--!!!" The voice faded away as she plunged to the ground like a bullet.

"KUSO!" He cursed before driving Entei to the ground.

He glanced between his left shoulder to see-

"ERIKINGO!!!!!" (A name that I have no idea why I have it) Hakudoushi yelled angrily.

"Well.....Nice to see you too HAKU!" A boy laughed as he floated in midair.

Hakudoushi never told anyone this, but during his mission to create headless youkai he encountered this youkai. With the appearance of a boy he was violently competitive with Hakudoushi because he wanted to kill the village. Hakudoushi, of course, thought this was foolish and tried to kill him. Surprise to find that his halberd did not kill he stood shocked and the boy that was still wounded said this as he ran away.

'You just wait!!!! My name is Erikingo and you'll regret you EVER crossed my path!'

He glared angrily at Erikingo he hesitantly wheeled Entei about but a fresh memory wave passed him. He wasted precious seconds!

"RIN!!!!!!!!" He said, horrified. With that he plunged Entei down to the ground. An annoying laugh behind him "Man! Your youba sure gets scared easy!!"

Hakudoushi ignored the comment. He'll deal with that fucking bastard later.

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Rin wept bitterly as she felt her ears explode. Her loose string that held her hair together loosened. The air cut her legs and hands and ripped her kimono (Not that way perverts.....).

"SESSHOMARU-SAMA!!!!!"

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Hakudoushi blanched, a slight high pitched voice. "Sesshomaru-sama!" His face grimed even more. He failed her. Her last guardian was still Sesshomaru.

He shook that thought from his head. 'I'm not giving up!!!' With that thought he jumped off Entei wit his body arrow straight.

He felt his eyeballs dried out and his ears exploded with the air pressure. Still, he narrowed his eyes and glanced downwards. 'Rin!' He thought.

But he paled as well, the ground was extremely close to them, he take it another twenty seconds before Rin hurled into it's depths.

"RIN!!!!!!!" Yelled Hakudoushi, unsure his voice could be heard over the roaring wind.

She did, or at least she looked his ways. He failed her.

Bad.

The usual happy chocolate eyes were rimmed with red from tears. And it was that dreading look that lingered around his soul.

It frightened him.

"DAMMIT RIN!!!!!! CAN YOU HEAR ME AT ALL?!?!?" He yelled over the wind.

Rin nodded her head. And said something.

Hakudoushi didn't hear her. But he could read her lips, even if he couldn't it didn't take a genius to know what he said.

Help.

Help........

Help..........

After a precious ten seconds he was close enough, then a strong wind blew and backed him off a bit.

10

He threw his fist forward hitting the wind hopelessly.

9

"Chikusho!"

8

Rin's half-lidded eyes clasped shut peacefully.

7

Hakudoushi waved his blade around, 'C'mon halberd! Do something! You always helped me before!' He thought hopelessly.

6

"Sesshomaru-sama." Rin whispered. Somehow Hakudoushi heard it.

5

Hakudoushi clasped his arms tightly around Rin, cling onto her as through for his dear life.

Rin's eyes snapped open.

4

The ground seemed awfully close

3

Hakudoushi shut his eyes, ready for impact, he hugged Rin's entire body protectively with his own clasping his legs and arms around hers.

Realizing this, Rin tried to push him away. He was a demon, without her extra weigh he may survive.

2

Hakudoushi refused to let go, holding her tightly, just so that she had difficulty breathing.

1

A sickening crack.

Rin rose as quickly as her crushed and battered bones would let her. She was alive, she sighed in relief before she snapped her eyes opened, terrified. Quickly they drop to Hakudoushi. She stayed silent.

His white lavender hair was matted with spreading blood. His already soulless blue-purple eyes were completely orb-less. They were nothing but pits to the abyss. His neck was in a strange angle. Worst off all

He was staring at her.

Her.

Entei, the faithful youba. Hovered and slowly landed.

It nuzzled the side of Rin's cheeks.

Rin looked, glassy eyed at the corpse.

Hakudoushi was dead.

She stood up and glanced at the now setting sun.

The sun shone onto her brown black hair and made it light brown. And as she looked up to the orange, enflamed sky a dark ribbon floated down. Mechanically, she caught it with a light smile she tied it to the side of her head again. How ironic the ribbon that she lost during fall returned to her.

Her kimono WAS a bit ripped, but she didn't worry too much.

"C'mon Entei." Rin beckoned. She was free. It was funny how only earlier today she was hoping that she could be free and escape from 'this boy.' And now.........

She wasn't going Naraku's castle of course but she didn't feel like going back her lord either. She laid the halberd next to the boy- no. Hakudoushi.

He looked so serene when his eyes wasn't sending chilly blasts at her.

Rin looked at the corpse.

Bent down and kissed him on the lips. She had no idea what she was doing, but it didn't matter, Hakudoushi is dead. She rose up again and with one leap she successfully saddled on Entei.

She didn't turn back. She didn't look back. She didn't want to.

If she only looked, she would have seen Hakudoushi's finger twitch.

THE END

This was one of a short fic wasn't it? XD! Aw well....... RR PLEASE!!!!!!!