Love by the Blade

Chapter 4

Note: First of all. This chapter is dedicated to Kagome-Lovers-Cool, she said to do some aftermath and I decided to do it. Anyways, this and the rest of the chapters after this, is optional. You don't need to read this, chapter 3 was, after all, the ending.

Eh....... So........... I think that's all? Let the aftermaths begin!!! ;;;

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Rin sighed as she flumped to the grassy ground. She wasn't 7 anymore........ yet........ sometimes she still felt like it, she still loved flowers, very playful and optimistic.

But she was 14 now.

"RIN-CHAAAAAAN!!!!!" Yelled a voice.

Rin rose up and looked at the girl running to her. "Yume?" (I'm quite sure this means dream.)

"Rin-chaaaan!!!!!" Yume sobbed, Rin smiled gently as the little 6 year old girl sobbed on her chest.

"Is it Tsunami again?" (Tsunami is a natural disaster, it this GIGANTIC tidal wave that can be about 20 foot high? XD!!! I forgot........)

"Hai!!! Why is he so mean!?!?!?" Yume cried.

Yume looked identical to Rin when she was young, besides from the hair, Yume's hair was straight and smooth, just like Sesshomaru's.

Talking about her lord.

"Rin." Said a deep smooth voice.

"Hai Sesshomaru-sama?"

"Come." Sesshomaru commanded and walked to the forest somewhere. Back to his castle most likely.

"Hai." Rin smiled and patting Yume on the head, she followed her lord.

Yume sniffled and waved, the little girl knew Rin-chan will return to the village next week.

But she DIDN'T know there would be a change of plans...

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"Jaken, leave." Sesshomaru commanded.

"But milord-!"

"I expected you to oblige not to interrogate." Sesshomaru said with a hint of impatience on his voice.

Jaken , left huffily, and Rin followed suit. Probably her lord wanted to make some plans for battle and needed some time alone.

"Rin, stay."

Rin and Jaken did noticeable double-takes.

"I do not wish to repeat myself." Sesshomaru said slowly.

So Rin went back to her lord and Jaken left the room.

Sesshomaru sat down on a chair and started to unroll some parchments.

Rin went behind the chair and started to massages her lord's shoulder. "Anata wa nani o suru?" (polite way of saying 'What are you doing?')

Sesshomaru reached his hand and laid it on top of Rin's.

"Something for our marriage Rin." (Note: In the ancient days girls marrying at a young age were normal. As a matter of fact it was extremely common.)

Rin felt her brain went blank. She was completely numb. (Think of eating chunks and chunks of ice cream until you have a brain freeze.)

"N-n-nani?" Rin stuttered.

"Surprised Rin?" Chuckled Sesshomaru.

Rin nodded. This was NOT real. NOT REAL.

Sure she loved her lord, but not-!

"Well........ I need heir, in these times of war I could die and I will not give the western lands to that incapable half brother of mines." Sesshomaru said coldly, remembering Inuyasha.

Rin nodded, she met the Inuyasha-tachi before, they were very nice so she did not understand why her lord was so cold towards them.

"Well, best to let you think about this Rin, you may take a walk if you like."

Rin automatically replied "Arigatou." She wasn't really thanking her lord though.

She was rather surprise, but under the layer of disbelief a small ripple of anger vibrated.

She was getting married? Without her consent? But her life DID belong to Sesshomaru. If it wasn't for him she would have died to those ookami.

Still.

She ran to the flower garden. Tears streaming down her face, she had NO idea why she was crying. Perhaps it was the swirls of emotions?

But she knew better, she was thinking of-

Entei walked flew up to Rin. Ever since Hak- He died the youkai horse was Rin's.

But for the first time in her life what she needed was definitely not what the youba was giving her.

"GO AWAY!!!!!" Rin screamed and ran even more so faster.

Rin reached the garden, she felt guilty yelling to the horse demon but she didn't want to have anything to do with it at the moment.

WHY?

When Rin was 7 she would have loved to know that when she grown up she would marry to Sesshomaru-dono (dono - respectful term alike sama, archaic, you don't usually hear it around anymore.).

AND 'he' was dead.

AND she knew him for what? Only a month?

AND

And

And........

And he died for her.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Rin screamed.

Rin shut her eyes tightly, still, tears leaked through. It was astounding how today she was talking peacefully with Yume happily.

And now she was in a frustration peak.

She began to relax, and started thinking 'Stop crying, stop sniffling, stop it Rin, think positive, you're marrying Lord Sesshomaru........ your childhood crush. STOP CRYING!'

The 'stop crying' was not her thought, it was a memory. Hakudoushi had yelled that to her once when she scraped her knee.

Rin felt her throat swell again but pressed it down.

Suddenly, she felt very woozy. Her eyes started to loosen and she flumped to the flowers.

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Rin blinked, it was very foggy. She squinted, why was everything suddenly so tall? She looked down a checkered kimono. She was seven again.......?

She began to walk forward in the mist and she tripped.

"Eiyaaa!" She squeaked as she flailed her hands and hit the ground. "Oomph!"

She used her hands and pushed herself from the ground. And looked at what tripped her.

Blood spreading over light lavender hair, empty holes of azure, lavender eyes looking at her.

Rin screamed.

She sat up. Beads of sweat trickled down her forehead, her neck. She wiped them away. Still breathing heavily.

Did that mean that her life belonged to Hakudoushi too?

She froze, she used his name for the first time for a long while, ever since his death even.

"Rin?" Said a deep voice from behind her.

She'd realize that voice anywhere. "Hai Sesshomaru-sama?"

"You're not happy to marry me is it?" He questioned bluntly but intelligently.

Rin could not lie. She merely sat still.

"It's ok Rin." Sesshomaru said, uncharacteristically gently.

Rin looked at her hands.

"However, I have announced the marriage to the western council."

Rin closed her eyes. "I see milord." She said uncharacteristically calmly.

"If you do not wish to marry me you must leave and never return." Sesshomaru said.

Rin snapped her eyes to her lord's direction. 'What? Does that mean-' she thought.

"Correct, I will turn a blind eye."

Rin blinked. "Arigatou........"

Sesshomaru knelt down to Rin and caressed her cheek in a fatherly way. "You're almost like my very own daughter Rin. And no matter what you want I will go along with it."

"Arigatou........otou-san" Rin hugged her lord.

Sesshomaru smiled. He pulled away after a while. "Go Rin. Go and never return."

Rin looked up to her lord. Remembering when she was little he seemed to tower over her like a skyscraper.

Now he was still taller, but........not so tall.

"Milord-"

"Don't waste anymore time Rin." Sesshomaru commanded. His authority add a few inches to his height. Rin blinked and smiled slightly with tears in her eyes.

"Entei!" Rin yelled.

The youba flew to Rin immediately. It bowed respectfully to Sesshomaru once and turned to Rin attentively.

"Let's go Entei........" Rin whispered.

With one leap she saddled on Entei. "Bye chichi." Rin said quietly.

Sesshomaru nodded. "Take care." He replied calmly.

Rin and Entei flew towards the moon and Sesshomaru's eyes followed them till they were a mere speck, then, they disappeared.

He vaguely wondered how he would explain this to the council before walking up to his room and slumping to his bed..........

Not knowing the council will find out in a six months period and kill him.

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Rin groomed Entei with her smooth hands. They were delicate looking but actually, she could pack a punch. Because she left her lord's house without a weapon she learned to rely on herself. Meaning she learned to fight with her hands and legs.

Not that she didn't get help. She learned from Kouga, the ookami-youkai. The same Kouga that his wolves ate her so many years ago.

She was supposedly captured to be eaten as dinner, but she struggled to the last minute and kicked Kouga hard in the stomach but she didn't run she continued attacking him and when he grabbed her arm to stop her he smirked and said 'he-liked-woman-with-temper'. So she asked him if he could train her and he said sure.

She was 17 now.

And Kouga died trying to protect her from this youkai.

Rin sighed, all her protectors had died, Sesshomaru, Hakudoushi, Kouga.

Why?

Sorrow fills her now, no longer was she the happy hyper Rin. Her head bowed and walked, no longer would she walk high and happy. Her eyes were dead.

"Hehehehe....... Hey girly come here will you!" a man demanded.

Rin lifted her bowed head. She walked herself straight to an alley. Great. She looked around. A man with a stupid grin on his face, approaching her. Great.

Without even hesitating she slammed his neck with her arm. Bowed down, jumped and sent a fist to his temple. Kneeled his stomach and rammed to a wall. Then sent her palm to his nose.

He slumped down the wall and Rin continued the alley without a word.

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A lavender haired boy spun his old halberd around. He switched it from hand to hand with it still twirling between his fingers. His purple, blue eyes observant.

He had no name. Or so, he MIGHT have had a name but if that was a case he didn't remember it. According to the prince that found him, it wasn't a surprise. Apparently he had fallen from quite a height and broke his neck, severely damaged his head. It was a miracle he was alive.

He was a demon. Somehow, he knew, even when the prince coddled him and said he was perfectly normal.

He became the prince's 'son.'

And his name was Tamashii (means soul.). Strange, because this name did not suit him at all.

"Well, well, Tamashii."

"What is it, Mochi? (NOT MOSHI!)"

(Mochi is a gooey.......err.......lumpy Asian monster assassin.)

"Chichi wants our presence at the throne room." He said loftily.

Tamashii walked to throne room after his younger, foster brother.

:: At the Throne room ::

"Ah! Tamashii! You're here! Good, good!" said the king. (See, years ago the king WAS a prince but now he became a KING so 'Tamashii' is a prince......get? And Mochi is so unpleasant because usually the........sibling rivalry in a kingdom is very, VERY intense.)

Mochi scowled.

"Now, we have a young lady here who........ defeated our warrior Shikabane (corpse). Is in our grasp. What should we do?"

Mochi raised his hand, meanwhile Tamashii looked at the girl with interest. Shikabane was a hentai, to put it bluntly. He undoubtedly tried to do something to this girl. Shikabane was also favoured by the king and the king would swallow any dumb-witted lie there was.

"Mochi?" The king asked.

"We should execute the girl!" Mochi stated.

Tamashii snorted. His brother just 'had' to act like a stuck up four year old.

"Hm........ Tamashii?"

"We should leave the girl alone." Tamashii said sarcastically.

"Objection Sire! We cannot leave a girl that committed the heinous crime of damaging Father's favourite warri-"

"Does chichi show favoritism?" Tamashii taunted.

Mochi stopped half-way and the king was red with embarrassment. "You have said enough Mochi!........Tamashii? what do you say?"

"I want the girl."

The king was sipping some wine to cool his nerve spitted them back out. "N- nani?!"

"You heard me father."

"What?! You can't have her! She's a convict!" Mochi interrupted.

"Of what charges? Hurting father's knight which is NO MORE IMPORTANT than other knights? Are you saying we should chop her head off when she has the talent to beat up a bulking knight about five times her size?"

Tamashii turned to his foster father. "Are you saying that our royal family would waste such talent on just a NORMAL, ORDINAIRY knight which just had a few bruises?"

"Uh........ Of course not Tamashii!" The king faltered.

"Then she is under my care I presume?" Tamashii said smoothly.

"Of- of course son! She is yours!" The king agreed hastily.

Mochi and Shikabane glared mutinously at Tamashii as he walked up to the girl and grabbed her by the arm.

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Rin did not struggle. She merely followed the hand leading her away from death. Her head still bowed.

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Tamashii threw Rin to his bed and closed the door to his room. He pulled a chair and clasped his fingers together. Studying her.

"Raise your head." Tamashii said in a monotone voice.

Rin did as said, she had no reasons not to. But her dead eyes flickered to life and shock for the first time in three years.

It was Hakudoushi.

"H-h-h-h-"

Tamashii raised his eyebrows. "Eh?" This girl was so familiar........

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!" Rin screamed and back against the wall.

"What the-?"

Rin did not cease the screaming even after the prince asked for the sixth time.

Tamashii stood up and put his left hand on his hip. His right arm hanged loosely on his side. And a loose speculating pout reached his lips, making him having a very 'cool' composure.

"Look woman, I didn't do anything to you. So shut your screaming."

Rin clasped her mouth shut, still staring at Hakudoushi.

"My name is Tamashii. Yours?"

"Your name is Hakudoushi!" Rin sprouted out before she could stop herself.

"........Nani?"

Rin shook her head closing her mouth shut tightly and threw her hands to cover it. Without knowing it, her inner child began to spread over her once again.

"I asked you WHAT!" Hakudoushi/Tamashii yelled.

Rin shook her head and dived under the covers of the bed.

Hakudoushi/Tamashii sighed. He stood up. Knowing that there wasn't anything he could do to draw anything out of the girl. He walked towards the door.

Rin peeked from under the covers and saw his now, long lavender hair and royal blue kimono swished from away the door.

His hair was a bit longer now, and his clothing was not white, but royal blue. But otherwise, he looked exactly the same.

Rin blushed a bit, WHY did she even care? She was a bad-luck charm. The alive expression slipped from her face as if there was oil grease.

If she wanted Hakudoushi to stay alive she had to keep away.

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Erm........ just a note. Hakudoushi and Rin are both 17. there will be more aftermaths of course........ please review!