Title: The Care-e-oh-ke Machine
Author: Rachel Elizabeth
Email: ceramicprincess (at) fanfiction (dot) net
Status: Tentatively ongoing
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Cavity warning.
Summary: The InuYasha gang dishes out their true feelings, even Naraku and Kikyou.
Proviso: No.
Author's Comments: Er, once again, fixing formatting, etc. This is a little piece I like to write on when one of my muses decides it likes the bar down the street better than my room. I keep asking to go with 'em, but they just laugh at me.
Feedback: As always, much appreciated.
Dedication:
To Nichole, 'cause if I'm not mistaken, she was one of the few people still rootin' for this story.
Chapter Notes: No Doubt, Just a Girl


Pink Ribbon—

Rin couldn't believe it; he had not just said what she thought he just did. However, there was proof enough in his eyes and the way that he never once looked away from her face. She decided that it was her turn to sing to him; the arrogant sod! Well, perhaps not, but he had never voiced his opinions before and it was like an onslaught of emotions now that he thought he could just fling out at her.

She grabbed the book from Kagome's hands sort of roughly, and blushed when Kagome looked at her oddly. Perfect! She thought, looking at the page.

Take this pink ribbon off my eyes
I'm exposed
And it's no big surprise
Don't you think I know
Exactly where I stand?
This world is forcing me
To hold your hand

At this point, Rin looked directly at Sesshoumaru and he took that opportunity to blush. As though the room didn't know that she was talking about him!

'Cause I'm just a girl, little ole me
Don't let me out of your sight
I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite
So don't let me have any rights

Oh...I've had it up to here!
The moment that I step outside
So many reasons
For me to run and hide
I can't do the little things I hold so dear
'Cause it's all those little things
That I fear

'Cause I'm just a girl I'd rather not be
'Cause they won't let me drive
Late at night I'm just a girl,
Guess I'm some kind of freak
'Cause they all sit and stare
With their eyes

I'm just a girl,
Take a good look at me
Just your typical prototype

Oh...I've had it up to here!
Oh...am I making myself clear?
I'm just a girl
I'm just a girl in the world...
That's all that you'll let me be!
I'm just a girl, living in captivity
Your rule of thumb
Makes me worry some!


I'm just a girl, what's my destiny?
What I've succumbed to

Is making me numb
I'm just a girl, my apologies
What I've become is so burdensome
I'm just a girl, lucky me
Twiddle-dum there's no comparison

Oh...I've had it up to!
Oh...I've had it up to!
Oh...I've had it up to here!

After the song she started to sit quietly down, but Sesshoumaru had once again decreed it that 'I, the great Sesshoumaru' had something that needed to be said. So she followed him outside, a willing listener, too embarrassed that he had known that the song she had sung was for him, but how could he not? She at been ogling him the whole time!

And it wasn't just because he was cute, though if she admitted rightly enough, he was! Ever since Naraku was tamed, the years had worn on and she had grown into a young woman, not the same child he had met out in the forest, and she wished that he would stop seeing her as such.

"Rin—"

Before he could state the obvious she cut in, "I know. There aren't any more words to use between us, Lord Sesshoumaru. I understand completely that I am still but the child that found you in the woods. Sometimes songs express more than one is willing to express, yes?"

Sesshoumaru looked stunned, what could he possibly say to that? That was not what he had been expecting and dammit it pissed him off! But he didn't know how he could express his feelings to Rin; she had grown up so fast that he hadn't even realized that she wasn't a young girl anymore until the words of his song had hit him in the gut.

"You could never expect to be my mate, Rin. You are but human."

She looked at him calmly and said evenly, "Yes, Lord Sesshoumaru."

That was not what he had been expecting, he didn't know how to make her show emotion anymore; she was too calm and collected all the time. "Rin—"

"There is no need for words," she muttered quietly, the breath having left her. Her heart was pounding in her chest and she couldn't feel any blood being rushed to her heart anymore. The pain she was feeling in that instant could never be described, and she would never utter it to her Lord.

"Dammit Rin, humans are not mates!" he broke in furiously.