Disclaimer: I do not own Sesshoumaru, Rin or the anime/manga series INUYASHA.
Author's note: Thank you for the reviews! Here goes chapter three! Happy reading!
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FLOWERSThe twittering of birdsong was the first sign that morning was on the way. A few stars still twinkled, but their light was fading as the day increased in strength, slowly but sure.
Rin sat up, running her fingers through her hair, trying to tie some of it into a ponytail like she always did, while Jaken were sitting in front of her. Jaken stared at Rin, whose head was facing the ground without saying any words.
"What's wrong with her?" Jaken thought. "She's being so quiet. Usually she'll run around and picked up some flowers to give Lord Sesshoumaru. She did that every morning. But today she haven't spoke any words since she woke up."
"Jaken," Sesshoumaru's voice startled the green toad-like youkai. "We're leaving. Go and get Ah-Un."
"Hai, My Lord," Jaken answered and went to his Lord's pet.
Sesshoumaru stared at the green toad-like youkai for a while before turning his head to face the human girl in an orange kimono.
"Are you done?" he asked in monotone. "We have to meet Inuyasha today."
Rin silent. Sesshoumaru frowned.
"Rin, do you hear what I'm saying?" Sesshoumaru asked.
Rin just nodded. She rose up, head still facing the ground and walked up straight to where Jaken and Ah-Un was standing.
Sesshoumaru stared at the girl. He had never seen Rin being so quiet like this before.
"My words last night were too much. No wonder she's hurt," he thought. "I had never seen her this sad."
Sesshoumaru thought whether he should tell Rin that she could stay with him, Jaken and Ah-Un. But then Sesshoumaru shook his head.
"I'm not going to take back what I've said before," he whispers.
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"What? Rin was going to stay with Inuyasha and his friends?" Jaken exclaim. "B……but My Lord……Why?"
Sesshoumaru answered the green toad-like youkai nothing and kept walking. Jaken turned his head back and stared at the girl that was riding Ah-Un.
"No wonder she looked so gloomy. But it's so weird. Come to think of it, Sesshoumaru-sama cared for Rin……although he didn't admit it," Jaken smirked. "Why does Lord Sesshoumaru want Rin to stay with his hanyou brother anyway?"
"There they were," Sesshoumaru voiced and at the same time stopping Jaken from thinking more about the reason why his Lord let Rin stay with the one he hated most.
Sesshoumaru, Rin and Jaken approached Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippou.
"You late!" Inuyasha raved. "If you didn't showed up in 5 minutes more, I'm not going to help you!"
"I had never asked for your help," Sesshoumaru replied him. "I'm just asking if you can let Rin stay with you and your human friends."
"Grrrr……..," Inuyasha grunted.
Kagome nudged Inuyasha to stop him from making things getting worst. She then walked towards Rin who was sitting on Ah-Un.
"Ohayou, Rin-chan!" Kagome greeted her. "It's a lovely morning, don't you think so?"
Rin gave Kagome a glance and turned away without saying anything.
"What's wrong with her?" Inuyasha asked his brother.
Sesshoumaru ignored Inuyasha's question and stared at Rin. Veins popping out from Inuyasha's forehead. Miroku and Shippou giggled at the background, while Sango walked towards Kagome and patted her right shoulder. Kagome turned to her and shook her head.
"It's no use," Kagome replied.
"Rin," came the cold voice of Sesshoumaru. "Get down."
Getting no response from the girl, Sesshoumaru walked towards her.
"Rin, do you hear me?" he asked. "Don't let me forced you to get down from Ah-Un, Rin."
Rin bit her lip. Slowly, she got down from Ah-Un without looking at her Lord's face.
"I see that you're starting to disobeyed me, Rin," Sesshoumaru voiced.
"Lord Sesshoumaru in all respect. I……I didn't dared to," Rin finally spoke.
"That's good," her Lord replied. "Now go to Kagome. They had been waiting for you."
Rin nodded and shuffled slowly towards Kagome and Sango. Kagome and Sango engraved a smile when Rin reached them.
"It's okay, Rin-chan," Sango said. "Everything will be just fine. Don't worry. We will take good care of you."
Rin gave out a weak smile. Suddenly, her Lord called her.
"Rin."
Rin turned to face Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru was staring at her with a frown on his face.
"……………….."
"Yes, My Lord?"
"It's nothing," Sesshoumaru continued. "Jaken, take Ah-Un," he added and started to walked away.
"Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama," Jaken replied.
He trotted towards Ah-Un and gave Rin a glance. He had always been thinking that Rin were a burden either for him and Lord Sesshoumaru. He should be happy as now Rin will not bugging him anymore. But he doesn't know why he feels sad about that thing. He's sure that things will change without Rin around.
"Wait for me, Sesshoumaru-sama!" Jake cried when he realized that his Lord had walked far away ahead from him.
As for Rin, she couldn't hold the tears by watching Ah-Un, the green toad-like youkai and especially her beloved Lord leaving her behind………….alone.
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The blowing wind and falling rain, what kind of day do you think it will be?
Why am I thinking of this more than I do when I'm with you?
Looking at the stars and singing songs, all the fun things,
It was so hard, to the point that I couldn't do it alone.
I can't see it all but I believe,
In something that comes before the deep, deep sadness.
Wanting to see you but not being able to,
Ending like that is kind of sad,
Because being able to finally,
See you and the kindness,
That I received from you, which is still in my heart,
And I'll give it to anyone,
That's the important thing that "Goodbye" brought to me.
The flowers are blooming and a rainbow comes out,
It's a change from trivial daily life,
If you figure that out and get going,
Your smile will definitely return.
I can't hear it all but it is echoing,
Your yelling voice from far, far away.
Wanting to see you but not being able to,
I want to remember the sadness that I embraced,
The courage to look forward,
Is something that I learned from you?
And it is still in my heart,
I'll live to be stronger,
That's the important thing that "Goodbye" brought to me.
That's the wonderful thing that only "Goodbye" knew.
To be continued…………------
Author's note: Hope you like that. Comments and flames are always welcome! So do some suggestions………Hehehehe…….Just don't' burn me into crisp, okay? Hihihi……By the way, the song is title 'Sayonara dake ga Shitteta; Only Goodbye Knew'. It's Katou Juri from Digimon Tamers character theme.
See you in chapter four! I'm up to do chapter two of 'Angelic Symphony'. Oh! By the way, 'Angelic Symphony' is not an angst fiction. It's a romance and humor fiction.