AN: Wow…how long has it been since I updated?…um…let's not think about that. Anyway…I was on vacation again so it kinda made the update longer than expected. Sorry, I should have updated before I left. Now that that's out of the way…uh… two part chapter here…not all that important but I do talk about the West Side Story because I just saw the play when I wrote it…some pplz putting on a play for somethin…I dunno. Whatever…here's chapter 9!
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I can't take it
What am I waiting for?
My heart's still breakin
I miss you even more
And I can't fake it
The way I could before
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Chapter 9
Naraku's Control Over Kagura Part 1
One thing leads to another, and it always will. But that one thing, that brings 'another', isn't always as planed. That's what I learned, and that's what she learned as well. So take a very unlikely situation, a fight, for example (hint, hint). How many possible ways can you turn that into…well…I won't say. You'll just have to experience it yourself.
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The lights were extinguished, as the curtain rose. It was opening night of the West Side Story. And Kagome had landed the part of Anita, the best friend of the main character, Maria. Basically if you've never heard of the West Side Story, it has a Romeo and Juliet theme, except modified a bit. Of course, it was a Broadway play awhile back, but this was something that her drama group put together. Kagome wasn't seen until about the second scene. And she had done a great job on her solo.
Rin sat with Sesshomaru, Inuyasha and Inutaishou. The kids were at home; the play would have gone way past their bedtime. "That's my woman," Inuyasha kept saying, every time she sung, or did this crazy dance move. You could tell, that the other two men were getting annoyed, after the third time he'd said that. And it still wasn't even halfway through the thing.
It was a good play, she'd say that. But God, was she ever tired. She decided to shut her eyes for a bit, and listen solely to the music. Nice music…it was relaxing…
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She was back at home now. Or, at the Keiyoukai's house anyway. Rin hummed a tune from the play she was listening to earlier. She danced gracefully across her room and hope that Sesshomaru was watching. Because he always seemed to be there. Nope, not this time. She looked out her long window to find him in the garden, with Meiko. It was now Sunday morning, as the little girl bounced around him.
Rin laughed as she watched them through the glass. Sit was amusing to see Meiko dump a big armload of flowers in her uncle's arms. Being the nice uncle that he was, carried the wretched things without a word. So kind…
The birds flew at once…something was up. A loud bang was heard shortly after that. A shaded figure stepped out of the bushes. Time was frozen for a slight moment, and nothing moved, no one spoke. She saw him drop the flowers, and he fell towards the ground after them. The figure in the shadows held an unmistakable object in the light; a revolver.
It was the end. Rin could say nothing, and her limbs weren't responding. Someone gripped her shoulder, but she couldn't turn around. Nothing was working anymore…it was a nightmare in slow motion. Probably because it was…
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Her eyes shot open. It was still dark. And it clicked…it was all a dream. The gunshot was part of the play. Poor Tony, got shot by his rival. Violent times, violent times. "Are you okay?" asked Inuyasha. He had been the one who put his hand on her shoulder, in attempt to wake her up. "I can't believe you slept through that shot. It was so loud, I'm deaf now."
"Ya…I'm fine," Rin replied, rubbing her eyes. Maybe it was a good idea to stay awake for the rest of the play, which turned out to be not that much longer.
Afterwards, they all went to congratulate Kagome on her performance. And in a half an hour, they were out, and back home. For real this time. It was almost midnight, as they all retired to their rooms.
"Goodnight," they all said in unison, except for Sesshomaru. That was pushing it. He settled for a quick nod, and disappeared behind his door.
Rin silently shut the door behind her. She took off the jade tiger chain and set it on the nightstand. And instead of that skimpy night outfit, she'd found a big T-shirt and some baggy sweatpants. Much more comfortable, was her thoughts as she ran the brush slowly through her silky hair. Once satisfied, she crawled under the sheets, and tried to fall asleep. But no such luck.
It was hours…or it seemed like it anyway. I guess ten minutes can seem like an eternity if you stare at a dark ceiling without a blink. Whoever said that counting sheep makes you sleepy, needs to reconsider his/her theory. Cause it needs some adjusting. Maybe you had to be a farmer…or a shepherd.
But something was out of place. Just another one of those crazy feeling you get every once in awhile. It happens when all the crickets stop chirping, and all the cars are silent. When the moon is hidden by the rolling clouds, and the only sound around for miles it your own breathing. Ya…that weird sense that happens to be dead on every single time.
The silence was getting to her. It was driving the woman insane! "Something…break this damn quietness," pleaded Rin softly. And in minutes got her wish. A very loud wish. This loud noise was something, rather, someone breaking through the glass window of her room. If that didn't wake anyone up…there was a problem.
Like a bullet, Rin shot up out of bed, and hid behind it. "What the hell…?" was all she could say as the person rose to their feet; Kagura.
Kagura shook the glass off of her. She stared straight at Rin, who was still wondering about this whole situation. She held her fan fully open, which covered half of her face. The side that on it lay many black and blue marks. She was a victim of abuse…
"If you must know, this is not entirely my doing," stated Kagura. There was another one of those damn silences that was getting to be quite annoying at this point. "Naraku…has a certain control over me. I have little say in my actions when he is near. So I apologize in advance."
Rin nodded. "Tell me, what does he want with me?"
"I may be under his control, but still, he tells me nothing. Naraku doesn't trust me. But I don't know how to fight him…" she trailed off as her eyes started to glow a deeper red. "He calls…" she told her, sending a wind blade in Rin's direction.
"I hate this," Rin mumbled as she dove out of the way. It wouldn't have hit her anyway; the bed blocked it, but not without taking a beating. The large posts fell over and totally wrecked the rest of it.
Rin grabbed an old sword of the wall, and got out of the room, ASAP. She ran along the corridor, hoping that the kids wouldn't wake. But the truth was, some had better wake up, or else she was done for. "Stupid stairs," she muttered as the end of the hall was in sight. She'd never make it down in time. Either jump what looked like a billion feet, or slide down the railing. The second option sounded better.
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His hearing was even good in his sleep. What made him stir was the sound of shattering glass. 'That girl likes to break things, especially glass.' He chose to ignore it this time around. But something was different from last time. It was probably the fact that Rin seemed to be in conversation with someone else. And it couldn't have been more than a minute later when a loud noise was heard against the door. Sounded like the chopping of wood.
Inuyasha even though in a separate room, heard the same thing. He lifted his head at the glass breaking noise. Kagome moved a bit beside him. "What's up?" she yawned, still not fully awake. "It's so early," she complained falling back on to the pillow.
There was the sound of two pairs of footsteps out in the hall. And another crash. "Something is wrong. You stay here, I'm going to check it out."
In two quick strides he peered his head out the door. His brother had done the same. The hall looked a mess, and so did the guest room for that matter. Both of them quickly ran down the hall, and so it began.
Rin had managed to slice the fan into a few pieces. Kagura was currently fixing it using some weird energy thing. They both glanced up at the brothers. 'Thank God,' Rin inwardly sighed.
Inuyasha wasted no time in jumping down from where he was. "What do you want?" he growled, flexing his claws. Kagura, however, didn't answer. She was too preoccupied looking at Sesshomaru.
And Sesshomaru stared right back at her. He knew her from long, long ago. Seemed like an eternity though. "Hey you helping or what?" called Inuyasha. This caused him to brush the thoughts from his mind, and join his younger brother.
Kagome had also come in a hurry, bow and arrows slung over her shoulder. She dashed down the stairs as fast as she could without falling flat on her face. She had joined the others in a fighting stance.
"Kagome, leave with Rin. This woman is dangerous," growled Inuyasha. His ears flattened, he was certainly pissed.
"Hey, I can handle whatever you can. Human or demon," Kagome retorted as she spoke for both Rin and herself.
Kagura had finished repairing her broken fan, and wasted no time in using it. "Dance of the Dragon," she recited calmly as three tornado-like shapes shot from her weapon. Kagome had managed to dive out of the way, as well as Inuyasha.
"On second thought, I'm going," decided Kagome. "Come on, Rin. Leave the brutal stuff to the macho men."
Rin mentally laughed as she tried to make a comical situation out of this…err…fighting scene. "Don't need to tell me twice," she said running after her. A wind blade came out of nowhere and barely missed Rin. It had nicked the front of her foot, but that was no big. Or so we all thought. Putting her injured foot on the ground, it didn't seem to want and support her. She tumbled to the ground, plain and simple.
"Oi, move it. Stay there and you're gonna get yourself killed," shouted Inuyasha as he dodged another attack.
"I'd love to. If I could," she shot back angrily, taking a good look at the minor cut. Minor my ass. Blood oozed out rapidly, making her rather dizzy. "Damn this all…" She tore a part of her sleeve and wrapped it around her ankle.
Kagome rushed to her side, helping to control the amount of blood she was losing. It had slowed a bit, thankfully. "What's going on here?" called Inutaishou that had come from the opposite end of the mansion.
He caught a glance at the whole scene. Strange woman, fighting with sons. Guest injured with daughter in-law by her side, holding weapons. It didn't take a rocket science to put two and two together.
'No good. To many of them,' Kagura narrowed her eyes, and made her exit by breaking though another glass window and out of sight. She glanced back. 'Sesshomaru…' she disappeared into the night sky.
No one said anything for a moment, all still trying to comprehend the initial situation. "Well now that that's over," Inutaishou declared, "Kagome, why don't you make sure the children are alright. Inuyasha, you'll come with me to look at the damage. And Sesshomaru, I suggest you take our injured damsel to Jaken. I'm sure he'll treat her."
So that was that. Kagome and Inuyasha went back upstairs and Sesshomaru picked up Rin, and headed down a corridor that she'd never been down before. He waited until out of earshot of everyone until speaking, "You're turning into one of those useless anime girls now, do you know that? Always waiting for someone to save you."
Rin had a hatred to those anime girls, real or not. "I resent that. I didn't come crying for you to save me, did I? I can do this for myself." She tried to wiggle free from his arms, to no success.
"There is a difference between depending upon yourself and killing yourself trying. You can't depend on solely yourself for the course of life."
"Take you own advice," she muttered quietly. He caught it none the less. He opened his mouth to say something else, but cut off by the hand that covered his mouth. "Don't say anything, Dog-boy." She giggled at the nickname that Kagome had given Inuyasha a while back. He put on an annoyed look until they reached a small room.
It was a cramped little place, and it looked like the person who lived there, never ever left the room at all. "Jaken," Sesshomaru called once he shut the door. He lay the injured 'damsel' on a small futon. A small toad-like creature came busting out of no where.
"Milord, it has been so long since you've come down here. How thoughtful of you to visit this servant of yours. And who is this?" he asked pointing to Rin, "she is human, is she not, Master?"
"That has nothing to do with it. Take care of her wound, and please make it quick. It is fairly late already," Sesshomaru said impatiently.
The tiny servant gulped, "Yes…right away milord."
Rin, at first, was quite confused as to what was going on between Sesshomaru and the doctor named Jaken. How could anyone be so cruel to another? Even if he was a servant. I mean, what did he do wrong? She didn't have time to continue her trail of thoughts as a stinging came from her injured foot. But it was all over in a few minutes. "Well?" she asked weakly, "what's the damage?"
Jaken sort of 'humph'ed as he responded to her question. "It's a torn ligament. At the rate you humans heal, it should be fine in a few months. Luckily I had some old demon remedies. It should heal in a week or so."
Rin narrowed her eyes dangerously, "And there's something wrong with being human?" she didn't wait for an answer as she punched him on top of the head. She folded her arms, and a cross look was placed upon her features.
"You ungrateful wench. How dare you attempt to hurt a demon that is clearly superior to you? Milord, I hope that you can teach this wench some manners."
"You are not to call anyone a wench, Jaken." He said, hitting him on the head as well. "Now apologize."
Jaken mumbled an 'I'm sorry,' and handed Rin a pair of crutches. He went off on his own business after that.
"Ah! I can do it. I don't need you to wait on me hand and foot," she said as she limped past. Approaching those ever-familiar stairs, Sesshomaru saved the agony of climbing them and simply jumped to the next level. He landed gracefully and waited for her at the top. He smirked as he watched her attempt to climb the staircase.
"Having some trouble there, Smart Cookie?" he asked, already knowing the answer. She gave him the I-am-perfectly-fine look. He simply shrugged, "suit yourself." He slowly disappeared beyond her view.
She tried desperately to refrain from calling out his name, as she tried to scramble up the stairs. That is, until she couldn't contain it anymore. "Wait! I take it back! I need help." It took a few seconds before he peered around the corner.
"Don't expect favors like this all the time," he said carrying her up the stairs and down the bedroom corridors. He pushed open his door with a foot.
"Hey! I wanna go back to my room. If you'd be so kind as to take me there," she asked in a politer than usual tone.
"In case you failed to notice, you room is in shambles at this point," he said in his usual monotone voice. "So unless you'd prefer to sleep on splinters, I suggest you don't argue."
"Wait a minute! Your room? Hold it, hold it, hold it!" she protested, really trying especially hard to free herself. "My room is a mess, okay. I have to sleep somewhere else tonight, okay. And I happen to have to sleep in your room, no offense, not okay!"
Despite all her protests and struggling, he managed to sit her down in his bed. He pulled up a chair and sat next to her.
"This is so against my morals," she sighed. Definitely, she was stuck.
"Who do you think I am? Do you think I want to sit here as much as you do? I'm not going to screw you, if that's what you were thinking. I honestly think you'd have known that."
Rin blushed. "T-that's not what I meant. I meant…oh nevermind." She gave up and placed her head in her palms.
He was starting to wonder what she was up to after a few minutes. "Are you still awake?" he asked. When she didn't answer, he sat on the bed at her feet. "Are you still alive?"
She looked at him through her half-closed eyes. "Um hmm…just making sure I was (yawn) tired enough."
This made him arch his brow. "Oh, and why might that be?"
"…So I won't remember what I did when I wake up tomorrow." He was about to ask what she meant, but it wasn't necessary. She had quickly lifted her face to his. Nothing big or hardcore, just small, but meaningful. And in about seven seconds, her energy had run out, and she fell back onto the pillow, sound asleep.
It was hard to imagine, Sesshomaru, stunned. Well there's a first time for everything. He could feel his own body, moving closer by the second, even if he willed it not to. Once in very close proximity to her, he bought his lips lightly on her forehead, as if she was a child.
Walking to the opposite side of his king-sized bed, he stayed awake awhile longer.
I mean, this is Sesshomaru we're talking about. He couldn't (nor could I…even if I did write it) believe it. He had kissed a woman on his own will. Or somewhat. Either way, it made him wonder…
You can't depend on solely yourself for the course of life.
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aw…so much ooc-ness there…not to proud of myself, even if it is the longest chapter in this fic so far…ok, I really wanted to reply to some reviewers here…if you have questions and stuff, I'll try my best to answer them in the next chapter:
to Trinity: wow, I don't think I've ever gotten constructive criticism before. But I really do appreciate your honesty and don't worry, I don't take offense to easily. Not everyone can like my fic after all. I know itz not perfect and that just leaves me room to improve. And truthfully, if I was going to re-write some parts in this fic…I would use you advice. Thanks!
To Neko Celes: again…my fic isn't perfect and I really don't revise my work very well. Glad you like it so far.
To: g27: happy now? Lol
To: anime-obsessed :p : ok…calm…
And everyone else thanks 4 reviewing….luv u all!
