Okay...no commenty on the stupidness if the first part in this chapter! Okay? Okay! Now that we have that straight.... Hello...this is chapter 15...the second last real chapter in this fic! 1 more...then epilogue...ain't that weird? I could have sworn I'd just posted it...ah well. Okay...any more relevant stuff...um...nope... nevermind. I think I'm just losing my mind...mid-terms are near...and the teachers need marks in by Friday and I'm just going crazy! It isn't even out final mark!!! Sheesh! Okay...too much about my darn high school life. Alright...
Random responses: maiyuka: that girl...lolz...thatz Rin...sorry. Maybe I wasn't clear enough. Anime-obsessed: heh...u talk to much... and everyone else that thought Sango would be the first to know... ur very smart...well, actually it's sorta Kagome...but not really...ah well, you'll see this chapter!
Isn't anyone tryin to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Wont you take me by the hand
take me somewhere new
I dont know who you are
but I... I'm with you
Disclaimer: well u know the drill...itz a fanfic!
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Chapter 15
How Everyone Secretly Knew
It had been 5 months since the whole Rin/ Sess thing. All went as normal, and that was probably for the best. Well, had anyone been quite observant and who could put two and two together, it would have been easy to figure that something had to be going on between them. Kagome was one of them. On the other hand, Inuyasha was not...this needed to be explained before it actually dawned on him.
It started like this...the two brothers were in a spar...and swords were involved. The event that led up to it was irrelevant. What mattered was it was to prove who was the strongest. Sibling rivalry to it's best.
"I don't see why you just don't surrender," Inuyasha commented as the blades clashed.
Sesshomaru kept a straight face. "If you think I am trying, brother, you are mistaken." They went back and forward, spitting out challenges at one another without a moment's pause.
"Does this always happen?" Rin whispered to Kagome.
She shrugged, "Sometimes. But you'll see, it'll get worse soon." Rin nodded, and she didn't doubt it. This took sibling-rivalry to a new level.
"Half-breed, the duel ends here."
"I'd...like to see you try," Inuyasha grunted and caught off guard by poison whips that encircled his hands. "What the..." he didn't have time to finish before being thrown back, dropping the sword in the process. He got up quickly and turned to his brother. "You got lucky," he said, wiping the trail of blood from his lip.
"Humph, there is no luck in beating a half-breed."
"Oh, relax. It's just a friendly duel."
Sesshomaru glanced at his younger brother with disgust, "There is nothing friendly between us, Inuyasha."
"What a joke," Kagome muttered as she and Rin approached. They all turned to look at her. "You say that like your obligated to hate him. Is it true? You say that...but your eyes tell me something different."
The expressions on his face rapidly changed. From a shocked regard, to narrowed, and angry eyes. Without a word, he thrust the blade firmly into the ground and walked away.
There was silence for a moment. "What was that about?" asked Inuyasha after a moment.
Kagome sighed, "Nothing. His attitude was just pissing me off." He didn't seem to understand and he and Kagome watch Rin follow after him.
"Sesshomaru?" she called. She'd never seen him so...surprised in his life. He looked almost...scared. Was that normal? She found him a short while later, sitting under a shady tree near the edge of the grounds. "Sesshomaru..." she said kneeling next to him.
His eyes were closed, but she knew he was just thinking. 'How...' he thought. 'How did she draw that conclusion? What weakness did I show? Full-fledged demons aren't supposed to show that kind of weakness. I don't understand.'
"Hey," she spoke. He said nothing but she presumed he was listening. "I don't think it would be right to ask about whatever Kagome was talking about back there. If it would make you feel better..."
He waited a moment before speaking, "Yeah...yeah."
They both walked back in silence. Rin cast a glance at him, and he caught her out of the corner of his eye. He gave her arm a push. She almost fell over. "Hey! That was uncalled for," she put on a pout and punched him back in the arm, and as expected, went unfazed. "Now listen here, you. Hey! You can walk away when I'm talking...hey!..." and she continued to call after him until they'd disappears into the house.
"Look at that," Inuyasha commented once they'd gone inside, "it's like nothing ever happened. She's like the only one who can get through to him."
Kagome sighed, "Obviously. Haven't you known that from the start?"
"Sure, but it makes no sense." His wife rolled her eyes and walked away, "hey, what'd I say?"
"Nevermind, Inuyasha. You don't get it." He ran up and took her hand.
"Well...explain away then."
"To out it bluntly, they're in love." She let him stand there for awhile in a stupor before he actually ran after her again.
"Whoa, whoa, back up. How do you know?"
"I just do...something I can sense. You just don't get it so let's drop it before we get killed by him." Inuyasha didn't argue and shrugged. How she could do these things...it was amazing. Mental note: ask wife about Rin/Sess thing later.
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It was one of those rare occasions when you found that Rin was working outside the boss's office. Yes, that's how much time she spent in it. It was silent amongst the two females, the only sound being the hum of the computers and the occasional shuffled sounds across the keyboards.
The afternoon passed like this. The clock didn't seem to have any intention of moving. It was stuck on that same time. Ten minutes later it would give you a break and flash a different number. Sesshomaru walked out of his office, glancing at nothing as he passed the floor halls to the elevator.
Rin gazed after him until the double metal door had closed. A heavy sigh left her mouth as her attention diverted back to the monitor. Sango stopped her work and glanced from her co-worker to the metal doors and back again.
"Stop sighing, Rin. It makes me sick." Her friend made no comeback at this remark, as if unhearing it. "How long have you been in love with him?"
This time it managed to reach her ears. "I dunno, awhile. Don't ask unnecessary questions, Sango, it's not professional." Now from whom else's mouth had she heard that from? "You know the answer anyway."
She wanted to try something. "Ya, sorry..." there was silence again. "So how long has he loved you?"
Rin froze completely for a second. Her limbs refused to move...all that there was to do was deny! Deny, deny, and deny! "W-what?" she said shakily, her attention directed 100 at the computer screen.
Sango wasn't totally convinced with her response, she tried again. "Okay, let me rephrase that. How long have both of you loved each other?"
The typing hands slowly inched their way off the keyboard. They were now fists resting on her lap. "How long..." she said eyeing Sango for the first time since the conversation, "have you known?"
"Uh, about you and...mmph," Rin hand clamped to her mouth.
"Shh! Don't say it out loud! How did you know? What rumor is going around? Who have you told?" she whispered all in a frenzy of jumbled words.
"So it's true? I just felt like asking, but now that you confirmed it...woah...craziness..." Sango said happily about her new discovery.
Rin bit her lower lip. What happened to denying? Crap, well, one couldn't keep it secret forever. Well, no, she bet Sesshomaru could. "Why do you want to keep it secret anyway?" Sango piped up once again.
How to explain... "Well...I don't know...because..." she was spitting words out as they came.
"Aww..." Sango gave her friend a mock punch in the arm, "no need to be shy about it. You're the only one he wants. Take advantage of that...girl, you have power! Use it! Make him give me a raise!" At least someone was enjoying herself.
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"I can't please everyone at once, Kagura," Naraku said watching his daughter out of the corner of his eye. "Maybe tomorrow will be your lucky day," he sneered.
Kagura rolled her eyes as she went back to staring at the ceiling. She then noticed a shuffle from a figure dressed in white. "Don't tell me your going alongside with him, Kanna. You're the one who's free, why don't you go?"
The pale child said nothing but disappeared into the shadows to join a father. "Kanna wouldn't betray me, she's a loyal girl, and therefore she is free. You, on the other hand, Kagura, you have an attitude. Something I will not tolerate."
"Humph," was all that came in reply. There was nothing better to say. His whole plot was about to be unfolded, and it could go two ways. Sesshomaru could come out on top, or Naraku would. Both equally stubborn men, it would be tough. However, unlike Naraku, the other had something to loose. That would be his weakness, and the girl as well.
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alright pplz! Second last normal chapter! Wah...I really liked this story... (or parts of it anyway). meh...I should wait til the VERY last chapter and THEN cry. Oki! C ya in a week or two!
And just cuz I'm in a good mood today...I'll do a chapter preview!
Chapter 16, An Evil Twist of Disaster
Even the most perfect of relationships has its faults. This usually is a result in the lack of trust in one another. If the two can survive, their bond will have strengthened. If not, then maybe they were never meant to be in the first place. Trust...a virtue that is hard to gain, and easily lost.
Bwahaha! The story is at it's end!
