Chapter Thirteen: The Ghosts of you and me
Rin slammed against the wall, looking up at Naraku who glared down at her. He kicked her in the stomach, hard, knocking the breath out of her throat and winding her.
She gasped for breath as he kicked her again, in the face this time.
Memories flashed before her eyes in her tortured mind.
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She walked over to his bed and poked him. To her surprise he grabbed her wrist, she gasped. And her eyes widened as his lips moved.
"R-Rin?"
She drew in breath quickly and wriggled free of his tight grasp. His hand moved around the space where her hand had been previously.
"Rin!"
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'Rin, I need to talk to you' he signed with a serious face on.
'I didn't do it' she signed, her fingers flying
'I don't doubt that you did, but you just didn't know' Sesshoumaru signed back, the colour drained from Rin's face 'Wait' she thought 'What's he accusing me of?'
She trailed off in thought. Sesshoumaru, however, breathed in deeply and seemed to be bracing himself for something.
"Rin"
Rin nearly jumped out of her skin, looked at Sesshoumaru as if he'd just grown an extra head. 'Did he- He did! He said my name! But- just like last night-'
'You said my name!' she signed, her mouth still open from the shock
'I did' he seemed to be waiting for an explanation, or something, as if it were her fault
'But- how?'
'I had a dream' he signed vaguely
'You had a dream...about me?' she signed slowly, as though she didn't quite understand the concept.
'You got a problem with that?' he signed back sharply, with a hint of a blush.
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'Go to bed'
'But...I'm still scared' Rin signed, her eyes brimming with tears.
Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes, grabbing her wrist and pulling her into her bedroom. He flicked on the light
'I will stay here until you fall asleep.' It was more of a statement than a word of comfort; he went and sat by the window, avoiding looking at her.
'Thanks Sesshoumaru' She smiled, flicking off the light, she could see his outline by the window
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He leaned down and whispered in Rin's ear "Rin, I can see your pants"
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'Is he gone?' she sat up, and sighed in relief 'Ok, breathe. BREATHE. Now scream' Rin picked up a pillow, wandered over to the window and opened it. Leaning out she screamed into the pillow until her throat went hoarse.
'Ok, now I'm having a panic attack. Breathe...That was the most embarrassing moment in my life! Now all I need is Naraku coming round with a big shiny knife and you've got the worst day of my life' Rin pinched herself, twice, three times. 'Dammit, why can't this be a nightmare?
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Rin fell to the floor, landing heavily on her elbows, in a split second a rainbow of emotions flickered across her mind; hurt, rejection, anger. Then she realised this was a split second too long.
A bullet flew through the open window and implanted itself in Sesshoumaru's chest; his eyes were closed, braced. She breathed in when she realised that the spot it had hit was the spot she had been resting her head on a moment before, that bullet had been for her.
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It was a classic conversational moment, Rin staring at her feet and Sesshoumaru staring at the ceiling.
They both looked at each other to make sure the other one wasn't looking, only they did that at the same time and ended up looking away and blushing at the same time too.
"How sweet! Sango, we never do that!" came a voice from the doorway, there stood Miroku, Sango and Kagome. Miroku had stars in his eyes. "I knew you two were an item!"
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Rin's tears hit the floor and she became like a human waterfall, but didn't make a noise.
"W-wait! Uh- don't cry!" Sesshoumaru stammered.
"I knew it, why? Why-"
"I don't know, Rin. I mean it must have been—"
"WHY DID YOU NOT GET OUT OF THE WAY?" Rin said, running over and throwing her arms around his left side (the side were he was not injured) "You stupid git! If you'd have maybe moved—"
"I would have got shot in the arm, so really it would have made no difference" he said, embarrassed at the girl clinging to his neck.
"You could have died." She sobbed into his shirt. "You silly git!"
"It's ok, Rin" Sesshoumaru said "Really"
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She didn't even fight when Naraku hit her. Rin was almost numb to the kicks and punches she was receiving, a single tear slid out of her eye before she received a punch in the face and blacked out. Unconsciousness being her only retreat from the pain.
O-O. (waits to be attacked by fans)
ThisRin
ayra - I'm sorry. I will be updating extra fast because I've already written up to Chapter 15.
unheard screams - (blinks) (blinks) So rude...
kawaii-ish - O.o. Don't cry..
turtlerad17 - Yeah, I love them! Love the cliffies! As long as you dont have to wait too long. But don't worry, I've got enough posts so I'll be posting Chapter 13 today! (sounds weird cause I'm gonna post this at the bottom of Chapter 13)
New Fan - Oh yeah? Then why didn't he come out when Rin called? Why did he not even answer? Hmm, and where exactly could he have got to?
Mewchild - No, not the mallet! Ok, Ok I'll update!
imagine-me - Sorry, another person who cries...damn there's so many crying.
Inu obbsessed! o.0 - Another one with the 'no's. Ah well. I don't feel too guilty...(fans glare) Ok, I feel guilty. REALLY guilty!
SakuyaTsuki - I shall update then...
jackie - More crying? Ahhh... someone fetch a tissue!
Spirit Demon - You know what, there was so much feeling in your review I'm going to be EXTRA-DAMNED-NICE and update Chapter 13 AND 14. ( and besides, I'm scared of Lindorie-Chan's reaction already)
Vikki - Aww, it made you cry? Don't cry. (updates)
