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Ayu
Chapter Four: Kidnapped

"Ayu, what's wrong?" Miroku asked as he and I sat outside the next morning, tending to a dying fire.

"Nothing." I said, staring blankly at the fire, my knees huddled up against my chest.

"Come on Ayu." Miroku smirked, getting a little too close to me. "You can tell me."

"Then I'm telling you to back off unless you want a log to the head." I smirked.

Miroku sighed and backed away. "I have no luck."

"Nope." I said.

He sighed. "Fine, I'm sorry, all right?"

"Sorry, for what?"

"For not speaking to you, of course." He said. "I know your scared."

I laughed, I felt stupid for doing it, but I laughed. "I'm not afraid. Just…worried. And you are forgiven. Sorry for hitting you with my guitar."

"What is this…guitar?" He asked.

I smirked and pulled my guitar into my lap, resting my fingers on the strings.

I strummed lightly, playing the tune to Avril Lavigne's "Mobile".

"Wow." Miroku grinned. "That's amazing."

I smiled. "Thanks."

"If I may ask, though." Miroku said. "What are you worried about?"

Damn. I had been hoping some music would take his mind off what we'd been talking about before.

I sighed and lowered my head. "My home. I mean, what if I never get back? Only two years ago my father died…I don't want my mom to think she's lost someone else."

Miroku sat and looked at me, not saying a word, just sitting there, staring.

I felt tears well up in my eye, a lump form in my throat, and I stood abruptly. "I have to go for a walk, just for a while."

"Ayu wait, you can't just go." Miroku said. "Not with Sesshomaru still out there. He won't show any mercy this time."

I laughed faintly, looking at the mark on my arm. "He didn't show it before."

With that said, I turned and walked away, grabbing my guitar, heading towards the forest.

I knew where the well was, all too well. I would try to go back.

I was kidding myself, staying there. What could I possibly do? I wasn't a demon, I wasn't a priestess, and I wasn't a demon slayer.

What could I possibly do to help Kagome's group?

Nothing.

I walked along the grassy slopes towards the old well, pushing through the trees and bushes, walking right past the sacred tree.

I'd go home and forget about all of this. I wouldn't tell anyone, I'd just live on as if nothing happened.

Because, really, nothing did happen.

Except me getting almost killed, of course.

But still.

I sighed, walking into the small clearing, the old well sitting in front of me.

As I walked towards it, I felt as if I were getting and further and further from it.

But I finally reached the well and swung my legs of the edge. "Well…it was fun."

Then I jumped.

I hit the bottom of the well, a sharp pain shooting up my ankle.

"Ow!" I hissed, sitting down at the bottom.

When I looked up, all I saw was sky.

I hadn't returned to the Modern Era.

Maybe…Kagome was right. I thought, rubbing my ankle. Maybe I do have a purpose here and I can't get back yet…but what? What could I possibly do here?

I sighed and got to my feet, wincing at the pain it brought my ankle. Damn I was stupid.

I climbed up the side of the well and fell to the ground on the other side, breathing heavily. "This…sucks."

"You again." A familiar, cold voice hissed.

I gasped and spun around, still lying on the ground, staring up at Sesshomaru.

"Leave me alone." I growled. "I'm really not in the mood at the moment."

"I have a score to settle with you." He said acidly, glaring down at me, his hand moving to the hilt of his sword.

That's when I noticed something that I hadn't before, and I should have.

He only had one arm.

And yet two swords.

Odd.

I forced myself to look away from his disablement and looked up at him. "What are you gonna do?"

"What else? Kill you." He growled.

On instinct, I got to my feet, but the pain in my ankle still remained, and I only got a few feet away before sinking to the ground again.

D-Damn it. I thought, lying, helpless, in the grass. I can't escape this time. I doubt Inuyasha can hear me, either.

Even if he did hear me, or smell Sesshomaru, he probably wouldn't make it in time.

I turned on the grass to look at Sesshomaru, who no longer had his hand on his sword, but was staring down at me.

"Tell me." He said suddenly, breaking the silence that had broken out between us. "What were you doing, in that well?"

I glared at him, but said nothing. Would it be a good thing to tell Sesshomaru how Kagome, and now I, got back and fourth between the Modern Era and this Era?

Uh, no.

He crouched on the ground in front of me, his amber gaze intent. "Answer me, mortal."

"I'm not afraid of you." I snapped. "So if you expect me to be, you're going to be disappointed."

He frowned. "You are afraid, I can smell your fear."

"I am afraid." I admitted. "But not of you. I've been up against guys like you before. Not exactly, of course, but there's really no difference."

"Like me." Sesshomaru said blankly. "What do you mean?"

"I mean." I sighed, why was I even explaining this to him? "Men who think they can get whatever they want by using force. Believe me, it doesn't work, not always. Someone is bound to stand up to you sooner or later."

"Humans." Sesshomaru growled. "You are such stupid creatures."

"And yet demons hide away in the forests, as if they are afraid of us." I retorted.

I expected him to wrap his hand around my neck and choke me to death, or to slap me, something, but he didn't. He just stayed there, staring at me.

"You are brave, to stand up to me." He said. "Not many have done so and lived to tell the tale."

"Good for them." I said. "Now leave, or kill me now. I have things to do."

"You can not leave." He said. "You can't walk."

I felt my cheeks flare. "I-It's just a sprain, I'll be able to walk in no time."

"Not properly for days." He said. "Humans do not heal quickly."

I gaped at him. "For hating humans so much, you seem to know a lot about us."

He ignored my comment. "That weapon you used last night, what is it?"

I glared at him, was I going to have to explain to everyone here what a guitar was?

"I thought you had a score to settle with me." I said, changing the subject. "So why not settle it? Or are you coward to hurt a human?"

He frowned and stood up straight. "You are right."

Then he unsheathed his sword and held it above me, as if to cut off my head.

I sighed and closed my eyes. "Just get it over with."

XxXxX Rin's POV XxXxX

I looked up from the flowers I was picking, under the watchful eye of Master Jaken and Ah Un. "Lord Sesshomaru! Master Jaken our Lord is back!"

I grinned, dropping the flowers and rushing to the tall silver-haired man.

He had saved my life a little over a year ago, brought me back to life with his sword, the Tenseiga. Since that day I had stayed with Lord Sesshomaru and his demon servant, Jaken.

"Lord Sesshomaru where did you go for so long?" I asked, running up to him, a grin spreading across my face.

Lord Sesshomaru only looked at me and gave a slight nod, walking over to the tree where Ah Un was sitting. There, he gently lay something down beside the large demon, something I hadn't noticed in his arms before.

"My Lord." I said, walking up to him, peering down at the creature he'd laid down. "What is it?"

He didn't answer me, but only looked down at the creature lying there.

It was a girl, from what I could tell, and she looked almost human. But her hair was a very light color, like the color of sand, almost. And her clothes were odd, black covered her upper body, a black and silver cloth covered very little of her legs, where as below her knees were what looked like black shoes that rose almost to her knees.

"What is she my Lord?" I asked again. "Lord Sesshomaru, why did you bring her here?"

"She is a human, Rin." Sesshomaru answered, turning to look at me. "Watch over her, I will return soon."

Then he stood and walked away, disappearing into the darkening forest.

"A human?" I wondered aloud. "She does not look like a full human."

"Maybe she is with that woman who is with Inuyasha." Master Jaken said, walking up beside me. "She wears the same scandalous clothes."

"I think she's pretty." I smiled, peering down at the strange girl. "Master Jaken, why did Lord Sesshomaru bring her here?"

"Don't ask such silly things!" Jaken snapped. "My Lord had his reasons! Now hush child."

"I know he has reasons." I snapped. "But I was just wondering what they were."

Suddenly the girl stirred, her eyes fluttering open, a soft groan escaping her lips.

"Look Master Jaken! She is awake!" I grinned. "Hello lady! Welcome! What is your name?"

She gasped and sat up, her hands instantly rising to her head. "Ugh…my head. Where am I?"

"You are here." Jaken quipped. "Under the keep of our Lord Sesshomaru."

The girl gasped. "S-Sesshomaru? He brought me here? But why? He was…supposed to kill me. At least…I thought he was."

"Well you are lucky, very lucky indeed, that my Lord spared your life." Jaken said proudly.

The girl smiled faintly, her blue eyes reflecting the color of the sky.

"What is your name, lady?" I asked. "My name is Rin, and this is Master Jaken."

The girl looked at me, a smile spreading across her face. "Ayu. My name is Ayu."

I smiled back at her. "Ayu, that is a pretty name."

Ayu sighed and ran her hands through her hair, wincing slightly. "He…hit me."

Then she started to laugh.

"What is so funny?" Jaken demanded. "Stop laughing! Tell me what's so funny?"

Ayu smirked. "I hit Sesshomaru on the head last night, so he paid me back by hitting me on the head. I was afraid he was going to cut off my head!"

I smiled. "My Lord is a very kind man. You do not need to fear him."

Ayu turned to me, the smile gone from her lips. "A…kind man? I…guess so…maybe…I will have to decide."


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