Disclaimer: I do not, I repeat, do not own Inuyasha!

Author's note: I have been thinking about writing an Inuyasha fanfic for a long time, but didn't do it until now. This is my first Inuyasha fanfic, so please support it. Note: I revised some parts of this chapter on September 26, 2005.

In this story, Rin is 18; Kagome is 23, Sango is 25, Miroku is 26, Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru are several hundred years old. It's easier to write the story this way. Okay, now here's the first chapter of the story. Enjoy!

The Obscure Truth

Chapter 1

The Dreadful Beginning

The sun had just risen from the horizon. The warm sunlight was striking the white floor. In a large room, with white walls, white ceilings, and white floor, a young girl with long black hair was combing her hair. The room was almost vacant, only a big soft bed in the middle, one wooden table, and one mirror on the table. The girl had large dark brown eyes, almost the color of ebony. She looked really pure and innocent, but a hint of loneliness showed on her face. However, there was still some cheerfulness, which she used to have as a child, left in her eyes. She was very beautiful. This is Rin, in her room in Lord Sesshoumaru's Western Castle. Sesshoumaru was the Lord of Western Land, also Rin's master.

Rin stood up from the chair and put on a white kimono with pink flowers on it. She tied a white ribbon onto her hair. Then, she sat back to the chair and started to put on some makeup. First, she put on a light pink lipstick. Then, she brushed pink tint on her cheek and eyelids. She only put on light makeup, which only made her look more innocent.

Today was Rin's eighteenth birthday. Tonight, there was going to be a party for her eighteenth birthday. It was the first time she was going to attend a party in the lobby of Lord Sesshoumaru's Western Castle. It was also the first time that other demons had a chance to take a look at her. Rin sighed. She had been very lonely for the past few years in the castle. Sesshoumaru didn't allow her to go out on her own, or even attend any meetings other demons. Therefore, Rin was pretty much isolated from the rest of the world.

Rin was now standing by the window. The gentle breeze blew strands of her hair into the air. The gentle wind also brought out some of Rin's most private memories. Rin lowered her head and sighed. "Time passes by so fast…" She mumbled at the thought that she was now eighteen years old. "My past… is terrible. Am I going to find bliss in my future?" Rin pondered. She was now eighteen years old, which means she should be thinking about her future instead of just staying in the castle and do nothing all day.

As Rin thought of her past, she really wanted to forget all the days before she met Sesshoumaru. She was an orphan.Her parents and her brother were killed by bandits. To her, bandits and humans were much more scarier than demons.The villagers treated her really badly. Not only did they pretend she wasn't in the village by not taking care of her or provide food for a little girl, they also beat her up if she tried to steal fish or other food from them. It wasn't her fault. She was only a child, and she couldn't afford anything, including the food. Luckily, her suffering ended after the wolves attacked the village and she was saved by Sesshoumaru.

Rin remembered the first time she saw Sesshoumaru, he was lying on the green grass under a tree in the forest. She wanted to give him food, but he was so aggressive and scary. But she didn't back away. She still went and got food for him, even though he probably never ate it. Rin smile softly at the first impression of Sesshoumaru. 'He was so tall and so handsome, but he was very cold. He even yelled at me and wanted me to leave him alone.' Rin commented on her first impression of Sesshoumaru.

Then, she remembered her village was attacked by a pack of wolf demons. She was terrified by the scary wolves. They had sharp teeth with saliva dripping down their mouth, as if they were extremely hungry. Their brown furs and sharp eyes, plus their sharp claws scared her a lot. So, she started running away, trying to escape. The only image she saw as she was running was the image of Sesshoumaru. Rin reached out her hands, silently yelling in her heart 'Help me! Save me from those big bad wolves! Don't leave me alone in the world…' But no one heard her silent prayers. She was still attacked and killed by the wolves. It was until later that she learned from Jaken that Sesshoumaru had used his sword to save her life. From then on, Rin decided to follow Sesshoumaru as her master. She wanted to repay him for saving her life.

Rin raised her head slightly, but her eyes were still fixed at a far point, lost in her memories. She got to travel around with her Lord Sesshoumaru, play with Jaken when she was bored, and also talk to Ah and Un when no one else was with her. Travelling with Lord Sesshoumaru and Jaken was the happiest moments in her life. On many occasions, Sesshoumaru had saved her life, again and again. He saved her when Naraku kidnapped her; he saved her from falling off the cliff when Jaken fell ill and she was trying to get the medicine to cure Jaken; he saved her from Suikotsu, one of the Band of Seven; he saved her again when she was captured by a demon and right after that from the monks who forced her to go back to the human world. It was her choice to stick with Sesshoumaru. She wanted to be with him, forever.

But her lord Sesshoumaru changed drastically. Ever since Sesshoumaru successfully build his own empire after defeating Naraku along with Inuyasha, he had confined her to the castle and especially her room, where she was standing in right now. It was as if he was afraid someone would steal her away or something. This room was also the only room that looked bright and pure, with the white backgrounds. All the other rooms in the castle were either black or dark brown, making the castle seemed creepy and sullen. Sesshoumaru forbade Rin to wonder outside of the castle. He didn't send any demons or humans to take care of her, so the only creature she could talk to was Jaken. Sesshoumaru might go out for weeks or even months at time, and Jaken would always go with him, leaving her behind in the castle. Sesshoumaru also forbade Rin to go out of her room when there were other demons in the castle for meeting. Rin had always asked Sesshoumaru about the reasons he confined her to the castle, but he never answer her. It was no big deal, because she was used to Sesshoumaru ignoring her all the times. Whenever she said something or asked him something, he usually just kept silence, as if she wasn't there. She didn't feel hurt or anything when she was still a kid, but as she grown into teenager, the coldness of Sesshoumaru always hurts her feelings.

As she became more and more beautiful each day, she had less and less chance of seeing Sesshoumaru. He never came to see her on his own. He was often out of the castle doing some other things, but he didn't allow her to go with him. He seemed so high up in the sky and she was unable to reach him. He also seemed more cold and cruel towards her. Rin remembered that once she sneaked out of the castle in hope of finding Sesshoumaru, because he went out for two months without coming back to the castle. Unlucky for Rin, she was caught out of the castle by Sesshoumaru himself. He was on his way back to the castle, after a big battle with his half-brother Inuyasha. The winner obviously wasn't Sesshoumaru, for he was in a horrifying mood. Everyone who saw him would want to stay away from him. Rin was caught sneaking out of the castle on her way to some villages nearby, so Sesshoumaru punished her severely. No, she wasn't beaten up or abused. She was not allowed to leave her own room for one month and not allowed to see anyone, including Jaken. To Rin, that punishment was the worst she could have gotten. She used to be very energetic and cheerful as a child. She liked to run around in the garden, not being locked up in a room. She had already been lonely in the castle, but the cruel punishment took away her rights to even make fun of Jaken and talk to Ah and Un. After that incident, Rin never try to go out of the castle anymore. She seemed more quiet, but there was still some cheerfulness in her.

Sometimes Rin tried to talk to Sesshoumaru, more often he would just cut her off and said he had something more important to do than "talking with a mere human girl." Rin's heart was pierced into pieces when Sesshoumaru used the words "mere human girl." She knew how much Sesshoumaru despised humans, but if he really despise her so much, why kept her around in the castle? Rin was really confused by his attitude. She used to think, "If he doesn't care about me and ignore me everyday, why doesn't he just let me go? Why does he confine me to the castle?... But then again, even if he lets me go, I won't go…"

"When did my feelings for him changed?" Rin questioned herself. As a child, she looked up to Sesshoumaru as someone who protects her and cares for her. But one thing was for sure, she never looked at him as a father.Somehow, as she was growing up, Sesshoumaru became more and more important in her heart. She finally admitted to herself that she loves her lord. Yes, she loves him. That was why she had been looking forward to her eigthteen birthday for a few years already. She wanted to grow up, so she could truely be together with her lord...

Swoosh! Rin's door to her bedroom was suddenly slid open, banging to the wall as if the person was in a hurry. Rin's thoughts about her past were interrupted by the sudden noise and she jumped. She turned around quickly and saw someone that she didn't know. A confused look appeared in Rin's big brown eyes. She examined the person in her room, while asking, "W-who are y-you?" She couldn't help but stuttered. No one had dared to enter her room all these years. She was a bit frightened by this stranger. "W-why a-are you in… in my r-room?"

The 'person,' or rather the demon, who just bumped into Rin's room was extremely big in size and tall. He seemed to store a lot of strength in his body. He had long black hair, all the way down to his knees. His hair looked really messy, and his personality was probably disorganized. His ears were pointy and they twitched every now and then if he detected any sounds. His eyes were the crimson red color, looking lustfully at Rin. Rin's eyes widened when she saw the look in the demon. She was frightened. She didn't know what this demon wanted. Apparently, she guessed that this was one of the guests for her party tonight, since he was a dog demon as well. 'He probably got here early, but… why is he here? He shouldn't be here…' Rin started to move along the wall toward the door. She wanted to be by the door so she could escape if the demon was to do anything to her.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk… What do we have here? It's such a pretty young girl. Your blood must be fresh and pure. And look at that body…" The demon shook his head playfully and continued. "Tsk, tsk… so beautiful. What is an innocent young girl doing here, hmm?" He jumped toward Rin suddenly.

"Ah!" Rin screamed. She dodged him and ran toward the door. Just when her hand was about to reach the door, and she was just a few seconds away from sliding the door open and run into the hallway when a vigorous hand caught her wrist and threw her onto the ground far away from the door. "Ouch!" Rin shrieked in pain as her body hit the floor hard.

"Hmph! Where do you think you're going?" The demon seemed mad. He walked toward Rin and pulled her up by grabbing her arm. "Say… why don't you be my mate? It would be pleasurable to have such a pretty girl as a mate, even though you are only a rotten human. I despise human… but a human mate as beautiful as you… hmm… I can think about it…" The demon started smirking evilly at Rin.

"W-what do you want from m-me?" Rin managed to whisper. Her body was now aching. 'This was terrible… why is this happening on my eighteenth birthday?' Rin tried to struggle, but her struggle only angered the demon. He kicked her in the stomach and tossed her onto the ground again. "Ah… Lord Sesshoumaru, help…" Rin uttered the name of her lord, hoping that he would appear and help her out once more. "Lord Sesshoumaru…" As her vision became more and more blurry, she could still hear the demon's laughter, which sounded like the laughter came from far far away. The last thing she saw was a figure walking towards her, slowly. Then, she fell into the abyss of unconsciousness as everything just blacked out…

Author's note: What's going to happen to Rin? What will happen at her 18th birthday's party? These questions will be answer in the next few chapters. All right, I know this chapter is short, but hey, it's the first chapter! The later chapters will probably be longer. Also in the future chapters, the main characters of the anime Inuyasha would also be very important in this fiction. Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Kikyou would definitely be in the story, and possibly Kouga (I haven't decide yet).

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