Disclaimer: Hey-zus (Like Jesus, but I don't want to offend anyone.)…This is getting boring…
The Hanyou and the College Girl
Chapter Sixteen: Photographs
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Last time:
"And what makes you think that I am going to die, woman?" Rin asked, hoping her fear wasn't leaking into her voice.
The old woman cackled. "You can never defeat Naraku, child."
Help me…Sesshomaru!
I…I can't swim!
Kione cackled as she held down the seventeen year old under the water with her tentacles.
Gathering up the strength and air Rin had, she kicked off the muddy bottom of the ten foot deep stream. "SESSHOMARU!"
"Inuyasha…oh my god."
"What is it?" He asked, whipping his head around worriedly.
"Rin is…Rin is…gone."
"San…go." He whimpered, clutching his hand tighter. His face contorted into a look of atrocious pain.
"Miroku, what's wrong?" He didn't answer her. He just rocked back and forth slightly. "Miroku, answer me!"
Slowly and shakily, Miroku raised his left hand to her face. Her heart skipped a beat.
There was a large black hole in the middle of Miroku's hand.
Sesshomaru had his mask down completely, now showing what he truly felt: pain, sadness. Kagome's lower lip trembled as a tear rolled down her cheek.
"I'm sorry, Sesshomaru." She said in a raspy voice.
Sesshomaru didn't say anything. He carefully took Rin from Kagome's grasp and pulled his dead mate into his arms. He buried his head into her ebony black hair and whimpered very quietly. A few tears leaked out of his tightly shut eyes.
This…is not fair. Why, Rin? Rin, why did you leave me!
Sesshomaru walked slowly and cautiously to the girl. She had the same scent, but was it really her?
"R-Rin?" The girl looked up with a confused look. He recognized her immediately. Sesshomaru smiled slightly and ran towards her. She backed away from him, frightened. She dropped her flower.
"Who…who are you?"
Sesshomaru stopped. She…doesn't remember me?
(I know a ton of 'Last time's….)
This time:
With Sesshomaru
"Rin…" Sesshomaru kneeled in front of the girl, who looked as if she was about to cry.
"Please don't hurt me!" She yelled. Her voice was so innocent and pure, and it broke Sesshomaru's heart to hear those words. The girl stood up straight and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Besides, Mommy's gonna be back soon. She told me so."
Her arms dropped from her chest and one covered her mouth. She stared off into space suddenly with a generally concerned look on her face.
"But Mommy hasn't been back for a few days…" She whispered.
Sesshomaru cocked his head slightly in sympathy. "How have you gotten food?" He finally whispered.
"Um…I haven't." The girl's eyebrows drew together. "I did eat some grass, though!"
Sesshomaru nodded and caught 'Rin's eye. "Rin. Do you trust me?"
She pouted. "My name isn't Rin, it's Rani! And if I have to trust you, than what's your name?"
Sesshomaru stood. Rin did the same. "My name…is Sesshomaru."
After a couple of seconds, Rani shrugged one shoulder. (From now on, I will refer to 'Rin' as 'Rani'.) "Fine, I guess you're trustworthy."
With Kagome and Inuyasha
Inuyasha stirred the fire with a stick. The embers jumped out and sizzled to the ground. He watched them, lost in thought. He glanced over to Kagome, who was fighting to stay awake while leaning heavily on his shoulder, and shook her gently. She groaned and sat up straight, pinching herself to keep herself awake.
"Sorry…must've dozed off." She yawned and looked around at her surroundings for the millionth time that night. They were sitting against a wall in Kaede's hut with the fire built in the middle. Sango and Miroku had fallen asleep around midnight, and Shippo had been asleep since nine-thirty.
Ever since Inuyasha and Kagome had told everyone about Rin, Sango had stayed closer to Miroku's side and Inuyasha stubbornly stayed with Kagome. Kagome stood and lazily searched for something in her backpack. One of Inuyasha's ears swiveled towards her.
"What are you getting?" He asked, not looking up from the fire. Kagome came back to sit next to him with a leather bound book resting in her lap. "What's that?"
Kagome wiped off the dust from the book and traced the patterns carved into the cover. "This…is where everything about the feudal era is." She opened the book carefully. The bind creaked. It obviously hadn't been opened for a while. Inuyasha stopped stirring the fire and looked over at the book.
The first page was filled with painting-like objects of the feudal era. "They're called photographs." Kagome said softly. Inuyasha nodded and turned the page.
That page was decorated with the pictures Inuyasha remembered from his locket Kagome gave him. He took it out from under his shirts. Kagome looked up at him.
"You…you still wear that?" She choked out. Inuyasha nodded.
"Why wouldn't I? You said it makes wishes."
She smiled to herself and continued flipping the pages, pointing out random pictures to Inuyasha. Ones of Shippo, Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha. There was even one of Koga, making Inuyasha growl slightly. Kagome stopped at one picture, remembering when Inuyasha had taken it.
Sango had been smoothing her boomerang and Miroku was sneaking up behind her. Inuyasha had curiously hit a button on the camera. It flashed, taking the picture, just as Sango started hitting Miroku with her weapon. Inuyasha smiled to himself.
Another picture was when Miroku had been experimenting with the camera when Kagome was arguing with Inuyasha about something. The camera had clicked right at the moment where Inuyasha was dragged to the ground after a "sit".
A slight breeze flew through the door, and the pages flipped to a few pages forward. A picture fell out and Inuyasha picked it up off the ground. He bit his lip and Kagome turned away.
In the picture, Kikyo was sleeping in a tree, her beauty being captured perfectly. Her soul collectors surrounded her, bathed in a blue glow. Kikyo's hair sprawled out around her, but unlike Kagome, who would have looked like she needed her hair combed, Kikyo looked like a goddess. Her arrows were on the ground in front of her. When Inuyasha looked closely, he could see his outline running through the woods in the back round. He smiled at the picture in remembrance and looked to Kagome, who was staring at him.
"Kagome…"
She didn't say anything, just picked up her bow and arrows and ran out of the hut. Inuyasha stood and closed the book carefully and set it away from the fire. He looked down at the picture he still held in his hand and stared at it for a moment. He tucked it into his robe and walked out of the hut.
On the other side of the room, Sango had woken up and saw the whole thing. She stood and got into her slayer clothes, grabbing her boomerang. She was glad she wasn't getting big yet. She was only two months pregnant. Sango made sure Miroku and Shippo were sleeping and followed Kagome and Inuyasha.
With Kagome
A twig snapped behind her, about twenty feet back. In one swift movement, an arrow was notched and pointing in the direction of the noise. She quickly glanced through the forest trees, searching for any enemy of some sort. Another twig snapped, closer.
"Show yourself!" She yelled, trying to aim at the noise again. "I will shoot you!"
"Or will you, young girl?" A gravely voice answered her, surrounding the forest. It was virtually impossible to pinpoint where the enemy was coming from. Kagome fired a warning shot, unknowingly skimming the enemy's shoulder. "You have aim, now haven't you, little girl?" The voice taunted, coming closer.
Kagome quickly notched another arrow, aiming at the barely visible figure in the distance. "Come out!" She ordered. The voice, which had started to sound like a man's, laughed. He was about to say something when-
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled, jumping up into the air, and coming down to Kagome. She quickly diverted her aim from the voice to narrowly missing Inuyasha's head. He jumped back quickly. "Kagome?"
"Kagome's the name, is it?" The voice laughed. "Master will like you very much."
Kagome aimed for the third time, determined to hit the enemy. "Who do you work for?" After no answer for a moment, she demanded fiercely, "Answer me!"
"Heh," The voice answered, "you pathetic human. Why should I tell you?"
"Because," Kagome notched another arrow into the bow, making two about to shoot the enemy at the same time, "I have arrows, which I can prove to be very dangerous."
"Kagome, don't-"
"Shut up!" She yelled, craning her head towards Inuyasha. She quickly turned her head back when another twig cracked, farther behind her enemy. A large boomerang whipped through the air, signaling not to shoot. It sliced through the figure swiftly. The head of the figure rolled to the ground.
In a Castle Somewhere
Naraku sat cross-legged, looking out the blinds. He vaguely registered the sound of wood braking and dropping to the wood floor.
"Sango, Sango…" He chuckled. "Be careful of those children in your stomach. You never know what could happen."
Back In The Woods
"Kagome!" Sango's voice rang.
Kagome didn't take her eyes off of the figure who lay seemingly dead on the soft moss. "Go back, Sango." Kagome whispered.
"What?" Sango asked, stepping forward and wiping off her clothes.
A wind picked up harshly, and Kagome's hair flapped. Her eyes glowed slightly, and when Inuyasha looked close enough, it looked as if she was floating. Her bow and notched arrow glowed pink.
"I said, go BACK!" Kagome screamed. Sango furrowed her brow. "You're pregnant. You should be in bed, sleeping, not trying to play hero!"
Her cold tone could make roses stop in mid-bloom. The wind seemed to stop for the moment. Nonetheless, Sango held her head high.
"I am not trying to play the hero, Kagome, just-"
"Go back!" The wind started to pick up again. Inuyasha and Sango exchanged nervous glances.
Inuyasha cautiously approached Kagome, while Sango seemed to inch of the forest. Once he was sure she was gone, Inuyasha grabbed Kagome by the shoulders. She wasn't floating, but her hair whipped around her face. Inuyasha glanced around to make sure they were alone. When he found no one to be there, he grabbed Kagome's upper arms tighter and pulled her up to his lips forcefully. Come on, Kagome…snap out of it!
His grip loosened on her arms when the wind stopped. He noticed Kagome's eyes open in shock, then push him away roughly.
"I-" Kagome stuttered. She held her head high and looked Inuyasha straight in the eyes. "I want to go home. I want to go back to my home in Tokyo."
Inuyasha nodded and knelt down so she could ride on his back, then watched as Kagome started walking past him. She looked down at him. He was still kneeling, as if hoping she would change her mind and hop onto his back, just like old times. Inuyasha noticed Kagome looking past him and paled. It didn't…
Kagome slowly walked to him, and for a moment Inuyasha thought she had changed her mind. She still looked past him to the grass and knelt down next to him. Inuyasha followed her gaze and swallowed when she took the picture shakily. She put the picture of Kikyo in front of his face and quietly said, "I think you dropped this."
Inuyasha knocked it out of her hands and tried to grab her into a hug, but she was too quick and scooted out of his path. He put his hands on his own shoulders and rested his elbows on the ground. He put his forehead to the grass.
"It wouldn't bother me, you know." Kagome said quietly. Inuyasha smelt her tears and lifted his head. "If you went to Kikyo, it wouldn't bother me."
Inuyasha lifted his elbows and slammed his hands on the ground, staring at Kagome angrily. She lifted her head to look at him. He spoke loudly, his eyes outlining in red. He put a hand on Tetsusaiga when he felt he was losing control.
"Kikyo's dead, Kagome! I can't go back to her anymore!"
Anymore? Only one word caught Kagome's attention. She bit her lip. "Anymore…" She stood up and started walking away. She stopped and turned slightly. "You know, Inuyasha, Kikyo's not dead anymore."
When she heard no response, she sighed and started walking again. A swish of clothing was heard, and Kagome stopped abruptly when she walked straight into the hanyou she had thought left.
"How do you know that?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome started shaking her head, and Inuyasha lost his patience. "How do you know she's alive, Kagome?" He yelled.
"I just do, Inuyasha!" She screamed. Her eyes widened when she saw her love's eyes almost completely red. "Inuyasha?"
He grabbed her arms so tight it was drawing blood. He snarled, "Where is she?"
Kagome shook her head and tried to say she didn't know, but it came out almost soundless. Inuyasha shook her fiercely. "Where is she!" He yelled. Tears poured out of her eyes when he gripped her tighter. "You know, don't you?" Kagome shook her head.
Inuyasha threw her roughly on the ground, which had, a minute ago, been comfortable and now was cold and hard. Kagome hardly heard the swishing of clothing while she sobbed on the ground. She must have laid there for an hour before she realized that she was in a forest, all alone, in the dark of the night. She searched for bow and arrows, more tears escaping her eyes when she found they were cracked in half, most likely by Inuyasha's leaving. Kagome stood shakily, holding her right arm, which was bleeding profusely. She bit her lip and made a sound in the back of her throat. Tetsusaiga was lying on the ground. She stumbled over to it and picked it up with both hands. She carried it through the woods and, after what seemed like eternity, finally saw the village. Kagome tripped on the dirt outside the hut Sango and Miroku were sleeping in. She tripped again and this time fell to the ground, knocking her head on the stairs on the way down.
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Author's note: HAHAHA! Suckers! You got a cliffy! No, really though, I'm so sorry I haven't been updating! We have a book project due Wednesday, and I just finished the book…anime club has HOMEWORK! Anime club! Well, we have to make up two characters, so yeah.
Did you like this chapter? I'm thinking of making my chapters longer now…
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