Good-byes Hurt Chapter 10
By RulerOfButterflies
Disclaimer: Inu and the gang are not mine! Kuramae Kasimati is! So please ask if you want to borrow him.
A/N: You all must hate me now, I just know it! I've just done that which I hate having done to me! So I apologize profusely for the long wait! My mind kept thinking of all these great things to have happen in this chapter, but for some reason I couldn't type it out right. That and I got sick and lots of other things have been happening. But that is no excuse! So, once again, I shall ask for your forgiveness and hopefully this chapter will be to your liking. Oh, and if it's not too much trouble, and one of my readers knows, could you kindly remind me what " onegai" means?
Rin opened the dojo's door and saw that Kuramae was not there yet. Shrugging her shoulders, she unsheathed her sword and began going through her practice routines. This was just what she needed to vent her frustrations after last night and this morning.
Kuramae woke up and noticed how late he was to his training session with Rin. Putting on nothing but a plain white hakama with a blue obi, he hurried and grabbed his sword and ran out his door to the dojo.
Upon arriving to the dojo, he saw that Rin had left the door open, giving him a view of her going through his moves nearly flawlessly.
Quickly walking up the steps, he stood in the door way and bowed his head as he said, " Gomen nasai, Rin-sama. I did not mean to sleep in."
Rin turned around to see Kuramae with nothing but his hakama's on and the blue obi to hold them up. Blushing, she said, " That's alright, more often than not, I'm the one who sleeps in."
Looking up at her, Kuramae said, " Shall we begin?"
Rin gave him a fierce smile and said, " Hai."
'I've never seen her smile like that. It's... exciting to see that much ferocity on a female.'
Rin and Kuramae unsheathed their swords and went at each other at the same time. The swords clashed and both were smiling fiercly. Rin jumped back and ducked as Kuramae swung his sword over the top of her. Just as he finished following through, Rin brought her right leg out and swung it, bringing both of Kuramae's legs out from underneath him.
Rin stood up quickly and pointed the tip of her sword underneath his chin.
" Do you yield?" Rin asked.
Kuramae gave her a look of surprise but was quickly replaced by a look of defiance.
" No."
Rin widened her eyes as she felt her legs go out from underneath her. 'Not again!'
Grabbing Rin's discarded sword, he straddled her around the waist and put the tip of the sword underneath her chin.
" Do you yield, Rin-sama?" Kuramae asked as victory shined in his eyes.
Rin blushed at how they were positioned. Tilting her head to the left, she sighed and said, " Hai, Kasimati-sama, I yield."
Kuramae simply looked down at her.
Rin looked back up to see that Kuramae was still not moving from where he sat. Blushing, Rin asked, " Kasimati-sama, could you please get off of me?"
Slowly, as if he was debating with himself on wether or not to get off of her, he stood up. Offering his hand out to her, he felt her delicate little digits wrap around the palm of his hand.
Rin looked up to see Kuramae's gorgeous green eyes glazed over. 'His hand is so warm.' She thought with a light blush.
Kuramae pulled her up roughly and brought his arms around her.
" Kasimati-sama?" Rin asked in a soft voice as a dark blush crossed her face.
" Kuramae." Kuramae said in a deep voice.
" Nani?"
" My name is Kuramae." He said as he pulled her back to look at her. Bringing one clawed hand to her chin, he lifted it, her lips a breath away from his.
" Kuramae-" Rin started out softly before Kuramae's lips were upon hers.
Rin's eyes widened with the sudden contact. Rin felt his hand cup the back of her head as he deepend the kiss. Her eyes closed as she let her hands rest on his chest.
Kuramae lazily opened one eye to see Rin's eyes closed. He smirked to himself as he ended the kiss.
Rin opened her eyes when Kuramae pulled back from the kiss to see his back facing her.
" Gomen nasai, Rin-sama. I could not help myself." He said as he turned to face her.
" You are just so beautiful and you were so fierce when we fought, that my instincts and feelings slipped through my self-control."
Rin became flustered. Waving her hand at Kuramae, she said, " There's no need to flatter me, Kasimati-sama."
" Kuramae," Kuramae corrected, " and I'm not trying to flattter you," he said as he captured her hand, " I'm stating the truth."
Sesshoumaru was yet again holed up inside his study and slowly going crazy from the new load of documents just recently stacked upon his desk. 'I need to take a break.' He thought, exhausted. 'No, I can't take a break. I might somehow wander down to the dojo again.' Shaking his head, he returned back to his work with more determination.
A few minutes later, he was heading down to the dojo. Just outside the dojo's door, he lifted his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation. 'I am really starting to hate being right all the time.'
Sliding open the shoji door, he saw Kuramae holding Rin's hand while she was blushing furiously and her heart rate was going a mile a minute. The scene before him looked extremely suspicious, but he did not press his thoughts onto either Kuramae or Rin.
" Sesshoumaru-sama." Kuramae said as he let go of Rin's hand and bowed.
Rin also bowed and said nothing.
" Did you need something, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Kuramae asked.
" I came to dismiss you for the day, Kasimati." 'Why did I say that? Have I officially gone crazy! And what was he doing touching Rin enough to make her face go so red? Hai, what has he been doing? Oh, no. I am not even going to think anymore now that you're here.'
During the little rant going on inside Sesshoumaru's head, Kasimati bowed to Rin and Sesshoumaru and left.
Rin desperately tried to calm down the rapid beating of her heart while Sesshoumaru was busy thinking of whatever it was. Eventually, she had accomplished in cooling herself down and slowing her heart's beat. Looking up to Sesshoumaru, she noticed that he was still spaced out.
" Ano, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin asked shyly.
Snapping out of the trance-like state he was in, he said, " Hai, Rin?"
" Do you need me?" She asked innocently with her large doe brown eyes sparkling with concern.
'Oh, do not say that! And not so innocently!' He thought as his throat became dry and tight. 'She certainly is beautiful when she's worried for our well-being.' His thought's were beginning to taunt him.
" No." Sesshoumaru said dryly.
" Oh." Rin said said as she looked down to her feet. 'Why did that hurt so much? All he said was no.' Before she could stop them, warm tears fell to the wooden floor of the dojo.
Sesshoumaru was at a loss of what to do. He had never seen her shed tears so freely in front of him. So all he could do was ask why.
" Why is it that you are crying?"
" Huh?" She said as she lifted her eyes to meet his. Indeed, her vision was blured by salty tears that were, now, trailing down her cheeks.
" Ano...," she said as she wiped the tears from her eyes, " I don't know, Sesshoumaru-sama."
Sesshoumaru took a few steps forward and wrapped his arm around her, letting his chin rest on her head. " Please, do not cry."
Rin gasped at his words. She had never heard the word "please" from him. Ever.
" Gomen, Sesshoumaru-sama, I don't know what came over me."
He didn't want to let go of her yet, but he could tell Rin was nervous about being around him. Giving her a quick kiss on the top of her head, he took a few steps back.
" Take a bath, eat, and get some rest. There will be no training tommorow."
Bowing, Rin said, " Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama." And left without another word.
Watching her leave, Sesshoumaru thought, 'Tommorow, I will ask about what happened before I arrived.'
Alright there's chapter 10. Chapter 11 might be done in the next few days but I wouldn't get your hopes up. Read and Review and perhaps I'll be motivated to type it up and post it faster.
Hakama Pants (like Sesshoumaru's and Inuyasha's)
Obi belt-like thing that holds the pants up (like Sesshoumaru's yellow and purple one)
Gomen Sorry
Gomen nasai I'm very sorry
Hai Yes
Nani What
Shoji door Paper sliding door
Ano Umm