Together? Part 5
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It's here! And the next will not come up for weeks, I have a lot to do and no Internet… sorry, but I will write part 6 as soon as I can… Enjoy!
Rin followed the humans at some distance. Often they would turn and wave for her to follow.
The little youkai kid often ran over to her to talk, but when he did she just could not find any words. He would then run back to the humans, asking why she did not speak.
All she could think about was Lord Sesshoumaru and that the humans had hurt him. Offended him and hurt him.
She was furious yet at the same time both frightened and anxious. How dared they…!
But her fury was cut off by the memories of her past that never left the thoughts.
Images of burning houses and bandits kept showing up making her wish for Lord Sesshoumaru to be there even more than before. That comforting presence… Him sitting next to a tree, guarding her, bringing joy and happiness to her life…
This time he would not be able save her.
That thought made her just want to stop and cry. She eventually did and dared not walking too close to them. If they saw her crying, perhaps they would get mad and try o kill her. She was still unsure if they were going to kill her or not, but she knew better than to seek danger, yet she always seemed to end up in the middle of them.
The boys had already gone to the village.
Rin did not want to go there.
The memories of her childhood before Lord Sesshoumaru had saved her were still too painful and they hit her, with all their might, the closer they go to the village.
She swallowed over and over again pushing away the images.
Her heart raced and the tears fell silenently onto the ground.
In her mind she begged for Lord Sesshoumaru to come and save her. She knew he did not hear the thoughts, but she needed him close!
As they went thru a wooden gate, she almost drowned in memories.
"Mama! Papa!"
Everyone was panicking. The fires spread throughout the entire village. The houses burned and the black smoke found its way to the sky. The bandits came riding thru the clouds of smoke and killed people. They fell onto the ground screaming. Some children cried their mothers name, but were killed as well.
So much blood…
She was coughing and running towards the family's cottage.
"Mama!" She yelled again.
The smoke was heavy around her. It was hard to even see, even harder to breathe without coughing.
But Rin could not find her mother or father.
The evil humans, the bandits, came galloping on large scary horses, killing everyone in their path.
Suddenly she heard a loud scream, one that begged for mercy.
"MAMA!" She yelled even higher and ran towards the sound.
The smoke was beginning to thicken and it became harder to breathe.
When she finally found her mum, she was dead. Lying on the ground with an open wound in her back. Her mum's eyes stared at her accusingly…
Rin fell onto her knees and cried.
"Mama! Don't go!"
She hugged the corpse of her beloved mother and cried out all her sorrow.
Suddenly a large man on a horse came galloping and the sword almost killed her.
Rin screamed and was forced to leave her mum as the fire began to find its way to the corpse.
Why?
"Mama… please… don't leave me!"
But then she had to flee. The whole village was burning down and it was hot and hard to breathe. The bandits were leaving, their horses terrified of the fire.
She ran towards the woods. Two bandits came after her with drawn swords.
Rin ran with all her strength left.
"Mama…" she cried at the same time, but did not stop.
Her mother was…
She could hardly believe that her own mother.
Was gone.
She felt… empty…
But when she fell and turned to face the men, one of them was…
"NOOOO!"
It couldn't be…!
But it was.
One bandit raised his sword to kill her.
She curled up against a tree, crying uncontrollable. She was shaking with fear and sorrow, but mostly confusion.
Just as he raised his sword she heard trumpets.
"Youkai!" She heard the other man say and they left her.
Rin began coughing and thought she would choke.
It felt like her soul had been torn apart. First her mum died and left her then… that bandit that had meant to kill her…
Was her own uncle.
She shook her head and wanted to run away or hide somewhere.
This was stupid! She should never have come here with those who had hurt Lord Sesshoumaru!
They came to the village and it was becoming hard for Rin to breathe. Did she imagine it or did she smell smoke?
The villagers looked at her and she wanted to cry and hide behind Lord Sesshoumaru. Only there was no Lord Sesshoumaru there to protect her.
She had to block all other memories. She never had any friends; she had always been by herself with her family until her mother was killed and her father...
She did not have the strength to remember him at that moment.
Her only friend, a stone she had drawn eyes and a mouth on, was gone too. Gone in that fire. That day when her mother… No, she did not have the strength to think of it. Not now. It was too hard.
They went to a cottage with red carpets on the ceiling. An old woman came out and greeted them. The kid youkai flung himself into the old woman's arms.
The old woman stopped her gaze at Rin.
Rin looked down on the ground and felt like hiding or running away again.
"Oh, hello there, what do we have here?"
Rin recoiled when the old woman took her hand.
"Oh, my, ye cold, dear. Follow inside, I will get ye some blankets and some hot stew"
The silver haired boy Inuyasha and Kagome were the only ones who followed the old woman.
Just as they waved for her to follow, that black haired human stopped and kneeled at her.
She swallowed hard and did not know how to react.
"My, you are one beautiful woman… Would you carry my child?"
Rin did not even know what that meant, but jumped when the woman with the cat youkai hit him on the head with her boomerang.
"You don't have to say that to everyone you meet, Houshi!" Said the woman named Sango angrily.
A munk?
The munk stood up, with a slight blush on his cheeks.
"Oh, but Sango, I can't help it, we men are cursed"
"But you are my only love, Sango…"
Rin quickly followed the old woman and the others.
She had to swallow hard when she got into the little cottage. Every part of her body just wanted to run away. Run to Lord Sesshoumaru. Run to safety.
Lord Sesshoumaru!
They sat down next to a large bowl of stew. The appetite was gone, she was to scare to feel hunger, but it smelled good.
The old woman fetched some blankets and put on Rin.
She could not help that she jumped every time the old woman touched her.
She did not trust humans at all. She was afraid of them, a feeling filled with hidden anger and pain.
But that silver haired boy… he was not human, but he did not look like a youkai either.
She dared not ask.
He noticed that she practically was staring at him and glared back.
"What?"
She jumped once more and had to clam her heart down.
"N-n-nothing…"
The girl, Kagome sighed.
"As I said before, ignore him; he's just being a baka as usual"
Inuyasha's ears twitched and Rin struggled with the urge to touch them despite her fear for the humans. But he was less frightening then the others, coming to think of it… and he reminded her of Lord Sesshoumaru.
"What do you mean by baka, wench!"
"You are the one who's acting like a baka here, not me!" He defended himself, raising his voice.
"I do not!" She yelled back.
"Yes you do!" He said, standing up.
As did Kagome.
"No I'm not!"
"If it had'nt been for Sango, and me, this poor child would still have been… tormented or something worse by that Sesshoumaru!"
Rin began to shiver. Why did they have to fight?
And what did they mean! He did not torment her! He was keeping her safe; he had even stopped Jyaken from yelling or hitting her! Plus he had always come to her rescue!
What were these people?
In her eyes they were now considered evil.
Rin was used to fight with Jyaken, but not like they did, turning their backs on each other and then continuing their fight.
The old woman sighed.
"Ignore them, dear. They do that all the time. Rice and stew?"
She gave Rin a bowl of Rice and stew along with some sticks. What was she going to do with the sticks? It had been such a long time since she had eating with anything but her hands. She had forgotten her childhood life in the human village.
Unsure of what to do she just looked puzzled, trying to figure out how to use them.
The old woman suddenly laughed heartedly.
"Are ye not hungry, eh?"
Inuyasha and Kagome yelling at one another distracted her from thinking. The whole event was over when Inuyasha suddenly fell to the ground pretty much like someone had tossed him.
Rin who had tried to use the sticks coughed.
"Ye have to unite and try to stop fighting! The poor child can't eat!" The old woman said, raising her voice.
Rin's eyes were flowing with tears, but not because she cried but because of the coughs.
They eventually stopped. She drew a large amount of air and sighed. How she missed catching her own dinner and eting it near lrod Sesshoumaru!
She opened her mouth and somehow got the rice and stew inside her mouth. She chewed slowly.
The rice and stew tasted funny. She was not used to this kind of food. She was used to berries, fruits and raw meat.
She liked it though. But why eat with sticks? She had always eaten with her hands as had Lord Sesshoumaru and Jyaken. Or at least as long as she could remember.
The two stopped arguing and sat down. Inuyasha watched her and Rin looked down into the food.
Lord Sesshoumaru!
She was so unhappy and afraid of everything. She just wanted to escape and get back to safety once more. How she missed Lord Sesshoumaru and even Jyaken yelling at her!
At least that would be familiar.
When she had finished eating Kagome urged her to follow into another cottage.
"Let's take a bath, the girl said, smiling broadly"
Rin recoiled but did not dare to say no and eventually followed.
They came to a large wooden… box? Filled with hot water.
Rin looked at it suspiciously. How had the water ended up in there? Was it deep?
The human, Sango was already in the water warming herself. She waved and smiled when they arrived.
"Are you hurt, Rin-chan?" Kagome once more asked.
Rin shook her head.
When she undressed the bodily pain in her chest somewhat lessened. It did not hurt as much as before when she had taken of the kimono.
Kagome jumped into the water and sighed.
Rin took cautious steps, feeling the ground as she moved.
Sango smiled.
"Rin-chan… how old are you?"
Rin almost swallowed water in surprise.
"I… I mean… I… don't know."
The two girls eyes grew wide. Their smiles faded.
"What do you mean, Rin-chan? Don't you know how old you are?" Kagome asked.
Rin shook her head.
The two humans looked at each other and Rin immediately became suspicious and scared.
Then they laughed and started talking about other things. They asked how she felt and how she had managed to get in touch with such a powerful youkai and still lived and so on.
The last question she did not know how much to tell them about, she knew Lord Sesshoumaru didn't want to be known amongst humans and kept low profile so to say. She did not reveal anything about her Lord Sesshoumaru, avoided those questions, hoping he would be proud o her if she did.
She told them her point of view, except from the fact that she thought they were eventually kill her.
Her dad had been nice to her before he had done those things and then tried to kill her.
Never trust a human, Lord Sesshoumaru once said, she thought.
No, I won't, she had replied.
Lord Sesshoumaru!
She could not help but being worried about him, but mostly she missed him and felt so… vulnerable without him around.
But coming to think of age… How old had she been when her mother died? She tried to remember. She had gone to a place where she could learn write and could count some too.
I think I was seven, she thought. She remembered the soft voice of her mum.
Yes, Rin, you are now seven, a big girl.
But how long ago was that? She did not know how to count her own age.
They did not ask anymore and just enjoyed the hot bath.
In fact, she enjoyed it too.
When they got up, she wanted to hide her body from them. It was something… instinctive.
And she wanted to hide the strange things on her body as well.
But the strange thing was that both Sango and Kagome seemed to have the same things… parasites?
"Why… do you have those things on your chests…?"
She felt embarrassed, her own were much bigger than Sango's and Kagome's.
They looked puzzled.
"Things?" They both replied at the same time.
She blushed and thought that perhaps it was natural to have them.
The old woman's had been big! Did that mean that her would get that big too?
She got wide eyes and felt like hiding behind Lord Sesshoumaru again.
Lord Sesshoumaru! Her mind screamed.
But she knew he could not hear her. It was hard to acceopt though. She had to come up with a plan to escape and help her Lord Sesshoumaru! Then she would never ever interract with humans again, of that she was certain.
That night she got a very pretty kimono to wear and her hair was combed.
It had grown extremely long, all the way down to her knees. It had almost never been combed either. It was as long as Lord Sesshoumaru's! He would be proud of her.
She sat next to a bed, staring into a mirror. Kagome brushed her hair and talked about all the demons Inuyasha had killed.
Rin was interested against her will.
It was like that time when she was young and Sesshoumaru had told her a story… But that time she had been badly injured. He had never before or after told her a story again.
How she missed that safety and comfort and the joy he brought her!
When her hair was finally combed she swore that she would never do it again. It had hurt too much.
When all was done and she went to bed, it was hard to sleep in it. It brought unwelcome memories of her father and what he had done. Memories long forgotten.
And she was not used to sleep in beds. The cottage felt so… cold and it felt like it was a trap and somehow she would end up caught.
She had to get some air!
Rin quietly went outside to sleep. Just as she had curled up, she was awoken by a snort.
It sounded so much like Lord Sesshoumaru's that her heart jumped.
But it wasn't Sesshoumaru, to her disappointment.
It was that Inuyasha.
"Hey, what are you doing outside? It is cold and dangerous out here and you should be sleeping"
Rin crawled towards the entrance.
"I- I-I…" she stammered.
Then she spoke a question she never meant to speak out loud.
"Wh-what are y-you?"
Inuyasha looked away, but she noticed a change in his eyes.
"Keh! What is it with kids and asking stupid questions?"
She shook her head and tried to explain.
"I-I… can't sleep inside."
Another snort.
"Keh! Why not?"
The boy looked at her and his eyes reminded her of Lord Sesshoumaru's. She felt her heart jump with sorrow again. She bit her under lip.
"I have always… slept outside" she spoke slowly as to recall all of the times.
That got the boy's attention for sure.
His eyes were now painfully reminding her of Lord Sesshoumaru.
How she missed him!
"Keh! And how was that possible! It is dangerous for a girl to sleep outside!"
"Did your mother allow that?"
She jumped at those words. It was very hard to hear someone utter those words. The feeling of loss grew inside her and the tears threatened to show themselves.
"M-m-my… mama?"
Inuyasha nodded and one of his hands rested on Tetsaiga's sheath.
Rin almost started to cry.
"M-m-mama…. Died. She… the fires…"
Rin's voice broke and the tears were unstoppable. She was afraid that Inuyasha would be angry.
Jyaken would. Lord Sesshoumaru would tell her to stay strong; to weep is to be weak.
How she needed that safety and comfort right now!
Inuyasha raised one eyebrow and almost panicked.
"H-hey! Don't cry… girl!"
Rin wiped her tears and tried to stop.
"I-I don't… I'm not weak… I mean…"
"Mama died and… papa was never nice to me"
"Then uncle tried to… k-k-kill… me"
Her voice broke again.
Inuyasha was paralysed. He wanted to move, but did not.
He had a feeling he wanted to hear.
"H-he… Uncle… tried to kill me… Then I fled into the big scary forest and… when I thought I was so hungry I would die… then… I found Lord Sesshoumaru. H-he was wounded.
I wanted to help him so I brought food and some things mama taught me. But then…"
Her voice broke, but she tried to speak anyway. She could not stop the words from coming out of her mouth.
"Then the w-wolves attacked me… It hurt so much!"
She shivered, remembering the pain. Now Rin had forgotten she was talking to someone.
Inuyasha had reminded her so much of Lord Sesshoumaru that she somehow felt a bit safer in his presence. That was what made her to tell him about her life in the first place.
Then all I know is that Lord Sesshoumaru saved me and took care of me and protected me and…
She had to stop to catch her breath. When she said his name she missed him so much that her heart felt like breaking and that the ground beneath her feet were disappearing.
Lord Sesshoumaru!
Suddenly Rin remembered talking to the boy who had been mean to Lord Sesshoumaru and hurt him.
"So you see, he is not mean or evil! He is good, he protects me, cares for me, saves me…"
She had to stop.
The boy's face expression was weird.
She swallowed hard. What did those big eyes mean?
"I-I… I shouldn't have said that…"
"And… I don't want you to hurt him anymore!" She added and felt brave.
Lord Sesshoumaru would be proud when she told hinm this!
"Keh" the silvery haired boy snorted.
"I am sorry I did not kill him"
She gasped and her eyes filled up with tears.
The hanyou shook his head and his silver hair fell down the shoulders in a very familiar way.
"He is not evil…" she said with a weak voice.
"Please, do not hurt him anymore, you are evil to attack someone who had done nothing towards you!"
Inuyasha was to say something but then he saw her eyes. Could it really be? This child, she…!
No, she did not look like a child, whom was he kidding? She did really look like a woman. And she was very good looking too.
Keh!
But she acted like a child, which were not very fun. He hated children or well... at least Shippou.
But was she telling him that she actually cared for Sesshoumaru, that cold-hearted bastard?
Perhaps… had they not saved her from Sesshoumaru?
She interrupted his thoughts.
"Please, she begged with a faint voice, I want to go back to Lord Sesshoumaru"
"I miss him so much…! Please… can I go now?"
He could do nothing but to stare at her. Was she serious?
"Please" she begged, her cheeks wet with tears.
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