Love the living, love the dead

Prologue

Wounded With Fear.

(A/N) I do not own any of the InuYasha characters.

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They think I don't remember my very own death, but I do. I can remember what killed me and I can remember who saved me. I may have been only a little girl, but I can remember every detail. Why they killed me I couldn't say why he saved me I don't know, but it happened.

My life hadn't mattered to anyone in my village; I was beat so much I was afraid to speak I was kicked out of my own home also. My family died from the same people who killed me, but it hadn't all been on the same day. If not for everything I wouldn't be with the one man I love more then anything.

He brought me back onto earth and took me in so I wouldn't be alone. No one knew I knew he brought me back from the dead, how could I not know? It was my own death. I didn't feel pain when he brought me back, I just felt his arms wrapped around me.

When I opened my eyes I didn't know what to think, but when I saw his golden eyes I was sure I was in heaven. Ever since then I wasn't afraid to speak, people thought I should be because he hated humans. Though he never hurt me, he never tried either so I never knew why I should have been afraid.

Now that I know more about him I am afraid, I know he would never hurt me but that's not what made me scared. I had traveled with him for eleven years; I started when I was five. Once I was sixteen he took me to one of the human villages on his lands, and promised me he'd return then left.

I am now eighteen and still at the human village, everyday I remind myself his promise. My only fear is that I'll wait forever and he'll never come. I am scared because I love him, and if he were to never return I would die of a broken heart. I know he doesn't feel the same, I know he probably never will but as long as I can see him again I will be the happiest person.

Rin stared at her reflection in the clear lake; the moons light glinted onto the water making the forest she was in even more beautiful. Tall trees surrounded the area blocking view of the village which wasn't far.

Rin's long dark brown hair was tied in a elegant bon, as her bangs reached and curled around her neck, she always had to part them or they would have gotten in the way of her soft brown eyes. Her rosy cheeks became brighter every time she smiled, and her features where much more mature from when she was little. A blue kimono covered her thin body.

Cupping her hands in the water she began to hum while she washed her face. Her graceful and steady voice could only be heard in the distance. She had changed since she was little, her voice was more refined and her body changed in ways.

She knew to be polite and knew about modesty, but she never cared about those things. She tried to be herself and only herself, she never changed for anyone and people still loved her.

After she pulled her hands away from her face she gasped as a beautiful sight hit her eyes, "SesshouMaru-sama?" She whispered. Gold liquid eyes stared down at her small form. His silver main flowing with the wind, Rin stared at the cold, handsome, and emotionless demon. On his cheek bones where purple stripes and on his for head was a crescent moon.

Rin smiled to herself she loved his markings and his tail, which was tied around his shoulder, more then anything else. She loved those things about him more then anything else because it was part of his true form.

Slowly she placed her slender fingers on the image in the water. When her fingers went through the water SesshouMaru was gone. "I wish he'd really come back…" Rin said tears brimming her eyes.

Rin jumped in response to the screams of her new village that began to echo through the forest. Rin quickly got up and ran toward her village, the screams became louder as she got closer.

Soon Rin was able to see flames emerging over the huts. Rin ran out of the forest and went to a certain hut that she called home. "Haruko!" Rin managed to cough out, the smoke was already getting into her lungs.

When Rin couldn't find the man she thought as her brother, she hurried to get to the door. Her eyes were being clouded with tears, and her lungs where being over flown with the smoke. Ignoring her numb throat she let herself drop to her knees, "Haruko!"

'Who is doing this?' Rin thought, they had been so peaceful it was something she couldn't even expect would happen. Suddenly Rin felt someone pull her hair causing her to fall back.

Gray cold eyes watched as the woman ran into the hut, she was crying someone's name but to his ears it was just like the other humans screams of panic. Once he saw her run out and fall to her knees he quickly walked toward her. His fingers wrapped around her bun and he pulled harshly causing the bun to fall apart and her to drop back.

He smiled coldly and readied his sword to stab the girl in the heart. But when her eyes slowly opened he paused, the soft brown orbs met his cold gray ones. He had seen her before, though he couldn't place it.

Closing her eyes she awaited death, but when she didn't feel the blade plunge through her heart she opened her eyes again. The cold gray eyes held an emotion of anger and disbelief. "B-But you died!" She heard the man stutter.

"How would you know?" Rin asked keeping her voice in a low whisper. She watched as his face twisted into sickening pleasure.

"Well you'll have to die once you've been burned eh?" He laughed lifting Rin off her feet. Rin tried to get out of his grasp but it was useless, she tried to scream but her throat burned with pain. Once he reached a pile of flames he threw her body at them.

Rin reached out hoping someone would come and help her. 'SesshouMaru, help me please. Come back and take me away…' Rin thought. She watched as her surroundings became slow blurs, then closed her eyes tightly it was no use.

"SESSHOUMARU-SAMA!" She screamed once she felt the burning force of the flames, just before the flames engulfed her she felt someone grab her hand and pull her up and into their arms. She felt them lift her from the ground and hold her tightly, she opened her eyes.

"Haruko…" Rin whispered softly. It couldn't have been Sesshoumaru, she still remembered what the warmth from his body was like, from the first time he held her and the only time he held her.

"It's okay Rin, you're alright." Haruko said soothingly. Quickly Haruko ran into the forest from which Rin came from. Once he was a couple of feet away from Rin he set her down on the ground.

Rin looked up at Haruko and smiled softly, "Haruko I was afraid you died." Rin whispered. Haruko was all she had, his father had taken her in and they had loved each other like brother and sister. Once his father died Haruko let Rin live with him, and worked for the both of them.

"It's okay Rin… you'll be alright. Promise me you'll stay here…" Haruko asked staring down at her.

Rin looked down at Haruko's hand only to find a blood covered sword, "Haruko?" Rin asked hoping he wasn't planning to do what she thought. "No Haruko don't!"

"Just stay here Rin, I'll be back!" Haruko said running back toward the village. Rin tried to sit up but suddenly her vision went black.

Rin opened her eyes, and moaned as she saw the skies color and the sun peeking through the trees. 'I don't remember falling asleep out here.' Rin thought sitting up. As she did her head felt like knives where cutting into her skull.

Placing her hand on her head she groaned, 'I… I can't be drunk… could I?' Slowly she stumbled on her feet, and headed toward her village. "I should get home… Haruko will be worried…"

Rin stopped in her tracks when she smelled smoke, cocking her head up she saw smoke emerging from where her village was. Not realizing she hadn't stopped walking she tripped on something.

Letting out a gasped as she hit the ground, she let her hand fall from her head. Her eyes widened when they feasted on the scenery, 'W-What happened!' Slowly her eyes looked around the village, everything was burned, and everyone was dead.

She couldn't scream she couldn't even move, she didn't know how to react to this. Until her eyes settled on a figure she knew to well, "Haruko!" She cried out getting to her feet she ran clumsily to Haruko's limp body.

Rin checked for a pulse but when she couldn't feel his heart beat she began to sob. It wasn't fair every one she loved ended up dieing, or leaving her. Rin started to deny his death and shook him wildly.

"Haruko wake up now!" She screamed, "Wake up you… you… bastard!" Rin then stopped shaking him and let herself fall on his chest, "Please Haruko wake up! I'm sorry I didn't mean it, just wake up!"

Suddenly something pulled her off of him using the back of her kimono. Rin looked up and saw two cold gray eyes. Then a flash back of the huts burning and the same eyes was brought back to her memory.

"Why are you still alive!" He shrieked about to force his sword down on Rin's frail thin body. Before the blade got to close Rin kicked him in the abs with her foot sending him to fall back wards.

Once Rin was free she grabbed the sword that was in Haruko's hand and stabbed who ever was trying to kill her. She had closed her eyes so she didn't know where she stabbed him she just knew when she heard him scream out in pain.

Scrambling to get on her feet she ran through the forest ignoring everything in her path, even though her sight was to blurring from her tears nothing would stop her from getting away.

Sesshoumaru looked around him, the moon had risen and he thought about returning to his castle after picking up Ah-Un and Jakken. Taking a step forward a familiar sent hit his nostrils.

Pausing he tried to remember who the sent of cinnamon and lilies belonged to. Curious he followed the sent, it had taken about an hour for him to reach his destination and still the creature wasn't in sight.

He stood there a moment then decided to just turn back until he saw it. He had passed it before in his un admitted excitement but now he saw it clearly. His eyes widened a bit once he realized who it was, "Rin?" His masculine voice was heard in the darkness.

Rin lay on the ground; it looked like she had been running for about two days without any sleep. Her blue kimono was covered in black marks and rips, her legs where bruised and bleeding slightly from all the cuts. A little tiny water fall of blood and dried blood slid from her mouth.

Sesshoumaru walked over gracefully like he always did and knelt next to her form. Taking hold of her waist he lifted her up on his lab and waited to see if she was awake. There was a long pause before Rin opened her eyes to look at Sesshoumaru.

Gold met brown and for one second a flash of emotion appeared in the golden eyes, but had vanished the second Rin caught the look of fear, which took her a spilt second. Rin smiled warmly, reaching out she touched the markings on his face but he didn't respond.

"I'm okay Sesshoumaru-sama…" She whispered letting her hand fall, then a moment longer she stared into his eyes before falling asleep. Sesshoumaru slowly lifted himself up then wrapped his arms around her tighter then before.

He didn't understand why but he was really worried about her and it didn't sit well with him. When he reached Ah-Un he would set her on their back and take her back to his castle.

(A/N) Sorry if it was terrible, I tried in the begging but towards the end I got tired…

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So far I don't think anyone was OOC… since Rin is the only one in it right now, and she's older so that means she can have any attitude, because people do change once they get older.