Chapter 4
A circle with words around it written in an old forgotten language was on the floor with a six-pointed star in the middle and in the middle of the six-pointed star stood Sesshoumaru. Surrounding him were all the things considered deadly for a vampire, when in reality they did nothing. Instead, they were used for the ritual Sesshoumaru was about to perform. The items were two silver stakes, three crucifixes, a bottle of holy water, garlic, communion wafers, and a sun necklace…to represent the sun. Each item was placed on each of the points of the star.
Sesshoumaru closed his eyes and started to chant the words of the spell.
"The vampire is a creature of the night,
But longs for the day's light.
Now the vampire can get his heart's desire,
And can go out and face the fire."
As Sesshoumaru finished chanting, the circle and everything inside it started to glow, even Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru felt strength flow into him, he felt better then he had ever felt since becoming a vampire. He opened his eyes and saw the sun come up for the first time in many years, and it didn't even hurt him.
He looked around to see that the circle and everything inside, except for him, had disappeared. He, confused at the moment, then remembered that once a vampire did the ritual, they would never have to do it again.
Sesshoumaru walked to his room and grabbed the best thing that would blend in with other humans and got dressed. Once he was ready, he left his place with an agenda of things to do. First, he was going to scare his half-brother and then he was going to spend as much time with Rin as he could.
Rin popped out of bed. Her whole body was covered in sweat. She breathing heavily and something was very wrong. Rin took a few minutes to bring her body back to normal. Once finished with that difficult task, Rin stood up and hurried and got dressed.
Soon a poem came into her head. She repeated it softly. "The vampire is a creature of the night, but longs for the day's light. Now the vampire can get his heart's desire, and can go out and face the fire…what does that mean?" Rin pondered hard on that poem, but couldn't figure it out. She was pondering so hard that she jumped a foot from the ground when she heard the front door shut.
Rin left her bedroom and ran into Kagome. "Back already? I thought I wouldn't ever see you again." Rin said, accessing Kagome. She gave a sigh of relief when she couldn't find what she was looking for. "I was worried you were going to do it."
Kagome blushed, "we were, but then we decided we wanted to get to know each other better."
"So you do have brains? I'm so impressed." Rin gave a slight grin.
"Hey. That wasn't very nice." Kagome said with a playful punch on Rin's shoulder.
"Well, I'm getting breakfast then I got to get to the circus. Madame Kumori will be needed soon." Rin said mystically.
"Inuyasha and I've decided to come to the circus later today."
"Good. Stop bye and I'll read your fortune."
"As long as you don't purposefully predict a death in our futures."
"I don't purposefully do anything. I say what I feel is the correct prediction. I haven't been wrong, yet…"
"Oh, that makes me feel better."
Rin touched Kagome's shoulder affectionately. "My poor, superstitious friend, everything will be all right. I'll let no harm come to you."
Rin walked off. She grabbed a Poptart package and headed out the door.
Sesshoumaru arrived at his half-brother's house. He walked up to the door and knocked. He waited for a moment and then he heard his brother come to the door and curse after he stubbed his toe. The door soon opened and Inuyasha's head peaked out the door.
"What…" He started then his face went as white as a ghost. "Se…sess…sesshoumaru. How…how are you out at this time?"
"I did the ritual." Sesshoumaru said.
"The…the ritual. That ritual actually works!"
"Yes it works. I thought I'd let you know. Now excuse me, but I want to spend as much time as I can with Rin."
"The great vampire Sesshoumaru…hanging out with a human."
"Yes, I am. There is a strange pull between her and me. I think she might be the soul mate I've been looking for."
Inuyasha gave a nod. "Possible." He yawned, "I'm tired Sesshoumaru."
"You should have gone to bed instead of staying up and wooing Kagome."
"Hey! It's none of your business." Inuyasha replied and slammed the door in Sesshoumaru's face.
Sesshoumaru stared at the closed door for a minute, and then turned to leave. While walking to his car, he got out his cell phone. He was going to call Rin but then he put it back away. He didn't know Rin's number. He then got in his car and drove to the circus.
When he arrived, he parked in a spot as close to the entrance as possible. The circus must be a very popular place, he thought after seeing how many cars were there.
He got out of his car and walked to the entrance. There was a long line of people wanting to get in. Sesshoumaru--not wanting to wait to long--used his influence on the ticket seller, Kohaku, to allow him in as 'one of the owners of the circus'. Once inside, he immediately started towards the Psychic tent. However, he was stopped a few times. He was asked to help many times and he was polite and did what the asked. Finally, he arrived at the tent and walked inside.
Items were floating in the air and moving around in a circle. Rin was sitting in a chair, with her eyes closed, at a circular table.
"Welcome to my domain, Sesshoumaru." Rin said softly, her eyes still closed. The things in the air stopped floating and landed softly onto the floor. "Now you know my secret, but I still don't know yours."
"I don't have a secret," Sesshoumaru scoffed.
Rin's eyes popped open. "Liar," she said. "Sit down!"
Sesshoumaru wasn't going to sit down, but he soon felt an invisible force push him down onto the chair.
"What do you want?" Rin asked, staring into Sesshoumaru's eyes.
"You're the psychic, why don't you tell me what I want?"
Rin forced her eyes to close. She stayed that way for awhile, not talking. "Well, you want to spend time with me. That part is obvious. What I don't understand is your fear of me finding out what your secret is." She paused for a second. "I also see that you want your payment for helping me."
"You're good." He replied. "What about my future?"
"Your future is full of blood, death, and fear; mixed with that is love and magic." Rin opened her eyes. "I'm correct 98 of the time, so I'm sorry. Sometimes it's better not to know your future."
"No need to apologize. I asked you to." He said, trying hard not to let her discover his thoughts.
"Anyway, my lunch break is at noon. So if you want to have lunch, we can at that time." She paused, "will you please stop hurting yourself trying to hid your thoughts! If you don't want them read, just tell me. I do respect privacy."
"You promise you won't look?" He asked.
Rin thought for a moment. "I promise with a magical binding promise spell. If I try to read your mind, I'll lose my powers. They are very important to me. It will stay this way until you give me permission."
Sesshoumaru nodded. "Thank you."
"You can stay here, out of the way, or you can view the circus."
"I'll stay here." Sesshoumaru said.
Rin gave a nod, used her magic to slide his chair to a tent corner, and then put another chair in the empty space. Once she finished, she turned expectantly to the tent opening. An older couple walked in holding hands.
"Welcome," Rin said politely. "Have a seat."
The old man pulled out a chair for his wife and then he sat in his chair. The old woman was still standing and staring at Sesshoumaru. She then made a sign against evil and sat down. Rin kept her surprise hidden.
"My wife and I would like to know our futures." The old man said his voice a bit squeaky.
"Sure." Rin said. She closed her eyes. "You have live a long, good life. It is time for you to get ready for death." She paused. "Soon your blood will be the nourishment of a hungry creature of the night…and day." Rin opened her eyes, a sad look on her face as she looked at the couple. "I don't know what the ending means, but…" She stopped.
The couple stood up at once. Their faces were white and they were shaking in fear. Their eyes were wide and staring at Sesshoumaru. Rin glanced back at him. His eyes seemed to be a blood red, but before Rin could examine closer, his eyes were normal again. Rin passed it off as imagination. She looked back at the couple. They were no longer shaking or pale. Strange, Rin thought.
"Thank you." The old man said.
His wife went for the crucifix necklace on her neck. She took it off. "Here, to ward off…" she glanced as Sesshoumaru, "unwanted blood drinkers."
"Uh…thanks." Rin said, taking the gift.
The women then quickly left with her husband following.
Rin fingered the crucifix, gazing into space. She was brought back to earth when someone touched her hand. She blinked and turned her gaze to Sesshoumaru, who was the one touching her hand.
"Are you all right?" He asked.
"I'm fine." She replied.
"May I see the necklace?"
"Sure." She handed Sesshoumaru the necklace. He looked at it and gave it back.
"I'm going to walk around. I'll meet you at noon." He said.
Rin nodded.
Sesshoumaru left the tent. Rin thought back to what the woman said and did. It didn't make sense. If Sesshoumaru were a blood drinker, or vampire, he wouldn't have been able to touch the necklace. But he had touched it. Finally Rin gave up and readied herself for the next customer.
Ok, so I'm being lenient and not waiting for ten reviews. But I expect ten reviews before I update again.
So, how did you like my poem? I wrote it in about three seconds.
I have typed up to chapter 8 for this story. The ideas for this story have been flying from my head to my fingers like crazy. Sad to say, as this story lasts only around one story week (maybe I'll make the plot time longer than that), it is very long and more than one chapter contains the same day…if that makes sense. Anyways, thanks for reading and keep reviewing…I won't update until I have ten reviews. Hope you enjoyed the chapter and I can't wait to post up the next one. The faster I get ten reviews, the faster I will update so…UPDATE OR DIE! J/K about the die part, but I'm serious about the reviewing.