Okay, so this is the FOURTH chapter and I don't think I'm going to continue this unless I get anymore R&R about it Dx
I love this story and I think it's going to a lot of places that I would LOVE to write about!
FOLLOW AND FAVORITE PLEASE SO I KNOW IT'S LIKED DX DX DX
Disclaimer: (I don't see why this is necesary, if I OWNED the Inuyasha characters, i would be typing about them right now... ;) so no, I don't own any of them.
"Rin! That's enough training for one day, you've proved you're an excellent shot already. Can we please go inside?" pleaded Taki, Azumi's first daughter.
Rin shot another arrow into the target set before her, making it dead center as usual.
"As if that's enough training, Little Taki, how do you expect me to kill anything with horrible aim like that?!" joked back Rin, knowing full well that she could hit a target a mile away perfectly. "Now I just need to do spear throwing!" exclaimed the 13 year old prodigy.
Hiro looked at the two girls that he helped raise, both were born-to-be fighters. He could already see that in his real daughter, Taki. But Rin, she was a fighter because she worked so hard. She took all her anger and put it into an arrow and a bow. It was truly a sight to see, a 13 year with better aim than even he.
"Enjoying the quiet, husband?" asked Azumi, who was swollen with a second child.
"Those two, quiet? I wish. I hope this one would rather study all day than fight," said Hiro, kissing Azumi's belly.
It had been 5 years since Rin was accepted into Hiro's family. She was maturing, at a rate that even surprised Azumi. She was taller, although her body was awkward with mis proportioned shaped bottom and chest. Her stomach was as flat and straight as a sword, making the waist look very uncurved. Although, Azumi remembers being awkwardly shaped as well, she could tell that one day, Rin would be as beautiful as the sky.
"Riiiiiin! Let me see the bow! I wanna try! I wanna try!" yelled out Taki, running towards Rin as fast as possible, pushing Rin onto her back.
"Hey, Taki! You know you're not allowed to touch weapons until you're 10 years old! That's what momma said," yelled Rin, gently pushing the child off of her.
"You don't have to tell her, Rin! It could be a secret," whispered Taki, reaching for the weapon.
All of a sudden, the ground started shaking.
"Earthquake?!" called out Azumi.
Then a giant centipede crawled out of the ground, right next to Rin and Taki. The ground became more stable while the centipede stopped, smelling for food. The centipede was more than 100 feet tall, and didn't have eyes. Sight and sound were it's only means of finding food. It's mouth was huge, with hundreds and hundreds of little sharp teeth.
"Dada!" called out the child running towards Hiro.
"No, Taki! Stay still!" yelled out Rin to Taki.
It was already too late, the giant demonic centipede spit out some sort of white liquid from its mouth at Taki, trapping her legs in the mush. "Rin!" called out Taki, who was screaming frantically, trying to rip her leg out of the sticky mush.
The centipede took off, making the ground shake again. Rin fell on to her knees. She grabbed an arrow and shot it as close to the head at she could without getting close to Taki. The creature stopped its pursuit and gave off an awful shriek, making Rin cover her ears and drop all of her arrows and bow. After it was done screaming, it turned and went after Rin, its huge mouth open so wide, it could swallow her whole.
"Oh no," mumbled Rin, jumping out of the way as soon as the centipede was close enough to just miss. The demon bug squashed her bow and arrows in it's pursuit. Rin stood and ran to Taki, while the centipede was confused on where it's attacker went.
Rin tried pulling Taki out of the muck, but was too sticky to even touch, Rin couldn't get the crying child out. Hiro came from his hut after grabbing two swords; one for him and the other for Rin, the daring girl.
"Rin, take this, help me kill the demon," he said to her, handing her the weapon.
"I've never used a sword before," she explained.
"Just stay with Taki until more fighters come out here, protect my daughter!" he yelled, running after the creature.
The bug was running throughout the fields, it was so incredibly fast, Rin wondered how she was possibly able to jump out of its way. It had a thousand legs, all used for running at top speed. Rin inspected the few fighters near it, they were confusing it, which made it angrier and angrier. It was yelling, until it started digging a new hole in the middle of the field. No one could get a shot on it.
The ground started shaking again, right underneath Rin and Taki. Rin looked around, hoping it didn't create a hole for her and Taki to fall into, right beneath them. This all the luck in the world, it came out of the ground about 20 feet from her. Rin looked at the magnificent demon, raising her sword to it.
The sword itself should've been too heavy for a young girl like Rin, but the adrenaline made it so light.
I need to cut THROUGH its mouth! Thought Rin. She ran far enough away from Taki, yelling as she went, calling the demon to her.
The creature started running towards her again, but this time she was perfectly in control. As soon as she knew she wouldn't have another opportunity, she jumped to the side, landing on her feet and held the sword straight ahead of her. Causing the bug the move into the sword, cutting into it very deep. Blood poured all over the ground and the bug screamed much louder than it did before. Rin didn't hear it, she was focussed on staying on her two feet from the force of the running monster.
When the creature stopped moving, Rin knew it was dead. She looked at the demon again, looked at the damage that she had caused to it. I killed this beautifully strong demon… by myself.
Rin let go of the sword, but it didn't fall for it was too far into the demon to fall.
"Rin!" yelled Azumi, who was running towards her, with tears in her eyes.
Rin turned to her and was embraced lovingly and protectively. She kept mumbling to Rin that everything was okay, and that she did a great thing.
Letting go of the preteen child, Azumi knelt and said, "You saved the village, Rin!"
Her face was wet with tears, but he was smiling throughout all of it. By then, the rest of the villagers were cheering for the girl who saved them all. Some of the men were glaring, at the jealousy of not being the ones to kill the creature, but they were grateful none the less.
Rin was smiling at the rest of the village, full of pride. But… then the image of a strong silver-haired demon came to her mind. Would he be proud of her? No. I won't think about him. thought Rin, not wanting to ruin the moment she was having right now. She was the hero of the village, she killed a terrorizing demon.
Suddenly, Hiro walked up, with a still crying Taki on his shoulders, and asked, "How does it feel to kill your first demon?" with a smirk because he knew.
He knew that it was the most riveting feeling anyone could feel.
"It feels… I can't believe it!" she said, laughing and smiling so wide.
Everyone in the village agreed to make a great feast for the family that took in Rin. It was a day of celebration.
But then why do I feel so sad? Just because… he's not here, it doesn't mean anything. I don't need him. I… hate that demon.
Rin tried for the first 2 years to believe that Lord Sesshomaru would come back for her. But eventually, she lost all hope in her former Lord. She tried convincing herself to keep hoping, but the years turned into 5, she was now a demon slayer. And he was a demon. It was all pointless now, to hope he would come back.
I'm never going to see him again…
The thought made Rin stop in her tracks, not without being noticed. Azumi looked at the child that she knew was thinking about a certain demon that she was so admiring of.
"Rin, come on. This is your day, now," said Azumi with a smile, holding out a hand to Rin.
Rin looked at her hand, then her face. Rin put a huge smile on her face, taking her 'mother's' hand.
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"Another great foe defeated, my Lord!" yelled out Jaken to his master, who had just finished slaying a great boar demon. ALthough, not so great compared to Sesshomaru.
Jaken looked at the now dead demon who was threatening his life. Sesshomaru couldn't've been less amused by this demon's attempts. He was as slow as he was fat. Fighting was becoming a bore to Sesshomaru, he had no challenges. Not in this part of the lands anyway. He was Lord of the West, most, if not all, the demons in the area stayed to themselves, because they were scared of him. He was almost the most feared in the west.
But why was Lord Sesshomaru not satisfied with this feat, thought Jaken.
It's because a certain human child is not here to congratulate him. Jaken knew more than anyone, that leaving behind the child made Sesshomaru's temper and patience thin. He's received more blows to the head than anyone by Sesshomaru because he annoyed his Lord too much a certain day.
"Where does my Lord intend to travel to, today?" asked Jaken to the blank Sesshomaru.
Annoying little imp, thought Sesshomaru, walking past Jaken.
Since Sesshomaru left Rin, he hadn't been back to her village at all. He wasn't even sure if she was still alive. It had only been 5 years. 5 years to a demon was a breeze in the wind. 5 years to a human was 5 years of aging and maturing. And Rin was a child, she would be grown by now. Sesshomaru rarely thought of the child, but he found himself missing her when he returned from a long journey.
He noticed flowers that she would've liked. Disgusting flowers, full of pollen and bugs.
He noticed rivers that Rin would've wanted to fish in. The smell of fish is nauseating.
"Jaken," said Sesshomaru calmly.
"Yes, my Lord?" asked Jaken, coming to his master's side.
"Go to my castle. I will be there shortly," he ordered, turning into a ball of bright white light, flying towards the village where he left Rin.
Oh great… now I need to serve my Lord's heartless mother, thought the sad imp demon.
Sesshomaru was smelling the air, looking for any sign of Rin he could.
He wasn't sure why he was going to the human village, but he needed to know if the child he left here was still alive. He hadn't seen her in years, he could accept the fact that he cared. But he wouldn't have her see him, he wasn't even sure if the child wanted to see him anymore.
He caught the scent of demonic blood, along with Rin's scent. She smelled different, but he could tell it was her, he would never forget it.
The scent of demonic blood made him fly even faster, almost hitting a tree. This feeling of… panic wasn't new to this demon, but he didn't like the feeling of being useless. Rin made him feel like this too many times before when she was traveling with him.
When he reached the village, he stopped and hid in the tree tops surrounding the village. He saw the corpse of a centipede demon and a girl holding the sword that killed it.
No… that couldn't be...
"Rin!" he heard a woman yell, running towards the girl, maybe even, the young woman and embracing her.
Sesshomaru's eyes widened at the realization.
That girl is Rin. She killed that demon, on her own. Sesshomaru felt his chest swell with pride. The human child he revived killed a strong demon. She must have been training, like she said she would when he left her. Sesshomaru looked as the whole village cheered for her. He saw her smile again… that smile that made him care in the first place
She is happy here.
Sesshomaru watched until Rin went inside with the pregnant woman. He wanted to go to her, to be with her, but she seemed happy here. She was prosperous here, without him. and safe. he added.
He left when the sun went down, after she was paraded through the village as a hero.
Goodbye Rin, stay safe.
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"You'll soon become one of the best slayers in the land!" yelled one of the men that were walking beside the triumphant young woman.
Rin smiled and thanked the man for his kind words.
In the corner of her eye, she saw a bright white light fly out of the distance.
Lord Sesshomaru? she thought. She turned her head to watch the white light disappear.
No, it couldn't have been. Just my imagination.