Ch16
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AN: I'm really, really, really sorry for the long wait. Every time I tried to continue the story, I would get sidetracked or held up.
I had written a one-shot HP story called "Love by Letters". If you have no problems reading about a female Harry Potter and haven't read the story yet, please do so, it is on my profile. If you have read the story, please review if you haven't and tell me what you think of if.
I had also began a story that's has crossovers with the main storyline of Naruto called "Tengokugakure". Please read the warnings in the first chapter before reading the rest of the chapter. If you enjoyed that story, then please review it and tell me.
"Hahaue!" Kohana cheered, running over to her mother as she pulled Rin along. Rin watched in amazement as, in her opinion, the most beautiful person, after Sesshoumaru-same of course, looked up in curiosity at her. "Look, I made a new friend!" she said excitedly, "Can she stay for lunch?"
Usagi hummed slightly before answering, "I suppose, but did her parents say that it's okay?"
Rin looked down with dejected eyes. "Okaa and otou died a while ago," she said.
Kohana gasped before hugging her tightly. "You poor poor thing," she said, "I know how you feel. Okaa-sama and otou-sama died not too long ago too!" She turned to Usagi with Rin still clutched to her chest and declared, "Hahaue, let's take Rin with us! We can't leave a little girl all by herself."
Rin shook her head and said, "No, Rin's not alone." She smiled softly as she continued, "Sesshoumaru-sama saved Rin. Sesshoumaru-sama looks after Rin."
"Sesshoumaru-sama?" Usagi repeated.
Rin nodded her head excitedly that she could talk about her beloved guardian. "Sesshoumaru-sama is very strong! Jaken-sama said that Sesshoumaru-sama is going to build an empire and that nobody could beat Sesshoumaru-sama!"
"This 'Sesshoumaru-sama' wouldn't happen to be a youkai, would he?" Usagi asked.
Rin nodded her head as Kohana asked, "Hahaue, do you know him?"
"Not personally, but I have heard of a 'Sesshoumaru'," Usagi said. She took the fish away from the fire before they burned to a dark and tasteless brown color. "Of course everything I hard tend to be bias since he hates this Sesshoumaru," she said.
"Sesshoumaru-sama is very strong!" Rin repeated with a mouthful of fish. Eagerly swallowing the fish, she continued, "The only reason why a lot of people don't like Sesshoumaru-sama is because they can't defeat him in battle!"
"Oh?" Usagi looked a bit interested at this enthusiasm. "Did this 'Sesshoumaru-sama' tell you this?"
Rin shook her head. "Jaken-sama told Rin. Sesshoumaru-sama doesn't say a lot, only if he's telling Rin and Jaken-sama what to do," she explained.
Kohana stared at her mother and asked, "Hahaue, you can beat this Sesshoumaru, right?"
Usagi shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, Hana-chan," she replied. She stood up and dusted the pale blue kimono she wore. "You two stay here with Suicine while I go ward this area for the day."
"Hai," Kohana said, going back to eating the fish.
"Ward?" Rin repeated with confusion.
Kohana nodded her head excitedly. "Hahaue's amazing! She's like a miko and a warrior all in one!" she said with pride. The two friends smiled at each other, both equally happy with their guardians and continued eating as they talked about their loved ones.
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Sesshoumaru arrived in the area where he had dropped off his ward where she could entertain herself and get food if she was hungry. He wondered just why he kept the child around; children are very vulnerable, especially ningen children. Why does he tolerate this one child when he had declared his open hatred towards their kind since he was young? Maybe it was because, unlike everyone around him, Rin looks at him with no fear.
When Sesshoumaru landed on the riverbank, he immediately knew that something was wrong; whenever he went off and returned, he would always hear his name coming from his ward, but today there was silence except for the snoring coming from the green toad. He looked all around and spotted Jaken and Ah-Un sleeping in the shades of some trees. He took the two-headed staff that was leaning on the tree and with great accuracy, managed to knock Jaken off the dragon's back and into the river.
Jaken immediately woke up when he splashed into the river; he quickly sat up, spluttering, "Who dares do that?" He narrowed his eyes and looked around, only for his head to spin when he saw Sesshoumaru staring at him with a blank look on his face. "Sessh-Sesshoumaru-sama! You-you're back!" he shouted. He immediately jumped out of the river and began to bow his head as he groveled and apologized.
Ignoring the apologies thrown at him, Sesshoumaru examined the area once more. "Jaken," he said, causing the green frog to stop, "Where is Rin?" Finally realizing that the young girl he was supposed to be watching isn't there, he began to sprout out excuses that she was there before he nodded off and that he didn't hear any suspicious sounds. Sesshoumaru ignored the excuses and heard a familiar laughter coming not too far from where he stood. He headed over to the rocks, stepping on the prostrated toad. He glanced over to see his ten-year-old ward seated on the ground talking to a child he had never seen, but could tell based on her scent that she was of youkai blood. Deciding to make himself known, Sesshoumaru started to walk over to them, simply stating, "Rin."
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Rin was listening to Kohana telling her of something she had witnessed a human man do to get her mother's attention, only to have been embarrassed when he got hurt and have Usagi heal and reprimand him. By the look on Kohana's face, Rin knew that they were thinking the same thing; the idea of a mere human trying to woo Usagi is strange, since in their mind, Usagi deserved someone much better. Keeping the thought to herself, Rin couldn't help but think that Sesshoumaru-sama would do a wonderful job as Usagi's husband; if they do get married, then Rin would have a mother and father again.
Rin heard her name being called and turned to see Sesshoumaru standing there with a passive look on his face. She stood up and gasped happily, "Sesshoumaru-sama is back!"
Sesshoumaru just stood there and continued to stare at Kohana, who just stared at him back with a blank look on her face, with a calculating look in his eyes. He only took a single step forward when he heard a growl; calmly, he observed a wolf had never seen before leap in his way, snarling at him, as if daring him to step forward. He stared with calm golden eyes and lifted up his right hand, whose fingers began to flash green.
"Sesshoumaru-sama, stop!" Rin pleaded. She ran in front of Suicine with her body with open as a shield. Kohana had stepped up beside the wolf and wrapped her arms around his neck. Sesshoumaru remained still, but kept his attacking pose.
"Hana-chan, is everything all right?" Usagi ran back out of the forests when she felt someone had entered the area; she immediately froze when she saw the human-like youkai standing in front of them. Her blue eyes blinked as she tilted her head slightly to the side. "I'm guessing that you're the Sesshoumaru-sama Rin was talking about," she said with soft smile.
Rin nodded her head with a large grin on her face. Usagi began to circle around Sesshoumaru with a thoughtful look; taking notice of the long silver hair and golden eyes. "Interesting," she murmured, stopping to stare straight into his eyes.
Sesshoumaru looked into the blue eyes that stared into his. From the scent coming from her, he can tell that she's not a youkai, but she's not a full ningen either. He had never seen anyone who can look directly into his eyes with no hint of fear or need to attack him. He managed to pick up several scents clinging onto this young body, but the main ones that captured his attention were the ones belonging to the two youkai standing beside his ward. There were even the slight scents belonging to the leader of the wolves who had attacked Rin before her joining him and of his half brother.
"You worthless ningen!" Jaken's voice echoed in the air. The green toad youkai had watched this human invade his master's personal space with no respect and was not happy about that. He scurried over to Usagi, who just looked like she was trying to hold back a smile, and felt insulted. He lifted up the staff and tried to swing it at her, but as he was about to swing it down, he felt something holding him back. Jaken tried several times to dislodge the staff but failed; hesitantly, he turned around to see a large wolf holding the staff in place with his jaw. "Hey, let go!" Jaken demanded, only to be swung gently side to side and then flung back into the river.
"Suicine, that's not nice," Usagi scolded. She shook her head at the wolf, who whined and hung its head down slightly, but Jaken and Sesshoumaru saw something that resembled a smirk on his face. She turned to the two youkai and asked, "May I ask what I may help you with?"
"Rin," Sesshoumaru said in his usual stoic voice.
The ten-year-old ran over to Sesshoumaru and stood by his legs. "Sesshoumaru-sama, Hana-chan and Usagi-sama let Rin eat with them!" she said excitedly. Rin pointed to Kohana and said, "This is Kohana-chan, she's my friend and really nice; she's a youkai just like you, Sesshoumaru-sama!" She then pointed to Suicine and continued, "That's Suicine; he's like Ah-Un, only he's a wolf and Ah-Un is a dragon!" She then pointed to Usagi and continued, "That is Usagi-sama; she's Kohana-chan's okaa-san! Kohana-chan said that Usagi-sama is very strong and very powerful, but Rin thinks that Sesshoumaru-sama is the best. Usagi-sama cooks really good, much better than Jaken-sama." ("You ungrateful brat!" Jaken screamed from his place at the river.)
Usagi laughed as she shook her head. "It's not all that great, Rin-chan," she said, "Just a few ingredients that could be found everywhere." She glanced over to Sesshoumaru and asked, "Would you like to join us?" Sesshoumaru just stared at her for a second, before he turned his head and ignored her.
Usagi just shook her head at the youkai's stubborn belief of superiority as she watched Rin and Kohana playing a game with each other when she felt her heart stop in terror. Deep in her mind, she could hear Kagome's voice screaming in fear, "InuYasha!" despite how far away they were. Usagi quickly stood up as the two little girls along with the other youkai stared at her, wondering why the sudden movement. "Sesshoumaru-sama, may I ask you a favor?" Usagi asked, not looking at the noble youkai.
"Why would Sesshoumaru-sama do anything for…"
"And what is it that you wish from this Sesshoumaru?" the inu youkai asked, interrupting Jaken. He ignored the gaping face of the toad and took in the pale face of the young woman.
"There's something I need to do," Usagi replied. She turned around and headed for the wolf, who stood up on all four legs. "Until I return, can you watch Hana-chan for me?"
Jaken laughed. "Ha! What makes you think that Sesshoumaru-sama would…"
"You have til tomorrow to return or this Sesshouamru is leaving with the child," he said, once again interrupting the gaping toad. He watched as Usagi nodded her head in agreement before throwing a leg over Suicine's back and vanishing into the forest.
Jaken stared at in shock with wide eyes and a open mouth. "Sessh…Sesshoumaru-sama!" he shouted in disbelief, causing the tall human form youkai to stare at him with his usual blank eyes. Jaken ran over to stand in front of his lord as he asked, "Why are you doing what that worthless ningen asked? What good will it do for you?"
Sesshoumaru kept silent, he himself not knowing why he had agreed to it. Perhaps it's his curiosity of this woman that's making him do this. He could've just leave the child or take her with im, but seeing how tight the girls are with each other, he couldn't leave without the young youkai because of Rin and he couldn't take the child with him because of Usagi. All he can do is wait for her to come back.
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Usagi watched as the sun began to set and quickly leaned forward, whispering in Suicine's ear, "Hurry." Suicine followed with Usagi's order. Usagi grabbed onto the locket hidden under her outfit as she silently prayed, "Yasha-kun, please be all right." She closed her blue eyes and felt a pull from the shard she had given to her brother; with the location of the shard found, Usagi relayed the information into the shard Suicine has so he would know where to go.
In what seemed like an eternity, the two had reached an area of a forest that looked like a bulldozer came by, which was technically impossible since they were five hundred years in the past. And there she saw InuYasha and his friends battling something that looked like a mix of several different animals; its body was similar to a bear, with two dragonheads, the arms were long and covered in scales with sharp claws in the end, and there was a long lion's tail. InuYasha and his friends weren't looking as well as Usagi had hoped, but they were still looking strong enough to continue fighting.
It was then she noticed that nobody was paying attention to the tail, whose hair looked more like a spike; at first the tail just swished around and didn't seem very important, but the minute that InuYasha had his back towards the monster to warn his friends to move, with quick motion, the tail charged right up to the distracted hanyou. 'Yasha-kun, look out!" Usagi screamed, jumping off of Suicine's back into the line of interception.
InuYasha turned in horror to see the monster Naraku had created had his tail to graze into Usagi's side and then wrap itself tightly around her body, hoisting her up in the air. "Aneue," InuYasha whispered in shock. At the sound of his sister screaming in pain, he shouted, "NO, ANEUE!"
TBC
AN: O-oh! InuYasha just spilled the secret he's been keeping, what is he going to do? And more importantly, how is everyone going to react to the history between the two? Find out next chapter!