Soil: Sorry about the false alarm, I accidetally posted the unfinished chapter 4, instead of chapter 3.
It's nice to see that in the short time that this fic has been on fanfiction, it has had 200-300 readers. What confuses me a bit though, is to why almost none of them has reviewed it. Starting friday the ninth of june, i will not have access to a computer with internet, with exception for a few days, visiting my big bro ...I will continue to write on this fic though, and update when i can.
A new feature in this chapter, that i will use in the chapters to come, is that flashbacks will be written in italic. shouts will be written bold.
Another thing i have found out about myself, is that while I ask other writers for longer chapters, my own chapters have been almost as short as theirs..
I will try to make longer chapters, starting with this one.
Well, enjoy. On with the story
Disclaimer: I do no own any of the characters in Inuyasha, or anything else concerning it. Except for the characters I create. So don't sue me, Ok?
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A person like me
Chapter 3: Training Rin, memories of old
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Sesshomaru woke up when the golden rays of the sun hit him right in the face. trying to sit up, he felt an odd weight on his chest. Looking down, he noticed a the small girl, who he had found the day before, sleeping soundly, using his well-tuned torso as her pillow.
He thought back on what had happened the day before, after finding the girl in the well...
They had walked to the police station, filing a notice for the missing girl,should someonecome searching for her. When the were done with that, they had went to the library, to pick up the books that Sesshomaru needed for his schoolwork. All the time, people were looking at them strangely, the beutiful young male in his torn clothes and the cute small female in her ancient-styled clothes.
When they were finished, they had walked home, firstly beacuse they were both hungry, not having eaten a thin the whole day, and secondly beacuse of the setting sun. Sesshomaru enjoyed walking during the night, but considering the well-being of the girl, he ignored that will this day.
When they arrived at the house, Sesshomaru had started going through the storage, where the clothes from his childhood were kept. Finding them, he grabbed a couple of shirts and pants, before heading to the living room, ehre he had left rin. he had then guided her to the bathroom, leaving a shirt and a pair of pants there, so she could clean herself and then switch into some other clothes. he had to do something about her clothes, he knew.
While Rin was bathing, sesshomaru quickly changed into some clothes that were not destroyed, applying band-aids where needed,and headed downstairs to the kitchen, beginning to prepare dinner. Sesshomaru was in fact a very good cook, not that anyone beside his parents knew. He had always liked to prepare his own food, and had done so for the last couple of years, since his moms lunches was so badly done. She was a very good cook.It was his mother that had learned him, but since she had gotten a promotion at work, she had less time for it now.
When Rin came down the stairs, she looked surprised to find him already seated, food on the table, waiting for her. He had just made aome easy food, with fried beef, omelette, steamed vegetables and rice. The dinner passed silently, alomst not a word spoken.
After dinner, Rin seemed to be tired, so sesshomaru carried her up to the guestroom. He borrowed her a shirt, to use as a pyjamas. Of course,it was much too large for her. After tucking her in, and watching while she fell asleep, feeling unaturally at ease, he silently walked into his own room, to work with the report. Three hours later, he finished it. looking at the watch in his room, he noticed that the clock was half past eleven, so he dressed into the PJ he used, a pair of karate-gi pants, and went to sleep.
But why was Rin sleeping with him now? Well, it was time for breakfast anyways,so he decided to wake her up.
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She felt a hand on her shoulder, waking her from her sleep, she felt the warmth of the person below her head, as she slowly opened her eyes. She felt happy, when she saw the golden pools of Sesshomaru-oniichan watching her.
"Morning" she said
"Good morning" he asnwered, "Why are you in my bed?" he asked.
"I woke up, feeling scared, and couldn't sleep, so i walked in here, to see if you were awake." she said, with a happy smile. "and since you were asleep, i climbed into your bed, i fell asleep pretty quickly after that" she said.
She noticed how his eyes got a little proud and happy, as he understood that his prescence was so soothing to her.
"Well, it's time to wake, we should make some breakfast, before going to town" he said.
"Where are we going then?" she asked, still smiling.
"First off, to the dojo. I need to Work-out" he said
"Can i try too?" she asked.
"If you want" he said with a little smile, "But try not to get too sweaty, since we will go and get some better clothes for you afterwards"
"Okay" she said happily.
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'So, she wants to try, eh?' Sesshomaru thought as he made breakfast, 'well, can't blame her on that one. I would bethe same if i were thrown headfirst down a well'
The breakfast was western-style, consisting of toasted bread with bacon, cereal with milk and orange juice.
"Well, Rin, ready to go?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Yeah, let's go!" she answered happily.
They left the house heading for the dojo.
On their way there rin grasped his hand, jumping happily beside him, singing on some, to him unknown, song.
He could hearpeople whispering
"Look, it's that boy from yesterday, but who is that girl, his daughter?" a woman looking the age of thirty said
"No way, he looks too young" another one said.
"He is only seventeen" a third voice said. He recognized the voice asone of his female classmates.
'Well, ain't the rumormill gonna start now' he thought, as he entered the dojo, rin still holding his hand.
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Before Rin could look over the whole dojo, she heard a voice, talking to the silent man beside her.
"Hey, sesshomaru! didn't think you were into that kind of thing" a person said. He had long black hair, reaching halfway down his back and light-blue eyes. His most recognizable feature were the kanji for Wolf on his right cheek.
"Kouga" Sesshomaru said, with such a cold voice that Rin let go of his hand, before taking a step back. Suddenly this man scared her!
"Do not speak of matter you do not know. I found her yesterday, at the shrine, without memory. I have registered the finding of her with the police, but she will be staying with me until her parents come forward" he continued, with a little less cold voice, but not letting go, of the man namned Kouga, with his cold stare.
"Well, that may be as it will" Kouga snickered, "just unusual that you've opened your home to anyone else" he said with a now serious face.
"That i have, and would do so again, for this one" he said, placing his hand on Rins head. Rin looked up at him, only to see him smiling dow at her. He bent down, only to whisper softly in her ear
"Do not be afraid of me,I will take care of you until we find your own, or otherwise suitable, parents"
With that, he turned heading for the counter of the training-gear store in the dojo.
"A pair of training-clothes for her, please" he said to the storekeeper
"S-sure, small size then, that would fit her good" the storekeeper answered.
Paying for the clothes, Sesshomaruturned back to her.
"Change into this in there" he said, pointing to the womens dressingroom, "then come back out here, ok?"
"Ok" she said happily, jumping towards the room with a smile on her face
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"We will keep our regular training a little shorter today" Sesshomaru said to Kouga, as he returned, changed into the trainingclothes
"Oh, why so?" the man asked
"I have promised Rin toteach her a little of this" he said
"Oh, in that case, it's ok" he said, smiling,"I can help too"
"No" Sesshomaru said, feeling rather unaturally possessive of the young girl
"Oh, really? ok then" Kouga said, first a little hurt, but his smile quickly grew bigger
'He's thinking about something, i can see it on his smile. hopefully it has nothing to do with Rin' whatever it was, he betterstop it now.
"Just so you know, I can see that you're planning something. If it concerns Rin, in any way, stop now. I don't want to go through the same thing i did 8 years ago" Sesshomaru stated calmly. By the shocked expression on Kougas face, he knew he had hit right on the spot.
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"We-well, ok.." Kouga said, feeling a little uneasy, no, scared.
He recalled what had happened 8 years earlier, just when sesshomaru had started training...
Sesshomaru, the new kid in the dojo, the youngest one, only 9 years old, had recently started growing more and more quiet, a little colder each passing day for the past year. no one knew why, until that day.
"Hey, ya freak!" a guy came into the dojo and shouted, quickly followed by 2 others.
"What're ya doing here, huh? trying to get a spine, so you can get us back?"a second one said
"Such a sorry excuse for a person" the third one said, "can't even stand up for himself! Not evenwhen we insult your parents do you fight!"
But oddly, Sesshomaru didn't react at all. He continued to do his training, kicking a sandbag to learn the correct way to execute a new technique.
"Hey, we're talking to you" the first one said, going into the dojo, still with his shoes on.
"If you're coming into the dojo, first take your shoes off" Sesshomaru said, with such a cold voice that everyone was shocked. This didn't faze the bullies though, they continued to approach Sesshomaru.
"Oh, trying to act all tough, eh?" the second one said.
"Well, seems like he doesn't want this nice tatami-mat floor to get dirty" the third one said with a smile.
"We need to do something about that" the first one said, clearing his throat.
Then they did something not many would do, they spit on the floor.
Sesshomaru stood paralyzed, watching the spit getting absorbed by the tatami, everyone looked angrily at the three laughing boys, but before anyone had the chance to react, thay heard an awful growl, like froma wild animal.
All eyes turned to sesshomaru, who stood with his head bowed. Even the three bullies watched him now. When Sesshomaru tilted his head up, everyone saw that his eyes,normally golden, was completely red! The growl, that was coming from his throat, suddenly stopped, as he quickly disappeared, before quickly appearing again, only to be behind the trio. What had ensued was not a fight, it was a total slaughter. They were given no warning at all, and not instantly floored, but slowly beaten unconsious. Not one of the bullies walked home that day, but neither did anyone die, though they had to spend some time in the hospital.
Realizing that his foes were down, Sesshomaru had just howled, like a dog or wolf at the moon, in victory, before reverting back, red being replaced by gold. He then fell to the floor, unconsious.
And now that could happen again?
'Not because of me, it ain't ' kouga thought.
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When Rin came back into the dojo, Sesshomaru had had to help her tie the belt inthe right way.
Sesshomaru had placed Rin at a safe location, so she could watch as he and Kouga sparred.
She sat there, her mouth ajar, as Sesshomaru and kouga battled it out for nearly thirty minutes, without almostl anding a single blow on eachother. In the end,the score was tied, at 3-3, conuting the number of hits that were not intercepted or blocked.
After takning a breather, Sesshomaru turned to Rin. first thing, he closed her mouth with his finger.
"It is not very ladylike to look like that" He said
"Sorry" She said
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One hour later, Rins body was sore from the workout, as she exited the dressingroom, after taking a shower. She had gotten sweaty after all.
Tired but happy, she said goodbye to the training people in the dojo, before exiting, holding Sesshomarus hand again.
"Well, time to shop some clothes for you" Sesshomaru said looking down on her.
"Yay, Clothes!" She said happily.
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One thing was bothering Sesshomaru. Rin needed to buy both regular clothes, as well as underwear. He was not good with womens underwear, since he had not had any experience with them. Neither was he any good with regular female clothes, not having to buy anything of the sort before.
Therefore, he was rather happy when he saw a familiar face in the crowd, a female nonetheless.
"Hey, Higu-"
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I do not want to turn into a review-craving bastard, that sets up a limit of reviews before i will update, but i really want to know what you think about this story. Also, i'm open for suggestions at what characters you think should be in the story.
Sad to say this, but i will not update chapter four before getting at least 10 reviews, or the ninth of june, which ever comes first. although, after the ninth i won't be able to update for a while, so if you want more of the story fast, REVIEW!
Well, that's all for this time. May your creativity flow and your life be well until next time!
/Soil