Do I have to do the disclaimer everytime? Like we all know I don't own InuYasha, never have and never will. So why continue to write this!?
Inuyasha: Because stupid. Your suppose to as a rule! See!holding rules sheet up and away from Shananrui
Shananrui: Really? Oh than okay, I'll shut up now.
Inuyasha: grinning while holding up blank paper
May 25, 1994
9:30am - Morning
"Have you seen this girl?" asked Inuyasha to random people as they walked by all shaking their heads no. He held a picture of Rin a day before graduation, she wore a cute white form fitting t-shirt with navy short shorts, her long slender legs where half viewed as she smiled innocently at the camera taking the picture. Her hands behind her back and her onyx-brown eyes smiling through her picture.
Inuyasha gave a sign as he continued to pester random people. Finally he smiled for once since before Rin went to the party the day before.
"Yeah, she was really messed up, not like in this picture. She was running to the train station, probably aboarding the Go train to head somewhere very far." replied the old man as he walked away from Inuyasha.
Flipping out his cell phone he dialed both his brother and father and told him what he found out. They decided to go and meet at the station, they could still catch up to Rin. Before she did something reckless anyways, but as Inuyasha ran down the street to the station, he wondered what happened to Yura?
Finally Inuyasha found himself inside the station waiting for his half brother to finish talking with a man he presumed was in charge. He looked around until he looked down at two seperate passages he was unsure which one to go into.
One was for the cold north, where spring was paradise, while the other was southly warm, and winter was never present, which one would Rin run away to? The cold north knowing his nose would be numb and not trace her? Or the warm south where he wouldn't smell her out due to her wild flower scent smelling like the area?
Either way he was screwed in not being able to catch her scent, even know her unique scent in the city was hard to sniff out since it was covered by the plain smell of everyday humans.
Sesshoumaru walked back to his brother and nudged his shoulder.
"Hey come on, he said he saw her go to the southern trains, she plans to leave Tokyo." spoke his chilling cold tone. Inuyasha gave a nod and ran down the hall, turning his head to look for his childhood friend, his eyes where wide and alert. He had to find her, he was her only family other than Yura, he had been the first person to save her from the darkness she had fallen into too.
"RIN! RIN! WHERE ARE YOU RIN!?!" came Inuyasha's yells as he jumping onto the train seeing Sesshoumaru going through the crowds and his father near the trains going north. He ran through the corridors as he opened the doors leading into the private sitting rooms, many empty since it wasn't winter and not many would go south when Tokyo was its wildest.
Finally Inuyasha was at the last cart but heard aloud ding and Inu-no-tashio, his father holding the door motioning Inuyasha to come to him.
"Come on Inuyasha, you have to get off, its one thing to search while the train is here but once it starts and you haven't bought a ticket we'll all be in trouble." said his father like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"I haven't found her yet, and I only have one cart left!" he barked at his father who scowled and grabbed his arm and pulled him out roughly.
"Izayoi won't be happy to see us all having to wait to get bailed out from train jail." muttered his father as Inuyasha resisted against his strong hold watching as the train jerked to life.
"No." came Inuyasha's voice, out of breath as he looked at the last cart, one window was closed near the end and as the train picked up its speed he spotted Rin she was still dressed in his clothing and her eyes red from crying.
"RIN!" he yelled, he watched as the train quickly moved faster, Rin looked out the window and her eyes locked with her childhood friend, and brother. Amber met onyx-brown eyes, the train was moving and their lives moving along with it, they knew that they might never see each other again.
She had tears in her eyes and they fell as she watched Inuyasha, her eyes looked clouded and scared for a moment as she glanced at the Tashio men. She still looked like a mess even through the window, and Inuyasha knew Rin was now out of his life, whether either of them liked it or not.
"RIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" came the long echo of an anguish cry from Inuyasha as he ran through the platform to be stopped by demon guards from jumping on the track and chasing the train.
Tokyo, Japan
May 25, 1994
10:15am - Morning
"She's gone...she's really gone..." came Inuyasha's voice as he sat outside the train, as his father was on the phone calling his wife to come pick them up. Sesshoumaru leaned on the wall beside him.
"I couldn't do anything...she was raped...scared back into a mute and just ran away...I don't even deserve to be called her brother..." he said his eyes seemed lost and he looked up, having smelled a unique smell. It reminded him of hair cosmetics, and only one person he knew had such a strong smell of hair cosmetics and that was...Yura.
Yura looked at him with hollowish red wine coloured eyes and her hands where covered up in dried up blood. Inuyasha got up and walked up to her.
"What happened?" he asked with a seriously calm voice that made Sesshoumaru raise his eyebrow.
"...I traced her aura here...but its gone..." she mumbled out not looking up at Inuyasha, her clothes where just like last night, and after her attack shredded to the point only certain mini areas were covered.
"Yura..." began Inuyasha as he lifted up one of her hands to sniff out the dried blood and who could've possibly been attacked by the non-violent Yura.
"Inuyasha...is she really gone?...was...I too late...to stop her..?..." she asked her red wine eyes looked down at Inuyasha with tears clouding her vision.
Inuyasha couldn't even look at her, as he let her hand go, his back facing the path that the train moments ago had gone to.
"You need to cover up..." was all he said as he took off his jacket that reached to Yura's lower thighs, and put it on her, she let him guide her hands into the sleeves as it processed into her that Rin, their close sunshine friend was indeed gone, though not shining, but broken.
As Inuyasha let her hand go, Yura fell to her knees crying.
"NO! I WAS SUPPOSE TO BE THEIR!" she was crying hard and cared less about the few people that where in the station that watched her breakdown.
Inu-no-tashio looked down with sad eyes, and Sesshoumaru looked down the train path, Rin was a close friend to them all, she was sweet, maybe to sweet, but she didn't deserve to leave like this, and to leave them with the guilt they had in their hearts. They would continue with their lives but she still left a big impact on them.
Tokyo, Japan
October 31, 2004
7:30am - Morning
RING! RING!
BANG!
"Stupid clock..." mumbled a rough voice from under black silk covers of a king sized bed. The figure sat up the silk covers sliding off his form to reveal a man of 27 years. He had long silver white hair, with puppy dog ears on the top of his head, his amber eyes shut closed as he gave a long yawn, bearing his sharp canines.
His name was Inuyasha Tashio, vice-president of Tashio Industries, about 10 years ago he was a lazy slacking CEO of the company his father had founded, but now he had more responsiblites and was known as the 'company killer'. Since his older 'mysterious' half brother Sesshoumaru was the president, who was rarely seen, Inuyasha was given the task to wiping out competition.
He opened his amber eyes to look over at his wife of 7 years, he had met her when he was 20, by a matchmaking scheme his old college monk friend Miroku Hoshi's demon-slayer-for-hire girlfriend Sango Taijiya had done. They were both short tempered and started off bumpy when dating, but they grew to love each other dearly. She had given birth about 5 years ago with their first and only child Ryu Tashio.
Speaking of his 5 year old son, Inuyasha's puppy dog ears twitched in the direction of the doorway, he covered up his wife's low cut navy blue nightgown claded body, as the door burst opened and a furball fired at him.
"DAD!"
"Ryu what have I said about doing that?" Inuyasha's amber eyes looked down at his son who looked up at him.
Ryu had white puppy dog ears like his father on the top of his head, his skin was tanned like Inuyasha's and his mid back long silver white hair had black highlights, his bangs where just as messy as his, and he had the same amber eyes that Inuyasha had. He wore a red long sleeved shirt with white strips on each sleeve, and a pair of light blue jeans.
He wore white sneakers with red and blue swirled designs on them, he even had the height of the average 5 year old, he had a red bandana in his jean pocket that hung out of his pocket as he smiled at his father.
"Not to?" responded Ryu as he gave a goofy grin, the sound of ruffled sheets, and the wife and mother of the two half demons awoke. She was human and had long raven hair, her eyes where a unique gray blue as she opened them and stared at her son, she gave a motherly smile.
"Ryu, you know your father doesn't enjoy to be tackled first thing in the morning" she said in a soft voice, she still had the silk covers wrapped around her figure as she reached to the side for her white robe.
Inuyasha gave a nod as Ryu apologized to his father. Getting up she went into the bathroom in their room and disappeared leaving her family on the bed.
"Daddy, I have a report to give in my class about my family tree." spoke Ryu suddenly and his father only raised his eyebrow at him.
"And why you didn't tell us about this yesterday was because of?" spoke his father waiting for the excuse at the tip of Ryu's tongue.
"Because you weren't home until late, and mommy was busy talking on the phone with Aunty YuYu." came the smart reply of the 5 year old.
"...keh whatever" came the 27 year old man's reply as he gave a grunt and got off the bed. Ryu followed his father's lead and jumped off the bed and ran off to his room.
Inuyasha grabbed his own black robe and put it on to cover his bare chest, since he was only wearing black silk pajama pants. He walked out of his bedroom door and followed his son.
"Exactly when is this due?" questioned Inuyasha as he leaned in the archway of his son's room, Ryu was going through his bag for the paper that described what was expected, as his father gave a sign and went to the bookself and grabbed a copy of the family photobook they kept on the top shelf of his bookshelf.
"Ms. Abi said that it was due the first of december because she knew our parents are all busy." replied Ryu, as Inuyasha gave a nod. They sent their son to a private school where all the kids parents where in the buisness world and rarely had the time to be with their children.
"Come on Ryu, lets do this in the living room, your mother and me don't have work today" spoke Inuyasha grabbing all the items Ryu laid out.
"Okay!" happily replied Ryu.
"Kagome! Come downstairs when your done" shouted Inuyasha as he walked down the stairs of their large house with Ryu.
Inuyasha sat down with Ryu and helped him pick out the photos of the family.
"Look this is a pretty one of Aunty YuYu! She's been gone for awhile..." spoke Ryu as he pouted while holding the photograph of Yura wearing a scarlet red ankle long dress, as she had matching strapped heels and elbow long gloves, she was accepting an award from a man as her short hair shined, and a smile on her small red lips that was desired by many.
"Yura is still touring her empire, they don't call her the queen of beauty for nothing..." muttered Inuyasha as he took the photo and gave a smirk, it was the first award Yura got after she established 20 salons and had a line of beauty products kicking, to think that was years ago and the start of her empire.
"Also, shes not your aunt, she isn't even blood related shes just an old friend of mine, plus she'd kill me if she knew I had a photo of her looking so decent!" chuckled Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha, Why don't you take out that box filled with old home video's and photo albums? You know the one in the second guest room. Theirs bound to be plenty of Tasho family members in their." came Kagome's voice as she came in while smiling at Ryu.
"No. That box is not to be touched by either of you" came Inuyasha's reply, it was hard and cold, it reminded them both of his half brother's chilling serious tone.
"Got it? If I find out either of you had touched it, so help me..." he pratically barked out at them, while holding Yura's picture struggling to keep himself from destroying it.
Finally he slammed it down and got up, stomping past Kagome and Ryu, he walked up the staircase and slammed his bedroom door, and the sound of the bedroom lock could be heard in the quiet house.
"Mommy...why is daddy mad?" asked Ryu looking up at his mother with wide amber eyes.
Kagome looked down at him and sat down beside him, her gray blue eyes looked sad slightly.
"Daddy just get's upset whenever his precious box is mentioned or asked about" was all she could say to her 5 year old who nodded and went back to looking through their family album.
October 31, 2004
2:46pm - Afternoon
BZZT...BZZT...BZZT...
PLOP, CLICK.
"Today's special guest will be YuYu! Yes! The Japan's number one hairdresser! She works in Japan's greatest salon!" came the sweet voice of a young 15 year old girl, she had onyx-brown eyes that shined with innocence and warmness. She had black hair that was mid back long and had two pigtails on each side, while the rest was out, and her bangs where messy compared to the other girl beside her.
The other girl had shoulder blade long black hair, and clear cut bangs. She wore a red form fitting t-shirt, she was 15 also, and a pair of faded blue jean short shorts, her flat stomach showed, and she took the make shift microphone, from the other girl with the warm smile.
"Thank you Rinny! It's great to be here Tokyo! Thank you all for your support! I'm a great believer in beauty, yes beauty products help with millions, but like my good friend Rinny here, their are also millions with natural beauty! Of course they look either exotic or enchanting when they use the products I would recommend!" came her girlyish voice, she gave a small smile, with her naturally small full red lips.
Her red wine eyes smiled at the camera recording and than at Rinny.
"YuYu, outer beauty is great and all, but don't forget that inner beauty is just as great" came the warm girl's reply to YuYu's words. She wore a white form fitting t-shirt and a pair of camouflage designed camo short pant's that ended mid calf, with strings dangling down, only a gap of her flat stomach could be seen, unlike YuYu's more showy outfit.
Both girls smiled at the camera, and where without shoes, only a pair of white socks covered their small feet.
"Right you are Rinny, it was you that showed me that inner beauty is valued more than anything." came YuYu's reply, her red wine eyes soften to such a vulnerable innocent girl that was rarely seen or known.
"Rin, Yura are you two sleeping over tonight?" came a motherly voice of Izayoi Tashio.
Both girls turned away from the camera to look over at the long haired kind woman.
"Rinny's sleeping over at my place today Mrs.Tashio, we were making a video about my future! I'm going to be the best salonist in all of Japan!" came Yura's voice, a smile on her face as she said it. Rin smiled at Izayoi as well and her friend's words.
"That's really nice Yura." came Izayoi's reply.
"YuYu, your great with hair, forget Japan's greatest salonist! You can be Japan's beauty queen!" spoke Rin she stodd up and climbed the couch so she was balancing on the top.
"Yura 'YuYu' Youma! Japan's beauty queen! She will have a line of model's wanting to work with her, a fashion line also a line of beauty products, hair products, salon's, and even spa's! YOUMA EMPIRE!" came Rin's cheer as she lost her balance.
"AH!" Rin screamed as she fell backwards.
"Rin!" came Inuyasha's younger voice, the camera fell and the back of the 14 year old boy could be seen. Yura went running towards Rin, Izayoi also with a shocked face went in a run to the falling Rin.
Finally the camera fell to the floor and it continued to record, mainly the feet on the ground since it was in its line of vision, three pairs of feet stopped in their run.
"Oh Sesshoumaru! You have such great timing!" came Izayoi's voice as her tone was more calm since she like the other two were worried at Rin's sudden unbalance fall.
Inuyasha's young face came in view of the camera as he picked it up, and pointed it towards Sesshoumaru, his older full demon half brother.
Currently this said brother, with the emotionless stotic face and taller figure was holding a speechless Rin.
"Uh...uh...um thanks for catching me...Sesshoumaru..." came Rin's small voice, her expression showed pure embarassment.
"Yeah! Thanks alot Sesshy! Rinny could've gotten really hurt since she's so freakin' delicate!" came Yura's unwanted reply to the situation.
Sesshoumaru just put down Rin while giving a small frown at having did catch her. He had walked in when she was declaring Yura's future empire and was about to turn around when he watched her lose balance and fall, so he used his demonic speed and caught the reckless girl.
"Don't be so reckless" was all he said with his cold tone, and turned away and left the room.
"Don't be such a cold jerk!" came Yura's shout at him as she grabbed Rin's hand.
"Come on! Its late lets go to my place Rinny, Oi! Yasha! Turn off the camera! The interview is over, we're going now!" came Yura's demand, as Rin and her gave one last smile and tongue out grin as the camera was shut off, after Inuyasha's famous 'keh's'.
BZZT...BZZT...BZZT...
PLOP, CLICK.
"Keh...now I remember why Yura made that empire of her's..." muttered Inuyasha as he took out the tape and turned off the television.
With a grunt Inuyasha got off his ass and stood up, he went to the bed that held the box, his wife Kagome earlier had talked about. He rumbled through it, dropping the tape just watched intoit at the same time.
"Ah, here you are." came his voice as he took out an old red photo album that read 'Childhood memories'.
His amber eyes softened slightly and he sat on the bed while opening the book. He gave a small heartbreaking smile as he turned the pages.
Their were many of a young 4 year old Inuyasha trying to get a 5 year old bandaged Rin to talk and smile. She was in the hospital since Sesshoumaru and himself where the two she had run into a month after losing her entire family to a robbery shotting. She had been in a couple of beat downs with snot nose brats in a shaddy neighbourhood and needed medical attention.
He flipped over to a photo of a still healing Rin with a bright first smile, as she cried in happiness while hugging Inuyasha.
The Tashio's learned sign language for their new mute friend, but the reason she was crying for joy was because she had just found out that she was accepted into school, she wanted to be in the business industries, so she wrote to her new found family, of course she always did refuse adoption.
Signing Inuyasha flipped over the pages again and again until he hit near the end, that's when he stopped. He took out the photo Yura made him take that faithful night, 10 years ago.
Rin was dressed in such a revealing outfit but somehow she still looked so decent, she was beautiful, Inuyasha never had romantic feelings towards the friend he knew most of his childhood and teenager years, but even he would've fallen for her if he hadn't already seen her as a sister.
Finally shutting the book and putting it in the box, he shut the box with the lid he had made himself, it had a built in lock which he locked, the key was none other than his right hand's pinky nail, sharp as any demon's, it was the same one he had done those childish pinky swears with her.
Putting the box in the closest, Inuyasha unlocked the guest room door and stepped out, he could hear the soft breathing of his son and wife, they had fallen asleep. He walked into the living room and spotted them surrounded by pictures of his parents, brother and himself. Of course their where also Kagome's younger brother, grandfather, and mother.
He picked up his wife and carried her upstairs to sleep on their more comfortable king sized bed, and than he went back downstairs and picked up his son putting him in his bedroom's bed. Finally he made his last trip to the living room to clean up the mess the two had left him with.
After he was done, Inuyasha made his way to the front door, he noticed their was mail on the fllor and went to pick it up. Flipping past the two credit card bills, and the simple ad's, he was just about to just lazily throw it onto the table beside the umbrella's when one envelope caught his amber eye.
It was a noticable shade of navy blue outlined with silver. Their was no return address only one stamp and his address and his full name written in fancy cursive that seemed oddly familiar to him.
"...What is this..." was all he could say as he dropped the rest of the mail and went into the dining room to sit on the table, he opened the envelope and read something that made his amber eyes widen.
"Inuyasha Tashio, if you're reading this it has been more than 10 years since you've seen me. You have always been like a brother to me, and I dearly cherish that. I'm sorry I left, but I could not stand being anywhere near the place that shattered me deep inside. Month's after that faithful night in 94. I was adopted after leaving Tokyo, but I found out something that deeply frightened me, I can't tell you though, not yet anyhow. I'm sorry for being so weak, for leaving and for not being able to write after so many years. Though I feel the Tashio's who loved me like a family should know atleast this...In 94. Was when it began, 97. It continued, and 99. It ended. Demon Arts.
Sincerely,
Rin T."
Inuyasha froze after reading the letter, and continued to read the last line trying to figure out what it meant and tears leaked out of his amber eyes. Inuyasha quickly ran to the phone, he quickly dialed a quick number and waited for the ringing to stop and the other line to be picked up.
"Hello brother, a rarity for you to call me at my house, what is it?" came a bored tone of Sesshoumaru Tashio, current president of Tashio Industries and former vice-president since their father retired.
"Sess...houmaru..." spoke Inuyasha, he tried so hard not to sound like he was sobbing, but his brother had sharp hearing and was instantly curious on what would make Inuyasha cry.
"Inuyasha...what's wrong? It's unlike you to cry for anything unless it involves..." Sesshoumaru stopped talking, his amber eyes widen for a quick second before going back to their normal narrowed form, he understood what was going on and spoke again.
"I'll be at your place in 20 minutes, than we'll talk" was all he said before he hung up leaving Inuyasha to silently cry while holding the letter.
Shananrui: ANOTHER CLIFFY!
Inuyasha: It's just small suspense...stupid if it where a real cliffy than they'd kill you!
Shananrui: If they liked it! HA!
Inuyasha: Do you read what you say?
Shananrui: No why?
Inuyasha: No reason...review...please.