Hurricane.
You're the finest thing that I've done, the hurricane I'll never outrun
A/N: Seeing the response that I saw, I would hope that those of you who have the time can review more often. Thank You. Also perhaps, some of the questions you've asked can be answered in the story We Intertwined. Of course if you don't feel like reading that one just PM me and I will explain it to you.
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His hand was wrapped tightly around hers, it felt snug. It wasn't the kind of tight that hurt but the kind that said, I'm afraid to lose you. It was almost like when walking through a crowded place as a child and holding onto your mother because you don't want to lose her. Just like becoming lost yourself. Sure, it seemed that everything was fine with them even when they had hidden their relationship for two years. Stress was no stranger to their courtship in recent events. They had studied hard to get into the same school. They'd fought over the other slacking off. He never wavered once.
"I'm sorry." Rin apologized again, it had already been said multiple times since she'd helped him off the ground.
"It isn't your fault. I shouldn't have reacted that way." he stopped walking and looked her in the eye. It was true, he had gone about things in the wrong way. Just in that moment and in the past too. Who said that he couldn't change to become an honorable man? It was not up to them, it was his choice alone. It was not hard to want to treat her like a princess. 'We could have been like this in the past.' his bitter thought filled him. Yes, he had been trying to change for a long time. This time would be different, he wouldn't let Sesshoumaru have her heart.
"Can you do me a favor?" her eyes had a playful mischief in them. He gave her a nod and raised his eyebrow. She leaned foward and puckered her lips while closing her eyes. He laughed lightly and wrapped his arm around her waist. He then proceeded to do exactly as she asked of him. Her lips were sweet and addicting. She let go of his hand and held onto the nape of his neck. He pulled her closer one hand on the small of her back with the other light on her waist. She stood on her tip toes and smiled into his lips.
"My father is waiting for us over there. I wanted you to meet him." she separated from him. He still held her around the waist while he walked over to where the sick man was. He had not been nervous like this before. Things were going well. If he had been less selfish in the past things would have been different. Rin looked at her father, he smiled at her. She took hold of Kouga's hand and led him til he was standing two feet in front of her father.
"Dad, this is Kouga." she smiled.
"I'm Kouta Tsukatani. Rin is my only child, so I'm sure you can imagine I have certain expectations for what she deserves." Kouta looked at Kouga with a stern face and then smiled. He saw that his daughter was now giving him the eye.
"Sir, you're daughter has honestly become the world in my eyes." Kouga was serious as he tightened his grip on Rin's hand.
"Somehow that does not comfort me. I say this because she is so young. I don't want her to be tied down at such a young age. There is a world to explore." Kouta looked at the young aqua eyed man who stood before her.
"If she were to have a dream that did not include me I would let her pursue it. I am in love with your daughter. I have been since the moment I laid eyes on her. I am seeing your daughter with marriage in mind." Kouga said quickly. He was almost breaking a sweat. He heard Rin's small gasp and he knew she was smiling because she gripped his hand tighter and lowered her gaze to the ground.
"You guys are barely eighteen, marriage shouldn't even be crossing your mind." Kouta smiled at Rin. He would love to see his daughter get married, but not just for the sake to see her. He wanted to see her do it at the right time.
"You seem like a good kid. So I will give you my blessing to date my daughter." Kouta said. Rin looked to her father and back and Kouga with a smile. She buried her self in her father arms.
"I knew you would like him." Rin grinned. Kouta stuck his hand for Kouga to shake. When the younger man grabbed on Kouta could feel the intense feeling that ran through the boy's veins. His body had begun to feel weak so he suggested they keep moving.
Sesshoumaru watched her she was clutching her chest, her knees had pulled in slightly to close the distance between them and her ribs. What could it be that had caused a reaction with her body? Perhaps he was right. It could mean nothing else. This girl must be her reincarnation. Her soul must have healed completely. Oh yes, he had done a lot to get her here. Everyone knew that he had buried her. It was talk for the entire year and then some. It was unknown to them that he had not been able to let her go. He dug her up not three hours later. He then went to a dark priestess who seemed to be reaching her end.
Rin was dressed in only a robe when he had pulled her body from her glass casket. Her skin was icy, but she had not stiffened which surprised Sesshoumaru. Her body was limp and lightweight in his arms. Her arms dangled as he carried her. It was a long road, but he made haste. The priestess had been sleeping when he arrived. She was old and dying, her age was killing her although it was not apparent because she looked as youthful as Rin. Her hair was crimson which matched her eyes. It was her black magic that kept her appearance.
"Well, if it isn't the Lord of the west." she drawled.
"I have no time for games." he was cold and calm.
"How wonderful, you've brought a corpse. I assume you want me to bring her back to life." her carmine eyes were amused and taunting.
"You are dying, hag. I have no time for you games." he was still calm despite the inferno inside of him.
"It is too late anyway, her soul has shattered and departed." she almost laughed.
"I do not want her soul. I need her body to live. I will retrieve her soul when the time is right." Sesshoumaru had a smile on his face, the priestess seemed to realize a fear in her heart.
"What's that to do with me?" her voice now shook.
"You come from a long line of dark priestess. I know you can make her body live and I know you can help me. She is a demon, but she is also a priestess. If she were to live again in this body, she would only die the same way." he said. The priestess lifted a brow and motioned for him to lay her down. She pulled out a dagger and cut Rin's wrist. The blood that came out was black and smelled of rot. It was not pleasant.
"She needs to remain a demon in order for me to revive her. If you were to retrieve her soul it would only kill her again. That is something isn't it." she laughed dipping her finger in the spilled blood. She passed it over her tongue and let out a groan of satisfaction. Sesshoumaru watched in suspicion.
"Her blood was strong. It must have been long and painful. The death was misery as was her life." the priestess went over the cut again cutting deeper.
"What are you going to do?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"I will try to help you. My life here is done as you know." she smiled.
"My blood will accept the priestess and will mix quite nicely with her demon blood. If she had been my child she would have been able to survive this." the priestess laughed as she pulled Rin's body closer to her. Almost like an animal now she began to suck on Rin's wrist. Sesshoumaru watched quietly.
"My daughter is a barren woman and it seems that your mate had a child. She will continue my bloodline for me. That is the price." she looked up at him, her entire eye now colored black. Her wrinkles and effects of time began to show. Sesshoumaru nodded.
"Fine." he said, he planned to have children with her and it would solve the problems she mentioned.
"Cut her open right done the center of the chest." Sesshoumaru did as he was told quickly tearing off the robe worn by her, the scent of the rotted blood filled the air. It was ignored.
"Pull out her heart and give it to me." she told him. He ripped it out and handed it to her. She mumbled a few incomprehensible words. The gravity in the room began to leave. She and Rin floated. The sight became gruesome. The priestess kept saying the same words over and over, her skin started to melt off and all of her blood poured into this heart she held in her hands. It seemed to glow. It was then he realized the Rin's eyes although empty stared up at the ceiling. How long had they been open? What had they seen? Would she know what he'd done? The heart shot back into her corpse and a echoing pound of pressure began pulsating through the room.
Sesshoumaru watched as Rin's body began to heal and breath steadily. Her burgundy turned to the black that he had loved so well. Her hazel eyes. He could smell life in her. It was heat that returned to her body.
"You must go to the well behind this shrine and fill a coffin with water. Make sure that she can breathe." he heard the voice of that priestess echoing in his head. He grabbed a loose black dress and put it on her. She seemed so alive and now he only needed to wait for her soul.