Chapter 2: Incandescent Night

Series: InuYasha

Couples: Same ones in the manga.

Plot: Read the first chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha

Rin's POV

The sun has fallen and the moon is high in the sky. Lord Jaken is still arguing with me, but I ignore him. At the same time, I am looking at the fire and I begin to remember the time I spent with that demon. The fire blazes brightly under the moonlight, yet nothing can deny its presence. Things have changed after Naraku was killed seven years ago. Big sister Kagome is with Inuyasha in the village. I stayed there for a while and learned how to take care of oneself with the help of Sango. Even though her children keep on preoccupying her. So I learned some of the skills to kill demons by Kohaku-kun. Thinking about it now amazed me because it all happened before my tenth birthday, but it was also the same time I almost died. Just remembering it brings shivers down my spine. Now I am with Lord Sesshomaru again. In the process it caused Lord Sesshomaru to be more cautious when I am sprawling around alone.

"Hey! Rin go to sleep; before I get in trouble." Jaken spoke out loud, even though he also said. "I'm still babysitting her after what she has made me gone through." Rin was not bothered by this, even though she had the skills to defend herself. Well it is always better to be safe than sorry. The stars twinkled and she thought how things were never going to be the same. Time did not matter when she was with the butterfly-man.

I questioned how long it was since the others could not find me. For a while because I was recovering at the butterfly-man's place. My hair still has its pig tail to the side and sometimes I braid it, so that it will not get in the way of my face. I guess I was naive and innocent back then. The flame kept on burning and you could feel the heat omitting itself into the air. It was amazing at night time, and sometimes I wanted to dance around it, but never could. The moon is full. My eyes betray me, for I cannot open them any longer.

"Rin. Are you okay?" I open my eyes; is this a dream? My vision is blurry.

"So what would you like to do today?" Now I am in front of a structure. It is smaller than I remember it, maybe the reason is that I have grown.

Now I remember. These are fractured memories of the time I was with him. Sometimes it is hard to tell if they are real or just figures of my imagination. My dreams are so real that I feel like that I am there with him. The scent of air that surrounds him is still within my mind. The color of his eyes. I could never get his name; after all of the kindness he has given me. Lord Sesshomaru came to get me. I did not know how long it to him and the rest of them. By the time the rest of them found me; a year must have pasted by.

"Rin. It is time to leave." He said in a monotone I could recognize, no matter what situation we were in I could figure out his emotions. The look in his amber eyes showed another side to him. I remember him, he saved me when I was seven, but he also left me in the care of a nice old lady in a village. I begin to notice the subtle movements of his tail on just over his shoulder, how I imagined that it moved and wrapped itself around my slender body. It brought a sensation I have not felt in a long time.

"Do you wish to leave me?" I speak only in my head, as my body does not respond to my consciousness. In actuality I do not remember who said this. The emotions that I feel when I hear those lines make me sad.

"This place is lovely." I notice that my dreams are of me, but not from my point of view. It seems I only watching what is happening. I let them take its course. I guess that butterfly-man was surprised when I had all kinds of weapons on my persona. He was cautious. A man whom no one would trespass; if they wish of a tedious death.

"How do you feeling? As you can see things are different here." Then I begin to become aware of things I had forgotten, while I was still living there. He gives me comfort, when I hear the wolves howling outside. My dreams become phantasmagoric. His place was extremely different from the village because I had more place and privacy to move around, with nothing to distract me. I am living in a terra incognita; therefore, I wanted to walk around and get to know my environment. While walking around I see a flower and I try to approach it.

"Stet!" The butterfly man said to me before I even got within a five meter radius. It was scary. The look in his eyes told me something else was going on here.

"Rin you safe, with us." I think this was big-sister Kagome who spoke to me. She wore her miko clothing to diminish the demons that attacked her village. The rest of the was there, even Jaken and Lord Sesshomaru were here. I was not in the mansion anymore; I was out in the open field, surrounded by flowers. They seemed relieved that I was not harmed. Their faces showed happiness. I was confused; They were really worried about me?

"Wake up, Rin. You runt, it is time to leave on our journey." Lord Jaken said with a frown on his face. The morning sun blinds my eyes for a bit. I get on Ah-un so that I will not stress myself out. The distance is long and the sun does damage my skin. Big-sister Kagome would put this type of slimy substance on my body, the skin most exposed to the same. She said it would keep me healthy. Away from the bugs that sprawled all over these lands.

Lord Sesshomaru never said where we were going, so I followed with no question. Looking at our surroundings, everything feels nostalgic. As if my future is just over that hill.

Author's Note: I am have misspelled some of the characters names, so remind if I have. Well, thank you for reading my story.