Chapter 2: Rini
Hanon continued to run until she was sure she was far enough that Inuyasha couldn't find her scent. She would need somewhere to stay; she wouldn't dare ask Kaiba for help he wouldn't see this late at night. Would Sesshomaru take me in this late at night? She asked herself. She was sure he would, as far as she was concerned Sesshomaru loved her. Unlike Inuyasha she told herself bitterly.
"Hanon!" yelled voices; Hanon looked up to see Kilala, with Sango, Miroku and Shippo on her back. They landed in front of her, and Kilala transformed back into the cute little two-tailed demon she was.
"I'm going back if that's what you're here for" she said. Sango shook her head,
"Where here to travel with you, we all agree that we need to spend a little time away from Inuyasha" she said sternly. Hanon hugged her,
"Thank you" she said, Sango smiled.
"Where do you plan on going Hanon?" asked Miroku and Shippo,
"I'm trying to find Sesshomaru, he's the only one I sense is close by" she said, Miroku and Sango nodded.
"Lead the way, we'll follow" said Sango. Shippo was sound asleep in Miroku arms. Hanon began to walk again, and caught his strong scent near the river. They continued to walk along, she wanted to go back with Inuyasha, but she knew her and Inuyasha would never be. They were to different kinds of people. She was pure and she wasn't afraid to show her feelings, Inuyasha is to strong willed, and holds to much pride. He has the ability to cry yet he doesn't shed a tear, Hanon would give anything to shed at least one tear for all her friends that either died, left to their homes, or like Kagome betrayed her. She knew why she couldn't cry, it was because of her father, he had slaughtered her mother. He didn't give any reason to it he just did it. Hanon closed her eyes, she wished she could just shed at least a little for her dear mother who risked her life to save her. All she had of her mother was the silver heart shaped locket that played her mother's favorite lullaby Beautiful Wish, also Inuyasha's favorite song. Inuyasha to lost his mother, all he had of her was the cloth of the fire rat which was basically his armor. She stopped when she saw Rin standing next to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru turned to face them with his amazingly cute bored expression. Hanon couldn't help but feel attracted to him, he was gorgeous. When she saw him she was all of a sudden filled with happiness, she ran into his arms.
"Sesshomaru!" she said happily. Usually if someone did this to him, he wouldn't' hesitate to kill them but it was different with Hanon.
"Hanon, you seem different" he said, Hanon frowned. Even Sesshomaru noticed her, and he is even more stubborn then Inuyasha.
"Yep, you like it?" she asked, hiding her true feelings. She couldn't bear to be sad any longer, she wanted to forget about Inuyasha and move on with her life but deep down she knew that Inuyasha would be like Kikyo, he would never let her forget him. Sesshomaru never answered her question but he knew why they were there. He said nothing and disappeared,
"Where did he go?" asked Sango, Rin stared up at her.
"He always does that, he goes and looks for Naraku while Jaken and I sleep" she said. Hanon nodded,
"He did the same with me when I traveled with him, that's how I ended up losing him" she said. Miroku and Sango only nodded.
"We should all get some sleep" said Sango helping Rin to go to sleep. Miroku set Shippo down who still hadn't awakened from all the noise. She smiled, her friends came with her, she loved them and she promised herself she would give up anything to protect them.
"I'm going to sleep in the river tonight" she said, she wanted more than anything to jump into the sweet cold water. She waited until everyone left to find a place to sleep where it was less open. She jumped into the water, loving the cool rush of water run against her soft skin. She swam deep down to the bottom, finding a spot where there were less weeds and more sand to lay on. She moved her slowly and landing on a soft spot of sand, wow, this feels good she thought. She paused, her smile she wore leaving her face. She said the same thing when she and Inuyasha sat together near the beach. That day she would never forget, being stranded on an Island no one around expect them. They would never tell any one about that night, at first they were both angry at each other, but learned that they would need to work together to get off the Island. The sun began to set, as they had sat down together in the warm sand. Inuyasha had held her close to him, his eyes peaceful and gentle, she remembered his eyes never left hers. He leaned in close to kiss her, but the image faded and they were both back in Feudal Japan, as it turns out Kagome had been the one that set them free. She thanked Kagome, but she wanted to stay in that very illusion. She smiled her head out the clouds and back into reality. She began to hear screaming, curious she poked her head out into the surface. It was a girl, probably four-teen. A demon was attacking her; she wondered why Miroku and the others couldn't hear her, her screams were so loud. She swam out of the water and ran to go help her, the girl a large coat over her body, hiding her face. Hanon transformed into her idol form, and began to sing Ever Blue. The demon fell to his knees, she continued to sing, the demon yelled in pain. His eyes looked as if they were going to explode. Turns out they did, Hanon stopped singing and grabbed the little girl and began to run. The large demon collapsed, almost hitting them.
"Are you alright?" she asked, the girl moved away from her. Her coat falling off her, she had pink hair, and bunny ears. She was so pretty; Hanon had to hold back her eagerness to touch her fuzzy ears. She then realized that this girl was a half demon. She was half a rabbit demon and half human.
"Yes" she said shyly, Hanon understood her fear. "What are you?" she asked. Hanon was almost hurt by her question.
"I'm a mermaid" she said, the girl eyes widened, as if she was amazed to see something so amazing in her presence.
"My name is Hanon Hosho, what is your?" she asked, the girl hesitated.
"Rini" she said, Hanon smiled, a pretty name for her. Her eyes shinned like gems.
"You're a half-demon aren't you?" she asked, Rini suddenly got angry,
"So, does it really matter!" she yelled, Hanon shook her head.
"Relax I know a half-demon, his name is Inuyasha, were good friends" she said, we used to be she thought. She shook the thoughts away; she gave Rini a sympathetic look.
"How old are you?" she asked her, Rini stared up at her. She looked old enough to take of herself.
"What do you care" she said arrogantly. At first Hanon shook off the rude gesture Rini gave her after she had kindly saved her.
"I care your hurt" she said, Hanon lifted her arm to see a small cut that look infected. Rini snatched her arm away.
"I don't need any help from a human!" she yelled, Hanon's patience died out.
"Look I'm not a human!" she yelled back, Rini stuck up her nose.
"Humph, could of fooled me" she snorted. Hanon glared at her,
"I'm a Hanon Hosho aquamarine mermaid princess of the South Atlantic Ocean" she announced, back at her castle she would have had someone else introduce her, but seeing as if she no longer lived there she would have to announce herself.
"Well you don't look like a mermaid" Rini mumbled Hanon held her breath.
"This is a human disguise so I can walk on land" she said, Rini laughed.
"Please it's obvious your using a shard or two of the scared jewel to make to make voice that powerful enough to take down that whole demon on your own" she said. Hanon did her best to calm down; she grabbed Rini and walked her back to the river.
"See for yourself" said Hanon, and jumped into the water. She splashed her fins up and spilled tons of water on Rini. Rini didn't look angry when Hanon rudely splashed tons of water on her to get back at all the mean insults she gave her. Instead she looked amazed,
"Wow, well turns out you weren't lying, but you own a shard of the scared jewel shard" she said, her attitude returning.
"Your right, I own a shard of the scared jewel, but I didn't steal if that's what you think, someone special gave it to me" she said, holding her pearl which contained the sacred jewel shard. Rini stared at her for some time then slipped her feet in the nice cool water.
"So do you think you could help me with this wound?" she asked, her pink eyes glittering in the clear water. Her pink hair blew in the soft wind, and her large white bunny ears twitched. Hanon smiled up at her,
"Sure" she said, she climbed out of the water, "lets go" she said, Hanon and Rini walked towards the campsite where Sango, Miroku and the others where sound asleep.
"Who are they?" she asked, staring at Sango and the others.
"My friends, there really kind" she said searching through her bag to find her band aid and chemicals to clean her infected wound.
"Where's that half- demon at?" she asked, Hanon stopped.
"He's uh…" she stopped. "He's gone, we separated for a little bit he'll be back" he said.
"Oh" said Rini, her eyes sad, she must of really have been looking forward to seeing another half-demon.
"Don't worry, I know another de…" Hanon stopped, Sesshomaru. He was going to be a problem, he won't be able take her because she's a half demon, what if he tries to kill her, like he tries with Inuyasha? Fear suddenly stroked Hanon, when she opened her mouth to speak, she saw Rini already finding a spot to sleep. Would she be able to protect Rini like she does Inuyasha? Hanon wasn't sure, and as tired as she was she couldn't find herself to go to sleep. She was nervous, if Sesshomaru catches her scent he's going to think its Inuyasha.
"Hanon, you're still awake?" asked Sango as she peered up, Hanon nodded and motioned her to go back to sleep. Sango didn't hesitate, she must have been tired for her to toss her head back down on the floor. Hanon sighed, a lot had happen today, she had been completely yelled at by Inuyasha. She fought a demon, meets a new half- demon Rini, and is now worrying about Sesshomaru losing his temper and killing Rini. She had just met the girl and knew she was like Inuyasha's twin, but she knew it was wrong to just sit and do nothing. She looked up at the stars, they were so beautiful. She began to think of Yugi, he named a star after her. She told herself she would never be able to forget the night he told her he loved her. Just like Inuyasha could not ever forget the day he first kissed Kikyo. They both had there two main memories, Inuyasha's was when he and Kikyo kissed, and when they betrayed each other. Hanon's was the night of Aqua-Regina birth, on that night the ocean's waves would sparkle and if you were a mermaid you could hear her sweet voice singing a "Mother's Lullaby." Her second memory is when Yugi went back to his home in Ancient Egypt, that was little Yugi was forced to face the Pharaoh, Hanon's love, in a duel. Because Hanon's king of games has never lost a duel, if the Pharaoh won then he would have to stay in the mortal world and defeat all his enemies all over again. But if little Yugi won, then the Pharaoh could return to his home. No one wanted the Pharaoh to leave, little Yugi and Hanon especially, little Yugi had grown so close to him, and Hanon had learned to love and trust him.
"That night truly was a special night" she whispered, she closed her eyes, her flashback starting.
Hanon stood as Yugi laid a small blanket on the ground for them to sit. Hanon sat down watching the waves roll back and forth, the seagulls flying and yelling out at each other. The waves splashed at them turning Hanon into her mermaid form. Yugi must have put the blanket so close to the shore for a reason. They were completely isolated by mountains of rocks to hide them from the spies who Hanon guessed where underwater. Yugi had asked her to join by the beach on Aqua-Regina's birthday right in front of her friends. Lucia, Rina, Karen, Coco, Noel, and Seria, was all there. She knew they were watching her, and when she found them she would let them have it. Still even if she wasn't completely alone with Yugi she was still with him. She frowned; she hadn't noticed how nervous she suddenly felt. What was with her, she loved Yugi so why was she so nervous? She wasn't sure, but she managed to put it all aside. Yugi sat down next to her, his eyes no, longer angry or competitive like they are when he duels. They were beautiful, soft and gentle. Knowing that all her friends were watching her, she didn't mind, she had pushed them all aside and stared into his eyes.
"Hanon, you look beautiful today" he said, Hanon wanted to laugh, she always looked like this in her mermaid form. She looked down at herself and gasped, she had forgotten that on Aqua-Regina's birthday, the princesses would wear there gowns. Her tails was now covered in traps, and she wore a long frilled skirt around her waist, her shells were no longer just blue, they now carried sparkles. She wore long gloves on her hands, with black laces that were wrapped around; instead of starfish in her hair she had red roses as did everyone else.
"Thank you" she said, feeling stupid. She could guess everyone was laughing at her because she had forgotten the transformation on this day.
"Hanon, could I tell you something?" he asked, Hanon nodded, hoping he would pull out a diamond ring and ask her to marry him. Even though she had no idea what her answer would sense she was only fifth-teen in love with a 5000 year old Pharaoh stuck in a sixth-teen year old body. He was so serious and brave which Hanon only love him more, not to mention he was the King of Games and Kaiba her adopted brother disliked him because he could never defeat Yugi in a duel and regain his title as the King of Games. Being a sibling of Seto Kaiba, she was an excellent duelist, her deck was full of dinosaur monsters, and whenever she battled Yugi there duels would end out in a draw meaning there's no telling who won. She continued to stare at his eyes. She felt as though he was her Romeo, and she was Juliet from Shakespeare only she hoped her ending wouldn't be bad, Romeo had thought that Juliet had died, so he took a knife to him and killed himself. Juliet then woke up and saw him dead, so she too killed herself, Hanon hoped that wouldn't happen. Hanon's flashback ended, as it turned out Hanon and Yugi did have a terrible ending. Hanon had ended up betraying Yugi, then she came back to where she was supposed to be. She had thought that after that betrayal they would be together forever, she thought wrong, as it turns out Yugi wanted to return to his home more than he wanted to be with Hanon. She wanted to cry, but her tears never came. She look away from the sky, there were too many memories, ones that she couldn't bear with. She sighed loudly and watched as a little head popped up. Oh no, I woke up Rini! She panicked; Rini was a half-demon so she could hear things even if it wasn't loud enough to wake up a human. Rini stood and motioned Hanon to follow her. Hanon obeyed and followed her back to the river. Rini yawned and sat down, Hanon did the same.
"Guy trouble?" she asked, Hanon blushed. How did she know? She asked herself. A gave a grim face as she watched Rini smile.
"If there's one thing I know its guys" she said, for a second, Hanon thought she had been talking to Kagome. It wasn't the case; she had been speaking with Rini, even if she wanted it to be Kagome.
"Not my kind of guys" she said with a dried expression on her face. Rini laughed,
"Come on tell, start with the first guy you ever liked, and then the guy you loved" she said. Hanon thought for a moment, first guy I ever liked she thought, Taro-Chan!
"Taro-Chan" she said, "first guy I ever liked" she said.
"Tell me about him" she said, Hanon smiled.
"He was my music teacher, when I saw him he gave me this precious look as if I were his true love" she said, her face blushing with childish feelings. "Of course he never had any interest in me; he loved another mermaid named Sara" she said sadly.
"So that crush was pointless, which probably made you feel that if you crush on someone else they'll do the same thing that this Taro-Chan, so Taro-Chan took away your hope" said Rini.
"Next guy please" Rini whispered, Hanon frowned, and she thought harder this time, which was after Taro-Chan. Hanon gasped, then smiled, how she could ever forget Joey.
"Ryu" she said, Ryu was one of her favorites. He was a punker but when it came to her needs he was all ears. He was absolutely handsome, his hair was crazy, and orange looking. Then he met up with another girl, he broke Hanon's heart, Rini listen as Hanon explained it to her.
"So this Ryo took away your trust" she said, Hanon had never thought of it, with every guy she broke up with he took something from her. "Whose next?" asked Rini,
"Yugi, he was a ancient pharaoh, a 5000 year old pharaoh to be exact" she smiled, as she thought of the first time they met. She explained everything to Rini about Yugi. When he saved her from Marik, how she betrayed him and how he brought her back to earth and out of the shadow realm. She told her, why he wasn't here when they had been through so much.
"So he told you he loved you yet he left you so he could go back and rule as king?" she asked, Hanon nodded. "He's your problem, he took away your love, and he wouldn't let you forget him even if he didn't to stay with you and that's why your scared to share your feelings with whoever this guy you love is" she said. Hanon was amazed that her conclusion made so much sense. She stared at Rini, maybe Hanon was supposed to save Rini, Hanon now thought of Rini as a miracle, she thought of Rini the same thing as she had thought of Kagome, a sister.