Captive Soul | By : Strawberries Category: InuYasha > General Views: 10440 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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"Sorry to wake you so early, Rin, but I have got to talk to you. It's important."
Rin leaned back against the solid chest behind her. Two arms wraparouaround her
waist, one fingertip circling her navel as a chin warmed her left shoulder.
"Sure, what time should Sesshomaru and I come over?"
"No, Rin, only you. I want you to come to my house alone. I need to speak with only
you."
Something in Kagome's stern tone was starting to bother her.
"Why can't I bring Sess? He can wait in the car if you want to talk to just
me."
Kagome's voice rose in slight exasperation. "No. This is something that I must
tell you without the chance of Sesshomaru's youkai hearing picking it up. I am
sorry but I need to speak with you in private."
Sesshomaru went rigid in his hold of her. Rin could feel a vibration in
his chest. She smoothed her hand over his thigh at her side.
"Okay, Kagome. I'll be there. What time?"
"As soon as you can get dressed, I want you to come over."
Rin gave an unnecessary nod while the warmth of
Sesshomaru's embrace slid from her waist and shoulder.
"Alright, sis, I'll be there in a little bit."
After hanging up the phone, Rin turned to see Sesshomaru lying on the bed, his
head propped up by his right hand. He was watching her intently. "That was Kagome."
He gave a slow nod. "I could hear her. She sounded....distressed."
Rin swallowed. She had heard the same thing in her sister's tone. Something was
wrong.
Looking away from the intensity of his gaze, Rin got out of bed and went to her
dresser. "I need to go to my sister's for a little while."
She stopped at the dresser and looked back to the bed. Sesshomaru had
turned and was still watching her but with a hint of worry.
She bit her bottom lip. This would be the first time
she would leave him alone. Rin did not want to leave him alone. Bad things happened
when she left him for only a few minutes. What would happen if she left him
for a few hours?
Rin pushed the uneasy and unwarranted feeling from her mind. She was being ridiculous.
With a calm and reassuring smile, she stepped over to the bed, bent down,
and placed a small kiss on his cheek. "I promise, I won't be long."
The male blinked at her with a faint smile of his own. "I will wait here for you."
She straightened with a quirked brow. "In bed? You are going to wait for me in bed?
Is there something you want when I get back?"
His smile grew a tad. "Yes, there is."
Rin shook her head. "You are relentless."
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Sesshomaru gazed at Rin while she dressed, silently observing her delicate
movements. It was nice to see her change clothes. He inwardly smirked at the thought
of what they might do when she returned.
After Rin had finished putting on a pretty peach skirt and white blouse, she gave
him one last peck on the lips before leaving the bedroom.
He stared after her departing shadow for several moments, his ears reaching for
the sounds of her fading footsteps, the closing of the front door, and her car
starting and rolling out of the driveway.
Sesshomaru sighed deeply and closed his eyes, hoping he would not have to wait long.
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A faint click woke him from the doze he had slipped into.
The dog demon furrowed his brows. Had he fallen into a deep rest while Rin
had been gone? He glanced at the clock on the night table. No. Rin had not
been gone too long. Could she have forgotten something? He sat up in the
bed and sniffed but detected nothing. The front door opened slowly.
Sesshomaru slid off the bed, straightening the waistband of his
sweats in the process. He had told Rin he would wait in bed for her, but
pouncing on her when she least expected it sounded so much more fun.
He moved stealthily to the door and sniffed again. The scent smelled like
Rin, but in his excited haste, he inadvertently ignored the twang of age in
its depth.
Crouching, Sesshomaru peered around the door-facing and towards the banister. From
his vantage point, he could only see the top part of the front door as it closed.
Ducking his head back, he smirked and waited. Quiet, feminine steps strolled up the
stairs. He thought it odd that Rin had yet to call for him but readied himself
anyway for the jump.
He was unprepared for the voice that whispered a short command. "Come here, Sesshomaru."
Sesshomaru fell backwards, his behind hitting the wooden floor. That was not Rin's voice.
The inu youkai slowly stood then stepped out of Rin's bedroom. He
stopped a few feet short of the female standing at the top of the stairs.
A vicious growl ripped from his throat. "You...."
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Rin knocked on Kagome's door. She woulve gve gone right in, but for some
unknown reason she was stalling. Kagome's voice had sounded so........foreboding.
Kagome opened the door. She was not smiling, a line of worry wrinkled her temple.
"Come on in, Sis."
She walked in and shut the door behind her. While following Kagome into the
living room, she spoke to her sister with some concern. "Okay, Kagome, what is it?
What did you need to tell me? You are worried about something, aren't you?"
Kagome sat on the couch. Rin sat next to her.
Letting out a deep breath, Kagome turned to her with a hard frown. "Rin, what
I have to say will not be easy for you to take."
The way Kagome was acting was starting to scare her. "What is it, Kagome? Just tell me."
Reaching under the coffee table, Kagome pulled out a large leather-bound book.
"This book is Keade's." She opened the book with a dusty flip of pages. "Kaede
came by last night to speak with me after seeing you and Sesshomaru in the
marketplace."
Kagome pointed to a picture on the page in front of them. "Look."
Rin looked and blinked. "That's.....Sesshomaru's collar."
With a nod, Kagome sat back and looked at her. "The book is in ancient writing but
Kaede told me last night about the restraint."
A bad feeling began creeping up inside as she asked, "What did she tell you?"
Taking a deep breath, Kagome swallowed before answering, "The choker ad
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Somaromaru's neck is a feeder restraint. It feeds off his demon energy, using it
to control him. It was spelled to be eternal or last as long as Sesshomaru lived."
Rin nodded. "That explains why his powers are absent," she gave Kagome
a hard look, "But that is not all you have to tell me, is it?"
Kagome laid a hand on her shoulder. "Rin, listen to me. There is a curse placed
on Sesshomaru's restraint." She paused.
"What kind of curse?"
"Sesshom's r's restraint is cursed......anyone who takes his collar off
will die a....'living death'."
Everything went numb. "What do you mean?"
Her sister swallowed again. "If you free Sesshomaru, you will die a 'living death'.
Slow winding shock made her whole body feel like it was turning to stone.
"What does 'living death' mean?"
"Kaede believes it to mean your soul will be purged or taken in some way. Rin,
you will surely die if that happens. Maybe not at first, the body can hold on
for a little while but not for too long. If your spirit is taken, your body will slowly
die within minutes."
Realization hit Rin hard. For Sesshomaru to be set free.......
...... she would have to die.
Raising one trembling hand up, she covered her mouth as her vision began to blur.
"No....this.....this......this is not fair."
Kagome reached for her but Rin flinched away and stood up. She
walked over to the other side of the room and laid her forehead against the wall.
It hurt. It hurt so bad. Scrunching her eyes shut, she let out gasps that soon wrenched
into choking sobs. "Not fair.....not fair...."
Her sister spoke with stern compassion directly behind her. "I know it is
not fair, Rin, but sometimes things like this happen. Whoever placed the
subjugation spell on Sesshomaru booby-trapped it. It must have been a dark miko with
great power. She did not want him to be set free, and she made it so anyone who
dared do such a thing would pay dearly. Hope is lost for him."
Rin seized all the pain. Forcing it into a tight ball, she pushed it
from her mind but was unable to remove it from her heart.
"No, hope is not lost to him."
"What are you saying, sis?"
"I want to go through with the releasing spell."
Kagome's voice rose in startled disbelief. "What?!!"
"I said, I want to go through with the releasing spell. I made a promise, Kagome.
I will free Sesshomaru."
Fear edged its way into Kagome's tone. "You....Rin....you will die...
You can't be serious. Why not let him stay the way he is? You and he can live
with each other....."
Agony crushed into anger. Rin turned to face her sister. "NO! He will not
stay that way! I will not be able to live with myself if he stays the way he
is! You don't know what it's like for him! It hurts him. That damned
restraint hurts him!" She let out another sob as hot tears dripped from her
cheeks. The anger fell to desperation as she cried imploringly to her sister.
"Please, please....you must help me.....help me free him....."
"Rin......I......"
"Please....I am begging you. I have never begged you for anything in my life,
Kagome. Please!"
Kagome's eyes misted with unshed tears. "You really do love him, don't you?"
With defiant hope, Rin faintly smiled in her anguish. "Yes, I do."
Looking away, Kagome gave a shaky nod. "Okay, I will help you free him."
Rin let out a deep breath and sniffed.
Kagome looked back at her. One tear fell from her right eye. "Sesshomaru
may not approve of your decision."
While walking over to the couch, Rin shook her head. "He will not know about this.
I will not tell him and I want you to respect my wishes and not tell him as well."
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Sniffling, Kagome walked over to her sister who was sitting on the couch.
She sat next to her younger sibling. Lightly, she reached around her
shoulders and pulled Rin towards her. Rin let out a new string of tears, slumped
into her embrace and cried on her shoulder.
Unable to stop the painful tears from falling,
Kagome rocked her sister in her arms while smoothing stray wet
strands of hair from her face. "I love you, Rin."
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Sesshomaru snarled. "What do you want, witch?"
The young woman smirked while dusting some unseen dirt off her dress.
She looked up and gestured to the outfit with an open hand. "Like it? Rin let
me borrow it last year."
"I care not."
With a frown, she stepped closer, her energy sparking in waves as she approached.
Sesshomaru took a step back, growling.
One dainty finger touched her red smirking lips. "Stop."
He froze.
"Now, do not move from that spot, dog."
She began circling him, looking his body up and down, her eyes taking
in every detail of his bare upper chest.
He really wished he had a shirt on right now.
Smiling, she whispered, "I told you, didn't I? I told you I would make your life
a living hell, and I always keep my promises."
His hackles rose as the miko stopped directly behind him and began
playing with his hair. "Rin will return soon."
In a flat tone, she conceded.
"Maybe, maybe not, and perhaps we have a little while to get to know one another
more intimately."
"I do not wish to know you in any way, witch."
Her slow steps went around hightight side as he stood in the middle of the
hallway. Dark eyes looked up as she halted in front of him.
He glared while narrowing his vision. "I will not touch you. You cannot make me."
"We will see, demon." She shook her head with a wistful smile while gazing at his
features. "So alike......yet so different."
Warm fingertips slid up his sides.
She cooed. "Tell me, youkai, have you mated with my cousin?"
Sesshomaru swallowed. "No."
"Have you....touched her?"
He looked away.
Breath heated with a hint of cinnamon floated to his
senses. "Tell me."
"Yes."
With a nod, her smile widened. "So, you entertain your master well?"
He hated this woman.
She tilted her head. "Cat got your tongue?" She shook her head once again.
"So much alike, both so stubborn. Tell me how you please her."
"I....touch her."
The miko giggled. "What, can't get anymore graphic than that?"
"No."
She shrugged. "No matter. You will show me how you do it, soon."
"I will not touch you in that manner, miko."
Those warm fingertips traveled to his collar, tracing the smooth
metal and deep-set engravings. "Either you do or you die.
How do you think your poor master will react when she comes home to find
her dog lover dead? She will think that collar of yours did you in. It
will break her sweet gentle heart to pieces."
"I hate you."
"Make your choice, youkai. One private tryst with me or....your master dies
of a broken heart."
For a moment, he put aside his anger and disgust at this woman's threats.
Rin loved him. If he died.....would her heart die as well? What he felt from
Rin went beyond anything he had ever experienced. Her heart loved....him.
It now beat for...only him. The grief his death would bring may kill her.
Trying to squash the nausea, he relented with a hard swallow.
Sesshomaru bowed his head, yielding to the female before
him. "You win, miko. What do you wish of me?"
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The midday sun felt warm on her face as Rin left her sister's house.
It helped to dry some of the tears as she walked to her car and got in.
Wiping at her eyes, Rin searched her purse for a tissue. For several minutes,
she dried the tears that spilled. Finally, after a few moments, Rin got
control.
She knew she couldn't rn hon home this way. Sesshomaru would know.
He would know by her scent something was wrong, and by her tears.
For a while, Rin sat in her car in Kagome's driveway trying to calm her hurting
heart. The luxury of grief would have to be put aside. No, she could not let him
find out. The sadness she felt would have to be burried deep down, so far
that not even his keen nose could pick it up.
Taking a deep breath, Rin closed her eyes and centered herself. Snatching all
her grief, she hid it away, far from anyone else's reach to see.
Opening her eyes, Rin suddenly found the world a different place. It felt colder,
even with the brightness of the sun and the warmth of her car.
Grabbing the keys, she started the engine and proceeded to drive back home.
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Another chapter finished! yes! hope all who read liked! Questions? comments?
please review. Ras.
Review responses: My gosh everyone on AFF.Net is guessing where
my storyline is heading. Am i that predictable? *grins evily* maybe I should
change some things. Heh heh. ^_-.
tigers_eye: You must have read my mind! I saw your review just before I began
writing responses. I could not believe you knew what I was going to write next!
Woa.
Luna: well the curse on the collar isn't exactly a new twist for me. You see,
I have the whole plot already in my head. This was a twist I had since
I started this story. ^_^. Now Kikyo may be a new twist to deal with....mmmm....
yep, she is.
Aye Rei: I will be updating once a week from now on. Friday or Saturday. I just
can't do it every day. These chapters are like four thousand words long as it
is. ^_^.
dragonflyelj: My goodness, another one. how can you guys see whats in my head?
Yep, she is going through with it anyway and not going to tell Sess about it.
Amorous Passion
New Fan: Yep, I just gotta make it that way. *grins* angst. gotta love it.
stayingput29: Okay, this is the deal. I have Liana's story almost finished on
paper. It will start right after she was left in the field. It
will continue on with her and Sess's pup, his name and what became of
both of them. I will try my best to type the first chapter by tomorow but
no gurantees. Heh. Life is soo hectic sometimes. Oh and about your first review,
No Sess will not be able to bring her back as was in his dream, rememer. He could
not bring Rin back in his dream because her soul had been taken.
Nekio chan: sorry for the cliffy...^_^.
nicole: Ras...*eeeps and runs from swooping dragon breathing cold flames of ice.*
Fluffy Fan
Ame
Henti Jane
VampirePrincessMiyu
Sister Raven Dreamer
Mija: Thanks for the cookies, Mija. A little Kag/Inu action coming up soon.
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csb: I normally don't give a response for a chapter before the next one is written but this time
I feel I must to explain a few things. Yes, I know that the last scene with KIkyo was repetitive. but
she is my antagonist. (in the series she antagonizes all the time.) I did this last scene to show the
reader something. Sess has yet to tell Rin he loves her. With Naraku, he laid down his life for her.
This time, with KIkyo, he laid down his body for her. I am trying to show the reader that Sesshomaru, while in his right mind and old self would give anything for the woman he has yet to
say I love you too. And, well, KIkyo did threaten that she would be there when Rin wasn't. And
Rin did leave him alone. As you can guess, she's watching for a reason. That reason will show up
at the end of this story and will be the problem for Inu and Kag when I write about them.
(gotta have a plot ya know.) I don't like to irritate readers but it's the storyline and plot that
has to correspond for the future chaps and future stories regarding this particular A/U.
Sorry if chapter 32 was not good for ya. Hope the rest of the story will make up for it. Ras.
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