Hikaru: Y'all better thank Shikonprincess15 for getting on my case on story updates…plus kept clueing me in on her birthday!
Happy (belayed)Birthday Shikon!!!! And Hoo- RA! For the first update of 2008! Just five more days until my first anniversary on can you believe one year already?
Let me know if any of you have any ideas for an anniversary one shot for any of my stories, or a brand new one at that.
I swear, I think I put out more stories than I can handle… but any who… enjoy!
"Yes… I'm fine Sango…" Rin grumbled on the phone. "He has a cabin up here, so we're staying the night. You know how I get on wet roads…"
Sesshomaru tried not to eavesdrop on the phone call as he laid out dry clothes for Rin to wear.
They were just spare shirts and pajama bottoms, so he had a feeling that they were going to be a little big on her, but at least it was better that the soaked clothes she had on right now, that left little to the imagination. Luckily for her, to save the embarrassment, she was wearing a bra. A colored bra under the white t- shirt. And all the wet denim jeans did was show off the well shaped legs of hers.
"Sango! Quit it! I'm not five! I know that I have to behave!" Rin suddenly shouted.
Sesshomaru snorted laugh after hearing Rin's outburst. Not five? Then what age was she acting now?
"Kay! I'll see you tomorrow… have fun with Miroku!"
Rin quickly hung up the phone, while Sango screeched on the other end on how Rin and Kanade were betraying her.
"Seesh… she's such a worry wart…" Rin said.
Sesshomaru cleared his throat.
"You want something?" Rin asked.
"There are clothes for you on the bed…" Sesshomaru said, reclining back in a chair.
Rin narrowed her eyes.
"What do you take me for?" she asked dangerously.
Sesshomaru opened one eye nervously.
"Excuse me?"
"Trying to seduce me are you?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Tryin' to play innocent are you?"
"Someone has to…"
Rin smirked at the uneasiness coming from Sesshomaru.
"Oh come on!" Rin said, sticking her tongue out childishly. "I was only kidding!"
She skipped into the bedroom and closed the door.
Sesshomaru sighed in relief. Rin did make him panic a little bit, which no normal person was able to do. Then a random thought came into mind. Just how old was Rin?
He shook the thought off and reached forward to turn on the stereo.
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tide of bide
Because your mine
I Walk the Line
If Johnny Cash was playing, that meant that his father was up here some time ago. He was the only man that Sesshomaru knew that still listened to Johnny Cash.
"Hm… I never took you for a Cash man…"
Sesshomaru looked up. Rin was out. Just as he predicted, the clothes were a little big on her.
"It's my father's music…" Sesshomaru said, skipping through the CD for other songs.
"Sure it is…" Rin said, taking a seat on the nearby couch.
Sesshomaru got up.
"Coffee?"
"Sure…"
He disappeared for a moment.
Rin took a look around the place.
It was cozy for a forest cabin. There were comfy leather couches, a decent size TV with a DVD player, and any other luxury for the family on a mountain trip.
As the rain continued to beat on the window, Rin squirmed in her seat. Ever since the accident, she has always been uneasy when it comes to rain.
"Rin… are you alright?"
Rin jumped from the sudden reappearance of Sesshomaru, who had two coffee mugs in his hands.
"Oh sure…" Rin said, forcing a smile on. "Why you ask?"
"Because all the color drained from your face…"
"Oh…" Rin said. "Nothing to worry about… I just don't like rain…"
Sesshomaru took a good look at Rin.
"Is it because of your parents?" he asked.
Rin stayed silent.
"Fine… if you don't want to talk about it, then it's your prerogative…"
The two sat there in silence, sipping on the fresh hot coffee that Sesshomaru made earlier (A/N: that would make it lukewarm now wouldn't it?)
"They were heading for one of my dance performances back in junior year…" Rin suddenly spoke up.
"My parents and my older brother Kohaku were coming back from a Harvard tour. He was just checking it out because he just earned an Ivy League scholarship. It was raining, and they were almost at the school….
(Flashback)
"Sango! Where are they?" a nervous Rin asked Sango. She kept peeking behind the curtain to see if her brother and parents were in their reserved seats. Alas, they were empty.
"Rini, don't worry… they said they're going to be here…" Sango said reassuringly.
She took time out of her busy college schedule to make sure Rin was running on time for her performance. She didn't have a strong reputation of being on time.
"You sure? The people from Mary Art are going to see this performance. They might even let me in a year early!"
"Rin, calm down. You're not going to be on for another ten minutes, so why don't you go take a walk? You know… to calm your nerves…"
Rin sighed.
"Your right… I can't lose my cool…"
She grabbed her rain coat and opened the door.
"Oh yeah, if I'm not back five minutes before, come and get me?"
"You know I will, now go!" Sango said, waving her hand, while looking at the other performers.
Rin just stood outside in the pouring rain, under the protecting of the canvas roof of the doorway. She took a few deep breaths. Everything was going to be just fine. She was going to get the scholarship, hopefully, and even if she did mess up, there was always mom's hot chocolate to look forward to afterwards to cheer her up.
When she looked up, a familiar car was pulling up to the school.
Rin smiled. Just in time.
But before she took another step, another car was swerving down the road. It was going way too fast, and it was losing control on the slick road. All she heard was the tires screeching on the road and the honking of the horn… and then it happened.
CRASH!
The windows crashed under the pressure, and her parent's car flipped a few times with the other car.
"MOM! DAD!" Rin cried out horrified.
She started to run to the cars, which just stopped flipping.
Sango heard her sister's screams and ran after Rin.
"Rin! Rin!" Sango called out, hoping to catch her sister's attention, but Rin showed no sign of slowing down.
A bloody hand reached out of the broken window. Rin reached for it. The hand belonged to her mother, who had blood trailing down the side of her face,
"Mom…"
Sango finally caught up to Rin. She tried to get close to the car, trying to find their father and Kohaku.
"Rini…" her mother hoarsely said.
Rin gripped her mother's hand tighter.
"Yes, mama… I'm here…"
Meanwhile, Sango managed to get to the other side of the car. Kohaku was unconscious in the back seat, face cut up, broken glass stabbing his arm. She moved to the front, where her father was wheezing out blood from his mouth, as the other car was slammed hard onto his car door, trapping him in his seat, the metal sinking deeper into his flesh. Flames were starting to rise from the engine.
"Dad…" Sango said under her breath. She was already at work trying to pry the door open and get the metal out of her father. She knew that the cold was not helping her family's conditions.
"Dad… Kohaku… stay with me…" Sango called out, as she kept at it, small scratches forming on her hands.
Rin went to work on the door on her mother's side.
"It's not budging…" Rin said helplessly, but she never gave up.
People were already forming a crowd on the sidewalk. Someone called out to call an ambulance and the police. No one seemed to car about the person who was the cause of the accident; rather, they had all their attention on the two girls, trying to reach their parents and brother. A few strangers even went over to the girls and help with budging the doors open.
"Please… don't…" Sango's father finally managed to hiss out.
Sango paused in her work, she tried to get as close to her father as possible. But as she did so. She noticed that Kohaku was not unconscious. Because the car first collided with them from behind, Kohaku must have been thrown forward and hit the back of the seat hard enough to break his neck. He was limp dead.
"Dad…"
"We love… you… so much…" he said, placing a bloody hand on her cheek. "Don't forget… to tell your sister…."
Sango's eyes were tearing up.
"Don't talk like that…" she begged.
Rin kept at it. Her mother was whispering something, but it was inaudible. Rin stopped what she was doing and went to check in her mother. She placed her ear close to her mother's mouth, being careful as to not accidentally suffocate her.
"You look so beautiful tonight…" she kept whispering. "Break a leg… sweetie…"
"Miss! Look out!"
Someone pulled Rin away from the crushed up car.
"Let me go!" Rin cried out.
Sango was also being pulled away.
A loud whistle brought some of the men on the alert. Some of them were Rin's classmates that worked in the auto shop. They knew what the whistle meant.
Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard. Rin's vision was blocked by one of the men's arms.
"Let me go!" she kept crying out. She looked on horrified that the car was now completely ablaze.
"NO!"
Sango, who was dragged to the other side of the street, was horrified about the turn of events. The heat from the flames must have reached the gas tank. She knew it was too late, even as the ambulance was just pulling up.
Rin's screams were droned out by the roar of the sirens.
Rin managed to break free from the men's hold and started for the flaming car.
Sango broke out into a run to stop her sister from doing something stupid.
Sango caught Rin before she got too close.
"Let go! I have to help them!" Rin shouted, soaked from the rain and her tears.
"Rini… it's too late…" Sango said, trying to convince herself.
"No! They're still alive! We have to get them out! We have to…"
"Rin! Stop it! Just Stop! " Sango cried out, who just collapsed onto the ground, taking Rin with her.
Rin finally stopped beating on Sango and clung to her, both crying for their loss.
(end of flashback)
The two just sat there. The rain seemed to be coming down harder.
Sesshomaru took a deep breath. Who would have guess that someone like Rin had to deal with something like that.
"It's ok…" Rin suddenly spoke up, after the long silence. "It's not that big of a deal…"
"How can it not be?" Sesshomaru shot back. "You had to see that."
"It's not that big of a deal… because I'm not like the other theater kids who's parents died in car crashes. I know it wasn't my fault. It was that drunk behind the wheel of the other car…"
She brought her knees to her chin.
"But… I still don't understand… why it had to be my parents and my brother…"
Her vision was starting to get blurry.
Not now… Rin thought to herself. I don't want him to see this side of me…
She placed her head down.
Sesshomaru noticed the small wet spots where the tears fell.
Almost as if on cue, the radio played an old song…
When your baby leaves you all alone
And nobody calls you on the phone
Ah, don't you feel like crying?
Don't you feel like crying?
Well here I am my honey
Oh, come on you cry to me.
Ignoring the music in the background, he got up from his spot in the chair, and went over to Rin, who was still resting her head on her knees.
He lifted her chin. There were still wet trails on her cheeks. He could clearly see the sadness in her eyes. It just felt right…
He leaned forward and gave her a small kiss.
When you're all alone in your lonely room
And there's nothing but the smell of her perfume
Ah don't you feel like crying
Don't you feel like crying?
Ah don't you feel like crying?
Come on, come on cry to me.
IS HE KISSING ME!?
Rin's mind went into overdrive. But she liked the way his lips felt on hers. She deepened the kiss.
Then, they made the kiss a bit more passionate. The small kiss then turned into a make out session in the living room.
Well nothing could be sadder
Than a glass of wine, all alone
Loneliness, loneliness, it's such a waste of time
Oh-oh yeah
Rin pulled away for a moment.
"Are… are you sure…?" she blurted.
She had to admit, he looked pretty good shirtless, but she wouldn't do it unless it mean something.
He only answered with slipping her shirt over her shoulder, bare skin showing, caressing it with his soft lips.
You don't ever have to walk alone, oh you see
Oh come on, take my hand and baby won't you walk with me?
Hikaru: Ok… that took longer than planned, but since it was the holidays, meaning distractions galor, I finally got this done! Here ya go Shikon! Now you owe me a chapter!
Song used in this chapter are…
Walk the Line, by Johnny Cash,
And
Cry To Me, by Solomon Burke
So please review and let me know what other story to update!