InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Appetizers? On Me! ❯ Not Mine ( Chapter 9 )
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By: Langus 
Author's Note: I wrote this for LJ's iyfic contest weekly drabble challenge. The theme for week 171 was "Curiosity" with a 250 word limit.
I'm not sure what made my mind go immediately to Sesshomaru and Rin for this theme, but it didn't seem inclined to search elsewhere for inspiration so I went with it.
I chose Sesshomaru's final sentiment in this piece, "Not his", because it can be conveyed two ways - the option of which is left up to you, the reader. In one reading, he regrets that she is no longer "his Rin", while in another he regrets that her child is not his.
Because Sesshomaru doesn't treat her like a normal human, I don't believe it ever would have occurred to him that she would eventually outgrow him and go on to have a very normal human life, complete with a human mate and a human child. I think the revelation here feels like something of a betrayal to him. He'd always expected her to remain loyal and he took her for granted. The end result was that he lost her. A tough lesson, but a lesson learned nonetheless.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Vignette | Uploaded On: 02.22.2009 | Pages: 1 | Words: 577 | Visits: 389 | Status: Completed
Author's Note: I wrote this for LJ's iyfic contest weekly drabble challenge. The theme for week 171 was "Curiosity" with a 250 word limit.
I'm not sure what made my mind go immediately to Sesshomaru and Rin for this theme, but it didn't seem inclined to search elsewhere for inspiration so I went with it.
I chose Sesshomaru's final sentiment in this piece, "Not his", because it can be conveyed two ways - the option of which is left up to you, the reader. In one reading, he regrets that she is no longer "his Rin", while in another he regrets that her child is not his.
Because Sesshomaru doesn't treat her like a normal human, I don't believe it ever would have occurred to him that she would eventually outgrow him and go on to have a very normal human life, complete with a human mate and a human child. I think the revelation here feels like something of a betrayal to him. He'd always expected her to remain loyal and he took her for granted. The end result was that he lost her. A tough lesson, but a lesson learned nonetheless.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Vignette | Uploaded On: 02.22.2009 | Pages: 1 | Words: 577 | Visits: 389 | Status: Completed
The scent was one he didn't recognize, and yet, he found it painfully familiar. Curiosity drove his feet forward until he stood amongst the trees at the edge of the forest.
She was there, looking older than he last remembered. He'd been gone for many years.
For the first time he wondered if it was too long. She wasn't the child he remembered. True, she was Rin, but was she his Rin?
He didn't enjoy the way that question left him feeling so unsettled.
It didn't take long to pinpoint the source of the unfamiliar scent. His cold amber eyes watched as a child presented her with a bouquet of flowers. She smiled as she accepted them. Wrapping her arms around the boy, she cradled him to her chest and kissed the top of his dark head.
A boy.
A son.
Her son.
His chest tightened. He fought to breathe. The tree next to him suffered the punishment of his claws as they dug deep into the bark.
A human son.
He repeated the thought, unsure what the sickened feeling in his gut was supposed to mean.
He watched mother and child play together in the warm afternoon sunlight, feeling every part the unwelcome voyeur. At one point she glanced his way as though she knew he was there, watching her. His muscles tightened to run but she simply shook her head and went back to entertaining the child.
Her child.
Not his.
He'd been gone for far too long.