http://indefiance.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] indefiance.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 30shards2005-03-11 08:44 pm

Theme: whisper(s) // Claimed pairing: Naraku&Rin

Title: Flowers
Claimed pairing: Naraku & Rin
Rating: R
Words: 410
Genre: Dark / Romance
Summary: "The wind whispers to the flowers quietly, tickling their delicate petals with sweet nothings before their death."
Squicks: Naraku with young Rin, sexual, and slightly disturbing. Also: first time writing Naraku / Rin.



Pluck.

She grabs them carelessly, gathers them into her hands, and smothers them with her tiny fist.

Pluck, pluck.

The wind whispers to the flowers quietly, tickling their delicate petals with sweet nothings before their death. Then, the flowers are severed and taken away with blithe pleasure.

Pluck, pluck, pluck.

The flowers are so pretty in her hands, so pretty and beautiful and dead. Others are left behind. They are not pretty enough to die. Their bodies remain intact, swaying in the wind, a macabre dance for the chosen ones.

Go a little farther, and pluck, pluck, pluck, pluck.

Her companion does not see her, nor does he want to. His bulbous eyes are closed, and his mouth is open with sounds of sleep. She giggles softly, and wanders farther with her death march.

Her bare feet crush the flowers softly, suffocating them, choking them. They squish beneath her, render the petals to small pieces and stick to the bottom of her small feet.

They tremble as she bends over to reach for them. The wind is whispering, comforting and false.

Pluck, pluck, pluck, pluck, pluck.

She stops and looks around her, a little lost and confused. The wind gently glides over her body. It caresses her ears, strokes her neck gently, and whispers to her. It tells her of flowers, plucked and broken away, their vibrant colors seeping onto her little palm.

"Just like my soul," it purrs. "Bleeding on your hands, red and purple. Look."

She looks down, and sees the red and purple corollas that were accidentally crushed inside her hands. They look pretty against the milky white flesh of her palm. So pretty and dead.

The wind curls around her legs, wrapping themselves around her thighs. "You are too old to be picking flowers," it licks at her ear.

"Rin will always be little," she whispers back.

It tugs at her hair. "That is what he told you."

"He never lies to Rin." She closes her eyes, and mewls a little when it blows softly against her inner thigh.

"You will die one day, and he will leave you." Farther, farther up, it breathes.

Her knees are trembling. Something curls inside of her tightly. "He will never leave Rin. Never."

A warm gust makes her shudder.

"He will. Then you will be so pretty," it whispers, "so pretty and dead."

She glances down at her flowers, crushed and choked and so wonderfully pretty.

Pretty and dead.

inthetatras: People planted in the ground like flowers sprouting in spring. (Menardi sprite)

[personal profile] inthetatras 2005-03-12 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
this was creepy and beautiful. i can't imagine Rin WITHOUT flowers.

[identity profile] reizero.livejournal.com 2005-03-12 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
*worships you*

*builds a shrine and brings sacrifices*

*_*

That is all.

[identity profile] kawaii-chica.livejournal.com 2005-03-15 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Ohh... I was wondering how Rin/Naraku would be. Wow, this was incredibly fitting to them both and very spine-tingly. Very cool.
ext_253608: (Mimi)

[identity profile] raihu.livejournal.com 2005-03-28 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
=O I love the fact that you've taken a perfectly innocent scene and turned it into something frightening and nearly horrific. It's a "death march", as you said, and little Rin doesn't even realize that she's tearing the world to shreds. So dark, and so oddly enjoyable. XP

Naraku's voice as an edge to the wind is an intriguing concept. Made me think vaguely of Kagura for a moment, actually, but then you threw the details at us and I knew without a doubt that it was Naraku himself. It was neat, that instant of indecision. I knew it was someone evil, but I didn't know who, and all I could think was, "Oh noes! Not cute, helpless Rin!"

The end is great. Sudden, and ominious, and perfect as a lead-in to future stories. My only complaint is that this seemed short. All good stories seem short, but still . . . =P

Of the two shards you've written, this is my favourite. The flower theme, the repetitive return to the plucked stems, the strange and yet suitable comparison between Naraku's dark soul and the stains left behind by crushed petals -- it's all so vivid, and so original. I love your confident, concise style; it gives the whole scene a life of its own. ^_^

*sigh* I guess now I have to wait . . . XP
ext_253608: (Tak)

[identity profile] raihu.livejournal.com 2005-03-28 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
Can't really say I have a favourite when it comes to specific pairings. ^^; Naraku is my fave character, though; I seek him out in fanfiction like there's no tomorrow, so I'll go for a NarAnything pairing without hesitation. XP I find that I'm partial to fics in which he's matched with Kikyou, Sango, or Kohaku, generally.

That's for Inuyasha, of course. My all-time favourite pairing is Final Fantasy VII CloudTifa. You wouldn't happen to be into any gaming fandoms, would you? >.O
ext_253608: (Naraku)

[identity profile] raihu.livejournal.com 2005-03-29 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesomeness! I was beginning to think that it was a criminal offense to like IY and FFVII, and I just had been arrested or reprimanded yet. XD

I <3 your taste in fanfics! =O Let us band together and, uh, serve spiked punch or something. =D

[identity profile] drago-mi-je.livejournal.com 2005-07-31 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, amazing. The beginning, with Rin 'killing' the flowers in her various ways-stepping on them, picking them -was very effective. Especially liked the line about the ones not pretty enough to be dead. Naraku's whispers were very creepy. *shivers* She was too old to pick flowers, eh -sounds like a sheltered life with Sess had allowed her to remain very childlike. Shame Naraku had to point that out to her. But then everyone has to grow up sometime.