True Love Never Dies

Disclamer; I don't own Inuyasha! (however much i wish i did! i would be rollin' around in CASH! MWAHAHA!)


"-Sesshomaru-sama?"

"…Yes, Rin?"

Rin suddenly bowed her head, as if she was ashamed of the question she was asking. This concerned Sesshomaru. Rin was never hesitant like this. Something was wrong.

"…If…if I die…."

Sesshomaru stood up from his position beneath the tree where he had been sitting and looked down at the small girl that was silently crying before him.

"Will you…will you remember me?" she blurted out, unable to keep it in anymore.

Sesshomaru lifted the small girls chin so that he could look into her eyes. Those perfect, brown, innocent eyes.

"…Don't say such things, Rin," he said flatly. He turned away from the girl who had a small smile forming at the edge of her mouth. "Jakken, take Rin to find food."

"But w-why...I MEAN! YES MI-LORD!" Jakken practically screamed at the look he was receiving.

"Come on Master Jakken!" Rin's smile was bigger now. She knew that when grown-ups didn't answer a question or hesitated with an answer, it meant that the truth of the question hurt too much to think about. Her brother had told her so. Rin sighed at the memory of her older brother.

"What to YOU have to sigh about?" Jakken said angrily, small tears forming in his eyes. "YOUR not the one who's been traveling with Sesshomaru-sama the longest! I used to slay demons that were not worth his time! He entrusted ME with the staff of two heads! AND NOW I'M REDUCED TO BABYSITTING A LITTLE HUMA-"

"JAKKEN! You talk too much!" Rin sighed.

Fuming, the green imp took to setting fire to the lilies on the lake where Rin was fishing.

Rin looked into the water, standing perfectly still. She had her hands down right next to the water so that when a fish came to nibble on her toes she could-

"AH HA!" Rin screamed in delight at the fish now wriggling in her hands. "That's one for me and none for y-" She stopped mid sentence remembering where she was. She was with Sesshomaru-sama and with Master Jakken. Not in her village with her brothers.

"WHAT NONSENSE ARE YOU SCREAMING NOW, GIRL?"

She turned to see Jakken climbing out of the lake, sopping wet. Her scream must have scared him into falling in the water! The thought made her giggle.

"Sorry Master Jakken!"

She climbed out of the lake. One fish was enough for her. Master Jakken ate his own food and Sesshomaru-sama, well Rin was never quite sure of what he ate. She looked down at the fish and sighed. Back when she lived in the village with her family, her older brothers would have made her let it go.

~Flashback

"Sorry Rin its just too small," her oldest brother, Akiotaro, sighed sadly. He turned around as he heard his brother Donijiro yell, "HA! That's one for me and none for you!"

"Oh no you don't!" Akiotaro yelled back playfully. "Come on, Rin! Your not going to let him beat us, are you?"

"No way!" screamed Rin happily. She went back to staring intensely in the water.

"YES! That's number two, it's more than you!" Rin heard Akiotaro yell. That was it; she just had to catch the next one!

"AH HA!" Rin screamed, a big smile on her face. "That's number three, more for me!"

Her two brothers laughed at her enthusiasm, pleased she was able to help.

As the afternoon wore on, Rin caught the 4th and 6th fish that they needed for their dinner.

"That's number six, its time to rest," Donijiro sighed, disappointed that he hadn't caught the last fish.

"Don't worry though, its all for the best," Akiotaro said smiling. "Aw don't look so beat up Donijiro! There's always tomorrow for Rin to beat us!"

Rin giggled at this. She loved it when her brothers let her come with them to fish. She wished she could stay with them in that small river forever!

~End of Flashback

Rin's eyes filled with tears at the memory of her older brothers. She just missed them so much!

"Wha-? RIN! I-I'm sorry! Uh…p-please don't cry! If you do Sesshomaru-sama will most defiantly cause me much physical pain!" Jakken cried.

"I'm sorry Master Jakken, I was just thinking…" She didn't continue, lost in her memories. "Lets go start a fire, I'm starving!"


Later that night, Rin lay in deep thought. She sighed and clutched the soft fur that gathered around her. Usually Rin slept with Ah-Un's tail circled around her, but Ah-Un had to hunt sometimes. On those nights, Sesshomaru-sama would make a place for Rin using the fur he wore. Secretly Rin liked sleeping with Sesshomaru-sama's fur around her more than Ah-Un's tail. Not that she didn't love the two-headed dragon, but the fur was so much softer and more comforting than the hard scales that were his tail.

"Oh brothers? Why did you have to leave?" Rin cried silently to herself.

Her thoughts turned back to the question she had asked Sesshomaru earlier that day.

"Will you…will you remember me?"

"…Don't say such things Rin…"

Not to long ago, though it seemed like a lifetime, Rin had been asked the same question.

~Flashback

"…R-Rin…" Akiotaro choked.

This couldn't be happening. No. It wasn't happening. This was all a dream and she would soon wake up…

"R-Rin, you must….p-promise m-me…"

Akiotaro was holding on for dear life. He knew, when he jumped in front of his little sister, letting the arrow pierce through his back into his heart, that he wasn't going to live. Rin's eyes grew in horror at the blade she saw protruding from her brother's chest; his normally white shirt, slowly turning red.

"…p-p-promise m-me, th-that you'll r-remember me?"

"…but," Rin choked as tears ran down her blood stained face.

"Rin! D-don't forget u-us. Remember m-me, D-D-Donijiro, M-Mother and F-Father…"

"Brother! P-please! Don't leave me!"

"But most importantly…r-remember Shiroko. We will w-wait for you R-Rin…in the n-next life. But you m-must remember us so th-that you can f-find us wh-when you c-come…"

Akiotaro groaned in pain. He didn't have much longer. He had to be sure, absolutely sure, that his family would be safe.

"Shi-Shiroko?" Rin asked confused. She looked to where her mother lay dead, still holding the baby brother that had been born, only three months ago…

"Y-yes…Shiroko. He is st-still so young…h-he d-doesn't kn-know the w-way…"

"The way to what?" Rin didn't understand! Tears flowed harder now, making tracks through the blood and mud smeared on her face.

"You m-must remember h-him so you can g-guide h-him t-to u-us…" Akiotaro's voice was beginning to fade.

"NO!" Rin screamed, "BROTHER PLEASE!"

"…Remember, Rin…"

Rin watched as a small smile appeared on her beloved older brother's face. Rin stared, silently crying, into her brother's eyes, until there was nothing looking back at her in those eyes.

"…Brother…" Rin whispered, and buried her face into her brother's shoulder, screaming for him to return.

It would be two days before anyone found her there, holding her brother. When the villagers arrived, they saw the small girl silently screaming into the body of Akiotaro, she had screamed so long and so loud, that she had lost her voice.

~End of Flashback

The tears flowed freely as Rin remembered the day her family had been killed. She no longer had Donijiro and Akiotaro there to protect her.

"…Rin," Sesshomaru had looked down upon Rin and seen her crying. He gently wiped away the tears with his clawed hand. It was smooth and cold, and it comforted Rin. She smiled up at Sesshomaru-sama.

"Thank you Sesshomaru-sama."

Rin closed her eyes and sighed. She knew. She knew from the moment she saw Sesshomaru lying under the tree, terribly injured, that Akiotaro had sent him to protect her. Sesshomaru-sama was her new older brother.


(a/n) I was really excited to write this. I absolutly love the characters of Akiotaro and Donijiro. Akiotaro stands for "Bright-First" which symbolizes his character. He is bright and loving and he is the first child of his family. Donijiro stands for "second" showing that he is the second child of his family. Donijiro is competitive and strong, as shown in the scene where Rin is fishing with her brothers. Her baby brother Shiroko's name stands for simply fourth child, i think anyways! don't quote me on the names! I understand its hard to understand the plot in this chapter, but it should be really obvious in the next couple of chapters. Everyone please review and give me your input, good or bad! i love it all :)