The room was silent save for the heavy breathing of the old woman resting on a futon in the center. She slept, for she wanted to save the last of her life to say good bye to a single person. Beside the dying woman sat a man with long silver hair and dog ears. He wore a solemn expression, his golden eyes glistening with tears. In his hand, the half demon clutched a red ribbon. Beside him was a young demon with a fox tail and auburn hair. The young boy had tears streaming down his face. A wolf demon set his hand on the half demon's shoulder. He too, wept and for the same reasons as the half demon.
"I miss her too, Inuyasha. It's just like...Like when Kagome..." The wolf's voice broke. Inuyasha held the old ribbon from Kagome's uniform. Her sweet scent still remained on it. He hadn't let go of it ever since he'd lost her to old age. Two elderly women wept as well beside three eternally beautiful partial demons. One dog eared girl clutched her baby to her chest, tears slipping down her pale cheek. It hurt her and her siblings to watch their father relive old hardships. The demon mother remembered her own mother's passing.
"Yet another death we must witness." She sobbed, her brothers holding her. Inuyasha nodded solemnly, more tears trailing down his cheeks.
Outside the hut, a stoic demon approached, his long silvery tresses weaving in the wind. He maintained his emotionless mask as he gently brushed aside the woven straw curtain and entered the hut. He spied the old woman sleeping weakly in the center of the room. Inuyasha turned, his eyes filled with tears
"...She doesn't have much longer, Sesshomaru." the half demon managed quietly. Sesshomaru wordlessly went the old woman's side and placed a hand on her shoulder. The old woman opened her eyes, but only just barely. She smiled
"Lord...Sessho...Maru..." She said in nearly a whisper "...You...You...came..."
Sesshomaru brushed her bangs away from her face and stroked her cheek gently
"I always have." he said "I always will."
The elderly woman shakily lifted her hand and placed it on the forever beautiful face of the demon
"You...always have..." She said. Her breathing grew steadily harsher. Koga took a deep inhalation and exited the hut. Even he had cared about the woman even after all that had happened between them. Inuyasha clutched the ribbon tighter and Shippo buried his sobs in Inuyasha's shoulder. Sesshomaru's mask of coldness slipped. Intense emotion burned in the demon's amber eyes. He held the woman's cold hand as her body began to shut down. She smiled
"...Thank you...for...everything...Lord...Sessh...o...maru..." The woman sighed.
Her hand went limp. Sesshomaru stared at the woman's face. She still smiled in death. Slowly, he rest her hand on her chest and brushed his lips against her withered ones. He closed her lifeless eyes and lifted her frail body into an embrace. The demon lord's hand shook.
"please," He pleaded as calmly as he could "Inuyasha, please leave me."
Inuyasha understood. He picked up a distraught Shippo and sauntered from the hut.
Sesshomaru's prideful mask shattered. His usually calm expression was twisted with anguish. He clenched his teeth
"Rin...Rin..." he whispered, his voice wavering. Sesshomaru's cheeks were slick with tears.
"What shall I do without you?" He whispered into the dead woman's ear. He stroked her head, combing his fingers through her gray hair
"...I will never love anyone but you."
He watched as the urn that held the ashes of his beloved Rin was lowered into a grave. Grief and regret overwhelmed the demon. Tears ghosted down his cheeks.
I will forever be a fool for never telling her while she lived, he inwardly berated himself.
I should have told her I loved her.
A/N: God, that was really hard for me to write. Don't worry, it will get more upbeat...eventually. Naturally, I listened to a lot of depressing music while I wrote this. TT^TT