Find My Way Back

-In The Beginning-

"Class, everyone, this is Kohaku Taijiya. He moved here from Tokyo, Japan and is here to make many friends. Please, everyone, treat him well." Ms. Yokimoto said to her class of fifth grade students. Some looked up from what they were doing, some ignored it. But one girl kept her eye on him the whole time as the teacher placed a hand on his back and told him to go play.

"Rin-chan, what are you looking at?" The girl staring at Kohaku made no gesture to show she was listening. "Rin?" The girl asked again.

Rin turned and looked at her friend. "Yes, Aoi-chan?" She asked, smiling.

"Why are you staring at him?" The girl asked smiling. Rin flushed.

"W…was I staring at him?" She asked nervously, her blush just getting brighter. Aoi nodded and nudged her.

"Does Rin have a bit of a crush?" She asked slyly. Rin shook her head, but still couldn't hide the fact her face was as bright as a tomato. Aoi giggled. Rin turned back to the boy and smiled.

"I think I'll go play with him." Rin said, noticing he was all alone, sitting against the wall. Aoi gasped, "Rin-chan, no!" She whispered.

Rin nodded and stood up to walk over to him. Sitting down beside him, Rin gave him her best smile. "Hi, Kohaku. I'm Rin!" She said cheerfully holding her hand out for him to shake. Kohaku turned to her and just sighed, turning away again. Rin's smile faded and her shoulders slumped.

Her smile returned to her as she got an idea. "Hey," She said reaching into her pocket. "You want to play with Usagi?" Rin asked. Kohaku turned slightly.

"Who's Usageeeeeeeee!" Kohaku had started, however, he lost it after catching sight of the thing. It was an old rabbit stuffed animal, with only one eye, an overly large head, and a tail falling off. It was green, nonetheless.

Rin pulled the rabbit closer to her and hugged him. "I found him in the street, out by a dumpster. He wasn't anything but a green, rabbit shaped pillow. But I gave him eyes, a tail, and love. His eye just fell out and his tail is coming off. I'm not good with sewing." Rin blushed. "But, now Usagi has love." She smiled and held it out in front of Kohaku once more.

Kohaku looked at it, then back at Rin. "Uhh…"

"He wants your love, too." Rin said. Kohaku smiled and took the rabbit from her, hugging it.

"Like that?" He asked, checking to make sure he was doing it right. Rin smiled and nodded once.

"Just like that, Kohaku-kun." Kohaku gasped at the suffix added to his name, but passed it off.

"Thank you, Rin-chan." He said, both of their faces red.

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"Kohaku-kun!" Rin shouted. The 14 year old all but tackled her boyfriend to the ground. Kohaku fell over from the impact and looked up at the girl on top of him.

"Rin-chan…" He mumbled softly, placing a kiss on her lips. Rin moaned and kissed him back, a smiled playing her lips as they separated.

"Do you guys have to do that here?" A boy with white hair, amber eyes, and dog ears groaned approaching the two teens.

Rin giggled and climbed off Kohaku. "Sorry Uncle Yasha. We're just in love. Same as you and Kikyou, right?" She asked propping herself up on her elbows.

The man gave her a glare. "Kikyou and I have decency at the least." He said, his nose in the air. Kohaku laughed.

"Whatever, you practically molested her in front of me." Kohaku stood up and brushed himself off. Rin smirked and stood up as well.

"It isn't really any of your business what I do with my girlfriend, now is it?" The man asked snorting.

"No, but it is my business to know what kind of atrocity Rin is being exposed to, Brother Inuyasha." A masculine voice cut in. Rin gasped and they all three turned around to greet the face of another white haired man with amber eyes.

"Sesshoumaru-sama!" Rin shouted running up to the man.

"We have to leave, Rin." He said, keeping his eyes locked on Kohaku's face.

Inuyasha opened his mouth to defend himself, but was cut off by Sesshoumaru. "Thank you for keeping an eye on her, Inuyasha." He said turning away.

Inuyasha growled. "He always does that. Thanks me like I didn't do my job." He said turning to Kohaku.

"I've never spoken to Sesshoumaru-sama before." Kohaku shrugged. Inuyasha gave him a half smile.

"So, are you going home?" He asked. Kohaku sighed and nodded.

"I had something that I needed to tell Rin, though." Inuyasha's ears perked up.

"What did you need to tell her?" He asked. Kohaku sighed.

"I'll always love her." Inuyasha gasped and gave him a strange look.

"I'm sure she knows that much… you kept mumbling it when she was kissing you."

Kohaku faked a smiled and turned the other way. "It's not that simple, Inuyasha. Have a good night!" He said running off.

Inuyasha sighed. "Yeah, night." He said turning the other direction as well.

"Inuyasha!" He heard his name and looked up to see a raven haired beauty looking back at him, smiling. Inuyasha returned the smile and began his hike up to see her.

"Here, you'll catch a cold. It's supposed to get really cold tonight." She said wrapping a blanket around his shoulders once he reached her.

"Thanks Kikyou." He beamed.

"How was your day with Rin and her boyfriend?" She asked.

Inuyasha turned back in the direction of Kohaku's house. "Strange. It was strange."

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Rin smiled and pulled her pajama pants up to her waist. "Kagura!" She called.

"Yes?" A black haired woman with red eyes asked.

"Do you know where my necklace is?" Rin asked looking around her room. Kagura shrugged.

"I don't know, didn't you have it at the park?" Rin gasped.

"I did! Oh no, what if it's gone?" She asked, running out of her room.

Kagura gasped and tried to stop the child. "Rin, it's snowing outside. Get back in here!" She shouted as Rin took off outside.

"I have to find it, Kohaku gave it to me!" Rin said.

Upon reaching the park, Rin took a glance at Kohaku's house. He lived right on the other side of the park, just like her. Only, they were on opposite sides. Just the thought of Kohaku brought a smile to her face. She looked back on the ground and spotted her necklace half buried in the snow.

She reached down and brought it to her face, thankful she got it back. She looked back at Kohaku's house, smiling. A shrill scream tore it right off her face, though. The light in his room was on and… there was some one else in there.

She gasped. 'It's a man and…'She squinted to see more clearly. The larger of the shadows lifted his fisted arm. And as it plummeted into the smaller shadow, another scream was heard. This time, she knew it was Kohaku's scream.

"Kohaku!" She shouted starting to run to his house. Kagura spotted her and wrapped an arm around her.

"Rin, come on!" She said.

"No!" Rin screamed, "Kohaku's in trouble!" She said, tears falling from her eyes.

Kagura looked up at the window and couldn't help but feel sick to her stomach. His father, his own father was beating him. Kagura scowled.

"Rin, we'll take care of it at our house, okay." Rin sniffled and nodded.

"Will he be okay?" She asked.

Kagura nodded. "Now, let's go." She said, giving Rin a piggy back ride to the house where Sesshoumaru was waiting outside.

"What happened?" He asked noticing the tears in his 'daughter's' eyes. Kagura gave him a look and took Rin into her room.

"Sesshoumaru and I will take care of it, I promise, okay?" She said tucking Rin into bed. Rin sniffled and nodded.

Kagura started to walk away, but Rin stopped her. "Kagura?" She asked.

Kagura turned around, "Yes?"

Rin held the necklace out to her. "Here, will you watch over it for me?"

Kagura took it in her hands and nodded. "I will."

"Thank you, Kagura." Rin sighed, letting her eyes close softly.

Kagura walked to Rin's doorway only to be greeted by Sesshoumaru.

"What is it? What was wrong?" He asked. Kagura sighed.

"He's being beaten by his own father." Sesshoumaru shook his head in disgust.

"Who could do that to their own child?" He asked. "If it were me, that man would be dead by now." Kagura just stifled a laugh and went to the phone.

The faintest knock, however, grabbed their attention. Sesshoumaru and Kagura exchanged glances before Sesshoumaru took it upon him to answer the door.

"Yes," he asked opening the door. The sight before him was really quite shocking. A chestnut haired young lady, wearing black splattered in white snow clothing. She was panting and barely able to stand up. The high ponytail her hair had been in was drooping and her beautiful brown eyes had dark rings under them.

"Where… where is Kohaku Taijiya?" She asked. "I've looked all around. Please tell me you know him." Before Sesshoumaru could even open his mouth, Kagura was in front of him, talking to the girl.

"Who are you, why do you want to find him! Are you one of them?" She asked. The girl shook her head.

"It's a long story. Please, just tell me where he is." Her voice sounded exhausted and about to break. "Please."

"Tell us who you are." Sesshoumaru cut in.

The girl looked at both of them with pained eyes. "I'm his sister, Sango."

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The three of them sat around a table, drinking hot tea.

"He was taken from you?" Kagura asked. Sango shook her head and took another sip of her tea.

"When our parents died four years ago, he was adopted. I was only fourteen so, although I could take care of myself, I couldn't take care of him. The authorities told me, on my eighteenth birthday, I could have custody of him if he wanted to come with me." Sango looked to the side and saw a little girl looking at her. "So, I need to find my brother and see if he still wants to give a life with me a chance." Sango finished, taking another sip of her tea.

'Kohaku… he's going to be taken away from me?' Rin asked herself, watching the three adults sort out the issue. Her usually perky face was full of sadness. 'He's leaving me?'

"Well, I can understand everything about this situation." Sesshoumaru started. "In fact, we just had an issue with Kohaku's father beating him.

Sango shot up. "WHAT!" She asked, slamming her fists down on the table. "He's being abused!" She asked.

Kagura nodded. "It was actually our daughter who spotted it, sadly." She said glancing down the hall. Rin had left and gone back to bed.

"What's your relationship with my brother?" Sango asked the two.

"He's our daughter's boyfriend." Sesshoumaru said.

"Kohaku Taijiya is in love with the daughter of two demons?" Sango asked in disbelief. Sesshoumaru and Kagura both blushed.

"We didn't have her together. She's completely human, we just adopted her as well." Sango nodded, and began to walk away from them. "Thank you for looking out for him." Sango said.

Rin saw her begin to walk away and ran out to her.

"Stop! Are you going to take Kohaku away!" She asked. Sango turned to face her. Kagura and Sesshoumaru stood up.

Sango looked at them. All three of them exchanged looks. What could she say? Yes, I'm taking the person you love away from you? Sango shook her head.

"I'm taking him home." She finished.

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Kohaku took one last look at his house, the park, and everything. "Rin…" He said softly. 'I wish I could have said goodbye.' He pulled open the car door, ready to get inside with Sango.

"KOHAKU!"

He gasped and turned around, to see Rin running up to him from the park. "Rin." He said softly.

Rin launched herself at him. "Kohaku, I love you forever!" She said, hugging him. Kohaku nodded and placed a hand on her back, smiling. He felt her tears on his shoulder, but didn't mind.

"Will you ever come back?" Rin asked, pulling away from him. Kohaku smiled and nodded.

"When you and I are both eighteen, I'll come and get you. We'll get married, okay?" He asked, kissing her softly. Rin kissed him back.

"You promise?" She mumbled into his lips. Kohaku nodded and pulled away. "Yes, I promise." He said ruffling her hair. "I promise!" He said, hugging her.

"Hey, Kohaku…" Sango started. "It's time." She said holding the paperwork out to him.

Rin gave him a weak smile and began to turn away. Kohaku smiled and grabbed her hand in his, turning her back around. "Look, it's the sunrise." He said. Rin watched it and smiled at the orange and pink lights.

"It's beautiful, isn't it, Rin?" He asked. Rin nodded and lay her head down on his shoulder. "Yeah." She said softly. Kohaku leaned over and kissed her temple.

'Our last sunrise…'

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AN: First chapter's up. I hope you guys liked it. I know it's rushed but this was just so you guys could get a feel for what was between them before where the story actually takes place. Please leave a review!

(Hybrid Koneko does not own Inuyasha or any of the Inuyasha characters. In a sense, I don't even own this story. The idea came to me for a lot of reasons. It's a bit of a mix between shows… you'll see)

-Hybrid Koneko