Sessho-maru gazed absently into the dancing flames of the funeral pire.

"How is she?"

"...I'm sorry my lord...we've done all we can but...Lady Fawks is dying..."

Sessho-maru's heart gave a painful jolt. "I must be with her..."

Fawks lay on the futon, her eyes opened when he entered the room, she smiled weakly. He kneeled down beside her, pulling her into his arms.

"...Sessh-kun...I'm sorry...I don't want to leave you...but..."

"...Shh...don't say such silly things..."

"...Sessh-kun...I'm so tired..."

"...Then you should sleep, my love"

Fawks smiled, tears welling in her emerald eyes, "...I love you...Forever...my...Sessh-kun..."

Sessho-maru's eyes stung, something warm and wet slid down his cheek, that's when he realized he was crying.

"...M'lord?" Jaken began. Sessho-maru turned abruptly, heading back into the castle. Inu-yasha and his mate Kagome watched him go.

"...Sessho-maru's crying...I've never seen him cry before..." Kagome began.

"...Neither have I..." Inu-yasha sighed.

"I guess that's kind of good...it means...he really...loved her with all his heart" Kagome began, tears pooling.


Sessho-maru collapse in his room...they're room.

'...Damn it all...they won't...stop...'

Everytime he closed his eyes, he saw her beautiful face.

'Sessh-kun!'

"...Fawks-chan...Have no fear...I will make sure you never have to die a miserable death..."

Summer, 1994

"Fawkeisha! You becareful now!"

"Yes momma!" Fawks called, dashing down the stairs with her ball.

"Shavonn! Play with me!" she giggled running up to her brother and his friends.

"...Y...yeah...in a minute..." Shavonn said absently.

"But Shavonn...!" Fawks whined tugging on his sleeve.

"I said in a minute, Fawkeisha!" he snapped. Fawks pouted going back to the stoop infront of her apartment.

"...Stupid Shavonn...I don' need him..." She mumbled bouncing her ball. It hit her foot, rolling away, she chased after it. Fawks looked up in time to see the car coming towards her.

"Fawks!" Shavonn cried.

"Fawkeisha!!" Her mother yelled coming outside. Fawks was frozen, like a deer in headlights.

The next thing she heard was the squealing of tires, and her mother screaming.