Unforeseen Expected Farewells

~ Chapter One ~

Times In Passing

By Inuyashas Youkai

' Our paths taken in life , sometimes take shorter lengths before stealing away the time we have with those we come to adore , but even longer to get back to where we want to be once again , when we finally meet up with those long lost from our existance , once more ..Never seeing the moment prior to its passing , nor expecting the cicumstances for which it came , but when it does , forcing the inevitable , and unwanted ..

Goodbye...

At least till we meet again ,though we'll never know, except that at the exact moment we do , within our hearts , our souls , will finally find its missing piece it never knew it lost till the time its found, and will become complete , within ourselves.'

Everything seemed to go in slow motion it seemed , if one would look back on the days long passed , even though back then neither of us conceived this, only seeing the need for an end to what was, and did we ever get what we asked for, but not how we expected. Now that the end we wished for had already came , and passed , it seems one has to endure it , moving on from it , but nobody says that one had to particularly like it. Many millenia has passed since then , and it seems like the images from it still plague me like a knife torturing me with its devastating pictures of blood , and horror , until it finds it within itself to just end it with one fatal strike.

' It never should've been her , I should have seen it coming , then maybe she would've still been here with me , but I didn't so she died ,and took apart of me with her '

"Kagome..."

Although , she wasn't the only one who took their passing when Naraku's end came to pass, many others had already claimed their deaths in order to see his demise, but she never should have been one of them.

The man perched , cloaked in darkness, within an old sakura tree, just pondering , and the habit to do so everytime night made its mark on the world was never lost on him, even from way back then. Now things were slightly different this time , as the man appeared in more appropriate fitting into today's culture, but he didn't see the point in it , to live without , and with it didn't much care what people thought. If she wasn't with him , then why would he try to fit into a world he didn't feel he belonged in without her. Dressed in a pair of jeans , and a tee , with his long onyx mane now reaching past his hips, as his fingers ran its course down its length in frustration.

A woman soon looked outside of their window the moment she heard the tell tale sounds of Inuyasha being restless , within his thoughts , like every night since then , as the noise finding the theory proven true , and seeing his shadow sitting within the tree. Allowing a snide and teasing smirk , with her eyes sparkling with mirth , the woman leaned outside of their window , and soon softly interupted his musings with her musical bubbly tone.

" Inu Yasha .." Rin sang

"What ya want Rin ? " the man spat halfheartedly

" Come on Inu , its a nice night , and you don't want to be out here sulking when Sesshy comes back do you ..You 'll be the butt of his neverending spout of dry jokes again."

"I won't be , just give me some time to myself , okay?"

"Do you mind if I join you , so you don't have to do it alone ?"

"Do what ya want I won't stop you ..."

" So what are you thinking about ..?" Rin asked as she soon settled herself within the branches of the tree aside from Inuyasha, leaning against him.

" If I have to tell you , then why the hell are you out here? I could be thinking of taking you away from your mate and using you to sate my frustrations for my unsatisfied need for mine. "

"I know you wont , you are just trying to scare me , but it won't work , and its not like I can't overpower you ya know...I know you are thinking about her , Kagome, but which time.."

" Feh ! It's not just one time that enters my mind I think of them all , but when I sleep , and close my eyes I am haunted by one .. The day she died ... The moment I failed !Dammit , Rin!Why didn't I see it ! How come I didn't figure it out in time to stop it?" The males aura as he spoke sparked as the binds of his concealment fought to keep the features of old hidden , and shocked him slightly as his demon raged against him for his release, angry of his imprisonment.

"Inu Yasha , how could you have known , that things would end like this? No one had anticipated this outcome , nor expected Kagome to react the way she had when it happened . It was just the way things went , you can't keep blaming yourself , and you have to forgive Kagome . "

" I do forgive Kagome , but I 'll always blame myself for what happened , as it never should've have been her in the first place! My mate shouldn't have died ! If I would've gotten my head outta my ass she would'nt had , as she would have been marked as such, and been made hanyou ! But Nooooo ! I could never let things be that easy could I ? Nope ! I had to act as though I still loved the dead bitch , like a dumb ass to protect her , and thinking we had more time to correct it later.. Then , like always comes the wench she is , my wench , believing my words , Kagome did it , and in the end costed her life , giving me what she thought I wanted, but what she didn't know, Kagome was wrong ! I didn't want Kikyo back ! Fuck ! I wanted her ! But how could the hell would she know when I never said anything but what she already knew!"

"Inuyasha , it's okay, you know .. To cry , and let it all out .. Nobody holds you at fault for what happened , not me, nor Sesshy, and only you continues to tortures yourself over it , after all this time.. Kagome , if she watched over you during the time after she departed , I am sure she knows , and it wasn't like you accepeted Kikyo once she was resurected ..At least not in the way of mates , but only in friendship."

"I know , and thank you , but I couldn't , what did you expect when my mate was dead , regardless if apart of her lived in Kikyo.. It wasn't the same , because Kikyo wasn't Kagome.."

" Yes , and we all knew that too .. All of us , though saddened , always respected Kagome for what she had done, and even when we didn't understand why.."

"I .. I know why she did it , I figured it out afterward , and it's just Kagome , the way she always was. It was the same reason she accepted the path with us in the battled that wasn't hers but with her past self , the cause for me loving her , and choosing her as my lifemate, that is if she would've survived."

"Look at it this way , with exception of whom passed, your chosen did help others in the way she intended, just not the way any of us wanted , nor expected. I mean look at Sango , even though Miroku died , she lived a long life with Kohaku , and together all three of you stuck together , raising Shippo, until the humans passed on. Then we found you , and made you stay with us! You even met a few of their reincarnations, Inuyasha , and Shipppo makes his way through here every now and then."

"Yeah , but still ...There was no excuse for what happened when their were three demons among us to stop it ..!" Inuyasha said as the tears fell stubbornly down his cheeks, as his mind took him to where he was content , back to when a hanyou still had his girl by his side, and became lost in them for awhile , as Rin made way to leave , giving him the space he needed to mourn.

~ 514 years ago ~

All of them settled within the confinement of their makeshift camp , with the fire blazing to keep them warm , and their thoughts was their companions , for everyone was silent tonight, rightfully so. The pieces of the shikon jewel had been accounted for between their group , and that of Naraku , but with the latter holding the majority of it, unfortunately. Though , nevertheless, everyone was in good general spirits , merely enjoying what could be their last night as they knew , and the sad thing unbeknownst to them , it was the last time they were all together.

TBC...