-The Next Morning-
Sesshomaru's phone was going off, he rolled to his side and picked up the phone with a groan. He was seething with anger wondering who dared to wake him. "Hello?"
"Sesshomaru, it's me, Capt. Ichigo." Sesshomaru found it rather weird that the captain of the police department would call him at this hour. After all, he had not committed or a crime, neither did his brothers, that he knew of. "What is the meaning of this Ichigo?"
"I think you and your brothers might need to come down here." Captain Ichigo said with a rather sad tone in his voice. He was their father's best friend and partner in the force. He had known them for years and after their parents' death, he swore on his friend's grave he would look after his four children. "I'm at the Sakura Bridge right now, you need to come check this out, it's about Rin."
Sesshomaru eyes widened at the mention of his little sister's name. He hadn't heard her come home last night and now he was worried. He jumped off bed and agreed to meet up with Ichigo. He quickly hung up and got dressed. He made his way to his brothers' rooms and informed them of the urgent phone call. The three of them rushed out the apartment and made their way to Sakura Bridge, where fate would give them some unpleasant news.
"Alright, Ichigo said to meet him here, where is he?" Sesshomaru said getting out of the car scanning around for him. Soon after, Ichigo ran up to them catching his breath as he made eye contact with all of them.
"I need you guys to follow me." The guys followed Ichigo down a path that lead to the bottom of the bridge, at the shore of the water below. Sesshomaru was getting impatient and wanted to know what happened with Rin.
"Where is Rin? Ichigo, you said this was about Rin!" Sesshomaru said annoyed, crossing his arms across his chest. Ichigo lowered his head, "Alright, we got a phone call earlier, that a young girl who resembled Rin was found floating in these shallow waters. I need you guys to confirm her identity."
Sesshomaru held his breath and was unable to process this information. No, it could not be Rin. This girl whoever she was, was probably a Jane Doe. His little sister was out there somewhere being defiant, she could not be dead. It was not possible.
Ichigo moved aside, so Sesshomaru could walk past him and look at the lifeless young girl in a black body bag a few feet away. He bent down and tears fell down his eyes. It was Rin, she was dead. But how could this be possible? Who could have done this to his little sister? "…It's Rin…." He barely spoke. But, it was loud enough that Inuyasha and Miroku ran up to his side.
"RIN!" Inuyasha yelled out as he punched the ground with tears running down his face. "Who did this?! I swear I will find who did this and make them pay!"
"I'm sorry, guys." Ichigo said sadly, "I swore to Inutaisho, I would look after you guys and I have failed. But, there's something you guys need to know, her death was ruled a suicide. There was no sign of a struggle or anything close to murder."
"No." Sesshomaru said facing Ichigo, "Someone did this to her. Rin was full of life, she would never kill herself. That man, Isaiah Higurashi, it's all his fault. He did this to her and he will pay with this very life!"
"Sesshomaru, I'm afraid that is not possible." Ichigo said, "Isaiah Higurashi, is dead. He was pronounced dead a week ago. He died in an airplane malfunction. "
"I will not accept this death, I know Rin better than that." Sesshomaru said as he made his way to the car.
"I'm sorry, guys. I really am, I have failed your father."
"No, you did the best you could, Ichigo." Miroku managed to say after shedding a few tears, "Father would understand, you have been a great help all these years. What happened to Rin was out of everyone's hands."
"I refuse to accept this death as well!" Inuyasha said, "Rin would never do this, she was expecting a child and was happy with her life. Mark my words, I will find out what really happened and who did this."
Inuyasha then followed Sesshomaru, along with Miroku closely behind. Ichigo then instructed his men who were around the area to finish zipping up Rin and take her away.
When, the guys came home, their next door neighbors were waiting for their return. "Sesshomaru, we need to talk." Sesshomaru put his hand up and proceeded to enter his home, but the neighbors insisted to have this conversation.
"Not now, Faith." Sesshomaru was ready to call it day after the news he had received, "I'm not in the mood for a conversation."
"Wait, Sesshomaru! We were with Rin last night and I wanted to know if she came home alright, she was very upset."
"You were with Rin last night?!" Inuyasha said growling, "I want to know who killed her so that person can pay the same price!"
The woman gasped in shocked, "Oh my! It's worse than I thought."
"What Inuyasha means is, Rin was found drowned in the Sakura Bridge this morning." Miroku said, "If you have any idea could have caused this, please go on."
"That poor girl!" Faith sobbed. Faith was the Taisho Brothers' next door neighbor for many years. She treated them like her sons. Faith owned a small restaurant in town, and had two sons. She was short, pudgy, had short curly brown hair, fair complexion, and brown eyes. "Well, Rin came over as usual and was helping me with dinner when they were just announcing on the news about Isaiah's death. She wanted to go over his house and invite herself to his funeral. She just wanted to see him one last time. She insisted on my sons to take her there, against my wishes. Naturally, she got her way, but of course I decided to come along just in case. The woman who attended to her treated her very coldly, I was told to wait outside. Rin was invited inside only to be thrown out minutes later. The woman yelled obscene things and they got into an argument. I don't know what went on inside, but it was obvious it was a heated match, so bad that it provoked the woman to slap Rin as they argued outside. Rin after that, ran off very upset and she would not let us take her home. If I had known this would happen, I would have insisted more. I apologize." The woman hung her head.
"And who was that damned woman?" Inuyasha seethed with anger.
"I think she was the wife of Isiah."
"So he lied." Sesshomaru finally spoke, "Rin was humiliated and lied to in one night. That woman caused the death of my sister. Faith, I need to know the exact whereabouts of where Isaiah's house is located. Tomorrow, we shall pay a visit."
It's not long enough, but I wanted to concentrate on the death of Rin. There's more to the death, but there's a reason it was not mentioned in the epilogue. Don't worry there will a flashblack to the missing piece.
ALSO: I apologize for taking so long to update! Work has me real busy and this laptop messing up drove me crazy .
Look out for more updates on this story as well as Sailor Kikyo :P
Thanks for reading, R&R. 3
