Hello world, thanks to a very fantastic reviewer who's name escapes me, the world shall be saved and not blow up! I also have had some input from RinandSesshomarufan2to witch I am very thankful, so please read, review, And enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, the black roses red song, or the swing low sweet chariot song, or any of the characters. but I do own, the plot, the songs that are not black roses red, and the poems! Take that copyright! In the face!

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Previously on ,'' A Single Tear''...

Sesshomaru sighed and said to himself,

''I have to make a choice.

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Sesshomaru called all his staff together for a meeting.

After they were all there he said,

''I have made a decision,''

all the staff waited, hoping he was going to say to set Rin free, they were all fond of the cheery girl who once had roamed the palace helping them with a smile.

''We need to up the security around here, my brother can't just prance in here uninvited.''

Sesshomaru finished.

All the staff quietly sighed.

Disappointed that Rin was not going to bee set free.

''Does anyone have anything they want to share?''

Sesshomaru asked, and all the staff froze.

-silence-

Sesshomaru said,

''That will be all, you are free to go.''

and all the staff dispersed.

Sesshomaru headed towards Rin's room, when he got there he stood outside the door and pondered, then he heard a beautiful voice singing a song he had never heard before,

(BEGIN SONG)

Can I ask you a question please?

Promise you won't laugh at me?

Obviously I'm standing here, afraid I'll be betrayed.

As twisted as it seems, I only feel love when its in my dreams.

So let in the morning light, let the darkness fade away.

Can you turn my black roses red?

Can you turn my black roses reeed?

La-na-na-la-na-na-ah-oh-la-na-na-ohh.

drowning my loneliness,

how long must I hold my breath?

So much emptiness inside, it could fill the deepest seas.

I reach to the sky as the moon looks on, one last tear, has come and gone,

dying to let your love rain down on meeee.

Can you turn my black roses red?

Can you turn my black roses, reeeeed?

Cause I feel on fire,

never known love!

I feel on fire,

never known love!

I feel on fire,

never known,

Loooove!

La-na-na-la-na-na-ah-oh-la-na-na-ohh-ohh.

(END SONG)

Sesshomaru slumped against the door amazed that Rin had such an amazing voice. Sesshomaru was about to open the door, when Rin started singing again, not wanting to interrupt the angel, Sesshomaru waited outside the door, and he heard the song.

(BEGIN SONG)

(to the music of Scarborough fair)

When, when, will he come back for his Rin?

When, when, will Rin see him again?

Rin wishes, to be with him, again,

with him again.

He will save Rin from this room.

He will save me, from this doom.

When, when, will he come back for me?

I want to see him,

see him again.

I want to hear his voice again.

I want to see his smile again.

I want to know that I'm loved again.

When, when?

Will I be saved?

When will I be free?

To go find him?

When, when, will he come back for Rin?

(END SONG)

Sesshomaru thinking that the song was about someone else became extremely jealous that Rin was seeing someone,

(the song was about Rin's Lord Sesshomaru)

and let his demon side take over, he went into Rin's room where Rin had her back towards the door,

she was trying to peer through the cracks in the wood,

this angered Sesshomaru even more.

He growled and Rin jumped and turned to look behind her, and gasped,

Sesshomaru was growling at her with his eyes all red.

He lashed out at her and struck her cheek and back with his poison whip.

Rin crumbled to the ground, Sesshomaru growled out,

''Leave here and never,ever return to my domain or I will kill you.''

Rin nodded and ran out of the castle as fast as she could.

The cook, who had always loved Rin, gave her some provisions that would last about two weeks.

As soon as she was out of the castle Rin begin smiling like crazy she hadn't been outside of that room or outside the castle in four and a half years! She was running and smiling and then she suddenly stopped and realized that her back was gushing blood! She tore off the sleeves to the kimono that she was wearing, and tied them around the wound. Then she started running again, not out of fear of being caught and killed, but out of her love for the outdoors. As soon as she couldn't see the castle, she shouted,

''I'll find you Lord Sesshomaru! I promise!''

Back at the castle Sesshomaru was brooding and trying to get Rin, and what he did to her out of his mind, when he heard Rin shouting,

''I'll find you Lord Sesshomaru! I promise!''

then he remembered what Kagome had said when she was there,

''in that locked chamber she thinks your a monster, lucky for you, she loved you so much, that when you said you didn't love her, and locked her away, she still doesn't hate you. In fact she doesn't think your her Lord, she believes that her real lord will come and rescue her. From you.''

Sesshomaru thought about it, then put two and two together, and realized that the person Rin was singing about in that song, was him!

She was singing to him to save her and he practically killed her, then threw her out of the castle when night will be here in a hour!

And she's trying to hunt him down so she can be with him!

''What have I done?!''

Sesshomaru asked himself.

Then rushed off to find Rin.

Back with Rin,

Rin skipped though the forest singing her Sesshomaru song, well aware that it was growing dark and that there was a least ten demons stalking her.

''this looks like a good place to camp!''

Rin said cheerily out loud.

Rin lied down and pretended to go to sleep, knowing that the demons would attack any second now, she was right, and a demon popped out ready to eat her.

Rin took two fans from her kimono and went into a fight position,

at seeing the fans the demon burst into laughter and growled,

''You think that you, a puny wounded human girl can defeat me with fans?!''

and he irrupted into more laughter.

Rin narrowed her eyes, waited for the right moment then rushed up to him and cut off his head with her fans. Then said,

''You should have been more careful, I'm not an ordinary girl, I've been trapped in a castle for four and a half years, and no one, I mean no one, is going to stop me from finding my Lord, so come on out the rest of you, I know your in there.''

at that all the demons rushed at her thinking she couldn't handle them all at once, they were sadly mistaken. And they were all killed, right before she killed the last one it gasped out

''H-how do you do that?''

Rin said,

''Like I said before I've been trapped in a castle for four and a half years with nothing to do, so why not learn self defense for when I got out?''

then she cut off the demons head and left.

Rin wasn't bothered again that night, because, the ten demons she had killed were the ten brothers of doom, feared through all the land, so if that human girl single handily killed all of them then they'd better stay away all the demons thought.

Rin kept moving even though the poison on her cheek and back was seeping into her wounds the more she walked, but she didn't care, she was going to find her Lord even at the expense of her life.

Sesshomaru kept after her as well, he found the decapitated bodies of the ten brothers of doom, and wondered if it truly was Rin who did it or someone else who was protecting her, because without a doubt it was Rin's scent here.

Sesshomaru was getting worried it was now almost dark and he couldn't find Rin's scent, so he lied down to rest when he heard someone coming closer,

with Rin

Rin was walking through the forest when she saw something that looked suspiciously like Sesshomaru land and sit under a tree.

She slowly walked up to it with her fans raised and said,

''Don't move or die.''

Sesshomaru froze then a thought came to him,

he knew this voice!

''Rin?''

he asked.

''Lord Sesshomaru?''

Rin asked,

they backed into the last ray of light,

and recognized each other, Rin still was suspicious though,

''I've been looking for you.''

Sesshomaru said awkwardly,

at that Rin smiled hugely and leap forward and gave Sesshomaru a great big hug,

''For a minuet there I thought you were the bad man who looks like you who locked me away, I knew it wasn't you though, and today I was singing a song about you and he came in and cut my back and cheek with his poison whip,

but I forgive him.''

Rin said.

''You forgive him? Why?''

Sesshomaru asked.

''because he set me free to find you!''

Rin said happily,

''although I don't know why he looked so much like you, do you have a secret twin brother who has a bad temper?''

Rin asked Sesshomaru.

''No I do not.''

Sesshomaru answered.

''hmm I wonder why then.. but it doesn't mater as long as Rin's with you Lord Sesshomaru!''

Rin said happily.

''Rin there is something I must tell you,''

Sesshomaru said,

''I was the one who held you captive,''

he sighed

Rin backed away slowly and said stammering,

''I-I thought you were the other Sesshomaru, y-you just want to lock me away again don't you?!''

then she started shrieking,

''Lord Sesshomaru! Save me! Lord Sesshomaru! Help me! He wants to take me away!''

then Rin turned and ran as fast as she could witch was not very fast. (there's not much room to run in a single room)

Sesshomaru sighed again and ran after Rin,

Rin got out her fans and started running even faster,

don't follow me!

Rin shrieked. Then she saw a farmer heading home and she put away her fans and ran behind the farmer shrieking,

''save me! He's after me!''

Sesshomaru caught up to Rin and saw her hiding behind a farmer and sighed again and walked up to her and the farmer who was visibly shaking with fear

but still manged out pointing a pitchfork at him,

''Y-you l-leave h-her a-alone!''

Sesshomaru walked up to him and smoothly cut off his head with his claws.

Rin screamed again and started running as fast as she could,

''Whats wrong Rin? Why don't you just use your fans against me?''

Sesshomaru asked smoothly.

Rin kept going but as soon as she could jumped into a lake so Sesshomaru couldn't track her down.

Then she jumped out on the other side and walked, she was no longer running, just walking Sesshomaru soon caught up to her and Rin stopped and looked at him, she said one little word,

''Why?''

Rin asked him.

Sesshomaru smirked and said,

''You know I am your Lord Sesshomaru right? I am the only one there is.''

''I know.''

Rin said.

''And I'm asking you why. So unless its any other answer, I don't want to hear it.''

Rin stared Sesshomaru down making him uncomfortable.

As Sesshomaru said nothing Rin said,

''I know its you Lord Sesshomaru, the one who saved me twice, cheated death for me twice, yet wants me to die a slow and painful death, you attacked me, why? You locked me away, why?''

Sesshomaru still was silent.

''I now know why''

Rin said.

''You attacked me because of my song, you thought I still had some contact with the outside world, with a male, you got jealous so you did the only thing you knew how to do, you attacked. You locked me away because I made you

uncomfortable, I told you my feelings, but you didn't want to face your feelings for me, but you didn't want me to fall in love with anyone else so you locked me away, kind of selfish, isn't it?

I still don't know why you set me free with a death warning only to chase after me, maybe its because it finally got through your thick scull that the song was about you? Or maybe you just didn't want me to meet anybody else.

But I do know one thing, you have destroyed my body and my childish love for you. Does that make you happy? You don't have to face your feelings like a man, and I won't love anybody else, because I'm dying.''

Sesshomaru growled at her, but Rin simply smiled sadly and said,

''there's no time for that now I'm almost dead by your hand already.''

with that Rin sank to her feet and said,

''I know now that my love for you was simply a childish fantasy, I now see the true you, and well you were kind to me in my childhood, you kill me now. But I'm almost glad this has happened, because if it hadn't I would still be dreaming about my handsome Lord who saved me from the wolfs, so all I have to say now is...

Rin said, then with her last breaths, she sang this song,

(BEGIN SONG slowly and sweetly)

Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home,

Swing low, sweet chariot coming for to carry me home,

I looked over Jordan, and what did I see?

Coming for to carry me home,

a band of angels coming after me,

coming for to carry me home,

Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home,

Swing low, sweet chariot coming for to carry me home.

(END SONG)

Then as she finished her last song, she closed her eyes for the last time and handed him a small note and breathed her last. The note said this,

Dear Lord Sesshomaru,

did you know you close your eyes when you listen to singing?

Well you were doing that I wrote you this note,

I know what I told you earlier, but I was lying,

even if it is a childish fantasy I still, and will forever love you.

And I will never forget you, and maybe we'll see each other in the next life.

(end note)

Sesshomaru crumpled the note and stood up and walked back to his castle.

Life went on and no one ever knew what had happened to Rin.

As hard as he tried, Sesshomaru never could forget Rin, her beautiful, melodious, voice haunted him, he banned all music and singing from the western lands but still could not forget.

Years later Sesshomaru finally faced his feelings for Rin and accepted them.

He ended his own life so he could be with her.

And if you listen closely you can still hear their voices harmonizing together in the wind.

The end.