Chapter 4

Gazing out into the setting sun, I stood in a plain of green grass surrounded by trees of the wood. I held a single bellflower in hand, letting loose the grip and watching it slowly flow upon the early spring breeze, somewhat similar to a bird on its way back home.

"Sir Jaken, is there something you need of me?" I asked.

I heard rustling in the grass, seeing a small figure appear beside me moments later from the corner of my gaze. He stood, I suppose, watching the sun fall behind the mountains, and rested his weight upon the staff of two heads which he carried with him everywhere he went.

"What is curious to me is why you stay at the castle," He said, "Have you already given up on killing Naraku?"

I said nothing for a few seconds, as if I did not hear his question. The sky was nearly all darkened of night, only the distant lands still holding some amount of daylight. "I have decided that the outcome of killing Naraku would be less of an accomplishment to me than it would be of someone who also had their lives ruined by him."

He said nothing else, only standing there for sometime before turning and walking away. My eyes concentrated on the now star filled sky, reminding me of that night fifty years ago, when I thought that wishes could actually come true. My request wasn't answered, which I've realized for some time.

Ever since my stay at the castle I had been fighting with the thought of continuing my journey. I felt it was my duty to seek vengeance upon my death, killing Naraku for his jealousy of my once, breathtaking, infatuation. But now I've wondered. if at the end of all things, what would my purpose be? There would be no reason to stay here, to watch everything change before my eyes. At my final conclusion, I have decided that Inuyasha would have a more finer outcome of Naraku's death, and live a life of peace.

I gazed out into the distance of the mountains seeing the sun disappear before my eyes, just as it did for as long as I could remember, I sighed.

My second life on this earth does not allow young girls' souls to journey to their rightful place, for my needing to take place in this story, the souls of the passing are blocked from the netherworld. In all of this, I do not wish to apologize for this situation, because the sorrow of my life is inevitable.

I stepped forward, my beloved soul cathcers appearing by my side, holding the glowing orbs that I have become so familiar with. The grass began to rustle with the wind, making a tune of nature with made the scenery more of liking.

At the end of the plain I could see a woman's figure, one with long raven hair and dress of nothing you would see in any land of this time, it was Kagome.

Out of anger, I reached for an enchanted arrow from my quiver and aimed my bow into the distance of the grassy meadow. My eyes concentrated on my target as she moved slowly over to the river and sat beside the water's edge. The time was of now, this was the opportunity I had to kill her, but I stopped, seeing Inuyasha come to her side.

I do not know how I got the courage as to watch them embrace before my eyes, I suppose this was how Kagome felt when I kissed Inuyasha. Alone, betrayed, and hurt. They kept their position for several moments, until they broke apart and watched the scenery before them for some time.

I turned and walked back into the direction of Lord Sesshomaru's castle, dismissing my soul catchers into a shimmering dust, preventing Inuyasha to find me at his brother's home.

I averted my gaze towards the small bundle of yellow bellflowers that rested in my cradling arm, somehow there was a reason that these were the only flowers that grew in the meadow that the castle overlooked. I had a feeling, these were of importance to Sesshomaru.

In the sky somewhere, floated the bellflower that drifted into the air's current far away from the land and into another, experiencing the memories of others in its path, just as I have on my journey for another life.

A/N: Next chapter A.S.A.P.