Disclaimer: I no own Inu characters...

Notes: This may be the last chapter, but I think I'll make one more after this... The epilogue, I guess. I may make a sequel about Rin, Kohaku, and Sesshomaru if enough people ask me and want one. Yay! Aren't we all so happy?! (:D)


"Fine," Inuyasha said, "But only for the kid."

He got up and drew Tessaiga, making it transform. "I'm going to kill that bastard," he muttered, "I won't let Rin suffer because of him. Kagome, Sango, Kohaku, you guys stay here, there's no need for more than one loss."

Sesshomaru then did something that he never expected to do in his lifetime: "Inuyasha... Thank you..."

He was stunned. "What?!"

"I said 'thank you,' stupid."

"Yeah, well... Don't get used to it. I'm only doing it for that kid of yours,"

Inuyasha," Kagome said, "'That kid of his' has a name."

"Whatever,"


Rin strode slowly towards the cave with her head held high and her hand gripped tightly around the handle of her blade, still dripping with Sesshomaru's blood. She tried to walk with pride and grace, much like she'd seen him do repeatedly. She found it hard, for she was not as brave as her Lord and father, and knew that she could never measure up to him, but she could try.

Rin soon found herself in the arms of Inuyasha and being yelled at. "What are you thinking, idiot?! Naraku will kill you without hesitation, and enjoy it!"

"I don't care, Inuyasha-sama! he's going to regret the day that he made me hurt my father!"

"Your father?" Inuyasha asked confusedly.

"Yes, Sesshomaru-sama is a father to me, and I love him with all my heart. That's why Naraku is going to pay for what he did to us!" Rin said. Inuyasha could almost see flames in her eyes, she was so intense.

He sighed. "Rin, are you willing to die for him?"

"Of cour-"

"Rin, think it over for a minute! If you die while fighting Naraku, you will hurt Sesshomaru more than he ever could, and, if you die, I'll feel like it's my fault because he practically begged me to come and protect you. As much as I hate him, I don't break promises, and I don't plan to break the promise that I made to protect you!"

Rin looked around impatiently, but after a while tears welled up in her eyes. "What else can I do?"

"Go back to him."

"No!" Rin said decidedly, "If there's one thing that I don't do, it's give up! I won't give up just because my life is in danger. If you want to kill Naraku, Inuyasha-sama, then at least let me help you,"

"Fine, but don't tell 'your father'... He'll murder me." Inuyasha smiled and said after thinking it over.


Inuyasha had fighting for a while now, and Rin was beginning to worry about him. It was then that she saw the girl with the infant in the corner. Apparently Inuyasha hadn't noticed her, and neither had Naraku, Kagura, or Hakudoushi. 'That sacred jewel shard is still in my neck!' Rin thought, 'If I get it out... It will help Inuyasha-sama fight, but, I heard from Kagome that he can't control himself when that happens unless she is around...'

After a moment of thought, Rin brought the blood-soaked dagger up to the back of her neck and quickly slashed. A black object fell onto the ground and she picked it up, it turning a light purple color as she did so. Nobody except Inuyasha knew that she was there. "Inuyasha-sama!" Rin called to him, tossing him the jewel shard.

Inuyasha was temporarily distracted and caught the jewel, put it on his transformed Tessaiga, and smirked at Naraku. "Even with that jewel shard in your sword, you will never be able to penetrate my barrier." Naraku mused.

Inuyasha just laughed. Rin thought that this was her only chance. No one knew she was there, even after she yelled to Inuyasha. The girl in white with the infant wasn't looking either. Everything after that seemed fake and unrealistic, like in a dream. She knew that she would successfully kill the infant, Naraku's heart, and she knew that she would get revenge for her and Sesshomaru, but she didn't know that she was saving the lives of countless people, avenging many deaths, and killing possibly the most evil person in all of Feudal Japan. All that Rin had on her mind as she plunged the dagger deep into the infant's heart was her adoptive father, and how their life would be once Naraku was gone.

Everything happened in a flash after that. Inuyasha yelled "Adamant Barrage" and Naraku's body was destroyed as well as his heart, and everything stopped for a moment. Kagura was speechless as her heart fell into her hands. Now she could live normally. The girl in white, Kanna, was in shock and didn't move, and Hakudoushi was gone.

Inuyasha looked over at Rin and saw her hunched over the infant's body on the ground, for Kanna had dropped him as soon as the dagger entered his body. He ran to her and knelt down, helping her stand back up. "We did it, Inuyasha-sama..." she whispered, almost afraid to believe it.

"No, Rin, you did."

She looked up at him and smiled warmly. "I guess you learned how to control yourself. Your eyes are their normal color, now."

He looked at his reflection in his Tessaiga and smiled, but also felt a little sad; now he wouldn't have an excuse to hug Kagome without telling her how he felt about her. Together they walked back. Inuyasha felt fine, but Rin was a little tired, and he wound up having to carry her back the rest of the way.

Sesshomaru sat up, smelling his brother and his adoptive daughter heading that way. Inuyasha came into view carrying her in his arms. His chest still hurt the dagger entered deep into his skin, for he wouldn't let Kagome bandage it because he didn't want to take his shirt off in front of her. Inuyasha walked over to him and handed Rin's sleeping figure to him. A monk with a young fox demon clinging to his shoulder stumbled over to them, out of breath.

"My... My Wind Tunnel... It's gone..." Miroku huffed.

Sesshomaru turned to Inuyasha with wide eyes, looked down at the dagger with someone else's blood on it, then back at Inuyasha. "She didn't..." he began.

Inuyasha shrugged and smirked as he turned around. "And yet she did."

Kagome, Sango, and Shippo, just to be polite, waved good-bye to Sesshomaru and walked away with Inuyasha, but Kohaku stayed behind, his mouth open. Sango ran back to him and whispered in his ear, "If it makes you happy, I think you should stay with Rin."

He smiled at her and gave her a hug before she also turned and left, leaving him and Sesshomaru to wonder how Rin could possibly kill Naraku. Sesshomaru shook his head to clear his mind and said, "I knew she was different somehow,"

He stood up with some difficuty and began striding away, though before he got more than seven paces, he turned and looked at Kohaku expectantly. "Are you coming, or not?" he asked impatiently.

Kohaku smiled at Sesshomaru and ran to catch up to him. "Doesn't your wound hurt?" he asked.

"Not as much as it would if Rin hadn't come back safely. After a fight with Naraku, and successfully killing him, you'd think she'd have more than a few scratches and bruises... I've finally realized how much Rin means to me, Kohaku, and I only figured it out when I was worried about her with Naraku all alone. It was even worse when I had to trust my brother with her, but even he came through for me."

"Isn't it strange when you only realize how much you love someone when their life is in jeprody, Sesshomaru-sama?" Kohaku asked, looking at Rin in his arms.

"Yes..." Sesshomaru replied with an almost unnoticable smile... But at least it was there. "Yes it is."

Rin had her eyes open just long enough to catch that smile, and closed her eyes again before they knew that she was awake. At least now, no one had anything to worry about anymore, their lives would be carefree and happy, and Rin would always be happy now that she was once again reunited with the people that she loved the most in her life... Especially her newly found father.