Chapter 7:
Kaede looks at both Koga and Kagome. She shakes her head. Wiping her tears with her withered hands. She sighs. "I am so disappointed in ye Kagome. I never thought, not in a million years that ye would betray Inuyasha like this. Like this! My sister was no saint but she at least had a reason to do what she did. She was tricked. She was lied too. Ye were neither. Inuyasha bared his soul to ye. Hell his demon was subdued by ye. He waited for ye child. What do ye do..shoot him with a sharper arrow then my sister ever could. Now go. Since ye want to be with Koga here then go. Don't come back here for a long while."
All the while Kaede talked, Inuyasha was apologizing. Whining and sobbing. He had collapsed again to his knees. Rin went to him, wrapping her arms around him gently. Rubbing his back gently. Cooing softly. She watches as Koga picks up Kagome and sees her be taken out of the hut. Sango and Miroku drop next to Inuyasha. They seem at a loss on what to do with a devastated dog demon.
Rin whispers. "Grandma Kaede, please may I remove the beads of subjugation from his neck? Please...it can be one less reminder for him of her."
Kaede nods slowly, she gets ready to kneel down to do it. Rin whispers. "Let me do it. Miroku may I have one of your sacred sutras? If I wrap it around the necklace maybe I can use my spiritual powers to break it."
Miroku nods quickly and quickly hands her the sutra, she does as she says she will. She then concentrates. Whispering to Inuyasha. "I am going to break you free Inuyasha. Just give me a moment."
Her hand glows a lavender color and soon the sutra is the same color and the beads just fall apart. She gently rubs Inuyasha's neck as if he has a pain there from the years of it ripping him into the dirt. She looks at the rest of them. Then down at Inuyasha. Realizing that he is quietly snoring. She looks at Kaede. Kaede rubs her back slightly.
"Leave him be. Ye can go to bed Rin. I'll watch over him."
Rin nods slowly, standing and laying Inuyasha's head down gently. She looks at Miroku and Sango. They head to the entrance of Kaede's home. Rin follows them. "I am sorry I snapped at you two."
Sango looks down sadly. Miroku sighs and shakes his head. "We are sorry too. We thought.. well we thought differently. Not that we thought Inuyasha would lie, but maybe jump to conclusions."
Rin nods, looking back to Inuyasha. "He'll need his friends now. I hope losing those beads will help him cope a little better."
Sango and Miroku just nod as they walk out heading home to tell Kohaku and Shippo what happened, knowing that the kit fox will go find Kagome to find out if it's true or not. Rin hears Sango sobbing when the blankets close. She sighs. Thinking as she undoes her pony tail. 'Kagome didn't just hurt Inuyasha, she hurt us all.'
She pats Kaede gently and helps her clean up before heading to bed. She sits in bed and looks out her window till she feels sleep pull her to bed.
