A/N: ok, so here is the alternate ending of my latest one-shot. I couldn't decide which one was sadder at first, so I eventually thought that the both of them dying was sadder, but this idea was also very sad and had a ring of sense to it. Anywho, ENJOY!

Ps: I will have a pole up on my FanFiction account on which one you liked best and why. Don't forget to review! I love it when people review. It makes me type faster :-)

Sesshomaru felt Rin shift in his arms. He looked down at her. She stared up at him with with large sad eyes. Her hand reached up and touched his cheek.

"I'm sorry." she whispered. Sesshomaru became confused. What did she have to be sorry for?

"Rin?"

"I love you." Her body went limp and her hand left his cheek. Suddenly, she went cold, and the Lady of the Western Lands lived no longer.

Sesshomaru stared in shock at her for a moment. Rin's lifeless eyes stared up at him, paralyzing him. They didn't look peaceful, they looked sad, regretful. Unable to take the empty look anymore, Sesshomaru gently kissed them closed and pulled her closer.

"Rin." he whispered.

"She's gone." Suddenly, the overwhelming truth of his thoughts sent waves of unbearable grief through him. Sesshomaru let out a scream of pain and agony, howling her name to the heavens. The servants throughout the shiro all stopped in their tracks and stared in the direction of the Lords chambers. They all bowed their heads as one and prayed for the safe passage of Lady Rin's soul, and for the healing of their Lord's broken heart.

When Sesshomaru finished his lament, he felt more waves of sorrow wash over him. He gently brushed his hand over Rin's cheek, just as she had done in her last few seconds of life.

"Rin, do not do this to me. Please, little one. Anyone but you."

The waves of sorrow seemed to pick up again, and Sesshomaru felt the last of his sanity slip out of him. He felt himself retreat to a deep, dark corner of his mind. Suddenly, her body was mocking him. Showing how weak he was to not be able to fend off a mere weakness.

With a bellow of rage his eyes became red and he slashed Rin's body to nothingness. But her scent still lingered everywhere. The memory of her face taunted him. She was just beyond his reach this time. Sesshomaru couldn't take it anymore. He transformed into the firm of a large, silver dog and slashed the shiro and its inhabitants with his poisonous claws and fangs. When the entire place was no more than a black smudge on he earth, Sesshomaru threw his head back and again howled Rin's name to the heavens. His insanity took over his mind, and he took off, destroying everything in his path.

Inuyasha's family was eating dinner when Kagome noticed her mate was distracted by something. At first, it was just his nose twitching. Then his ears joined in the process. He stood up abruptly and walked outside. Kagome reassured her children and handed the baby to her eldest before following Inuyasha. He was staring west, toward his half-brother's territory. Kagome stared in the same direction but saw nothing.

"I can smell Sesshomaru coming." he stated. When Kagome looked at him questioningly, he continued. "Something is following him and he seems...off."

"Off? How?"

Inuyasha wrinkled his nose. "Now that he is closer, I can smell only two things. Sorrow and Insanity." he narrowed his eyes at the last word.

Kagome gasped. A few years ago, a soldier in a nearby village had gone insane when he leaned that his entire family had been kidnapped and tortured to death. Inuyasha had killed him when he hurt one of their daughters, saying that he might hurt someone else and that it was best to put him out of his misery. What could have happened to make Sesshomaru insane? He was always so cold, so calm. The young miko, like many other's, feared him, and she always thought that the only way he could die was if he died in battle. Insanity was a worse fate than death by far.

Suddenly, a deafening roar split the air not too far away and Kagome saw Inuyasha draw Tetsusaiga. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo all ran out and joined them. When Kagome saw one of her children try to rush out and see what the matter was, she ordered them to stay inside no matter what. As soon as she turned around a great white dog burst forth from the trees.

"What is that?" Shippo cried.

"My Arrogant-Ass-Brother." Inuyasha muttered, earning an "Inuyasha, be more respectful! He is your brother!" from Kagome.

Miroku surveyed the beast more closely, as it had stopped directly in front of them and seemed to be fighting something. "Lady Kagome, do you sense anything unusual about Sesshomaru?"

Kagome seemed to think of it for a second. "Sadness. Pure sadness. It is emanating from him like an aura." she shook her head. "Inuyasha said he smelled insanity, but is that really it?" They all turned to Sango, who was a demon expert as well as a slayer.

"Demons are not meant to feel emotion. But, when one does, they feel thrice the times of a human. It is why they despise us. We are free to feel and chose our lives, their's are thrown upon them and they are expected to stay the same throughout, or become greater. If something happened to make them feel emotion in great abundance, say a broken heart, then they could very possibly either become insane or die. But, if they do go insane, it strengthens their senses and abilities by thousandfold, making them nearly impossible to kill."

"But, if what Kagome said was true, then what could possibly make him sad at all?" Shippo piped up.

"I don't know and I don't care!" said Inuyasha. He gripped his sword tighter. "He was already a pain in the ass before, the last thing we need is him being a somewhat invincible insane pain in the ass."

Inuyasha wasn't a second to early, because at that moment, Sesshomaru charged at them, snarling and poison dripping from from his fangs and claws.

"WIND SCAR!"

The attack missed Sesshomaru completely. Kagome shot her arrows and Sango threw her giant boomerang, but they were easily missed. Miroku tried some magic sutras, but they disolved when they got within a foot of the great dog. Sesshomaru effortlessly threw Inuyasha aside and into a nearby tree before charging Kagome and the others.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha bellowed, struggling to stand. Just as Sesshomaru was about to strike, an even larger silver dog appeared, crashing into Sesshomaru and sending them both sprawling. Sesshomaru barely had time to stand before the other demon pinned him. It barked at him once. Sesshomaru merely snarled. He struggled and tried to shake the larger dog off but it was too strong. It bent down and bit his neck, making Sesshomaru howl in pain before twisting and kicking the demon off of him. The demon rolled and stood so that it blocked Inuyasha and the gang from Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru snarled and attacked but the other demon was too quick, it's paw became green from poison and impaled Sesshomaru's side. He fell down and started to shake. He began to to stand but the other demon looked at Inuyasha and something seemed to flow between them. Inuyasha nodded and swung his sword.

"ADAMANT BARRAGE!"

The magic crystals flew through the air and slashed at Sesshomaru's flesh. He fell to the ground, unmoving. A glow grew around him and the form of Sesshomaru grew smaller, eventually turning into the humanoid form of the Lord of the West. He lay face down with his head turned to the side. Giant pieces of adamant stuck out of his back and a pool of blood spilled underneath him. Next to them, the other demon slowly began to turn into its own humanoid form. Or, more specifically, her humanoid form.

Inuyasha recognized her as a woman who had came to his own mother when he was small, claiming to be Lady Fumiko, the mother of Sesshomaru. That was how he even knew he had a brother in the first place. She had warned his mother to stay away from Sesshomaru and had asked for them to come to live at her palace so that they could be safe. When Inuyasha's mother had become confused, Fumiko explained that it was because Inutaisho would've wanted them both to live, and would not have wanted Sesshomaru's newfound hatred of humans to hasten their demises. Apparently, even though she was hurt when he left, Sesshomaru's mother had still cared deeply for Inutaisho, and wanted to to rest in death instead of worrying about his new mate and pup. Even if it meant putting up with a half demon and the woman who stole her mate away from her.

Right now, she was just staring at her son, a forlorn look in her eyes. When Miroku tried to move forward to help Sesshomaru's soul find the afterlife, she held out a hand to stop him.

"He is not yet dead." She said in a quiet tone.

Everyone looked closer and saw that Sesshomaru was indeed still breathing. But, what they also saw was much worse. A tear, resembling a liquid diamond, ran slowly down his cheek as the light in his eyes faded. Blood spilled out of his mouth as he muttered a single word that only Inuyasha, Shippo, and Fumiko were able to hear.

"Rin," and Sesshomaru, Lord of the West lived no more.

Fumiko walked over and knelt next to him.

"What have you gotten yourself into, my son?"

She cupped her hands over his body and chanted some sort of ancient spell. A ball of light formed in her hands and she stood, staring at it. All of a sudden, another ball of light flew out of nowhere and flew in circles around her palms. Fumiko raised an eyebrow.

"You wish to show him the way?" The ball if light swirled around her twice and circled yet again around her palms. "Very well." She raised her hands and let the two balls of light fly off into the sky, the same as one might do to a butterfly or a bird. Fumiko sighed and turned towards them.

"You are Inuyasha, correct?" she asked. Inuyasha nodded. "It seems that the West is in need of a ruler." she turned towards them. "You are the only living son of Lord Inutaisho. The task must fall upon you to take over in your brother's absence. Do you accept?" Inuyasha looked at his friends, then his village, and finally Kagome. She looked at him and nodded slowly. Everyone else did the same. He turned toward the demoness.

"I accept."

Fumiko nodded. "Very well."

A/N: SO what do ya think? Good? Bad? Better than the other one? Should I type the original? Aw heck, in the original Rin actually stabs Sesshy and he sings her a song (Anthem of The Angels by Breaking Benjamin) and they both die at the exact same same time and a maid finds them both dead. Should I type it? Idk. Anyway, my next one-shot is going to be a LEMON, so if you don't like and/or are too young for this (I am too young (13) but thats not important) then I advise that you don't read. Don't say I didn't warn ya. It will even be titled 'Lemon" so again, I warned ya.

-MsIdiotGirlofJapan