Wow, you guys are helpful. :p Fine, I'll just stick with the ones I have. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the last chapter of Bonds That Can't Be Broken. :( I think I might actually cry... anyways, I am not done writing. I have one more Inuyasha fan fic, some Batman and Spiderman stuff, and a Loki one that I did for my cousin, so stay tuned! Enjoy the finale!
Emiko steadied herself as the castle continued to shudder, "Sesshomaru..."
"We have to leave. Now."
"Yeah I kinda guessed that." Emiko muttered to herself.
Sesshomaru glanced at her, a smile flashing across his face. She is feeling better.
Together they ran to the doors. The second they got there, a chunk of pillar came hurtling down on them. Emiko hurled herself against Sesshomaru, pushing him back as the pillar smashed where they had been a second before. She turned and looked at him, "We're trapped."
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Cynder and Inuyasha were standing a few miles away from the castle. Inuyasha was gently restraining her from running back, trying to reason with her.
"Cynder, calm down. I'm sure they're fine."
"But how do you know?"
"As much as I hate saying this, I still will. Sesshomaru is reliable when it comes to defeating people. He'll get the job done and save Emiko."
"Are you certain?" Cynder asked, locking eyes with him.
Inuyasha looked away, Enma's words echoing in his head If you're interested in learning how you could've kept this one, come to my castle. "No, I'm not."
Cynder looked at him in shock, "Inuyasha..."
"Look, Enma said some things that made me wonder how much Sesshomaru really loves Emiko, okay? I don't know what he's doing." Inuyasha said defensively.
Cynder looked away, "O..Oh."
Together, they stared at the castle. Suddenly, it started shuddering.
"Look!"
They watched in horror as it slowly started to crumble. At that same time, a fierce wind sprung up, sending even boulders hurtling towards the castle. Inuyasha grabbed Cynder and vaulted backwards, finding a patch of dirt and stabbing Tetsusaiga into the earth.
"Hey Cynder. Do you remember Takemaru's castle getting sucked into the earth?" Inuyasha shouted over the wind.
Cynder turned her face to him, eyes wide, "You don't think..."
"Yeah. Yeah I do."
"Oh hell."
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Emiko and Sesshomaru ran to the edge of the platform. Suddenly, Sesshomaru swung Emiko up onto his back and leapt off before she could say a thing.
Squeezing her eyes shut, Emiko repressed a cry of horror as they plummeted to the ground. If they had had luck on their side, they would have landed safely. Unfortunately, the wind hit them full force, sending them flying backwards. Sesshomaru pulled Emiko off him and threw her forward just as he hit a chunk of the castle wall.
Emiko hit the ground hard, stumbled slightly, then whirled around. Seeing Sesshomaru lying on the ground she ran over to him, turning him over. With a thrill of horror, she saw that the fighting, ravens, avalanche, and throwing himself off the topmost spire had taken its toll. He was unconscious.
"No. No Sesshomaru, don't do this to me." she said, shaking him, suddenly fearful.
The wind started picking up speed. Emiko looked around frantically. She was weak from her fight with Enma's spirit and she knew it. She wasn't sure if she could hold Sesshomaru and they were uncomfortably close to the collapsing castle.
A chunk of rock narrowly missed her head, bounced a ways, and was sucked into the hole in the earth that the castle was forming. Grabbing Sesshomaru's shoulders, Emiko pulled him as far as she could, fighting the wind. With a huge burst, the wind picked up until it was pulling with the speed and power of tornadoes. Emiko unsheathed Fireheart and stabbed it into the ground. He is going to bug me for life about this. Taking a deep breath, she shouted, "Wake up, SESSHOMARU-SAMA!"
The wind sped faster as she looked towards Sesshomaru. His eyes snapped open and he pushed her down, just missing another boulder. Taking Bakusaiga, he too, stabbed into the ground. Laying on her stomach, Emiko held onto her sword as tight as she could, head down, forehead pressed lightly into the earth. She felt Sesshomaru on top of her, but they were being sucked helplessly in. Sesshomaru pulled his sword out, and stood up as best as he could.
"Emiko. I need your help."
She looked at him, and then realized what he wanted. Standing up she held her sword high above her head. Together, they swung their swords downwards, creating a shield that protected them from the wind.
Emiko slumped exhaustively to the ground, the cold earth feeling good against her back. Sesshomaru sank to his knees next to her, head bowed.
"Hey. You okay?" she asked, crawling over to him, and lightly pushing his chin up so that he was looking at her.
She had misjudged how close she had gotten and froze as his face was centimeters from hers. Forcing herself not to blush like some idiot schoolgirl, she took a silent deep breath and locked eyes with him, "Are you okay?"
"I am fine." Sesshomaru said dismissively.
Seeing her smile, he frowned, "What?"
"If you can act like a proud jerk again, then I believe you."
He growled lightly, eyes narrowed and she laughed.
She turned her head away from him, looking at the swords that were pulsating happily next to each other. "I wonder. If our swords give each other energy, maybe you and I can also give energy to one another."
Sesshomaru looked at the swords and thought, "Most likely, but I am not sure how."
Emiko shrugged.
As they watched, the wind slowly died down and the castle disintegrated, leaving nothing but a crater where it used to be. They collapsed their shield and Emiko turned towards a voice yelling her name, "Cynder!"
The two onaways ran and embraced each other. Emiko fought off tears as she gripped Cynder tightly, "Never do that again!"
"I won't if you won't." Cynder retorted
"Agreed." Emiko said with a smile.
Cynder smiled back, her eyes also watery.
Emiko turned and smiled gratefully at Inuyasha, "Thank you for bringing my onaway back."
"I was never going to leave her there." Inuyasha said.
They all stood and looked at each other.
"Well! Shall we continue to our original destination?" Cynder asked after a moment's silence.
Emiko nodded, "With pleasure."
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The group got to the legendary place just in time. Apparently, they had been in the castle for a whole day and the collapse of the castle had happened in the early morning.
Emiko stood, watching the beautiful fiery waterfall. Inuyasha and Cynder were sitting on the bank, feet in the water, for once, not saying anything and just enjoying the view. Emiko smiled, watching them as faint footsteps approached her.
Sesshomaru came up and stood next to her. After a moment of silence, he spoke, "He was right."
"Mm? Who?"
"Enma. He was right, you would have been happier there. He knew how to show emotions."
"No, he knew how to smooth talk. He doesn't know true emotions. He knows desire and want and that's it."
Sesshomaru turned and faced her, "Why?"
"You're not being very descriptive today."
"Why me?"
Emiko turned to him, "Why me what?"
"Why, out of all youkai and humans in the world did you chose me?"
Emiko turned away and looked out at the darkening water, thinking. After a moment, she turned to him, "Because I did."
"That's not enough."
"Why is this so important all of a sudden? You didn't care before."
"I did not realize what I had to lose before."
Emiko blushed and looked away, "Because... oh I don't know! Because you were annoying, because you were quiet, because you weren't like any other jackass that I had met before, because you were different, because you understood!"
"Understood?"
"That sometimes, people don't need to talk or say anything to tell another person something. I could be myself around you. I could not speak for 10 minutes, and you wouldn't ask me if anything was wrong, I could look you in the eyes and you wouldn't freak out like everyone else did, I could..." she turned away and messed with the bark of a tree. "I could care and you would be too thick to see it. I chose you because you are cold and indifferent. That's the way I like you, not sentimental and expressive of your feelings. That's too much. So don't... don't change that, okay?"
"Emiko." Sesshomaru said softly.
She heard his footsteps behind her and turned around, seeing him right behind her his face once more centimeters from hers. There was something different in his eyes though, and it made her nervous. Plus, stupidly, in messing with the tree, she had backed herself up against it. Crap.
He looked at her, eyes searching her face as if wondering what she would do. She watched him, trying to ignore the hard pounding of her heart. Then, he kissed her.
After a moment of shock, Emiko responded, feeling like the world could stay that way as he pushed her gently against the tree, and for about 30 seconds, it did. Finally, when she was starting to run out of breath he pulled away. He touched his forehead to hers, breathing gently. As Emiko looked at him, she saw that his eyes were brighter than before.
"I think... we just found out how to give that energy." she said.
He nodded.
"Our dads are crafty and annoying." she sighed
He said nothing.
"Oh, and you're welcome. Geez, talk about being chatty, do you ever shut up?" she said snarkily.
He raised his eyebrow at her and pulled away. Emiko examined him carefully. The coldness was still there, but now she could see what everyone else, (except Inuyasha cause he's thick when it comes to that stuff) had been able to see. A warmth when he looked at her. The cold will never go away. But that's how I like it. she smiled to herself.
Cynder came bounding up, "What's up?"
"Nuthin." Emiko said dismissively.
Cynder narrowed her eyes at her, "Is that sooo? Well I don't believe you."
"Well you're gonna have to."
Cynder's eyes widened, "Did you guys just...?"
Emiko glared at her with a Will you shut up already? look.
Cynder clapped her hands over her mouth, eyes glinted mischievously, "Ooo! You're lucky we're onaways, otherwise I would be telling the whole world right now."
"No, you would not." Sesshomaru said menacingly.
Cynder raised an eyebrow at him, "You don't scare me Pretty Boy."
"Well, that is your mistake."
"Okay, break it off you two." Emiko said with a sigh, "You two could be siblings the way you bicker."
"Give it a few years and I might be. And an aunt too." Cynder said slyly.
"Cynder..."
Cynder started to sing "Scream" by Usher
"GAH! NO Cynder!" Emiko yelled, chasing her around.
Sesshomaru watched them, then looked out across the river. This journey was annoying. But it was also one I will remember for a long time.
"Sesshomaru, help me get her!" Emiko shouted, running past him.
He gently grabbed her arm and held her firmly, "Leave her."
"You're gonna let her stand by and say that?" Emiko asked in indignation.
"Hehe, that's cause he agrees with what I'm saying." Cynder giggled.
Emiko turned slowly to him, "You better not be thinking that."
Sesshomaru looked at them, "On second thought." he released her.
"Yes!" she went back to attacking Cynder.
Keirsha landed on Sesshomaru's shoulder and Aika curled around Inuyasha's neck as he walked up to see the proceedings. Together, the brothers watched the sister fighting, for once united. But it wouldn't stay that way. It never did. And that's the way they all liked it.
Epilogue (12 years after Cynder's first child)
"Come on Mom! You are slow!"
"I'm not slow, you're too fast!"
"Mayumi, slow down."
"Hai Father."
The ten year old girl slowed down and waited for her parents. Tall for her age, she wore white, knee length Capri's, and a flowing, long sleeve shirt that was a multicolor of blue and green. Her wavy, silver white hair was past her butt and her hazel eyes had the fire that was in her mother, but the calm inherited from her father. Her dog ears twitched in the wind as she bounced excitedly. Emiko crouched down in front of her daughter and rubbed the indigo crescent moon on her forehead that stood out like a light against her pale skin.
"You are just too excited aren't you Mayumi?"
"Uh huh."
"I want to play a trick on Cynder. Come here."
She whispered into Mayumi's ear, then pulled away, "You got that?"
Mayumi grinned, showing her small fangs, "Yeah."
Sesshomaru came over and placed his hand on Emiko's shoulder, "What are you two planning?"
"Oh nothing. Just a greeting for my dear sister." Emiko replied innocently.
He looked at her suspiciously, and she grinned at him. During the 20 years after Naraku's death, the ice in his eyes had faded slightly. It would never leave, but then again, she preferred him that way.
"There is the river!" Mayumi cried.
In celebration of Naraku's death, and to catch up, the old gang had decided to meet at a spot by a large river. Smoke from a big fire spiraled into the air.
"Let's go." Emiko said, somewhat hyper.
Sesshomaru looked at her. She had aged slightly, looking to be 19 now, instead of 16. She was more motherly, but could still kick ass when she needed to. And considering that they traveled and fought powerful demons, she needed to.
A handsome, 12 year old boy came running up with a smaller boy behind him. His hair moved slightly of its own accord, but was white. His tanned skin matched his mother's, but his eyes were a brilliant gold. He wore a red robe.
"Hey Mayumi." he said, smiling.
"Hey Kane." Mayumi replied, undeterred by his good looks.
"Man, I can never make you blush like most girls, can I?" he asked, exasperated.
"Nope!"
"Hi Mayumi." a smooth and slightly accented voice said.
She turned to see the smaller boy behind his brother. He was thin, where his brother was built, but strong. His hair was long and pitch black and flowed down to the small of his back. His skin was extremely pale and his iris' were completely black. Hooking his hair behind his pointed ears, he smiled softly. He acted kind of creepy, but Mayumi had known him ever since she was born, and she knew it was all an act. Or, she hoped it was.
"Hey Aearion. What's up?"
Aearion shrugged. He was adopted. Cynder and Inuyasha had found him after defeating a strong enemy. He was the enemies son, but they couldn't just let him die. They had thought he might be okay, and he hadn't turned out too bad. He did like mischievous tricks, and had a great gift of persuasion, hence, the smooth voice.
"Where's your guy's mom at?" Mayumi asked, catching the wink from Emiko.
"By the fire, come on, we'll take you!" Kane said, gesturing.
When they arrived at the campfire, Mayumi's parents were greeted with loud cries. Well, Emiko was anyway. Sesshomaru just stood slightly behind her, not a huge fan of crowds, or humans, or hanyous, or…well anyone. Mayumi didn't dwell on this long however, for she was more interested in the brown eared, white blonde hair of Cynder. She was sitting facing the fire, hands on her large stomach. The 20 years hadn't changed the hyper Shifter, except for looking similar to Emiko with her aging, looking 19. Mayumi positioned herself in front of her, closed her eyes, and concentrated. After a moment, her feet lifted off the ground as she levitated up until she was eye height with Cynder. Getting really close to her, she opened her eyes, which were now a bright red with blue iris'. Aearion caught on to what she was doing and winked at her, putting a finger to his lips. She nodded and he tapped Cynder gently, "Mom, wake up, Emiko's here."
Cynder opened her eyes, "She I…GAH!" she yelled, pulling back from Mayumi and almost falling over.
Kane and Aearion started laughing and Emiko cracked up. Mayumi hadn't even blinked, keeping the unreadable expression past down to her by Sesshomaru. Cynder narrowed her eyes and leaned forward until their noses were almost touching, "You wanna play? Okay, time to play with the big boys."
Her eyes turned a deep shade of purple, her pupils disappearing. The two sat there until Mayumi couldn't hold it and started laughing.
"That's the sweet girl I know." Cynder said, smiling, "Did your mean mom put you up to this? The muffin fluffer."
"Whatever." Emiko said, rolling her eyes.
Cynder stuck her tongue out at her and stood up with a groan, holding her stomach.
"When are you expecting?" Emiko asked, going over to assist her.
"Any day now. And it is ready to come out!" she complained.
"Hey Cynder."
"Yeah?"
"You're fat."
Cynder growled, "Shut up."
"Never! You can't catch me this time!" "Yeah well, I'll just set my sons on you!"
"That reminds me. How are my two nephews?" Emiko asked, crouching down in front of them.
"Good!" they said in unison.
Just then, Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Koga, Rin, and Kohaku came over, "Hey guys!"
Emiko exchanged happy reunions with them, talking excitedly as Mayumi looked at them. Miroku and Sango had definitely aged, since they were now 38. They didn't look horribly old, but they had more laugh lines around their eyes, and a little less energy.
As she was thinking, two young kids came running up to her, Kane and Aearion. They were brother and sister, the youngest one being about 9 years old. Her straight black hair waved slightly in the wind and her dark brown eyes sparkled with childish delight. The boy was 11 and had cocky written all over him. With long black hair and unusual blue eyes, he ran up and winked at Mayumi. Wow, he hangs out with Kane waaay to much. Mayumi thought.
"Hey Kasuni! Hey Hikaru!" she called.
Kasuni ran at her and wrapped her arms around her waist in a big hug, "Mayumi!"
Unnoticed by them, Aearion faded into the shadows, not a huge fan of lots of people.
Mayumi disentangled herself from Kasuni, laughing, "You are just like your mother. Or at least, that's what I'm told. Rin was always a fan of hugs."
Kasuni grinned at the compliment. Hikaru came sauntering up, "Hey Mayumi, what's up?" She raised an eyebrow at him, "The sky."
"Ha ha." Kasuni started talking fast, telling Mayumi of all her stories and causing laughter from the two boys while the parents talked around them.
"Dinnertime!" Kagome called.
Everyone got up from where they had been sitting for the past few hours and were about to move when Cynder fell to the ground with a cry of pain.
"Cynder?" Inuyasha was immediately by her side.
"Your damn kid. It's coming now!" Cynder gasped.
A Few (Very Long) Hours Later:
The people outside the makeshift tent started at a baby's wail. Inuyasha ran inside as everyone else relaxed.
Mayumi leaned against her father as he stood next to her, feeling happy and content. They had eaten while they waited, so she was also full from Sango's good cooking. As of now, she was sitting on a big rock, Emiko next to her, stroking her hair gently. Kane and Aearion were hovering anxiously at the entrance to the tent.
"You guys should go in!" Mayumi called softly.
"You think so?" Kane asked.
"Yeah. Go in." she smiled reassuringly.
They hesitated, then Aearion walked in, Kane right behind him. After a little while, Rin poked her head out, "You guys can come on in now, Emiko first. Cynder wants to see you."
Emiko stood up, beckoning for Mayumi to follow her. Sesshomaru stayed outside as they entered the tent. Cynder was sitting there, holding a bundle and looking at it happily. Inuyasha was standing next to her, eyes shining.
"Hey onaway." Emiko said, walking up and crouching by her side, stroking her hair and singing softly, "She's beautiful?"
"She?" Mayumi asked.
"Yep. Her name's Hitomi." Cynder said tiredly.
"Hitomi? That is for someone with pretty eyes." Mayumi said.
"Come here and see for yourself." Cynder smiled, gesturing her over.
Hesitantly, Mayumi walked forward. The baby was very small, with chocolate brown ears, and a small brown tail. Her hair was white blonde, with a bit more blonde than white, and her skin was the same shade as her father's. She opened her eyes and growled faintly and they could see why her name was Hitomi. One eye was gold, and the other pure white.
"Oh! Pretty!" Mayumi gasped in wonder.
"Can we go outside? It's hot in here. Aearion, take Hitomi for a moment, will you?" Cynder asked.
Inuyasha helped her outside as Aearion took the baby, eyes shining with wonder. Mayumi had never seen him so happy.
"Hey sis." Kane said, peering over Aearion's shoulder at her.
Hitomi gave a small growl in reply.
Mayumi smiled at the brothers and walked outside. Cynder and Inuyasha were sitting and talking with the others. Her parents stood a little ways away, staring up at the sky. As she watched, Sesshomaru leaned down and kissed Emiko softly. Mayumi had only seen her father do that once in her lifetime, so it made her smile and feel warm inside.
Keirsha landed on her shoulder and began singing notes as Mayumi took up the vocal part, walking over to Kasuni and Hikaru, singing and thinking. Naraku is dead, God is in his heaven and all is right with the world.
"Few can see wither their road will lead them.
Till they come to its end." -Legolas
The End (of this journey)
Soundtrack:
(The Last Rose of Summer/Walking In the Air- Celtic Woman) ~~~Love Song for all Inuyasha Characters
Fallen Angels- Black Veil Brides ~~~Cynder/Emiko/Inuyasha
Come My Way- Sophie Monk ~~~Emiko's Lament
Cheers- Rihanna
Every Heart- Boa ~~~Cynder
Bewitched- Blood on the Dance Floor
The Bonny Swans- Loreena McKinnett
Pour Some Sugar On Me- Deaf Leopard
Deep Forest- ? ~~~Sesshomaru
Animal I Have Become- Three Days Grace ~~~Emiko
Wunderkind-?
Dark Side- Kelly Clarkson ~~~ALL
Adiemus- Enya ~~~Lord of the Western Lands
YouTube-Adiemus(Adiemus -Songs of Sanctuary)
Monster- Skillet ~~~Cynder
Safe and Sound- Taylor Swift
Sell Your Soul- Hollywood Undead ~~~Inuyasha
All Souls Night- Loreena McKinnett
New Way To Bleed- Evanescence
Circus- Brittney Spears ~~~Cynder
Room of Angel- Akira Yamaoke
Nobody's Hero- Black Veil Brides ~~~Inuyasha
Blown Away- Carrie Underwood ~~~Cynder
This Is War- 30 Seconds to Mars
Smile- Avril Lavigne
Over You- Miranda Lambert
Narcissistic Cannibal- KoRn ~~~Cynder
Arms of an Angel- Sarah Maclaren?
Dance With The Devil- Breaking Benjamin ~~~Sesshomaru
Caledonia- Celtic Woman
Breath Of Life- Florence + the Machine ~~~Emiko
May It Be- Enya ~~~ALL
Burn it to the Ground- Nickelback ~~~Fight Song
Sesshomaru/Emiko:
1. When You Say Nothing At All- Alison Krauss
2. Bring Me To Life- Evanescence
3. Bleeding Love- Leona Lewis
4. I Don't Care- Apocalyptica
5. My Immortal- Evanescence
6. Holding Out For A Hero- Frou Frou
7. Lacrymosa- Evanescence
8. Every time We Touch- Cascada
9. Sweet Nothing- Calvin Harris/Florence Welch
Cynder/Inuyasha
1. Battlefield- Jordan Sparks
2. Love The Way You Lie- Enmiem ft. Rhianna
3. Listen To Your Heart- DHT
4. Howl- Florence + the Machine
5. Sally's Song- Amy Lee
6. When You're Gone- Avril Lavigne
7. Lullaby- Nickelback
8. Heavy In Your Arms- Florence + the Machine
9. Hot N' Cold- Katy Perry