~Shippou's POV~
Wait, what was she-? Oh no! She was leaving me here? But. I could do nothing to stop her, as it was her will. Damn it all! I hated this, what it was doing to me. Is this how Inuyasha felt? All those times Kagome left through the will with the empty promise that held threat over him? The promise she would never come back? And that was just what Rin just promised me. She would never come back. Not if I couldn't do anything about it.
And when did Sango hate Rin so much for Kirara's sake? When? I missed something crucial along the line, and the price was Rin. Feelings so strong that I struggle to even define them.
"Rin! Wait!" I called as she flew off with Kirara. She didn't reply. "Rin!"
I wanted to fly after her, to tell her how sorry I was, to make it right, but something stopped me. I didn't care about her just for her shard. I hit the ground and slammed into it with my fists. Damnit Rin!
~Inuyasha's POV~
My brother is dead? When did this happen? I frowned looking at his supposed tomb. It was like my father's. I stepped back. He's not dead. He'd never be so foolish as to lose, and he's still too young to die. I stepped back again. Why did I know? Well there's only one way to find out if it's really him.
"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" I yelled and directed the attack to his tomb.
The door burst into bits and pieces of cement and shattered rain fell over me. It was a tunnel, dark, empty. I went cautiously inside. It was long, and damp the further I went. Finally I came to another door. This one was already broken.
"What?" I asked aloud.
I looked around the corner, and saw him. He was lying on his back in the middle of the giant room, on a small raised platform. I raced over to him. His shard was still there, glowing in between his body and the human arm he'd connected to himself. I shook him to wake him. If Kikyou was here, and Kagome was here, then something was clearly amiss, and we'd need all seven shards to help us. Unfortunately, this included Sesshoumaru. He didn't wake.
I kicked him. No effect.
"This is ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous." I said.
I was getting him over my shoulder when something struck me from behind.
"Agh! Damnit!" I said and turned.
There behind me was Kouga.
"Damn you Kouga! Knock it off!" I yelled at him.
"What did you do, dog turd? Kill your own brother?" He asked, smirking.
This was truly insane. "I found him like this. Not that it's any of your business." I said. Suddenly there was movement where I had put Sesshoumaru.
Someone moaned. He wasn't. He couldn't be awake, could he? He was.
"Sesshoumaru!" I said. He opened his eyes.
"Inuyasha?" He asked.
"We have to go!" I said and tried to take hold of his arm to lead him out, and he punched me aside.
"I am quite capable of standing on my own. I need no help from half- breeds." He said. Normal cold voice, yeah, He was ok.
"Something's wrong with-" I would have said it, but Kouga was there. No uses in having him know.
"Never mind that." Did he understand my sentence? "Where is the dead miko?" I was stunned to say the least.
"Kikyou? I was following her scent when I fell in here."
"Typical mutt move." Kouga remarked.
"Enough, Ass." I retorted.
"You can't have them both." He said back. This was getting old, fast.
"Will you both shut UP!" Sesshoumaru ordered, "Inuyasha, you must find the dead miko. She imprisoned me here, and I know of her plans. I left Rin both my weapons, and her Shikon shard. As for you, youkai," He pointed to Kouga, "I want you out of our way, otherwise I will deal with you in a most painful manner."
Kouga smirked, "I'd like to see you try."
In a flash, Kouga was up against the wall gripping his throat and choking.
"I mean what I say, youkai." Sesshoumaru said dangerously.
~Rin's POV~
I didn't know where I was going, just that I was going somewhere. I recognized bits and pieces of places I passed before I remembered I wanted to take the Western Lands from Shippou. They were mine by right. I was the closest thing Sesshoumaru had to a child, and now I was older they belonged to me. I passed over a hole in the ground, and intended to keep going. Kirara, however, had other plans.
"Kirara, why are you stopping?" I asked as she flew down to the small clearing.
I slid off of her as she touched down, and gripped my sword. What was she doing? Kirara took off to the hole, and I raced after her.
~Inuyasha's POV~
We were half way along, after leaving Kouga in the tomb of course, when I saw a familiar fire cat. It was Kirara. She was alone, but someone else was in the tunnel too.
"Kirara!" I heard. Was it Sango? No. Sango smelled different. Sesshoumaru, however, tensed beside me.
"Kirara, knock it off, come back!" I heard more, "Kirara! Stop! Shippou could be following, and I don't want him catching up!"
She knew Shippou? Oi was this confusing. Then the fire cat stopped beside us, and waited for whomever. Then I saw a girl. She was familiar, but I didn't care to pinpoint who it was. Sesshoumaru was very tense.
"Huh?" She said. "Sesshoumaru?"
"Who are you that you know me?" Sesshoumaru asked, although I was quite sure he knew who it was.
~Rin's POV~
He didn't. He didn't recognize me? I recognized him. Except that I had changed a great deal, and he still looked the same. I felt tears in my eyes.
"You. You don't remember me?" I asked. Might as well talk the way I used to, "You don't remember Rin?"
Sesshoumaru was so tense it seemed like he was a statue.
"Rin? You're Rin?" He asked.
"Hai." I said.
Without warning, I ran at him. He tensed even more, though I don't know how he did. I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him hard.
"I thought you were dead!" I said into his shirt. He didn't move.
Slowly, ever so slowly, Sesshoumaru hugged me back. By then, I let go.
"This is Rin? Did you used to be a little girl?" Inuyasha asked.
"OH! We have to hurry. Now that I've found you I have to go back, but the others are at Kaede's-." I stopped. Kaede was dead, even if I didn't know her. I forced myself to say it, "Kaede's village."
"Lead the way, Rin." Sesshoumaru said.
~Sesshoumaru's POV~
Here was the little girl who I had raised until she was thirteen. Here was my little girl. With the exterminator's youkai, and she was older. Sixteen by her looks. I had to tell them, Inuyasha and the others, what was going to happen. I had to tell them Kikyou's plan of returning Naraku, of taking the Shikon no Tama, and of kill Inuyasha's wench. I had to tell them, and so I let Rin lead the way toward this village. I knew we were in trouble, and I was trapped in a tomb since I left Rin that day.
Wait, what was she-? Oh no! She was leaving me here? But. I could do nothing to stop her, as it was her will. Damn it all! I hated this, what it was doing to me. Is this how Inuyasha felt? All those times Kagome left through the will with the empty promise that held threat over him? The promise she would never come back? And that was just what Rin just promised me. She would never come back. Not if I couldn't do anything about it.
And when did Sango hate Rin so much for Kirara's sake? When? I missed something crucial along the line, and the price was Rin. Feelings so strong that I struggle to even define them.
"Rin! Wait!" I called as she flew off with Kirara. She didn't reply. "Rin!"
I wanted to fly after her, to tell her how sorry I was, to make it right, but something stopped me. I didn't care about her just for her shard. I hit the ground and slammed into it with my fists. Damnit Rin!
~Inuyasha's POV~
My brother is dead? When did this happen? I frowned looking at his supposed tomb. It was like my father's. I stepped back. He's not dead. He'd never be so foolish as to lose, and he's still too young to die. I stepped back again. Why did I know? Well there's only one way to find out if it's really him.
"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" I yelled and directed the attack to his tomb.
The door burst into bits and pieces of cement and shattered rain fell over me. It was a tunnel, dark, empty. I went cautiously inside. It was long, and damp the further I went. Finally I came to another door. This one was already broken.
"What?" I asked aloud.
I looked around the corner, and saw him. He was lying on his back in the middle of the giant room, on a small raised platform. I raced over to him. His shard was still there, glowing in between his body and the human arm he'd connected to himself. I shook him to wake him. If Kikyou was here, and Kagome was here, then something was clearly amiss, and we'd need all seven shards to help us. Unfortunately, this included Sesshoumaru. He didn't wake.
I kicked him. No effect.
"This is ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous." I said.
I was getting him over my shoulder when something struck me from behind.
"Agh! Damnit!" I said and turned.
There behind me was Kouga.
"Damn you Kouga! Knock it off!" I yelled at him.
"What did you do, dog turd? Kill your own brother?" He asked, smirking.
This was truly insane. "I found him like this. Not that it's any of your business." I said. Suddenly there was movement where I had put Sesshoumaru.
Someone moaned. He wasn't. He couldn't be awake, could he? He was.
"Sesshoumaru!" I said. He opened his eyes.
"Inuyasha?" He asked.
"We have to go!" I said and tried to take hold of his arm to lead him out, and he punched me aside.
"I am quite capable of standing on my own. I need no help from half- breeds." He said. Normal cold voice, yeah, He was ok.
"Something's wrong with-" I would have said it, but Kouga was there. No uses in having him know.
"Never mind that." Did he understand my sentence? "Where is the dead miko?" I was stunned to say the least.
"Kikyou? I was following her scent when I fell in here."
"Typical mutt move." Kouga remarked.
"Enough, Ass." I retorted.
"You can't have them both." He said back. This was getting old, fast.
"Will you both shut UP!" Sesshoumaru ordered, "Inuyasha, you must find the dead miko. She imprisoned me here, and I know of her plans. I left Rin both my weapons, and her Shikon shard. As for you, youkai," He pointed to Kouga, "I want you out of our way, otherwise I will deal with you in a most painful manner."
Kouga smirked, "I'd like to see you try."
In a flash, Kouga was up against the wall gripping his throat and choking.
"I mean what I say, youkai." Sesshoumaru said dangerously.
~Rin's POV~
I didn't know where I was going, just that I was going somewhere. I recognized bits and pieces of places I passed before I remembered I wanted to take the Western Lands from Shippou. They were mine by right. I was the closest thing Sesshoumaru had to a child, and now I was older they belonged to me. I passed over a hole in the ground, and intended to keep going. Kirara, however, had other plans.
"Kirara, why are you stopping?" I asked as she flew down to the small clearing.
I slid off of her as she touched down, and gripped my sword. What was she doing? Kirara took off to the hole, and I raced after her.
~Inuyasha's POV~
We were half way along, after leaving Kouga in the tomb of course, when I saw a familiar fire cat. It was Kirara. She was alone, but someone else was in the tunnel too.
"Kirara!" I heard. Was it Sango? No. Sango smelled different. Sesshoumaru, however, tensed beside me.
"Kirara, knock it off, come back!" I heard more, "Kirara! Stop! Shippou could be following, and I don't want him catching up!"
She knew Shippou? Oi was this confusing. Then the fire cat stopped beside us, and waited for whomever. Then I saw a girl. She was familiar, but I didn't care to pinpoint who it was. Sesshoumaru was very tense.
"Huh?" She said. "Sesshoumaru?"
"Who are you that you know me?" Sesshoumaru asked, although I was quite sure he knew who it was.
~Rin's POV~
He didn't. He didn't recognize me? I recognized him. Except that I had changed a great deal, and he still looked the same. I felt tears in my eyes.
"You. You don't remember me?" I asked. Might as well talk the way I used to, "You don't remember Rin?"
Sesshoumaru was so tense it seemed like he was a statue.
"Rin? You're Rin?" He asked.
"Hai." I said.
Without warning, I ran at him. He tensed even more, though I don't know how he did. I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him hard.
"I thought you were dead!" I said into his shirt. He didn't move.
Slowly, ever so slowly, Sesshoumaru hugged me back. By then, I let go.
"This is Rin? Did you used to be a little girl?" Inuyasha asked.
"OH! We have to hurry. Now that I've found you I have to go back, but the others are at Kaede's-." I stopped. Kaede was dead, even if I didn't know her. I forced myself to say it, "Kaede's village."
"Lead the way, Rin." Sesshoumaru said.
~Sesshoumaru's POV~
Here was the little girl who I had raised until she was thirteen. Here was my little girl. With the exterminator's youkai, and she was older. Sixteen by her looks. I had to tell them, Inuyasha and the others, what was going to happen. I had to tell them Kikyou's plan of returning Naraku, of taking the Shikon no Tama, and of kill Inuyasha's wench. I had to tell them, and so I let Rin lead the way toward this village. I knew we were in trouble, and I was trapped in a tomb since I left Rin that day.
