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Sesshoumaru had not eaten since she left. His stomach ached but his mind's pain was more. He had loved her, he knew. But he had to send her away. If he had kept her, their love would have grown, and he would forget the life he had now, all to be with her, he could see it. But he had been so happy. Rin came up behind him the next morning and tugged at his side.

"What's wrong Sesshoumaru?" She asked in her innocent voice. "Where did Kagome go?" She asked loudly.
"Kagome went away Rin." He told her placing a hand on her soft head.
"But why?" She asked. How could he explain it to her?
"Rin, I love Kagome." He said.
"Yes, so do I, but why did she go? Because you loved her?" She asked.
"She had to go because I loved her, and if I loved her, I couldn't concentrate on my work. I had to chose between her and work, Rin." He told her, trying to tell the young one the truth.
"Well, I think you made the wrong choice. I think you should forget work, it only makes you angry anyway. Then you could spend more time with me and Kagome." She said with a smile.
"I wish it were that simple. You see Rin, human emotions make you weak, and if I had human emotions, I wouldn't be so strong. That's how my father died, you know." He told her, now holding her small hand.
"Well, I don't know about that. But I think you chose wrong. If I were you, I would forget trying to be strong and I would try to be happy. That's why I stay with you, so I can be happy, not powerful." She said.
Suddenly it was as if a candle burst to flame in his mind. 'Why do I want this so much anyway? It only makes me angry and sad. Power isn't the kind of happiness I want. Even Rin, a child, knows every one wants to be happy. And Kagome made me happier than I've ever been in my life.'
"Thank you Rin." He said with a smile.
"For what?" She asked.
"Your wisdom." He said. He gave her the biggest smile he could make. It even strained him a little too, for the muscles he had for smiling were almost non-existent. But then he stepped off the ledge and made his way to the Bone-Eating Well.

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Kagome hardly knew any of the answers to her tests, and all she got was questions about her health all day long. When the bell rang she ran from the school building. She didn't bother to catch a ride or even take the bus, she just ran home, strait to her room. She looked around again and decided to change her room a bit. Right now it was a blue theme, but wouldn't it be funny to make it all red and gold? She thought. In no time it looked like one of the designer rooms you see in magazines. Kind of Indian too, not like American Indian, but like India Indian. She even added little fringes onto the pillows and blankets and a pretty see though canopy.
Once she was bored with that, she went to Souta's room. It was a little dull and gray. Soon the walls were covered in her little brother's favorite anime cartoon and his bedroom was totally re-themed.
But she got tiered after all of this and went to take a shower. After she was clean and felt fresh, she went to change into something. She still felt tiered and worn and she always dressed like she felt. But she found the dress Sesshoumaru had made for her mid way into her change, and looked at it. She touched it, just to feel the texture again, and it turned several shades of purple and black. How sad, and how beautiful.
She didn't even know quite what she was doing, but she put the dress on, loving the smooth feeling it had over her shaved legs. In fact, she started to pack a bag full of things. Clothes, soap, shampoo, razors, things for a very long trip. She didn't know where she was getting this feeling from, she just knew she had to pack and she was going to leave soon. When she finished, she headed out to the Well.

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Sesshoumaru was almost to the little village. In his right hand he held a Shikon shard, and in his mind he held love. He sent out a message to Kagome, wherever she was, to get ready to go. He could already sense that she was not in this era, but down the well. He told her to get ready to go, get dressed and to go to the well. He didn't know how clearly she would receive it; it might only come out in emotion.
There it was, the famous Bone Eating well. He looked longingly into it's blackness, knowing he would soon be holding her again.

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Inuyasha held up his head from outside the hut. He could smell something new. In fact it smelled like. . . His brother.
"Sesshoumaru's at the well!" He ran in and told every one. Sango jumped up and fallowed Miroku out, along with Shippo and Kirara. Even Kaede ran forth and tried to keep up. But Inuyasha got there first, and seeing his brother sit on the edge of the well he yelled,
"What the hell do you think you're doing!?"