I'm really sorry, I had this all done a long time ago, but my computer wasn't working right, and it took me forever to fix it. Because of this, please forgive some of the badness/patheticness of the story, I just wanted to get it out to you guys as soon as possible. So, enjoy, the 12th and final chappie!

Chapter 12: A Man Inside

Rin's widened with horror, as she looked out her beloved window, to see more man than she eyes could count in battle armor, weapons aimed and waiting. She suddenly thought of her precious flowers, being crumpled and smashed beneath the men. But now was not the time to worry about it. Sesshomaru would fix it when the fight ended. If he was still alive afterwards… There were so very many of them, and only one of him. What if they killed him?!

"Lord Sesshomaru!" She blurted out, turning back to the dog already preparing to attack, "What if you die?!"

Sesshomaru growled a little, "HUMANS CANNOT KILL ME."

She nodded, and kept her fears to herself, though she shown them through her silent eyes.

Sesshomaru leaped onto the roof for a strategic attack. All the soldiers immediately attacked, arrows flew towards him, some precise, and other that had no idea where they were going. Sesshomaru easily jumped out of their path, already sifting though the scents to find Naraku. If he could kill him now, the battle would soon cease and he could remain with Rin forever.

He found his scent among the largest mass of men. He leaped off the roof, and pounced upon the mass before they even realized what happened, and killed at least 20 or more on the landing. Arrows shot into his sides, but he tried to ignore them. They would heal after the battle. Now where was he hiding?

Sesshomaru began to drool his toxic saliva, and walked through (and on) the army like soft blades of grass. It began to rain, and the sky became a gray, dark color to match with the darkness of the beginning battle. It weakened his sense of smell, and every time he thought he had locked onto Naraku's scent, he attacked mindlessly, and Naraku would miraculously get away.

The arrows in his sides began to alert him that he did alas feel pain. The soldiers kept firing and firing, somehow like the weapons were innumerable. He tried to pull them out with his monstrous teeth, but more and more struck him, drawing more and more of his inu-youkai blood. The loss was beginning to tire him, although he dared not show it.

He noticed Un and On weakly attempting to kill a man, and failing miserably with an arrow in their side, "DRAGON! PROTECT RIN!"

His voice seemed echo, and all of the sudden; it was like all had stopped moving.

"So," Voice said from somewhere he couldn't quite grasp, "You want to protect something you are going to eat"

It was driving his senses crazy. The voice seemed to be in several different places, but never where the smells came from.

"Or perhaps, you don't want to eat her."

Sesshomaru began a furious, blind, killing spree, confused and angry. He had to kill him…

"Maybe, perhaps, you thought you could keep her. As if she were your property?"

Where was he? Why wasn't he dead yet? The number of how many there still were angered him. More places to hide, more possibilities. All he was doing was wearing himself down, though he failed to admit it to himself.

"Or is there another reason you seek to protect her?"

Sesshomaru stopped, weak. His eyes closed and he let his sense of smell try to direct him through the drops of rain. One of the Naraku scents was right next to him. Immediately hit he bit into it, toxin splashing out of his mouth. It was a decoy doll, with the scent of Naraku poured over it. He growled, spiting the taste of cotton out of his mouth.

"Is it because you, Oh Mighty Demon of the Western Lands, have fallen in love with a human?"

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed, his red eyes flaming.

"You honestly think she'd want you, when she has someone like me?" Naraku yelled in total confidence.

Time around Sesshomaru suddenly slowed. The sluggish rain hit him with a slow but great force with every drop, the fire of arrows slowly stopped. They were prepared to attack. And Sesshomaru could do nothing. A sound came to his ears.

"CHARGE!" Naraku yelled in slow motion, finally attaching his voice to his body, which trudged towards him.

Sesshomaru could not move, like time had frozen him, yet let the enemy move freely. Time was now also his enemy.

Rin watched through her window, the dragon close to her side, as every man left, it seemed, climbed onto Sesshomaru, and began to stab him, and tear at his flesh. It was too much to bear. She was feeling too much.

Then, nothing. For a moment, she watched as her love was torn at with complete apathy, with a face that could had rivaled one of Sesshomaru's best stone faces. She did not care that people were dying, that he was dying. She was just an observer.

Her feelings came back like a flood breaking through a dam as Sesshomaru fell on his side, crushing a few as his eyes closed. Naraku was at his feet, with a huge weapon she had never seen before. It was like a blade of a sword had been broken several pieces, and then the pieces were welded together into one sharp, pointy one. It was going to deliver the killing blow, she realized.

Without a second thought, Rin flung open the window with tears in her chocolate eyes, "LORD SESSHOMARU!"

Arrows immediately flew towards her, and Un and On rushed to protect her from them.

Sesshomaru suddenly stood back up, and shook with such an eruption it flung the army off, dead on impact if the shaking had not already snapped their neck. He threw several men at Naraku, and seemingly buried him. The rain seemed to lighten for that moment, as if had known what happened. He faced the window, and gave her a nod, as if to say, I'm alive, though not well. His body was still ripped and bleeding, but the rain seemed to try to wash it away. Suddenly, an unbearable pain shot through his front leg, where Naraku had been supposively buried. He looked down to find a ridged sword stuck through his lower left leg, exposing bits of flesh and bone. Blood gushed like water.

"Hail, Almighty Sesshomaru!" Naraku laughed, apparently still alive and well.

The laughing rang through the dog's head, the smirk of victory on Naraku's face flashed before him, the rain became heavier and harder.

In an instant, a mighty right paw swiped through the laughing figure, before it fell to the ground.

Naraku was dead.

Rin was ecstatic. She ran to the massive doors and flung them wide open, to see Sesshomaru fall once more, and close his eyes. Rin's widened in fear as she stumbled across the dead bodies cloaking her lord's grounds. Reaching the massive dog's head, she stared at the bloody face, and gently stroked it, without a thought. Sesshomaru's eyes slid open, looking at her with pain and suppressed fear.

Rin smiled gently, sweet tears streaked her face. He wanted to brush the tears away. Say that she was being foolish; there was nothing to fear.

"Lord Sesshomaru-" She croaked, tears choking her.

"I AM FINE."

"NO!" Rin burst, falling onto his soaked cheek, "You're not! Lord Sesshomaru! Please tell me you won't leave me!"

"STOP SPEAKING FOOLISHNESS."

Un and On watched quietly from the doors, away from the two.

Un whispered, "They need to tell each other! Before…"

On finished sadly, "Before he dies!"

A growl protruded from the massive beast, laced with agony. He was going to die.

"RIN. YOU WILL BE FREE TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE WITHOUT ME. BE HAPPY."

Rin gasped/choked, "Now you stop speaking foolishness! I don't want a normal

life! Don't you know that I could never be happy without you?"

Sesshomaru felt the world start to drift away. His eyes began to be unfocused and dim.

"RIN."

His ferocious red eyes that had frightened her so before, now seemed weak, and old.

"I LOVE YOU."

He felt her touch becoming unreal, and his life ebb away as his eyes glazed over, then closed.

"NO! Come back! Lord Sesshomaru!" She shook him, her tears mixing with blood and rain.

She felt nor heard no response, and collapsed onto his face, weeping into his fur.

"You can't be dead, "She whispered into him, "You had to hear, you had to know..."

Then she held his head in her hands, and stared into his dead eyes, "Sesshomaru, I love you!"

In an instant, a blue light shot out of his body, then another, and another. His paws began to glow a light blue. Rin looked back at his face, as the light filled his mouth, and shot out his eyes, before he began to rise, dead and glowing.

She stepped back, to protect herself from something she did not understand. The light enveloped his entire body, and catapulted towards her, enveloping her also in the blinding light.

The blue light dimmed, to reveal a naked man with long silvery hair, and pointed ears. A blue crescent moon and red stripes on his face were glowing, but then the glow disappeared. His naked body was that of a god's, perfect and flawless. A fluffy thing was draped over his right shoulder. The blue light set him down on the earth lightly before dissipating.

Rin stepped closer, realizing this was the man from the picture she had found. The one who had worn the kimono Sesshomaru had given to her. His eyes opened, revealing breathtaking amber eyes, staring at her.

He stood up, as she came face to face with him. She peered into those wonderful eyes.

"Where is Lord Sesshomaru?"

The man stared at her, his face like stone, but his voice deep and sincere, "I am Sesshomaru."

Rin glared at him, angry that this man was lying to her as such, before he took her arm and whispered, "It would please me if you stayed here, forever."

She looked quizzically at him, before remembering that was what Sesshomaru had said to her before the battle. But… how did this man know that?

"I do care about this human." He said gently. He meant it.

"Lord Sesshomaru?" She breathed in realization, reaching out to touch him, before retreating.

"Rin." Sesshomaru said, eyes serious and alive.

"I love you."

Rin smiled, "I love you, Sesshomaru."

Time halted for that one moment precious moment, almost as a sign of surrender, to let their kiss last an eternity.

Rin slid down the sleek, black banister (that Sesshomaru had ordered to be waxed) before colliding into her husband. Sesshomaru merely nodded and helped her up. She smiled dreamily and gave him a peck on the cheek before running down the halls to find Un and On. They were even giddier and carefree now then they had been before.

"Lady Rin! Where do you want to go today?" Un asked.

"The other end of the world? To the moon?" On chimed in.

Rin laughed, and shook her head, "Maybe another day. Let's just go to the garden."

The dragon let her get onto their back, before flying down the halls.

Sesshomaru had finally answered all of her questions one night he felt especially talkative. He had killed his parents. He felt angry at deformed dog self, and so had incinerated all his family pictures, including his own. He became this way by a priestess, Kikyo, who was also the one that sealed Inuyasha to a tree. The only reason why he changed back was because he loved a human, her, and she loved him back.

They had filled the empty picture spaces with everything she could find. New pictures were taken to include her smiling brightly, and Sesshomaru with his ever-blank stare.

Rin had tried to give back his kimono, but Sesshomaru refused.

"It is yours."

He now wore one similar, only back, with red and white decorations on his shoulders, though his tail covered (the fluffy thing) the right one, oddly giving him more mature looks then when he let it flow behind him at night.

Un and On stopped at the large steel door, and let Rin off.

"Here we are Lady Rin." Un announced.

"Guys," She sighed, "I told you to stop calling me that. Its just Rin."

Un argued with the Lady of the Western Lands, "But you are now married to Lord Sesshomaru! Therefore-"

"I was Rin before, and I am still Rin after." She interrupted with a light laugh, bringing the discussion to an end.

Un and On opened the metal door, and let her go through before going themselves. Rin walked through her flower path of every color to her tree. The dragonheads were flying and jumping around like little children. On her branch, she began to finish etching

Rins Garden into the tree, and smiled at her completed work. Suddenly a very hyper two-headed dragon was beneath her.

"Rin! Look what we found!" On giddily said.

Kagome was out with her family in the present time, for a brief visit before going back to her beloved Inuyasha. Her family had gone a vacation to the other end of Japan; somewhere none of them had ever been before. There were beautiful shops and such. It was like walking through a painting. Trees were bountiful, a lot of them growing up right in the centers of the towns.

It was Kagome's last day, so she decided to take a walk to the garden the city was famous for. They said it has the most gorgeous flowers, all surrounding a gigantic tree. There was a maze made through the mass of flowers to get to the enormous focal point, where all the tourists awed at its beauty.

There were few people walking around it now, for it was sunset, and most shops were closing up. Kagome walked down the odd path with a sense of serene tranquility. The flowers were like none she had ever seen.

Signs put up around the garden said that most of the flowers only grew here. If planted anywhere else, the flower would die quickly, or not even sprout. It was said that the land here was magical, and touching the tree would bring you great luck.

The tree was magnificent, and the thick branches with juicy leaves shaded a quarter of the garden. Kagome ran her hand along its surprising smooth surface, slowly walking around the tree. She stopped when she felt something disrupt the smoothness, to find words etched into the old tree from an eternity ago.

Rin

loves

Sesshomaru

A heart was delicately carved around it. Kagome smiled brightly, and understood why Rin had stayed. She was destined for him.

Then she quickly ran past the sign reading, "Rin's Garden" and went to hug her family goodbye.

The End

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