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Review Responses:

SimpleOne: Yeah, I am making it a multi-chaptered story. Thanks so much!

Shiningstarangle: I know, it is so sad! I am thinking about four chapters total. What do you think? Thank you for your compliment! I read you story. Cool!

Ana: I am a good writer? Thank you so much!

Akika: Maybe you are right, maybe not…Well, I am not sure if Rin will stay old. Perhaps a twist takes plan smirks. Anyways, thank you very much for your compliment.

Candyfizzle: Seriously, it was good? Thanks so much! To clear things up, Rin was around 17 when she was taken into Inuyasha's care. Now she is around 50 years old.

Jiijein: Thank you! I agree. The lady sounds suspicious. But, who knows? She probably is a gentle soul.

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Until I Die

Chapter 2

Sesshoumaru's POV

I looked across my vast lands. It looked bleak and gray. Then again, that's how everything looked nowadays to me. It has been like that for a long time, ever since she left.

Of course, she did not know what she had done to me. She left because she probably thought I was changed by Mimoko, my mate. Alas, it wasn't Mimoko who changed me.

It was Rin herself. She had melted a bit of my icy heart, and improved my patience. Mimoko was merely taking credit for what Rin had done. She wouldn't have been my mate if Rin had never came along and stayed with me for a long time.

I was foolish back then, not taking Rin as my mate because she was a human. I could have stopped her as she ran away the second time, but a part of me felt as if I didn't have the courage to face her…yet. To this day I still don't, and that is why I put away my armor and swords.

I could go to the village she is staying at, but then she would probably slam the door in my face and go to seek out my half brother, who I definitely wasn't, and never would be, in the mood to face. Or I could go there and find out she had died, and I would be standing there like a love-struck fool, which I wasn't.

My thoughts were interrupted by a delicious smell. The smell of lavender and flowers, of innocence and wisdom, the smell of a human met my sensitive and sharp nose. A human near my forbidden home would not be tolerated. But then again, maybe, just maybe, that human is-.

What am I thinking? There is a human near my home, and will receive what others before them have gotten: death. So I went out into the horizon to kill whoever it was. Pity them.

Rin's POV

I rode as fast as I could, and took breaks only when I felt the horse was tired. I was determined to ride as far away from the village as possible, to escape Inuyasha and his ability to detect scents.

But then, what would I do if I met him. Did I have a plan? My mind would tell me later…hopefully.

My heart thumped as I felt something lurking near me. Was I being watched? I looked around but saw no one, not that it mattered, seeing as how I was surrounded by dark trees and mysterious shadows.

I dismissed the thought of someone stalking me and decided to rest at this clearing I found. As I unloaded the horse, a voice spoke up.

"Are you Rin, ward of Sesshoumaru?"

I looked around and saw the one person who I never expected to see: Jaken.

The horse, frightened by the sudden speech, took of in the direction of the village. I let it go. I had no more use for it.

I nodded silently to Jaken, and he suddenly broke into what I assumed was a smile. Just as fast as the smile appeared, it disappeared.

"You shouldn't be here," Jaken said solemnly.

"Are you not happy to see me?" I asked.

"The lands have fallen slowly apart ever since your disappearance," Jaken said. "The Lady is not happy, and Lord Sesshoumaru's tolerance has been greatly reduced. I fear for your life, however short it is now."

"Lord Sesshoumaru? How is he, Jaken? What of the lady?" I pestered him.

Jaken only shook his head and disappeared into the darkness.

I fell onto my knees and began to cry. As if in response, a bird suddenly flew to me.

"Why are you crying?" the bird asked.

"How can I not? My only love has shunned me aside, and I fear for my friend's life and mine."

"Don't cry," the bird cooed. "There is a place where everything is perfect. In the heart of that sanctuary lives the goddess who is in charge of this realm. She can make the young grow old, the old grow young…"

"Where is she, oh lovely bird?"

"She is where you feel she is, in the center of where time and place exists for this world, where your heart is," the bird recited, and flew away into the darkness.

"Where my heart is?" I whispered as darkness clouded my vision. "Where I feel she is…"

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(We're back!)

I groaned as I opened my eyes. How could it be morning already? I just fell asleep!

"Ah. You are awake, or are you? I have been expecting you, young and old alike."

My eyes flew open and my gaze landed upon a woman. My mouth dropped open.

She was stunning! Her long hair was dark as midnight but light as day, her eyes soft and calm but piercing like the sea. What amazed me the most was that she had wings.

The memory of last night suddenly was replayed in my mind. I hastily scrambled up and asked, "Are you the goddess of this realm?"

"Perhaps, perhaps not. I am what you think I am."

The woman's words were causing me a headache. Couldn't she just tell me something that is not riddle-like?

"You wish to see your lord, do you not?"

My eyes widened and I nodded. Could she perhaps help me with my journey?

"I must tell you that he would not know who you are, since you are now an old woman."

My heart, which had been beating faster than a rabbit's, was now slower than the pace of a turtle.

"But I have something that could help you. But things come with risks, and you must be willing to do so."

I looked up at her. She was gazing at me, looking for any sign of doubt. I looked her in the eyes and said, "I am ready."

"Good. As my bird has told you, I am where time and place exists. I can send you back in time and you will have a second chance to steal your lord's heart. And you will be young again."

"You can send me back in time?" I croaked.

"Almost. I say send, but actually, it is you who go through the process of time."

Huh? What does she mean?

"You will be young again, but you would still be in the time you currently are. You would be seventeen years old again while your lord is the age he still is now. And so will your friend, Jaken, and the Lady, Mimoko."

"I can live with that," I said.

"Hush, I am not finished. You need to break up your lord and his lady's marriage."

Break it up? Could I do that?

"And if you fail, you will die."

Die?!

"But you would go to heaven anyways, so no need to worry about hell. After all, we understand about love."

I can't do this…I can't do this….

"I agree to your terms."

"Then close your eyes…"

I closed my eyes and wondered what I have agreed to.

Too late to back out now…forgive me, Sesshoumaru….and Mimoko.

Bwahahahaha. Thanks to everyone!!! To those who are wondering, I am updating Petals On Water next, then They are you! Death's door, and then Split. Nya! (This chapter is sooo short, forgive me.)