" End of A Journey "
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters, except for the one's you will never hear of in any other story. If you happen to, then it was an accident.
. Hey, this is the last chapter, so be prepared for niceness and what I think to be a good ending. And there will be no continuation what so ever to this last chapter. I wish to continue this no longer and move on, so sorry for the one's who were hopeful. .
They had been fighting for a while now and both of them needed it to end as soon as possible.
She was lying on her back and looked up to see a pair of golden eyes looking down at her as she breathed up and down. Heaving for air was more like it. So, she quickly broke away from him and slid out from under his grasp. And she was behind him and as he turned around she lunged at him again. But once again she was blocked by his sword.
She noticed that she was close enough to knock him down and she did this by trapping her ankles into his and with all of her strength she kicked his feet out from under him. She watched as he fell onto his back and his sword flew from his grasp. This went on for quite some time until it was about to end.
Inuyasha was astonished to see her win the fight and smiled, but soon grimaced. She a human girl had done something he hadn't, she had bested Sesshomaru.
She was breathing heavily as she put her sword to his neck.
" Remember this Sesshomaru, I almost had you with that move last time. I knew it would work eventually."
She smiled down at him as her knee rested on his chest and the other on the outside of his left leg. Her hair was hanging down by the side of her face and she was breathing as if she were trying to get air to keep from downing. She looked wonderful.
" I remember."
" And I will get my revenge on you for making me a spectacle."
" Revenge?"
" Yes."
" And what could you do to hurt me?"
" I can't hurt you very much physically, but mentally is what I can and will do. Think of it as a mental war against yourself."
" And what would that be?"
Inuyasha had never seen his brother take anyone's suggestions let alone a human girl's. She looked deep into his eyes and smiled.
" No sex."
What? She was to with hold something he had the right to.
Inuyasha was about to cough. Kagome never with held sex from him and if she knew better she wouldn't. But the look on Sesshomaru's face was worth hearing it.
" Rin."
" I have won and you can't say anything."
She felt herself fall to pieces and he grabbed her sword's blade and snapped it in half even though his hand was bleeding.
" Damn."
She said it aloud and cursed herself in her mind for being dumb enough to let him get off with just lying there, she knew better.
" Rin watch your language. And I will have whatever I want."
She was then flipped onto her back and she had nothing to fend him off with. Great he won, always.
" You always win."
" And that's how it will always be. I told you."
She looked away and tears formed again.
" That's why I couldn't get away. No matter how hard I try I will never be able to defeat a demon in pure strength."
" Stop crying Rin and look at me."
She turned her head and starred into his eyes.
" Even Inuyasha would love to come as close as you did to killing me."
Inuyasha smirked and spoke under his breath.
" Damn right."
She smiled up at him and he helped her up.
" Come on Sesshomaru. I need to clean those cuts for you."
" I'm fine."
She was about to walk away and Inuyasha had already gone back to their camp site when she was brought back against his chest and he held her hand in his own with the other arm around her waist. She felt his breath hot against her skin and her own breathing began to falter. She had forgotten about what he could do to her when they were alone.
" Do you hate me?"
He was talking nonsense, and she tried to get away, but he wouldn't let her.
" I ask you again, do you hate me?"
" No."
" Have you ever?"
She had to answer truthfully.
" Yes."
" When?"
" When I thought you only wanted me to be your mate just for an heir to come from me. I was all alone in that dungeon and I cried all of the time for you while I was captured. I remembered when you used to come and save me the minute I was in danger, but you didn't come for days and I lost hope for you. I hated you when you failed to come for me when I was being raped and for some time after that. I hated it that I was taken from you and nothing was done."
He had nothing to say to that for a while, but he soon answered her.
" I was looking for you the entire time you were there and I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you when I was needed."
" I don't hate you anymore."
" Good."
" Now can I please clean your wounds?"
" I'm a demon, they will be held by tomorrow."
" I know."
She unwrapped his arms from her and she took his hand and led him down to a stream that she had found before they started sparring. She sat down on a big rock next to the waters edge and he sat down beside of her. She guided his hand into the water and began to wipe away the blood with her fingers.
" You cut yourself fairly deep."
He never replied to her statement and just watched as she gently glided her fingers over his split skin. She took so much care in something that wouldn't hurt or cause him to show any pain if she were to dig her fingernails into it.
" I hope I'm not hurting you."
She looked down at his skin that was split diagonally from his forefinger to the side of his palm. It was clear that the blood still flowed as it colored the water surrounding it pink. You could see some of his muscle tissue, but she had seen worse on a battlefield. She took the sash that held her garment together and he watched as she bent down to dip it into clean water at the opposite side of the rock where the blood had not gotten to.
It opened far enough to show the gentle curve of her breast and the muscle of her upper thigh. At that moment he was glad that he had not lost the fight they were engaged in moments ago. He had wanted to take her, but he knew that she was probably scared after being raped. She would get over it and leave the Lord of the South as a distant memory, but it would always be there.
She took his hand into her own and proceeded to wrap the sash around his hand and after she was done she tied it for him.
" Rin, I am a demon."
" You told me that already. I just feel better with your hand this way and not open to infection."
She felt his hand slid under the silk of the yukata she was wearing and around her side. Then, she was quickly pulled across the rock and to his chest. She suddenly began to stiffen and he knew why, Lord Mikano.
" Sesshomaru..."
He hated what he had to do next, but for her mental welfare he would. He had never had to ask her; not even the first time.
" I want to kiss you. Can.."
He never had the chance to finish his sentence before she interrupted. They were nose to nose before she answered.
" Yes, I want you to."
And so he captured her lips into his own and she gave him entry into her mouth and let him kiss her as much as he wanted, but then he moved to her neck and her shuttering breath stopped.
" Don't."
" I want to Rin."
She didn't protest when his tongue raced across the flesh where the Lord of the South had taken her away from him and tears rolled down her eyes. Then, he bit into her still tender flesh and made his mark on her for the second and last time. She didn't expect it to hurt, but it was worse than when he had first seeped his teeth into her flesh and she let out a small cry.
He looked up at her and she starred straight ahead.
" Am I yours again?"
" You always have been. I didn't leave you while we were apart, I told you as long as you wore the necklace I would be there."
" I guess I lost heart."
Then, she remembered the precious stone.
" Were is it now? Oh, I lost it."
" No."
She watched as he pulled it from the pocket of the pocket of the yukata she was wearing.
" Oh, thank you."
" I didn't get it back, Inuyasha did."
She grabbed it from him and she ran off.
" Great."
Sesshomaru mumbled to himself and followed in the direction she had gone; camp.
Inuyasha was just sitting and minding his own business when all of the sudden Rin came out of the forest and smiled widely at him. She was quick for a human. Before he knew it she had jumped into his lap and hugged him.
" Thank you Inuyasha."
" What did I do?"
" You got this back for me."
She opened her hand and the marble was in her palm and she still kept smiling.
" Your welcome."
He saw Sesshomaru come up behind her and he was glared at.
" Don't look at me she came here."
She looked back to see to whom Inuyasha was talking to and noticed Sesshomaru glaring at Inuyasha.
" I just wanted to thank him, that's all."
She quickly lifted off of his lap and hugged Sesshomaru who was still glaring at Inuyasha, she wanted to calm him down before anything started to erupt between the two as it so often happened.
That night was spent in silence until Rin wanted to fall asleep. She yawned and Sesshomaru regretted having made a pact with her if she had showed her skill and she did, so he had to stay true to his promise.
Inuyasha was making a fire when the darkness settled in and the moon guided his actions.
" Where do you wish to sleep?"
She looked as if she were thinking, but he knew better than that.
" I think... I want to sleep with you."
Inuyasha stopped trying to make sparks and silence fell upon them. It had came out wrong and Rin knew it, but how else was it to be said. Sesshomaru just starred at her and walked over and leaned his back against a tree that was a few feet from the warm fire that he had to bore his eyes into Inuyasha to try and start again.
She walked over and sat next to him.
" Rin, you sleep like that all the time, is that what you wish to waist my hospitality on?"
" Of course not."
She hated it when he acted like she was an idiot, of course he was playing with her but she still didn't like it. So, she leapt like last time but she was caught and held in mid air.
" Rin."
" Okay, fine."
She relaxed in his grip and he placed her down upon his chest as Inuyasha struggled with the fire, then he gave up and used a thing that Kagome had given him a box of.
" What is that?"
Sesshomaru asked that question but, Rin never moved her head as she laid against his chest. Sesshomaru watched as Inuyasha laid a pile of sticks where he wanted the fire and watched his brother strike it against the side of the box and a flame came from it and he then threw it into the sticks.
Smoke rose up and then a fire started.
" It's a gift from Kagome. Their called match cheeses."
" It doesn't look like cheese."
" That's what she said they called it."
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes. His brother never was one who as good at reading and never writing. He was probably pronouncing it wrong, but when Sesshomaru looked down, Rin was asleep. No nightmares plauged her and she awoke the next day to find that Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were still asleep, so she got up and decided to take a bath.
It had been hard to get out of his grip, but she managed without waking him and anything was worth the luke wamr watter that hugged her body and she relaxed into it.
" Rin, why are you taking a bath?"
She stiffened and turned around to see Sesshomaru leaning against a tree and starring at her, luckily all of the parts that were able to be seen were under the water and she starred at him.
" I felt all gross."
" Why hadn't you waked me?"
" I thought you might need a few minutes of sleep, that's all."
She turned away from him and washed herself, but she hoped he would go away, but he didn't. She didn't want to get out with him starring at her.
" Turn around."
" Why?"
" We have been through this before, please turn around."
He did as she wished and as soon as she was dressed he turned to her.
" We have to leave, we will be close to home by tomorrow if we hurry."
" All right."
She walked beside of him the entire day, until they fell upon a village, they couldn't go through it, but they had to go around. Rin came over the hill and saw it last.
" A village."
Sesshomaru turned to Rin and held out a closed hand.
" What?"
" Hold out your hand."
She did as he had asked and he put coins into her hands and they almost fell out.
" Go into the village and buy what you need, if you need more just come back up."
" It's to much."
" Go on Rin."
He turned her to the village and gave her a push and she looked back at him before she headed off.
" You gave her an awful lot. Just how far does your wealth run?"
Sesshomaru just glarred at him and he sat down on the hill and awaited for Rin's return.
" Aren't you afraid she might get attacked?"
" No."
" Why?"
" You have seen what she can to even to me."
Rin walked into the village and people only starred at her, guys ogled her and women frowned at her state of dress. They didn't know who she was, but they wouldn't if Sesshomaru were walking behind her. She looked back up at the hill she had left and they were still there. When she turned she bumped right into a woman and her cloth went everywhere.
" I'm so sorry."
The woman was a bit old around her late forties and she bent down to get the cloth she was carrying.
" It's fine child."
The old lady looked to see who she had bumped into and saw a beautiful young lady in front of her.
" These are beautiful, are these silk?"
" Yes, my husband and myself make kimonos."
Rin looked at her and smiled.
" You sell them I presume?"
" Yes."
" Where is your shop?"
" I was just going there with this load of cloth."
Rin smiled again and the lady finally took the cloth from Rin and smiled herself.
" I'll take you there, you look like you need one."
Rin laughed and so did the old lady.
" What's your name child?"
" Rin."
" I'm Kiki and my husband over there is Hiraiyuki."
She pointed to the shop where her husband was standing outside awaiting her arrival. Rin smiled at him as they walked up and she soon bowed and he did the same.
" Who is this, another customer?"
" Yes, this is Rin."
The man soon bowed again and tried to catch his breath.
" What's wrong?"
Kiki tried to help her husband onto a nearby chair.
" Woman, this is the Lady of the West. Lady Rin."
" I guess it is."
The old woman laughed and her husband bowed again.
" It's fine, I prefer Rin."
" You wish to buy something from here?"
" Yes."
" Take anything you want, it's free."
" No, no. I can't do that."
" Your business is our honor, please."
She looked through the fabrics and kimonos that had been made and found a pale pink one with light purple flowered designs and loved it right away.
" I love that one."
" That's our most expensive one. It was 5,000 en, but for the Lady of the West, I said it would be free."
Something else caught her eye and she had to buy it as well.
Rin left the shop and they old couple watched as she walked away and then they returned to their work. The old lady was surprised to find coins left from the Lady and wanted to give them back to her, but she found a note.
Thank you for the kimono, but I felt I had to give
you something. I have no idea how much
this is, but I am sure it is more than enough.
Rin.
The old lady looked dumbfounded when she counted it. 25,000 en. Double the cost of the kimono. Her husband came in and saw her sit down and breathe as he did when he found out it was Lady Rin whom he was about to do business with. He looked down and saw the money on the table and they both smiled.
Rin walked back up the hill and Sesshomaru stood up and she smiled at him. And then she spun around and laughed to see how he would appraise her new style, but she knew he wouldn't show emotion, as always. But as she stopped his brother spoke.
" How much was it?"
Sesshomaru glared at his brother and Rin answered.
" 5,000 en."
Sesshomaru starred at the vision in pink in front of him she looked wonderful. She gave him a piece of white cloth.
" I got a yukata for you, since I ruined the one you gave me. It's white the same as the one you used to have."
He looked at her and then at the cloth. He had given her money and she bought only one kimono and something for him and for his brother. She noticed she was giving Inuyasha something as well.
Rin walked over to Inuyasha and handed him a piece of cloth as well.
" I thought maybe Kagome would like it. I thought it would math her well."
The kimono was a deep green and it had white butterflies on it which were around the neck and bottom.
" Thanks."
Then, she again looked at Sesshomaru. She knew that he didn't want to have his money spent on Kagome, but she felt the need to. She looked at him and noticed that he was beginning to get angry. So, she walked over and kissed him on the cheek.
" I hope you don't mind, but I gave the couple that owned the store all of the money, I'm sure that I way over paid them. Is that all right?"
He just looked down at her and put his arm around her waist.
" It was your money to spend."
" Thank you for understanding."
That evening before the sun went down Sesshomaru watched over Rin and she picked what seemed to be a whole field full of flowers. They were all white with golden edges. The one's that eluded her when she had been kidnapped. She walked up to him and smiled as the bundle she held in her kimono threatened to topple over.
" They remined me of you."
She smiled up at him and stepped away to go back to camp. When she arrived she began to tie them together at the stems and Sesshomaru and Inuyasha just starred into the fire as Rin connected the flowers. And an hour later she was spotted by Inuyasha as she came up behind Sesshomaru.
" What are you doing Rin?"
She was stopped by his big booming voice and she placed a crown of flowers on his head and Inuyasha laughed but one soon adorned his head as well.
" Now you have nothing to laugh about."
He stopped laughing immediately and they both took it from their heads as Rin sat down next to Seshsomaru. She felt him as he placed it on her head and she looked up at him.
" No fun. Neither one of you are any fun."
She started to laugh and they sat in silence until Rin fell victim to sleep and she laid her head down on Sesshomaru's leg.
They had returned home to a warm welcome by Kagome and the two boys. It had been a few more days and Inuyasha was to leave that evening for his village but Rin and Kagome wanted to talk for a few more minutes as their mates watched over them a few feet away. They both sat on a small bench and Kagome was wearing the kimono Rin had bought for her and it did match her eyes.
Rin wore a deep red kimono with gold butterflies that flashed across the bottom. They both sat laughing, as their son's finally were able to play together, even though both Sesshomaru and Inuyasha had to be coaxed into it. Now their sons sat in each of their laps and tried to steal smacks to the others hands.
Sesshomaru heard something about Rin saying they were like their fathers and then they both laughed. If Sesshomaru could hear it, then so could Inuyasha and they both rolled their eyes.
Sesshomaru felt something odd as he looked at Rin as she laughed and smiled, but she soon caught his eyes and smiled at him before she turned and began to talk to Kagome again. He felt some strange emotion, it was more than that of caring but it couldn't be placed. She had made an impact on his heart, but he couldn't figure out the feeling. Maybe it was the feeling humans called 'love'? Maybe...
ONE YEAR LATER...
Everything is the way that it should be. Being me right now and having the life I never could have imagined is sometimes, stressful. You may wonder what has happened to the ones that I have been in contact with.
The perverted monk and the demon slayer had another child, this one being a boy. Just what is needed, another philandering man of the cloth. They had him just two months ago and now they live happily with their other two children as well. They chose to live in Sango's old village which went into it's re-building process a few years back after the attacks of Naraku had ceased. Now, the finishing touches are being put upon it.
Shippo, the fox demon, married the young girl from the stream when he was younger and they are now expecting their first within a few more months. You may ask how I know this, only because my half brother's wife tells Rin anything she had heard. You may be wondering what happened to Inuyasha...
My stupid half brother and the wench Kagome live in a small hut on the outside of Inuyasha's forest and are currently fighting over what sex the child, Kagome had just found out she was carrying only days ago. Inuyasha thinks it will be another boy, but Kagome sees things differently. Inuyasha I don't think will get his wish.
And yet another half-demon will be roaming the plains, but I have made somewhat of a decision to come to terms with each of our faults. This realization only being through the constant nagging from both Rin and Kagome.
The old miko, Kaiade, died a few months ago and Kagome mourned her passing for quite sometime, but now she has come to terms with it and had become the new miko of the small village. Now, the old woman can roam with her sister again.
The East and North have rebuilt themselves and now fight against each other and try to win me over to their side every once and a while, but I just sit back and watch their useless bickering. The other people of the South have not yet decided upon a leader for their lands and are pushing for the one person who had dared fend off their old Lord from his lands. The half wit Inuyasha does not want to budge from his current standings in the quaint village.
As for me... I am still patrolling my borders from rouge and filthy lower-class demons who think that they can stop me. Except patrolling now, has a new meaning of protecting my family. Rin is still as wonderful as ever. Every morning I wake up to my son walking towards me with the steps he manages to acquire. He is still awkward, as all children are even through age three, so Rin tells me. Shihaisha likes to use his new powers as well, like trying to transform and run away from a bath even though he always gets caught..eventually.
I find myself thinking back on the day when I first met her. When she fed me food, even though I hadn't wanted it, nor gave her much respect. When for some reason, that I still have not yet figured out, as to why Tensseiga pulsed for her life that day. I would have never thought what happened to me today would actually happen, at least back then I would not have.
Always I am remembering the first time when she was young and I had just saved her from death; when her chocolate eyes opened and finally met mine.
THE END
. Yeah, I'm finally done with this story. I had fun writing it for you and thanx for the reviews from both stories and to the (hopefully) future reviews out there. I want to think my bedroom wall for making me bored enough to wonder through my mind and find this idea. And I would like to thank as well, the people who told me I should write more, so thank you! . Remember to review. .
