AN: I'm sorry that I haven't been updating faithfully, prom plans and teenage angst is interfering with my writing. Eh, I never realized that I would cause people to become so confused because of the ending. All shall be revealed in good time! I'm sorry! Don't be angry with stupid, wordy me! (ducks as rotten fruit is pelted her way). And my thank you section will be suspended for this chapter… cause I'm pressed for time.
This is a summary chapter since my numerous reviewers were wailing they didn't understand, sorry guys.
And jeresygrl246 I'm sorry about that error, the second I got your review I fixed it. You can check (silly me)
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"A red thread now cut, can it be once again joined? When a white threat tangles so readily through the strands?"
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Rin wept in the edge of the Zen gardens, her eyes dulled. Her heart was black, here was nothing in there, no life, nothing but that hollow Shikon jewel…
With it's taunt of immortal life that she no longer wanted…
Wiping the tears away, she felt a little bit of life returning to her limp body. The scent of wisteria blossoms was all around her as she sat beneath the arbor of the old vines. Here it seemed peaceful, calming to her shocked body.
Her eyes closed and she dreamt…
There was a voice that called her name…
A warm hand closed over hers, a small hand. The moment she felt it her eyes opened, and Jaken was sitting beside her, his yellowy eyes wide with sorrow.
"You poor girl, the master is a very fickle demon. He fears love, he fears love because all those he loves has died…"
Jaken looked into the garden, to the bleak serenity of the swirled sand and minimalist, precise placement of the trees. He had thought that Sesshoumaru spending time with the girl alone in that wedding suite would have done something to soothe the scar of betrayal so many years ago.
It had worked till… He cringed, if he had not walked in at that moment Sesshoumaru would have eventually impregnated this young woman and her life would be forever altered…
He did not want that, there had to be something more to Rin's destiny…
"You did a foolish thing to take immortality" he said after a time.
Rin was wiping the tears from her eyes again,
"I-I know but I love Sesshoumaru-sama more then anyone else in the whole world. He is immortal and I cannot bear to be parted from him, ever."
Jaken was amazed at mortals, and a little stunned… All his planning to bring these two together; Rin's journey to Suu-Laan with no food or water for three days was painful but necessary. Sesshoumaru had found her asleep in the dining area and taken her to rest… But now everything was so very wrong… Rin had disobeyed him by taking the jewel, breaking the innocent dream they had both been living in…
A spark of light filled him, a sneaky little light, which made his frown change into a very evil grin.
"But there is hope my dear"
Rin's brown eyes widened
"What do you mean?"
"Follow me"
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Sesshoumaru ate quietly at the wedding feast, Tsuki had pulled him up to the 'wedding' table with the rest of the newlywed relatives and preceded to tell Sarai all sorts of embarrassing things they had done when they were children. Now intensely angry and blushing lightly from shame his cold eyes searched for the petite form of that silly little girl…
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Jaken slid the screen door open to the suite that Sesshoumaru and Rin had shared, walking calmly over to the sack where Sesshoumaru had tossed the jar.
Hefting out the glass, Rin gasped. The gel like liquid inside was a fleshly pink color, and it glowed faintly like the moon in the night sky.
"Close your mouth Rin, you are not a codfish" Jaken reproached she closed her mouth, watching as the squat demon went over to the nearby Japanese table and hefted the large jar onto the table.
Gingerly Rin took a seat on the nearest cushion and stared at it, a hope beginning to burn once again in her blackened heart.
"This is what I was making with all that jelly the afternoon you left with Lord Sesshoumaru."
"You mean the aphrodisiac?" she began to tremble.
Jaken grinned "Indeed"
Rin felt a mixture of dread and happiness all at once knowing what this would do to Sesshoumaru-sama…
"When are you going to use it?" she asked trying to keep her voice from quavering, the blood pounding in her ears.
"Every night in small doses for the next year. A small dose is all you need, unless you want to be pregnant before your nineteenth birthday."
Rin turned red and swirly eyed, Jaken laughed as she began to sputter.
"I wouldn't do something like that to you child. I don't need another mouth to feed." Jaken mumbled opening the jar with ease and Rin leaned in still twitching.
The jelly smelt like roses and honey, she felt her mouth watering and pulled away. Looking at Jaken with wide eyes.
"Don't look so frightened I'm not going to feed any to you."
Jaken then closed the jar, seeing that the girl had gotten the message. She couldn't eat any of it or risk misery.
He held out his hand "Is it a deal then? Lord Sesshoumaru will warm to you by the ending of the year or you can roast and feed me to that two headed demon Ah-un."
Rin took his hand and wanly smiled…
Maybe there was still some hope left.