Ok, people, consider yourselves warned : this is the last chapter of "Beyond" Death". I know it was a short one... probably too short, but this is the way I wanted this fanfic to be from the beginning. Therefor, enjoy...
No, I still don't own Inuyasha...
„Rin… you must go now…" Kagome came up behind her, noticing that her hand still grasped Sesshoumaru's unmoved fingers.
"You're sending me back, aren't you?" she asked on a very sad tone, thinking that this way she would just lose him again.
"I know that you have spent a longer time than normal here… but yes. You seem to be too strong and stubborn to die back there." Kagome explained on the most soothing tone she could use.
"So.. you're ending this by sending me back and keeping him in the same place…" Rin continued, refusing to look at the doctor.
"It's not up to me… my only job in to keep the ones that reached this dimension alive and try to comfort them… I'm sorry, Rin." She said, touched gently her shoulder and left her alone again. Hearing the door close behind her, Rin allowed herself to cry one last time. She simply closed her eyes, left her tears to emerge freely on her cheecks and fell on her knees next to the bed, her fingers still clinging desperately on her angel's right hand.
"Will you be ok?" Sango asked as she embrace her new friend one last time tightly enough to kill her.
"Yeah, I'll survive… I mean, I survived through a fire and a suicide attempt… I guess I'll survive this time too…" she said and let go of her former hall mate. She smiled when she saw Sango go to Miroku and he put a posessive hand over her shoulder. Rin was glad that the young woman had accepted the former monk's proposal and decided to remain there in order to become one of the assistants, helping the doctors with the patients.
"Don't worry, kid!" Inuyasha said on a cheerful tone and simply took her in his arms, practically rising her several inches above the ground. "Think it this way: you'll still meet each other up there…" he let go and pointed at the ceiling.
"I guess… but I'm still in for a lonely life…"
"Come on… I bet that you have plenty of friends that are right now by your side… like your best friend Ayame and that wolf boy, Kouga… or even your tutor… what was his name again?"
"Jaken." Rin completed Inu's wannabe speech and smiled thankfully. "Ok… I can promise you that I'll at least try to live a more normal life… but I'll only try!"
"Trying is good enough!" Kagome said on a chipper voice and smiled as well. One moment later the two were embracing each other. Still, before more tears could be shed, they broke away and, after one last goodbye, Rin shut her eyes thightly and felt a strong lightsurrounding her. And then… nothing…
The light decreased suddenly and Rin hardly managed to open her eyes and look at the surroundings. For a second she felt as if she was flying and the next moment she took notice of every part of her body and a killing headache. She moved her shaking hands and them on her head, almost begging for the pain to stop.
"Aww!" she complained loudly, just in time to be heard by the doctor who entered the simple, yet mdoern hospital room.
"Welcome back!" a young woman with black hair said on a calm voice. Staring up at her, Rin's eyes widened until they were almost ready to pop out of her head.
"K-Kagome?" she managed to ask, already having forgotten the banging hammers inside her head.
"I'm sorry… you must be confusing me with someone else…" the doctor smiled a bit puzzled. "My name is Kikyo…"
"Oh!" Rin turned disappointed all-of-a-sudden. She shifted uneasy on the bed and listened to the doctor informing her of her present condition and giving out future advice. Rin felt that she wanted to cry so bad… but the promise she had made to her "angelic" friends and Sesshoumaru stopped her and made her start life again… but still, how could she do that without her love?"
Inside a completely white room, two old men sat each in two large and comfortable armchairs, looking at some sort of holographic screen that showed both Rin and Sesshoumaru. The young woman was in the man's hospital room, only minutes after her doctor allowed her to leave.
Rin was sitting by Sesshoumaru's bed, her forehead hidden in the covers and her two small hands holding his much larger one. The man appeared to remain still, but his features seemed cringed, pained, as if something was ripping his heart out. He could feel Rin so near, but so far in the same time.
Suddenly, the image started fading at the sign of one of the two old men. He then turned around to face the otherfigure and spoke:
"Is the bond strong enough now for you, Totousai?" The other man held a neutral expression for a few moments. Then, his features warmed up surprisingly: he was smiling in approval.
"I have to give them all the credit for this." They've done it! They've beat every impediment in their way… just to be together…"
"So, we get to free Sesshoumaru?"
"It's either us or he'll manage to break the seal himself; it was just a matter of time before he would escape anyway. The only problem was if he managed to do it before Rin would start forgetting him."
"Thank you, Totousai." The first man said and bowed deeply.
"Don't thank me, Myouga… thank that stubborn girl who gave her heart to a demon." He said and signaled Myouga that the decision had been made and the discussion was finished.
Rin felt like staying there, next to him, hearing his heart beating and looking at him closed eyes, forever. She needed him even if he was in a coma state. She knew that the others had advised her to start forgetting him, but she couldn't do that… she still loved him so much and she wasn't ready to give up on that love… not now, not ever!
She exhaled loudly while doing her best at keeping more tears from drowning her chocolate orbs and pale cheecks. One of her hands left his. She got up on her feet, staring down at him, the look in her eyes probably being able to make even Satan fall on its knees and cry like a child.
Gradually, her left hand decreased the hold on his, up until she only touched him with one last finger. It was always hard for her to leave him, for she still hoped in a miracle. She turned away, ready to leave and receive her last touch from him, when, suddenly, one of his fingers held on hers. The grasp was weak… but it was! Having felt his movement, she froze on the spot, too afraid to turn to him and see him in the same state. If this was a dream, she would definitely kill herself and this time remain dead. Still, that thought was banished from her head the moment his voice spoke barely above that a whisper:
"Rin… don't… go…" She heard his plea, turned immediately and saw his beautiful amber eyes staring back at her, begging her not to leave him alone.
"Sesshoumaru!" she shouted in pure happiness for the first time in six months and, feeling her cheeks burn, she jumped on his bed and embraced him as strong as she could, even though she had barely been released from the same hospital herself, earlier that day. But that wasn't important. What was important was the fact that they had been given another chance. And, by God, they were going to take it and live their life the way they had always wanted to.
That's it! Well, now that the terror is over :P I would really appreciate some reviews. Ja ne!