Summary- Years have passed since the incident with Khan. Now Rin is happy, living with her young child, InuTaisho. InuYasha has taken over in Sesshoumaru's absence, and no one knows what has happened to him. Rin still wonders upon the missing youkai, and if she shall truly ever see him again...

Eternity

Chapter Three

"There is no such thing as life without death...Rin, your soul has died..."

Miro huffed as he walked out of the stables. How dare they believe that they could simply put him in such a place! He was of rich blood! He was a pure horse-youkai, one of the last there was of his kind. The Midnight Clan was a clan of intelligent horses that knew magic, many spells. They always grew stronger at night, thus the name. They could also learn how to morph into a humanoid form, but since Miro was disgusted at the very thought, he did not dare learn to transform.

"So...Sesshoumaru-sama truly is dead...I have a feeling that wretch wouldn't lie about his own brother's death. Then again, hanyou's can't be trusted..." Miro whispered. He knew that InuYasha and Sesshoumaru always fought, both in attempt to slay the other. That's when a thought hit him. What if it was the hanyou that killed his master? Such a crime could not go unpunished...this, he would make sure of.

"Master...the half-breed will not get away with his henious act. Not as long as I live...I swear, by your honor, that if it was the hanyou who killed you, he will pay..." Miro whispered before snorting and then walking away.

-3-3-3-

"Are you sure that you found him?"

A young maiden glanced down at the young girl as she stated her question. Her crimson eyes lit up like fire at the thought of her master being found. She despised his very existance...it was because of him that she was put through all this misery. She scowled at the young white-clothed girl. She too, was made from her master, just as she was.

"Kanna, answer me this instant." She commanded. Although she seemed as if she would be older, being taller than the young girl, she was in fact the youngest. The young girl, Kanna, still did not respond. She merely held her mirror with her coal eyes staring blankly ahead. She fumed.

"Kanna!"

"He is returning..."

She blinked. He is returning? Did she mean the master?

"How do you even know that this was the right guy? He could be one of those people who got lost in the Fukai Mori, just as many other humans do." She said, more so trying to convince herself than her older sister. Kanna looked up to the woman and smiled softly, although it seemed as if she were about to murder someone.

"Kagura...the master would like to see you..." Kanna said softly. Kagura, the taller woman, glared down at the young girl. Who did this child think she was? Kagura knew that Kanna couldn't have possibly found Naraku...it was impossible. The Fukai Mori closed up, so how was Kanna able to find him?

Kagura's eyes widened as Kanna's mirror began to glow and ripple, until it formed a man with raven hair, like her own, chained to the wall. There were spirits around him, and Kagura knew what they were doing. They were renewing his memory, allowing him to remember everything that happened.

"Damn you Naraku..." She whispered. The mirror began to glow again, and this time, both Kanna and Kagura looked down in surprise. Kagura's eyes widened as she saw what came into the mirror.

"Who is he...?"

-3-3-3-

Rin shuddered as she walked through the darkness, her robe covered over her small body, but it didn't help much at all. Somehow, it became much more cold ever since she started to become closer to the Toukijin. She growled under her breath, a habit she picked up from InuYasha when he was angry at something...as usual.

"Why does it have to be so cold tonight? What happened to the temperature a little while ago with Shippo?" Rin questioned. She stopped walking and allowed her entire body to shiver once, getting it out of her system, but it didn't seem to work as she had planned...her body couldn't seem to stop shivering as of now.

"Damn it!" She howled. She despised the fact that Sesshoumaru's grave was so far from the castle, and yet she was willing to go out and see him past midnight! Rin huffed and hugged herself tighter, continuing to walk along her invisible path, she and InuYasha being the only ones knowing of Sesshoumaru's gravesight.

"Sesshoumaru...why were you such a fool...?" Rin questioned to thin air once again. It had become a habit of hers to speak to herself about how Sesshoumaru could have simply ignored her when she left and saved himself. There was so many things that Rin could have done to save Sesshoumaru's life...it was then she realized that it was not Sesshoumaru who was foolish, but she. She believed that Sesshoumaru would not chase her, she believed that he wouldn't care whether she left or not. Of course he would. She belonged to him, as far as she knew at that time.

"Sesshoumaru..."

She looked up as she saw the Toukijin coming within view. She sighed at the ripped and shredded obi that hung tightly to the hilt of the sword. Its golden and purple patterns were battered as the years had swiftly swept by. Rin remembered how they looked, wrapped around his waist, holding his armor and Toukijin to his side. She quickly shook her head and sat down, suddenly feeling much warmer for some reason.

"Rin..."

She sighed and looked down, closing her eyes in pure bliss. The harsh winds seemed to stop altogether, as if never existing in the first place. Rin felt as if she could simply fall asleep right then and there, it felt so safe and peaceful.

"Sesshoumaru...my..." She whispered before she leaned up against the Toukijin and fell asleep.

A hazed figure haunched over behind her, seeming to wrap its arms around her, hugging her closer to what would have been its body. It layed its head upon her shoulder and simply sat there, honey-amber eyes staring through the night...

-3-3-3-

InuYasha sighed as he looked to the moon. Kagome was back, after four years. Why would she return now? He could tell that her spiritual energy had risen, but only slightly. The priestess from before, Tsubaki, he knew that she had strong miko energy flowing through her. Kagome said that she wasn't coming back until her energy level had far surpassed herself from before, but it barely rose. There must have been another reason that Kagome came back...but what was it? He didn't know...he wasn't sure if he wanted to know either.

"Damn..." InuYasha closed his eyes and began to think. Kagome didn't come back for him...and if she had wanted to come back for Rin, then she wouldn't have left in the first place, seeing as Rin didn't want her to leave at all four years ago. InuYasha's ears twitched as he looked behind himself. Quite a distance away, he could see that stupid horse. His eyes narrowed. Miro...? What was he doing out so late at night?

-Should I go after him? What would happen if I did? Maybe he's just thinking, like me. Or maybe there's something else going on...I wonder how he and Kagome met. Why would she agree to let this demon follow her around when she despised them? Well...probably not as much anymore, but Kagome was still wary of demons.-
InuYasha thought. He stood up, prepared to follow the damn horse, but another scent caught his interest. He turned around once more, scenting Kagome nearby. He growled some when he also found the scent of another male.

"Kagome..." InuYasha growled. He quickly began to run through the area, searching for her. He leapt into the air, his eyes gazing over the fields and the meadow. She had to be somewhere, but where?

"Kagome!" InuYasha called out. He gained no response and sniffed the air once more, wondering now where her scent had disappeared to. But all he could smell was a demon...whoever Kagome was with must have overlapped her own scent with its. InuYasha scowled. How was he to find a woman who didn't wish to be found?

"Kagome! Where are you?" InuYasha landed and huffed, crossing his arms. The wench was nowhere to be found. His eyes traveled along the border of the Fukai Mori. It was absurd, but the forest could prove to be a useful hiding place. He knew from being a pup, all the times that he had hid from Sesshoumaru. He walked along the border, continuing to look as Kagome's scent began to grow stronger, eventually, InuYasha discovered why he couldn't find her.

There, in the forest border, lay a massive hole in the trees, forming an opening to the Fukai Mori. InuYasha paled. Kagome...she didn't...InuYashaquickly unsheathed the Tetsusaiga, growling as he ran into the Fukai Mori.

"Kagome!"

-3-3-3-

"In the mountains,

In the breeze...

In the forest,

In my dreams...

Lord Sesshoumaru, where are you?

With master Jaken, serving under you too...?

I will wait for you, on my own.

Please return to me, waiting all alone..."

To Be Continued...

The song has a meaning to it. And you'll see why soon. And sorry for the long wait, kinda been in trouble, but I didn't fail algebra! Hooray! (grins) No one shall defeat me, for I am the greatest! (sweat-drop) Sorry, I've been up all night role-playing with people. If you're any good, then IM me on yahoo and I'll rp with you, and maybe let you in on a few secrets to my stories... (smiles innocently)

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-Angelus