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 Five
"Anything can be possible when one truly believes in something. Maybe believing in love is not so bad...eh, Sesshoumaru?"
"Rin."
Rin stopped walking immediately upon the sound of her name on such familiar lips. She took a deep breath and turned around, staring in shock, amazement and fear at the demon man whom stood before her, staring at her with the same cold, sharp amber eyes. He looked exactly the same as always...his hair still as clean and silk-like, his face still as handsome and sharp. Nothing seemed to have changed about his features.
"S-Sesshoumaru? You're alive...?" Rin could not believe it. She refused to until evidence was brought before her. She took a step back, watching the figure before her. The man narrowed his eyes at her movement.
"What is wrong Rin? Will you not accept me now, as you would have before?" He whispered sharply. Rin winced at his tone of voice. He couldn't be Sesshoumaru...could he?
"Sesshoumaru...but...you're dead..." Rin whispered. Sesshoumaru stared at her, softening his eyes. Rin was ready to turn and run, thinking that someone was trying to fool her, when she ran into something quite hard and cold. She stepped back, only to see that she had run into Sesshoumaru's body armor. She looked up to his face in shock as he quickly undid his armor latches and it fell to the ground. Rin gulped as Sesshoumaru advanced on her.
"If you will not believe what your eyes tell you, then allow what you feel to convince you."
And with that, Rin's eyes widened as she was shoved to the ground, his body soon upon hers...
-5-5-5-
InuYasha growled as he continued to follow Tsubaki, his arm still feeling as if it had caught on fire. He glared at her from behind, the scent of Kagome not growing, nor fading. It just seemed to stay the same...as if Tsubaki was leading him in a complete circle...
"Tsubaki, take me to Kagome. Now." InuYasha commanded. Tsubaki stopped walking and glared behind herself to InuYasha.
"Be quiet, mutt. I said that I would take you to her, and so I shall." Tsubaki said, turning back around, once again walking in a direction. InuYasha growled and sniffed the air. The wench was leading him in a direction away from Kagome! He quickly turned around, chasing after her scent himself. Tsubaki turned around immediately.
"You idiot! It's a..."
"What the Hell?"
Tsubaki sighed in annoyance as InuYasha was ripped up from the ground, a rope tied tightly around his ankle, flinging him everywhere, causing his head to bash into random objects.
"...trap..."
"Get me the Hell out!"
-5-5-5-
"Let me go, you demon!" Kagome screamed one more time out of fear, trying to regain control over her priestess powers, but she wasn't doing too well with trying to keep her emotions in tact and calm. In fact, she was anything but those! The demon rolled his eyes once more, tired of the woman's continuous complaints.
"Fine. I'll let go." The man said, smirking as he leapt into the air and released her. Kagome's eyes widened as she fell towards the ground.
"Kyaaa! Catch me, you idiot!" Kagome screamed again. The demon male smirked and fell after her, wrapping his arm around her waist and catching her before landing on the ground softly.
"Heh. You should watch what you say next time then, you never know when it'll come true." He said before letting her go.
-That half-demon shouldn't catch up to me for some time if I'm right...heh. I'm too fast for anyone to catch!-
He thought haughtilly to himself. His legs were quick and his ego was large, not good for someone with stubborness in their attitude. He looked over to Kagome and rubbed his nose slightly.
"So, what's your name girl?" He asked. He growled when the only response from Kagome he got was simply her back, and he knew that she was looking to get away from him. "Hey! I asked you a question, wench!"
"Don't call me wench! Sit!"
He stared at her for a moment, quirking his head in confusion. Sit? Was that some kind of spell or something? What was this woman talking about? Maybe he had kidnapped the wrong one...or maybe she was simply toying with him! He smirked. If his nose was right, this was the woman that had trained under the priestess named Kikyo. The same priestess that he had encountered mere months ago...
Flashback
"Let's go men! Kill the village and the humans, we need to find that jewel!" He yelled. Wolves and demons began to run out into the village, huts burning and discarded bodies littering the floors. He smirked as he watched his pack of wolves rip a helpless man apart, limb from limb.
"Kouga! Look out!"
He turned swiftly, his eyes widening at the sight of a pink arrow flying in his direction. He cried out in pain when it grazed his side, ripping it open and causing blood to splurt out, his skin slightly ripping away. He glared at the woman and growled.
"Who the Hell are you?" He yelled at her. The woman simply glared at him with empty brown hues, her arms still in the position of shooting an arrow.
"Leave this village. Now."
Kouga glared.
"Are you crazy? You're mad, woman! There's no way that I'm going to leave this village when I'm so close to getting the Shikon no Tama!" He yelled at her. The woman smirked.
"My name is Kikyo. And if you wish to attain the Shikon no Tama, then I suggest that you go to the student that I trained under me." Kikyo said before turning and walking away. "And remember. Leave this village and its people alone."
Kouga growled. Should he believe her? What if it was simply a fluke? A wild goose chase? He had no other leads...it was his only choice.
"Feh...fine then, have it your way. But if your so called 'student' doesn't have the Shikon no Tama, then consider all of these villages, and yours, done for." Kouga threatened. Kikyo stopped walking and simply stared at him, back turned to him. She then smirked and then continued to walk away.
End Flashback
Kouga glared at Kagome. What if she wasn't the real deal? What if that woman had tricked him to save her own hide? If that was to be the case, then he would make sure that not only this girl died, but that Kikyo as well. No one tricked the great Kouga! Kagome blinked, looking at her captor, noticing he was deep in thought and not paying attention to her. She looked to the side, seeing a break in the lining of trees. She slowly stood up, looking to Kouga, noting that he now had his back to her, looking around. She wasted no time and ran.
Kouga turned at the sound of her feet immediately, watching her disappear into the forest. "Hey! Get back here!" Kouga yelled as he chased after her. Kagome's eyes were wide, attempting to find her way through the forest, and hopefully the trees would slow down his demonic speed, allowing her a little time to get away. She ran into a clearing and stopped immediately at the site she fell upon.
"I-InuYasha?" Kagome called out, watching the hanyou struggle in a bear trap. She looked to the woman standing near him, not even bothering to help the poor hanyou. Kagome felt the need to sit him, but knew she shouldn't when considering there was a demon after her. She ran up to InuYasha and loosened him, allowing him to fall on his head.
"Ow! What the Hell was that for, Kagome?" InuYasha yelled. Kagome pointed into the direction that Kouga was, and InuYasha looked, eyes widened.
"Kouga? What the...you're not supposed to be here anymore, Sesshoumaru banned you!" InuYasha yelled. Kouga glared slightly.
"Well, well. If it isn't the mutt-face again. And don't bother with that 'Sesshoumaru banned you' stuff, because everyone knows he's dead now. So that just means, I have to beat you in a fight, then this entire place is mine!" Kouga yelled before leaping at InuYasha. InuYasha growled, unsheathing the Tetsusaiga.
"Think again, flea bag! Wind Scar!" InuYasha shouted, before slamming the Tetsusaiga down viciously, large blasts of energy shooting out at Kouga, shredding him to bits and pieces. InuYasha smirked in victory as his enemy fell before him. Tsubaki's eyes were wide with astonishment. So, the hanyou did have some formidable strength in him...
Kagome sighed of relief. She looked to Tsubaki and blinked. "...who're you? InuYasha, who is she?" InuYasha turned to Kagome, looking at Tsubaki.
"Oh, she's Tsubaki. Another priestess. Kagome, what the Hell were you doing with him? He could have killed you!" InuYasha yelled. Kagome sighed in annoyance and closed her eyes.
"InuYasha, please don't start..." Kagome begged, not in the mood for arguing. InuYasha growled, about to say something else before Tsubaki spoke up.
"InuYasha, it's time to keep your end of the deal." She said. InuYasha looked to Tsubaki in annoyance.
"Yeah, yeah...whaddya want?" InuYasha asked, not really caring what she wanted or not. Tsubaki glared.
"I want the Shikon no Tama."
Kagome and InuYasha's eyes both widened. "The Shikon Jewel?" They both shouted. Kagome looked at Tsubaki in confusion. But the Jewel had no powers left in it...why would she want the Jewel?
"Yes, the Shikon Jewel. Something so precious shouldn't be guarded by someone so foolish." Tsubaki said, glaring at Kagome. Kagome, in turn, glared back. If this woman wanted a fight, then oh boy, would she give her one...after going through InuYasha and his dense head, she was ready for anyone.
"I'm not giving you the Jewel. If you want it, you need to take it from me." Kagome said. Tsubaki smirked.
"And that's what I plan to do. Only...it'll be InuYasha who does it." Tsubaki said. Kagome looked to InuYasha confused. What did...she mean by that?
"Kagome, give her the Jewel...I don't want to hurt you." InuYasha said quietly. Kagome's eyes widened. He was actually going to fight her for the Jewel? Was he that stubborn? Kagome glared.
"No."
InuYasha sighed and faced her with the Tetsusaiga. "Then I have to take it from you..."
What he finished with scared Kagome completely.
"...dead or alive."
To Be Continued...
Guess who's back, back again? I am back...tell a friend... (sweatdrops) Well, we've moved and I have the internet back up and running. I kinda forgot what I was doing with this story for a while due to the fact that I haven't worked on it in forever. Well, thanks for sticking with me, and I hope you keep reading my stories!
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-Angelus