Rin was lying in bed reading a book with only the lamp on as light; it was almost 11 when she finally heard the front door quietly open, she sighed with relief. No longer than a moment later Sesshomaru came walking through the bedroom door, "What are you still doing up?" He asked as he leaned down to kiss her forehead, she smiled and said, "I was waiting to see how things went with Kikyo. I couldn't sleep I was too worried." Sesshomaru was now in the bathroom splashing water on his face, then stripped down to his boxers and threw his clothes in the hamper. He got into bed next to her and pulled her close to him, she wrapped her arms around him and laid her head on his chest, "She is back at Kagome's, the ballistics report showed it was in fact a suicide. The only thing she has to worry about now is if she is going to stay living in that house and what she is going to do with the money." Rin lifted her head off of his chest and sat up, "Money. What money?" She asked looking very confused, sure Naraku had a job with some left over finances but surely not a significant amount for Sesshomaru to be talking about. "Naraku was a multimillionaire. He had money is stocks for years and just recently took it all out, he also had severally businesses which he kept a secret. Because he has no immediate family it will all go to Kikyo, it is written in his will." Rin just stared at her husband, "How could no one know of any of this? That is absolutely crazy!" Sesshomaru nodded, "So it is, but it is not ours to worry about love, let us get some sleep okay?" Rin nodded and smiled, she reached over and turned off the lamp and cuddled into her husband and felt content with his strong arms wrapped around her. He smiled and kissed her forehead, "Good night Rin" "Goodnight Sesshy"
…. Flashback to Inuyasha a little over a year ago…..
It had just stopped raining and Inuyasha turned towards Bankoutsu, who had become a good friend of his since they were both enrolled in the black ops, "I can't see anything." Bankoutsu slid down the dirt mound they were hiding behind and sat down. "Me either this rain is making it misty. Do you think the refugees went inside their huts?" He asked, Inuyasha scoffed, "Not likely, I can still hear them." A young man only about 19 came crawling over to the two, "I think we can go now they went inside. I haven't seen any movement." Bankoutsu shook his head, "No Kyo we aren't go anywhere it has only been a short time they could be waiting for our movement. Just relax." He sighed and plopped down on the ground. Inuyasha gave a small laugh, this got Kyo's attention, "Is something funny Inuyasha?" Inuyasha leaned forward to clearly see Kyo around Bankoutsu, "You're just so eager. It something you have to learn; just have patience." "Having patience is a waste of time." Bankoutsu sighed, "Inuyasha wanna tell him about your burns." Inuyasha glared at him, Bankoutsu laughed, this also caught Kyo's attention, "What burns?" It was silent for a moment before Inuyasha started, "It was when we first joined the black ops special missions, I was just like you eager to do things to jump right out into combat, to get things done. Well we were on our way to search a building and I thought I was going to prove myself being one of the new guys, I got cocky and went out first. The whole squad yelling for me to come back, I didn't know because I was too quick to jump the gun. I went into the building, I was standing in the doorway and turned around to yell at the other guys, when a bomb went off inside. The flames engulfed me and I caught fire. When I woke up I was in the infirmary and had severe 2nd degree burns on my back. Left some pretty nasty scars. So take it from me kid, have some patience." Kyo just stared at him and then looked over at Bankoutsu who just nodded, so he shut his mouth and sat back and waited like he was told.
It was dead silent for a few minutes, Inuyasha had closed his eyes for just a second when he heard the blood curdling scream of a girl, Kyo without thinking jumped up and ready to fight, just as fast as he got up there were shots fired. Inuyasha ran over to Kyo and pulled him down, "No they have a little girl we have to do something!" he yelled as he wrestled with Inuyasha, "Kyo no stay here." Inuyasha grunted as Kyo kicked him to the ground and jumped over the mound toward the village. Bankoutsu jumped up and Inuyasha was already running after Kyo. The shooting had stopped once Inuyasha finally got to Kyo who was crouched down behind a hut, "Are you fucking insane?! We are going back let's go!" Kyo turned towards him, "No Inuyasha she is only about 5. I have a little sister about her age. I would do anything for someone to save her if this happened. Don't you have someone you would risk anything for?" Inuyasha just stared at the boy. "Alright but stay right behind me you got it kid? RIGHT behind me." Kyo nodded and tightened his grip on his gun.
Inuyasha and Kyo snuck across the ground to the hut where the little girls cries were coming from, Inuyasha lifted up the cloth which was used as the outside wall and peeked into the hut. There were three men surrounding the chair which contained the little girl. She was bound at the wrist and the feet and her waist was strapped to the chair. One man held a knife up to her neck as he whispered things to her making her cry. The other two aimed guns at her and were kicking her, every time one of the kicks hit her the knife making contact with her neck slowly pressed against her skin causing small trickles of blood. Inuyasha could feel his blood boil, he put the cloth down and turned to go say something to Kyo and noticed he was gone. He frantically looked around and then heard the men in the hut yelling and then the guns went off. Inuyasha jumped to his feet and ran for the door of the hut once inside he saw one of the three refugees on the ground with a bullet between his eyes. Inuyasha turned to find the little girl crying frantically trying to wiggle out of the hold of what looked to be only a 14 year old boy now that Inuyasha could see him closer. This boy wasn't holding a gun but trying to keep a hold on the little girl, however the older of the two was on the ground wrestling with Kyo over a gun, this man looked to be about in his 30's. Inuyasha pulled the man off of Kyo in one swift movement and was trying to hold the man still only to feel a sharp pain in his thigh which made him loose his grip, Inuyasha looked down to notice the man had stabbed him, he reached for his hand gun but before he even got a good aim Kyo had tackled the man to the ground and was back on top of him, punching him while screaming about what a sick bastard the man was. Inuyasha ripped a piece of cloth and tied it around his wound which was bleeding heavily. Inuyasha once again pulled the man off Kyo and threw him on the ground and kicked him right in the head knocking him unconscious. Inuyasha heard the little girl scream and then hears Kyo's voice. "No!" Inuyasha turned around and the little girl lay limp on the ground with her throat slit. Inuyasha's stomach turned, he quickly turned away.
Kyo was on top of the boy punching him over and over and over, Inuyasha touched his shoulder, "Kyo." He said in a quiet voice, with tears in his eyes from extreme anger Kyo looked over his shoulder at Inuyasha. "Kyo he is dead, it's okay." Kyo looked down at his hands that were bloody and then over to the little girl. "Damnit!" "I'm sorry Kyo, I really am. But we should be getting back." Kyo nodded, he went and kneeled by the little girl and gently put his hand on her face to close her eyes. Inuyasha watched the guilt build up inside this young boy. So much damage has been done to him already, that same damage he will forever have. The sound broke his thoughts; creating a ringing in his ears, Kyo held his chest as he coughed up blood, Inuyasha's gaze shot over to where the older man was previously on the ground. Now this is where he stood holding a gun. Inuyasha ran over to the man and without even a second thought snapped his neck. Inuyasha ran over to Kyo and kneeled next to him and pulled his head into his lap, applying pressure to the wound in his chest. His eyes were fluttering between open and closed, "Kyo stay with me! We are gonna get you out of here okay. Just hold on." Inuyasha reached for the radio on Kyo's hip, "Man down, man down need help! NEED HELP! Location tent south east of base camp, near flag. Repeat man down!" Kyo coughed and grabbed Inuyasha's hand, "Inu I need you to tell my baby sister I love her. Her name is Anna, tell her I fought hard, and that I'm sorry." Inuyasha shook his head, "Kyo shut up! You're going to be okay we are going to get you back to camp okay and get you some help .And then you will tell her about this one day" Kyo nodded, "But if I'm not Inuyasha give these to her." He struggled but grabbed the dog tags from around his neck and put them in his hand. Inuyasha looked down at the younger man and nodded. Kyo coughed and groaned for a few more minutes but then finally faded away, with Inuyasha still holding his head up. Just after he took his last breath Bankoutsu and some other men from the squad came running in.
After that mission was completed a few days later, Inuyasha had requested to have Kyo's body sent back to his family. He would break the news to them, he had argued with the authorities about this, but after hearing the story they finally decided to just let him do it. Inuyasha traveled back to Tokyo where Kyo was from and had Kyo's body taken to the mortuary and then he traveled to Kyo's family's house. Inuyasha walked up to the door and took a deep breath. This was the worst possible thing he could do, but it had to be done. He lightly knocked on the door, a few seconds later the door opened; Inuyasha looked down to see a little girl holding a teddy bear. "Hi." She said in a sweet little voice, Inuyasha's heart ached, this was Anna. This was the little girl who's heart he was going to break. "Anna honey who is at the door? I told you not to answer it without me or your father." A woman in her late 30's came to the door. "May I help you?" "Ma'am my name is Inuyasha Takahashi, I am in the service with your son." The woman smiled, "Oh hi! Come on in please." Inuyasha nodded gratefully and followed the woman and her daughter inside the house. "Hitaru come here please." The woman called down a hall, "Please sit, and make yourself at home. My name is Kim by the way; would you like something to drink?" Inuyasha shook his head. "No thank you." Just then the man who Inuyasha was assuming to be Hitaru, Kyo's dad comes walking in, Inuyasha stood up and introduced himself and shook his hand firmly. "So what brings you here Inuyasha?" Kim asked as she pulled Anna into her lap, Inuyasha silent for a moment. It was now or never.
"I came to inform you of Kyo's passing. He was killed in battle." Kim gasped and covered her mouth, tears already running down her face. Anna looked so confused she looked up at her mom and over at her dad who suddenly stared blankly at Inuyasha. Kim got up,"I'm sorry excuse me" then left the room taking Anna with her. "Mr. Yamada I am so sorry for your loss. He was a good kid and died honorably." Hitaru looked at Inuyasha and nodded, "I thought bringing him home for a proper burial would be respectable. I have taken him to the local mortuary." Hitaru stood up and walked over to Inuyasha and put his hand out, Inuyasha stood and took his hand, they began to shake hands before Hitaru pulled him into a hug, Inuyasha was surprised but once he heard the man let out a few whimpers with some tears he hugged the man back. "Thank you Inuyasha. Thank you for bringing him home." "Of course."
A week had gone by and Inuyasha had been keeping himself busy with a job he had picked up at a small construction busy. It was an easy distraction from the horrific thoughts of Kyo, plus he liked doing things with his hands. One day when he was walking back to the hotel he had be temporarily living in he saw a man leaning up against a green sedan. Inuyasha recognized this man as Hitaru, "Hello Inuyasha." Inuyasha nodded at the man, "Hello Mr. Yamada, what brings you out here?" "As you know we are having a proper funeral for my son and my family and I would be honored if you would come." Inuyasha was kind of thrown off, obviously he knew there would be a funeral but he never thought of actually attending it on the terms of trying to deny the death of a young man. "I'll be there." Was all Inuyasha said, "Alright it is in two days at the local cemetery at 2:30. We will see you then." He said as he got into his car and drove off. Inuyasha watched as the car left and dreaded what Wednesday was going to bring.
When Inuyasha awoke on Wednesday morning it was to the sound of rain he scoffed, "How climatic" he said to himself he got out of bed and went to the bathroom to shower. Once he was out of the shower he realized he had nothing to wear to the funeral and had to go shopping. He only spent a couple of hours shopping, he bought black dress pants and a nice black jacket and just a grey dress shirt for underneath. By the time he got home and changed it was almost time for him to leave. He took one last look in the mirror and let out a heavy sigh, "Alright Kyo I'm going to give you a proper goodbye today."
The sound of the rain drops pattering on the umbrella made it hard to hear the service from where Inuyasha was standing, which was just far back enough to not be completely noticed. Sure he fought among this man and he would pay his respects but this was Kyo's family and very close friends and he wasn't going to intrude on that, invited or not. Kyo's mother and Father both said something and it was very sweet and sentimental, next was his little sister. As soon as she stood up and turned to face all the sad people, she mad eyes contact with Inuyasha. This sent a stunning shock through his body; he saw all the remorse and grief in her 6 year old eyes, his heart reached out for this little girl. She spoke a very short speech for her bother and then ran back to her mother's arms in hysterics. When the funeral was over Inuyasha watched as everyone placed a white rose on Kyo's casket and walked away. Once everyone had left, Inuyasha went to say his respects.
"Kyo you were a great man, a young one and I am truly sorry for not saving you. I will always remember your strength for that little girl, your heart was full bravery and I condemn you for that and always will. You fought for what you believed in, I know I can't do much for you now but I will pass on your story and do whatever I can to protect your sister I promise. You will be missed Kyo, I'm sorry you were taken from this world too young." With that Inuyasha placed the flower atop the others and turned to walk away only to see Anna standing there with streaks of dried tears down her cheeks. Inuyasha knelt down and she ran to him and sobbed, he held her for a few minutes and then slowly pulled away. "Anna I have something for you." Anna wiped her eyes and looked at his questioningly, he reached into the pocket on the inside lining of his jacket and pulled out Kyo's dog tags, he put them over her head. She reached down and a picked them up, she looked up at Inuyasha and smiled and gave him a hug, "I love them. Thank you so much!" "You're welcome Anna. Now Kyo will be with you no matter what. Your brother loved you very much and did not want anything else but your protection." Inuyasha reached into his pocket again and pulled out a sheet of paper folded up, and handed it to her. "If you ever need anything, and I mean anything. Money, a place to stay, me to beat someone up." She gave a small smile, " I want you to call me, I will protect you and take care of you. I made a promise to your brother and I am going to keep it."