(A/N: As promised, a new chapter for your pleasure.)

There was no way. It couldn't be her. It had to be a coincidence, it absolutely had to be. I had thought that perhaps she would be reincarnated, like Kikyo had been, but reason made clear the fact that where Kikyo had been a priestess destined to protect the Shikon Jewel, Rin was just a girl. A girl who was important to no one but me. I had tried to bring her back, but with no soul a revival is impossible. I had hunted down the demons that had stolen my love from me, but to no avail. For nearly 300 years I hunted them avidly, and though I no longer spend my every waking moment hunting them, I have never stopped looking. I had hoped that perhaps they still had her soul, that maybe I could use it to bring her back. I know that it was just wishful thinking, but I think it is the only thing, silly or not, that has allowed me to live this long.

I stood stock still until I could no longer hear her walking away from me, trying to memorize her sounds, her scents, matching them up with my fragmented memories of Rin. Perhaps this was her. It was possible wasn't it? If I, cold hearted unfeeling Yokai Lord Sesshomaru had learned how to fall in love with a human, anything was possible.

As her presence grew faint, and I could no longer hear her, I finally allowed my self to move. Hesitantly of course. It was hard to walk away from her, but walk away I did. I dropped to the park floor, pressing my fingers to my lips I left a kiss on Rin's grave, then making sure no one was around to witness, lept into the trees. I had a lot to think about, I needed to be alone right now.

A few miles away, I landed nimbly on the front porch to my home. I walked up the marble steps to my overly ornate oak door. Once inside I brushed the snow flakes from my coat for unfortunately it had begun to snow, then began to strip off the extra layers. My coat, gloves and scarf all found their way into the closet, my dripping shoes left at the front door. I padded through the cold dark hallways up to my study hidden on the far side of my ridiculously large house. My study had been redecorated to resemble the traditional Japanese bedroom that Rin and I had shared half a millennia ago. I had mad copies of our old garments, had old trinkets and pieces dear to us preserved, I had even hired a famous ink painter to put her likeness to paper which was framed and hung up on my wall. There was no futon here like there had been in our old room, no one was here to sleep on it. Other than that small difference, this room was an exact replica. It was the only place on this earth that brought me peace. I thought maybe that being here amongst all of her possessions, and the things that held her essence, perhaps I could solve the enigma of the return of my beloved.

She did not just look like my Rin. She had the same walk, the same laugh, the same smile, the same comforting presence, the same scent. If they were not the same person then I was a cat. But how could that be possible? The chances of her being reincarnated were nearly impossible. Not just any person had the luck of being reincarnated. Besides, if her soul had been truly lost, as I was beginning to believe it had been, it would be impossible to bring her back in any way shape or form. Every being needed a soul to survive. Demons who had lost their souls stole the souls of others in order to survive. If I had found the demons whom had stolen Rin's soul from her and regained her soul, I could have found a way to bring her back, body or not. But there was no record of them, no trail whatsoever. It seemed as though that their attack on my beloved was their last act on this earth. There was no trace of them after that moment.

I began to pace across hard wood floors. Why couldn't I figure this out?! There had to be an explanation. I had seen her, she wasn't my imagination. She was real, alive, and here in this time. Something or someone had brought her back, but how? I had been without her for too long. Now she was finally back, I didn't know how, and she didn't even remember me. I had suffered enough hadn't I? Even I deserved to be a little bit happy didn't I?

Reaching the far wall, I pulled back my arm and sent my fist flying through the wall. "WHY?!!"

Retracting my arm, I turned around and slumped against the wall, my anger gone in an instant, leaving behind despair, and over 500 years of pent up loneliness. I needed to find her again. Perhaps a history check. I needed clues to solve this puzzle. If she was back in this world, I wanted to have her back in my life, and I intended to do everything in my power to make that a reality. No one would take her from me this time, not again.

Ring ring…Ring ring…Ring ri-*click*

"Hello?"

"I need to speak with you…now."

"Sesshomaru?"

"Come to my house, it's important."

Sesshomaru what are you talking about? Are you ok?"

"Please Inuyasha just do as I say."

"O.K I'll be there in five, sit tight."

"Thankyou…"

*Click*

(A/N: Shall they start a search for the elusive girl who may or may not be Rin? I think so ;D)