Chapter Three
Sesshomaru's Tear
"What is it Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha said looking around the kingdom remembering that this was the place where he was born at.
"Insueka told me that I should ask for forgiveness from you for everything I did to you and your friends. I am sorry." Inuyasha was shocked that his brother was saying sorry.
"Are you sure that you are Sesshomaru?"
"Yes, but this Sesshomaru fell in love so that is why I am acting nice."
"Don't worry brother Insueka will get better." Inuyasha felt that his brother needed someone to help him.
"I know but....I hate this feeling. It makes me too weak and sad."
"But I am happy for you." Sesshomaru stopped to look at his brother.
"But why?"
"I think that you should fall in love with someone and worry for her a lot. I guess that she cares about you a lot too."
"Thank you." Sesshomaru starting walking off again with his head down.
"Can I return to my friends?"
"Yes, but I wish for you and your friends to stay the night here. Sense this is the place you were born at."
"Thank you Sesshomaru." Sesshomaru walked off to his room.
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Later that night Insueka woke up. "Thank you everyone." She said to herself. But she heard someone's voice. "Sesshomaru?" She ran out of her room and was running toward the voice. She ran until she came to a large tree.
"Insueka?"
"Sesshomaru?" Sesshomaru jumped from a branch and stopped in front of her. "By the look in your eyes you were worried about me. And you did not sleep well."
"How could I sleep? I was worried that you would leave me." Sesshomaru pulled her into his arms.
"Sesshomaru I am sorry for making you worry." But then she felt something warm and wet hit her face. "Sesshomaru are you crying?"
"I was worried I didn't know how to react when you just lied there asleep. I didn't want to lose you. You are the first to ever make me feel like this. And I feel like a fool because I can not control this feeling." He held her a little tighter.
"..................."
"Insueka?"
"Yes?" She looked up at him.
"I.... think that I...I love you." She started to cry within his arms.
"I love you too." As soon as she said that Sesshomaru kissed her. She knew that he was telling the truth with the first touch of lips against hers. So she kissed him back. They were kissing for a while then returned to the castle. And everyone was waiting for them.
"About time we have been waiting for you two." Shinta said trying not to laugh.
"We were just talking." Insueka said blushing.
"Yeah right then if you two were then why are you blushing." Inuyasha teased.
"Like she said we were only talking."
"Is Sesshomaru actually blushing?" Kagome said looking at Sesshomaru.
"Yes, it looks like it." Sango said laughing. Everyone was laughing. Sesshomaru and Insueka were still blushing.
"Lord Sesshomaru the north, south and eastern lords would like to speak with you." Said a demon walking toward Sesshomaru.
"Yes I am coming." Insueka watch Sesshomaru then let out a sigh.
"What's wrong Insueka?" Kagome walked over to her.
"Nothing."
"You and Sesshomaru kissed!" Shippo said happily. She nodded.
"Yeah my sister and Lord Sesshomaru........." Sango, Kagome, and Insueka shut his mouth before he could say the last word. Then the girls sighed. "What was that for?!"
"If someone heard that then Sesshomaru would be in trouble." But then Insueka heard the conversation between the lords.
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"Someone has informed me that you and that half-breed kissed." The ruler of the northern lands Nacashi said.
"Not only did he hear it he saw it." The ruler of the eastern lands Shinyoko said.
"First we allow you to bring in a human. Then we allow you to bring a half-breed and her human brother." The lord of the southern lands Yashiyoco said.
"First the Western lands are the lands I rule. Second you did not allow me to bring in Rin. I did because she was going to stay with Insoka. Third I brought Insueka here because upon her she has a curse and I think that I have to book to get rid of it." Sesshomaru said balling his hand into a fist.
"Soykon jewel of ten souls." said the lords.
"How did you know?"
"The jewel has souls of dead women that died because of the curse and their scent is strong." Shinyoko said.
"But back to the matter of Sesshomaru kissing a half-breed." Nacashi said.
"Her name is Insueka!" Sesshomaru snapped.
"Well then this Insueka why did you kiss her? You are a strong demon and the youngest to ever rule the western lands. But she is a half-breed with a curse and she is becoming weak. And sooner or later she will die." Yashiyoco said looking at Sesshomaru.
"Exactly, so why wasting time on a half-breed that is going to die in two months." Shinyoko had said. Sesshomaru got up and slammed the door behind him.
"What was that?" Sango said getting to her feet.
"Sesshomaru?" Sesshomaru was walking down the hall but stopped for a few seconds to look at Insueka. Then he kept walking.
"What's his problem?" Said Miroku. Insueka ran after him.
"Sesshomaru! Wait I need to speak with you!" Insueka was running toward Sesshomaru. He stopped then looked at her. "I heard everything you all saying. If I wasn't so careless and died you wouldn't be...."
"If I didn't save your life we could have never met and Inuyasha and I would still be fighting and not forgiving."
"Sesshomaru?"
"Don't ever say that it was your fault. I will get rid of that demon in the morning. You should rest; you may leave with Inuyasha to talk to your father."
"I want you to come with me and Shinta." Insueka said almost to herself.
"But I do not wish to bother Inuyasha and his friends."
"I should have never asked." She ran into her room.
"Insueka I am sorry but you should go with Inuyasha." He went into his room.
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"So I guess they are not coming back. Well we all should go to sleep." Inuyasha said walking away to his room. Everyone else followed him except for Shinta.
"Daddy, Mommy, and big brother where are you all." Shinta ran to his room.
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Morning came along and Insueka was packing for her trip ahead. But someone came to her room.
"How is your shoulder?" Insueka spun around and saw Sesshomaru.
"It is better." She continued to pack.
"I am sorry about last night. The other lords said something I was kind of upset. So to make up for last night, I wanted to give you this." Sesshomaru handed her a notebook. She took it and opened it up.
"Thank you." But then she read some of the pages. "But Sesshomaru this is about my curse."
"Yes, I did some research and wrote down some important things. I hope it helps with your search."
"It will help a lot." She put the book on top of her stuff. She was wearing the dress Sesshomaru gave her.
"You are wearing the dress."
"Yeah I forgot to wear it yesterday. So I thought that I could wear it now."
"Insueka we will be at the door! Come down when you are ready!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Ok! So I guess that this is good-bye for now." Insueka said sadly.
".............."
"Good-bye Sesshomaru. I will return soon. So wait for me." Sesshomaru walked toward her and hugged her.
"I will wait for you. I will take good care of Shinta." She returned his hug.
"I will be back I promise." She gave him a quick kiss on the lips but before she could get away he held her as he kissed her. One single tear drop went down her face. A few minutes later he let her go.
"I love you."
"I love you too." She grabbed her bag and went out the door. All Sesshomaru could do was to watch her leave.
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"Are you ready now?" Inuyasha said looking at Insueka.
"Yes, sorry it took so long." Insueka took one look back at Sesshomaru and went out the door.
"Ok for one Insueka, do not say that you miss Sesshomaru, and another do not run off into the woods alone."
"Ok Inuyasha." She remembered that she forgot her sword. "AH!"
"What is it?!" Everyone yelled.
"I forgot my sword."
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Sesshomaru was walking around her room. And saw that she had left her sword. "She left her sword." Sesshomaru grabbed it and ran toward the gate.
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"Hold on I will be right back." Insueka turned and went to the gate but Sesshomaru already came through it holding her sword. They stared at each other for a moment then Sesshomaru handed her, her sword.
"I noticed that you forgot your sword, so I thought that I could take it to you."
"Thank you." Insueka held her sword then ran to catch up with the others. But she looked back and smiled. It seemed as if a lot of weight came off his shoulders he smiled back at her.
"I will wait forever for you Insueka." He said to himself. She ran to catch up with her new group. Sesshomaru turned and went inside.
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"So Insueka you can wield a sword?" Miroku said looking at Insueka; who was still holding her sword.
"Yes, this sword belonged to my father. So this sword is special to me."
"Just because it belonged to your father." Inuyasha said looking at it.
"Don't you treasure you father's sword?" Insueka tilted her head to see his face.
"A sword is a sword. There is nothing special about them."
"But if was only just a sword then why do you refuse on giving it to Sesshomaru? Maybe it is just that you treasure it." Inuyasha was silent for a while.
"I don't want Sesshomaru kill others with tetsusaiga."
"Yeah sure then why are you thinking I do treasure tetsusaiga."
"But how did you know what I was thinking."
"I can read your mind. But before you all start to think something. I can only read your mind if I want to. And that is rarely." Everyone let out a deep sigh. "But let's move onto another topic. Like...um...my father!"
"Why do you want to talk about Naraku?" Miroku said.
"I want to know something."
"What?"
"Are you all still on the idea of killing him?"
"Yes."
"But what if I were to open the nicer Naraku. Would you still kill him?"
"We don't know. But how are we not to kill someone who killed so many?"
"I know that it is hard but I know that it is useless to say that he has a family. Because I know exactly what you all would say? But he has killed people within a family so why should be spared when he didn't spare the lives of them. I do want you to spare his life for two months. Then you may kill him if you like."
"Huh?" Everyone said looking confused.
"I just want my father to be there before I die."
"But surely you will die years to come."
"No, I am under a family curse. I will die in two months to come."
"What?!" Everyone yelled.
"I am under the curse of the Soykon jewel of ten souls. My ending is to come soon."
"I have heard of that curse." Everyone stopped walking and turned to Miroku. "The Soykon is the sister of the Shikon jewel of four souls. Am I right?"
"Yes the jewel is the sister of the scared jewel but it is already evil."
"So how you are pure hearted?" Inuyasha said jokingly. Insueka looked as if she was going to kill Inuyasha.
"Well the jewel kills those of pure heart. The jewel hates them so it kills them slowly. I guess." Insueka said walking off.
"I just remembered that your aunt told us a little about your curse." Shippo said jumping into Insueka's arms.
"I would not be surprised." She let out a sigh.
"I was wondering, what was the real reason that you left your home."
"Inuyasha you know very well. The villagers didn't accept me for being a half-breed. They said that half-breed were evil and were not allowed to live in this world." Insueka sounded sad. Inuyasha looked up into the sky.
"A lot of people humans or demons do not accept us half-breeds."
"When my mother was alive all the villagers left me alone. But when she was said to be dead, everyone made fun of me."
"Mother....." Inuyasha said quietly.
"Inuyasha?" Insueka said looking at Inuyasha.
"Huh?"
"We are lucky because there is someone who loves us for who we are."
"I guess that you are right."
'I know that Insueka is talking about Kikyo. He will never love me.' Kagome thought but Insueka looked at her sadly.
"Inuyasha come and walk with me."
"Huh?"
"I need to speak with you." Insueka walked away from the group. Inuyasha looked confused but followed her.
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"I guess that we will wait for then here." Miroku said.
"I think that she read my mind." Kagome thought.
"Inuyasha?" Insueka said when night was about to come.
"Yes?"
"Do you love Kagome?" Inuyasha was shocked.
"Huh? What kind of question is that!?"
"Answer the damn question!"
".........."
"So I take that as a no."
"No!"
"You do love her?" Inuyasha fell speechless.
"I don't know."
"I need to tell you something Kagome said while being held captive by Koga."
"Yes?"
"Kagome slapped Koga and said that 'I am not a slave at some auction then you come and bid me then take me as your property. Besides I am not available I am already kind of seeing a guy sort of.' Koga said 'You're taken. Don't tell that you are seeing that mutt faced Inutrasha.' Kagome said 'His name is not Inutrasha. So don't insult him. He is couragest, brave, and has a good heart when he is not mad. And he is has a nice name Inuyasha.' I think that is how it went." Inuyasha seemed shocked.
"She said that?"
"Yes every word." Insueka seemed pleased at Inuyasha's expression.
"But she seemed to be in love with Koga."
"And she knows that you are in love with that LIVING DEAD WOMAN KIKYOU!!" Inuyasha was thrown back at her tone.
"But...."
"Don't but me Kikyo is dead and Kagome is alive. Common sense to go with the living one."
"But they both are alive."
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ALIVE? KIKYOU IS DEAD I TELL YOU DEAD, DEAD, DEAD, DEAD!!"
"How would you feel if your first love came back?"
"Shut up! Jiro died three years! I have moved on with my life." Insueka said sadly.
"You didn't answer the question!"
"I will stay with Sesshomaru! It would be hard to give Jiro up but he died and there was nothing I could do to stop it!"
"So you made your mind that quick even if he was the first one that ever made you feel safe and belonged."
"I am a woman and I can do things upon my rules and.....enough about my life. I am talking about a girl who loves you more than anything. Isn't that enough to love her back!"
"No!"
"What?!"
"My heart was made up."
"You jerk." Insueka slapped him very hard on the side of his face. "You love that dead person who has been dead for more than fifty years. So you choose her over a living and breathing person. Inuyasha, Sesshomaru was right about you. You are a stupid jackass. I don't even know why Kagome loves you. She puts you ahead of everything."
"How is that true."
"You know that she could stay in her own era and let you look for the jewel shards yourself. But staying away from you would cause her to want to die. She will do everything to kill herself."
"How do you know?!"
"Jiro was lying dead in front of me. His blood was everywhere. I felt like there was nothing to live for so when wolfs attacked I thought that it would be great to be killed by them. But your brother saved my life. I was scared to fall in love with him. And don't ever say that I don't know these things!" Insueka was crying as she spoke to Inuyasha.
"........."
"So make up your god damn mind now! Who the hell is it that you want to live with or love? Let me warn you if you pick the wrong person and if she dies I will make you wished that you died as well!"
"Kagome....?" Inuyasha stared at someone behind Insueka. She turned and saw Kagome.
"Kag...Kagome, What are you doing here?" Insueka said as she saw tears starting to flow from her eyes.
"I knew it, Inuyasha! You would pick Kikyo over me." The tears started to flow faster.
"Kagome." Inuyasha was walking toward her.
"Don't come near me! And don't even try to touch me." She ran off.
"KAGOME!!"
"You have made up your mind?" Insueka was scared of what he might say.
"Kagome, I wish to be with Kagome."
"Then why are you still here?" Inuyasha looked at her. She smiled for encouragement. He nodded then ran after her.
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"Inuyasha why did you pick Kikyo over me?!" She screamed through the night when she had reached the bone eaters' well.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha said coming behind her. She turned quickly to run but she was in Inuyasha's arms.
"Inuyasha I told you not to touch me."
"I am sorry but I was a little upset with Insueka. I didn't mean what I said." Kagome looked up at him and saw in his eyes he was sorry and he wanted to make it up to her.
"I will forgive you now but if you say something else about you wanting to be with Kikyo. I am going home." He nodded as he held her in his arms. Not to far away Insueka watched and then left them to think on her own.
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"Jiro you know that I could never give you up." She walked to where they were setting camp for the night.
"Insueka do you know where Inuyasha and Kagome are?" Miroku said.
"No." She smiled in her head.
"Then we better look for them." Sango said walking pass Insueka but she stopped her.
"No, leave them be for the time being." Sango nodded. Then Insueka went over to a huge tree and jumped on one of its branches with her bag at hand.
"Insueka tell me why were you and Inuyasha yelling at each other?" Shippo came and sat in her lap when she sat down.
"I will tell you tomorrow. I am tried."
"You promise."
"I promise." Shippo jumped off her lap and she opened her bag and saw the notebook. She picked it up and ran her finger down the notebook. "Sesshomaru Thank you for helping me. I have no way to thank you for everything you have done for me." She opened the book and started to read it.
After a while Inuyasha and Kagome came back to camp.
"Where have you two been?" Sango said walking toward Kagome.
"Talking." Both of them said blushing. Insueka fell asleep on the branch. Her book fell off her lap and hit Inuyasha in the head.
"Ouch!" Inuyasha picked up the book and opened it.
"What is that?" Shippo said as Shippo jump on Inuyasha's shoulder.
"It is a book." Inuyasha read some of the pages. Then he had a shock look on his face when he turned the page.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome said walking over to him and read the page.
"Well what is it?"
"It says here that Insueka would have to die in order for the jewel to be rid of her body." Insueka woke up and she heard the others talking.
"Insueka is going to die?" Shippo said.
"Yes, and I can see that it will be soon." Inuyasha said.
"She said that she will die in two months." Kagome said.
"What are you guys doing?" Insueka jumped off the branch and saw that Inuyasha had her book.
"Nothing." Inuyasha hid the book.
"I saw it already. Don't worry I am not mad. But....."
"But what?"
She took a deep breath. "BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE READING ANYTHING THAT IS NOT YOURS! I DIDN'T WANT YOU ALL TO FIND IT AND READ IT! GOD, TALK ABOUT NOISEY!"
"SORRY, IT FELL ON MY HEAD!"
"DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE I WANTED IT TO FALL ONTO YOUR THICK HEAD!"
"Please would you two stop?" Kagome said. They stopped.
"Insueka is there any way to stop our curse?" Shippo said.
"Yes, but it is the only way to get rid of it."
"How is that?"
"I have to die then the jewel will be rid of my body sense I have no heir."
"But you can't die."
"I have to, if I want the curse of my family to end." She turned away from everyone so that they wouldn't see her expression.
"But what will happen to Sesshomaru?" Insueka turned and her face looked hurt. Then slowly she turned her head.
"I....I don't know? I....I just hope that he will be fine." Insueka fought hard to hold back her tears. "I don't wish to leave Sesshomaru. I know my death will make him turn to dieing." She grasped as a vision hit her.
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"Lord Sesshomaru you have to eat." Shinta said.
"No, I am not hungry." He voice was weak and his body looked fragile. He also looked very old due to his lack of health.
"But you have to or you will die."
"Then I will die if that is the only way I can live in happiness with Insueka!" Sesshomaru coughed.
"But what about Rin, Inuyasha, and me. Insueka left us because she only wished to stop our family's curse."
"But I can't live without her. I haven't been living sense she died."
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The vision ended. 'What if I just......No I can't even if I want it so badly. I can't let my child suffer.' Insueka's tears could not be held back any longer.
"Insueka, what's wrong?" Inuyasha said in a concerned voice.
"Nothing, I am fine." Everyone was to hurt to say anything else. There was a long silence but Shippo broke it.
"Insueka, do you want to kill yourself?"
"Shippo!" The others said in a yell.
"No, I want to live with Sesshomaru. I want to be a mother, a wife, and person who can live their life to the fullest. But I can't do those because I want to stop my curse more than anything."
"Are you afraid of dieing?"
"Shippo!"
"Yes, because I am going to have to leave a man who I love more then anything and a lot of good friends. But I have two months before my death and I wish to complete a lot of things I had planned before I leave." She smiled.
"How can she smile about something this emotional?" Miroku said.
"I have practiced to smile when I am sad or lonely."
"But when you smile it is as if nothing happened."
"Yes, I know."
"We should go to sleep." Inuyasha said.
"OK." Everyone went to the place they were going to sleep. Insueka and Inuyasha jumped onto different tree branches. Kagome took out her sleeping bag, Shippo slept next to her. Miroku and Sango went to sleep on the ground.
After a while Insueka woke up.
"Kikyo is coming. Now is my chance to be rid Inuyasha of her?" Insueka jumped off the branch and made her way into the forest.
Kikyo was walking through the forest smiling wickedly.
"So you came Inuyasha." Kikyo turned to the dark figure.
"Not to disappoint you but I am not Inuyasha. I am Insueka and I have come to kill you. Inuyasha wishes to be with Kagome and for you to stop interfering on them. You would need to die again."
"I will not die until I finish what I have started."
"But you have no choice. Inuyasha wants Kagome and not you. You're died and Kagome isn't so do the math. One will need to die in order for the other to be happy with Inuyasha. And he has made up his mind. NOW DIE!" Insueka said getting ready to attack her. But Kikyo pulled out a bow and arrow out of nowhere. She shot an arrow but Insueka dodged it.
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Inuyasha heard the fighting and so did the others.
"What is going on?" Shippo said.
"I don't know but where is Insueka?" Kagome said.
"I smell Kikyo and it sounds as if there is a fighting going on." Inuyasha said.
"Could they be fighting?" Sango said.
"Yes, it sounds as if there are." Miroku said.
"But why are they fighting?" Sango said.
"Insueka wants to kill Kikyo because I have made up my mind of who I want to stay with Kagome."
"So I take it that you chose Kagome over Kikyo." Inuyasha blushed.
"What so he gave up Kikyo for me?" Kagome thought.
"Should we go check on them?"
"No, I think that they will be fine." Inuyasha went back to sleep. Everyone looked at one another shockingly. Then went back to sleep.
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Kikyo was badly injured. Insueka had a small flesh wound on her arm.
"I will kill you." Insueka said with a smile then took her sword into her hands. There was a silvery light covering the sword. And then it transformed into a huge sword. It looks like the tetsusaiga but instead of the fur near the hand grip. There was a something like fire covering it. Insueka ran toward Kikyo and Kikyo tried to escape. But before she could move she was dead (again). Insueka walked back to the camp where everyone was still asleep. She jumped back into her branch and fell asleep.
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Soon after Insueka had killed Kikyo morning came along and it had a beautiful sunrise to it.
"Wow! What a beautiful morning?" Kagome said stretching.
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Sango said as she started to pack her things.
"So did Insueka return?" said Miroku.
"Yeah, I am right here." Insueka jumped from the branch.
"Your arm it's..." Shippo started to say.
"It is alright."
"We know that you and Kikyo were fighting last night." Inuyasha jumped off the tree and landed behind her.
"I am sorry but if you wanted to....."
"Don't worry I am not mad."
"Good I thought you were going to kill me or something."
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Hey thanks for the reviews. I hope that the chapter wasn't that confusing. I have chapters from 1-5 and they are kind of messed up. I wrote these chapters a long time ago. So please give me a break. And please review. No flames. Since this was the first fanfiction I ever wrote. Well thanks see you next time.