They hold a funeral; many come in the morning, even more so when night falls.

(Inuyasha stays rooted to the same spot for days.)

Time passes.

(There are times when Miroku has to coax his friend from brooding by her grave. There are times he succeeds.)

Pain does not, only fading into the background until summoned.

(Sango names one of her daughters Kagome.)

She was buried under the God tree.

(Sesshoumaru was not one to refuse Rin when she wanted to thank someone within her favor.)

They mourn her passing faithfully each year, the grave kept clean. Sometimes there are offerings; scriptures, flowers, sometimes even slaughtered, cleaned animals.

(Kouga fought with Sango over who could name their daughter Kagome. He settled for naming one of his sons Higurashi.)

They were always carried back to the village by Inuyasha.

"It's what she would have wanted," he would clarify to those who came up to the hanyou.