CHAPTER 3

RIN POV

The next day was Saturday so as soon as we all woke up and got showered we each changed into out own little dresses. Mine was a black sundress that was tight up top and flowed down to my lower thigh and it had silver linen of various flowers on the top part and it was strapless, I also put on black high heeled wedges, no make-up needed (none of my sisters wear make-up so I don't) and blow dried my hair and left it hanging in curls down to my waist.

Kagome's dress was a white halter top designed sundress, the same as me but with the red linen of a dragon going down the side of it. She also had on White high heeled wedges and straightened it with her bangs straight in the front of her face, she looked really good with her hair like that.

Sango had on Black spaghetti strapped sundress that went to her upper thigh with a purple sash and purple wedges and left her hair up in a high ponytail but made I curl down so it looked like a very long spiral with a white bow.

Finally Ayame had on a white one shouldered sundress with a pretty emerald green linen forming a howling wolf ( her favorite animal ) that went just to her knees and had on green wedges. ( If you haven't figured out yet that those our favorite colors you need serious help J )

" So where are we going to again Sango?" I asked as I pulled out my chair to sit down and eat some French toast. Today was our parents wedding Anniversary so we always did something special but it was always a surprise because Sango never told us what we were doing.

" Well I was thinking about it might hard last night and I came up with the perfect place to go….. We are going to Osaka to visit mom and dads grave." She said with a small smile.

I instantly dropped my food and rushed to her and started to cry. We don't get to visit our parents grave a lot because the dies in Osaka so that's where their graves had to be and it was so far away, between school and the band we never had anytime to go. It was heartbreaking.

" OMG I cant believe it, when are we leaving? Kagome get down here now you have to hear this!" I said still smiling and trying to wipe the tears off my face, while hurrying to finish my food so we could go.

Kagome finally got downstairs with Ayame and when they heard the news they started jumping up and down as the each finished their food and ushered each other out the door.

They stopped at a really big flower shop in town and each picked out two flowers for each their mother and father. Rin picked out two lilies, one purple and one yellow for her mother and two Belle flowers for her father, both Blue.

Sango, Ayame, and Kagome all picked out various colors of Golden Rods, celosias, curly willows, Freesias, and Gingers. Once we paid for the flowers we all exited the store only to bump into the four last boys we expected to see walking by the flower shop… Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, Miroku, and Kouga.

We all stared at each other for a couple of moments until Sango finally snapped out of it and told to hurry or the gates to the cemetery would be closed soon.

If the boys had heard her at all they chose to ignore it knowing that our parents died last year, For once they didn't argue, because they knew our parents wedding anniversary was today, ( how you may ask?) Their parents and our parents were believe it or not extremely close and were like second family to us. We even have our own bedrooms back at their estate, Courtesy of their dear mother Izayoi who we have all grown to think of as a second mother, sometimes when we sleep over at their house during huge storms, or when there is a really bad gang passing through Tokyo, we actually have a really fun time. We also really like their father Inutaisho, the great Dog demon of the West. Before we left surprisingly enough, Sesshomaru said,

" If you guys need a place to stay for a while you know your always welcome at home." He said with a blank stare, having lost his own mother, he knows what it feels like to be alone and sad for a while.

I replied to him with a small smile and said back, "We know, we might just take up on that offer." "Thanks"

"Anytime" He replied then they continued on walking as we got back into the limo and started the 3 hour drive there.

Once we finally got there we got out slowly as predictably it started to drizzle very lightly.

The only sound we made as we walked to their tombstones was the pattering of the rain against cement and the light clicking of our shoes each holding our own little bouquet of flowers.

Sango was the first to speak saying how much she missed them both and that she was doing all she could to keep it together for us three. And we each new how hard it has been on Sango knowing she has to keep us all safe and healthy.. It must have been so hard on her, since she's still so young, taking on so much responsibility. We all took a turn and when it was my turned I tried my best not to cry stepping up to their stones and laying down the separate flowers.

" I miss you guys so much,'' I whispered as tears slowly made there way down my

slightly flushed cheeks. " But you should know that Sango is doing a wonderful job at

taking care of us, and keeping us safe and healthy. I don't know if you can here me,

momma, papa, but I still don't understand why you had to leave us so soon, I mean we

aren't even out of high school yet and one day you just leave our lives forever… Did we

do something wrong?" As soon as those words left my mouth Sango, kagome and

Ayame all grabbed me in a hug whispering that we did nothing wrong at all and that

God just wanted them to come home.

About 1 hour later we left with a "see you guys soon" and "happy wedding anniversary" and continued home, by the time we got back home it was 5:00 P.m. and each made the decision that we didn't want to stay home alone that night so we packed some things into our duffel bags and headed over to the Taisho estate.

As we walked up the 30 long steps and knocked on the door, Izayoi came out wearing a beautiful Dark blue kimono that flowed elegantly down to the floor with a white dog demon sewn into the front and a bigger smile that even I could manage, and I was like the queen of smiles, except for today of course.

Inutaisho walked up to the door and put an arm around Izayoi's waist, a blank face until he saw us silently letting tears fall down our cheeks, me in the front.

His face suddenly went soft and he smiled, " Welcome home girls" he said ushering us in and out of the rain.