CHAPTER 12:

'Did you forget about her, Sesshoumaru-sama?' He heard a voice and whirled around. There was no one there…He knitted his eyebrows together and he wondered if he was going insane…'Did everyone here in the House forget about her?' The voice asked in a whisper, ghosting over his skin, like butterfly kisses. He paid no attention to the memory as the voice continued'Why? She was so nice, and really she was the only one that matched your temper…' It mused sounding sad. 'She always knew that I was here and that I was watching over you.' The voice said after a while. 'Who are you…?' He growled 'Don't go and hide in the shadows…' he said as he looked around the room.'Did you forget about me as well?' The voice asked'Do you not even recognise my voice, Sesshoumaru-sama…' His breath stopped and his eyes became wide. 'Rin…' He whispered. The voice chuckled 'see, that wasn't so hard, now was it, Sesshoumaru-sama.' A brilliant light appeared in the room and Rin stood in front of him. Wearing a silver dress with little shimmers woven in the fabric. She wore it when they had brought her to her final resting place 'Rin…' he whispered again. She nodded. She wore a soft, angelic smile as she walked up to him.'Why did you forget about her Sesshoumaru-sama?' Rin whispered as she looked at him with the brown eyes that she used to have. 'Who do you mean?' He asked as he looked down at her, not understanding who she meant. Rin shook her head 'Why did you forget her?' She asked again. Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at her, not wanting to play this game with his deceased daughter'Why did you forget about her?' she repeated 'Who did I forget, Rin?' Rin took a deep breath and repeated her question. 'Tell me, who did I forget…?' He screamed at her now, furious that she didn't answer his question right away, like she used to do when she was alive. 'I may not tell you a name, as long as you don't remember her face. I may tell you that you forgot the owner of the scent you has been lingering here.' She held his face in her hands and locked eyes with him'Think, father, and remember her… Think deeply, force yourself to break that blockage that has been cast upon you…' She whispered as she searched his eyes. Sesshoumaru felt his heart break when Rin called him father, evenmore that she was holding his face, like she wasn't even dead. 'One that told you, that you would never be able to break her, despite your provocations… despite your torments… one that stood up for her friend Saffa… One that pretended to be your mate despite the fact that she hated you at that point. One that ripped your heart away… because I can see it in your eyes, father. She still has it, although you have forgotten all about her…' Rin whispered as her eyes turned sad'Think, and think hard father… even when it will hurt… you have to remember her… She was here… If you remember, you can find her.' Rin finished as she let his face go.

Sesshoumaru had listened to her breathlessly and closed his eyes as he once again inhaled the scent that was so familiar to him. When he came close to remembering a stone wall crashed down, blocking his view as he pressed on.'Pay no attention to them, press on, and remember the one that captured your heart. The one that you long for at night, sleeping in your arm.' Walls and stone bricks came falling from the sky and piled up in front of his mind's eye, as he fought on to remember who or whatever Rin had asked him to remember. Jet black hair, flames, a voice… he saw deep green eyes with different emotions in them.'Good, you are remembering her… what is her name?' He heard Rin say.'Press on…' She whispered as Sesshoumaru dropped to his knees and grabbed his head. The images of jet black hair, green eyes, fires of anger and sparks of love started to speed up. There was an explosion in front of his eyes and a young woman, who thought she had been a human but in real was a beautiful fire vixen, was standing in his mind's eye. He knew her… he remembered her…'What is her name?' she asked as wind picked up in the room. Sesshoumaru looked at Rin who was standing straight and looked down at him.'Her name, Sesshoumaru!' She called over the wind. Yet Sesshoumaru had no idea what the vixen's name was.'Her name! What is her name?' She said as thunder lit up the sky outside the windows and the lights died out throughout the House.'HER NAME, DAD! CALL IT! CALL HER NAME!' She screamed at him with furious eyes. The images piled up inside his head, memories that were locked behind a wall came tumbling down upon him. Fights, training sessions, sex, laughs, romantic candle light dinners… thinking she was human, but was a fire vixen.

In between the memories he saw burning letters speeding up, making a name for him.'HER NAME!' he heard Rin scream at him once again. The letters came across his lips as he gasped when the name hit. 'FAYA!' He screamed and his eyes snapped open and looked up at his foster daughter who nodded. The storm outside was gone as soon as it had started and Rin bent through her knees. 'You remember her, don't you…?' She asked as her face split into a wide and serene smile as she helped him to his feet. 'How could I forget about her…?' He whispered as he looked at Rin with wide eyes.'Who is the only youkai that you know off that can take away memories?'Rin asked her father instead. Within a second his eyes changed crimson red and growled his name in rage. 'Exactly… Faya wasn't the only that didn't like him, remember? Now, go and get her back.' Rin told him with a smile. Before he stormed out of the bedroom Rin stopped him and looked into his face. 'You're not going to like what you will see, when you find her father.' She said as she looked at him.'She's not the same anymore…' and cast her eyes down. 'What do you mean…?' She didn't answer him 'Tell me, Rin…' Rin looked up at him 'He succeeded in what you never could… he broke her spirit… She is now known as Mokumoku Mumei, a nameless mute that lives in the cells of the Eastern Mountain palace.' Sesshoumaru took a step back and for the first time, since Rin had died, fear gripped his heart.'You know what happens to a fire vixen when her spirit is broken…' Rin said as she looked at him. Sesshoumaru knew all too well. The changes of survival and recovery was almost none existent. Rin stepped in front of him. 'You also know about his infamous parties.' She whispered, at the point weeping now. Sesshoumaru looked at his daughter, heartbroken. He didn't do that, did he? As if reading his mind Rin nodded and his face fell. 'It will be a long and heavy battle for you, father…' she whispered as she looked at him.'You'll need two arms for that…' She stepped back as more blue lights appeared around them and floated in the room.'Let me repay you for letting me live in your life and that I was able to have met you…' She whispered with tears in her eyes.

The blue lights that swirled around her started to spin faster and faster dove to the side of his armless shoulder and saw how his arm got reattached to his shoulder. In amazement he looked at his growing arm and how he could move it without thinking. Like, it had always been there. 'It was still part of you… although you could not see it… it has still been there… I just made it corporal for you…' He heard her whisper. 'Now go and safe your wife, father…' She gave a smile, and shook her head as he opened his mouth. 'You don't have to, just bring her back to the House… I'll take care of the memories of the servants.'' She hugged him and then disappeared from his vision. 'I'll always be here… father…' A voice came to him and echoed through his head. He looked at his arm and made a fist. 'Good… payback time…' He said, bared his fangs and wanted to shift out of the room.'Euh, dad…' Sesshoumaru looked at her and she pursed her lips as she pointed at his outfit. 'This is just a suggestion, you know, but I think it's probably wise to put some clothes on, before you go and save her…' she chuckled as Sesshoumaru looked at himself and scratched the back of his head. 'I think you're probably right…' He said and walked into his own room. Rin chuckled and watched him leave. When he was dressed he walked out of the room and downstairs. There he shifted away, to save the one who he had forgotten…

As Sesshoumaru had gone Rin appeared once more and watched the room with sadness in her eyes. 'Rin…' She heard and turned around. 'We need to go…' Rin nodded and closed her eyes 'Be well, Faya, conquer him and safe the both of you from the shadows.' She whispered. 'RIN!' She heard once again. Rin pouted at the voice and then disappeared as well.