I looked up the steps leading to the shrine. Sango and Miroku had driven me here when I asked them to. Apparently the Shikon No Tama had given them demon souls to allow them to live. I walked up the steps with a heavy heart and hesitated at the front door. I bit my lip and opened the door, stepping in. I sniffed the air... Only to smell mold and dust... Not the jasmine of mom... Nor the cinnamon of grandfather... Not even the burned cedar of my brother. I jumped slightly at the thump as something jumped from the cabinet to the floor. I looked at the poor creature and realized that the skinny form was my cat... Bayou. I wept and knelt to pick him up. I whispered appologese to him and he purred weakly and nuzzled me. I had forgotten him... I would be surprised if he survived. I looked up the steps leading to my room. Rather the third step up from the floor. I set bayou down gently and peeled the step off to retrieve Tetsaiga in its rust form and the prayer necklace I pulled off of Inuyasha. I then peered at the spot beneath the step and tilted my head. Curiousely I pulled a huge, thin box made of jade with emeralds, sapphires, and onyxes spelling my name on the box. The box pulsed, making me pulse with it and my eyes widened. It was calling to me. Telling me to open it. I opened the lid and gasped as my silver eyes looked upon a beautiful bow that looked to be made from an elegant giant fang. The string was made of long silver strands that were thick and beautiful. The bow itself was carved to look like vines all twining around a beautiful woman whom I reccognized as Midoriko. Her open eyes were two small sapphires, her hair made of opal, her skin was the same material as the bow. Her hands were in a prayer position around the hole in her chest where the arrow would fly through. The bow smelled of Inuyasha and the hair smelled of Sesshoumaru. Tears pricked my eyes and spilled over my cheeks and I smiled softly. I picked everything up, strapped it all on and picked Bayou up gently, cradling him in my arms. I walked slowly down the shrine steps, everything shimmering before dissapearing behind me as I walked. Finally reaching the car they waited in, I looked back, seeing only a steep green hill and the goshinboku tree at the top. Sighing heavilly I got in the car and closed the door. The drive to my new home was silent as I thought of everything that's happened.