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Chapter 6: History
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The tree sighed before telling them the story," I'll only tell you this once, so listen carefully. This only about Rin and Sesshomaru in the past. He was the son of the Inu no Taisho and another dog Daiyokai. He saw his father as the ultimate opponent, wishing to defeat him in combat and take his two legendary swords, Tessaiga and So'unga. He talked with his father following the battle with Ryukotsusei, demanding the two swords be handed over to him. However, when questioned if he had anyone to protect, Sesshomaru told his father that he did not. After his father died to protect his new hanyou half-brother, Inuyasha, and his human mother, Sesshomaru began hating them. He was given the Tenseiga instead of the other two swords to eventually teach him compassion."
"Sesshomaru, dissatisfied with his sword, Tenseiga, wishes to have the old, absent-minded sword smith Totosai make him a new one. The unwilling Totosai has Inuyasha defend him, causing the brothers to fight. Totosai reveals the heritage of Sesshomaru's sword before creating a diversion to allow Inuyasha and the rest of his companions to escape. Soon after leaving Inuyasha and his companions, Totosai is attacked by Sesshomaru. Once again, Inuyasha battles his brother as Totosai's protector, but must now face Sesshomaru's newest defense: a dragon's arm. As Inuyasha and Sesshomaru continue to duel for possession of Tessaiga, both brothers discover the unexpected power of their respective inheritances, as Inuyasha discovers the true power of his sword, and Sesshomaru, who called his sword useless, is saved by his father's heirloom. After the fight, an orphaned human child, Rin, attempts to nurse the injured Sesshomaru back to health. Though he initially tries to scare her off, she returns to him, heartened at the smallest show of interest. She's mauled to death by some of Koga's wolves, while trying to return to him and Sesshomaru was initially going to ignore her, but moved by curiosity and prompted by Tenseiga's pulsing, tests the blade on her - cutting down the minions of hell that have come to collect her soul and restoring her to life. He walks off and Rin follows him, becoming his traveling companion."
"While searching for Naraku, Sesshomaru came across a village under attack by bandits, slaying them once they attack him. Monks arrived shortly after and questioned if he was responsible for attacking the village; Sesshomaru created distraction and left. During his absence, Rin was kidnapped by Ongokuki. Sesshomaru tracks him down, but finds the very same monks he encountered earlier have rescued her and several other children. Knowing that Rin should live with humans, Sesshomaru was willing to allow her to leave, but intervened when the monks refused to let her decide for herself. Holding back, Sesshomaru destroyed their charms and told Rin to follow him if she choose to do so; she did. Sesshomaru is later taken off guard by a question from Rin: "When I die, will you always remember me?" Though masking his true feelings, Sesshomaru says don't say such silly things."
"In effort to strengthen and enhance Tenseiga's powers even further, Sesshomaru visits his mother in search of answers to make a complete Meido. He ventures into Hell after a demon from the underworld grabs Rin and Kohaku; the latter is sill alive - due to the jewel shard in his back - but Rin did not regain consciousness. Sesshomaru felt regret, believing he should never have brought her along and should had left her in a human village; he felt frustration and blamed himself for her death. Sesshomaru's mother offers him a way out of the underworld, which he declines; this offends her. Sesshomaru finds Rin in the grasp of the master of Hell. After he slays the demon he realizes Rin isn't reviving, and states that enhancing and strengthening his sword is not worth the price of Rin's life. Dead bodies in Hell surround them, and with his grief for Rin he uses Tenseiga to purify them. When he returns to the living world with Rin's body, his mother scolds him for thinking he was a god who could control life and death, and tells him Tenseiga can only revive the same person once, and tells him that when his heart wishes to save his "loved one" (in reference to Rin), he must also at that moment feel both sadness and fear; this is what it means for him to have "a compassionate heart."
His mother tells him not to expect her to do this twice, placing the Meido Stone around Rin's neck. Much to his relief and happiness, Rin is revived once more. His mother asks Jaken if Sesshomaru is happy when she revives Rin, and Jaken responds that it most likely he is "extremely so". Sesshomaru could only learn to understand the worth of a life and gain a truly compassionate heart when lost the life that was worth the most to him, and "a compassionate heart" is what is necessary for the one who wields a destructive Tenseiga, which can dispatch enemies to the Meido."
"Sesshomaru left Rin in Kaede's village after defeating Naraku. Sesshomaru visited Rin with gifts each time. During to the wars at the Western lands Sesshomaru wasn't able to come for a few years. Later he was forcefully married to Lady Akako of the South, who was originally Rin's oldest cousin. Sesshomaru didn't want o hurt Rin anymore then before so he left her at the village. After Lady Akako died in battle people found out Rin was the real Lady of the South. Rin was married to Lord Ramayoki of the South by than and had 5 children. Even though, they loved each other more than anything they weren't to be together forever, so they killed themselves. On the day they died a prophecy was foretold." Bakuseno finished before dosing off.
"What was the prophecy?" they both thought out loud.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed the chap! Thanks to blackacess, Guest, vidanime and meghanmoo for reviewing. And special thanks to Kuramasgirl19769, Sotam and Kamisama no angel for the constant reviews.
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Updated: 04/03/2015