RIN'S P.O.V

I woke up to the feel of the wind playing with my hair and the sunlight warming my chilled skin. I took a deep breath and smelled blood everywhere. I sat up and looked around me, slowly taking in my surroundings. I froze at what I saw. Sango, Miroku, Kilala, Shippo, Kagome, and Sesshomaru were all gone and their blood was soaked into the ground and covered me from head to toe. I stood up slowly and saw a massacre.

'W-What happened?'

I asked Kitsana, but got no response.

"Murderer!"

A voice called out from behind me and I turned to see Jaken racing towards me from across the courtyard.

"Guards! Guards! Kill her! Kill the murderer!"

He yelled and I heard footsteps coming my way and ran. I didn't look back. I heard them coming after me. The shouts of surprise as they found the bodies, and the cries and promises of revenge as they chased after me. I screamed out in agony as an arrow pierced through my shoulder. It slowed me down, but I didn't stop. I came to a ledge and stopped. I turned and looked around, the guards from the palace circled me, blocking off my exits.

"There's no where to run, accept your fate."

The general, Takkai, said. I had learned how to fight with my katanas from him when Sesshomaru was spending his time with Kagome.

"Please, someone tell me what's going on."

I said, but my only response was the guards all charging at me. Spears tore through my skin, and claws raked across my face and arms, while swords pierced through my stomach and thigh. I screamed out in pain and acted on instinct.

My power surged forward and my nails and teeth lengthened to sharp, deadly points. I spun around, killing those closest to me instantly. I stepped back and yanked out the weapons the guards had attacked me with. They all turned and started to charge at me again, but Takkai stopped them.

"Enough, she will die by my hand."

He said before drawing his sword, the same sword that I had sparred with so many times before, and advanced on me. I growled at him, warning him to stay back but he didn't listen. I felt tears falling down my face as I saw the hatred burning in his golden eyes. He lunged at me and I dodged, but just barely. He charged at me and his sword sliced through my already bleeding stomach. I cried out and felt a dark aura wrap itself around me and I panicked. That was the same feeling I'd had before everything went black and I woke up to find everyone I'd ever loved dead.

I jumped away from Takkai and the other guards and landed on the ledge of the cliff. I backed away, but stopped as I felt the ground crumble beneath my feet.

"There's nowhere left to run Rin. You will pay for what you did."

Takkai said taking a step towards me and I turned to face him. He froze when he saw the hurt and pain in my eyes, but he shook his head and he advanced on me again. I took a deep breath before jumping off the cliff to the river below. I heard shouts of surprise from the guards, and some saying they should go after me, but Takkai said to leave me be. Saying I'd die before the night was out.

The rapids of the river beat against my body, but I fought against them until I reached shore. I laid there, waiting for death to claim me until Kitsana ordered me to move.

'Move little one. Live.'

I crawled to my hands and knees and pushed off from the ground till I was standing up. I started walking in a random direction and didn't stop. If I stopped I knew I would be dead. The West faded into the background as I continued to walk. I passed by the Northern lands, but still didn't stop. I walked through the valley that separates the lands. Sesshomaru had told me about it only once, but I never paid any attention. The barren land gave way to grass and forest once again and I would have sighed in relief had I not been in so much pain.

I walked through the forest, moving my numb body with Kitsana's simple command to stay alive. When the trees thinned out I finally collapsed and the blackness once again took over.