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Never go back	By : KiraIsJudgement Category: InuYasha > General Views: 3577 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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I stare up at him hopefully. He of all people would know where Inuyasha has gone and how I can find him. Excitement overcomes me when he opens his mouth to speak.
“My brother, is dead.”
　
　
　
　
“W-what?” No way I heard that right. Inuyasha’s not dead. There’s no way he could be dead. “You’re lying.”
“I do not lie.” Sesshomaru deadpanned, golden eyes boring into me. His stoic face showing no emotion as he unremorsefully breaks my heart. He looks down at the woman kneeling before me.
“Rin, explain the situation to her.” He squeezes her shoulder gently then leaves.
I fumble his words around in my head, ‘My brother is dead.’ I don’t believe it. I’ve seen Inuyasha go up against impossible odds and always come out fine. He is too strong to just die. He couldn’t, no wouldn’t, die.
My hands fall limply to the ground and I stare blankly into the sad eyes of the woman. My chest aches as if a thousand pound boulder is crushing me, and my lungs go at erratic pace, trying to breath through the pain. My body trembles as everything starts to makes sense.
He wasn’t at Edo. He didn’t hear me. He didn’t track me down. He didn’t save me. He didn’t come for me. He isn’t going to come for me… He can’t.
The shaking becomes violent and the pain from my wounds course through me, but it’s nothing compared to the fire burning at my heart. Is he really dead?
The woman wraps her arms around me and pulls me in tightly to her chest. And I can’t help but bury into the motherly embrace, letting out uncontrollably sobs.
“Shhhh, it will be alright. You’ll be alright,” she whispers and runs her fingers through my hair.
She holds me until I have nothing left to cry and my eyes go dry. When my body has stop trembling and I can finally breath, she speaks again, still holding me tightly.
“My Lord’s brother, was claimed by a demon of great evil, and named as such, Zenaku. Master Inuyasha was lost to us over fifteen years ago.”
“Fifteen years?” That’s not possible. I’ve only been gone for three. I pull back and look up into a pair of soft brown eyes and a sincere face, and her name finally registers. Rin. Sesshomaru called her Rin. This woman that could pass as my mother is the human ward of the Lord of the West. The bubbly, happy girl who’s devotion for Sesshomaru ran deeper then any river.
“Rin? Oh my god. What happened?” She coaxes me to lay again, and finds herself a comfortable place to sit. I can tell this is going to be a long story. Sighing, she pulls a blanket over me and starts.
“You have been gone for thirty-one years, Kagome. Last time I saw you was the final battle with Naraku. After it was over, My Lord decided it was best for me to live in Inuyasha’s human village. I stayed with Kaede and trained in healing, but I did not have the spiritual powers necessary to be a priestess. After Kaede passed…” Rin stopped, folding her arms across her chest and takes in a deep breath, visible sadden. Another twinge of loss pulls at my heart at the thought of the sweet old miko dying. She had always been very nice to me, much like a grandmother.
“After she passed, I was raised and trained by your comrades, Miroku and Sango. They raised me much like one of they own, and trained me in the art of demon slaying. Lord Sesshomaru found their home to be acceptable and said that the training would do me good since I am always getting into trouble.” I can completely relate to that. I should have done better to train myself even more, then maybe I wouldn’t have gotten into this mess.
“They were really nice to me. And it was great having a real family. Lord Sesshomaru visited regularly with Master Jaken right at his heels. And Master Inuyasha was always around in the beginning. He stayed with us, helping out in the village, staying close to the well, waiting for you. It wasn’t until Sango birthed her five child that he left Edo in the middle of the night. He didn’t even say good-bye. I don’t know why he left, but I think he was lonely. I was twenty-one then.” Rin pours a cups of water from the clay pot next to my bed and sips on it slowly. I wait, not wanting to upset her and make her stop her story. I need to know what happened. After a moment of thoughtful silence she continues.
“It was four years later when Sesshomaru came for me. I was informed that there was a demon plaguing the lands and Inuyasha had been a victim of the monster. It’s name is Zenaku. It has been traveling Japan, murdering all beings of demon blood. It matters not if the victims are good or evil, hanyou or youkai, powerful or weak, Zenaku kills all. For the last fifteen years, Zenaku has massacred many. I joined My Lord in his travels once again, trying to find away to banish this demon from this world. We have attacked it many times with no avail. It cannot be killed by a sword, not even Bakusaiga can cut him. Demon claws and poison have no affect. And of course, human weapons do nothing. It does not obey the rules of life and death. There is nothing more we can do on our own. My Lord has decided the best course of action would be to purify him. It is the only thing we have not tried at this point.”
“So, that is why Sesshomaru was in search of a miko? That is why I am here? To take the life of the monster that took away My Inuyasha?” Rin nods. “I’ll happily do it. I don’t know how much help I can be, but if it means revenging him, I will gladly lay down my life.” If I fail, I will join Inuyasha in the afterlife. Even if a don’t fail, and I manage to purify this beast, I will still find a way to join him. I don’t want to go on without him.
Rin goes quiet for a moment, thinking over my words. “Rest now. We will speak about it more in the morning.” She pats my leg gently and leaves me alone in the one room hut. No doubt gone to inform Sesshomaru of my willingness to help.
All I can do now is sleep, I need to regain my strength. Cuddling my head deep into the straw I try and force myself to go to the one place I can be with him. In my dreams.

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“Inuyasha!” I see him, waiting for me at the wells edge, staring into it’s depths. He’s not dead, I knew it.
“Inuyasha!” I run to him. He opens his arms to catch me as I throw myself into his hard chest. Happy tears run down my face and he pets my hair gently. “I knew it wasn’t true. I knew you weren’t dead.”
“Kagome…” He pulls me in tightly. “Don’t be ridiculous, I told you I wouldn’t leave you. I waited for you. I still am.”
“But, Rin said…”
“Forget what Rin said. What do you believe? Do you think I’d really die so easily? Think I’d leave you?”
I shake my head no. I really don’t believe he could die. His is so strong.
“Well then, come find me. I need your help. I can’t get to you on my own. Come find me.” He lets go, I fall to my knees. Inuyasha smiles and turns towards the forest.
Clinching the grass between my fingers, holding back the tears, I yell to him, “Where? Where are you? I don’t even know where you’re at? How am I supposed to find you?”
He stops and looks back. “Just follow your heart. And don’t give up on me Kagome. I never gave up on you.”
Then he’s gone. Disappearing like smoke into the dense trees.

　
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