InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Those We Leave Behind ❯ All the World is a Stage... ( Chapter 28 )

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Sesshoumaru was trying to intake the information Kagome was feeding them. “Would you mind repeating that statement? I find it a bit hard to grasp.” For the first time since she left all those years ago, he stared at her with an emotion besides desire and adoration, bewilderment.

 

“They said the same demon who attacked Kaede's village looking for Inuyasha, the same one who begged you to let him fight against the cat demons, was the jerk who tried to kill Rin.”

 

Jaken was amazed. It surely wasn't possible. The three worlds were not that small. “Rin? You have met Rin? Is she okay? Please, tell me she is unharmed.”

 

“Don't worry. She has been staying at a temple belonging to one of Sango's descendents and my brother and his friends have been watching her. And before you even suggest it, no she is not being held against her will, no she is not being a bad little girl, and yes one of them has fallen for her but, rest assured. He will not court her without permission.”

 

“As if my Lord would give such an honor to huma-”

 

“Your Lord had better because not only is my brother strong enough to defend her, even though she probably wouldn't need it, and brave enough to do so, but my grandfather has instilled a sense of honor that would make Sesshoumaru's seem savage. In addition to that, they both are totally in love with each other.” She stared at Sesshoumaru a bit sadly. “And love is so difficult in itself that outside influences should not tear it apart.

 

A small smile crept over Kagome's face. Not her usual happy-don't-you-wish-you-were-me smiles, but a sad, knowing smile.

 

“I knew who she was when she said her name was Rin, but I was really surprised. I figured that she must have been the child resulting from...” She whispered the next part. “I figured she was yours.” Sadness engulfed her and no one in the room had the heart to interrupt her emotional recollection of her last memories with the original Rin.

 

The mournful tone she now gave off was accompanied by a few silent tears. It seemed as though speaking were difficult, considering the slow speed with which she was able to form words. Who could blame her? It was too bad only Sesshoumaru and Jaken knew of the event. She had not even told Inuyasha. She was too ashamed of what had almost happened.

 

“I mean, the last time I saw her was...” Almost releasing the words was too painful. Sesshoumaru, remembering the incident when he found Rin's irreparable body, Kagome's paralyzed form, and the stench of boar blood on his hands. He remembered the anger he felt that another creature would even dare violate those who belonged to him. He stepped forward to embrace Kagome, to comfort her.

 

He loved her. Anything less would have been cowardly and dishonorable. As he rubbed her back in slow circles, rage filled him at his memory of the state the state the two women he had cared most about.

 

Rin, the girl who had been like a daughter to him was damaged beyond salvation. The Tenseiga could do nothing to change her fate. That damn boar had eaten the innocent child as though she were a snack.

 

He couldn't save her.

 

Then there was Kagome. When he had seen the flabby folds of the boar youkai's backside, he was disgusted to find Kagome struggling to fend him off. He slaughtered the beast with no hesitation. To prevent such a thing he had trained her to defend herself. He had never wanted to see the look of helplessness or desperation in her eyes again.

 

She had always fascinated him, but before long they had fallen in love and promised to marry. It was too bad complications with Inuyasha's wish on the Shikon jewel arose. He should have resisted the pressure other lords placed on him to have a demon heir.

 

Although he had the little girl back, the reincarnation of the one he lost, the price was too great to bear. The only woman who had ever loved him was gone.

 

He held her then as he was holding her now. It was how their relationship began, and it appeared as though it was how it would end.

 

He was glad none of the other males in the room were trying to interfere, but he was not happy. None of them had ever seen him like this. In fact, neither of them had even known he and Kagome had had a relationship.

 

Speaking of Kouga, he did not appear at all happy with the close proximity Sesshoumaru shared with Kagome, but her tears were enough to silence his jealousy for now.

 

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