InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Shippo's First Love Remembered and Returned ❯ Rememberance ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Shippo or Suzuki or anyone from Inuyasha for that matter.

Chapter One: Remembrance

It had only seemed that a few years had passed since Shippo's first meeting with Suzuki. He loved her spirit from the beginning and understood her pain of losing all of her family. Even after leaving her the first time he had returned on many occasions to just be near her. His heart had found no room for another, even after all the years. Suzuki had grown and never did take a husband because she knew her soul belonged with the kitsune.

The older fox demon only looked about twenty, yet he had far surpassed that age long ago. He was almost one hundred and fifty now and wasn't going anytime soon. He remembered his love's funeral and still cried at the thought of it. If fact, that was where he was going, back to her village to the grave and pay his respects. Perhaps one day she would come back to him the way Kikyo's and Kagome's soul had returned to Inuyasha.

His slender tan paws found their way to the grave and surprisingly found a woman giving her respects. After sending a prayer to the heavens the girl lifted her body and turned to face the person who was standing behind her.

"Hello, my name is Sazuky. What's yours?" the maiden asked. She had dancing coffee eyes and short messy brunette strands. Her body had shaped itself into an hour glass and the curves were covered by an emerald kimono with a pink sash. A rosy ribbon pulled back some of her hair, but some strands had managed their way from the hair piece and curled around her pretty face.

"I'm Shippo, what are you doing here?" the demon asked quite taken aback by her behavior and look. She almost looks like Suzuki! "May I ask what you are doing here Miss Sazuky?"

"Yes, I have come to pray for her soul. You see, I was named after her. It was a rumor that she was in love with someone, but nobody ever knew who he was, or when he would come back. They say that she died a lonely death. I was praying that she find peace," the soft voice told the young demon.

"I see, well…I actually knew Suzuki. I was with her when she passed. She was peaceful, and yes, nobody knew that I ever came around. I loved her, and I'm hoping that one day I will find her again," Shippo told her softly. "It's kind of funny though; you look like her twin and smell almost exactly like she did." He glanced at her and noticed a fear in her eyes. "I'm sorry," he blurted out, "I didn't mean to scare you...I just miss her that's all." Tears ran down his cheeks and a sniffle sounded from his fox nose.

The peasant girl took pity upon the demon and hugged him. He understood her sympathy and embraced her back. Shippo noticed a change in the body that his arms had wrapped around. The girl placed her tiny hands on the boy's chest and pushed back a little bit. A different look shone in the dark orbs, it was familiar to the kitsune.

"Shippo, I remember everything. Don't worry, I am still Sazuky and I remember myself as Suzuki also. I told you I would always be with you love," a diverse voice told the confused fox boy. She placed her tiny fingers in his bright burgundy locks that cascaded down to his tight rear. Sparing with Inuyasha had finally paid off with his muscles developing better than he had imagined.

"Suzuki? How did you…come through?" the baffled boy asked with wonderment.

"Your touch, your smell, your voice brought me back. It is our soul, and my memories of you have returned to me. I remember you so long ago when we fought the lizard demon. You saved me from certain death then and now your love has brought me back. Do not worry for me; we are one and the same person. Sazuky will love you as I did and she will have my memories as well," the girl answered her love. "I'm going to leave now, but don't fret, I am still with you." The spunk returned and the tears that had gathered around the chocolate globes rolled down the high cheeks.

"I will come back, wait for me please?" Shippo asked the girl before him.

"Yes, please come soon," Sazuky requested of her love. He nodded his head and looked at her once again with his jade spheres before turning away and leaving to go back to his group that had became his family.