InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Portrait ❯ Necklace origins ( Chapter 9 )

******STANDARD DISCLAIMER HERE***** I DON'T OWN INUYASHA IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM*******

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Author note: I have to say it again, Thank you all so much for the reviews. I'm glad that I'm getting a little bit better in my writing. But, I can't believe how many people hate Kohaku now. Remember he's not a bad guy, just a jealous one. And, he still hasn't told Rin that he is in love with her. Maybe he will…who knows?

But this chapter is all about Sesshomaru, for all the people who think that I have been neglecting him. I could never do that; he's my favorite character and so damn sexy…now on with the story.

Tanuki = raccoon dog

Michie = gateway

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The large rain droplets crashed against the castle outer walls like tiny meteors falling from the sky. From within his candlelit study, Sesshomaru stared out through a waterlogged window at the murky setting sun. A few feet behind him on his colossal wooden desk were several ancient books, and magic scrolls toss carelessly about the usually organized desktop.

A year had past since Rin evaporated from his embrace, and since that day he had tried everything within his power to locate her. He had even swallowed his taiyoukai pride to seek help from his little brother's wench. His visit to Inuyasha was still etched fresh in his memory, as he opened one of the study windows to let the cool rain splash against his heated skin.

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It was a few days after Rin had vanished that Sesshomaru decided to go visit Inuyasha. He knew that his brother's mate could go back and forth through time, so maybe with her help he could find Rin.

As he walked through the forest, he reminisces on Rin's scared expression as she pleaded for him to hold her. Also, on how helpless he felt not being able to grasps onto her delicate form.

Sesshomaru was only a few yards from their village, when he smelled his brother coming through the trees en route for his position. Within seconds, Inuyasha stood before him, with his hand on Tetsusaiga.

After Naraku's defeat, the brothers did agree to a truce. Nevertheless, that did not mean insults, or showing ones superiority was not up for grabs.

"Well… well… well, if it isn't Sesshomaru…hell must have froze over! The last time I saw you, you said that you wouldn't be caught dead within ten mile of my hut. So, what brings you around here? Jackass." Inuyasha smirked.

"As usually little brother, your grasps of the vernacular will never cease to astound, or mortify me." Sesshomaru said with his stoic expression and accustom tone.

"Huh?" Inuyasha responded with a confused look on his face. Sesshomaru ignore his brother's bewildered look and continue to talk.

"Inuyasha, I come here to talk to your mate. Rin has disappeared and this Sesshomaru needs …help in finding her." he said the last part through clenched teeth, still unable to believe that he was asking for help.

He motion for Sesshomaru to follow him and the pair race toward Inuyasha's hut. Kagome was sitting outside talking to Lady Kaede and a few other villagers when the two demon brothers appeared out of out where.

"Kagome!!!! Rin vanish and Sesshomaru needs your help to find her." Inuyasha blurted out, before she had a chance to say hello.

Sesshomaru kept his quote on quote I'm bored composure but, inside he was furious. He already didn't relish the idea of seeking assistance from a human. Now, because his brother lack of tack in yelling out about his situation in the front of the humans. He thought they might think that the great taiyoukai Sesshomaru was unable to hold on to anything that he claimed to be his from danger and that piss him off.

Kagome felt an eerie aura radiating from Sesshomaru, and thought it would be best for all concern what they discuss his problem away from the village.

The three walked toward the old decrepit well that brought Kagome into their times. And, once there she asked Sesshomaru if he would please tell them what happen to Rin, and what she could do for him.

During Sesshomaru's tale, Inuyasha let slip out that he was the one who gave her the map to the valley. Sesshomaru eyes flash a brief red, and he was about to lunge toward Inuyasha to strangle him for giving Rin the map when he remembered what she said to him.

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"I felt tormented by not knowing about my death. I think if I didn't find out about it soon, I would have killed myself. It was more important than …you."

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He realize reluctantly that it was his fault more than Inuyasha for Rin seeking information about the valley, so he push down his anger and continue to finish his story.

"Sesshomaru-sama…What can I do to help?" Kagome asked.

"I require that you take me back to your time so I can search for Rin." He stated simply.

Inuyasha and Kagome stared at each other, as Sesshomaru look on in wonder at the quiet pair.

"I am sorry Sesshomaru-sama, but I can't take you back to my times." she whispered as Inuyasha started to hold her closer.

"And why is that! I hear from Inuyasha that you use to go to and fro freely while look for the sacred jewel?" He asked, his voice reflecting his irritation.

"Once the Shikon No Tama was completely purified, it disappeared back into my body. For a several months after that, I was still able to go back and forth to my times. But lately, I've been unable to through the portal anymore." Her body began to shake slightly and her eyes brimmed with tears. "I may never see my family again!" She cried out as Inuyasha held her tighter and caressed her head.

Sesshomaru looked impassively at the couple as they warmly embrace each other. Watching them only served as an unwelcome reminder to him that he was missing a companion to touch… to smell …to taste and most of all… to love. He turned and started to walk away when Kagome called out to him.

"Sesshomaru-sama… I think you would have a tough time finding her, even if we could go back. She comes from a time that is at least fifty years in the future from mine. I don't believe the jewel could have transported us to her time."

Sesshomaru turned around narrowed his eyes and said, "I do not care if she lives ten thousand years from now. I vowed to Rin that I would find her again…and find her I will."

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The rain was slowly ceasing as the full moon ascended across the blacken sky. He was still standing at the window looking out, but this time into a moonlighted void when a soft knock scrape against his study doors.

"My Lord, may I come in?" Jaken chirped.

"Enter, Jaken."

The small toad youkai waddled toward his master, bowed and said, "Master, Takumi the craft maker is here."

"Show him in, and then leave." He commanded, as he walked past the toad toward his chair in front of the blazing fireplace.

Once Jaken left and handsome tanuki youkai walked in to the room. His stature was a few inches shorter that Sesshomaru, his hair was a mixture of sliver and black. His porcelain skin was only blemish by a wide black stripe across his eye area, and his eyes were sea foam green with speckles of gold highlighting them. He walked toward Sesshomaru who remained seated in his chair and bowed.

"Sesshomaru-sama…I have recently returned from my travels from different lands in ordered to find what was needed to make this." He lifted his hand to reveal a small blue sapphire crescent moon outlined with small white diamonds on a slivery-white chain that dangle between his claws.

Sesshomaru took the necklace and held it up to the fire light to inspect it. The item held the same brilliants and artisanship perfection that Rin's necklace had shown.

Since Rin's form was unobtainable at the present moment, Sesshomaru craved for something else tangible to hold on to until her return. And remembering how she always wore a necklace that carried his symbol so proudly about her neck, he reason that he should wear a necklace exactly like hers to service as a token of his undying admiration for her.

He was lost in his thoughts, when Takumi spoke, "My Lord, there is something I need to tell you about the stone that the crescent moon was made from."

"What is it?"

"That piece was made from the Michie stone."

"The Michie stone?" Sesshomaru said raising a questioning eyebrow.

"According to vendor, the stone has a unique tale behind it, and is rumored to have magical powers.

"Did he tell you about the legend or what type of magic it may contain?"

"No, my Lord, he was too old to remember the story. I only dared to use the stone because; it has the most exquisite blue coloring and crystal formation that I had never seen in all of my life as a crafter."

Sesshomaru analyze the gem more closely, and notice what seem to be a slight glowing deep within it depths, "Takumi, you have done well in making this necklace. You may leave now."

"Thank you, Sesshomaru-sama." With that Takumi bow again and left the study.

Sesshomaru walked over to his desk, and sat down. His curiosity was peaked about the stone origins, so he started to search through all the magic books again to see if any had information about the item. After a few hours of probing thru all the books in his study, he became infuriated. It seemed as if none of his families' centuries' old books contained any information about the gem.

He was about to summon Jaken to bring some another books from his library, when he saw a small rolled parachment lying on the bottom of a bookshelf. He picked it up and unrolled it, he saw that it contained many fictitious stories something what humans called folktales.

"Hn, Inuyasha's worthless mother must have brought this 'thing' with her when she lived here." He muttered, he was about to flex his claws to rip the scroll apart when his eyes fall on a title called "The Michie heart stone".

He paused and pondered that surely the information that he sought after couldn't be in this worthless scroll of papers. However, his logical mind also knew that humans wrote folktales basic on some truth; they only made the story outrageous at times, so their simple minds could easily grasp the true meaning the story was conveying.

Since he saw that reading the story could do no harm, he returned to his desk and unrolled the parchment until he came upon the story.

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Once upon a time, in a fishing village there live a maiden named Michie. She was the most happiest, and beautifulness maiden in the village. She was tall, slim with flawless bronze skin. Her hair was as black as a raven feather, and her eyes were as blue as the deepest depth of the ocean. Her village was the key port of exchange for the territory own by an arrogant Lord named Kenta.

One day the Lord made a surprise inspection of the village, when he happen to see Michie he instantly fell in love with her. The maiden told the Lord that she honored by his attention, but she was already promised to one of his warrior. The warrior and Michie were to be wedded as soon as he returned from his patrol in three days. But, the warrior never returned from his patrol; he simply disappeared without a trace. Rumors when around the village saying that the Lord Kenta had the warrior killed so that he could marry the maiden.

Michie runaway from the village and began searching for her love. She knew in her heart that he was still alive, and what he was searching for her as well. The young maiden heard about of a powerful witch that could help her in her quest.

The grotesque witch told Michie that she would give her a magical spell to aid her, but she would have to give up something in exchange. Michie hastily agreed to the exchange without finding out the full detail of the deal. The witch laughed and proceeded to take away Michie beauty in exchange for her monstrous features. Plus, the spell she was given would grant one wish but, only upon her death.

Michie was devastated not only was she trick by the witch, but she also knew that she would never see her soul mate again. So, she spent the rest of her life alone, but she was always happy because she had the memories of knowing what true love felt like. At the moment of Michie death, her heart burst thru her chest a turn into a blue stone radiating with a pure bluish white aura.

The legend said that the maiden use the spell to turned her heart into the blue stone so that others who were seeking their soul mates would avoid her fate. She gave the stone the magic to serve as a portal, to help the lovers to find each other. However, there is a stipulation for using the stone, the person who possession the stone must always keep it with them and only give it to their true love. If they never loss contact with the stone before it is given away, the stone will disappear.

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Sesshomaru eyes slowly gazed up from the parchment to the sparkling necklace stone. He wondered, 'Could this gem really help in finding Rin?' He picked up the necklace from the desk, and walked back over to his window. He then clasped the necklace around his neck and stared out into the reddish-orange rising sun coming across his land.

He started to think of all the changes that has happen to him in the past sixteen years. His thoughts ranged from his first meeting with Rin in the forest after his battle with Inuyasha, to her disappearance a year ago.

He mind lingered on the first moment he noticed that his scrawny, clumsy little human girl metamorphosis into a voluptuous, graceful form of a mortal deity. And how his heart's icy impregnable fortress was shattered to pieces with her radiant smiles that served as the battering-ram.

As the wind blew about his hair, he uttered four simple words that no mortal or youkai alike would have thought the great taiyoukai Sesshomaru would ever say, in reference to a human.

"Rin…I love you."