Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

A/N: Um… sorry I haven't updated in a while. The computer that I had this document on went out of commission, so GOMEN! Sorry to make you wait so long! By the way, this is the last chapter (gasp)! And PS, I don't know how to spell the name of Sesshomaru's sword, the Tensaiga (?), so just bear with me.

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"So have you made your decision yet?" Kagura asked the demon standing in front of her.

"Yes." Sesshomaru replied, his face stony. "I… will marry you."

"But Sesshomaru—" Rin looked at him with pleading eyes, but Sesshomaru ignored her.

"Wise decision." Kagura smirked.

Sesshomaru took the ring out from the folds of his clothing. "And to prove you, I will give you a ring." When Kagura gave him a funny look, Sesshomaru added. "It's… a western custom."

He lifted Kagura's right hand and slipped the ring onto her finger. He dropped her hand. She admired it for a moment, before dropping Rin from the feather that was floating about her and Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru looked at Kagura, his eyes glazed with victory. He grabbed Rin's hand and led her away. "Come, Rin."

"Hold it! You said you'd wed me!" Kagura blocked them from leaving.

Sesshomaru gave her an icy look. "I lied."

Kagura held up her hand. "But this ring!"

Sesshomaru's expression didn't change. "The custom of the ring is to put it on the left hand. I put it on your right hand. It means nothing."

Kagura roared in anger and called up her wind. "IF YOU WONT' BE WITH ME, I WILL ENSURE YOU WILL NEVER BE HAPPY!"

"Fool, you know you can't kill me."

"Who said I was going to kill YOU?" Kagura directed her wind towards Rin.

And ear-splitting scream echoed through the forest and Kagome gasped from her hiding spot behind the bushes with Inuyasha. She was about to run out to see her when Inuyasha held her back. "Don't interfere. This is his battle." He said firmly.

"But…" Kagome protested, but one look into Inuyasha's eyes and she knew that he wasn't going to let her go.

"Rin!" Sesshomaru looked to his side as Rin's mangled body fell to the ground, blood spraying every which way. There she lay, unmoving.

Sesshomaru looked up at Kagura, his yes filled with tears of hate. "YOU…" The calm eyes turned red and his demonic aura pulsated around him. "YOU. WILL. PAY!" Kagome watched as Sesshomaru transformed, claws growing, and his nose turning into a snout until a giant silver dog stood before them—his true form.

An earth-shattering roar surrounded them as Sesshomaru looked at Kagura with loathing flowing through his veins.

Kagura flinched before raising her fans and calling fourth her wind, spiraling around them in great whirlwinds.

"FOOL." With one strike of his claws, Sesshomaru turned them to dust. "YOU THINK YOU CAN FACE ME?" Sesshomaru began walking towards her, one giant step at a time.

Kagura's eyes widened as she stumbled back, helplessly throwing wind at him, which he eliminated with each step. Finally Sesshomaru reached her and pushed a claw against her throat, shoving her backwards against a tree. Kagura squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for the end. Instead, Sesshomaru shrank back to normal size, human form.

"What… are you waiting for?" Kagura choked. "Just kill me!"

Sesshomaru looked at her, revealing the tears that had never before been seen on his face. "You killed the only woman I ever have or ever will love. For that I SHOULD KILL YOU! But…" He his eyes became filled with emotion he had never felt before. "I promised… I made a promise… which I intend to keep."

Sesshomaru dropped Kagura. "GO! NEVER BOTHER ME AGAIN! OR I REALL WILL KILL YOU!"

Kagura looked up at Sesshomaru one last time before hopping onto her feather and flying away.

Sesshomaru ran to Rin, and dropped down to his knees beside her. He ran his clawed hand along her soft cheek and cried out. "WHY? IS THIS TO REPAY ME FOR MY SINS?" He let his nail put a long scratch along her cheek, watching the red blood spill down her otherwise unflawed cheek.

Kagome and Inuyasha emerged reproachfully from the bushes, knowing Sesshomaru was ready to lash out at anyone. Kagome was hugging Inuyasha's hand and crying, and she looked tearfully towards Rin. She looked at the hand that lay twitching by her side… wait, twitching?

"Sesshomaru!" Kagome called out suddenly.

Sesshomaru looked up murderously.

"Rin! Look at her hand! It's moving! She's still alive!" Kagome pointed.

Sesshomaru looked with wide eyes, and sure enough, although faint, breath was still being released from the girl's lungs.

"Well, what are you waiting for, moron?" This time it was Inuyasha who spoke. "Use the Tensaiga!"

When realization dawned on him, Sesshomaru stood and drew the very sword Inuyasha had spoken of. His tears dried and he lifted the sword and let a great slash of the sword envelope his lover. With a blue healing light making all her wounds disappear, Rin sat as the glow cleared.

"S… Sesshomaru…?" She blinked up at him, her eyes clear.

"Rin…" Sesshomaru knelt down and pulled her into an embrace, her scent filling his sensitive nose. Her scent is like that of cherry blossoms… He smiled. "I'm… so glad you're okay…"

Inuyasha and Kagome blushed and decided to slip away. This was getting a bit too emotional, and Kagome aside; Inuyasha was definitely not ready to see his brother in such a state.

Sesshomaru lifted Rin bridal-style. "After something like that, it's best you don't walk." His face suddenly fell. "We'll… have to find you the Spring of Youth, won't we…?" He sighed, not wanting to release this new Rin.

Rin thought a moment, and her face also fell. "I… I… I don't… want to go back to being a child…"

Sesshomaru looked at her sharply, surprised by her sudden confession.

"It's true… I…" Her eyes filled up with tears. " I don't want it because… then… as a child… I won't be able to be with you anymore! I don't know if I'd ever be the same!" She clenched her hands into fists.

Sesshomaru set her down on her feet and lifted her face to look into his, wiping the tears off. He answered with a smile. "Then, you don't have to."

Rin looked up at him, her eyes wide.

"I love you… and I want to never let you go…"

Rin's face turned into a bright smiled and she threw her arms around him. "Oh, Sesshomaru, it makes me so happy to hear you say that so honestly! I never thought you could! But… me too… I want to be with you always!"

Sesshomaru smiled and linked hands with her. "Then, so shall it be."

Rin giggled and leaned into him. "So, where are we going next?"

"I'm up for a battle with Inuyasha. He's done me too many favors for my liking."

"Sesshomaru!"

"What? I wasn't serious about the second part."

"Wow, I didn't know you could joke."

"Neither did I."

The couple happily walked into the forest, the sun rising in the distance, without a care of what tomorrow may bring, as long as they were together… always…

Motto ima ijou ni hadaka ni natte (Please teach me how to live)

Ikite yuku jutsu oshiete yo (A little more vulnerably than I do now)

Honno sukoshi dake watashi o yogoshite (Won't you taint me just a little?)

Sou yatte hitori kizutsuitari (That way, even if I get hurt)

Mawari o nakushita to shite mo (And lose everything around me)

Shinjitsu no uta wa kono mune ni nagare (This song of truth will flow through my heart)

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Aw, how sweet! Well, I hope you enjoyed this fan fiction. And I totally imagined the last part from when Inuyasha and Kagome were leaving them "alone" to have Shinjitsu no Uta in the background. Well, I hope you enjoyed it, and make sure, even if you've never reviewed before, THAT YOU LEAVE A REVIEW! (Glare, glare) (Glare changes into sweet smile). I might do more IY fictions, so see you around!